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Meade County news., 1916-12-07
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The New oId.Fashloned Girls.

In the old-fashion girl Miss Alcou
somewhere drew pretty picture OF
her heroine in her little homespun blue
frock and her tippet of squirrel,
Young girls are wearing the same sort
Of wide skirted blue frocks and the
self-same tippets of squirrel this
year. The combination is so very
pretty and becoming to youthful com.
plexiOns that it is no wonder to 6nd
it In high favor again.
Meade County news., 1916-12-07
The Years After Fifty.

When men pass the half century
mark, they usually regard themselves
rs going down hill.
A discovery which made by talking
with those who were really living in
the latter period was that many of
them regarded their experience of life
in the advancing years as the best part
of the whole. 1t did not appear on
the surface; it was not any marked
success before the world, and 1t was
not appeal. perhaps, to those in the
earlier life: but many Of those people
Meade County news., 1916-12-07

A fairly simple bag of black velvet
and satin Is wrought with a lattice
work pattern in small steel beads.
Small apples, made of satin, are sus-
pended at the bottom, set in a little
frill of velvet. They are calculated to
tempt the daughters of Eve into ex-
travagance. A more elaborate bag Is
decorated with beads at the tip and
bottom in wide border and lattice pat
tern, and n narrower pattern along the
sides. 1t closes with steel rings, and
beaded hanger is strung through
them.
Meade County news., 1916-12-07
RED, ROUGH, PIMPLY SKIN
Quickly Cleared by cuticura Soap ane
Ointment. Trial Free.

You may rely on these fragrant,
super-creamy emollients to care for
your skin, scalp, hair and hands. Moth.
ing better to clear the skin of pimples,
blotches, redness and roughness, the
scalp Of dandruff and itching and the
hands of chapping and soreness.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l..
Boston. Sold verywhere.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-12-07
Knew Scales Were All Rlaht

I'm sure that grocer of ours gives
us short weight" said he. "No, he
doesn't" said ma. His scales are
correct. l weighed myself on them
this morning and they showed that I
am twenty pounds lighter than ]
thought 1 was."-DetrOit Free Press.
Meade County news., 1916-12-07

tionS may seem TO be less necessary
than the immediate enactment of the
other measures to which refer; be-
cause at least two years will elapse
before another election in which fed
eral offices are to be filed but il would
greatly relieve the public mind If this
important matter were dealt with
while the circumstances and the dan
gers to the public morals of the pres
ent method Of obtaining and spending
campaign funds stand clear under re-
cent observation and the methods of
expenditure can be frankly studied in
the light of present experience; and a
delay would have the further very Sc
rious disadvantage of postpOning ac-
tion until another election was at hand
and some special object connected with
1t might be thought to be in the mind
Of those who urged it. Action can be
taken now with facts for guidance and
without suspicion of partisan purpose.
shall not argue at length the desir-
ability of giving freer hand in the
matter of combined and concerted eff
fort to those who shall undertake the
essential enterprise of building up our
export trade. That enterprise will
presently, will Immediately assume,
has indeed already assumed, a magni-
tude unprecedented in our experience.
we have not the necessary instrument
talities for its prosecution; it is
deemed to be doubtful whether they
could be created upon an adequate
scale under our present laws. We
should clear away all legal obstacles
and create basis of undoubted law
for 1t which will give freedom without
permitting unregulated license. The
thing must be done now, because the
opportunity is here and may escape us
if we hesitate or delay.
Porto Rico's Needs.
The argument for the proposed
amendments of the organic law of Por-
to Rico is brief and conclusive. The
present laws governing the island and
regulating the rights and privileges of
its people are not just. We have ere
ated expectations of extended privi-
lege which we have not satisfied.
There is uneasiness among the people
of the island and even suspicious
doubt with regard to our intentions
concerning them which the adoption of
the pending measure would happily re-
move. We do not doubt what we wish
to do in any essential particular. We
ought to do it at once.
There are other matters already ad-
vanced to the stage of conference be-
tween the two houses of which it is
not necessary that l should speak. |
Some practicable basis of agreement |
concerning them will no doubt be found |
and action taken upon them.
Inasmuch as this is, gentlemen, prob
ably the last occasion l shall have to
address the SiXty-fourth congress, / |
hope that you will permit me to say
with what genuine pleasure and salts
faction l have cO-operated with you in |
the many measures of constructive pol |
icy with which you have enriched the |
legislative annals of the country. 1t |
has been a privilege to labor in such |
company. / take the liberty of con-
graduating you upon the completion of
record Of rare serviceableness and
distinction.
Meade County news., 1916-12-07

told me they felt that they were liv-
ing the happlest days of all. There
seems to be mysterious quality of
life in these later years which is not
found in the earlier part, something
that is worth while in the living of it /;
and no one has had all of human life
until he has been through these years
and found it.
Then, and not before l came back
to the conviction that one who has at
tanned half-century of clean, honest
living, is worthy of reorganization !;
that he ought to pass his fiftleth birth
Meade County news., 1916-12-07
SNOWFALL MuH.

