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HALF A CENTURY
Okal1o1nan Praises Black
Draught, Having Used it
t<Can Safely Say fol.
SO Years.

Grandfield, Ok1a-One of the
best known farmers of Ti1man.
County, Mr.. G. w TisdaIe, who
owns and manages wagon yard
here, says:
.I have used Thedford's Black
Draught-I believe can safely
say for fifty years.
II was born and reared in Texas,
Freestone County, sixtyfour years
ago. have been married forty-four
years. My father used Black
Draught before I was married, and
gave it to US .-
For forty-four years Of my mar
ried life, it has had a place on our
medicine shelf, and is the only lax
ative, or liver medicine. we use. We
use it for torpid liver, sour sto-
mach, headache, indigestion W. I
don't think we could get along
done for US, and the money it has
saved. It is just as good and re-
liable today as it was when we be-
gan its use. My boys use it and
they are satisfied it's the best liv-
er medicine they have ever used"
Thedfords Black-Draught is pure
~ vegetable, not disagreeable to
take and acts in a prompt and ma
tural way.
g So many thousands of persons
have been benefited by the use of
.Thedford's Black-Draught, you
should have no hesitancy in trying
this valuable old well-established
remedy, for most liver and ston1-
Sach disorders. NCE139b.
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i we're not caslnl,scse11 and whIch were
completed.
Of this number today 1908 are
laid up, not in serciyeable order
These have an aggregate tonnage
of 7.179.575. 4; 5sis3.
OF this great .eIa1d-upo fleet
$40 or almost one-haf. are the
two lower James River anchorages
at Claremont and Camp Eust1s
At Claremont are 22z of the
total 241 laid-up wood and compos-
lite vessels. Their tonnage is ssh
SIS.
Off Camp Eustis are 313 steel
heighters from the 35O0-ton boats
built in Great Lakes yards and
brought to salt water through the
Welland canal and the ST.. Law
renee, to the big 1850 ton boats
Of the Daniel Webster and Henry
Clay type. The average OF these
laid-up steel ships is $500 tons;
size generally considered best
for tramp freighting.
Other Concentration Points
Although the biggest concentra-
ton of idle Shipping Boa~ ton
mage is here In the lower James,
other groups OF Shipping Board
vessels are laid up as follows:
Army Base, Boston So; New Lon
don, Conn, s.; Hudson river. 1866
Staten Island los; New York
Harbor5 Q. Hog Island 49,. Curtis
Bay and vicinity OF Baltimore
IS, Savannah 16, Charleston z,
Pensacola %. Mobile 80, New Or
leans So. Orange, Tex. 40. San
Francisco 43, Portland, Ore, s ana
Seattle IT.
OF the So at. Orleans, 40 are
steel, four concrete; Of the 40 at
Orange, Tex. 26 are steel and IA
wood; OF the 40 at San Francisco.
40 are steel and three concrete \
All others are modern steel yes
se1s-
Il OF the problem presented by
this idle merchant fleet. on which
the government has spent more
than $500, 100000 with an equal
sum invested in other; boats still
in service, Chairman Lasker says:
Y The only solution lies in feder-
al assistance. This is a matter for
the entire nation to support, not
only from spirit OF patriotism
and of pride, but Tor the even
greater purpose Of economic and
national preservation. =
Backed by Harding
In this contention Lasl1er has
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away. Coming now"
In flash he had hung up and
the girl had just time to dab some
powder on her tear stained face
and straighten her tousled hair.
.'Whoops! The best news. It's a
corker. Dads a trump-always
told you he was-called me up and
we just had an interview and he
told me he'd reconsidered the mat
ter about my going into business
and thought it was a good plan.
Just as if that wasn't knockout
enough he calmly handed me a
check for $4,000 SO as to give me
a good start
What a perfect dear he Isl" ex-
claimed Vivian.
Eyes, BUT he acted awful1y funny
was a little worried for a while.
After we got through he said. Son
if you have a best girl or any
thing of that sort, tell her that love
is often blind but not always In
curably SO. I tried to get him to
explain, but he just laughed and
put out his hand.
THE dear" said Vivian softly. 81
believe I'd like to meet him now.
I just know I'm going to love him"
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the active and ssful1s approval OF
president Hardin
However both the economic and.
political wisdom OF subsidy to
maintainSam merchant marine which
already has cost taxpayers more
than IS. 600 10000 900 is SO actively
questioned in Congress that it
seems certain any decision will
be postponed until after fall cleo
ton.
And in the elections the taxpay-
ers may have chance to express,
their preferences. for or agaS.st. in
their choice among Candidates.
Il Even in event of subsidy how
ever, hundreds. OF the boats for
which Uncle Sam paid $500 a ton
will be scrapped or left to rot in
out-of-the way marine boDeyards.
These will include practically
the entire wooden fleet, it is de-
clared. and a considerable number
OF the composite. concrete and
steel vessels in which faulty con
struction and poor seaworthiness
has developed.
- D.
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What's the matter? Who's
hurt ~ he called And then he
spted Mrs. Woodchuck rocking
herself back and forth in q corner
and wai1ing.
sits my thumb. cried Mrs.
Woodchuck. II was putting in a
nail when the hammer slipped and
oh, oh, oh. you'll have to fix it.
DOCTOR
my, Oh, my.'' exclaimed the
doctor AThats' too bad! Let me
see it, Why, there isn't a mark!
Are you sure this is the right
thumb 2"
..Of course declared Mrs. Wood
chuck tartly. TITS my right hand,
isn't it,"
2s Poor DE-. snuffles fixed Mrs.
Woodchuck's thumb.
Then the three started for
Martyrs house again.
But some more new things were we're
to happen
(To Be continued3
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Everybody in all whispering
Forest and Bright Meadowland
tried to keep DR. snuffles and his
helpers, Nancy and Nick, from get
ting as far as Marty -Mink's
house
Marty had swallowed fish
bone. and as long as It stuck In
his throat he couldn't eat a bite:
That tickled all the voolfolk and
meadow-folk nightly for no one g
life was safe when Marty was
hungry and around looking for q
meal.
Mrs. Woodchuck saw the little
fairy doctor and the Twins com
ing She waited until they got OBJ
posite her front door and then
"Oh, oh, OIL" she cried. 'Oh,
oh! Somebody help! Quick"
Marty Mink and his fish-bone
flew out Of DR.. Snuffles' head He
hurried into Mrs. Woodchuck's
hall and right back to her sitting
room.
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,l081 D. I
PIE I I: SUBSIDY b Il
Hundreds to Be Strapped and
Sold at Junk Price s----
Many Wooden
5.: 3'--.----- -.------.d.
! ByEHARRY 3. HUNT.

