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State Lime
Plant
Pope's Creek, Nd.

Finely ground Oyster Shell Lime in
bulk per ton s2.T5. In bag 1915. No
refund on bags. Sacks furnished by
farmers will be filed at bulk price.
Terms cash or negotiable note.
J.H. BLANDFORD, Supt.
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]. Grant Thomas, ct al, Plaintiffs,
VS..
James Carroll Thomas, ct al, De-
PENDANTS.
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BOAT FOR SALE.

Twenty Gu foot st. Georges Island
CANOE. Four horse power American
engine, Running lights. Lille pre-
servers. Batteries. Tank. First CLASS
condition. Deck forward and att
One pair 16-foot oyster tongs.
BARBOUR BROTHERS,
July-20-3t Port Tobacco, Md.
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LOOK / THE ANNUAL
Festival & Dance

of the Beneficial Association will be
given at their Hall in Cobb Neck on
TUESDAY, Aug. 2lst, 1917.
Dancing, Supper and Refresh
ments will be served and good
music. Good order. Come and en-
joy yourself.
By order Of Board of Directors OF
G. B. A.
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DEATH OF JOHN W. KERN

Former U. S. Senator John w. Kern
6S. of Indiana, died at Ashville. N. G.,
last Thursday, of ureamic poisoning.
He came here week ago for his
health. Until last March h : was Dem
ocratic floor leader in the Senate and
chairman of the Democratic Confer
ence committee. He was the Demo-
cratic candidate for Vice-President in
1908. His wife and daughter, Mrs
George B. Lawson, of Roanoke, Va,
were with him.
His body was sent to Hillins, Va,
the late Senator's summer home,where
burial took place. He was always a
Democrat and was well known
member of Thomas Taggart's organi-
cation until their differences several
wears ago which later were patched
I'm. He was defeated for Governor OF
Indiana in 1900 and in 1905. He was
follower of Bryan, becoming his run
ming mate in 1908. In 1910 he was
elected to the U. S. Senate holding
that office until last March.
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AS TO SLACkERS

The word Stacker is an oppro-
brious epithet which should be very
cautiously used. II cannot with JUS
tice be aplied to The young man whose
misfortune it is t. be physically UNFIT
for the hardsni.,s Of a soldh''s itfe.
1t does not fairly characterize the
healthy youth whose removal from
civil pursuits for military service
would throw the burden of supporting
legitimate dependents duriag his alb
sence upon public charity. But there
are slackers none the less. Some of
them skulk behind oI IganiIations that
poorly mask cowardice. Some fhake
advantage of their allegiance to other
Governments invoiyeo in this war
against autocracy to cyade service
under the American flag while evdd-
ing service under their own flags 10y
keeping out of the jurisdiction of the
lands Of their nativity. Some stimu-
late physical incaPacity; some, no
doubt, have lodged the draft by dodg-
ing registration, and have gotten away
with it thus far undetecLed. All these
slackers deserve the hearty contempt
of patriotic citizens; bur none are
quite so contemplate as those who
are privately seeking to invoke private
influence-social, religious, racial OF
political-to enable them 10 sneak out
Of the service they owe TO their Gov
ernnlent, Such influence Is being
brought to bear. The fact that II VIII
not avail in the long run is beside the
question. The, important considera-
ton is that the cowardice of this class
of slackers is adding to the burdens OF
the already overburdoned draft boards
The drafted man who seeks in pri-
vacy to influence the action OF the
draft boards, or who solicits the aid
of others in the performance OF TINS
dirty work, should be publicly eX-
posed by the members of the boards,
so that his friends and neighhors may
get a real insight into his character.
He has yellow streak under his
shirt that everybody ought to be al
lowed to see. Pull has no place III
the raising of a democratic army The
man who tries to use it should be
promptly branded as the meaneSt OF
sneaks, towards and slacker5.
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MILITARY TITLES

