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THE CLEVELAND STAIt. SHELBY, N. C. ';"! S !,) A Y , ! " II D . (5 , t ! J 1 7
51.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
P aw
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH
; ; GERMANY SEVERE!)--
BERNSTOFF GIVEN PASSPORTS.
IN SENATE.
President Wilson announces act to Congress
and the world. Two yeQrs of crises cul
minate with act that may mean war. Steps
taken with our army and navy and public
Ii
RESULT OF KINGS MOUNTAIN
BOUNDARY LINK ELECTION
CONFIRMED IN HILL' NOW BE
FORE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
MR. HOEY'S GREAT PART.
SOCliiTY NEWS
Meting of- Library'
This Afternoon
Association
, as
hington, Feb. 3. PresidoK Wilson ha-s broken of:' 'iiplomatic relations
Germany and warned the Kaiser that rut hi
:d rights means war.
-hmila-r action is waiting for Austria when
.-i,e joins in the campaign of i: nrrs: ricti I s
i'he president made formal amiouni.tiii. iit
she world today at a joii.i :'i"Wi:i i'
ioris have been handed f iVuit vo
,u:: all hi?; staif and all Ani-r.ia:i uiiu-;S
-.y. All German consuls in t;. V.n'.t d
, 'i.if the soveraiuc of rela'.i it.-; n.uy t.
!.....:'. e vm to S. am; (:. ;i -an '
. 1 .. i I'. i;t n vi' by ,' ;. ,uwr .nd.
I'l.ittul Slates had in .v.;sge i . .n
ef American liv-
i
na.O I
L i t-vr., U
.lapklc.
Mux' nit
For. ica,
nar.v ha
.ios this
' warSar
'11 to
IT; A ;.,'.,.
ie, a erdi.
overmr.e'it
sa'i"i" G
-cd out
ed. t V'i
Fi.it. d
Cleveland county has practically
won the Kings Mountain boundary
line election case by having the re
salt of the election conirmeel by the
General Assembly of North Carolina.
A bill drafted by Hon. Clyde R. Hoey,
loading counsel for Cleveland, pot" a
favorable report from both the House
and Senate Committees in Raleigh
last Thursday a.id on Friday the Se
nate nas-ed the bill almost unani- ;
mously. The victory is almost sure- j
r.v ly won, for the Il.ejso will in all pro-
liability p; s ; the no-a-lirc today,;
r- thereby .-tUl;r.sr th dispute bet wet.: j
of Cleveland and Gaston over the coan-j
ty line v1 ivtu's Mountain. cotdir'O-j
. ine- tlx riHi't of the election held in
:; : .-d .' . . ;. '
There will be nn important meet
in':: of the library association this af-t-rnoori
at .'jiliO in the library rooms.
All members are urged to be pres
ent. .' ; :'-'"' '' . ' '
Mi:XOL!URACA
Plili-ATlil-AS.
COUNTY MEETING HELD. WITH
. LA F A ETTE STREET M ETu-
0DL3T CHURCH LARGE AT
TENDANCECOUNTY EXTEN
SION COMMITTEE.
Junior Daughters.
of
Mi is Elizabeth Ebeltof, leader
the Junior Daughters of the Con
federacy calls a meeting of the organization-
to he held in the Court
House this afternoon at 'i:.,i). Al!
members are asked to br:in- hack
dues.
Sunday, Jan. 28, 1917, the fifth
quarterly meeting of organized class
es, met in Shelby, N. '.' ,. with the I.a-
Fayette Street MethjJUl
with the president, Dr. P,
v the chair.
i 1 ho session was i i- h:,
number and quality of .d.n r
es, good tinging, c:e.d:
from the classes, an
.w'hich !:IIed the chrok
i he .!; v-otional v. .
An into
I 't i lin.-;
brief, bcinu- th:
Ware
the
bires's-
' i'cporis
:.;to!:da'ii;e
. is or
ee .'", r 'lie
.; !.v 'r.
th;? corr'Vi.t !; e. '
. .iy'.pniiih.oti'fi ve t $ thd- nrst ' moetr .
ip.g is to be held iit Sharon, April 8,.
1017. Every s 'bool in the county i3
urged, to send delegates froin their
organ;zed i kisses to this meeting and
to co-operate with the committee of
Extension' and classes in schools organized.