NEWPORT NEWS. Va July
S.-The greatest concentration or
shipping in the worlds history can
be found today in the lower James
river, between Newport News and
C1aremont, Va.
Or thees two towns twenty
miles apart, lie $40 oncean going
steamships With a dead weight
tonnage of 2,870.o00.
But the presence OF this great
fleet does not indicate any sud
from this port. Rather IT symbo-
lies both the depressed coalition
OF world commerce and the uncer-
tain status OF Uncle Sam as .
master mariner in years to come
For hese vessels are not man
ne dand outfitted for sea Their
bunkers are empty, their boilers
are cold. Except for a force OF
watchmen and guards and a few
caretakcrs to minimize the decay
that results from idleness, they
are unnamed.
Tied up in groups Of eight to
thirteen abreast, their anchors
grip the shallow river bottom
while they await either the rev1V-
al OF world shipping or a Agoyern-
ment subsidy.
Will Subsidy Free Them?
What their future will be, no
one knows. President Harding and
Chairman 4Lasker7 of the Shipping
Board maintain only a subsidy can
enable even the more efficient OF
the vessels to operate at a profit
inf competition with shipping troy
other nations.
Laskec recommends the scrap
ping or sale at junk prices Of hun
dreds Of them. including all the
wooden fleet built at war prices
as part Of the American bridge
of ships
The sale Of the Others at prices
which would enable the PURCHASERS
to maintain them in operation
under a subsidy is a further part
OF the administrations shipping
po1icy:.
But failure of Congress to act
on the ship subsidy and refusal OF
private interests to- buy govern
ment ships at any price for opera
ton under the American flag has
steadily added to the number Of
idle vessels until ltodny more
than half Of all the 23l2 vessels
built or acquired by Uncle Sam for
his war fleet" are laid up
Fate of War Fleet
Uncle Sans wartime merchant
fleet totalled 1912 vassels with
tonnage OF 13,636,711. This includ-
ed the hundreds Of vessels under
construction when the armistdce
was signed. on which contra cts
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told mel" calculated Stamford

