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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-09

ing . few years ago, already has q.
and Is building IL more; France has
20 and Is building % additional ones;
Russia has 25. and is building Is;
while the United States has 29. and =
building 81; Austria has Is, and has
four under construction; while Italy
owns Is, and is building two. Yet the
submarine is still an unknown guam
5tity In warfare. ss%
Submarine In War. #
Many OF the early submarines are
small and probably Of little efficiency.
andsFrance hasfnumerous types about
which little is known by the outside
world. The German submarines g
said tossbe built along the Holland
lines, while the Russian submarines
are said to follow one or more Of the
French types. y
The submarine, from a romantic
viewpoint, should be q great factor n
deciding . naval engagement. but the
fact remains that up to the present
time It has done nothing to prove% its
value. It was believed that the moral
sru.I -.
!1los e n1p ~ 30 49, ~
.e:t upo. an .uenay Wa.sn!
= tu.s De.1e. 10 w eseu u q $500
'ne pfe e. ~. m y
1nere were notlons tnat.tn mere Hoa .n
o teElanc nsnts uaae1 ,tne seas #0y
submarln me a Ssu0maline and de-
stroyine eac cn, o oIa'., b sui y. . sDeen$
f Q Stnat SWnen suoAneree SUD SuA.
marine y a. DIN AZ ~ trao1tIOnal
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-09
French Hopes

When the news came that the
kaiser's Uhlans had been moved down
BY French machine guns in the Skin
mish at st. Croix some of the United
States army officers exclaimed: i
told you SOL" the st. Louis Republic
remarks.
The eyes of every artillery officer
are following the French artillery, on
which is pinned the hope OF France
to whip the Germans.
Will the French artillery, admitted
" thu best in the world, wreak the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-09

they have accomplished what they
started to do.
Men. have quite. another point Of
view. The boy in his teens is already
thinking and planning some path in
life that will take him somehow toythe
top. He is perhaps deeply interested
In some profession or trade; he means
to "be something"
Work toward something fixed. May
be it is a small place Of your own
some time in the beyond, out in the
green country. Maybe It is the top Of
the work you are now doing. Maybe
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-09
Definite PURPOSE IN LIFE
Something That Should Be Acquired
by Every Woman Who Has Place
g. , In the Business World.

It IL q fact that many women have
no definite desire to get anywhere in
the work they are doing. They con-
slider their job as the least important
thing in their lives, and rarely have
a plan tending toward ultimate ex-
pansion and a time when thye car feel
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-09
WARNS BRITAIN KEEP =
WICKETS UP AND LET
e.. RUSSIA MAKE RUNS

London.-The military correspond
emit of the Times, in his comment on
the war, says:
In the west our task is strong-wall-
Ing; that Of the Russians Is steam
rolling.
1.-THE situation in the west is such
that only an extraordinary stroke of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-09

which under the ordinary system pre-
vsiling In the country would have.
taken three Or four years to accom-
lplish. Cottonlis now, therefore. being
satisfactorily grown on q fair proper.
ton OF this area. and It is expected
that It will bring from t$75 to 500 an;
acre. REX Sst$ e
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-09

The war in Europe will have the
interesting distinction in military an
mails OF being the first great conflict
OF any kind in which motor vehicles
have been largely employed for trans
portation and field service. Officers
in automobiles led the German ad-
vance into Belgium. Rapid-fire guns
mounted on motor trucks have added
TO the mobility of the German attack
ing force. Private automobiles have
been Communicated everywhere and
pressed into service for scouting pur-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-09
Automobiles in War.

in War. .
poses. Three hundred Paris motor
buses were dispatched to the front
to carry food and ammunition to the
army, and London buses have been
sent to the continent for similar mil
itary uses. Altogether tens of thou
sands of motor vehicles, from taxicabs
to %ponderous vans, have been seized
by the army authorities in all the bel
digerent countries and utilized for war
fare.
All this is a far cry from the mule
team and the horse-drawn service and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-09

cd of indirect firing, which has been
copied by every other nation. The
gun, if possible, is planted behind a
hill, in a ditch or some place where it
is invisible from a distance.
Then the officer in charge of the
men handling the gun uses his glasses
from the crest of the hill, or other
high place, locates the enemy and calls
out the direction and distance. s
The gun e. fire a first shot to
plant the gun in the ground, and after
that it settles in position and can fire
as many as forty shells q minute.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-09
rhe Simple INA.