The very newest muff to be seen In
New York is perfectly round with in
visible Sits in the sides and it is
scarcely larger than good-slzed grape
fruit. These SNOWFALL affairs are
made in ermine, white fox and sqpIr-
rel
Meade County news., 1916-12-07
Wheel Farmer.

She-My father, you know, is one
Of the most successful truck raisers in
the South.
He-YOu don't mean it; where is his
farm located?
She--Hasn't any! He works in the
car shops.-Selected
Meade County news., 1916-12-07
Heatless Heat.

"Br-r-r" shivered the caller, "your
apartment is like ice. thought it was
steam-heated?"
II thought so, too, when rented it."
rejOined the fiat dweller, "but later
discovered it was janitor-heated."
Meade County news., 1916-12-07

day without particle of dread as to
MS future years, and understand that
the greatest opportunity of his life
is yet before hlm.-American Maga-
zine.
Meade County news., 1916-12-07
Alas, the Change!

Look at man. When he is a babe
everybody wants to kiss him. When
he is a man everybody wants to kick
him.
Meade County news., 1916-12-07
Times Chanue.

Il see that Flfi Flubdub, the actress,
is so temperamental that she ,swoons
at the odOr of tuberoses. So her man.
agement has to watch her constantly"
"Um. Time brings great CHANGES. l
knew her once. She was raised in a
block next to a gas house"
Meade County news., 1916-12-07

THIS Is THE AGE OF YOUTH.
You will look ten years younger if you
darken your ugly, grizzly, gray hairs by
using La Creole" Hair Dressing. ADV.
Meade County news., 1916-12-07

If girl is pretty her knowledge Of
the fact is apt to spoil the effect.
Meade County news., 1916-12-07

Happy is the home where Red Cross
Ball Blue is used. Sure to please. All
grocers. Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-12-07

In the Ranks of the Idle.
"1s this gun working now?"
mo, sir It's discharged" Record
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-02
THE ANTHRACITE COUNTRY
: BY FREDERIC ]. HAsKIN.E.ra

than the anthracite region. There Is pecuhar
existing here with relation to such matters
the maintenance of the puohc ROADS. Inc coai eo
panies according the returns OF the assessor pay
per cent of the They would therefore under
the ordinary method contribute 90 cent toward the
building of if they constructed by the
counties. This money would be expended through
usual political channels and this method has been
shown not to be the most economical or effective
.-...
The coal companies have, therefore, volunteered to
assume responsibility for road construction There
are and the companies have assumed this
burden. They find it cheaper. The roads are con-
along bestproven, scientific lines and main
tanned on basis. They are mostly paved with
perfect condition. The companies know that this is
economy.
One would hardly expect coal mining indus
try to go hand with the spinning of silk Yet
in most these supplements the other The
silk be found in nearly every village There
is a reason. coal mines offer employment for
the and daughters of the miners. There is an
that they may draw the labor market thus pro-
vided.
This coal field of Incompatible value is fire.
Far beneath the surface the flames raging and
slowly spreading The in the upper end of the
is stealing stealthy toward the greater de-
posits has been burning for seventy 1t has
consumed valued millions. Every device that
science could conceive has been brought to bear
these subterranean without results. Steam and
water have been forced into the workings. Attempts
have the fire by shutting off the
air 4 herculean attempt costing hundreds of thou
sands dollars has recently been completed which
sought valley in below the fire and build
concrete twenty thick deep into the bow
els o earth that the fire would get past it.
a vastly expensive fire break and titanic
that the fire is already beyond this wall and
the problem of the burning mine is still unsolved.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-02
A State Highway Commission.

One of the distinctly important matters to be
dealt with at the next session of the General AS
sembly will be that of a State Highway Commits
this effect has been recognized by careful stu
dents of Georgia's commercial and agricultural
interests. A system of well-built and well-kept
roads linking the different counties and different
sections of the State would be invaluable to every
sphere of public and private concern The first
step toward such system is the establishment of
a central board through which scattered efforts
can be concentrated and divergent plans harmon
lied for common service and substantial results.
AS conditions are the counties work for
the most part in isolation and too frequently at
cross purposes. This gives rise to much confusion
and to a great deal of wasted duplicated effort.
All highway construction ought to be undertaken
on broad and permanent designs A county
not plan efficiently and economically when it
plans for itself alone. 1t must take into account
the interests of adjacent districts and the needs
of the future well the present, If it is to reap
due returns from its money and labor.
A State Highway Commission would afford
base for cooperative action and would bring or
der and permanancy into efforts which now
disiointed and shortsighted. Such commission
moreover, would be especially helpful TO counties
which lack the means of employing skilled road
engineers of their 1t would be especially in
spring to counties which have not yet awakened
to the Importance of good roads. 1t would mark
the beginning of of standardized scien-
tifc highway construction throughout Georgia.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-02
The Navy Supremacy Important

