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The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-03-06

nature lover becomes no better than the shriy-
eled botanist or bug man whose sole interest
lies in collecting specimens for dissection and
classification. But if you are good to the fairies
they are likely to fit across the fence into your
preempted sanctum and peer at you from be-
hind tree tops with the flecking moonbeams.
There is still one more advantage in having
forest sanctuary. When you can not visit
it in the flesh you can go there in spirit In the
midst of a trcublous, perplexing day you can
close your eyes for moment and smell the
good earth or hear the fairy music and come
back strengthened and refreshed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-03-06

the present plant and equipment
up to past standard.
Q. What is a cost plus" con-
I tract? A. Y. b.
| A. A cost plus contract is one in
which the contractor agrees to sell
certain things or render a stipnlat-
! ed service at the actual cost Of pro-
duction or cost of the service, plus
an agreed percentage OF that cost
as his profit
Q. How can a $40 gold piece be
worth only 500 when labor and
transportation costs have increas-
ed? L E. H.
a. The office of the director Of
the mint says that coinage is free
Therefore a $40 gold piece is al
ways worth the same amount re-
gardIess of the cost Of mining the
gold or minting the coin.
Q. What is meant by / c. c. Il
on dynamite? J. ". Men.
A The interstate commerce com
mission says that they regulate the
transportation of all types or e.
pIosives. Therefore l. C. c. II on
dynamite boxes is merely the stamp
of the interstate commerce COM
mission.
Q. When did the Cook tours
start? H. l. NJ.
A. Cooks excursions were orig
mated by Thomas Cook in 1871
O. What people first used or IL
vented fish nets + n u
A. The Phenicians are credi'eu
with having invented both the lsH-
ing line and the fish net. and WIieH
they could no longer catch fish from
the shore they constructed canoes
or followed logs and built FaiIS
with bushes for sails TO follow the
fish out to sea, and from TINS lHe'
are also credited with the lnYeH-
ton of shipbuiIding and naTISa-
ton.
@. What is meant by the terms
rights" and "lefts" as applleq !"
socialists? l. NJ. l.. -,
A. In an organized movement 1ne
moderates or conservatives are
known as the rights" or members
of the right wing" while the rao-. .
Gals are designated by the term
"lefts" or LEFT wing"
@. What is the difference DC
tween whang and rawhide2
Mex. 7.
A. The bureau of Markets says
"whang" is a local term applied 10
rawhide that has been cut ii Ine
shape of belt 1acing leather.
O. What is Eastertide? P McN.
A. Eastertide is the 40 days from
Easter to Ascension day, or some
times considered the 80 days u
Whitsunday or the 81 days TO TIN
ity Sunday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-03-06
Frederick Haskin's Letter
Censored Ton7bsfones.

Washington, D. c., March A.
! the very grave. The latest thing il
| censors, according to serious
minded trade journal which keeps
/ up with tombstone news. is a cen
sor of epitaphs. This official has
been appointed in an unnamed Eng.
! lish village and entrusted with the
job of seeing that graveyard SOL
emnity is not violated by flippant
quips and epigrams on the tomb
stones.
English Wears for a number oi
years have supervised to some ex-
tent tombstone sentiments. 1t may
seem strange that now, when cpl
taphs are no longer INDUCED in by
poets or poetasters. there should be
any great need for a special guard
ian of tombstone dignity. But the
dangers, it seems, are in the cpl
taphs which have been perpetrated
in the past. Carved on old, moss
grown, tottering stones, the verses
Of century or two ago oftentimes
express sentiments regarding death
and the dead that are flippant, ir-
reverent, and in short, unsuited for
public perusal in this highly regu-
lated age.
Our attitude toward tombstones
undoubtedly has changed 1t is not
so much that we think more SOL
emnly of death; but rather that we
think less of it The churchyard
is seldom the graveyard any long
er. Few people think of visiting
the cemeteries outside the city
when they set out for a Sunday
afternoon stroll. Decidedly. the dead
are not so much with us as they
were a few centuries, or even a
few generations, back.
Tombstone Topics of Talk.
Then, tombstoneS were a live
topic. A man expected to have an
epitaph written about him, and if
there was any fear in his mind that
his relatives would not make a good
job of it, he wrote the label for his
stone himself or hired a profession
al to write one.
Ben Jonson, Milton, and Pope
wrote epitaphs. Shakespeare wrote
his own epitaph in a four-line verse
of warning to any who might wish
to disturb his bones. To dash off
a witty epitaph for a friend or enc
my was parlor trick with which
kings and courtiers whiled away
dull afternoon.
Thus when Charles III. casually
asked Rochester to write his cpl
taph, the courtier thought a min
ute and produced the following now
famous lines:
Here lies our mutton-eating king,
Whose word no man relied on;
Who never said foolish thing,
And never did a wise one
The king took no offense, but set
his brains to work and composed
second stanZa:
If death could speak, the king
would say,
In justice to his crown,
His acts they were the minister's,
His words they were his own.
Even if a man was inadvertently
misplaced, he had to have a tomb
stone and an epitaph, as is shown
by the following in an English
Underneath this sod lies John
Round
Who was lost in the sea and
never was found.
Rhyme or Free Verse,
Epitaphs were correct style and
everybody had them. Those in
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-03-06