After q farmer retires from active
work he spends the balance Of his
life helping his wife with the family
washing.-LouisyilIe Tires.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-09
.4EI N ~ ..,'g "a
German Advance Continues.

LtEE@St F-p#'E Jt. s.-f"EH."E WV an go b.. o
London.-Brief messages received
here Thursday indicate the German
army in the north of France is fight
ing its way step by step toward Paris.
An official dispatch from Paris says
that German cavalry marching on the
forest of Compeigne were defeated by
English troops, who took ten nno
This same dispatch admits that an
other German cavalry force has pushed
as far as the soissons-Anizy-Le Cateau
line.
4 Tells Of Allies Victory.
Emigrants in Paris from Crepy-en-
Valois, in the department of Disc, %
miles southeast Of Compeigne, report
that the. Germans were crushed near
there and that piles of bodies were ly-
ing yard high. A sergeant wounded
near Compeigne, declares he saw the
humiliation Of an entire German divi-
sion by the French artillery.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-09

Petrograd Est. Petersburg.)-After q
seven days battle the Russian forces
have succeeded in selling the fortiica-
lions near Lemberg. capital Of Galicia,
and routed a strong force Of A%ustrians.
The Austrians fed in disorder, aban-
doning many pieces of artillery.
The Russian forces are investing
Koenigsberg. @
This information was given out
Thursday by the Russian general staff,
which also frankly %confesses to the
disaster Of two army corps, including
the loss OF three generals, in the
southern part OF east Prussia.
Victory Near Lustchoff. "
The general staff also announces
that the Austrian Fifteenth division
was completely routed near Lustchoff
on August 20, and that 100 officers and
4 5000 soldiersr were taken prisoners.
The official statement adds that the
commander OF the Austrian division,
the commander OF a brigade, and the
chief OF stan OF the division were
killed. OF the 1000 men made prison.
ers. 900 had been wounded.
The Russians also captured 20 guns
and the flag Of the Sixty-fifth Austrian
regiment. -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-09

Uar- 80, = -r~HW%SE%
There exists now q new, compelling
reason for buying Goodyear tires. It re-
suits from War conditions.
These leading tires--built; Of extra-fiinne
rubber, in the same way as always-are
selling today at June prices. #
You will find today very wide difference
between most tire prices and Gooodyeara
Due to Quick Action /.
Early in Augyust-when war began-the
worlds rubber markets seemed closed to ua
NJ Rubber prices doubled almost over night.
Men could see no way to pay for rubber
abroad, and no way to bring it in. We like
others--in that panic-were forced to higher
prices. But We have since gone back to- prices
We charged before the VA, and this 81 how
e did it: #9
We had men in London and Singapore when
the war broke out. The larger part Of the
worlds rubber supply comes throughSEEth there.
We cabled them to buy up the pick Of the rub
Der. They bought-before the advance-1,50O,-
600 pounds Of the finest rubber there.
Nearly all this is now on#thle way to us.
And it means practicallySallEsof the e1targradeA
rubber obtainable abroad. %#bss
.5tsT Today we have our own men In Colombo,
Singapore and Para Those are the worlds
chief sources Of rubber So We are pretty well
assured Of a constant supply, and our pick Of
the best that's produced &
We were first on the ground. We we're quick
est in action. As a result, We shall soon have in
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-09
CountInngu EInes

Counting Up Fines.
Are the running expenses Of an
automobile very high?" \ sS 5
Not II the motorcycle cop falls to,
get your number"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-09

Never did a war extend so far up
and down-all the way from aero
planes to submarines. :
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-09
TsE@%FssFtt3S: |f ~ 3=|sftL &t%&t sSfEEs.aTF 49,; - Z
FRENCH :|||:I|!! 4. MINISTRY
LEAVES PARIS
1. FOR; BORDEAUX Be- DEL |. X.
Move Is Practical Acknowledg-
ment That Capital Of France
IS il Danger.
;HllEERlllRailC;K REMAINS AT POST
HERRlCK REMAINS AT POST