LIVE ITEMS OF
NORTIICAROLINA
ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED
FROM THE STATE AND NA
TION AND BOILi'.D DOWN FOR
IH'SY RKADEPJ-:. '
d !
;h
i:la
's Mi-ri.
the'!i.;t
; ' ' t '' : ie
'". ! . M
far!"
; or
various neutrals.
, , .i ; "as of nip
-;-! with the i,,S3
. . ie.ve culminated
,:,;s led to war.
r..n eei ..;:-!. ee ,
of more t r ,:i 1 ; f.vo hu
wiin ail ait v,n
Everv sh'.oikv
: l.jd with 1' e- 'il ( rid
re1': Am'.rie-in !!-. -i th-
h in a.! the history of the wo;
t'.ii- A.aoriean j. ,vi rmncnt ha.-:
ni (ly
Meim'.ii:: v.
Gast"!- at:
of the no. i
liy i.i (' 1,'vohi-, i.
et "die vi nlie ,
on ground that ;
in motion to protect the
..v, s are o1' .: . ';,
high fraud was perpetrated upon the ho-j
i r.l- tion in that votes were bought and li-
1 quor used to inthjeme voters in favor)
.,r; of C'evelaed cour.ty.
IV p- !!.' ef ( h ci.ii '1 c r'.y
he- rnan-j.'-.-t- ' !"."' '. -'"' -t i:i j
'. - i.ateom" ei' 'ii cunt- --'.. Gaston. :
f.r.-l t"ok hi1 r, court and had is
sued summon:- to the Cleveland Coun
ty com:r.isd.e: rs. Mo.-rs. II. T. Fill-
1 :
intc-.din;v.
country s.g.-.ir, t acts of Gi nnan ;;y.".ipat! I.-t
being kept sei ret.
. .c ; i, ) via' I- e: ;i i "' .e- ' "
a uenr.:id for the imtiv iicte rih:.-e of - is' ;. four . ..n:ri an- take , ,
captured by Germaii raiders in the Si.uih Atlantic.
i the request of the President, Ceugr; ?:, immediate ly after hearing in
ir ,-s. began work on new laws framed by the Department of Justice to ton. E. C. Borders, L. ('. Palmer, Ge
.-: e nsoiracics and plot against the United States which cannot now bo W. Pooler a- d 1). S. Lovelace. ' A!
. ie d under existing statues.
I r.e question of convoying American morhant ships through the sub
:. I'", kade lias beer, taken up, a rails being eon.-idt rid as one of tile
. . . ..is bv this Goverr.iae: t.
tion
n i
:ic- I. After
ler-incss the h
.r " . j';'.-! cor.r
;1 a :re
;-i;d
-f t
ting
a
nary So
eh h.
riei iy
: i.;.
I..M r
d !"
eeni
ill
eei
I 1 t
hi half
( anie i!.
ie lorrnT.
pr ler.iai, eolisistiu
p i a 1 1 . i
bri f
solos was n
discussion
te
rved
:i tempt-
"j.dc:rl recital which was giv-
kej.t hi
mor.
Mrs. .!,
service
port of M
of the State
this !t
facts and .Mr-
fe.e'-- :
the ,1. . I-
tiiis siute.
Miss Partha V
( il .Sc
. Dr.
Union
ir-iuirh
ie. a
v, (
re: lie I
, nsua!
'a nine
,i.
I'leasa
:f 1".
The co crnnient's , art. of Pisgah
foria-it is being fen-" I in t enclose
the herd of bison and elk kept there.
man. a youre: white man
(Mitifv, is h
hiii" elver!
pi ci Fibre Conip-in
1 : eros of tireber land
m'.v for whicli it on id
Charlie f
-f (.'aha; i"-,
ii"r and !!.as
Tine Clvii.,
eel ior iorur-
s at Concord.
has
i" A. A. '.iiony h"ga:i the
per by reading the re
A. U. Williams, Gen. Sec
Union, on the work in
Lamb, five
ill S,:;i!i
e-i'i'l.oiiO.
I.eKey
in lui'oo'on county a
I tailing and s'icking ;,
i Ids eve.
years old. died
i the result of
knife blade in
., 1 .1., .,. ,r ,.f i
. Anthony's exjiressive
it l"e me ;) :l ol us
of v.virl; o! i.; ''one in
t
id a b
en not;
Li'ai Govi rnnient s have i.
nid h..e t ectily i veil invi'.ei! p.
aeipaign violates tlieir repons.
