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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18

licensed article of commerce, and used
as drink indiscriminately by the peo.
pie, it should be treated as any other
enemy to the public health and econo-
my. 1t should be treated with even
more rigor, for its sins are greater, and
it is the most elusive and dangerous
criminal we have. A child will instinc-
lively turn from liquor, and if given it
its body will rebel and shudder at the
unnatural administration. | don't be-
lieve anyone ever took the first drink
as a wholly voluntary act, or that it
was pleasant to the taste. The first
drink ever took was at an open bar
on the invitation of some friends, and
at the age of twenty. I did not want
it, but was asked to try it, and did so
from the wish to appear companiona-
BILE. This first drink almost nauseated
me, and the thought came how any
human being could crave it. The be-
ginning was made, and after that I
drank occasionally, as thousands of
Others have done, whenever the humor
or occasion arose. was never an ha-
bitual drinkeg at any time in my life,
but later on craving would come at
intervals, especially after fatigue, which
did not resist-when one drink would
follow another in rapid succession, with
the inevitable result of disordered
nerves, lowered vitality, incapacity to
act or think clearly, a consciousness of
inferiority and feeling of disgust
When | would compare the misery
which was mine after day or night of
excessive drinking, I would gladly
have paid any price in exchange for
the fatigue of constant work, for | had
to begin work again with The fatigue
and the effects of drink combined.
Liquor has harmed a great many
more than it did me; some less; but 1
have never known a man among my
acquaintance who drank-and they
have been many-that liquor did not
injure; some of them 1t ruined in health
and purse, and few Of them it killed
outright. My own experience with it
is that it is a physical, mental and
moral waste, without one benefit
whether used little or much, and / be-
lieve this is the general run of all other
experiences.
| have assuredly no wish to exploit
any folly of my own, or any false or
humiliating position IN winch the use
of liquor placed me, and | only say
this much that may reach the hearts
of others or save some boy from the
curse of intoxication.
The spirit of the toasts is that liquor
will give us joy and drown our troubles.
There was never falser note struck on
the chords of human life. Drink does
not drown our troubles. It floats them.
We may lock them in the closet of a
night of debauchery and think we have
forgotten them; but they come trooping
forth in the gray dawn of the morning
to mock and deride US. When the mag
ic wand is withdrawn, the dreams have
vanished. The bright illusions which
our distempered fancies pictured are
gone. The castles have fallen; reality
has come and only the dull cold ashes
of regret remain.
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Vision Unobscured.

have been led to where the vision
is unobscured, and the purpose of life
stands revealed. From a critic of 9th.
ers, looked within. From an accuser
/ became servant in my own house
TO set in order. From vague believer
in the guidance of divine power, have
become convert of its infinite truth.
From an unhappy and dissatisfied
man-out of tune with the harmony of
life and religion, l have become happy
and content, firmly anchored in faith,
and ready to testify from my own ex-
perience to the miraculous power of
God to cleanse the souls of men.
:, Oh sthis has, come the profound
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18
Creator Of Sorrow.

If we have no sorrows, it creates
them; and if we have them it increases
them and makes them harder to bear.
1t blights the young man like light
ming does the tree and leaves him strip
ped of his heritage.
1t takes from middle age ambition
and hope and robs old age of its sereni-
ty and peace.
1t is the thief of character.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18
Personal Liberty.

We are told that in the destruction
of the liquor traffic is involved the de-
struction Of. property rights, of ancient
customs, of business which the law
has sustained and in which large sums
of money are invested. once thought
this, but now believe the argument
thoroughly unsound for the safety of
the people must be supreme, and when
particular property rights, ancient Gus
toms or business are hostile to their
peace and happiness, it is the dnty of
the state to destroy them for the pub
lie good and upon the ground of public
necessity. The state has the power
and the only question is the necessity
for its exercise.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18

