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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-02-09
II. A scout is clean.

He keeps clean in body and thought,
stands for clean speech, clean sport,
clean habits, and travels with a clean
crowd.
IL. A scout is reverent.
He is revercnt toward God. He is
faithful in his religious duties, and
respects the convictions Of others in
matters of custom and religion.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-02-09

Rub-My-Tism for Rheumatism.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-02-09

666 cures Biliousness.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-02-09

On my honor I will do my best
1. To do my duty to God and my
country, and to obey the Scout law.
2. To keep myself physically
strong, mentally awake, and moral
IL straight.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-10
Substituting the Press.

Senator Kenyon, in one of his burning
speeches demanding the unseating of Newberry,
spoke of the press of Michigan as having been
When any orator soapbox or senatorial, &C
cuses the press of state as subsidized, bought
and sold, the choice in analysis seems to lie
between ignorance or demagogism- For. de-
spite the soap-boxers and the agitators of
and another degree, the press neither of the
can be subsidized. 1t is beside the Newberry
case entirely, the accusation thus indirectly
brought against the press of the country. Some
individual newspapers may be subsidized. Some
senators may be for sale and Substitution.
But the senate is not commercial item of
high bidder.
1t is unwise talk. More than that, it is an
unworthy accusation to bring against the press.
The press of the country, individually and
collectively, is more frank, more outspoken
with better judgment when it does speak than
the senate individually and collectively. And
it is quite as honest in its public service, indi
vidually and collectively. any legislative
body. The senator. was pushing his case
against Newberry his conviction led him.
Perhaps in the heat of debate and the exalta-
ton OF oratorical gymnastics he said more than
he meant Surely he could not have included
the anti-Newberry newspapers among those
subsidized unless he classifies them as sub
sidized against Newberry.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-10
American Humor Is Clean.

American humor differs from the fun of
other countries in variety of ways without
losing anything in the comparison. There have
been many men of letters in this country who
have achieved fame and fortune as funny men,
and it is pleasant to remember that practically
all of them have won their laurels through a
humor that aims to entertain and instruct
without leaving anything in the form of &
scar. In some countries sex is at the bottom OF
nearly every idea of fun; in others satire is the
standard of wit, and in others the broad ,st
is best understood.
In Americas hall of fame as Americans
know it such names Mark Twain, Bill
Nye, James Whitcomb Riley, Artemus Ward,
Eli Perkins, Robert Burdette and long list of
others, few of whom ever found it necessary to
throw any verbal brickbats resort to vul-
garity, to gain the folIowings which they en-
joyed. Recent years have developed successors
to the delightful jokers of other days but the
standard, and in a measure, the form of
preston, has been Loyalty retained. American
humor frequently gains it's point through in
ference rather than rounded expression.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-10
Mother and Baby.

The other day in a nearby city little
man, fairly well dressed, very young, appar-
entity unfamiliar with even the superficialties of
the great mass of legal entanglements which
keep lawyers, Hugants and courts in such
confusion of neutrality-suspicious. and misunder-
standing, was arrested for passing a one dollar
bill raised to a twenty. Any school boy could
have done better Job of bill-raising but. the
defective vision of clerk resulted in the pas
sage of the bill. 1t was so simple to get money
in that way to provide clothes for one-year-
old baby that the mother tried it again.
OF course the young woman was caught, and
when she enroute to Jail, weeping bitterly,
inconsolable completely heart-broken, it oc-
CURED to the officer in charge to ask: why
do you weep so bitterly? Is there anything
that can do for you?" Suddenly the flood of
tears was checked. Two sorrowful blue eyes
looked out through the black clouds of adver
sity and she replied: Can 1 have my baby?"
1t wasn't freedom, nor mercy, nor forgiveness,
nor assistance that she asked. All she wanted
was her baby. Through the humane tender
ness of the officer and the kindness of atten-
dants at the prison the baby was brought to the
Jail.
What a strange chapter in the early life of
that innocent infant But the supreme happi-
ness of mother and child when the mother
clutched the infant in her arms left doubt
that nothing could have been done for either
which would have contributed so much to the
happiness of both. The mother and baby were
together That's ALL It's Jail scene in an Illi-.
nois city. Draw your conflicting conclusions
as you may but the outstanding lesson of it all
is found in the words "A mothers love" What
a problem it presents for the majesty of the
law.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-10

