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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
concentrate.

How much better to give the whole
attention to what one is doing, but
how many do, it?. The intentions may
be of the best, but soon one may be
thinking what will be done at the next
club meeting, wondering what oppor-
tunities there are for securing a new
suit at reduced price, or what some
body said last night; and the time
is passing and little work or study &C.
complished.-Christian Science Mont
tor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
The COMPLEXION.

The feod We eat has much to do with
the condition of the complexion. Green
salads are an important aid to tho d.
gestion and will accomplish much to-
ward bleaching and whitening a sal
low complexion. They possess certain
chemical qualities and supply the body
with needed salts. Tomatoes, endive,
lettuce and young onions are splendid
for the skin. Spinach contains salts
Of potassium, iron and other proper
ties that act upon the liver. Tea and
coffee must be taken in moderation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
Concrete.

Concrete is made of mixture OF
pebbles, stones and sand or other suit
able material, to- which is mixed a
small proportion :of' lime or cement.
Owing to the gradual setting and hard
ening of this lime or cement, the mass
changes from a 'semifiuid to a hard,
compact substance, as hard as, or
harder than the best building stone
produced by nature.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
To Match Hanninos.

The table scarfs for the furniture OF
your room may be made to match the
hangings by cutting out single motifs
Of cretonne and applying them to the
scarf ends. Place them on the mate
rial in an attractive way and baste
They can either be sewed with an
over and over stitch around the edge
or buttonholed in place. If, however,
you wish q quicker method. machine
stitch close to the edge around the
entire motif.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
LLOYD--GEORGE'S APPEAL TO
THE COAL MINERS.

The recent address of Lloyd
George, to the coal miners of Great
Britain, is one of the enduring eff:
forts of genious which the present
war has brought forth. 1t CLOVIS
with picturesqueness with powerful
with picturesquenes,s with powerful
appeal and with the individual mag.
netism of a master mind. 1t is a
X literary product of the present war,
which ranks well up with President
Wilson's masterpieces in reference
to the sinking of the Lusitania.
Coal has been called black dia-
monds, but that does not compare
with Lloyd Georges eulogy which
/ is as follows:
I'VE are short of coal to- run the
county in a great crisist We are
suffering from the patriotism of the
miners A quarter Of a million of
them have gone into the fighting
line. .4s.. =, i ,..J
The demand for coal is greater
than ever The supply of labor is
less than ever. In times Of peace
coal is the most important element
lin the industrial life of the country.
The blood which courses through
the veins of industry in this coun-
try Is made of distilled coal.
Sin peace and in war King Coal
rs the; paramount lord Of industry.
1T enters into every article of con:
sumption and Of utility. It is our
real International coinage. We buy
goods abroad, food and raw mate
srial. We pay, not in gold, but in
..osal.
81 in war coal is life for us and
death for our foes. It not merely
sfetches and carries for us; it makes
the material and the machinery
which it transports. It bends, molds,
1t fills the weapons of war. Steam
means coal. Rifles mean coal. Ma
chine guns mean coal. Cannons
mean coal. Shells are made with
4 coal. Shells are filled with coal.
The very explosive inside them is
Il coal and then coal carries them
I on right into the battlefield to help
I our men,.
Coal is everything to us, and we
4 want more of it to win victory.
Coal is the most terrible Of enemies
and it is the most potent Of friends.
Y You read that terrible casualty list
given out by the prime minister the
other day. Three hundred and fiji
ssty thousand British soldiers. They
were casualties inflicted by German
j coal, by the Westphalian miner
|. working in cooperation with the
Prussian engineer without stint
without reserve, without regulation
putting their strength at the dis
q posal of their fatherland.
''When you see the seas clear ano
/ the British flag flying with i'm
B punity from realm to realm, and
+ from shore to shore-when you FIND
the. German flag banished from the
face of the seas, who has done it?
The British miner, helping the
British sailor
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
Citixen'a Duty.

Rants categorical imperative may
be expanded into .hese homely terms
of duty: No one may do that which,
if done by all, would destroy society.
In other words, the individual must
see that when the gaining of his own
poor little happiness involves an injury
to a great human ideal it is better to
cut the happiness off and cast it from
him than to do his part to bring the
body polite to hell fire.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
prise that has stoppe ed or Interior
ed with ~ fed eral regulation or the
fear OF federal regulation. j.

ed with by federal regulation OF the
fear Of federal regulation.
Viewed politically what it all
means tx, to commit the republican
party in the coming campaign to a
programme of reaction against the
interstate commerce commission, the
federal trade commission, and such
regulation of big business as has
been attempted by the Wilson ad-
ministration.
Just what might have come in a
period OF business depression, no
body can predict with confidence,
but there ought not to be much
doubt about what will come under
conditions as they are and promise
to continue to be, if the republican
leaders are unwise enough to give
any heed at all to the call.
The surest way to give the presi-
dent a substantially unanimous re-
election will be to commit the repub-
lican party to a policy of reaction in
favor of big business.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
OF Eovntian Orioin.

