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Evening journal., 1916-05-31

cessors did even If the law said they
must, because they we're not held TO
their duty by the Levy Court: but to
the credit Of the present Democratic
Levy Court, it is trying to live within
the law. and. for one, we give them
credit for doing so. The road laws
and the assessment laws OF Kent coun-
ty need wiping off the statute, and
more effective laws enacted which
will bring results to the people for the
money they are paying for county
government. and for the public high
ways Credit where credit is due. but
do not mislead the public as to the
real situation. should be the aim of all
honestly conducted newspapers. as
we'll as ofliceholders and leaders of
the political parties.
Evening journal., 1916-05-31
With The Paragraphers

Every time certain Atchison man gets mad saws
Carl Brown he wishes he owned a newspaper That's
Star.
The United States is under obligation TO furnish
homes for all the people of the world who may choose
to come here Knoxville CTenn.) Journal and Tri-
bune
One can't take much stock in the pratcal prowess
OF this Schiller person after learning that his front
name IS Clarence Reginald.-Southern Lumberman
(Nashvine)
In observing the buy al home propaganda. one must
he careful what he buys at home. he may be called
upon TO explain to the grand jury where he got it,
Pine Bluff (Ark) Commercial.
Evening journal., 1916-05-31
NOM MINI IT IS NYER.
n the seaford Tribune.

From the Seaford Tribune.
The board Of health OF Seaford
quarantined against Laurel on Sunday
morning, May A. The quarantine was
lifted last Tuesday. In these pro-
ceedngs the board of health acted as
they thought best to secure the health
Of the town.
Some state that the local board Of
health acted without due deliberation
and without knowing the true situa-
tion. This statement is made on the
basis of the facts which the board of
health chose TO make public. In this
connection IL might he well to add
that the local board Of health estab-
lished the quarantine not so much be-
cause Of the reasons It gave to the
public hut because of some things,
very important i'm their bearing upon
the situation, which they did not care
to make known.
The quarantine would have been
lifted several days earlier had the
State Board of Health given laurel a
clean bill of health earlier than II did.
The local board Of health merely
waited for this action on the part Of
the State board.
The affair has not come and gone
without leaving some bitterness in the
minds of some Of the citizens of
Laurel. They will probably continue
in their efforts to hamper the regular
friendly relations between the two
towns
AS in private life the best thing to
do regarding this condition will he 10
let their statements and insinuations
alone and pass on with the regular
order Of things. The best citizens Of
Laurel and the leading business men
Of that town have no desire that con-
tention arise between the towns.
That the board Of health Of Sea-
ford has acted merely for what they
thought were the hest interests OF
the town and without any spirit Of
malice or spite is the feeling Of every
one. If they have in any way caused
embarrassment to anyone's business.
it has not been because they have so
desired. but merely that Seaford might
be a safe town to live in and that all
persons might he treated alike before
! the face of the law.
arrSr lnINn &C nO Ear rurg
Evening journal., 1916-05-31

roam, because we have no industries,
no work to give them bread; It ought to
make us all feel sad. it makes the old
town dead. It is the youth that makes
the noise, 'tis he that spends the
dough, It's he that makes the baseball
team. yes, makes the village grow. So
remember while we're standing still,
and standing in the rear. that il we
can't keep our own. we can't get others
here.
Evening journal., 1916-05-31
SMALLPOX coNrRoLLEp.

From the Middletown Transcript.
In some unknown manner an out
side smallpox case brought the dis
ease to Middletown and a few colored
persons have been attacked.
To avert the possibility of a wide
spread Of this fearfully contagious and
loathsome disease our local Board of
Health wisely took stringest measures,
which we are sure all good citizens
heartily approve. Thanks to this
prompt action there will probably be
no more cases and in few days the
town will be wholly free from any
such peril.
Evening journal., 1916-05-31
A POEM IN PROSE.

From the Sussex Journal.
Tis sad to think Of all the boys that
have to leave the town TO earn their
daily living, their fortune and renown.
But their must leave their place Of
birth. their family and their home to
wander DER lands afar, or on the ocean
Evening journal., 1916-05-31

The Kidneys and the Skin. II the
Kidneys are weak or torpid, the skin will
he pimply or blotchy. Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla strengthens and stimulates the
kidneys. and clears the complexion. by
thoroughly purifying the blood it makes
good health-Adv.
Evening journal., 1916-05-31
WHY NnTl

From the Dover State News.
Wilmington is to have a Prepared
ness Parade" on June 10. and we hope
IL will come up to all expectations.
Why not make it a Statewide affair
and invite delegations from all the
towns in the State to participate in
liz?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-17
WILL SINK VESSELS
GERMANY AND AUSTRIA TELL U.
8. SHIPS WITH GUNS WILL BE
DESTROYED.
ORDER EFFECTIVE MARCH l
ALLIES Given Time to Signify Intention
Towards the Note Of United States
Proposing Disarmament Of Mer-
ehantmen.