ty as yours, Fraid. Sure, I'll mar
ry you. any time"
Fraid smiled-a beautiful smile.
Now tonight's Grange night. If it
wasn't for you falling over the
stove leg we could go up to the
Grange and get married"
Il haven't fell over no stove leg"
cried Selma. Il just said when d
body does fall over a stove leg she
don't feel as frisky as common.
had to get you worked up, some
how. Fraid, l guess the license is
going to be the reason we don't
get married tonight"
"License!" said Fraid Eaton.
1--WE been carrying round that Ii
cense for 40 odd years"
Quiet in the little kitchen, and
the pink Cupid and the boy and
girl with clasped hands laughing
from out the tarnished sparkle of
the silver lace.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-03-06

diyiduals whose outstandinr a.,
ana characteristics could not =
squeezed into rhymed coupletg v.o "
gloriously immortalized in s.s 81.
verse. Lady OLooney's ep.tanb - =
a good example: FN Is
Here lies the body Of
Lady OLooney.
Great niece of Burke. comn,o,,-
Called the sublime,
She was
Bland, passionate, and deen,v
religious;
Also painted in water-colors
And sent several pictures IN 3
Exhibition, '@s
She was first cousin to Lady Tor.,
And of such is the kingdom
of Heaven.
But those days are gone po,..
no longer specialize in epitanS.
Henpecked husbands get ava1 - ~
some other means than bv vriti1s
sarcastic verses to go ON tor,Es
stones. The epitaph. which t.n,- star,
ed off well in this country in ~.
graveyards of Massachusetts '4s :
practically defunct. Is
StIl, the possibilities of en;ss,,
reform, even in this country. sbonI5
not be overlooked. Like FnpIsnS
we have ample material wbish
should be of interest to cepso-s 80 "a
our old New England cburcbva.5-.i
The verse which is said to bs,.
started the agitation in the ~.
1sh village is on an old stone M.
quote 1t now. In future, it NAV Ia
permissible to designate it onlv bv
four rows of dots:
Here lies the body Of Mary Ann
Lowder
Who burst from drinking a
seidlitz powder.
Called from this world to her
heavenly rest,
She should have waited till II
effervesced.
Danger of Levity Less.
The danger of the public CATCHING
the idea that death is not TO he tai,
en- seriously is less now. to be sure
than it might have been a few dec'
ades back when promenades in tba
graveyard were a popular outdoor
sport. Still. the old grinning
chuckling epitaphs are there. Ieei'
BILE under the CRIME, to corrupt any.
body who strays into their neigh
borhood.
Take the following, for instance
out in Iowa, written on stone for
dignifled and sober-minded middle
westerners to read:
Beneath this stone our baby laws
He neither cries nor hOllers.
He lived just one and twenty davs
And cost US forty dollars.
Or consider that admired and
copied verse by some unknown Eng
lish poet:
Here lies my wife,
Here lies she,
HallelujahI
Hallelujee,
The effect of such eDitaphs on the
public is obviously demoralizing. In
the future we may have a national
censor of epitaphs to see that Gov
ers are made for all epitaphs which
uO hOL SOIIDl III " the HdIIUudA reg
ulations for tombstone literature.
Or possibly the epitaph official will
gather together a collection Of for
hidden tombstones and keep them
in locked and guarded graveyard
Anyway, the English village may
expect to go down in history as the
pioneer in the crusade for presery-
alton of tombstone dignity.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-03-06
Questions and Answers.

