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Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-12

after three doctors said never would
stand up straight again. was q mid
wife for seven years and Recommended
the Vegetable Compound TO every wO-
man TO take before birth and after
wards, and they all got along 80 nicely
that It surely is q godsend to suffering
women. If women wish 70 write 70
me / win be delighted to answer them. "
Mrs. JENNIE MoYER, 342 E.North St.
Lima, Ohio.
Women who suffer from displaco-
ments, weakness, irregularities, neg
vousness, backache, or bearing-dOwu
pains, need the tonic properties of the
roots and herbs contained in Lydia r.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-12
PROVISIONS OF THE
WAR REVENUE BILL
DEALERS REQUIRED TO MAKE
AN INVENTORY or THEIR
VARIOUS STOCKS.
INSTRUCTIONS IN DETAIL
Collector Craig Has Ordered Deputies
70 Proceed At Once On lnven-
tories Of All Distilled Spirits
and Wines.

Eashville.-E b. Craig, internal
revenue collector, has received tele-
graphic instructions from the treas
ury department setting forth in de-
tail provisions OF the war revenue bill
requiring dealers to make inventories
of their stocks of whisky, cigars, Gig
arettes, etc. The instructions are as
follows:
New revenue bill now law Z Fol
lowing rates Immediately. Distilled
spirits withdrawn for other than beY-
erage purposes, 1920 per proof gal
Ion, floor tax additional on tax paid
distilled spirits held for sale, $1.1O
per proof gallon If intended for other
than beverage purposes; if intended
to use as beverage, $2.1O per gallon,
An exemption Of 80 gallons is allowed
retailers.
~'sPrepared syrups or extracts sold
by manufacturer, producer or import
er for not more than $3.50 per gallon,
tax 5 cents per gallon; more than
$3.50 and not more than 81, s cents
per gallon; more than 50 and not more
than SO, 10 cents per gallon; more
than SO and not more than "a, Is
cents per gallon; more than 81, 20
cents per gallon.
"Unfermented grape juice, soft
drinks, etc, sold by manufacturers,
producer or importer and ginger ale,
etc., and other carbonated waters or
beverages manufactured or sold by
the manufacturer, producer or I'm
porter. OF carbonic acid gas used In
carbonatlng the same, / per cent per
gallon; mineral waters or table wa
ters sold over 10 cents per gallon, /
per cent per gallon; carbonic acid
gas sold by manufacturer, producer
or importer thereof 8 cents per pound.
Floor stocks tobacco, snuff, cigars
and cigarettes TO be inventoried Oct,
IA; exemptions 100 pounds tobacco,
including snuff, 1000 cigars; 1000 Gig
arettes. Floor taxes on tobacco and
snuff, ~ cents; cigars, class B, so
cents; class C, $3.50; class D, $22.5O;
class E, $3.50; small cigars, 121s
cents; small cigarettes. 40 cents;
large cigarettes, 60 cents.
Additional tax thereon are same
on floor stocks. Half additional taxes
in effect after passage of act make
tobacco and snuff 1914 cents; large CT
CARS, class A. So; class B, $3.50; class
c, $3.50; class D, $3.50; class E, $3.50;
small cigars, S71z cents; small cigar
cites, $1.65, and large cigarettes,
$4.O2 for period until full additional
taxes take effect 30 days after pass
age OF act"
Collector Craig has ordered all his
deputies to proceed at once to take
the inventories Of distilled spirits and
wines in the district.
All persons. firms or corporations
affected by the new tax are required
to take these inventories of articles
taxed as of Oct. 4. Blanks upon which
to make returns of these stocks will
be sent as soon as they can be printed
and forwarded.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-12
TENNESSEE GLEANINGS
News of Interest Prepared |
in Epitomized Form by
Special Writers

Memphis.-Tennsssee Is doing a big
part for 1917 to help feed the world,
as figures compiled by federal author.
tiles show that the greatest crop In
the history OF the state is now almost
ready to market. A conservative es-
innate Of this years crops value, in.
GLIDING all marketable products for
the table and mills, Is $5OS,O07, 46S,
This Is more than a third increase in
output and valuations OF the same
products in 1916, according to figures.
In the values reported, live stock,
including shep. beef and dairy cattle,
horses, mules and goats. leads with a
total valuation of $16O195,491 The
states dairy products exceed $4,000
600 as we'll as her poultry products.
Following is the estimated values
Of each crop based on the 1917 acre
age production and present market
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-12
Renew Old silk Dress.