party of HIS political faith and that he resents
the idea of nominee purchasing his election
to a public office. There are legitimate uses
for money in a campaign, but there is line
recognizable by the average voter, and when
the candidate goes beyond that line he en-
perils his chances of success.
President Harding probably has done as
well as any other man who might have been
chosen for the office he is filling. Neither the
president nor congress could pull the nation
out of the depression into which it had fallen
following the close of the war. It's an aeon
omic condition that time alone will adjust.
Yet the incumbency of a political party is
largely dependent upon the contentment of the
voter. When he is prosperous and the country
is moving along smoothly he believes in leav-
ing well enough alone. But things have no:
been normal in the nation, and the voter is
dissatisfied. He has good grounds for hold
ing the administration at Washington RESPONSE
ble but the fact remains that when the oppo-
sition tells him that things would have been
different had Democratic president been
elected he is inclined to place credence in the
stand by the president, opening of the pork
barrel that will gain votes for Republican con-
gressional and senatorial candidates this year.
1t will be the revival of prosperity that will
save them.
Likewise, If it happens to be the good for
tune of the country to be anywhere near nor
malcy when the time for the election of an
other president rolls around, there is little
question that Mr. Harding will be returned by
a handsome majority.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-10
The Street Car Fare Compromise.

Whether the 5-cent-10-cent fare or four
rides for 35 cents scheme which the Illinois
Commerce commission has prescribed as the
cure-all for the ills of the street car situation
locally speaking, will supply the remedy, re-
mains to be seen. If it affords 4 solution of
the much vexed problem both it affects the
company and its patrons, it will be gratifying
At first glance the new deal contempIates
a benefit to the steady patron at the expense
of the transient rider. That is to say, the regu-
lar user of the street car pays a premium of
so cents a month or Sc per annum for the privi-
lege of riding for nickel, while the man who
casually hops the street car puts up dime
In other words, 10 cents is the base fare.
The purchaser of a 50-cent Identification card
rides all that month for nickel Without go
ing into the merits of the case The Argus
thinks it would have been little fairer had
the tickets been good for running period OF
80 days from date of issue, but the street rail-
way officials declare this would be confusing
and not practical
In any case the arrangement retires the
penny in the transaction between the public
and the conveyances of the company. It is
either dime a nickel, a Communication
ticket with four trips for two bits and dime.
The copper has lost out. The operator will
be glad of that.
The Tri-City Railway company has tried out
the plan in other cities where it controls the
transportation properties with varying sue
cess, and it is understood it proposes to in
stall the same system the Davenport lines,
including the Bridge cars
AS to whether or not in that event the 90
cent ticket will be of universal recognition on
fhe-cars IN all the cities where it operates in
this community is not said.
H-would besmorespcpular If il should be So
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-10
0hagin Onagin.

OhagIn Onagin.
Nobody ever asks whether it is
(bygienic or safe to bundle up with
more clothing than actual comfort
demands, to coddle. But a great
many readers ask whether it is
safe to leave off ones winter weight
| indies now and then for some for
NAL occasion, or whether any risk
to health is involved in going with
out ones red flannel chest pro
tector, or changing from boots to
shoes, or from high to low or from
linen to wool or silk to cotton with
out regard for, the calendar or the
weather.
A great deal of harm, much un-
necessary i'll health and sickness.
is caused by wearing more cloth
ing than comfort demands, but no
harm at all is done by changing
from heavy to light or from more
or less clothing at any time. in any
weather, for one hour or many. 1t
is all a question of individual COM
fort. Anyhow, the less one wears
in the way of clothing at any time
or under any circumstances, Ger
tainly the more hygienic. A little
more covering Of the body than is
needed to assure reasonable COM
fort is weakening; it lowers ones
natural resistance against the very
group of diseases which the unen-
lightened imagine are kept off by
coddling, namely, the respiratory
diseases. The more nearly naked
we can be at all times the better
for our health. More men than
women have pneumonia-which fact
is not consistent with the notion
cause of pneumonia, for il expos
cause of pneumonia, for if expos
ure were a factor certainly the wo
men would far outnumber the men
in pneumonia statistics because
women do expose their chests and
men do not
From a purely hygienic point of
view, assuming an unprecedented
mind and familiarity with the act
ual and experimental evidence bear
ing on the question, it is impossible
to imagine that too little clothing
all the time or at any particular
time has any injurious effect on
human health. True, exposure to
cold causes one serious result, but
only one. namely, frostbite in one
form or another. Every bit of ad
missable evidence that has been
deducted only adds further weight
to this conviction
Now, then, L think wooden under
wear is most comfortable for most
people in the temperate and north
temperate zones in the cold sea-
son of year. At the same time 1
know that many vigorous young
persons are comfortable and we'll
within hygienic law wearing moth
ing more than sheer cotton athletic
underwear or none at all. practic-
ally. Perhaps a few middle aged
or elderly persons may emulate the
youngsters in this. Silk is eve;:
better, hygienically, than wool, for
underwear and stockings. OF
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-10
HOUSE o. DREAMS.
By Jane Ladd.
Copyright, 1922. by Wheeler Syn