1t turns men into monsters and wo.
men into harlots.
1t invades the ballot box to corrupt it.
1t weakens the administration of JUS
tice.
1t is the polluted stream which min
giles with the current of public affairs
and pOisons all it touches.
Whenever it comes it brings sor-
row, and whenever it goes it leaves
remorse.
Nations Tribute to Liquor.
The American people must pay an
nually two billion dollars as tie tribute
which liquor eXacts. They must main
tain at enormous cost reformatories,
rescue mission homes, asylums, jails,
and penitentiaries to take care of those
it has stricken down.
Liquor dulls the edge of endeavor it
dethrones the reason; it enters and
stains the cloisters of spirituality and
becomes the foul and stealthy murder
er human souls.
If you would know more of its black
and blighting record, look at the long
and sad procession of its victisms. Go
to the courts and see the crimes it has
caused and the criminals it has made
Go to the prison and read the story
of its tragedies in the listless eyes and
hopeless faces behind the bars.
Go to the police stations and find the
derelicts-the driftwood of humanity,
as you see them moving and sutfling
in the fear and cowardice of misspent
lives.
Go to the divorce courts and hear the
causes which dissolve the holy bonds
of wedlock and send families adrift.
Go to the homes where the serpent
has left its Shiny trail on the linteIs of
the door.
Hear the oaths and curses, the reviI-
ings and imprecations from thickened
tongues and maddened brains.
See the wife and mother as she pales
in terror, with a bruised and broken
heart. See The children as they huddle
and shiver in fright, like birds before
the hunters gun. See the sweet milk
of concord sour and turn into the very
broth of hell.
Liquor! Liquor! How l hate it!
hate it for what it has done for me
and those love!
hate it for what it has done to 9TH
Continued from page two.
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Local Self Government.

/
The idea of local self-governmenta as
related to the liquor traffic, is not new.
| have urged it, and it is sound, if we
are to recognize the right to sell liquor
and the legitimacy of the business, for
in that contingency any community
should be permitted to make the de-
cision for itself. But it has no mean
ing, and is only an empty phrase,
where the sovereign power has declar-
ed the business illegitimate, and no
subdivision of the state can exercise
any authority without the states con-
sent, as no state can without the con-
sent of the government.
1t has also been said that prohibition
does not prohibit, and | have said ii
many times as reason why state
law of this character should not be
passed; and it is true that law that
will not be obeyed or respected should
not be enacted. But, the liquor traffic
does not use this Argument in good
faith, and its real fear is that prohibit
ton will prohibit. 1t first evades the
law and then asserts its own violation
as the proof of failure.
But we must remember that no law
enforces itself and until an honest ef-
fort to enforce it, as was not done un-
til recently in Tennessee, we have no
means of judging its efficiency.
It.has also been demonstrated that
prohibition will prohibit and the more
| it prohibits, the more it is respected
by the people who opposed it, and the
more difficult it becomes to change it.
In the treatment Of this question by
the states alone, degree of failure
need not be surprising or discouraging
and this will be true as long as the
government recognizes liquor as sub
ject of commerce between the states.
But such has been the growing power
of public sentiment that the states,
even without federal aid, have scored
great success and with it the victory
will be complete.
/ favor prohibition in any form that
will either reduce or destroy the liquor
traffic.
i favor it personal,wide, town. wide,
statewide, nationwide and world
wide.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18
Youth IN Memphis.

/ grew up in the city of Memphis
where saloons were numerous and re-
g&rded as fixed and permanent institu-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-04
How TO Be More Beautiful.
BY Sn. J..s

The love of good looks is a very natural
feeling. We are all just human enough
to wish to look we'll and make a good
appearance.
l have met many people, some of them
ladies, who were mortified because their
faces, otherwise attractive and often even
beautiful, were maued by a dry and
sallow skin, fabby and wrinkled, or by
unsightly pimples and blotohes.
Ithas been my good fortune to point these
people 10 a safe and very simple remedy
for their affection; and because there are
many Others who suffer in the same way,
l am giving my remedy here. Every
one should understand, however, first,
that these troublesome things have a
very simple cause and come only because
nature is failing TO eliminate poisons from
the system in a zafzrai way II these
people will take DR.. True's Elixir they
viii aid stomach and bowels 70 carry of
waste matter that nov Is clogging the pores
of the skin and marring physical beatty.
counsel all who wish to possess good
look, to follow this advice and ] urge
them further TO use. every night. Pzrker's
2-30-2 Cold Cream Persist in thif and
nature thus aided win give you back shefull
measure Of beauty that Is yourS by right
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-04
The Quickest, Simplest
Cough Cure
Easily and >Chenply Made mt
Home. Saves You 81.