Cut q piece of cardboard the width
of the hem and about five or six inches
long. Lay the cardboard on the hem,
Iengthwise, and trim 1t off half an
inch narrower than the hem. Open
a seam on the under side and slip in
the cardboard, running 1t back close
TO the stitching, then turn the broken
edge over the cardboard and overcast.
The cardboard prevents any stitches
from showing or going through and
makes a more even edge.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-12

Two things, above all others. are re-
quired for the success of the separate
skirt. When It Is made In plain, fanii-
lar materials 1t must be rescued from
the commonplace by faultless ut and
workmanship. When made Of novelty
weaves the selection Of unusual and
appropriate patterns reflects the best
talent or modistes. 1t takes an instinct
for dress or an educated taste to make
the most of the separate skirt.
Beautiful color combinations, IN
broad and narrow stripes. and original
methods In making are found In the
new separate skirts for afternoon
wear. Some very handsome plaids are
among them but stripes afford better
opportunities for the designer, A fine
example Of what may be done with
them appears In the picture above.
Taffeta, in black, old blue and white
stripes, laid In wide plalts makes a
skirt that can afford to dispense with
any cost Of trimming. It hangs fro-a
\ high waistlIne where three overlap
ming bias folds make wide girdIe ex-
tending to the hip. The same fold Is
laid in the semblance Of pocket at
each side finished with row Of small
black. silk-covered buttons.
There Is a wide range Of color com
limitations to choose from in the striped
and plaid silks and satlns shown IN
the shops and they promise an In
creased vogue for handsome separate
skirts. Blouses to be worn with these
skirts. are most effective when made
iof the same shade as one Of the colurs
IA the material. t'or informal dress
suck & costume merits consideration
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-12

When the men of the National Army
are located in the training camps they
begin to look for letters from relatives
and friends. There is friendly RI
yalry among them ID the matter Of
numbers Of letters and cards received.
About the easiest and most agreeable
thing we can do for those we know Is
TO drop an occasional line or so
The men are kept busy and do not
Eind 1t always easy 10 get mall off also
they are sometimes dilatory. 1t Is a
good idea to address envelopes and
cards, enclose writing paper in the en-
relopes and stamp them. Mall a pack
age Of this ready-addressed stationery
to the boy in camp and all he has to
do is to write and seal the envelope
ready for mailing, or merely write his
message on a ready addressed post
card.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-12
ADAM SPRUNG FIRST JOKE
Asked Eve IL She Expected an leh-
thyosaurus, When She Objected
to Spider on Rose,

We believe that la the Garden OF
Eden, Adam gave Eve q rose in ex-
change for a kiss. And she shuddered
and said, Ugh! There's a spider ON
the rose!" and he answered, well.
what do you expect for one stingy If
tie kissan ichthyosaurus?'
We believe that to be the oldest joke
In the world-older than the goat, the
mother-ln-law, or any that are sup
posed to be included In the Original
Seven. In varying forms one finds it
in the Talmud In Plautus, In AesOp.
In Rabelais, in Joe Miller In all the
almanacs and comic papers.
When we We're boy, it was told in
minstrel show, thus: A man buys
suit of clothes at secondhand store.
He comes back and comnlains that the
coat Is inhabited by unpleasant insects.
And the dealer says, "Well, what do
you expect for Swimming blrdsT'
Vaudeville knows 1t In this form:
Tenant-"Look here, you'll have to
make some repairs in this house. Tne
cellar is full OF water Landlord
swell, what do you expect for SIS a
month--champagne?"
And just last week we ran across
our old friend again In a weekly comic
paper. This time a passenger on a
street car calls down the conductor for
not calling the names Of the streets
distinctly. And the conductor replies.
"Well, what do you expect for $14 a
week4-a tenor solo?"
Lastly-a few days ago, we ran Q
version of the old thing In this column
We cut it's hair, trimmed its whlskerss
and fitted it with a new suit, but we
could not disguise it completely. When
you run across 1t in any Of its cos
tunes, send us clipping, will yOu9
We are making collection Of that
joke.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-12
Presa WIII AId Food campalan.