Copyright, 1922. by Wheeler Syn
dictate, Inc.)
The man in the wheel-chair laid
! aside his book and swung himself.
with some difficulty, away from the
fire.
In the big, luxurious room the
light was growing dim. Gray shad-
ows crouched beneath the massive
furniture. In the pictures and
cooks that lined the walls the won
der-hued pigments and lustrous
leather bindings took on even softer
| tones.
At table by the window a young
| woman in a blue uniform was writ
ing busily. Her slim. straight back
was toward him, and for a long
moment he watched her in silence.
very tender look in his youthful,
tired eyes. Then
Its nearly sunset, isn't it,
nurse?" he asked. His voice was
weary, like his eyes, and-like them
-unconsciously caressing.
The girl rose instantly and came
to him, smiling. Lets watch it
from the window-shall we?" she
suggested pleasantly. Somehow she
! managed to make very tame pro-
ceeding sound gay and alluTing.
She laid her hands, strong and
white and slender, to his chair, and
propelled it gently across the room.
Below them the tides of traffic
flowed up and down Beason hill;
honking motor and shaping of hoof
beats; while beyond, the last level
beams Of pale winter sunlight lay
over the common. The trees were
leafess, the grass withered, and the
frog pond a bare expanse of con-
crete Uttered with the waste of
summer The invalid gave little
involuntary shiver.
Its pretty-desolate," he said,
slowly. Everything dies hardin
the city. Take it in the country,
now-this season is just as cheer
full as any otheri Evergreen trees
those jolly shocks of COMPLIES
of yellow pumpkins" His gaze
sought hers with feverish earnest
ness. I'm crazy about the coun-
try" he went on eagerly. I'm go
ing to build myself home down on
the Cape-when I get well. I'm
having chap come down this aft
ernoon with plans and things. My
own ideas, knocked into profession
al form. l see it in my dreams
white-on a hill Wide
chimneys and red roofs for a sky
line; brick terraces: a sQuatty per-
COLA covered with roses. Sun and
wind-and seal" He twisted about
-smothered her hand with thin,
nervous fingers. and slim, quiet
girl in rubber-soled shoes, to rule
my fair domain" he finished, his
white cheeks flushing. Tell me
nurse! Will my dream-do you
think-come true?"
She smiled wistful1y down at the
noisy street. Her eyes were dark
and sweet and full of pity. "If
that's what fate has in store for
you" she answered very softly.
And after moment she gently dis
engaged her hand.
He frowned. You believe in
fate, them"
II have to. had a chum.
nurse like myself We went
across together. She wasn't very
pretty but everybody seemed to
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-10
HEALTH TALKS
By William Brady, M.
Noted Physician and Author.