Now that an adequate army bill is assured of
early enactment, interest in the cause of prepared
ness turns to the navy. This is matter which
there will far less difference of opinion than
the military program. Many persons who opposed
a large increase in the country's land forces are
stanch advocates of powerful fleet.
This is quite natural, because the navy stands
as our first and most important line of defense.
theoretically, at least, invading force ever
could reach our shores if our ocean bulwarks were
all that they ought to be- The lessons of the pres
ent war do not dwarf but magnify the value of sea
power. But for her supremacy in this respect,
England today might be in the Teuton clutch, or
the war might have ended months ago disastrously
for the Allies. The fact that there have been no
great naval engagements merely emphasizes the
dominance of the British fleet and its supreme
service to the interests it guards If unhappily
the United States should be forced into war its
main dependence, both in protecting its commerce
and shielding its coast cities from attack, would
lie in the navy.
This does not mean, to be sure that the need
for an adequate army would be the less urgent.
England was compelled to spend long months in
recruiting and preparing land forces, despite her
incompatible strength at America cannot af-
ford to trust any line of defense, however
strong The army bill is indispensable in the pre-
paredness program.
But the upbuilding of the navy is even more
essential The House committee in cha 'ge of this
legislation has recommended that some two hun
dred and seventeen and nalf million dollars be
appropriated for the current year. That sum is in
tended to provide two uper-dreadnaughts, two bat
tie cruisers fifteen desroyers, thirty submarines,
three scout cruisers and about fourteen thousand
additional men, These increases are, for the most
part in keeping with the ADMINISTRATORS five
year plan for developing the navy to due proper
tions
1t is to be hoped that these recommendations
will be the minimum basis which Congress will
act There can be justice wisdom in dealing
parsmoniously with the main arm of the nations
defense.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-02
The Conference With Obregon.

The purpose of the conference between Cen
era Scott. Chief of Stan OF the United States Army
and General Obregon, Carranza's Minister of War,
is TO establish "a basis for the most cordial and
complete understanding between the american and
Mexican forces in the attainment of their COM
mon object" The clause quoted is from an Off
ciaI announcement by the Washington authori-
ties. The common object of the Mexican and
American Governments is, ought TO be. the
termination of Villa and his bandits, who
menace to both countries, particularly to Mexico
Until that is accomplished, it will be premature
TO discuss definitely the withdrawal of the Amer
lean forces.
The success of the conference depends on the
reasonabIeness of Carranza and his representa-
tives in viewing this dominant aspect of the situa
ton. Their own interests should impel them to
lend earnest support to General Pershings pur-
suit of the outlaws. As long Villa is alive and
his followers at large the de facto Government will
be in trouble and in danger. The punitive expe-
ditfon Is no less service to Mexico than a right
of the United States. 1t is natural, of course,
that the Mexican masses should be rather sensi-
tive under the continued presence of a foreign
military force hundreds of miles within their ter
rftory. General Scott will undertake to quiet any
misgivings which the officials of the country may
entertain on that point But the surest way TO
hasten the withdrawal of the expedition is for Car
rama and his commanders to cooperate in the just
and neighborIy purpose for which the expedition
was sent forth.
So far they have not done On the contrary,
they have impeded the shipment of supplies to
General Pershing's men and in some instances as
at Parral. have menaced attacked the Ameri-
can troops. II is quite probable that Villa would
have been captured long ago, had Carranza's
forces been duly earnest and efficient in aiding the
pursuit But their attitude, for the most part in
different if not actually hostile, has made the
task doubly arduous Time and again. it appears,
villa has slipped through their lines. The United
States officers have been under constant necessity
of avoiding clashes with the de facto Government
troops from whom they entitled to generous
cooperation If Carranza will. see to it that these
conditions are reformed instead of wasting peevish
circumstances an imaginary invasion, he will
assure the security of his own regime, the peace
of his own country and the early withdrawal of
the American expedition.
It is TO be hoped that the conference now in
progress will develop a cordial understanding
these and questions involved. General Scott is
ideal spokesman for the United States, his record
as a diplomatist and arbitrator being sngularly
fruitful General Obregon is the foremost mill
tary figure in Mexico and is also man of states
manly insight and poise. There is thus good OPP
portunity for working out a practicable and
friendly agreement
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-02
What Does a Man Earn?

