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Show V. THE WEEKLY REFLEX." K A YSVTLLE. TTTATT That Tired Feeling Often Forecasts Sickness good time. Any doctep rlll tell vo i that, and feel out Start at ones to irive irnr ritiej cf sorts generally, you may ba from your system and h:!. r.rich beading straight for a sick spelL your circulation with famoi;. S.S5 the vegetable b! These symptoms often tonic of fifty' years s... .r.dxg, show the whole system, When you are tir'd without clause, Lick ambition -- . especially disordered. Get S.S.S. fr"1 druggist today, your cm.j Chief Medical 847 Swift La!.-- . Atlanta, Georgia. the blood, is "" Dont wait till you are sick in bed. Almost every ailment can be warded off if attended to in rit9 to :or7i sect; What to false im HOT TJTake ami skunk traps and a lot brother odds and ends. The other merchants of the town predicted ruin for the youngster. So did tie banker of the community. "Hell never be able to cnnqtete with the city stores." he said. Hut the young merchant surprised theijtf'ile depositors to become richer? If sent letters to a list of prospective sdstomers. oe us doing this they have the best argument The womens wear was sold In two weeks. In the world for From that time on he gradually turned the old bringing their accounts to us. The fanners of the community were hard work general store Into a womens nnd children's store, Prs, und intelligent. Hut they had no leader. lie did not specialize on clothing. But he limited Without a single "by your leave the hank asIds stock to those Is woman In a which things sumed tlie leadership. It organized a "Farmers naturally Interested clothing and Imuse furnishForum. On the hanks recommendation the farmings and groceries. ers employed a "field demonstrator, And he advertises. That Is one of the main reathoroughly grounded In the theory and practice of scientific sons for Ms success. The town ulone could not farming. The federal government paid half the support his store. One new business idea he uses expenses Is very effective. of this soil doctor. In lie spent his time He has appointed "agents traveling from farm to farm, making soil tests the surrounding small towns. Their work Is to and advising the farmers report to him weekly, on printed forms, any Inregarding the product -formation ti nt will put him in touch-wit- h new '' best adapted To their acres." The bank purchased a carload of purebred customers. If a girl becomes engaged, or u couple cattle, selected by a government dairy expert. These were sold to the Is married, he knows ubout It, and Is after the farmers at cost. business that usually results from such events. That was three years ago. Today, that comHe knows also whenever a new house Is built, or un old bouse Is remodeled, or u new family munity is one of ttu most prosperous agricultural districts In the country.- There Is only one bank. moves Into bis territory. Ihe business of the competing bank has been Ii xevln years th1syotmg innu tins built up a taken over by the live' bank. business that Is known for miles around. Seven- T he young man Is president of the ty-five enlarged per cent of Ills business Is done with bank. He has been offered a vce presidency lu motor or fanners and their families, who drive a large city hank, with a In from points fifty miles away. That Is the reasalary dottle thnt which he now receives, lie prefers to retus'i in the son why, during the past year, he has been able bushes." lie, too, would rather be fits '.a a to do a business of more than $780,000 in a town liltle Iberian village thun second in Rome. whose population does not run much over 2.IKX). On a trip last year through one of the richest Hundreds of small towns hold similar opporagricultural sections' of the Middle West, I was tunities for young men. If ever there were "golden smalt-towcontinually holds hearing the name of one man. I call merchandising opportunities, him Jim Ingulls because that Is not his name. them today. For American farming Is fast becomFive years ago he was an overworked reporter on ing a mighty fine paying business. Weulth Is aca big city daily. His work did not seem to be tually Increasing faster In the rural districts than getting him anywhere. There were half a dozen In the cities. And the Amerlcuu farmer and his men whend of him In the line for promotion, anj family are