Tickled to Death-Some girls in
our Office discovered that l am very
sensitive to tickling, and although
II have begged them not to tickle
me and told them l can't stand it
they seem to think l am daring
them. l find it is making me ex-
tremely nervous, and after one OF
these performances l actually did
collapse and had to be taken home.
Some of the women in the shop
ridicule me and declare tickling
cannot do any harm. P. E. N.
Answer-It can and does do a
great deal of harm. 1t is cruelty
to subject any sensitive individual
to such an attack.
Underweight-I am 20 years old
and 611a inches tall and weigh 106
pounds Would taking olive oil
three times a day help me gain in
weight? MISS NJ. +. H.
Answer-You are about fourteen
pounds underweight. | doubt wheth-
er olive oil would help much,
though it is a good food if you like
it. An equal weight of butter, or
cream, or cod liver oil, would be
preferable. Send a stamped self
addressed envelope for instructions
for gaining weight.
Corns and Warts-Please tell me
whether the corn remedy you sug-
gested contains ether and whether
it is good for warts too. S. H.
Answer suggested painting the
corn each night for week or long
er with d solution of so grains of
saIicylic acid in half an ounce of
flexible collodion. Collodion con-
tains ether, as a solvent, and must
be kept tightly corked to prevent
evaporation of the ether and thick
ening of the collodion. The same
remedy is sometimes efficacious in
removing warts.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-03-06
Automobiles and Roads.

The relation between the increasing develop
ment and use of motor vehicles and the build
ing of highways is an interesting question of
fact upon which fancy may play at will. The
truth is well recognized that the modern era
of road construction was introduced by the mot
or car. The bicycle. the immediate predecessor
of this vehicle, failed to make case for it.
self as commercial carrier. 1t was natural
under the circumstances that motor vehicle de-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-03-06

Bert Williams, the negro comedian. is dead
If you have ever seen and heard Williams in
one of his drol performances you will agree
that the American stage has lost one of its fun
niest men, Despite his color, Williams reached
the top of the profession. He was the first
negro to be starred in this country with a sup
porting white company.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-03-06
HEALTH TALKS
BY William Brady, NJ. D.
Noted Physician ard Aurnor.

'little-the only way one does ac-
cumulate excess weight-may take
the cue from this and sink their
teeth into some fruit about an hour
before each meal. They will find
that, with the appetite thus tricked
by a ruse, so to speak, they can ac-
tually leave the table, if nothing
more.
Children under four should not
eat raw fruit, but only fruit juices
or the pulp of stewed or baked
fruit
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-03-06

1t is reported that men in Paris are wearing
corsets We have some males in this country
who do likewise, but we don't dignity them with
the title of men.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-03-06
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-03-06

An India educator, here on a visit, has dis
covered that the American girl is genuine
hypnotist- Yes, bless her, and she's most efec-
tive when she doesn't try to be a hypnotist.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-03-06
MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1922.

Ireland has fewer suicides than any other
country on earth. An Irishman loves hgnt 100
much to quit of his own accord.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-08-18
BIG SUM INVOLVED
IN REALTY DEAL
c. w. Westbrook, Of Americus,
And ]. N. Tison, of Doerun,
Transfer Valuable Properties

A real estate deal involving $685.
600 was consummated today when
the Westbrook plantation near this
city was transferred by C. w. West
brook to j. N. Tison, Of Doerun,
and the Doerun properties of Tison
were transferred to Mr.. Westbrook
and a money consideration which
was not made public was also given
the Americus man.
The entire holdings OF. Mr.. West
brook, including a plantation Of $50
acres seven miles west of Ameri-
Gus, will go to Mr.. Tison as a result
of the deal. Mr.. Westbrook will
take over a brick store and stock
and also a dwelling house and an
acre Of land in Doerin, the property
of Tison.
Possession o. The properties will
be given before December l under
the agreement.
Mr.. Westbrook is in the real estate
business III Americus.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-08-18