American Ambassador Sees oppor-
tunlty for Service il the city---Ger-
man Army Continues Victorious
March-claIms Important Victory
Over Russian Force II; East Prussia.
Paris.-The seat|of the French gov
eminent has been moved from. Paris to.
Bordeaux.
The government issued at midnight
September! 3, through the ministry Of
the interior, a proclamation bringing
this is the knowledge OF the people u
Paris and giving the reasons for the.
change.
The significant feature Of the ,procla-
nation is that Paris is soon to become
q sort OF pivot in the army maneuvers
between the allied armies and the Ger
mans. For this reason the govern
mnlent naturally could not remain here.
Strengthen City Deferses.
It was 81 admitted in official dis
patches that a large force Of Germans
was at Compeigne, only 43 miles Gas
the crow ies)Efrom the capital.
While the Official statement regard
ing the removal of the capital said the
city was not necessarily likely to be
attacked, the building Of supplement
tary defense works is proceeding Wig
5orously. Many trenches are being dug.
Several OF, the gates of Paris have
been closed to; traffic. 4.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-09
Tires at
Before War Prices

storage an almost record supply Of # this extra
$gradesof rubber. n2s @ IS
And We paidsabort june prices. 4
Now Inferior Grade, Cost Double
About the only crude rubber available now
for many makers is inferior. In ordinaryStimes,
the best tire makers refuse. it. Muchz Of it had
beenSrejected. But that f.ttofE rubber now sells
for much more than we paid for the best.
Thesresults are these .5 3S$
Tire prices IN general are far in advance Of
sGoodyears. And many tire makers, short Of
supplies, will be forced to use second-grade
rubber.
Be Careful Now
S In Goodyears we pledge you the same grade
tire as always And that grade won for Good
years the top place in Tiredom----the largest sale
in the world. #Ss
And, for the time being, our prices are the
as before the war. We shall try to keep
them there.
We accept nc excessive orders, but dealers
will be kept supplied. And we charge them, q
until further notice; only ante-bellum prices
That means that Goodyears-the best
tires built-7-are sellngway below other tire.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-21

Looking over old file papers Of
Plain Talk we find the pictures of
Hooper, Lea and Crump appear
ing on the,front pageless than a
year ago in a historical review of
the Fight of 1913" Then these
gentlemen were the essence of
purity, according to the Hooper
Stahlman idea. Now Lea and
Crump are "liquorites and regular
democrats" according to the same
authority. When the review of
the battle of 1913 was written Lea
and Crump were supporting
Hooper. AS soon as they turned
against him they became bad men.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-21
POLITICAL MILLENNIUM.

When the jassacks of the Hoop
er ring, who are manipulating The
Times and attempting to control
Cooke county politics get so they
can tell the truth the Millennium
will have arrived.
And when this time comes this
Baby-bottle-tugging ring of jas
sack majesties, this mollycoddle
gang Of infringers of the truth
will be at the head Of things and
a Democrat will be a name only
in history.
When the braying jassack of
the Times shall no more jar the
hills with his vicious melody, when
the statesman of English moutain
shall cease to roam, when the
hookworm agent shall bemoan,
when at the normal the whites
and blacks shall no longer sit,
when Cooke county shall be
purged Of the egotistical mug
wumps doing the bidding of the
hypocritical political pharisees,
defaming and defiling those who
cannot see their way; when men
shall again be bestowed with virtue,
gentleness, meekness, nobility and
character, which no man can pos
sess unless a Republican or an In
dependent doing Hooper's bidding,
when that wonderful sheet of
journalism, The Times, shall lose
its SAVIOR and no longer be polluted
with the ludicrous, preposterous,
obnoxious, bombastic buncombe
emanating from a prematurely de-
veloped and distorted Uranium,
when the political ornaments
shall be set ajar and Illuminated
by the dissolution and combustion
of the nefarious Times ring, with
such a vibration that Hooper owls,
the Postoffice birds and the court
house vultures shall wing their
flight to the utmost quarters and
feed from the same putrefying car
cass, then once more peace, calm
and mental quietude shall prevail.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-21
ANONYMOUS WRITING