The organization of the army that
is now proceeding should lead to
reconsideration of the purpose ot
every civilian to have military title.
Officers of the army win their titles
or commissions in the service, ana
they indicate service or achievement
To give military titles to civil socle-
ties; to designate committeeman ana
canvassers as Generals. Major Cen
erals, Colonels, Majors, is not to honor
the men who receive them; it is dis
credit the titles and to deny to sol
diers a portion of their reward. To
militarize the Red Cross is a mistake
on many accounts; among Others II
is a mistake in that it gives to the
relief service titles and honors that
belong to belligerents alone, to the
Militant orders.
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THE SPIRIT OF ~

BOYS of 81, at the New Jersey
Home for Disabled Soldiers-Sallofs,
Of Vineland, have caught the spirit
of 1917 and although they are unapie
to shoulder arms and march out with
the colors again, several of them are
doing their bit in the"first line
trenches" of their gardens, laid out
on the home grounds. There are oo
or more of these gardens, divided OH
into small plots, on the spacous
grounds at the rear of the home build
ings. Captain John Shields, command
ant at the home, assigned the gardens
20 anv of the old soldiers who applied
for them. He had the ground ploWeu
nm for them last spring and allotteu
"farm" to each of the applicants
Some of the spry old vets, who were
the first to drop their hoes in the
strength of their young manhood anu
spring to the defense of the national
honor on Southern battle-fields IN the
sixties. were among the first to shoul-
dor their hoes again last spring when
President Wilson called upon the ma
ton to speed up the food supply
These old soldiers are raising All
kinds of crops on their little farms
this season.
Ntost of sha. products of these gar
dens find their way to the dinner
tables in the colony of little. .bunga-
lovs which the soldiers have built
for themselves at the edge OF the
grove back of the main dormltorles'
Tbore several of them spend their
summers. do their own cooklng' en-
tertain parties of friends and relatives
and have a real vacation right on the
home grounds. The supply OF Vese-
tables from the soldiers gardens Is
ou,te plentiful just now, especially on
those plots which are equipped "l'i
miniature irrigation systems aho
wbora intensive farming is carried te
n high degree of perfection.
wives of some of the veterans nav
f,onked their husbands vegetable gar
dens with rows of hollyhocks an'
other pretty flowers, so that the piou
do double service through their utiii''
and beauty.
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THE PEACE APPEAL

Heaven spare us from German
peace"
That was the keynote of peace
sermon based on the peace appeal
of the Pope, delivered by the Rev.
James Shera Montgomery at Calvary
Methodist Episcopal Church, Wash
ingtot City:
With words of praise for the
motives that inspired Benedict XIV to
launch a new peace proposal at this
time, the Rev. Mr.. Montgomery in
his sermon declared the only peace
possible at this time was ito behead
the cock-robin of Prussian militar-
ISM"
He said in part:
"These days, the people of the globe
and more especially the Christian
world, have hung, with the deepest
interest, upon the peace proposition
Of His Holiness, the Pope. There is
no one with any sense of justice, and
with any regard for the Pontiff, who
occupies the most CONSPICUOUS eccle-
siastical position in all the world, but
who feels the force of his sincerity
and the purity of the motive that
prompt and inspire such an appeal.
1--WE would not question his high
sense of honor. Such position might
reveal bigotry and prejudice. Doubt
less, to the very depths of his office
so far reaching and so tremendously
consequential-he prays and yearns
for the peace of the entire earth. Ana
may we add, surely there is not a
deyout soul among earth's throngs
but longs for the clock in the watch
tower of the world to strike peace.
But a German peace never"
In the discussion of a peace ges-
ture by the Pope it is essential at
the outset to recognize that, unlike
all other peace proposals, this arrives
at a moment when the world wearl-
ness of the war insures that at least
il shall have a serious hearing. Out
side of Germany there remains ho
considerable war party in the world
THE controlling desire of the nations
now fighting Germany is compre-
hended in a wish to attain a peace
that shall be permanent, and they are
animated by a conviction that while
Germany remains in possession o.
conquered territory and affirms de-
termination to profit by the war ane
by the methods she has employed n,
noace can be more than a truce anC
an illusion.
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G. A. R. IN BOSTON