Pi akuig oi' relations cai.v with .1
u- . i a;; ! ; raci ically e.e r: ire !
" : v. lev;:'! cent. : 1:
I i . i ; ' el..: ..." . U : ..
of tiiO
its i
of the United
the
sub-
!), despite the
o
uat. ra
with in
:r: a
tor the court case was started, an ef
fort was made by the ffaston side t
ature set aside he el
i was drafted accord
net, introduced unt'l
put in a bill to af
n result.
a delegation f'om
is, the foilowia ; pa n
Shelhy nttuvkd the
irin : Thursday: At
oe , D .. Niwn n. O.
Harrelson of the
I-rainy atlornoon ny the music city Schools spoke briefly and point
of the lilth grade, under the fiy on the By.Products of the Sun
re. tion of their teacher, Mi-s day School. Her talk opened a new
elen Jiover, u;is a ereat success, lield ol thought lor many ot us and
a.
have th" 1
eetion am
ieely, but v.aa
after Cli-velaia
linn the eb-e'i
la ad litien to
! K;ae- Mier-aiis.
. t :.-ii!"i! fr. Ill
i lommkiee h
tornevs C. R.
II
both tina:eially and musically. These
young ladies displayed much
and reflected reat crc'li't on
fel.es a :! the school.
: h.
pr.
-a.
(catci tirde.-cd iiaau
this morning, it beca:,' known that A mbassador Gerard
iu. i been sent to Count von Bern-
iilidtl o'eloc
,i ordered home and that pa.-, port
M. Mail, Banker C. C. Liiauton, Sh.r
ilT W. D. Lackey' and Fa-gisiei er
Deeds J. J. Lattinmre. Mr. Mail
who was engaged in the Neal Tunur
trial at Lincob tor. was late in ar
riving and remained over for the bill
A Beautiful Reception Of Last
Tliiiiadiy
: :f. Although there was no ofncial coiiiirniat ion of the President's decision 0 fonie Up jn tnt. House today.
. .1 ae fennaliy announced it himself to Congress, the knowledge spread , The House and Senate Committees
i; i :'y. Count von Bemstroff heard it unofficially while talking with an As- met in the Senate chamber which was
mated Press correspondi-nt. While apparently deeply moved, he was not crowded with people. Not since the
urp rised. His first act was to ask Dr. Paul Uitter, the Swiss Minister, to Legislature has been in session have
ine to the German Embassy and prepare to take over its affairs. Then he so many people ben assembled in the
r a- 1 t TL 1U
nforaied his wife, an American-born woman, of the development and like- ?enaie cnB0l,r- 1, e
, ,T ii- .ii- i -i ) i i i by were filled and the balconies
: lie Lmhassk sta T. His passports we're not delivered until z o clock ' . . ... T. x'e
, lL ., .. ., ., . were crowded. Attorney D. Z. New-
;n the afternoon. While the President was addressing Congress, one of Sec- ton opened thp dis(.ussion foT cleve.
i lery Lansing's confidential assistants called at the Embassy and delivered anj .jj a en minutes speech mark
::ie passports and a note in reply to the German declaration. for fa force and terse point
Army, Nay and Public Buildings Precautioned le?elness. Next cam.1 Representative
..' tations, array posts and arsenals and iW. A. Mauney of Kings Mountain
tie military measures taken by the gov- who surpassed himself as a speech-
eniment tonight fedlowing the seera,ice of eliplomatic relations wdth Ger- maker with ten minutes devoted to
: , .. the cause of Cleveland. Gaston's re
presentatives came next. Attorney A.
G. Mar.gum an'd Re v. A. T. Lindsay
of Gason and Hon. E. T. Cansk-r of
Precautions to safe', ua.-d ;..
r service property constitute
n
one
tor?,
and
n r,
new
:r; lini'-nt iie - on" of Sh lby's
-t hrieles, Mr.-. Will Arey. anal
f our niod chnr.-ninir winter visi
Miss Nan Killian of Wavnrsville
house-guest of Mr-o Josh Man
Mrs. Ward Arey and Mr.,. Mau
were joint hostesses at a larire
51 nd hrillinnt flonlintr rramntiiin nt'tlin BUpportlT
111 INI' Ul Ll'l IK'OIl
home of the former on last Thursday
heiv.eel a wide range of thought,
talent feeling ami experience. Shoulel the
the-.n- sun-e'V lie- unele'rtaken as she out
line'd it, emt whole county, even state
Wolllel reee'ive great laene'tit.
