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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09
COURAGE VS.. DeceneI.

The other day an excited Individual
rushed into newspaper Office with a
choice bit of scandal burning his tongue
1t made no difference to this person
that the scandal affected the daughter
of his neighbor-that the mother of
the girl was seriously ill-that the bro
Their was just entering what promised
to be a successful professional career
The scandal was rich in flavor, and ne
wanted to see it in the paper. He
told the editor about it, with every evil
dence of the keen relish of the scandal
connoisseur, but impressed upon the
newspaper man that the source of his
information must be kept inviolahly Sc
cret. When the paper came out, the
man returned to demand why the
story hadn't been printed. Short,
sharp words followed, and the visitor
called the editor a coward and left, vow.
ing that man who was afraid to
print the news had. no right to be an
editor. To our mind, that editor was
a brave man. The informer who de-
manded his name to be kept secret
was coward. The editor ran a paper
small town. So closely related
were. the lives of the inhabitants, that
the editor new every detail of the
story before his visitor called on him
but he could see no profit for himself
nor glory for his paper in printing
an item that would bring sorrows to the
gray hairs of q father, disgrace to E
brother and probably serious conse
quences to sick mother. If the news
appetite of his readers were so vera
cious, he thought, as to demand this
costly food, he would refuse to pay the
price, The editor was right. Many
things he has to print which he would
rather leave unsaid, spice to recon
mend it should have no place in the co
lumns of self respecting paper. We
you'd rather print the things that helE
and encourage and uplift than to hold
Up the mistake Of some unfortunate
% the sespa and contempt Of his neigh
bors. Deeency Is not lack Of couFaze
Il it were. we would rather be decent
than couraReous.-Ex.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09
Woman Cures Horaa Colo.

The men were away as usual. The
horse was bad A lone woman could
not ''drench'' in the old way. She
called up neighbor and her men were
away-but: 1--WE have Farrls Collie
Remedy that you drop on the horses
tongue" says Mrs. Neighbor-, So she
came over and dropped Farris Collie
Remedy on the horses tongue and the
horse was well when the men came
home. Moral: Get Farris Cole Remedy
so the women can cure horse collie
We sell it at Scots. a bottle on the
Money Back Plan.
G. W. Movers. HaYs.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09
Kansas Cleans En- Up

DENVER, COLO, Sept. 80 Kansas has
won first place with its agricultural ex-
hibit in competition with the world.
The five-hundred-dollar silver cup and
blue ribbon were awarded this after
noon by the judges in the Information
al Soil Product exposition. Officially,
the class in which Kansas took the lead
was the Especial National, State or
Provincial department" open to the
world. Colorado, of course, was not q
contestant. The award carried q
prize of one hundred dollars in addition
to the big silver cup offered by the
congress-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09
How About Your Fall and Win
Reading?

You can get irst-cIass daily news
paper, the Topeka State Journal, 100
days by mail for s1.OO, 200 days for
81 90, whole year for $3.50.
The greatest sporting event of tie
year as usual will be the series of base
ball games between the winners of the
American and National League pen
nants for the championship of the world
early in October, every game of which
al.
if y1u liant splendid markets, all the
news Of the world, and excellent feat
ures % a serious and comic nature,
send in your order to the
Topeka State Journal,
Topeka, Kansas
Sample copy upon request.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09
Cure Hog Cholera.

The word Cure is seldom used in
connection with hog cholera. Why?
Because of the frequent failures. But
we use the word "cure" and guarantee
that B. A. Thomas Hog Powder will
cure 90 hogs out of 100. The record
today is little over 95 out of every
100, so we guarantee 80.
We don't care what others may
think or say. We know what we are
doing and will sell you B. A Thomas
Hog Powder, guaranteeing that it will
save out of ten hogs. 1t is medicine
straight medicine, It is because it s
straight medicine that it cures 90
times in 100. G. W. Meyers, Hays.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09
Must Dispose of Piano Quickly

We have one of our best pianos on
hand in Hays. Rather than pay stor-
age will rent to responsible party and
give privilege of buying later and ap-
ply rent or will sell now, at special
price on easy payments to suit buyer
Write at once for full particulars and
let us tell where the piano can be seen.
Address THE MPBELL
MUSIC CO., Denver, Colorado. o2-ts
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09

