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Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-16
Treze4ant News Notes
BY oUR NE0UtAR CORRESPONDENT

Gibson, spent few days with home.
folks.
Dr.. T. B. Collier was visitor ii
town Saturday.
Miss Hamilton spent the weekend
in Mckenzie, visiting her parents.
Miss Martha Hillsman spent a few
days with home folks last week
Mrs. Grace Williams Robins was a
visitor on our streets Monday.
Miss Erin 0'Neill spent Saturday
in Milan.
Miss Dorothy billiard, Of Hunting
don returned with her sister Miss
Erin, and spent Sunday night and
Monday in Irrelevant.
Rev. Ethridge, Of Dresden was in
cur town last week, and visited
chapel exercises Wednesday morning.
He made an inspiring talk to the stu
dents.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-16
|. I. S. ITEMS

I - - - 1880
School is progressing nicely. The
attendance is good, and the pupils
are doing some splendid work, so this
is one among the successful years of
this school, as it has a very strong
faculty.
Mr.. George Harris has returned to
school after spending a few days with
home folks.
Miss Letha Foster returned the
latter part az last week from a visit
to her home in Cumberland Furnace,
Tenn,
Crof. j. H, Bayer was in Nashville
two days last week.
Mrs. X. r. Cole, of Buena Vista
was the guest Of her daughter Miss
Lilly A. Turner Thursday Of last
week.
Our intermediate teacher, Miss
Ada Blackmon spent the weekend
with homefolks in Jackson, Tenn.
Last Saturday Miss Lillian Rails
returned from d two weeks visit with
homefolbs in Carlisle, Tenn.
Mrs. Wood, who is teaching in
Clarksburg High School was an /, T.
S. visitor a few minutes last Satur-
day.
The JefFersonian section of the
Claxtonian Literary Society rendered
"a splendid program last Saturday
evening. The subject for debate was
"The Philippine Islands should have
an independent Government" The
argument given by the young men
won. The Grafton was delivered by
Mr.. Poe Maddox. Mr.. Leo Strib-
ling delivered the extemporaneolss
speech. The music, the biography
and the extras added much to the
program.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-16

Bankers Aid Woman Clerks.

Women who work in the Offices Ia
the "WalI street zone" In New York
are to have a restaurant OF their own,
like that Of the men, and back Of 1t are
several bankers. There will be a rest
room, with magazines and periodicals
and 1t Is designed to make the bust
ness self-suppOrting, but nothing else.
The women will form a club, that will
be limited, and each woman will pay
a small amount monthly, but the bank.
ers are pledged to support It. The
rooms in which the restaurant is 10.
Gated srented for $4,000 per year.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-16

In each OF :t.se a soldier was strum
ming on piano; others were reading
books and me- gaines; hundreds were
writing elters home Behind the
raised counter at ole end three or four
young zen we're 51sy passing out
notepaper and envelopes, selling
stamps and weighing parcels, which
the men were sending home, One OF
the soldiers said TO me as | stood in
the tent used chiefly by men from
iowa: I'VE came all the way here
from Des Mc.nes, and we were mighty
lonely. Then W. found this Y, NJ. G.
A. on the fob, and it's been home
and more than home to US II gavf
Us what we wanted when we needed
Il most. Wen never forget it, The
boys best friend is the Y. NJ. q A."
Fine, clean-cut, Outstanding Fellows.
How close those benches were pack
ed with men, bending over the long
tables absorbed in their writingl
What an appeal to the sympathies
those great groups of soldiers make!
Fine, clean-cut, outstanding fellows.
some OF them mere boys, one thinks
Immediately OF the sacrifice they have
made for the .est OF US and how pre-
cious they are to some one back home.
Somewhere. 10 far of farm or village
or city street, there are parents or
brothers or wives who would give all
they possess for one glimpse OF those
sunburned faces as you and SEQ
them on their last night before going
across. And 1t was with throb Of
the heart that | watched them, bent
over their letter paper. In one after
another OF those seven big tents.
These were the tents OF the Y. NJ. G..
A. On that last night In America the
association was serving the soldiers
IN the best OF ell ways--giying them
an opportunity to write home. On
previous nights they had enjoyed box
ing bouts. movies. concerts. dramatics
and a score OF healthy entertainments
as well as religious meetings But on
this last night home ties were strong.
est. And perhaps that is the keynote
OF the splendid work the Y. NJ. c. A.
is doing among our men in Uniform
keeping them in touch with home
Magic Words aWith the coIors."
In these times there are some let
tiers that mean more to US tnan any
we have ever read before. They are
written on sheets Of paper stamped
with the stars and Stripes and the
red triangle OF the Y NJ. G. A., and
they bear the magic words. with the
Co!ors. There are many more than
a million such letters In the mails now
while you read this Perhaps one at
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-16