no longer satisfied to exist on the very the best that he could hope for was an assistant barest necessities of life. They are buying. lux, editorship In about ten years. The urles and conveniences In large quantities. When hts vacation period rolled Introduction of electricity alone Into farming comaround, he made a trip- through the rural districts munities Is creating a tremendous demand for of his state. He"dld not return to the city. For electric churnss washers. Irons, fans and. vucuuiuj In a little town he found the subject of Water system, porcelain sinks, vvull cleaners. many daydreams a furnishfor sale. house better country newspaper and paper, paint varnish, And Into It he put every cent thnt he had managed ings these are only a Tew of the things tliut are to sernpe together on his city job. selling heavily In the rural districts. Not n very promising baby." you say. But Au expert has figured thnt the American fnrm Jim Ingalls had a vision of possibilities. The market has a wealth of $80,000,000,000. Part of town wus In the heart of a prosperous farming that market Is around you. The chain stores are region that was well populated. Most of the spreading out from the eltles. The mail order farmers had a big city daily delivered at their houses have secured quite a hold on the farmer's gates. There vvns a growing community spirit trade. But If you decide to build up u business among t he county dwellers. Jim saw the need In your community you need not worry over their for a real community newspaper. competition. The mull order houses give no betI lie Hist thing that he did was to improve the ter values than It Is possible for a locul merchant of the paper. Then ,he toured the uppcarauce to to give. And a man or vvomau always prelers count, und created a chain of correspondents. trade Vlth u friend whenever that Is possible. The Railroad agents, school teachers, doctors, 'lodge young njgn with a capacity for friendship and a secretaries, justices of the peace everyone In a goodly share of brains and energy has every asto position gather .news was supplied with staIn town success smnll surance of merchandising. tionery, and given free subscript Ions. There were Hut merchandising Is only one of several fields few wlm-di- d not cons der it u privilege to send In which the small town offers excellent,, opporIn news items. tunities. lie gave up foreign news entirely, leaving this The president of one of our big Paelfie const A) the city dailies. Ill news policy ins always hanks devotes an unusual nmouut of time to the one been of intensive reporting of the affairs of hTs emplojees. One day he called development of town und count, llis 01 respondents pour In to office. Ids two clerks into private him cvry week u teiidy sUeam of the gossip and "I believe.'' he said, "that ou two young men chitchat hamlet of and crossroads every village. are going to make good at hanking Itut you need If I aimer Toners wife holds a pie social, she with hanking problems a little broader knows vhereshe will find a full account of it, than your work here uffordjt you. In a big place und her guest know where They cm find their like this, you know, you are Imide to lose your names In all the glory of print. Farmer Lawler sense of perspective. und his neighbors are interested In the hay, grain I have made arrangements with two of our corami forage reports Yrom up state. They look In There Is a Job awaiting each of respondents. Jhns paper for them.' He keeps dose tabs on the you In a country bank. On these jobs you will at the County experimental farm, developments You I. of a do to ttie bo called upon everything. nnd by hlil.i at the meetings of the noihlug gels will become banking factotums. Wheu your edusocieties. county agricultural cation Is completed- there ts an executive position circulation Is, now nearly four times T1uuier week a You think to have here for eueh of you. wlint It was when be took It over, and It Is recogIt over. nized ns a valuable advertising medium. Jim no The young men thought well, of the proposilonger has to worry over hlsr Jncoine. But he has Hut bushes. ttie the tion, and disappeared Into more of Ills paper thunVa mere chatterbox made Neither-marepresident's plans went awry. of the countys gnv p. He relillzes that, iu hi turned t him. One wrote him a long letter In he lias a powerful