Having sent kilograms to all the
newspapers in the state asking their
cooperation In the food pledge cam
paign, J. /. Finney, chairman of pub.
licity, has received replies from many
of the publishers pledging themselves
to aid the movement in every possible
way and offering the free use Of their
columns to that end In addition to
giving up much of their space to such
matter as may be furnished them by
the publicity bureau, these papers will
from time to time carry editorials in
the interest Of the campaign. The
goal aimed at is 100000 family units
in Tennessee, or IL per cent such units
In each county.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-12
Soldiers Have Big Pay Day.

Money flowed freely at Chickamau.
"a park this week. The thousands Of
soldiers encamped there were paid off.
Something like s2,SOO,OOO was paid out
IN cash. OF this amount 100000 went
to the officers Of the training camp
and the remainder to regulars making
up the pay rolls of Maj. Walton and
Capt Dalton.
Mai. Walton, constructing quarter
master, has given contracts for more
environments at tbs training camp 70
replace the tents which are now being
used by part Of the cadets.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-12

Another convenience for the men in
environments Is an inexpensive, small
portfolio, made of linen or khaki. 1t
Is about nine inches wide and fifteen
inches long, with pockets on one end
for stationery stamps, cards, and for
three bl0tters, one above the other,
fastened at the corners, on the other
end. At the center there are two loops,
made OF narrow straps OF linen, to
hold the pen and pencil. The blotters
make writing surface, thus serving a
double purpose. Even ink can be car
ried now In small sticks to be dis
solved In water when needed. This
portfolio Is simple affair, easy to
make and very convenient. A leather
portfolio may be taken as model.
Made of denim or khaki the soldiers
portfolio weighs next TO nothing and
will stand wear.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-12
cnvernmsnt calls For Rlfles.

The United States government has
called on the state Of Tennessee for
all seryiceable and also unserviceable
rifles in its armory, and Claude DaugA.
try, state disbursing officer, has be-
gun shipping the old guns to the ar
senal at Augusta, Ca, which is the
nearest arsenal to Nashville. The re-
quest from Cen Carter, acting chief
of the militia bureau. came few days
ago.
Capt. Daughtry notified Gen, Carter
that the state would forward rifles as
follows:
500. u. S. model 900, 80 caliber.
go gallery practice rifles, % calibsT.
231 Springfield rifles, As caliber.
1t is said the object is to repair
these guns and place them in the serv'
ice of the government.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-12
IMPROVE INSANE ASYLUM.
DlversionaI Occupation and Other Re-.
formn Recommended.

plversionai Occupation and Otner no.
forms Recommended.
Nashville. - Diversional occupation
for the insane, economy but not stint
in food matters, carefulness in using
fuel, and, above all things, make the
hospitals for the insane In Tennessee
homes filled with good cheer and hope
and not prisons of lonesomeness and
despair, Is the plan of administration
being followed by the state board Of
control in charge OF hospitals for the
insane.
The above subjects and others, in
Guiding matters in connection with
penal and charitable institutions In
the state, were considered at a con-
ference of the board OF control and
the superintendent and officers OF
the various state institutions
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-12
BROKEN down
IN HEALTH
Woman Tells How SIS Worth
of Pinkham's Compound
Made Her Well.
Lima, Ohio. -"Iwas ell broken down
IN health from q displacement One Of my

lady friends came %
see me and she adj
vised me to COM
mence taking Lydia
e. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
and to use Lydia r.
Pinkham' Sanativs
Wash. began tax
ing your remedies
and took$6. OOwOrth
and in two months
mas a xuoli uonaan
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-12
Conference on Taxation.