The survivors of Grand Army of the
Republic mobilized in Boston Tuesday
for their fifty-first annual encamp-
ment. Most of the delegations from a
distance had already arrived by night
fall.
The encampment formally opened
with an impressive patriotic service
in the New Old South church. Ming
led with boys in blue in the audience
were many of the boys in khaki, await
ing their marching orders in the couno
try's newest war for freedom. Cor
poral James Tanner, of Washington,
ID. c., past commander-in-ch chief who
delivered the principal address, re-
ferred to their presence in feeling
terms.
They adopted a message of greet
ing. encouragement and sympathy to
the soldiers of Russia as follows
"As it was ours an half century ago
to wage a successful war for she pres
eryation of the American Onion, the
freedom of race and The perpetuity
of Republican form of government,
the message said 80 may it be yours,
heroic sons of a mighty people, by
your united, devoted and sustained
efforts, to establish Oh an enduring
foundation in your great country
government of the people by the peo-
ple and for the people, and to this
end we send prayers To heaven, and
our sons on the battlefiels OF Europe
Wednesday at the call of "Atun-
tion!" they fell in-all of them white
haired, tottering with the weight OF
years, the Boys of 61," 10000 strong,
marched in their last parade.
Feeble and a little unstcaiy, but
strong with the spirit that carried
them through the battles of other
DAYS, the veterans of the q. A. =,
moved in solid lines of cheering thou
sands.
And while the fast fading ranks OF
the ''thin blue line" marched for the
last time, here and there IN the crowd
stood a man in khaki-a silent fig"
ure symbolical of the birth of the
great new national army, which Will
fight to uphold the standard OF if-
erty set by the veterans OF 81.
Portland, Ore, was selected as next
years encampment city,.
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YOUR ALL-THE-YEAR-
ROUND GARDEN
Some Good Varieties Of Vegetables.

some Goou VdTlctIcS " NSb
paragus-Palmetto
Lima Beans-Improved Bush Lima,
Giant Podded Pole Lima.
snap -Stringless Green-Pod.
Reet-Extra Early Egyptian, Detroit
Cabbage Jersey WaKehelo'
Charleston.
carrot-Chantenay, New Amsterdam
Forcing.
CauIifIower-SnoWba
cucumber-White Spine, Davis FER
feet.
Eoo PIant-New York Improved.
Endlve-White Curled.
Lettuce-Boston Market, lceburg.
MuskmeIon-Emeral Gem, MatcD
less.
Okra-Kleckley' Favorite.
Onion (seed)-Yellow Danyers'
Parsnip-Hollow Crown
Pea - Smooth seeded Cearliesu:
Alaska, Earliest of All. Wrinkleu'
Graddus, British Wonder CdWarD'
Senator.
Pepper--Ruby King.
Scarlet Turnip, White Tip
Rapid Red.
SaIsify-Mammoth Sandwich Island.
Spinach-Victoria, New Zealand.
Suuash-White Bush Scalloped, Ford
hook.
Sweet Corn-Golden Bantam, Coun
try Gentleman.
Tomato-Acme, Globe, Stone (for can
ning)
Turnip-Seven Top (for greens), Pur
pie Top Strap Leaf.
Watermelon Sweet wat
son.
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THE GHOSTS OF 81

Say the tall bright ghosts in town:
why did we fight indeed?
For Jones or Smith or Brown,
Or for land in need?
"Rousc!" say the ghosts again,
That drift from door to door,
Make ready with your fighting men;
Strike for the cause of yore!
For if your acres or your gold"
Say the tall bright ghosts again,
Are more than what we saved of old,
Ye are but dogs, not men!
Rouse! for the hour is come;
If you love your lives too well
Then will we stare you blind and
dumb,
And haunt you down to hell"
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JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY AUGUST % 1917
EAST TENN. STATE NORMAL