tool. little Ami newepuper, a of which he listed some of the advantages It lie the to uses duelfkr4fdhe encourage county the Job a II over cheaper living emu town Job city to carry out the Improvements v?hich will add to cost, the more healthful surroundings, and the the comfort of all. and make eveiry town a better The friends. other chance to make more Intimate tn which to live uud bring uri children. place to man. In a telegram, quoted Caesar, according Th re are iqwii ngs for tnuuiy more Jim Longfellow: "Hotter he first l:i a little Iberian the Diere are about United Stutes In Ingalls'." village than second in Home. centers of where news-pnpthousutid ten population? banks thousand like thirty There aro something are There tiboul are published. of More than twenty! In the United Stales. five bundled duilj new spnpcrs, un, I nearly six these are situated In towns of less than ten thoutimes ii many country weeklies. banks sand population. It Is in these stmili-iowOur smaller communities are beginning to that many of our future banking leaders are being There Is increased political activity with-- , In awaken. Is bunking being forme!, for here a uevv Idea And they r.etd feat less,, tn- In thor boundaries. developed. pupil's. dependent As one banker has said. It bus boon found good Win b brings ns to the question cf theVsmail-towt- i business to take luteret iu people as weli a from nl'tirs. . 0 hoy them. In other words, the lumbers cf the country e young man who plans to follow a imlitVcnl Ti to their clients wos of their out Help are going "career can do no tatter than to begin at the tVt-toto' grow richer. n bis own village, township or county, of the Instnnres rise of 1 could mention tunny tie will burn how to Imud I'ccau-- e of then world In the men blinking mixing in local affairs young will learn to be prneti be And nature. human ability In this direction. Hut space permits of only JOHN F. THORNTON, JR. (From the American Boy, Detroit). Oy RKMHMBKR distinctly ttie parting words of my old fhoolmiiKter that June morning my Jaas graduated, "What are you ellows going I suppose to do now? lie asked. every one here has several Ideas of what he would like to he fluttering around In his head. Its pretty hard to decide between them n a day like this when the fish jvj J4 are biting tip In Old Sandy. I "My advice to each one of you is to get your fishing pole and ut. me qtystion along wltlf you. Near tlie shores f Tdd Sandy you will find schools of polllwogs. a lesson from them. Tlese, iolllwogs are on their way to froglmod. You fellows nre on your wa y to mnrdiood. Hut the fHdliwogK are not In any particular hurry. I dont think youll find them trying to leap around and lift their voices like frogs. As a mutter of fact they are going to assume several different shapes before the settle ilHtn Into frogliood. For the present, however, they are content to go right on being polliwogs. "You fellows nre the polllwog stage. Yonr powers and abilities are only half revealed Look round before you decide what you want to be or do. In a few years you may become aware of qualities In jour makeup whose existence you never At tlu same tlnie, abilities that you ampeeted. tl. Ink you now possess may fade away. Take your lii"o. leu may save yourself from the fate of a adslit. You'e lienrd of them the doctors are un-- . bn! py cl ause they ure not lawyers, the chemists fcl.o would he of more service to the world as ewspnper men. I liuve passed on these wise words to ninny boys. Aird i pass them on now with a new application to the sum boy who dreums of achieving success in the city. It's blind is crammed with Horatio Alger, Jr luff, lie tns.reud the picturesque life stories f Muiie of our big men who left the farm for the rlty. The whistles of a locomotive among tli hills ami es him yearn for the city, bristling with i.nltles. lie looks upon the gllsteulug rails as the one avenue to his opportunity. - , ev r - 111 I op-po- IV Is n - rt run-dow- short-sighte- years ago, a big city was the place for young man. It needed him, and It was prepared to reward him with money and position. Today, however the story Is reversed. An erica has grown too fust, say our deep thinkShe has spread ing tconouilsta and publicists. her-e- lf over & large area. The future of thinly ' the country lies In Its undeveloped small- cities sbd owns. Are you