This recipe makes a pint of cough
syrup-enough to last family q long
time. You couldn't buy as much or as
good cough syrup for $3.50.
Simple as it is, it gives almost instant
relief and usually stops the most obs.i
nate cough in "a hours This is partly
due 10 the fact that il is slightly laxd-
tive, stimulates the appetite and has an
excellent tonic effect. 1t is pleasant te
take-children like il. An excellent rem
edy, too, for whooping cough, Group, soTo
lungs, asthma, throat troubles, etc.
Mix one pint Of graduated sugar witt
y pint OF warm water, and stir for ,
minutes. Put 2Ia ounces of Pinex tfift
cents WORTH in a pint bottle, and ad
the Sugar Syrup. 1t keeps perfectly
Take a teaspoonful every one, two o.
three hours.
Pine is one Of the Oldest and best
known remedial agents for the throzt
membranes Pinex is the most valuable
concentrated compound Of NORWAY white
pine extract. and = rich in g7laiacOl and
al the other natural healing elements
Other preparations viii not work in this
formula.
The prompt results from this recips
have endeared IL 20 thousands Of house-
wives in the United States and Canads
which explains WHY the plan has bee
initiated often, but never successfully.
A guaranty Of absolute satisfaction ~
money promptly refunded. goes With his
recipe. Your druggist has Pinex. or viii
get Il for vou. If not. send to The
Pinex Co. Fl Wayne, Ind.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-04
GRAND TRUNK BOND
PLAN DISAPPROVED
Rhode Island Committee Named by the
Governor Refuses Its
Sanction.

Providence, r. l., March 4.-The plar
proposed by President e. j. Chamberlir
of the Grand Trunk railway and sane,
toned by Gov. Pothier, to have the
state guarantee the S8,000,000 bonds fol-
the completion OF the Southern New
England railway, was disapproved by
committee named by the governor
which organized yesterday. Gov. Pothi
er was not present, being in Washing
ton to attend the Inauguration.
The committee, which is composed of
10 state and city officials and promi-
nent business men, met in the govern
or's office. Acting Governor Philip II.
Wilbour of Little Compton, president
of the Senate, was chosen chairman, and
Representative A. p. Sumner secretary.
The committee did not take formal
vote, however, because Governor Pothier
was not present, and adjourned until
such time as the governor can be pres
ent.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-04
"COATEE' LATEST IN
WOMEN'S APPAREL
Designed for Wear at Roof Gardens
During the Summer
Months.

New York, March 4.The roof gar.
den coatee" is the very latest coat for
evening wear in New York. That is, il
will be when the roofs are open once
more.
The little roof garden coat is the most
feminine of wraps. The dressmakers
who had the first view of this Ameri-
can creation through its designer, A. NJ.
Cream, declared it to be as clever coat
as has been turned out on either side
of the Atlantic in many summer.
II have called it the roof garden
coatee because that is essentially an
American institution-the roof garden
and because this short little evening
coat is supposed to be worn over light
lingerie and silk gowns on a sum
mer evening when one wants some light
little thing over the gown and yet does
not want to have it too warm or too
heavy said the maker.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-04
WILSON'S ARRIVAL.
Received with Hearty Acclaim at the
National Capital.

Washington, March 4.-Woodrow VIII
son of New Jersey came to Washington
late yesterday to be inaugurated as the
2Sth president of the United States.
His was triumphant entry, the pent-
up Democratic enthusiasm of sixteen
years concentrating, seemingly, at the
gateway of the nations capital and
bursting forth in joyous acclaim.
Through a lane of Princeton students
and surrounded by cheering thousands,
the president elect and members of his
family here fastened from the station,
escorted by the official reception COM
mittee to their hotel The city pre-
sented panorama of patriotic color.
Within less than an hour after his
arrival, President-elect Wilson crossed
the threshold of the White House Tor
the first time in his life and grasped the
hand of President Taft
Shortly before o'clock, before visit
ing the White House, Mr.. Wilson re-
ceived Vice President-elect Marshall and
wife, Governor SuIzer OF New York, Gov
ernor Pothier of Rhode Island, and
others.
The entire floor of the hotel was
given up to the Wilson's, and here they
iined last night with cousin, John
Wilson of Franklin, Pa.
Last night President elect Wilson was
hit honor guest at the Princeton alumni
smoker
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-04
WOMAN ONLY 35
is MOTHER OF 26
st. Louis Health Department Certificate
Makes the Officials Rub
Their Eyes.