| II y Ira. d.
senior.
II don't blame him. answered
the girl, coolly, feeling her com
posure coming back, and that's
lust what I've come here to talk
to you about You are simply ruin
ing Jack He hardly dares to
breathe without your consent, ana
he has about as much initiative as
a three-year-old. He's mollycod.
die, that's what he is, and it isn't
his fault, either--it's yours, all
yours. You think you're a devoted
father, instead OF which you're a
leech sucking the manhood out OF
your own son. He has no worse
enemy in this whole world than his
father"
Stamford, red and spiuttering,
opened his mouth to speak, but Wv.
ian silenced him with a look and
went on:
He wanted to start out in bust.
ness for himself, but you discour.
aged him What if he did fail and
lose-a few thousand? I'd rather
have a man penniless who had
tried and who had backbone OF
his cwn than one who was scared to
venture anything. I'm going to
marry him becauseI love him, bu;
I'd almost do it if it was only to
save him from you, his devoted
father. t5
..That's all I have to say she
ended Il don't care how much
you hate me-that'll do you good,
but think over what I've said, will
you?
With nod she was gone. Once
back in her car an outburst OF
pent-up emotion swept over her
and her hands : on the steering
wheel trembIed so that she could
hardly drive. Reaching home, she
rushed up the backstairs to her
room and locked herself in. Two
hours later the telephone rang.
"Say, dearest, got to see you right
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;WlHOM SHALL MOLI,Y MARRY:

BY ZOE BEckLEY,

M oily knew she was being
i cru AS Bill stood with his back
" toward sher,h Citing out his prob
len. M oily felt like putting her
arms about him with Never
mind. Spoors kid 7, I won't put you
ITO Issnch a test
M Esft She steeled herself. Billy
and M oily felt her own
fate hung on his decision. His
sSfaca#wasspale. He moistened his
slips and spoke with an effort,
#wearily -.
gree, M oily. What is it
5you#Want#meS to- do
rs sni go elief and a twinkle
COT fun lit cher eyes.
AN she answered, looking
gup into his troubled face,
want youstoSpromise8 me you vii
#let snot thing discourage you from ON
eler4son@th1s con :'rl
Second ], want you to be very
nice ito me-and make no secret
N ri Oily i glance Il down demure1y,
ssbutHth esresponse she expected did
mo tMcom e.. 3iF
have already promised, Z
Ssaid libby. to d 9 $wh ateverg you !
5ssss8E ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS she puIss q
hand his shoulder.
li&SsyS VIII tEyou,re linking,
fsBilly.g IL must seem to you pure
self my part------a heads-
#you-Win afls-I-1o proposition.
But TRUST me, Billy----as ~
trustgyou u.
10 m fss#characteristic language
saofSd eeds. no swords, Billy reached
fort telephone, calling Ben
wheeler atsthe Chamberof Com
@merce8 Club
So. want yous to listen in on
this. MOI eSsaid. 4" Over there,
lat Observation-Disclosures
SheHt the receiver
s s..He1Io: wheeler? This is
Barton And N1olly Wayne Is lis
fenfngs AreEyou absolutely de-
dsdSsabouts breaking that con-
tract me : g 8H5
way to the Supreme
iiecessa ~. Barton.
sSoffse Was like one Of.
4Ia g. ,eeJaiisc /. york.
a! set.al i ] tell my
wa M pensi y seton and
g iss ... 4.
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PUSHING REAssEssMENT.

S.-Work of reassessing the prop
erty values Of Fayette County is
being pushed by John Z. Ryan, spe-
!cial assessor, and he has personally
undertaken the work in Fayette-
vile District. Mr.. Ryan says he
has met with courtesy in most
places and given help by the own
ers.
Mr.. Ryan has made the assess
ment in Fayetteville but has not
given out the figures. He has found
much property which heretofore
has not been on the assessment
books.
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sSfrdzl,bE benz RICE
k1ezi1lglte
II BERTHAsE. sSHAPIE1GHS
Cooking Author ity for NJ e a 4;
Service and sCoraamDfa Uni