looking for opportunity? Kxamlne that ofMind-vomln- g 1 town of yours, before you ticket from It. There are many atnbltloqs. and very wise, young men. who nre deliberately leaving the larger cities and invlng Into towns such ns yours. A few months ago I visited a country store In a typeal mini town of the West. The owner Is young miin. Ten years ago he left the town and went to Chicago for a fenl Job. Hut he hud not he realised that It would he long could get the klud of Job lie before many years he wanted. There were opportunities for foremen. managers, superintendents and other bossi s." Hut they were purely administrative jot C lie wanted to create und build up a business of his ow n. The death of Ids father called hint home to car for l,s mother, and he got a Job In a genera! store iif the town. It was 0 terrible grind. The work Hut the dally round 31 self w .vs not tsick breaking. dull routine, hour same the do riffle to f things after, hour, .day after day. week after week, got n Ms nerves. Weighing out a bagful of this, of that It vvns hard work handful a wrapping up not was It Interesting. lmcause Imply Did this young fellow settle down and wear him-eldeeper and 'deeper Into the rut? He did not. Be simply began to look around to see If he could Sven things up. owner that he advertise. He suggested What for? snorted the owner. Advertise! ! everyone Tnund here knows were leve. And open for business all the time. P'tu' And carrying almost an.vtbinc In stock that they'd What for? weer want.' Advertise! Fie suggested specializing "Why not throw out articles and put In Wome of these 2rods that s&d more quickly? "We depend on tie No." said the merchant. and weve got our of trade, bulk farmers for the bit of everything.. a little line a carry general we11 go right on .with. our. line of ate pies. next year the young man bought out the business-builder- , Id men nnd started In to be a half the stock. of rid to cet was UN first reform the average of Junk collection a what know To Its with odor, haunting store , general country W harness grease, calico, soda crackers, horse . , Enlment nnd cheese. He had observed thnt the women dHTtimst of the service to meet frrtylng.' So be molded his stores their buying habits. Investigated needs. lie Sttr 5le lenmed thnt those who could afford to bay ilnery patronized the large city stores, or sent 'way to the mall order houses. . The young man visited the Jobbers Rnd tn the city. He brought back a large Consignment of bats, suits, dresses and other he fitted tyllsh things that women wear. Then from which In the space pp a special department oil and nails had thrown the gun jk lift old "one-bos- s think of buying a one-wa- y wred -- 1 . - to-th- J -- j g IVER PILLS Self-denia- Regelate Your Bowels. Mild -- as take as sugar. Genuln bear tignaiurt Small PiiL ea?v to Small Dose. Small Price. Neighbors'- l. - Luck. Does ypur daughter pl,n So you saw Ihe doctor today about f believe she doc-.- , your Indigestion; Did he ask you to hoven? she $2. Yes, think give tip anything? prefers bridge. but I Freshen a Heavy Skin a A Feeling With the antiseptic, fascinating Security Talcum Powder, an exquisitely scented convenient economical face, You naturally feel secure wlen yx kin, baby and dusting powder and know that the medicine you are i! out U perfume. Renders other perfumes su- take is absolutely pure aud con uni m perfluous one of the Cutlcura Toilet harmful or habit producing drup-- . Such a medicine is Dr. Kilmers 8am Trio (Soap, Ointment, Talcum). Adv. o! Cutl-cur- Root, kidney, liver and bladder r.'medj, The same standard of purity, srenjtl and excellence is maintained in eveq Lottie. of Swamp-Roo- t. It is scientifically compounded fron vegetable herbs. It is not a stimulant end is taken h teaspoonful doses. It is not recommended I r everything, Intolerable Shortage,, Why Is she suing him for divorce, Incompatibility? I should say. -- Tncofne-patiblllt- PKECKLES It is natures great helrer in relieving and overcoming kidney, 5ver and bW ot der troubles. . feeling uhemed of !your freckles, is Othlne A of statement to double strength remoyo purity is will guaranteed these homely spats. of Dr. Kilmers Swamp bottle every ounce an of Othlne doubts Um Tim to Get Rid of Thee U!jr Spots. Thore'a no b arer the ellghtest need Now I ss-or- n Simply get strength trom your druggist, and