The Times aggregation of polit-
ical crooks and journalistic anna
teurs are complaining about anon
ymous writing and say that here
after when some country fellow
wants to write something for pub
LEGATION in their virtuous sheet he
must sign his name to his article.
20, consistency, thou art a jewel"
This gang who have been vici-
ously assailing all against whom
they have a real or fancied griev-
ance, for weeks and months with
out ceasing, through their anony-
nous sheet, which does not even
pretend to have an editor to as
sumo the responsibility for their
disreptuable vampings, has the
brazen effrontery to complain OF
anonymous writings. Why don't
some Of, them put up their name
as editor of the sheet? What's
the matter with Baby Oscar as
Stunning the editorship? Isn't he
in fact the real editor as it is:
Does he not prepare the copy
blue-pencil the correspondence
and in general superintend the
! plant? Doing all these things
why can't he be man and place
his name at the masthead of the
editorial columns so that the PEG
pie may know who to hold re-
sponsible. The people care moth
ing about its president, vice-presi.
dent, treasurer or manager o.
the Times Co. These are mere
adjuncts and in fact mean moth
ing except these men consented
the use of their names for these
imaginary offices. What the PEG.
pie want to know is who is doing
the writing, and this they have {
right to know. Come on, Baby
Oscar, show the people you have
a backbone. Don't skulk in the
bushes and shoot from ambush
For once be a man.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-21

Ben Hooper never gave a dol
lar to the Deadrick Avenue Bap-
fist Church at Knoxville and he
coupled with his proposed gift
such conditions as showed plainly
he never intended to give a dollar,
A short time ago he was asked to
contribute the sum Of $500 to an
orphanage in Knoxville which had
done much for him and he never
even answered the request, much
less gave anything. The people
are in no condition to be longer
deceived by him.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-21
THE BRAY OF AN Ass

Although excruciating to the
sensibilities Of refined ears, the
song Of the two-legged species of
the livery stable hooking bird is
perfectly harmless as far as doing
any material damage is concerned.
In world composed of all classes
of people, he is a necessary evil,
and, therefore, should be looked
upon with tolerance rather than
contempt. The young man who
has been braying through the
Times editorial columns for the
past several months and pouring
out his walls of wrath upon the
heads of those whom he suspects
as being in any wise unfrlendly to
the ring crowd of which he has
constituted himself chief spokes-
man, last week, without provoca-
ton or excuse, numbered his
batteries Of mud upon the inno-
cent head of DR.. Woodward, con-
temptuonsly referring to him as
the little tooth dentist" and &C.
cusing him of various and sundry
crimes against the dignity of the
ring. DR.. Woodward and the
dental profession in general need
no defense at our hands. We
would say to them: Let the ass
brayit is a pleasure to him and
does harm to no one else.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-21

The people Of this county know
that there is nothing known tc
politics but what Ben Hooper
would doto accomplish his polit.
ical purposes. He has spent and
aided in spending more money in
this county with which to buy
votes and corrupt the voters than
any dozen men the county has
ever known, and this some of the
very fellows who claim to be sup
porting him for his purity. know,
and know well.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-21

Of late the Times office force
has been a little short on com
mendation of Gov. Hooper. Why
is this? Are they afraid they will
say too much or say something
that he will not endorse. Why not
get him to write a letter and, like
Baby Oscar" tell who Benjamin
Wade Hooper is?"
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-21

Houston Fancher backed out
from managing the Times ele-
plant. Maybe Houston was
afraid it could not carry him and
Baby Oscar at the same time.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-21

Hookworm Oscar says he was
nominated by 1869 Republicans.
How about the 1900 Republicans
who voted for old man Blank?
Are they entitled to no considera-
ton.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-21
CONVICTED ON THEIR
OWN TESTIMONY