rrow much are your services worth? That is, how
RI much money ought you to get for what you DO?
Everybody rated from the Office boy to the
bank president And yet every once IN "hile some
thing happens to upset whole scheme. And we
realize money is most imperfect standard
1t does not at all represent the value or ones
services the community.
Nobody did more for the human than such
workers Homer, Socrates, and Kant And about all
they got was their keep, and not much of that.
There are faithful right smiths making
useful things out iron, devising wonderful
plans for human betterment and they will prob
ably enjoy higher wages than enough for board
and clothes.
Charlie Chaplin gets $4,000 year. for year
anyway. He is getting the highest wages paid to any
mortal, for acting the fool.
He is worth it to his employers Hes probably
worth to them because people
many times more than that to him kick ladies in
the
But the sensible conclusion of the whole is
that is not the object which intelligent mind
make it's chief aim.
The worlds best work is not done for money There
are college professors mothers
conscientious politicians who pouring real
the for which they receive stipend
wholly out of proportion to the importance of their
work
Money making is game. Only can succeed
it. Getting famous enough to draw a hundred thou
sand dollars year just gambling proposi-
tion as landing gold mine in Nevada
The big prizes in money the lucky, the
loyal true, and efficient.
Rut being real success, being OF genuine service
to humanity. making ones life full and strong and
happy developing great soul and noble character
Gathering lot friends and gaining sincere love
of honest hearts-those things are not in any wise
gambling.
The rules of real success are plain simple old
as philosophy tried out and proven again and
again by humanity. Even fool can understand them
So don't be cynical Don't talk about the lucky
getting all the good things of life They don't. 49,.
The prizes of existence continue TO go, they
always have gone, 10 those who do their work
scientously adjust themselves wisely to events,
who loyalty, who submit to discipline and live
in cheerful hope.
Money may depend upon luck. but happiness does
not nor contentment, real triumph.
Copyright. 1916, by Frank Crane)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-02

A particularly interesting item of war trade
appears in recently published export figures show
ing that in the last seventeen months the United
States has shipped to Europe than three
hundred and fifty million dollars worth of automo-
biles and horses.
Foreign demands have stimulated the motor
vehicle industry to prodigious growth. Several
years ago it had attained major rank among the
country's manufacturing interests but since the
autumn of GA it has risen almost magically. It's
plants have expanded from to season; it's
payrolls have multiplied over and again; its
products have taken leading place in our oversee
commerce. Trucks, passenger cars and all manner
of accessories are included in the steady inpour of
foreign orders. The average existence of the
stanchest automobile in war service is said to be
not longer than month two Thus the demands
from the fighting are duplicated time and
again
The exports of horses and mules are no less re-
markable. 1t is estimated that up to February
last the number of horses shipped from this
country to Europe about six hundred thousand,
and the number of mules brought the total to the
neighborhood of a million. 1t is to be inferred
that this enormous outgo will prove a keen incen-
tive to live stock raising throughout the United
States.
During the last decade the price of horses and
mules increased steadily, notwithstanding the fact
that during the same period the automobile in
dustry was advancing with giant strides. The price
of these animals undoubtedly will continue to in
crease. because when the is over thousands
upon thousands will be needed to replensh EurOpes
exhausted supply for farm and draft purposes.
That being the prospect, the South should give
attention to the raising of horses and mules well
as food animals
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-02
TO DODGE BLUE MONDAYS
BY H. ADDINGTON BRUCE,

adaptation of the vessels to an abnormal state<of
the nutritve circulation, to the detriment of the
functional circulation
This would not matter much if, after rising,
the Sunday late sleeper bestirred himself Vigor
Ousy.
But the reverse is usually the case. He dresses
slowly and sits around idly until dinner time Pos
siby he amuses himself glancing through, though
not really reading, the newspaper.
Then, at l or 2 O'Clock, he eats unusually
afternoon nap, prolonged until or O'Clock.
After which he puts more food into an ALREADY
overloaded stomach.
Such program, through causing digestive dis
turbance is bound to produce bad feelings naxt
day. Its effect is intensified by the total, or al
most total failure to take either mental or physical
exercise.
With the blood's circulation slowed down, and
the blood itself laden with the toxic products of
Indigestion the mind suffers in common with the
general physical system.
When, on the contrary, man rises SUNDAY at
about his usual time, goes 10 church, thereby DE-
irving mental we'll spiritual beneht, through
being stimulated to do some serious thinklng-eats
moderately, and passes his Sunday afternoon IN
pleasurable, preferably outdoor, occupation-wnen
he does all this, and then goes to bedsat reason
able hour, he need have fear of experiencing a
blue Monday.
1t is all a question of how the Sunday is spent
Dissipation, gorging idleness, are eVlls 10 De
avoided ON Sunday as on every other day in the
week
Copyright 1916. by H. A. Bruce