services in the case, according to
statement ,om Mr.. Gambler, publish
ed in a late edition Of the Atlanta
Journal yesterday. The letter pur-
ported to withdraw charges made
against Mr.. Gambler by Mr.. By
field in connection with the incident
in the state room.
Reuben r. Arnold, chief counsel
for Gambler in his suit to prevent
Byfield from realizing on the $780,
500 note gicen him and in his de-
Tense against Mrs. Byfield's $780,
600 damage suit, asserted that the
purported demand would be investi-
gated and that should Dreyer be
summoned to Atlanta as a witness
in the suit that steps might be TAX
en- regarding it.
"Dreyer knew nothing whatever
about the incident between Byfield
and myself" said asstatement issued
by the Atlanta banker, 'as he was
not there, and neither heard nor saw
any part of it.
"Dreyer was introduced to me as
his friend by one of the three gamb-
lers mes:tioned in my petition, who
frequented the ship. He went with
the party to Paris and made him
self generally officious, and was the
witness to ,Byfeld's statement.
Dreyer claimed to be lawyer and
made a demand on me of $4,000 be-
fore leaving Paris, which I did not
pay.
"Dreyer called me over the tele-
phone in Atlanta yesterday, and de-
manded to know whether I was going
to pay him. I told him I owed him
nothing and agreed to pay him
nothing. He then said he was going
to show me up. I told him he could
do anything he pleased, that I would
not talk any longer over the phone
and hung up the ''phone."
Mrs. Byfieid, who asserted in her
damage suit that she was made se-
riously i'll by an alleged attack by
Gambler, was reported To be some-
what improved today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-08-18
SECURE$l2,OOO
FOR ACGIE DEBTS
Americus Representatives Are
Successful In Getting Money
For School

A telegram received in Americus
today announced that the Third Dis
trict A. & NJ. school appropriation
bill, which it was thought had been
lost, was in fact passed in a differ
ent form, giving the institution $12,-
O00 to liquidate the schools indebt
edpess of nearly $4,000.
The bill was passed through the
efforts of A. f. Hines and George
w. Riley, sumter's two representa-
tives in the legislature, who have
been tireless workers to assist the
school and secure decrease in in
debtedness. Senator John NJ. Col
lum, Of the 18th district, contributed
largely of his Influence and time to
secure the total appropriation of
$4,000 asked for by the board of
trustees.
The Third District school here is
a factor of much good throughout
the district, having gathered togeth-
er many splendid Young men and wo-
men who have graduated therefrom
and who later have made splen-
did college and agricultural record
for the school.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-08-18
Stone SAYS STRIKE WILL Be SETTLED
ACFIALLENGE TO METHODISM
OF AMERfCUS.

When the urid flames of fire and the cang of the bells
awakened the citizens of Americus the early morning hours
find that OUR church-the First Methodist church-was going
up smoke realized that great challenge had been thrown
the loyal Mehodists which would their faith loyalty and
love for their church.
This challenge a time when financial conditions
such that rebuild the scale of present and future needs Of
the church will call for the highest order of love- devotion and
self sacrifice sacrifice that will certainly the rigid
self denial.
But when remember that this church has always
ponded call the past and recall the fact that there
deep love the hearts of the members of this church for the
traditions and associations of this church, believe that
people will not be found wanting at this crucial time.
They will take up the burden of rebuilding better bigger
and more beautiful church than we had before
The Methodsts of Amecus have been deeply touched by
the expressions of sympathy and offers of help but
realize that this burden that will fall on Mehodsm To meet
the they will bend every energy They hope by
faith and devotion their church and community push the
rebuilding to early completion
August 8, 1922 A METHODIST
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-08-18
FOREST FIRES
COST LIVES In
NORTHWEST
Twelve Reported Dead and Hun
dreds OF Refugees AT Ar
irving At Duluth

DULUTH, Mimi, August 18-(By
Associated Press. )-Fears that the
death toll from forest fires raging
in Northern Minnesota will go be-
yond the reported twelve, when ad-
ditonal advices are reselved from the
flame swept areas, were expressed
Friday by scores of refugees who
are arriving here hourly.
A fifteen mile northwesterly gale
famed the forest fires in Kelsey,
Cotton and White Face district, plac-
ing three towns in a precariogs posi-
tion. All the available men of the
Duluth tank corps were ordered to
Kelsey for relief work.
In addition to twelve killed, hun
dreds have been made homeless and
all roads are blocked, according to
reports to the governors office.
Six known dead, Hundreds home
less, at least two towns wiped out
and a dozen others in imminent dan
ger was the apparent toll last night
of a series Of forest fires which
swept Northeastern Minnesota today
causing the worst conflagration since
1918, when four hundred persons
lost their lives.
Governor J. A. o. Preus last night
personally took charge of the situa-
ton, ordering out National Guards
men here for relief duty.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-08-18
INTENDS
MAINTAIN TRAFFIC IS
HARDINC'S MESSAGE
Announces The Right of Employee and Employer
To Conduct Their Business s-Deplores War On
Labor = Urges Coal Investigation