Washington, Feb. 12.-Germany and
Austria have notified the state depart
ment that. after March l they will
consider all armed merchantmen as
warships and sink them without warn
ing.
Count Won Bernstorff, German am
bassador, first delivered the notice to
the state department two days ago, it
was learned.
Baron Erich Zwiedinek. Austrian
charge, has notified Secretary Lansing
that Austria concurred in Germanys
stand.
March 1 was fixed for the date for
the order to become effective to give
the entente allies time to signify their
intention toward the recent note Of
the United States proposing the dis
armament of all merchantmen.
The United States recently proposed
to all the belligerents that the devel-
opment of submarine warfare had
made 1t desirable for all to agree that
merchant ships should be absolutely
unarmed, dismounting even the small
caliber guns which they have hersto-
fore been permitted to carry for de-
fense.
The memorandum went forward by
mail about two weeks ago, and no
replies were expected inside of six
weeks. The proposal was based on
the theory that no merchant ships OF
the Germanic powers and none of their
commerce destroyers, except subma.
rines, were at sea.
The Appam case, however, which
disclosed German merchant raider al
large, changed the situation material
ly; and the status of the American pro
posal is in doubt.
With the approval Of the state de
partment, Assistant Secretary Peters
of the treasury notified Collector Ma
lone at New York to permit the Italian
steamer Stampalia to clear with guns
for defense purposes only.
Berlin, Feb. 1.-THE government
contends the measure declaring armed
merchantmen warships is justified BY
explicit instructions, issued by the
British admiralty to merchantmen, ;
copy Of which is said to have been oh
tanned by the German authorities
These instructions, it is understood
here, were that the merchantmen
should carry guns and attack subma
| rines on sight.
1t is also stated these orders havr
a counterpart in instructions issued b.
the governments of other countries a
war with Germany.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-17
GOVERNOR DESIGNATES
APRIL 7 AS ARBOR DAY
WILLIS SAYS IT is MANS DUTY
TO AID IN RESTORING
THE FORESTS.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Columbus.-April 7 has been des-
ignated Arbor day by Gov. Frank B.
Willis in a proclamation just issued.
''The boy or girl who loves birds and
is kind to helpless domestic animals
is not likely to become cruel or ungen.
erous with associates" said the gov
ernor. He asks that the people Of
the state observe the day by planting
trees. In part the proclamation says:
Man destroyed the balance of forces
in nature which God established; it
is now mans duty to aid in restoring
that balance by restoring a portion of
the forest area and encouraging and
protecting bird life.
"The problem is not sentimental,
but economic. In some sections of
our country the birds have come to
the aid of man after he has failed in
his efforts to exterminate the gypsy
moth and other insect pests. Econom-
ically the state needs more forest
trees on our streets and equitable dis
tributiOn of rainfall More song and
insectivorous birds will delight the
eye and ear and make easier the work
of the farmers and gardeners. Our
boys and girls will be he.Ser through
close association with the elevating
and refining influence of nature-the
beauty of bud and leaf and flower"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-17
IS CHILD CROSS,
FEVERISH, SICK
Look, MotherI If tongue 10
coated, give california
Syrup Of FiQs."

Children love this fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels. and the result is
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
Bours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat,
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad.
system full Of cold, has sore throat.
stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen,
Mother! See II tongue is coated, then
give a teaspoonful OF California
Syrup Of Figs" and in q few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out Of the sys-
tenn, and you have a well child again.
Millions Of mothers give California
Syrup Of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and 1t new
er fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle
Of California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
Of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-17
Too Many "sueh Customers. /"

Montague Glass, the creator of Pot
ash and Perlmutter, says an acquaint-
ance of his, a clothing manufacturer
on the East side of New York, re-
ceived call from a city salesman
representing a notions, trimming and
button house. The visitor began to
spread out his samples.
Put 'em up! Put 'em up" said
the manufacturer in a tired business
man tone. Il wouldn't care to look at
nothing what you got"
But, Mr.. Cohen"
as 'nough! l won't look. Please
go away"
The salesman gazed at him admir-
ingly.
Mr.. Cohen" he said, 81 only wish
one thing-I wish had only fifty Gus
toners like you"
Il told you didn't wish to see moth
ing what you got"
Sure you did; and that's why says
l wish had only fifty customers like
you. Instead, l got two hundred! -
Saturday Evening Post.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-17