Strange things happen IN this wcEs6.
The greatest dealer In mules Ii the
United States vas Killed Ia an euton9-
bile accident Think Of 9 man having
to dc With mules fer forty years aRS
coming cat rnseathed only TO be
Ehiried to slory by = pinhea6 chazx
seur-Houstsa Pest
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09
sunnIY Of on Asaured-

An oil bed in northern Alberta,
Canada, Is estimated by a British
geologist to contain enough oil to sat
isfy the worlds demand at the exist
ing rate for some two thousand years.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09
For Sale

A fine $50 acres of farm land within
one and a half miles of Yocemento.
Price $500. This is a bargain. Who
wants it. You will have to get busy as
Ellis county farm land is in demand.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09
For Sale.

800 acres of good, level land; every
foot of it can be titled, feet TO water,
three acres OF alfalfa. Price SO. per
acre cash, or will trade for property.
The land Is located within nine miles of
Cheyenne Wells, Colorado.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09
Residence for Sale.

An eight room house, modern
throughout Half block of lots. Plen.
ty of shade trees. Price s., 900. Thi:
is snap; who wants it? Inquire at the
Free Press office.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09
Communicated.

AS the grizzled old soldiers of the
Republic passed in review before Presi-
dent Wilson, last week during the
national encampment in Washington,
the President could not refrain from
shedding tears at the sight of those
noble heroes, once so young, bouyant,
determined, patriotic and hard fighting;
now old, gray haired and lettering, as
they passed before him. And he was
not ashamed. What could be more ap-
propriate for the chief magistrate of
this mighty nation, on an occasion such
as this, than to express in tears of real
love and gratitude his feeling of appre-
citation for what they had accomplished
for all of US in general, but more par
ticularly for him, the President, the
most exalted position in all this great
world and amongst all mankind.
There are soldiers and soldiers.
Speaking of the soldiers of the Repub-
lie, those who handed down to US, and
to all posterity, the most magnificent
gift since the birth of Christ, those
patriotic heroes in blue, who voluntarily
endured for four long years the evils
and hardshlps of the fercest and bloodi-
est war of modern times that this Re-
public might not perish, but be the
/ blessed heritage of all right thinking
people for all time to come, are the
real soldiers. These men, now few in
numbers, are not given to bOasting.
On the other hand they are decidedly
modest, and were it not for the modest
little copper button on the left lapel of
thcIcoat, a stranger, or even an init
nate acquaintance, would never know
hat that man had gone through the
.ery fortunes and privations of hell it
SELF to give this bright, happy nation to
Joa and to me.
Then on the other hand there is that
other soldier who was really enlisted,
but saw not much of the dangers, trials
and hardships of real warfare. This is
the fellow who is clammoring for the
largest pension, land also too often re-
ceives it, stands on the street corner,
and in season and out of season, bowls
20 all who will, and many who won t
listen to his noisy acclaim of what a
wonderful hero he was, how many bat
ties ne was in, and what wonders he
performed in fought, bled, and died.
for his country. This soldier, as rule,
was ''shyster," at all times Sinking
his duty, and in many instances never
saw a rebel in arms, fired hostile shot,
nor smelled the smoke of battle.
Of truth, we never can pay in dol
lars and cents the debt of gratitude we
owe the genuine old soldier. The other
fellow doesn't count
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09
Library Notes.

Upon the recommendation of Prof. P.
Caspar Harvey, head of the English
Department of the Normal School, the
following books were placed upon the
Public Library shelves:
''Chief Contemporary Dramatists''
edited by Thomas H. Dickinson; cap
probation of Literature" by George E.
Woodberry; Poetry or Chaucer' by
Robert Kilburn Root; "Ralph Waldo
Emerson" by o. w. Firkins; "How to
See Play by Richard Burton; MAS
tiers of the English Novel; by Richard
Burton; "a Study of Prose Fiction by
Bliss Perry; ''The Beginnings of Poet
ry" by Francis E. Gummere; ''The
Browning Encyclopedia" by Edward
Berdoe; 1.-The Study of Shakespeare
by Henry Thew Stephenson; ''Shakes-
peare and His Critics" By Charles F.
Johnson; Shakespeare and His Pre-
decessors" by Charles F. johnson;
William Shakespeare" Eby Barrett
Wendell; Chance late novel by
Joseph Conrad.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09
For Sale.