cut Of money orders by which the mon
can send their pay home to their fam
lilies. In some OF the big camps tho
Y. N, c. A. is providing banking farll-
tiles for the men as well.
Do Your Biz With a TsnAer.
This month tNoyember) the Y. NJ.
G. A. must raise sS5,OO0.OOO to carry
on its work among our soldiers and
their allies until next July. or this
$35.0OO.O00 about 1874 900 900 will be
spent on the work with our own troops
or about $40 for every man in Uncle
Sans uniform. II everybody who has
received letters from soldiers and sail
ors were to contribute SO the task
would be easy, Are your boys health
and happiness and clean soul worth
$40 to you?
Your town mayor, Your pastor, your
school superintendent will know who
Is the treasurer Of the campaign com.
mittee in your county or town. Other.
wise send check or money order to
Cleveland H. Dodge. treasurer, 124
East Tweaty-eighth street. New York
city.
Only sacri1cial giving BY millions OF
siyera VIII make possible the eontin-
aancs Of this vast work Tor American
s1ltiers AID Tor these of our ailies.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-16

4 was evening on the broad
Hampstead Plain, Long Island,
where the Rainbow division las
spending its last night before embark.
ing for France 1t had been raining
hard in the afternoena cold, steady
autumn downpour and there was
nothing to suggest the rainbow in the
outward aspect OF the camp. Lines
and lines Of sodden canvas housed
$1,000 men, gathered from 81 different
states The ground was dotted with
-p0Dlssand qaagmires Under the wet
canvas It Eas aamp4aad cold with
penetrating chill Llt by alckeriBg
candles, the tentssweFe faEfro cheer
ful shelter for mans last night In
his native land
But there wers seven big tentG
where electric lights, numbers and
trlendliness made the night pleasant.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-16

part OF the word to another than sta
tistics can express Statistics are
/ pretty poor anyway when 1t comes to
reckoning in terms OF love and human
tenderness Let's put it this way:
That the Y. NJ. c. A. IS the biggest ex-
press company the world has ever
seen, and the parcels It is handling
are the loves and deyotions OF human
beings.
Worlds Best Loved Trademark.
This wGr ias made US think hard
and fast Your boy or your neigh
boris boy or some boy you know and
love has been called to do his share
in the big job OF policing the world foT.
democracy and human liberty, Is 1t
any comfort to you to know that wher-
ever his duty may call him your boy
will nave friend that will serve him
In body, mind and soul? Are you
glad to know that this friend will place
books and magazines at his disposal,
organize classes to teach him what
ever he wants to learn, give him
pocket testament and invite him to
Join religious meetings OF the faith
that he was brought up in? Did you.
realize that the association provides
athletic equipment for his favorlte.
games, teaches him games II he knowe
none and holds concerts, lectures.
movies, Bible classes, dramatic enter
tainments and every kind Of whole
some amusement to keep him interest.
ed1 Are you glad to know that this
friend will go with him overseas, HELP
to shield him from score OF difficult
and dangerous temptations and follow
him right up to the front line trench
and beyond it? Tue last contact the
soldier has with this life be loves SC
we'll is a cup OF tea. given him by the
Y. M. G. A. free just before he goes
"oyer the top" to hand to hand strug
gle with the enemy. And is he comes
totte-ing back from No Mans Land
wounded, but strong enough and
plucky enough to keep on his feet
even before bis wounds are dressed
the Y. NJ. c A. Is waiting for MIN with
tea and sweet chocolate, the great com
forts OF the man 10 the trenches. Do
you wonder that the Red Triangle Is
called the best loved trademark IN
the worldg4 One soldier in France has
called 1t the last evidence that any,
body cares"
II every thinking citizen could see
with his or her own eyes something
OF the actual work being done for our
men by the association there would be
no question OF the Y. NJ, @. A. having
to appeal to the public for money
Rather than let this essential work
falter for an instant rich men would
sell their meterears. poor men would
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-16
Canada's Aerial Armada.