The eleventh annual national con
ference on taxation will be held at At
lanta, Ca. Oct 1915, and 1t will be
attended by citizens interested In tax
alton reform from most OF the states,
Gov. Rye appointed representative for
Tennessee at this conferences.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-12
shronahire Announees.

Clyde Shropshire. speaker OF the
house Of representatives Of the Six
tieth general assembly, formally an
nounced his candidacy for governor,
subject to the democratic primary, to
be held on Aug i, 1918.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-12
TO LiuuIdate school Debt.


The board OF directors OF the Uni
yersity Of Tennessee provided for the
payment OF 100000 for the liQuida.
ton of the university debt and $4,000
for the Middle Tennessee experiment
station and a few buildings on the
Cherokee farm at Knoxville.
The Middle Tennessee experiment
station, which will be located In Maury
county, win receive the greater part
Of the $4,000, as the portion to be
spent In Knoxville will be used for
only necessary barns and houses for
laborers.
The board also revised the budget
and MAIDS 1t possible to increase the
salaries OF the professors.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-12

Exercise OF options on a 2O,000-acre
tract situated In the extreme northern
portion OF the county, which viii be
used as an artillery range, perhaps for
as many as four other camps besides
Camp Sewer, marked recent activities
here. Residents in the tract are being
notified that they must vacate at once
It is understood that the site ia ques
ton Is either adjacent to or identical
with that Of the Hog Back raugs Of
the Blue Ridge, recently selected FOL
the use OF artilicryIaen Of Camp Wads
worth, SpartanbSrg. and which Is stu
ated In this county.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-12
Food Admlnstrators 70 Meet.

All county chairmen of the State
Council OF National Defense have been
called by state Food Administrator H.
A. Morgan to meet at Knoxville Tues.
day. Oct. 8. At this meeting definite
plans will be made for holding meet
ings in every county in Tennessee for
the purpose Of further enlisting the in
terest Of the people In food conserva-
oti0n propaganda,
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-12

Good wine needs no bush: and q
good actress needs no press agent
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-12

The best antidote to a woman ID
a long dose Of her.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-12

with It's opportunity for variation with
different blouses and Its all-around
usefulness for afternoon and evening
wear.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-04-20
LUMBER INDUSTRY ASLEEP.
Forester Says Substitute Materials Are
lnjuring the Business.

Kansas City, NOW. B. Greeley, as,
sistant government forester, spoke Of
the lumber business as IAN industry
asleep" in talk he made to the South
western Lumbermen's association at
the Hotel Muehlebach. He said the
trade had permitted other building ma
terials to be substituted for wood with
out making any effort to find new uses
for its products. according to the Kan
sas City Star.
"All social movements" he said, "af-
feet the lumber business one way or
another. The safety first movement
has caused demand for steel cars, fire
proof buildings and a revision Of the
building codes In almost all cities to the
detriment of the lumber business.
1.-THE industry in a sense has been
asleep. Substitute materials for lumber
have been popularized by the manufac
turers. Cement and steel have dis
placed wood, and the manufacturers of
those articles have been delving con-
stantly to find new uses for them. The
lumber industry has made no effort to
keep itself In the field by finding new
uses for it's products"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-04-20
Eight Hundred Million BusheI
Wheat Shortage.

According to a government report at
the beginning Of 1916 there was a
surplus Of 164,000,O00 bushels left
over from 1915. In 1916 the winter
and spring wheat crop amounted to
$40, 100000, which added to the 164,
900, 900 bushels carried over from 1915
made wheat stock for the United
States OF 804, 100000 bushels for 1916
At this time. April l, 1917, all this
vast amount OF wheat has been wiped
out. The condition liz this country is
really alarming. Men who profess to
know and have made a study OF the
situation tell The Echo that
So per hundred for flour is not
at all improbable between May LIST
and July LIST. This week flour advanced.
40 cents per hundred Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday, and is expected
to advance that much more by Monday,
April %. After the first Of July, an
less in the meantime the crop outlook
should show unusually poor, the price
OF -four will decline in proportion as the
total yield shows large or small.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-04-20
The Food Shortage Not Exaggerated