have for sale quantity of rye suit
able for seed. Who wants it? For in
formation inquire of William johnson,
phone SOB.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09

Ny Residence property on Crawford
Ave 1st house west of Public School.
Mrs Rose Nolan
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09
Enr Pant
House For Sale

Three neatly furnished rooms, light
and airy. Phone 365, HAYS.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09
CHILD LABOR

1--WE need a national law that will
keep all children in school until they
are &c." Mr.. D. Il. Warner, one of the
largest manufacturers in Connecticut,
told representative of the National
Child Labor Committee the other day,
Mr. Warner is the head of the Warner
Bros. Corset Co. of Bridgeport, who
recently put his 1000 employees on
4S-hour week although the state law
permits him to operate 55-hours
week. 1.-The manufacturer who en-
ploys children of ID or Is does not bene-
fit himself because children are not
good workers." Mr.. Warner further
declared; che does not benefit the COM
munity because he harms the child, and
it Is the good of the community, not
the individual manufacturer, that must
be considered in this question of child
labor. l never employ children under
is if l can get older workers because I
consider the years between IA and16
the most impressionabie ones Of
child s life and know that factory in
fiuence is a bad one, no matter how
careful the employer may be. Those
years should be spent in school and in
the open, not in the factory where
physical, mental, moral and financial
growth is stunted. If we have men
with a collage education in execu-
tive positions, it IS equally necessary
to have a proportionate amount of
training throughout the entire force.
find it extremely difficult to get in
telligent girls for responsible position.
have tried to train them but their
lack of education makes it impossible
for them to go beyond certain point
1t is true, of course, that poverty
makes it necessary for some children to
work before they are 16. 1 think it
might be advisable to permit exemption
to the 16-year limit for such children
who are over IA and are declared physi-
cally fit for work by a physician Ca
ses of actual poverty are not very num-
erous, however. Many children are put
to work, not because their parents are
poor, but avaricious. State Journal.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09
OOoO

These two personal pronoun items
appeared in the official church paper of
a Kansas denomination: I'VE have
just closed 25 day meeting at
Creek which was great spiritusl up
lift to our church. We use the en-
velope system to our church, and it is
a success, because it is Gods way OF
giving About all the good such a
preacher, and their names are legion,
does it to mail God check every week.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09
SOME THINGS -.
and OTHER THINGS

':Some ne1 have no hearts. % said
weary Willie. 81 have been telling
that fellow Lam so dead broke that l
have to sleep out of doors" did that
fetch hitn?,' asked the other. mo.
He sad he was doing the same thing
and had to. pay the doctor for telling
him to do it..
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09

The Appeal to Reason has this advice
to give those who want to go to war.
eff you favor war, dig trench in your
back yard, fill it half full of water,
crawl into it and stay there for two or
three days without anything to eat, get
q lunatic to shoot at you with brace
Of revolvers and machine gun, and
you will have something just as good
and you will save your country great
deal of expense" If this advise is
carefully followed it would reduce the
desire to ''scrap."
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09

An old lady said once TO US, ''When
my children were small they stepped on
my toes, when they are grown they
tread on my heart. Concorlia Kansan.
oooo
The ''Me too type of mind the rub
Der stamp intellect may be very good
thing in vice-president. It may be
a very serviceable to the individual
who seconds the motion. 1t is very
convenient to list among those pre-
sent. And that is about all.
If Henry W. Ford really wishes to
do some good with his money the Spec
tator desires to call his attention to
the fact that it will be an easy task to
bring about the world peace by means
of money if there is mnoey enough. A
far greater and more difficult undertake
ing would be to promote universal
gratitude.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09