lg q tp9sTg
This dessert can be made
using any fruit canned or
fresh, but IS particularly good
with fresh strawberries, rasp-$
berries or peaches.
It being a hearty dessert the
dinner preceding should be
rather light.
Cook in double boiler Cor
in a sauce pan set in another
pan containing boiling Water) 4
one quart Of milk, the grated
rind Of half a lemon and one
cup Of well washed rice. It
will take from one to one and
a half hours to cook the rice
thoroughly.
Add one-half cup sugar, the
5yolks Of three eggs and one
fourth teaspoon of salt Cook
five minutes and turn into r.
border mold. In 10 minutes
turn Oh t into a dish OF platter
which can be placed In the
oven. Have ready a box of
Strawberries sweetened to
taste, and merlngue made as
follows:
whites Of three eggs beaten
until stiff and One-Hd1L cup
powdered sugar, added grad
5ually while continuing the
beating until the mixture Will
hold its shape. Add one-ha half
teaspoon vanilla.
Fill the center Of the rice
border with the berries, com
'pIetely cover rice and berries
with the meringue. Set IN a
moderate oven eight minutes,
or until a light brown Serve
warm or cold. -
s NOTE: If you have no Dor
der mold use any mold and
surround with the fruit, COW
.ering all with the mertngule..
Cut this out and past
g it in Your cook book.
H + j. ( y ~ I'd T. h 6 r. s I 4
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D. I. NORRIS AND FAMILY
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INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK.
Firms authorized by the secre-
tary of state at Charleston to In
crease their capital stock include:
G. E. Watson Coal Co. Association
Morgantown, from $4,000 to s5G,
600; Aurora Coal Co., Fairmont,
from $4,000 to $4,000.
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lCARD#OE THANKS

We wish to express our sincere
thanks to all our neighbors and
friends for their many kindnesses
during the illness and death of our
beloved wife and mother and es-
pecially for the floral offerings
and to all who so kindly furnished
D. I. MORRIS AND FAMILY
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lei u
OR S DRY
lem sJAC lOSTH
" 12IIDDER ,5s!s

n NJ f
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Exssxsz5S. u, d II owe to5do it, but
Gather d oesn,t Sapproye..''
JackAS tamf ford Isn't
tsYourk 90 O4yous want to put into
Ihfs#busfness, and aren't you OF
sage@ands you enough sense
fstpsd aSlitt1 thinking for yourself
ysoncs @tnaaEw1fle? Sometimes you
nakesmes mad II could cry
Xiyian Shippe Jumped UP from
Fgthead aYenportswhere she had been
(SsftHngs beside her hancee and hur-
|HIedly dabbedi$at@ her eyes as she
5sstarted howard the door. In one
Sstrfd he Wassbestde her and had
|ghersi n&h his arms.
Oh,S butsyousd don t$und
80 Email dad has, and
|Ehe's Watchedo over me and cared
Sfor5 me and advised me ever since
Iss1swass in@ktndergarten- It would
SKI al I'd if ent against his
wishes. I a III always consult him
sssss eesyou II O." she answered !s7'' t7l'
seEElsssTh al hurts, Vivian" he said
Quietly. .a3 81.
Til y ers req quarrel !
theyae had been, and IN
&ris shot penitence Vivian put her \
SaEmsS around him
seForgiYe. y ack; 7 m a little cati
SAy. know how hard your
"a; ton must:be, but he ism t fair;
n u.
ssslss:He's wond erful to me. Hes
SHE finest faith er a chap ever had
ssSfanf ford defend ed.
ell, even fslyou lost Inc
SmonEy, I'd rat her you'd plunge N
Nandss what you can Q for your
9se s sss q Fl looks like a good chance
tome even IL don II u 'lssl
Sabout% busine ss.
lmost imperceptib1y the man
Nshook his head and sighed. u
DON'T know what to do; heaven
skn ows il d on, Well, ] promised
dadSJ'd BE back by ten. He wants
SssEsgame Of chess tonight, and hls|
I'M cron N at the clubs gone back '.s |
\ him
Iselu family they parted, and WV
gianSwent up to her room more oe'
Ut essed$ and discouraged than she
had been in weeks What sort OF
man was u Jacks father, anyhoW,
she sswonde cred: She had not lived !
inasSM orristown long, and only knew
al few people there, and she had
always QOuSSu5SWuSA . ehe>1 a. -
aEested bringing his father arouna,
Somehow; she threaded this man she
::hadsnerer met. He must be an over
Bearing, Mountaineering sort OF crea.
lure. she reflected or. he wouldn't
sEyI to Aru1 6 hiss son the way he did
syVhatsac could be done to break
lack loose ?.as5As things were now
he would never be man. how
heSwould u ovesto tell the old man
what she thought OF him! AS the
idea flashed through her mind herl
lips: straightened out into grim
little line Of Differentiation.
sss5g The next morning at breakfast
ii 81 famil q motto that she seemed
to- bespreoccupied and just little
excited.
AZ n going uptown. she told her
mother, after .bre akfast.
sNss88...syVhat for dear q 5sa
It's a secret mission some
Saform work q. she answered light
n oments later she was deity
Backing the little green ,car out
OF the garage and planning her
she stopped in front
OF the a1lE office building her cour-
iagesalm ost&faile her, but she went
;;brayeIy& in and let the speeding ele.
her to her destiny.
Stamf p she began, as
fsAe sconfr onted q rather handsome
dd1eaged# man in the president
soffica5 ofsthe Longace Iron Works:
!!sssI,n #sViviansSh ippe, Jacks fiance-"
lacks what? Why, he nevers
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+ & a = & 4ai
Billy Barton hung up his re-.
ceiver with a jerk, Molly slowly
realizing something relentless had
been set in action.
"a Well, that's that said Billy,
with a mirthless grin. And may
the best man win
The best man" repeated Mol
~ redective1y. IL Ben Wheeler's
money wins for him will that
make him the best MANI
" She seemed asking the question
Of herself. IN
Molly sighed, picked up her
handbag and turned to go.
S.'.Remember, Billy, I'm for you
in this fight, and I'm goingto tell
Ben Wheeler so.n S
" ID ont be, foolish. It'l1 mean
your job.
S...It'll mean more than that
And with quick smile of parting
she left the room.
s5s (To BE Continucd)
copyright, 1929
Evening journal., 1922-08-10
SCHOOL HEADS IN
CITY BUILDING
(Continued srorl Fi-st Page. }