a realization of the democratic ideal.
Perhaps we can reach a little clear
er understanding of what Washington
was and of what he did by placing
him in our own time. 1t was as II, at
the present time, man OF distln-
guished position and Of wealth, were
to become a leader in the labor move
ment. For, from the point of view OF
England. the colonials we're humble
folk, mainly tillers of the field. work
ers in small enterprises. To their
cause Washington gave dignity. as
we'll as marvellous personal courage.
With his tattered, half-fed poorly
trained troops he defeared the pro
fessional soldiers of England and the
Hessian mercenaries. He had, ot
course, the superlative advantage OF
being sustained by the power of sub
lime moral idea, all the more effective
because it was opposed by the weak
ness that goes with self-conscious and
contemptuous superiority.
Really Deserves More Credit.
Washington has not been accorded
by the world the credit he deserves
for his share in establishing democ'
racy as a working force in nation
We are likely to forget that democ.
racy, while he fought for 1t. was not
accepted by the world as practicable
To a few it was a beautiful theory, an
ideal To the many 1t was impracti
cable, a denial of what they regarded
as the natural unfltness of human be-
ings in large masses to govern them
selves. From France, mainly through
Rousseau, had cone the great demo
cratic theory. But France had yet to
seek its establishment in the blood Of
the French revolution.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-17

than a little boy that chops down a
cherry tree or a man that has never
told a lie.
A seer has a way of projecting him
self into the future and finding new
life there.
AS a prophet Washington is a vital
force today. But he is a force that
has been consciously and deliberately
disregarded.
Washington, the hero Of Valley
Forge, was essentially man of peace.
He saw that the happiness and secu-
rity of this country lay, just as the
happiness of an individual did, In a
policy of noninterference.
And as soon as this country ceased
to follow this policy Washington fore
saw complications.
On the surface it seems strange that
a man whose inheritance and ways OF
life were aristocratic should be re-
garded as the father of American de-
mocracy.
And to the present-day point of view
1t is all the more strange when we re-
call the reproach made against Wash
ington that "the great Virginian held
| slaves"
But Washington, to be judged fair.
ly, like everyone else, must be consid'
cred with reference to his time and
surrounding conditions.
Washington deserves little credit for
not yielding to the temptations to as
sert his aristocratic lineage by becom
ing a tory. He was directly affected
by the unfair attitude Of the mother
country In imposing taxation without
representation. What he did was g
natural outcome of what he was
Where he did merit the highest honor
was in his rising so magniflcently tC
his responsibilities and opportunities
A man selfish and arrogant might have
exacted more for himself, might have
striven to establish himself as a per
manent power over the nation he haC
helped to create. But there Is no evi
dence that Washington ever felt sucl
a temptation Aristocrat as he wal
and stakeholder, he was all the more
extraordinary in being able to turf
from the prejudices of his training tt
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-17
RARE RELICS OF WASHINGTON
United States National Museum Has
interesting Property Of the
Nations Father.

Among the many interesting objects
pertaining to the history o. this coun'
try, there is probably nothing which
touches the hearts Of true Americans
more quickly than the relics ant
mementos of "The Father Of His
Country" George Washington, many
of which are displayed in the older
building of the United States Nation.
al Museum in Washington. This col
lection consists of variety of mate.
rial gathered from numerous sources
While composed largely of articles oi
domestic and artistic interest owned
by Washington at Mount Vernon, the
collection also includes mementos Of
his life in the field during the War oi
the Revolution, and a number of other
miscellaneous relics of greater or less
importance.
The most noteworthy objects are
four pieces Of plaster statuary. and q
face mask, several portraits and en-
cravings, many pieces of furniture, in
Guiding Washington's easy chair
tables, chairs, mirrors, bedstead and
footstool, numerous candelabra, lamps
and candiesticks, glass and chinaware
and table furnishings as we'll as many
personal relics. These latter perhaps
represent more to the visitor, since
they we're the individual property oI
this great statesman and warrior.
There are two interesting costumeG
worn by Washington; the first an in
fant's robe Of white brocade silk, lined
with old rose China silk, used on th
occasion Of his christening, and the
other a Continental army uniform
worn when he resigned his commits
sion as commander in chief Of the
Continental army at Annapolis, Md.
December %, 1888. Representing, al
these costumes do, two such separated
periods of his life, they tend to re
mind the observer Of the great things
which were accomplished by Wash
ington between the times these di
versified costumes were worn. Othel
articles Of wearing apparel comprisC
waistcoat and what we're known q
small clothes, or knee breechs&
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-17
A GOOD CHANGE.
A Change Of Food Works Wonders.