Because of the wheat shortage and
the high price Of -four at this time,
with a certainty that it will be still
higher later on, we can not too strongly
urge on the readers of The Echo the
urgent necessity OF raising this year
every possible morsel Of foodstuff.
Preferably the kind that will keep, Let
the limit OF every man, woman and
child capacity be the amount OF ground
they have and their ability to cultivate
it. Only in the last few days has the
really alarming food shortage been
fully realized. We shall be expected
to help feed the allies, and a great
draft will be made on our stock, but
we must not overlook our own
necessities.
Plant beans where last year you
planted sweet peas. Plant something
that will produce food where last year
you planted flowers and ornamental
plants. Plant any and everything that
will answer human food wants, and do
not allow one square foot OF land to
remain out OF use.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-04-20
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS

Ten large circular tanks, made Of
galvanized iron, with a capacity of ten
barrels Of water, each were unloaded
Wednesday. They are intended for
use at the fish hatchery where the two
million young salmon are being
Matched out. After the salmon are
ready to take out of the Matching
troughs they will be transferred to
these tanks and kept until they reach
a growth of some three inches in
length before they will be liberated in
the river.
In the high school auditorium Satur-
day P. M. was held the community de-
clamatory contest. The winners will
appear in the final county contest to be
held in Wenatchee next Saturday. Bert
Williams. Jewell Williams, and Jacob
French OF Peshastin will represent the
fifth, sixth and seventh grades respect
lively. having had no competition so far,
and Marie Swartz OF Leavenworth will
represent the eighth grades and high
schools OF this community.
The high school was unfortunate to
lose the services of Mr.. Meinecke who
has been a popular instructor in the
mathematics and science courses. Mr..
Meinecke's certificate under which he
was teaching expired and the State
Board having refused to accredit the
college from which he graduated it
became unlawful to issue warrants to a
teacher without registered certificate
in this state and the change was forced
upon the school authorities. Mr.. Yer
non A. Bacher has been secured to
complete the year.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-04-20
FARMERS ARE URGED TO
KEEP THEIR BREEDING STOCK
lleifers and Brood SOwS Should not be
Thrown on the Market Even if
Prices are High

In this time OF war preparations,
attention on every side is being called
to the question Of conservation Of food
supply. In doing this. the farmers Of
the Northwest are urged to keep in
mind the food supply of the future as
we'll as for the present year. Probably
the greatest danger to agriculture in
time Of war and high prices is the
temptation on the part OF the farmer to
sell his breeding stock. Once the
country is depleted Of breeding stock,
years are required to re-establish the
live. stock industry on normal basis.
Heifers and brood-sows should not be
thrown on the market even tho prices
are exceedinly tempting.
Director Ira D. Cardiff, Of the Wash
ington Experiment Station, urges it as
a patriotic duty Of every farmer Of the
state to conserve the females of his
herds for the maintenance and stability
of agricultural conditions after the
stress OF war has passed. II the farmers
Of Washington will give attention to
this matter, it will go long way to-
ward maintaining the agricultural pros
perity OF the state in the days Of de-
preston which are sure to follow a war
period. Farmers, don't sacrifice your
breeding stock.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-04-20
A Wise Land Law

According to Congressman Moses P.
Kinkaid Of Nebraska, its author, no
other public land law has attained
greater popularity in the region which
it affected than the Act of April %,
1904, charging the arid land home
stead in western Nebraska to $40 acres.
Previous to its enactment the population
Of that region was gradually diminishing
and the effect of that law to i'm
Immediately change that condition to a
rapidly increasing population. In the
small towns the lumber yards and
hotels, which had been closed, again
opened; the number OF schools was in
creased, and the high standard OF the
Nebraska public schools, which, Mr..
Kinkaid asserts, is second to none in
the Union, was extended to the wes-
tern part OF the state. AN abundant
harvest is being reaped" says Repre-
sentative Kinkaid. from the operation
Of the law our Congress was wise enough
to pass thirteen years ago."