Mr. II. Quinn empha. i.ed the
platform of the organized i lasse s,
"Young Mi- : at Wot k for Young
Men. i. imp Women at Work for
Young Women; all Stamling by the'
Bible, the- Bible School nod the
Church." as being one' of the helps
that v. ill be a guiile and a lhrht to
those standing on it and urged ev
ery man. woman and child to share in
its benefits by becoming an active
of it.
Miss Livingston
of the G rover Schools spoke' on1 the
f. e o r .iel--l i
ui leniuoii iroiii o io o o ciock. I :..,: . .v... .... u ; u
uraiiiz,ue.iou ii intr oiiv in liict .uuo-
The guests were cordially extend- ty she is a most attractive speaker
ed a word of greeting at the front anj has the happy faculty of making
door by Mrs. J. Lindsey Ross, and her audience feel how deeply in ear
were ushered into the brilliantly nest she is in her every statement,
lighted reception room where the re- Her words bear the weight of many
HT-'iderahle improvement is ' be
ing made on the Seiuthem's road bed
te tween M' rgantoi! s nd A: heil!e,
including pene.ane.rr' ' ridges.
A large boiler in the power plant
of the University at Chapel Hill ex
ploded Tuesday, slightly injuring two
attendants and baelly injuring the
plant.
Ed. Young, white, wanted in
Avery county feir burning a hotel at
I'lk Par!;, has been nrresteel at
Grecnsborei, where he was going" un
eier Mie name of R. Tucker.
Will Home, died in a Waeiesboro
hospital Tueselay from injuries re
nd ved sore" days be-fore. Bill Lu-the-r,
white, r.r.d Le vi Little, eed reel,
a-e ehare-i'd v. iih s'.ioi.ting hi-:i.
A team of horses ran away in
Salisbury Tuesday, and threw John
Hunt, an ac.ee! citizen of Rockwell,
from the wagon to the harel pave
ment, probably producing fatal in
juries. It is complained that considerable
trouble has resulted recently from
operation of pickpockets on trains
between Drfnville, Va., and Char
lotte. Two High Point fellows lost
over $100 each last week.
President Wilcon conferred bri V.y after hu aelelress to Congress with
ivtary Baker and Secretary Dar.ieL. The conference, it was stated, had
entirely with precautionary steps, and it was made clear that the ad- l:'harlottf, presenting Gaston's cau
castration had no elesire to take warlike measures unless foreeel to do s;
senile act of Germany.
The fedlowing specific orders went out eluring the day:
The White House and White House grounels wire elosee
' iirst time in many years
Mr. Hoey's Great Speech
Hem. Civile R. Hoey eleised the ar
gument with a 40 minute speech that
to visitors for charmed the audience and movoel his
hearers to spontaneous applause
All navv vnrds anH stations wore closed to the nuh'ie until further notice, whne he closed with a tribute to our
' 'Hirers commanding armv posts, arsenals, magaziner,, coast batteries were Representative, Hon. . A. Mauney
,1-,,.ti " -who had beer, so deeply interested in
e .recteel to exercise every precaution. , . ,,
TU , . . , .... i ie the outcome of the case. Mr. Hoey
The state, war and navy building was closed to visitors and cards of broadsi(le after broadside and
identification were issued to employes and press representatives entitled to 'met evpry jntcrruption wjtn the force
11,lmission- of a Howitzer. He called attention
Publication of daily ship movement list, giving the departure and ar- . to the fact that there were 611 vot-
livals of navy vessels, was suspended. jers in the territory, 214 on the Gas-
Secretary Daniels said there was no change in the orders of the Atlantic ton side and 397 on the Cleveland
fleet. I side. With these facts, he said the
"The fleet will continue maneuvers n the Guantanomo region," he said. ; 183 more voters being on the Cleve
Measures of national preparedness taken within the last two years make jland s,ide' rt was nothing but natural
it .,nn... m a a v i. a k , i, ,that the result of the election should
...i. vv oont jf xj i wit: nai aiiU lia V y utrai tuicuiio w uu 111uv.11 nvia vuab unr
erwise would have to be begun immediately. For the navy a survey of all
merchant craft under the American flag and of all small pleasure craft
and power boats has been virtually completed. Guns for the arming of
merchant ships have assembled at the various navy yards with plans for
putting them aboard already worked out. The data of each vessel has been
placed on file.