Continued from First Page.)
hold its meetings in City Council
chamber.
superintendent Wards office az
the high school when the change
becomes effective. Is to be aban-
doned. giving additional room for
the work OF the high school. as he IL
TO have Offices In the Public Build
ing.
The overflow OF pupils az No. ?
school. II Is now planned are to be
cared for at No. . and No. "a school
where two portable school buildings
are to be erected. By the addition
al room at the High school provided
by the above plain q Is thought the
needs Of that school will be provid-
ed for for the next term at least.
While tho proposed changes can
not be made effective for several
weeks yet. members OF the Board OF
Education and OF the Public Build
ing Commission have held several
and plans are now being
perfected for the proposed changes.
Bids will be opened next week for
the erection OF the portable build
ing at No. "a school and Il is
planned 70 rush this work as fast
as possible so that all pupils may
be enabled 10 make full time.
Evening journal., 1922-08-10
NOBROTHERHOOD'
MEN OUT HERE
Ccontinued from Flrst Pagel

CONTINUED from First Page)
proved somewhat OF a test OF the
staying qualities Of the strikers. as
the speaker announced. the Rev.
Howard McDade. Of Philadelphia.
known as the typographical union
preacher failed to arrive or send
any explanation for his non-appear-
ance. The audience, however. re-
mained throughout the entire ses-
sion, lasting about an hour and a
half, and listened to addresses by
George W. Woomer. Altoona. gen
eral chairman Of the Electrical
Workers, System No. 90. and
Edward r. Logan. chairman Of the
advisory board OF the local shop
crafts.
Mr.. Woomer explained some OF
the methods proposed for the strike
settlement. He declared there could
be no deviation by the national
strike leaders from their acceptance
OF the Presidents first proposal
Seniority, he said. was not a matter
at issue before the United States
Railroad Labor Board. and therefore
could not be properly referred back
to the board for adjudication.
Chairman Logan. who presided
over the meeting. told Of an inter-
esting experience he had yesterday
afternoon with a number OF per-
sons who were interested in well
fare work. but who thought the
strikers were entirely IN the wrong.
This meeting he said came unex-
pectedly. After hearing the argu-
ments OF the other side. he made a
reply in behalf OF the men. which.
declared. did much TO change the
view held by those who heard it
He said he reviewed the conditions
which led up TO the strike. and sue
ceeded in convincing his opponents
that the strikers had much justice
and fair play on their own side"
You men can do the same thing"
he told this mornings audience. /
Wherever you are tell the public
your story. Let everyone know thel
facts. BY so doing you viii do much
20 aid your cause"
Music for today's meeting wasl
again provided by the Musiciansl
union and a vote OF thanks was
given for 81.
Maintenance Of ways men whol
have increased their union organiza-l
ton until IL now numbers 225 mem |
bers will meet tonight in the Labor
Temple. Officers will be elected and |
more new members taken in. Thel
electric workers also will hold a |
meeting tonight In the temple.
Evening journal., 1922-08-10
STRIKE. WON,
jewell SAYS
(contInued from IS Pagel

Continued from First Page)
onstration OF loyalty to their cause
and sacrifice for principle" Jewell
said.
The United Mine Workers of
America after being on strike for 10
weeks. fighting for a just principle,
have won a complete victory.
THE striking railroads enlloyes
are fighting for more sacred prin-
ciples-that is. compliance with law
by employers, a living wage, reason
able working conditions. and the
right of their organizations to live
and function in accordance with the
program outlined by the members
as expressed through their votes"