st. Louis, March 4.-Reposing in the
archives of the East st, Louis health
department is birth certificate that
contains so remarkable statement that
even the officials believe that there may
be an error. The certificate filed by
Mrs. Bertha Schelereck, an East st.
Louis midwife, recites that when she
OBLIGATED at the birth recently of child
of Mrs. Ida Huuy of Mississippi avenue
and Collinsville road, the mother told
her she had borne 20 children. Mrs.
Huuy is said by the midwife to have
given her age as 35 years.
The certificate was filed on Jan. 81,
but because of the belief of Lester J.
assistant commissioner, that
there was an error, it was not recorded.
Mrs. Schelereck declared that the GER
tificate is correct and that the informa-
ton on which it was based was given
ier by Mrs. Huuy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-04
WILL GAIN
BY YIELDING
Turks by Surrender Will Be
Able To Keep
Rodosto
Allies DEMANDS
ARE REPORTED
They Include Adrianople,
Scutari and ia
nina

London, March A dispatch to the
Times from Sofia says that it is believed
if the Porte should propose a frontier
line running from Midia TO Muradli,
north of Rodosto, and thence to Enos,
on the Aegean sea, before Adrianople
falls the allies would accept and con-
clude peace. II, however, Turkey delays
until Adranople has fallen Bulgaria
would insist upon the possession OF
/ Rbodosto.
According to official information" re-
.ceived in Rome the Balkan states Will
insist upon the following conditions for
the conclusion of peace, even through the
mediation of the powers.
First. The contracting parties pledge
themselves to the immediate and stimuli
taneous cessation of hostilites after the
signing of the treaty of peace.
Second. Contemporaneously, Turkey
must surrender to the allies Adrianople,
Scutari and Janna.
Third. The Bulgar- Turkish frontier
shall extend from Rodosto to Midia, the
exact line to be established by mill
tary commission, composed OF Bulgari-
ans and Turks.
Fourth. The peninsula of Gallipoli to
be ceded to the allies.
Fifth. All the Aegean islands occupied
at present by the Greeks TO be ceded to
the allies.
Sixth Prisoners of war and hostages
to be exchanged with the briefest delay.
Seventh Turkey to pay the allies
S300,000,000 war indemnity, deducting
from it, however. that portion of the OF
Jnbt 1x,t ba T,trGf al /
European provinces.
Eighth. A special representative of
the sultan to be permitted in the Balkan
territory for religious purposes, having |
under his jurisdiction all mosques, pious
funds and church properties.
Ninth. All treaties, conventions and
agreements existing between the allies
and Turkey before the commencement OF
the war to be re-establshed.
The Daily Mails Sofia correspondent
learns that Russia considers that the
Turkish proposals form a basis for new
peace negotiations, DR.. Danef, head OF
the Bulgarian peace delegation, has con-
suited with the Russian minister on the
subject, and is proceeding to Demotika
to consult army headquarters with re-
gard to the new frontiers.
The Turkish government appears to
De apprehensive of fresh revolution since
he discovery of conspiracy on Thurs
lay last, when several prominent off
,ers and civilians, including a former
military governor, were placed under ar
est. The Young Turk leaders are nerv-
nus and the garrison has been increased
" two regiments. The guards at the
Forte have also been Strengthened and
ther measures have been taken to
nable the immediate suppression of any
tempted coup. Many officers have
cen dismissed from the army for med
ling in politics. Thirteen officers dele
ated by the army at Tchatalja to make
to the government, We're
rrested yesterday on their arrival at
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-04
Another Case.