For the army and navy both as inventory of the manufacturing re
sources and plants of the country has been carried well forward. A text
book and munition manufacturers can be learned quickly and about ready for
issue. From it private manufacturers cai be learned quickly the steps nec
essary for the conversion of their plants to war uses.
The counsil of national defense, created last year, already has taken
"ver the co-ordination eff industries for war purposes and has worked out in
part its general plan3.
Without additional authority from Congress, President Wilson Can di
rect that the regular army be increased at once to its full war strength of
286,000 men and the navy to 87,000.
There is in addition to the national e-uard. now about 150.000 strom? and
be in favor of Cleveland. We won
by 71 majority and Mr. Hoey stated
that the majority should have been
larger as a natural sequence of the
voters preference in the matter. Gas
ton let 20 months elapse before
claiming any irregularity and sat
still, permitting us to spend $27,000
in the constructon of roads in the
territory according to our promise to
the voters before election, without
giving us any notice whatever that
they questioned the election. In
meeting Mr. Cansler's argument that
by asking the Legislature's confirm
ation of the election we were taking
the suit out of court, Mr. Hoey stat
ed that Gaston first went to the Le
gislature with a bill to put the coun
ty line back where it was and since
the full strength of which is 440,000, cannot be reouired under existing law .Gaston had elected that forum, Cleve-
within four years. The regular army now numbers about 120,000. I ?T 8 , g tt JT!
llllllg AH1 tlUiJIll) 1111 liUtJT
fitting tribute to Mr. Mauney who
had been a farmer and manufacturer
quickly' relieved witTi a few doses of m Cleveland for 75 years and whose
O-MI
How my corns do hurt Hi-Ko, tho
''quid corn medicine with a few ap
plications will give you toe ease. 25c
bottle. Kendall's Drug Store.
Buy a Spach Wagon and your wa
Kon troubles will be over. Big stock
on hand at Lineberger's. adr.
HEADACHES and NEURALGIA
that harmless liquid Headache medi
cine, H E K, 10c, 25c and 50c; a .bot
tie. Kendall's Drug Store. adv.
Mrs. O. M. Gardner left Saturday
for Raleigh to spend a week with
Lieut. Governor Gardner.
intelligence and usefulness the peo
ple upheld and resented amy imputa
tion against his honor and integrity.
It was the speech of Mr, Hoey's life.
He realized the importance of it and
threw his whole soul into the fight
Continued on Second page.)
ceiving line was stationed; consist
ing of the hostesses, Mrs. Will Arey,
Miss Killian, and Mrs. W. J. Arey.
This room was tastily decorated in
white, lovey white carnations being
the flower used. Receiving also in
here were Mesdames W. J. Roberts
and S. S. Royster, who elirected the
guests into the elining room.
The elining table hael for its cen
tra! dece-ration a be-auliful Louis XV
silver basket, resting on a lovely
Hawaiian lace piece. This was tilled
with exejuiste enchantress carnations,
its graceful hanelle being tied with
pink tulle. Gracefully presiding in
here were Mesdames I'eph anil L. A.
llanton, who were assisteel in serv
ing by Misses Ruth Mundy.and Mae
Kendall, the ices also carrying out
the color note.
Miss Annie Miller directed them
inta the coffee room where Mrs. J. D.
Lineberger received. The color note
in here was green and white, hand
ome potted plants and dainty ferns,
with the added beauty of numerous
candles making a lovely setting for
the table over which Mrs. Paul Webb
presided, pouring coffee from a hand
seme silver service. Assisting in
serving Mrs. Webb were; Misses Ag
nes McBrayer and Elizabeth Ebel
toft Miss Eva Palmer dispensed delight
ful music throughout the afternoon.
150 guests called during the recep
tion hours.
Gov. Biekett has pardoned Arch.
years success as a teacher of men's j Wagoner of Durham county because
his wife died recently and" his chil
dren are helpless and destitute. He
hael served over half of a two-year
tern: in the penitentiary for block
ading. Su nimerfield McCartney, instructor
J in foreign lungunge in the Durham
I High School, claims that he was
fired by the superintendent of the
hool because he had struck a
Baraca Class.