WASHINGTON, August 18-(By
Associated Pres. president Hard
ing; Friday, told congress and the
nation that he is resolved to use all
the power of the government to
maintain transportation and sustain
the right Of men to work.
Addressing a joint session of the
house and senate on the industrial
situation he declared no right of
employers and employees alike to con-
duet their business must be recogniz-
ed. He deplored what he termed
warfare on the labor unions.
The president declared that a ma
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-08-18
SUMTER YOUTH
ADRIF'T AT SEA
Perry Countryman Was Chief OF.
ficer OF Burned Tanker In
Open Boat Six Hours

After unusual experiences at sea
during which time lie spent six hours
adrift in an open boat, under the
burning glare of tropical sun, aban-
doning his ship, which sank a few
hours later and including long cir
cuitous trip back home by way of
Mexico, and New York, Perry Coun-
tryman, son of H. H. Countryman, Of
Sumter, is spending his first vaca-
ton in 18 months at the home of
his parents in South Georgia.
Mr.. Countryman has been in the
merchant marine service since 1917
and was chief officer aboard the
oil tanker Charles Bradley, plying
between Tampico and Baltimore in
the oil trade.
On the morning of July 25, the
ship was shaken by heavy explosion
IN the forward part of the vessel
and Immediately listed and started
to fill.
All hands were ordered to the
boats and the captain and chief
officer, Countryman, investigated
the damage which had been done
by the explosion. After a perilous
examination of the damaged section
it was found that the ship vas flood
ing so rapidly that it was only
question Of a few hours before it
would sink as the pumps were use
less because of the water.
The men We're ordered into the
open boats and they left the ship.
standing by until she sank three or
four hours later At that time the
sun was terrifically not and the men
began to suffer intensely from the
heat. Several of the crew became
crazed and i'll from the exposure and
they were in a sad plight when tney
were finally taken aboard the s. s.
Bryon d. Benson. Later, this shin
being short of provisions they were
transferred to the Gulf Light and
taken to Tampico, where the Ameri-
can consul made arrangements for
them to be returned home, the crew
going to Port Arthur, Texas. by
water and thence by rail to New
York
An investigation of the explosion
that wrecked the ship is now in prog
ress and considerable mystery at
taches to the event. Mr.. Country
man will remain at home until he
is summonded to appear before the
insurance commissioners for his
testimony and will later return to
the merchant marine service.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-08-18

Mrs. Margaret Bramlett, central
figure in the latest "mother instinct"
VS.. duty case.
watch for the police. Once, driven
by panic, he climbed out of sky
light"
So, for two weeks, Castor hid un-
der the very noses of the police
and Mrs. Bramlett didn't tell. The
mother instinct" won.
Then came the bloody sequel. Cas-
tor went to see q woman, his girl"
She told police. Detectives came to
the house. There was a gun battle
One detective was killed and another
seriously wounded. Then, rushing
to the room where his betrayer
crouched, Castor sent a bullet
through her heart, and wrote finis
to it all by blowing out his own
brains.
Should Mrs. Bramlett have told?
The question is to women-for men
cannot understand.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-08-18
BY GENE COHN.

SAN FRANCISCO, August 18.-
The mother instinct" VS.. duty un-
der society's laws.
Down through the ages comes this
eternal struggle to figure in trag-
edy here.
Mrs. Margaret Bramlett, trained
in the medical schools as a nurse,
was on "case" here.
Then one day she read in the
papers Of hold-up in which a
woman, Mrs. Anne wilkins, had
been shot and killed.
Shortly thereafter a nephew of
Mrs. Bramlett's patient came to the
house.
Then, according to the story po-
lice say she told them, this nephew,
Walter Castor, confessed to her that
he was sought by the police for the
murder. and that, while he had not
killed Mrs wilkins, it was true that
he was implicated in the Staying.
Mrs Bramlett was nurse. How
easy to have chloroformed him as
he slept. How simple to have in
duced him to take an injection for
his nerves, to dope him and deliver
Kim into the hands of the officers.
But
q have a grown son of my own"
she is alleged to have declared. 81
thought of how I would feel if any
thing happened to him. 7 thought
how this young Uan's mother would
feel.
'True, he was a stranger to me,
but he was a weakling and sick.
He trusted me as he might have his
mother.
He lived in constant fear of be-
trayal and capture. For hours he
would stand at the window and