apply a little of It night and morning and you should- soon aee that even the worst freeklen base begun to disappear, while the lighter ones hare vanished entirety. It ts seldom that mors than one ounce ts needed to completely dear the aktn and gain a beautiful elear complexion. Be aura to aalc for the double strength Othlne, as this la sold under guarantee pt money back If It (alia to remove freckles. - MAROONED FOR THREE YEARS Sailor's Long Period of Loneliness on Small Island Located In the , South Seas. Marooning occasionally brings about s modern Crusoej just os ii lid with Alexander Selkirk, who wns pm ashore at Juan Fernandez, und who- - adventures gave Defoe the foumimion for Robinson Crusoe." The trading schooner. Queen Charlotte, pinning a small Island of the Marque- - - In the South sens, landed her boat t investigate the smoke of a fire, as h ns understood tlie island was untuiu blted. Here was found a United St.-- s who had been put nslm-with three shipmates by their captain, on account of their mutinous conduct The three others had died Lut the man rrom Connecticut had cnt rived to live on the fish he caught, nnd the breadfruit nnd coconuts nnd other products which he could gather. When rescued afteV three years loneliness his utensils consisted of. great shells and two cups which he possessed. mnde from the skull .of his sen-mn- e n, Root. If you need a medicine, you should have the best. On sale it all drug etora in bottles of two sizes, medium and large However, if you wish firyt to try tbs great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer &, Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for i sample bottle. When writing be sure ui mention this paper. Adv. NOT WHAT THEY LOOKED -- FOR t , ' Audience, Like Readers of Wanted What They Had Used to Getting. Novell Been Dr. William Lyon rhelps Af Tale said at a dinner In Philadelphia : The average popular novelfst wl his audience are very, very well, It reminds nte of a story. An oldtime music hall artist turned up, after some years of absence, !i a certain provincial town where bt had once been a great favorite. Hi bulwent on in his usual make-ubous red nose and so forth expectlnf a grand reception, but all his effort! In gloomy silence. Whats the matter with em? Is sold afterward to the stage manager, nnd he dashed a tear from his ej. Have they forgotten old Bill? No, Bill, tney ain't, forgotten you, said the manager In a kindly voice. p were-reeeiv- ed No, It ain't that, but youve changed Youre tollin the your jokes about. one about the star boarder ahead d the one about the llmburger, nnd U upsets 'em. All's Well; . - Wont Do. . !s the drama firing buck? We must not wink at the law." I think not. Chorus girls seem as Particularly when It Is personified In a lndv judge. shapely ns ever." . Made Just to YourTaste And Always the Same You secure uniformity of sprength and flavor in your mealtime dnnk,by the portion used. m oi - three-fourth- s ; n : I'1 m olie. -- tea-peDn- y e exH-riene- f, mann-kactnrer- CARTERS cleanse your system of all waste matter and IITTLE ' -- slow-movin- n MI I good dose of Carters little Liver then take 2 or 3 for a few nights after. hey two-wee- A few an rs a s , In a cet tain Knstern farming oouiunm'ty there were, a few years ago, two hanks. They were very strong competitors. A young man In one of the banks said to the cnhler: There Is Just so much money In this community. Both hanks here are falling over each other, trying to Induce fnrmers to bring their business to them. We have a great many good accounts already. Why not roll up our sleeves and help our cal. . Let not In snail-tow- n ", the young man think that pnriirlpnMot" affa'rs will stunt his growth If he for larger things, a few- -- - years w.LMmJf a tnrger scale.. Ami a record of tldngs done h;ii new school fot Heaver Hollow, the park at Four ; Corners, the new niu:iietial lighting ptmu. or the! railroad brain h r.!l wll! serve as reciNitira tU'ius when be goes Imfore tlie voters. th lTic-'Ined him, jiS . matter of course, functioning on v j (instead of coffee or tea) can be made instantly by measuring the powdered Postum with a teaspoon, placing the contents in a.cup, then adding hot. water.' Better for nerves and digestion ThereJy Ude ' - I 0 IX!jTAHT POSTUM O rvxot r- - a Reason by Ibstum Cereal Caine.. Battle Creek, Mich I |