The catalogue Bulletin of the East
Tennessee State Normal School shows
that there were enrolled for the year
1867, in all departments, 1,240
students. OF this number 1,016 were
in normal courses and 224 were pu-
pills in the observation and practice
school. The total enrolment during
the regular terms was 56S, and dur
ing the summer term 607. Washing
ton conntX's enrolment for yeal was
254.
The fall term will open Tuesday,
September 25th. Already more than
half the rooms in the woman'S dor
mitory have been reserved for the fall
term. 1t is probable that the attend
ance Of men will be somewhat les
sened because of the war, and it may
be that the absence of young men from
homes will keep from school attend
ance some young women also. The
state is under the highest obligation
to continue the education of its chill
dren; and to the end that the children
may be given the best possible school
training, it is very important that
teachers be educated and trained.
Mr.. H. H. Thomas has been elected
by the State Board of Education to
take charge of the school gardens anG
orchards at the state normal. Mr.
Thomas is a graduate in agriculture
from the state normal school, and has
also done special work in agriculture
in the Peabody college. Before ac-
cepting the position in the normal
school he was county agent for this
county.
Miss Nettie B. Armstrong, who for
the past four years has been the very
efficient instructor in domestic art IN
the state normal school, was not an
applicant for reelection. Her place
was filled at the meeting of the State
Board of Education held on August
9th, by the election of Miss Bessie
Macbrair. Miss Macbriar was given
her A. B. diploma from the University
of Cincinnati in 1910, after which she
spent two years in that institution
specializing in home economics and
related subjects, receiving her special
certificate in home economics in 1912.
For the past four years she has been
teaching domestic art in the Uniyersl-
ty of Porto Rico.
Under. a = recent ruling the state
Board of Education, the president OF
the state normal school and the fac
ulty members are authorized to en-
gage in educational extension work in
the several counties of East Tennessee
on the invitation of county superin-
tendents or boards of education. The
normal school has already done much
useful work in this way, and the re-
cent ruling of the board will system
ize such work. Since the close of the
summer term, the members of the fac
ulty have assisted in teachers insti-
tutes working at least one week in
each county in twenty-three counties
in East Tennessee. This work will
be continued during the fall whenever
the county superintendent or boards
of education need the help of the
normal school in any educational meet
ing.
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THE SEAMY SIDE OF WAR

War breeds many things besides
heroism and sacrifice, as we now see
in the attempt to evade military SER
vice in ways more or less contempt
ible. OF all the shirkers. perhaps
those who hope to escape the draft
by hasty marriage are the worst
Delinquency in wartime is not
found alone in civil life. 1t crops out
in the ranks and often manifests
itself on the field of battle. The com
mander of more than one army under
fire has found it necessary to detail
men in the rear to pick up skulkers
or malingerers.
If all men were brave, strong and
true, war would not leave such last
ing impresses of evil. 1t not only calls
the best of the country's youth, but
in action it is the bravest of the brave
those of the most enduring stamina,
moral and physical, who take the des-
perate chances and, of course suffer
the greatest losses.
We need not be disheartened by such
evidences of timidity or indifferences
as now appear in many places. They
are symptomatic of human weaknesses
lust as the valor to be witnessed IN
much larger proportion is proof OF
human fortitude and devotion. The
pity of it is that while the Stacker
survives, perhaps to become the pro
genitor of others of his kind, the maj
of courage and faith is too often los
to the world.
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do unto you. He who fails to live out
this precept fails to measure up to
Gods requirement. The man who can
look upon the bleeding hearts OF
mothers seeing their boys go to war,
see the awful destruction of property,
behold the lavish appropriations for
war and thinks that God is approving
Of such acts, needs to have his eyes
Opened. May all men join IN a prayer
for peace, and what looks SO impos-
sible now for man, may God show to
the scoffing world what He can ac-
complish.
GEORGE A. COPP.
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DUNKARDs AND MAR