Wrong food and drink cause lot Of
trouble in this world. To change is
first aid when a person is i'll, particu-
larly from stomach and nervous trou-
bles. AS an illustration: A lady in
Mo. was brought around to health
again by leaving off coffee and some
articles of food that did not agree with
her. ~ ..... ..,.. Nh, Y ;st.s'
She says:
For number of years I suffered
with stomach and bowel trouble which
kept getting worse until l was i'll
most of the time. About four years
ago left of coffee and began using
Postum. My stomach and bowels
improved right along, but was so re-
duced in flesh and so nervous that the
least thing would overcome me.
Then changed my food and began
using Grape-Nuts in addition to
Postum. l lived on these two princi-
pally for about four months. Day by
day gained in flesh and strength un-
til the nervous trouble had disap-
peared. l feel that owe my health
to Postum and Grape-Nuts.
Husband was troubled, for long
time, with occasional cramps, and
slept badly. Finally l prevailed upon
him to leave OF coffee and take
Postum. After he tried Postum for
a few days he found that he could
sleep and that his cramps disappeared.
He never went back to coffee" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek.
Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum CereaI-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and ESQ
packages.
Instant Postum-a soluble powder
dissolvea quickly in a cup Of hot wa
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
delicious beverage instantly. 300
and SOC tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cUp.
There's q Reason" for Postum
] sold Ey Grocer1.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-17
Celebrates soth Birthday.

Columbus.-On Feb. II, at the
residence of ]. A. Jeffrey, one Of
his old parishioners, the S0th birth
day of Rev. Dr. Washington GLADDEN.,
emeritus pastor of the First Congrega-
tional church, was celebrated. The
residence was connected by long
distance telephone with the Waldorf
Astoria hotel, New York; Williams
college, Massachusetts, and San Fran
cisco, where there were alumni din
ners of Williams college men. DR..
GLADDEN. was a member of the class of
1859 and is looked upon as the grand
old man of Williams. DR.. GLADDEN.
addressed the diners over the wire.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-17
Importance of Thrift.

The present year marks the hun
dredth anniversary of savings banks
in the United States. The Philadel-
phia Savings Fund society came into
being in 1916. New York was three
years late in catching step with the
Quaker city. While the last decade
shows a remarkable increase in saw
ings deposits, America is far behind
some European countries in the prac-
tice of thrift. Only II per cent Of our
population is counted among the saw
ers, whereas France numbers 34.6 per
cent, or more than one-third Of its
people, in the class who lay by. The
importance of that fact is seen in the
financial stability of France under the
heavy strain of war.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-17
Cut and Shoot, Two Die.

Ashtabula. - Councilman Nick Cor
RADIO and Tiore OrsutO are dead
as result of a shooting and cut
ting affray on the streets here. Cor
RADIO had Orsuto arrested. Orsuto was
being accompanied to his home by an
officer to get bail when he met Cor
RADIO According to police, Orsuto drew
knife and cut Corrado. Corrado, po-
lice say, fired two shots, one Of which
pierced Orsuto's heart. Both men are
saloonkeepers.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-17
HUGHES BARS USE OF NAME
Opposed to Move In Connection
With Nomination for
President.

Washington, Feb. 11.-Representa-
tive Slemp made public on Wednes
day letter from Justice Hughes, de-
claring: Il am totally opposed to the
use of my name in connection with the
nomination and to the selection or in
struction of any delegates in my in
terest directly or remotely"
Justice Hughes letter, made public
with his consent, was in reply to a
letter from Mr.. Slemp which informed
the justice that Frank Fl. Hitchcock,
postmaster general under President
Taft, had inaugurated movement in
the South favoring the Justice for the
Republican presidential nomination.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-17
NAVAL BILLS WIN IN SENATE
Resolution to Help Navy Yards and
Measure Adding 800 to Entrance
Class at Annapolis Passed.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE senate
passed on Wednesday the resolution
making 100000 available for re-equip-
ping the Mare island and New York
navy yards and the bill increasing by
300 the entrance class at Annapolis
naval academy. The measures passed
the house Monday and now go to Pres
ident Wilson fer his approval. The
naval academy increase bill was
passed without debate.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-17
Safely.

Johann, a soldier in a Bavarian
Landwehr regiment, seemed to have
something on his mind Finally he
spoke up. IF only knew what sort
of humor the captain was in" he said,
Il would ask him for a furlough."
Well" remarked Fritz, there's one
thing about it. If you go to him now,
at least he will not eat you. This 10
one of the days when nobody amt al
lowed to have meat"