Something like three months
ago printing contract was to be
let at Nashville, and Baby Oscar,
by virtue Of his positions on the
State Board of Education and on
the Text Book Commission, Sc
cured the contract for the ring
organ, for which he officiates as
general manager and chief edito-
rial writer. The Times contract
was for something like 100000,
and the job was sub-let toa Knox
vile firm to be done for something
like $4,000, thus giving the Times
gang a rake-off of $4,000. The
Plain Talk got onto this little
graft scheme and exposed it to
the people. The following week
the Times contained an article
under the heading: plain Talks
Graft Charge Cleared Up" in
which all the material facts
charged by us were admitted,
viz: That the contract was let to
the Times and was secured through
Baby Oscar; that the Times SUBJ
let the contract to a Knoxville
firm; and that the Times would
profit by the transaction. The
crooked deal was defended in
this article as perfectly legitimate
business, it claiming the contract
was won on a fair and square
competitive basis and that the
Times gang were strictly within
their rights in accepting the $500
, rake-off.
I But like Banquo's ghost, the
t story Of graft would not down
, so after it had haunted the gang
and their cats paw for many
: weeks, during which they main
E tanned an ominous silence each
? time it was mentioned, they now
;, come to the public in a belateo
: confession, admitting their guilt
= and like the thief caught with the
!, stolen goods on his person, claim
e immunity on the ground that the
e goods have been returned to the
: rightful owner.
: An honest confession is gooe
: for the soul, and now that thu
: gang have confessed their guilt
t and returned to the state treas
ury the graft money which the!
!. were attempting to fitch from tn,
4 school children Of the state, M
e doubt a heavy burden has beer
: lifted from their guilty souls.
3 AS for our part, we are willing
a to rest the case with the people
on the Times and Baby Oscar:
e own testimony. Regardless O
e whether the rake-off was drawn
/. from the state treasury, the prin
clple involved is the same, and the
gang stands convicted on theil
V own testimony Of attempting to
) appropriate to their own use
. 5000 of the school children's
: money. However, does any fair.
minded person believe that this
5000 would have remained in the
! state treasury if the Plain Talk
had not exposed their dirty graft!
, Rny, uconor povor coua q dol
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-21

Baalam's ass was stubborn,
foolhardy creature, but nothing is
said about him taking the stump.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-21
OUR CORRESPONDENTS

The ring organ seems to he
greatly disturbed because we have
been publishing a few expressions
from rural friends on various poll
teal topics. For several weeks it
has been floundering around like
fish out of water trying to guess
who are the writer's of these var
ious articles, appearing in our
columns from different sections of
the county. Finally, having about
given up the problem as a hope
less task, brilliant idea seized
the asinine specimen who pushes
the Times quill: There isn't any
body on Cosby or at Naillon or on
English or in any of these other
communities from which these
articles are purported to come
that are capable of writing them,
hence they must be written in
Newport-those fellows out in the
sticks haven't any sense, some
town guy is doing this writing"
Thus reasoned the educated fool
who places such a high estimate
upon his own abilities and has
such low opinion of the intelli-
gence and capabilities of others
and country people in particular.
u don't know who's doing it, so
I'll just lay the whole business at
the door of DR.. Woodward" he
PHILOSOPHERS, "and as he is a
friend and patron of the Plain
Talk management, they will be
forced to reveal the names of
these writer's in order to clear DR..
Woodward of the charge" The
Plain Talk will do no such thing.
DR.. Woodward is practicing den
tistry and is not in politics; and
moreover, is amply able to take
care of himself. Within the last
few weeks we have been favored
with several excellent commune
cations from different individuals
, on political subjects, and as they
were good reading matter and
, voiced the sentiments of their
authors, we were glad to give
them publication. We have no
objections to our intelligent corps
of country correspondents ex-
pressing themselves ON local polit-
ical conditions in their various
, communities, so long as they deal
in facts and logic. In fact, these
, correspondents are closer to the
people and are in a better posi-
, ton to know the trend of political
thought in their sections than we
could possibly be, and therefore,
we are always glad to print we'll
written articles from our country
friends. Our paper is consecrated
to the cause of the people, and
the people are entitled to use its
columns for the discussion of mat
tiers Of public Importance and
local interest. Of course our cor
, respondents are interested in poll
tics only in a passive way, and if
we required anyone who wished
to express himself on matters
political to sign his name to his
article, we would have very few
of these articles and in conse-
quence our paper would be less
readable and less interesting.
Any article appearing in our pa
per from any community, signed
with a non-de-plume, is the ex-
preston of this citizen, but must
ooo+ o,,r opprox,oI ord x,,a c+opJ
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-21
Extraordinary
Announcement
A l2OO=ACRE FARM

Situated Right in the Heart of the Famous
Sweetwater Valley, Just One Mile from the
Splendid Town of Sweetwater, Will Be Sub
divided into Small Tracts of from S to 200
Acres and Sold