The Basques are a curious race, and
for a century scientists believed it i'm
possible to discover their affiliations,
and with good. reason, for they tried
in vain to connect them with other
European people. In recent times q
careful and intimate study of the Ian
guage has revealed them to have come
from Egypt at time 80 remote that
even tradition, and legend show no
traces of that far of migration.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
For Soueaky Boots,

The disagreeable noise of squeaky
boots may be stopped by having the
shoemaker spring them on each side
and insert between the soles a tea
spoonful of French chalk or drive
into the soles few pegs. This
process costs only a trife and an.
swers admirably.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
Ese for Onions.

Onions are good for cleaning steel
articles that have rusted. Rub the
rust spots with a piece of onion and
leave for "a hours. Wash and polish
with bathbricA dust, moistened with
turpentine. Wash again in suds and
scald with clear water. Knives that
have rust spots of long standing should
be plunged into an onion and allowed
10 stand for some time Finish the
cleaning process as above.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
A HAPPY LOSS.

A HAPPY LOSS.
LOSE your crouch, you'll never miss
it,
Though, at first, it may seem queer
To be just a little decent
To the people who are near;
And with very little practice
Bestowed from day to day,
You can make yourself attractive
With a smile nailed on to stay.
THERE is little satisfaction,
Nor is life the more complete
Irving to bite the heads from peo-
Whom in daily rounds you meet,
And the mussup isn't pleasant
When that little trick you try
They can never sue for damage
If you smile and pass them by.
YOU may think it lends distinction
If you jog along the way
With a crouch on exhibition
Every moment Of the day;
But when people see you coming
Make excuse to turn away,
You will find the load is hardly
Worth the freight you have to pay.
BE a little ray of sunshine
To the people that you meet;
Let them feel when you are coming
That it br1ghtens up the street.
It's the only way to travel:
Every smile will be boost
And you'll find it worth the trouble
When the chicks come home. to roost
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
Ana!vzino the Boy.

How would boy grow up If he
never had mud between his toes and
q torn hat?" Mrs Homer Hoch de-
mands to know Many boys have mud
not only all the way between their
toes and a torn hat, but also on top
Of the torn hat, and still they seem
never to grow up.-Kansas City Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
New Cause for Worry.

An Indiana man claims to have in.
vented a Photographic machine that
will take an object at distance of
two miles, on a dark night. There will
be no escaping the snapshot iend
armed with that frightful camera
Providence Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
Cookery for the Sick.

Only nourishing, tasty and we'll
cooked food, daintily served. should
be offered to the invalid or con-
valescent. An unattractive tray. or
the serving Of too large a quantity,
may take away entirely the capricious
appetite.-McCalls Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
. Heath Note.

Health is capital for US all, and
especially for the woman who works.
However much talent and initiative
you have. you will be handicapped in
your work unless you have your share
of good health. II you have not health
it is your business to expend every
minute of your surplus time acquiring
it
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
Her Choice.

"The man who can drive with one
hand is the man or me-" answered
Edna gayly. you're easily satisfied
replied her friend Ruth. "For my part,
prefer the man who asks me to
drive"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15

There are some men who are en-
dowed with the ability to manage
Place such a man in a desert with a
few associates and he will build a
city and establish a state. The truth
of these assertions finds ample sup
port in the history of Salt Lake
City and the state of Utah.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
ReSiuned.

The Minister'S ~Vife--"The new cook
left this morni7.s, e..~ ~na you said the
Lord must have sent The Minister
well, dear, the Lord giveth and the
Lord taketh away. Blessed be the
name of the Lord "-Puck
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
Daily 1houQht.

Life never seems so clear and easy
as when the heart is beating faster
at the sight of some generous, self
risking deed.-George Eliot
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15

Someone has found out. that widow
ers remarry more often than widows;
with the latter this is regarded as
misfortune and not fault.-Washing
ton Post
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
Potted Plants.

When potting plants, put piece OF
coarse muslin over the hole in the pot
before putting in the bits of stone and
sod, which keeps the drainage good.
The muslin prevents the earth from
washing away.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
.Neufrality for Him.

Prisoner ION being asked, What
say you, Guilty or Not guilty? ~
"Me Lud, / leave it to the learned
counsels to fight it out between EN-.
I'll be neutral" Punch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
Uncle Eben.