To the Editor:
In answer to your recent editorial
on Conscientious objectbxk | de-
sire to say: and
There are three .san @ the
Dunkard fraternity, a 81 9pg
speaking for the c. Oft ~
Progressive DunkardS 6st. Frs
claim some of the ~ are
actually going to war. W8se hat may
be possible, for l have knows of some
of them doing other things that the
doctrine of the church does not per-
nit, but this is not the fault of the
church nor of it's doctrine, but of the
individual. The doctrine of the Dunk
ard church since it's inception has
been opposed to war, and because of
persecution in Germany on this ac-
count they sought refuge in the United
States where they were assured of re-
lief in their work.
The church teaches that war is
never justifiable and that it is crime
to engage in war. 1t certainly is more
of crime to do SO than to be forced
to steal, for the soldier is required to
kill. The Dunkard church teaches
that all disputes can be and should be
settled by arbitration. Disputes settled
by force is no assurance of the dis
pute being settled right. Men have
tried the settlement of disputes by
force sfnce the world began, but it
has failed to always settle them right,
and will fail to do so in the future.
Furthermore, war engenders hatred
to the third and fourth generations,
and this is not justifiable in the sight
of God, for hatred is work of the
flesh and they that do such things
cannot inherit the kingdom of God.
SO far as l know all men claim wal
is wrong, and it cannot be right; but
Just why men who call themselves
Christians can advocate it and par
ticipate in it, | cannot understand
Not only does war kill our brothers
but it destroys his property, takes his
land by conquest, devastitates the
whole world.
If l had a telescope large enough
to see the inhabitants of Mars, ano
to behold for three years the people
on this planet killing each other
burning one another's property, sink
ing ships of commerce, killing by
aeroplane and generally devastating
the planet, we might truthfully con
clude that Mars is hell, for | do no
know of better description OF hell
If people of other worlds can see thu
earth today, red with the blood of wal
and devastation, they certainly have
right to conclude that this is hell
If congress had been composed o
Dunkards there would be no war.
William Penn could deal peaceabi'
with the savage Indians, certainly we
as Gods people. should deal peace
ably with civilized nations. Beast
settle their disputes by force, but ma
made in the image Of God, shoul
settle disputes by better methods.
/ If men would live as the Bib
: teaches there could be no war. [
onto others as you would have Other
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-23
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Beginning on next Sunday August
twenty-sixth, the services at the FRO
testant Chapel. National Soldiers
Home. will be as follows;
Sunday 200 p. M, Preaching
Sunday 1880 p. M, Bible Lecture
ttwentv minutes), and Special song
service.
The people are most cordially inVlt-
ed TO attend all these services.
s. w. TINDELL, Chaplain.
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Facts in Figures.

Venezuela yearly imports
paints valued at $4,000.
Brazil last year exported 49,
O39,OO0 bags of coffee.
Brazirs 1916 exports were val
ued at $267, 100000; imports
$196,O57, 900.
Argentina's 1915 imports
amounted to $217,4 7,409,322; ex-
ports, $543,345,SS9.
Canada In 1916 recorded 81
$40 business failures. In 1913
there were 1922 failures.
Leeds, England, street rail-
way receipts in 1867 up to
March amounted to $3.50, 165;
profits $3S6,740.
British capital invested In
Canada totals $2,914,OOO,OOO;
United States investments reach
S63T, 100000.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-23

It is said that the late Mrs. Mayne
Williams left to the Williams Library
association the sum of $1,000. This
bequest is in addition to the many
generous contributions made by Mrs
williams in her life time, and is very
deeply appreciated by the members OF
the organization and its large circle
of patrons. The library bears the
name of her only son who died in
early childhood.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-23

A lot of grandmothers who are
almost as young as their daughters
daughters could tell the War Dcpart-
ment a lot about camouflage no doubt.
Every day that the food crooks are
permitted to exploit the necessities
of the people makes another flock of
Socialists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-23

Every shadow points to the sun, and
sorrow helps us to appreciate happi-
ness.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1917-08-23

To the Editor:
In answer to your recent editorial
on Conscientious obiecta de-