Your army and navy fights to make the “world safe for
democracy.”
Your Red Cross fights to make it fit for democracy.
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Fights for vour soldiers—vours and your allies—in trench,
canteen and hospital.
Fights for the little children, to save them for the nations’
upbuilding8 of tomorrow.
Fights for the swarms of homeless, dazed refugees and
“repatriates” thrown out from the war’s black whirlpool.
Fights the white plague, tuberculosis, that takes a greater
toll than lead and steel.
Fights in every war-stricken country to uphold a wrecked
and suffering humanity in its struggle for a free existence.
One hundred million dollars to “carry on.”
No power of taxation, no interest rate to urge those dollars.
Each one a volunteer, sent willingly and by the heart
alone.
The noblest fund of all the billions of this war’s vast
budgets—because the freest given.
What share is yours? What sacrifice to mobilize those
fighting Red Cross dollars?
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Every cent of every dollar received for the
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The American Red Cross is the largest and most efficient organization II
1 for the relief of suffering that the World has ever seen. jig
It is made up almost entirely of volunteer workers, the higher execu
fives being without exception men accustomed to large affairs, who are in al- jp
most all cases giving their services without pay. .
It is supported entirely by its membership fees and by voluntary con- 11
trlbutions. ;gj
It is today bringing relief to suffering humanity, both military and civil,
in every war-torn allied country. •
jl It plans tomorrow to help in the work of restoraton throughout the world. f,,,
| It feeds and clothes entire populations in times of great calamity.
It is there to help your soldier boy in his time of need. • jj|
Your Army, your Navy and your Allies enthusiastically endorse it. ¥
j With Its thousands of workers, Its tremendous stores and smooth run
1 , ning transportation facilities, it is serving as America's advance guard—and ;*
thus helping to win the war.
M’ Congress authorizes it jl
President Wilson heads It. Ip
iff; The War Department audits Its accounts. j®
}j|b Twenty-two million Americans have joined it. «
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of banking efficiency is the
personal service given
to each depositor
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Ouc officers give their personal attention
to the financial requirements of
our customers
Let us have an opportunity
of demonstrating this
service to you
The First Bank
of Cordova
Established 1909
Resources Over $700,000.00
City Depositary Territorial Depositary
U. S. Depositary for Postal Savings Funds
BIG TOBACCO CROP IS
REPORTED IN PORTO RIGO
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SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, May 24.— j
One estimate of the present tobacco
crop places this year’s production at
35,000,000 pounds, the largest Porto
Rico ever produced, and an increase I
of approximately 5,000,000 pounds over {
last year. Growers themselves agreed j
not to plant a second crop, which, if j
it had developed, would have made a!
large surplus of stock in the island.
PRUSSIAN BUDGET IANS
EXORBITANT TAX RATES
NEW YORK, May 24.—Announce
ment that there would bo a deficit of
several hundred million marks in the
Prussian budget for 1918 was made
in the Prussian house of deputies re
cently by Minister of Finance Hertz,
according to the Cologne Gazette.
“Our people must fully realize the
seriousness of the situation,” he said.
“The restoration of the railroads will
cost billions. Canal projects are be
ing discussed which also involve bil
lions. I will not indulge in absurdi
ties. Tax rates of 50 per cent have
been mentioned. I consider tax rates
of 20 to 25 per cent as absolutely
unbearable."
He Said that talk that income taxes
would reach 45 per cent had caused
great alarm throughout the country,
and that he deemed such rates as
absurd.
BELIEVE RUSSIA WILL
AGAIN EIGHT WITH ALLIES
DARBY, Penn., May 24.—First
Lieutenant J. A. Youngblood and Sec
ond Lieutenant Richard D. Reese, of
this town, who went to Russia almost
a year ago as part of the Russian rail
way service detachment of the United
States engineers, and who have just
returned to their homes by way of
Japan, both declared -they believed
I Russia would become again an effi
| cient aid to the allies.
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NOTICE.
Effective at once this market will
make but ono delivery a day. All
orders must be in before 2 P. M., as
the delivery will leave for all districts
at that time.
NORTHERN MEAT MARKET.
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FISH OF ALL KINDS
HALIBUT, CODFISH and
RED SNAPPER
Ice Box for Perishables. Big Stock
Always on Hand
CORDOVA FRUIT MARKET
-- Howard and Hamilton Watches -
Railroad Grade and Best Timepieces Made
Alarm Clocks from $1.75 to $4.00
Snow Glasses, in Smoked and Amber, from 50c to $1.50
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Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to Orders from
Mining Camps, Roadhouses and Interior Points
| Halibut and Other Fresh Fish of All Kinds Will Be Kept |
in Stock When Available
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