"A man dat never forgets his dig
nifty" said Uncle Eben, "is like
man dat has to take awful good care
of his money cause he jes' naturally
ain got much"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15
Sparro.A,s on the Farm,

The English sparrow, thought to be
a city bird, is found on the farms Of
Tie northeastern part OF the United
States to the extent of five pairs on
each farm.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15

Sign Of Unpopularity.
"He is noted for his moral courage"
Dear me! Is he as unpopular as all
that ?"-Life-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15

Providing for Pay Day.
Barrooms are closed on Saturdays in
Sweden because it is pay day, and the
savings banks ara open until midnighta
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15

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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-10-21
PRESIDENT PEYT0N
NOW A VETERAN"
Head Of NJ, C, & st |. Ry. Elected Hon.
orary Member of Company 3,
U. c.. v.

President John Howe Peyton of the
N. C, & st. L. Railway is now a
Confederate Veteran, although at the
close Of the war he was mere boy.
It all comes about through his cleo
tion to honorary membership in Com
pany B. U. 9. ", of Nashville, an
honor which he greatly appreciates.
His car was attached to the train
which was bringing the veterans home
from the Tennessee reunion in Mem
phis recently and the veterans learL
ing that he was aboard requested that
he address them, after which he was
elected to membership. This action
was entirely appropriate in that the
road played such a prominent part in
the civil war, and that along its lines
many of the big battles were fought.
Recently the road has started the
erection of permanent markers at all
points of historical interest. President
Peyton is the third executive of the
road to be thus honored by the veter-
ans.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-10-21
Charleston.
!, tie NeaOS.

Sbeciat 10 tie Ne1DS.
Profs. Sneed and Eaves conducted
singing at this place Sunday. There
was large crowd in attendance and
all report nice time.
George johnson, of White Oak, spent
Saturday night with his daughter,
Mrs. Cecil Alexander.
S. F. King has been very sick, but
is some better at this writing.
The autos we're thick at the singing
Sunday. There were about Is or 90.
There were people from Cleveland,
White Oak, Hopewell, Georgetown.
Brittsville, Mt Harmony and st. Ell
mo.
Misses Maggie Moss, Martha and
SaIlie Gibson, Myrtle, Gertrude New
ell, Matte Hall and Mamie Ross, and
Messrs Jerry Gibson. John Hall and
Evens Ross; also Tom Marler and
three girls, and Ben L. Atchley were
the guests of S. F. King and family
Sunday.
Mrs Stella Ross was the guest of
M. G. Ross last week.
l wish someone from Cedar Spring
would write to the News. I. E. K.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-10-21
BIG TIMES FOR
CHATTANOOGA FAIR

Indications point to the largest and
most successful fair ever attempted in
this section of the South when the
gates for the Chattanooga District Fair
ale opened to the public on the morn
ing of Wednesday, November 3.
Governor Rye will personally open
the big agricultural exposition, and
he will be escorted by his military
staff, the staff of the governor of
Geo1 gia, and the congressman of the
different districts included in the fair
territory. The first day will be one
of the most important of the week,
and visitors may be assured that ev-
erything will be completed, as the iud-
ging will take place on the day pre-
vious, and it is therefore assured that
all exhibits will be in place.
The Eleventh cavalry, of Fort Ogle'
thorpe, Ca, will conduct model U.
s. A. camp on the grounds through
ont the entire fair, and visitors will
have an opportunity to see just how
Uncle Sam's boys live. There will al
so be special drill each and everv af-
ternoon.
The poultry show will be the big
gest ever attempted in the South. and
the automobile show will be housed in
large building erected especially for
the purpose, and showing all models
of cars, trucks. etc. There will be
model farm house equipped with all
modern appliances and inventions to
make country life pleasant. Three
fine brass bands will give concerts at
different parts of the grounds at all
hours, and one of the largest amuse-
ment companies in the country will
furnish fun, fast and furious. The
live stock department will be thor
oughly up to the minute, with big ex-
hibits of all classes. and many other
new and novel features are being ad-
ded daily.
The fair will last until Saturday
night, and no exhibits will be remov-
ed from the grounds until Monday.
The last day will be specially cele-
brated as "School Day" and special
events, which will include contests
open to all school boys and girls THU
out this territory, have been arranged
for that time. A full program will be
published in the near future.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-10-21
MRS. CARMACK
FRIENDLY TO
SENATOR LEA
Statement in Reply to Repeated
MisStatementS as to Her
Attitude.