It's rather amusing to hear some
young men complaining about not hav
ing. any ''big jobs to do" They say
Our fathers discovered the world,
have made all the inventions, have put
all things under their feet and the only
thing left US is to do clerical work, live
fast lives and die" But the report has
just come that there are a millions of
square miles of country in Africa thai
have never been explored. Here is q
chance to satisfy few of the unem-
ployed,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09

schools and was suspended Tor writing
it. The effort" was:
He PANTS FOR FAME.
Pants are made for men and not men
for pants. Women are made for men
and not for pants. When man pants
for a woman, and a woman pants for p
man they fre a pair of pants. Such
pants don't last. Pants are like molas-
ses, they are thinner in hot weather
and thicker in cold. The man in the
moon changes his pants during an
eclipse. Don't go to the pantry for
pants, you might be mistaken. Men
/ are often mistaken in Pants. Such
pants make brooches of promise
There has been much discussion as tc
whether pants is singular or plural
Seems TO US that when men wear pants
it is plural and when men don't weal
pants it is singular. Men go on tear
in their pants and it is all right, but
when pants go on tear it is all wrong
A Missouri Magazine for Sep tembel
refers to the Kansas statesman who
suggested commission form govern
ment for states as Ex-Governor Thomp
son. Such is fame.
oooo
the past rainy aAd muddy season il
Western Kansas was meyer befort
e1ualed by the display of ankland.
Il man is seen walking dowa the
street with wo nan and not talking tt
her. the woman IS either his wife o.
his sister.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-09

Suppose you read over this list Of
words and find how many of them de-
cribe some trait Of character in you. It
may enable you to shape the future.
Are you cheerful, courteous, punctusl,
accurate, Industrious, and careful, OF
are you tardy. lazy, forgetful. dis
o5edient, disorderly, simpat:elt and
gloomy Check up and sos may be
A;,;c to tell why you are success or a
failure.
engraved Wedding Stationery at the
Pre- Pres etsee.
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-10
TEST GALL WOOL" BY FIRE.
To Detect Cotton Fibers Burn a Sam
Pile of-the Cloth.

Until the proper labelling of textiles
has been made compulsory there arg
certain simple tests by means Of whicJ
one may determine whether an "afi
Woop' fabric is really all wool or not
The old way of telling by feeling and
looking is no longer reliable, for cotton
can be made both to feel and look like
wool. The only sure way is to take
samples of the goods home with you
and make tests of them there
If a piece of cotton cloth is ignited it
VIII be found to burn rather rapidly
with a bright, steady flame. There is
no disagreeable odor, and when the
material is completely consumed there
will be left only small amount of
light gray. fluffy ash. If piece of
pure wool is lighted it will be found to
burn much more slowly and with less
steady fame, emitting a characteristic,
MID, Missing noise and a strong odor
very similar to that of burned horn.
There will be much more ash remain
ing than in the case of cotton, and II
viii be in the form of crinkly, black,
In applying this test to fabric the
whole sample should not be burned at
once, for If it is a so called wool piece
containing considerable cotton it will
be very difficult to determine whether
it Is burning more like cotton or wool.
Threads should be taken from the sam
pie, several EACH from the warp and
the wool, and burned separately. With
very little practice one will be able to
detect the cotton threads by the char
acteristic manner of burning. Some.
times 1t is well to pick thread apart
with pin and test the individual fiber
with the flame to determine whether
the thread is entirely wool or mixed
with cotton.-Jean Donaldson Martin
in Mothers Magazine.
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-10
Pest Office Information

r ~ Il - ID = al
For the information of the pub
lie ! beg to advise that the Mails
are closed 80 minutes before trains
are due to arrive, with the excep-
ton of the night train to Atlanta.
Mail for this train will be dis
patched if mailed by 9:15 p. m.
Mails are collected from the
boxes in the business section 3
times each day and from the resi-
dence section twice each day.
OFFICE HOURS
The General Delivery and Par
Gel Post Windows open at 1870 a.
m. and close at 6 p. m.
The Money Order Window
opens at 800 a. m. and closes at
600 p. m. fs.'G.s
On Holidays, all windows are
open from 900 to $50 a. NJ. and
from 400 to 4:S0 p. M.
No windows aresopen on Sunday
but those having boxes can get
their mail as usual as all Mail is
worked up and put in the boxes.
For further Postal information
on any subject Telephone the
Postoffice.
w. A. Adams, P. M.
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-10
Lost humor.