course the stockings and under
wear should be of the same texture
and weight, for comfort. If one is
comfortable with just imitation
stockings, well and good; it is en-
tirely hygienic. Don't be misled
about that. children. Go without
stockings at all if you are more
comfortable without 'em, so far as
the hygiene of the matter is con-
cerned. / merely remark that we
oldsters who were little too much,
coddled for our physical we'll be-
ing in our infancy. and youth find
a light weight sort OF steckinette-
knit q have in mind no particu-
lar make or brandt wooden or most
ly wooden with a little cotton) or
wool and silk, union suit the most
comfortable armor in the winter
time. for protection against the
overheated atmosphere indoors as
well as the wintry blasts outside.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Abusing Good Things.
drink about six cups of coffee a
day and about two cups of tea. Is
this acknowledgements ]. NJ
Answer-Boys or girls under Is
should not take tea or coffee at all,
and only little cocoa after the age
of u, in my judgment. Milk is the
stuff for boys and girls to drink,
for health and strength. Even Wig
orous adults can seldom take more
than two cups of tea and two of
coffee daily without evil effects
from excessive stimulation. You
Bran Bread.
Please print a recipe for bran
bread you published two or three
years ago. 1t was fine eating, and
overcame obstinate constipation
and Indigestion. My sister borrow
ed the recipe and lost it.-(Mrs. D.
E. L.
Answer-11a cups milk, tea
spoonfuls molasses, 8 tablespoon
fuls lard, IL cakes compressed
yeast, II cup lukewarm water, 21z
cups white flour, 2 cups wheat
bran, q cups graham flour, table
spoonful salt Scald milk, cool to
blood heat Make smooth paste OF
molasses, lard, yeast and lukewarn,
water and add to milk. Add the
-four to make sponge. Beat sponge
5 minutes, set in warm place till
it rises double size. Bake one hour.
X-Ray Technician.
Is there any danger of me being
injured by X-rays? I operate an
X-ray machine about eight hours
day. l stand six feet away from the
tube, which is surrounded by quar-
ter inch lead glass equivalent to
1-16 of an inch of lead. The aver
aga current is 10 m. a. at 100000
volts. CIV. d.
Answer-Not if there is a suit
able lead screen between you and
the tube Even the operator who
handles X-rays hours daily is safe
from injury nowadays, because he
knows how to protect himself by
lead impregnated gloves, aprons.
etc.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-10
This Years Elections. .

stand by the President is the slogan to be
employed by the Republicans in the congress
sional elections this year. With the decision
of the United States supreme court in holding
unconstitutional the corrupt practices act in
the Newberry case removing restrictions here
tofore in a measure at least, observed in po-
litical campaigns, we may look for a resump
ton of the open barrel as witnessed in the
earlier days of political contests, when the
candidate with the largest slush fund usually
came through winner. The appeal to stand
by the president will be used with a view to
Strengthening the claim Mr. Harding will have
on reelection two years hence, for it is gen.
orally conceded that he will be a candidate to
succeed himself.
While it is not to be disputed that money
plays an important part in elections, it must be
apparent to political observers that the Ameri-
can voter is growing mores tndependeut in his
nses OF the ballot; thatxhe refuses to support
p candidate ssimp1y bacansa saaesrspressats the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-10
The Daily Short Story

like her. She was always laugh
ing; they called her Smiles &.
After while they gave her charge
OF contagious ward, and for her
orderly she had the stupidest young
man you ever saw He was big
and clean and good-looking, but he
didn't seem to know anything. He
never spoke to anybody or tried to
make friends.
And in spite of his lack of bril-
liancy Smiles got interested in him.
Fate, you see, He haunted her,
somehow She couldn't put him
out of her mind Little habits of
his-tricks of speech and gesture
appealed to her. She liked his hon
est, boyish eyes-they were blue as
the skyi She felt if he would only
make an effort-arouse his facul-
ties-associate with other people
that he could be as clever and at
tractive as anybody.
Right in the midst of things,
Smiles came down with scarlet
fever. and before she'd fully re-
covered the ward was quarantined
for smallpox. She was shut up for
weeks, and when she got out and
about again, the armistice had been
declared and her orderly had dis
appeared.
1T was some months before
Smiles returned home. and in the
meantime the story was circulated
that she had died of smallpox. You
know how those false reports got
about at that hectic time. The boys
all felt pretty badly about it.
They'd been fond of their Smiles
and she was gone. Four men who
had known her were talking about
her one night.
Another, a young architect, stood
up. She was more than that-to
me-, he said, gravely. I wish-if
you fellows don't mind-you'd
change the subject
at was Smiles orderly, He'd
been in the secret service. and his
stupidity was just pose That was
why he couldn't have any ascot
ates-they'd have missed him and
wondered where he'd gone.
1.-The next day, in his office. a bit
of torn newspaper blew off his
partners desk. It was one of those
serial cartoons. 1t happened that
the partners followed this one re-
llgiously. Fate. again,
But it landed on the floor at the
architects feet, the other side up.
and he looked down at the picture
of group of nurses just returned
from France. The middle one, hold
ing onto her ha- laughing, was
Smilesi
Well, when he had recovered
his senses, he rushed out-and
found her. She's wearing his dia-
mond ring now-on a chain around
her neck. And as soon as he's a
little better established they're 60
ing to announce their engagement.
And that's one reason why 1 believe
in fate!"
Only the topmost boughs OF the
elms We're touched with gold.
A bell trilled. and a young man
entered-a tall, blue-eyed young
man, with a brief case under his
arm.
He stopped short when the nurse
advanced to meet him and his face
frightened with swift delight.
Why-Smilesi" he cried.
The man in the wheel-chair laid
his wasted hand for moment
across his eyes. When he looked
again. the suns last rays had gone.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-10