Supt. Huggins of tbe Boiling
Springs High Schend referred to the
morning's Bible Lesson, where the
governor of the feast tolel tho briele-o-reom
that he hail saved the best to
the ho t. He told us that Prepara
tion, Punctuality, and Persistence
were the qualities needed to build a
Sunelav School, in his talk on Business
pu-
Methoe'.s in the Sunday School. May pi! with a book and he will sue the
Free School Bags
.' Our supply of school bags have
all been given out, but we have in
hand over a hundred unfilled appli
cation for the bags, so have ordered
another shipment. Bags will be sent
to allflf the children who have writ
ten for them, and to others who may
send us a composition on the "Advan
tages -of Keeping a Bank Account,"
just as soon as the additional bags
ordered have been received.
SHELBY NATIONAL BANK,
adv. J. R. Moore, Jr., Cashier.
Asks Others to Join
The tnost important war news of
yesterday was that President Wil
son had asked the other neutral na
tions to join the U. ,S. in a break
with Germany.
we bear the-sc thoughts in mind and
profit Ih'Teby.
A new feature of this meeting was
the Question Box. Among those ask
ed anil answered were: "How Can
You Get Effective Committee Work?
How Do You Organize New Classes?
How are We to Gel and Ilolel Older
Church Workers, Men a4il Women?
Many joined in these discussions and
Many' joined in these discussions and
many practical applications Were
made.
The LaFayette Street choir extend
ed during the day choice music solos,
duets, quartettes and choruses from
the Baaca-Philathea Hymnal. Mrs.
George Hoyle sang in her usual rich
soprano a solo for the afternoon ser
vice. Among the resolutions wa3 one
thanking the good people of the com
munity for their gracious hospitality
shown by words, songs and dinner.
Another that we hope will have a
wide influence on our organization
was offered from the floor requesting
the chairman to appoint a committee
of Extension for the county, after
much discussion by Mr. J. T. Bowman,
Rev. R. C. Campbell, Miss Livingston
and others, it was adopted without
opposition and, the choir named the
following committee: Chairman, Miss
Pantjja Harrelson, Shelby, vice chair
man; Mr. Paul Hamrick, Boilir.g
Springs; Messrs. G. G. Page, Kings
Mountain, A. C. Warlick, Lawndale;
E. B. Hanfrick, Paul Hamrick.Boiling
Springs; Miss M. Livingston, Grover;
and Mrs. Carme niam, Lawndale.
Every Sunday School Superintendent
pastor and church worker is earnest
ly requested to assist these leaders,
giving them an opportunity of ex
plaining to their schools the nature
of organized work and others they
will decide upon in a meeting to be
held shortly for the organization 0f
city for da-niges.
The United States Steel Corpora
tion rnrree! -$33,1,025.086 the past
year, considerably ahead of any pre
viems year's business.
The two children, aged five and
three, of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wan
ceried, were burned to death Tuesday
when lire destroyed their home near
Orange, Va. Mrs. Wanceried was
perhaps fatally burned in her efforts
to save them.
Stephen McDonald, 22 years old,
was killed at Albany, N. Y., Tuesday
in the second minute of the first
round of his first professional prize
fight with Toddy Hicks landed a
hard blow with his right hand under
McDonald's heart. Hicks was ar
rested on a charge of manslaughter.
The first baseball fatality of 1917
occurred a few days ago in Spottsyl
vania county, Virginia, and the vic
tim was a 9-year-old girl, Ruby Craf
ton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Crafton, was playing ball with other
children during a school recess, when
she was struck in the temple and in
stantly killed while running to base.
Five members of the Meints fam
ily, 15 miles from Kankakee, 111., died
last week from eating pancakes. The
pancakes were made by Mrs. O. K.
Meints, mother of four of the vic
tims and grandmother of the fifth.
Mrs. Meints is believed to have mix
ed the contents of a sack containing
an arsenical preparation used by her
husband in taxidermy with a prepar
ed pancake flour, thinking the pow
der was flour.
FOR
a knocked-out liver and something t;
regulate your bowels, you can't get
anything that will do you as much
good as K. L. O. (Kendall's Liver
Openers) 30 to the bottle 25c at Ken
dall's Drag Store. adv.
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