Mark Twain was once asked by an
English clerk in a London bookstore to
write his autograph.
MY chirography is becoming less
and less distinct" complained the au-
thor whimsically as he complied with
the request, IF this keeps on I'll have
to be getting somebody else to write
my autograph for me-"
But sir" seriously responded the
clerk, nobody would want 1t then"
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-10
Safe From That.

''Now that you have been married
year what can you say Of your expert
enceY'
well" he replied solemniy, 81 can
truthfully say that am sure that big
amy Is one crime that I'll never COM
mit."-Detroit Free Press.
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-10

Daughter. don't marry that young
man. He'll never bring home the ba-
con-"
How foolish you are, dad! What do
] care about the bacon If he'll only
bring home the bonbons. "-Pittsburgh
lost.
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-10

Make your engagement now for
that Thanksgiving dinner portrait.
Call on MIR. Owens, Godfrey's
Studio. Don't wait too late as we
are booking calls already. 1926.
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-10
Wood Wanted

We want 1000 cords good pine
wood at the Power Plant. to be
settled for each week.
Fitzgerald Water Light & Bond
Commission. 1872 If.
The Leader-enterprise and Fitzgerald press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1915-1915, 1915-11-10
Rro,nu study.

The term Drown study" is ccrrup-
ton OF brow stndy, brow being derived
from the old German ''braun," meaning
the broW.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-04-28
MEDICAL SOCIETY MEETS.
Interesting Meeting Held at Court
House Friday.

The county medical society met
in DEBORAH Friday. The program
extended over variety of topics
some OF them referring to matters
! in the ordinary routine Of everyday
medical work.
Addresses were made by Editor
Biermann OF the Journal and by
Hon. L. NJ. Enger, member of the
senatorial committee on public
health. Both gentlemen are inter
ested in phases of the relation of
doctors to the public and their re-
marks were appreciated. The main
topic under discussion was focal in
lection i'll the mouth, throat and
nose and resulting diseases in re-
mote parts of the body. DR.. T. c.
! Hutchinson spoke on what the den
fist might do for the doctors in
helping to treat the systemic diseas-
es.
Dr.. Thomas reviewed the late in
vestigations in bacteriology. Dr.
BeXom reported his visit at New
Orleans where the new cure OF pyor-
jrhea was developed a few monl hs
ago.
Dr.. Swezey spoke of how to avoid
some of the deaths which occur il
labor The president of the society
lis DR.. II. B. Amy, the secretary, }.
~. Daily. Other doctors present not
mentioned above were Drs. Wood.
ward, Conrad, Hennessy of Calmar,
Lewis of Ridgeway, Nash of Frank
Vile.
The society includes sixteen mem
bers, ten of whom live in DEBORAH.
there are eight other doctors, not
members, practicing in the county,
but some of these do not depend on
medical work entirely for a liyeli-
hood. The ratio of doctors TO popu-
lation in the state is about one to
800. In this county the ratio is one
to 900. There have been seven re-
cent removals or deaths and an
equal number Of arrivals. The aver
age years in practice for the county
is 20. Only 70 IT have been in prac-
tice less than nine years. Fourteen
4 IL !!
Itwenty-four years. Five have been
trained in sectayian schools of medi-
cine. Eight were trained in Iowa,
nine in Chicago, five in other Amer
lean colleges. Five are of Norwe-
gian blood four of Irish and two OF
German.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-04-28
Taking Another Census.

Since the report of the census OF
DEBORAH taken by Mr.. Hargreave5,
was made public last week, the De-
corah Commercial Club, decided TO
take another census of the city, to
see whether or not any errors were
made in Mr.. HargreaV es's count.
Committees were appointed in the
different wards, and only one was
finished, the Fifth ward, and the
enumerators found something like
80 names which were not counted in
the official count. The fifth ward
showed up the smallest in the first
count, and if the other four wards
in the city would show the same in
crease or more, the number of resi-
dents in DEBORAH would be showed
up towards the 1900 mark.