Q, What is meant by capital
ships? n. D.
A. The navy department says
that this term is more or less elias
tic and refers to the larger and
more modern naval vessels.
@. Is there any place in the uni
verse that light does not penatrate?
E. NJ. S.
A. The naval observatory says
that no region of space is known
to astronomy so remote that light
does not penetrate it.
@. What is the original root word
from which the word intoxicating
is derived? E T. T.
A. The word Intoxicating" is de-
rived from the Latin "intoxicare"
which is a combination of lin" and
''toxicum," the latter being poi
son in which arrows were dipped.
@. What kind Of nuts are used in
pralines? c. /. {.
A. Pralines are CONNECTIONS made
of nut kernels, usually of almonds,
roasted in boiling sugar until
brown and crisp. In this country,
pralines usually contain pecan
meats.
@. How fast do homing pigeons
fly? r. D. T.
A. The fight OF the homing pig
con is steady, direct and rapid. but
the rate OF speed has been exagger-
ated and is now known TO be on the
average only about thirty miles an
hour
@. What state leads in manufac-
turing establishments. NJ. Med.
A. New York leads in number OF
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CIR Tnt1thHtnttp
HERE LIES MANS ANCIENT EEE6Y,
Dull CARE
WHO DIsINTKRs THE UNLovED cUeA
NEWARK!
ALETTTR TO ROSCOE.

Dear Roscoe: When you say that you
Cannot remember asking me
To do those verses for the"Stone"
You do not know how right you De.
wasn't that last line simply heck!
The whole verse isn't worth a lot
Poetic license, Roscoe, dear,
That is the one excuse I've got)
And, speaking of this license stun,
That's why 1 seemed to do my best
To make the dear old public think
That other stuff was by request
Accept profound apologies
If have put you in bad light
With any other words I used
RED.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-10

ing 1888. according TO the prellm-
mary summary of the census Dl-
reau. Pennsylvania Is second VIII
27,974. Pennsylvania, ho"eysl5,
leads in amount Of capital invests.
in such concerns. with a totai VI
1925. $50, 900, New York ranAlls
second with an investment u
1898, 1853, 900.
0. What is the origin OF the worn
mother? ia H. =
A. Sanskrit contained the "o.u
matr; Latin. mater: German chaAs-
ed it to mutter; Anglo-Saxon' NJ
dor: middle English, moder' HUI
ern English, mother.
@. Why are Seidlitz powders So
named? NJ. n lid
A. Seidlitz powders are so cant
because their composition resel -
bIes that of the natural water
Seidlitz, village in Bohemia
@. During whose Teigns was ~
Hundred Years war; D. -
A. The Hundred Years war ~,
ed from 1897 to 1853. II e1LsHI ri
during the reigns Of EdWaII- ~ t
Richard II, Henry ", Henry
Henry vi of England.
@. I have some old pop -
which does not pop well! Oan
be improved &C. c. G. ,..-,s
A. Pop corn may easily peI1Ai il
too dry to pop successfully; II =
the steam pressure deVelopel hest
in its hard shell by apptied 10 10
that causes it to explode ana III
must be moisture within the suS 70
Set the sack of corn outdoors t.. ~.
a. day or so. This usually LmPEo''-
il