COLUMBIA, Tenn, Oct. 16.--Be-
cause of repeated misrepresentation
of Senator Lea appearing in the Nash
vile Banner and elsewhere. in which
her name was used without consent,
Mrs E. W. Carmack, widow of Sena-
tor Carmack, today issued state
ment.
Mrs, Carmack defends Senator Lea
from the charge, made for political
purposes by the Nashville Banner,
that he was disloyal to her in the Col
umbia postofice contest.
"The criticism of Senator Lea in
connection with my appointment as
postmaster at Columbia I know to be
unjust" states Mrs. Carmack, "and l
want my friends to know that the act
ion for which he has been most criti-
cised was taken at my request and
that appreciate his loyalty and sim
cere interest in my behalf"
1t has been known for some time
that Mrs. Carmack has resented the
unwarranted and unauthorized use of
her name by the Nashville Banner in
connection with the political fight
against Senator Lea. She makes it
plain that Senator Lea has her friend
ship and that of her son in the present
contest.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-10-21

The announcement that the Indus
trial, Agricultural and immigration
Division of the Nashville, Chattanoo-
ga st. Louis Railway is arranging to
institute an extensive series Of crop
demonstration in certain counties con-
tigous to the company's lines. will be
received with interest and enthusiasm
by the farmers operating in communi-
ties reached by that road, for whose
direct benefit the work is to be con-
Quoted.
Suitable fields will be selected from
the farms of the owners themselves
and the value of improved methods in
agriculture demonstrated thereon with
their assistance. So far as practical
the methods advocated and employed
by the United States Agricultural De-
partment through the various state
agricultural colleges will be adhered
to and practiced by the Company in
the work it is undertaking. In effect
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-10-21
HIGHWAY PARADE
NOT SUCCESS
Heavy Rains Prove Un-
doing of Plans.
Few Cars Pass Here Thursday
Night.

The Dixie Highway procession prov
ed pretty weak sister. The rains
kept the party delayed and there was
no daylight procession in triumph thru
Marion's classic borders. About five
cars went thru in the night Thursday,
not even together, but at scattered in
tervals, and these cars had only few
lonesome occupants, who wished them
selves very probably anywhere else
than on the Dixie Highway. The start
t. Chicago was said to be ostenta-
fious but lots of the crowd following
put the reverse lever to their machine
before they had got into trouble, and
shot homeward for safety. There
were few accessions along the route
to the number making the trip, and
President Allison is about the only one
so far as we can learn who made the
entire trip, using his own car, a Cad
lilac, with change of drivers at
Chattanooga.
The Rankin's Ferry demonstration
was all that could be desired as far as
the motorists were concerned, for the
fires were lit promptly and kept going.
A gasoline boat towing a barge that
was deemed necessary to convey the
big lot of machines thought to be en-
route, was burned up, and the journ-
ey across the river had to be made in
the regular ferry boat. The various
machines in the party arrived in Chat
tanooga flom past midnight till day
break. The auto truck did not get
through hele until 1880 Friday morn
ing, owing to it's going into ditch
near Tullahoma to avoid a collision
with Ford driven by lady through
some of the recently graded mud high
ways over there. The grading done
on the top of mountain near toll gate
was also an obstacle and one got stuck
In it for long time. The rain turn
ed the soil into mud, and the first
thing the motorist knew he was sin
deep"
It was an unfortunate condition that
the trip had not been planned earlier
when roads were in better condition.
Marion county will get the benefit, as
usual, of the adverse comment, and
those who opposed the folly of at
tempting to build fifty miles of road
with 800, 600, much of it new, will
receive some mora kicks because they
resisted the absurd scheme. 1t is 60
ing to take lots more than few bonds
to build such road as the motorists
desire in this mountain country. and
the Quicker the idea is arrived at, the
better. Possibly the time will come
when through roads will be built for
motorists by companies and charge
made for their use at SO much per
mile. It would be saving to motor
lists anyway in wear and tear of ma
chimes, oil. gasoline and tires, for
which they now spend enormous sums
governed in measure by the condit
ION of the roads travelled. Railroads
have rights of way and so should mo-
tor cars'
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-10-21
IMPORTANT AND FAR
REACHING SERVICE
NJ, c. & St. L. R'y to Direct
Crop Demonstration in
Its Territory.

the efficiency of the methods taught
BY the late DR. Knapp and now pro-
mulgated through the state universi-
ties will be tested out and confirmed
in the presence of the farmer himself,
on his own land and with his aid and
cooperation.
Such counties along the Nashville,
Chattanooga & st. Louis Railway as.
under the Smith-Lever law are denied
the privileges provided therein have
been selected by the Company to con-
duct its work in. A competent man
with both practical and college train
ing in scientific agriculture and crop
demonstration has been employed by
the Company personally to direct work
on the farms. Community farm i'm
provement clubs will be organized
with view to banding the members
together in an agreement to follow the
d irections as given from the Compan-
Us agricultural Office.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-10-21
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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-10-21

The Woman's Missionary Society Of
Monteagle, offered $5 prize to the one
making the most improvement In their
flower gardens during the summer.
Howard Smith won the prize, convert
ing bare yard into flower garden.