Esmond, r. I.-"I write to tell you
how much good your medicine has done
me and to let other women know that
there is help for them. l suffered with
bearing down pains, headache, was ir-
regular and felt blue and depressed all
the time. I took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and commenced to
gain in a short time and ] am well wo-
man today. l am on my feet from early
morning until late at night running
boarding house and do all my own work.
l hope that many suffering women will
try your medicine. 1t makes happier
wives and mothers. Mrs. ANNA HAM
SEN, Esmond, Rhode Island.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-04
THE az" ON THE NEW NICKEL.
Designer Frazer's Initial May Be Found
lust Under the Date,

Washington, March 4.-There is a
minute capital + on each one of the
new nickels. 1t is the initial of james
Earl Frazer, the man who designed the
coin. Victor ID. Bremen, who designed
the Lincoln cent, had his initials stamped
on 2S,000000 of them. There was a
strong public protest, and finally the "v
ID. b. was removed. The initial on
the present coin is so small that it is
hard to find it. 1t is directly under
meath the date.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-04
is AN ILLEGAL
COMBINATION
The United States Circuit Court So
Rules the Eastern Lumber
Dealers Association.

New York, March A decision hand,
ed down by United States circuit court
of appeals yesterday declared the East
ern Lumber Dealers association and al
lied companies to be an illegal combina-
tion in restraint of interstate trade.
The decision enjoins and prohibits the
companies from acting concertedly to
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-04
MINISTER HAS MANY TRADES.
Preacher Can Turn His
Hand to Anything.

Boston, March 4.--West Stockbridge
boasts of minister, Rev. William J..
Du Bots, who is carpenter, machinist,
pastor, blacksmith, postmaster, under
taker, justice of the peace, storekeeper.
farmer, and several other things. He is
not only a "Jack-of-sll- trades" but be
is good at all. The West Stockbridge
people say he is the most forceful and
preacher in Massachusetts,.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-04
CHIEFS TO RACE
FOR WHITE SQUAW
Braves At the Capital Are To Seek the
Hand of Woman Appli-

cant.
Washington, March Aust as soon
as they have passed in review in the
inaugural parade before the great white
father, the band of Indian chiefs now
here NAV start on a Marathon race.
with Kansas City, Mo-, as the goal and
Miss May Altimus of that city as tn
prize.
Miss Altimus. some time since, wrot
to Chairman Harper OF the civic orga
ization committee, that she was IS yea
old, and entertained a strong desire &
Be an Indian squaw. She added IL
none but wealthy chiefs need appls
Chief Richard Sanderbille Of the Black
feet tribe of Montana informed Chair
man Harper yesterday a number o: the
chiefs would stop of at Kansas City o.
their way West.
There are . number Of white women
according 70 the Indians, who have ma
ried into their tribes, and they ma.
ideal wives.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-04
Grip Germs Are Everywhere

SAsf " ~
The grip needs only few days
TO wreck the health. In this short
time it so thoroughly poisons the
blood and every tissue OF the body
that the victim is Frustrated. Every
muscle and joint OF the body aches,
sleep is fitful and disturbed, and
there is pain back of the eyes and
in the head. The grip stays in the
system for years unless the blood is
cleansed and built up so that it can
overcome the poisons OF the DIS
ease. People who do not take q
good blood building medicine after
an attack of the grip are the ones
who suffer for years.
Drive every trace ofthe grip from
your system by taxing DR.. VIII
liams' Pink Pills. Mrs. w. II.
Parker, of No. 90 West Union
street, Newark, n. Y, who did
this, says: 81 was sick for two
years following the grip and every
one thought | was going into con-
sumption. / trembled so that
could not sit still in a chair. My
heart palpitated and | had to lie
down most OF the time during the
entire year while | had the trem-
bling spells. / had headaches occa-
sionally and lost a great dead in
weight. / was not able TO do much
work and had no ambition. l had
no appetite and my stomach was
out OF order. After two years |
began to take DR.. Williams Pink
Pills. / felt that they we're help
ing me before | had finished the
first box. The trembling spells
left and was soon cured"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills taken in
time will save you much suffering |
and will so tone up your system that
you will enjoy the best OF health.
Write today to the DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N, Y,
for their free booklet on Building
Up the Blood" Then go to your
druggist and get box of DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills for 80 cents or
better still six Noxes for $3.50 or
order them direct by mail.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-04

of office buildings, hotels and other struc-
lures. Here and there a building was
draped with festoons of green and white
bunting. Along with this prevailing hue
of green and white, the individual taste
of each citizen found expression in flags,
emblems and transparencIes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-04

81 began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and am now in
good health. II it had not been for
that medicine would have been in my
grave long time ago. Mrs. ARTIE E.
HAMILTON, r. Ed. No. 6. Warren, Ind.