If newspapers have 1t right, it is I'm.
lerstood that Canada has started to
spend the SSO,OOO,OOO recently set aside
for the aeronautical development and
aerial protection of the Dominion, and
soon will possess giant air fleet. The
Canadian plans call for $50 ayiators
always in active service, and at the
usual rate Of three machines to each
man there will have to be $40 ma
chimes ready at all times. AirpIane
factories and training camps are being
Scientific American.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-16


forego coveted possessions or even ne
cessities. The work must 30 on. be-
cause there is no one thing that con
tributes so mach tothe spirit and et-
nclency OF tbs troops. The Y. N. c.
A. Is working night and day to help
the government win this war. AND
every penny that Is given to aid tbs
work is direct assistance 70 this
health. happiness and strength OF your
boy and mine
Snapshots Of Kaleidoscope Work.
In all the big cities in France where
our men pass through in large mum
hess. the y. NJ. c. A. is operating
hostels; where they can get beds and
meals at a minimum cost. In Londoa
the American Y. NJ, G. A. mas erected
a large building for our soldiers and q
clubhouse for American officers.
There are Y. NJ. G. A. dugouts right
behind the front line trenches, where
the soldiers can get hot drinks, crack
srs and other comforts at all hours
Over 1900 men who had been reject
ed on account OF physical disability
have been abe to get into the British
army by reason Of the physical work
OF the British Y. NJ c. A.
A feet OF motor cars leaves the big
Y. NJ, c. A. headquarters in London at
midnight every night TO pick up sol
diers who are wandering about the
streets without any wholesome lodging
in which to spend the night. These
cars are operated by Engllshwomen
Of position and refinement. who report
that they never meet any discourtesy
ut the hands OF the soldiers. The Inn
portsnce OF this service can be esti-
mated by the fact that al least $4,000
soldiers are ON AeaVein@ Lend0naeVsry
week. over half Of these sheep In Z.
M.4C.-A@heds every night
EntsFtsISmsnt4o Vust seals.
The Y IN. c. A. has erected big
auditorium, seating 5000. in each Of
the big draft comps, and huge chautau-
qua tents, seating 2,500 in the other
sncampments. The association Il rum
ming a p week entertainment circuit
among -tha camps and il paying lS
conb&nfesf OF eptertstRsrS, who ere
travelling to 80 camps performing be
fore the men
In each OF the draft camps the Y,
M. G. A. has ten secretaries engaged
In educational work The association
is Aeeing to il that every man who
cannot speak English is taught to do
50. In many OF the camps the asso-
citation has a singing director, who is
teaching the msa to sing lhe popular
and martial airs that do so much to
keep up their spirits.
OF GA Y. NJ. G.. A. men at Camp
Dix only three are being paid full sal
aries. In all the camps the majority
If the Y. NJ. C. A. men have left lucra-
i've posit!ors to do this work simply
because its appeal is irresistible to
my red blooded man. Harry Lauder,
The famous Scotch singer and come
Han now on his farewell concert tour
n the United States, is giving all his
spare time to the service OF the asso.
cation and Is singing to the soldiers
At all the camps he can reach.
In one of the draft camps the Y. NJ.
:. A. is supervising athletics on 1870
playing fields, providing full athletic
equipment. The winners Of the inter
regimental games will play the cham
pions OF the other camps.
One Of the greatest services render
ed by the association is the making
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-16

least is on its way to you. Each one
OF cur Is eantonments, whore the new
national army is being trained, is
using more than million sheets OF
this paper every month. In the draft
army alone that means 100000 fila.
ments OF love every month reaching
out from the great encampment where
the men are being trained into the
greatest army thia nation has ever
dreamed aud binding them to the
hearts at home Multiply that by
thinking soitall the other places pWheFs
Uncle Sam has'8aen with the Nag lin
navy yards, on the high seas, Ia arse.
.aa,s and officers training camps and
@0Yer There" In France. ln all these
places men are writing homs. Those
anassum'ng little sheets OF aotepapeF
gladden. millions Of hearts a day.
They transfer more love from one
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-16

Lieut.. Ernest Pasehal of Fort 0glc-
thorpe spent Saturday and Sunday
in our town Ernest is graduate
CT the NJ C. l. and has many friends
here.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-16
Million Letters In the Mails Today
Bearing Magic Words with The COIOrs"
Keynote Of the Splendid Work the Y.MCA Does Among
Our Men In Uniform Is Keeping Them In
Touch With the Folks at Home.
STAMPED. WITH SIARs AND STRIPES AND RED TRIANGLE

Ways Which the Association Appeals Your Boy
Your Neighbours Boy, Some Boy You Know and Love
Creates Helpful Environment in Cantonmen Way Overseas
Front Line Trench and Beyond-Fr Aid He Comes
Toterg BackGye Your Share of the 100000 Required
Accomplish This Last Evidence That Somebody Cares.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-16
Anna Did Right
THE TIMES:

EDITOR THE TIMES:
In comment on "Todays Best
Love Story" | think Anna Doel-
man did right in keeping Burgess
writing.
She had good reason, and did
great job, and if he could not
wait he could have found him an
other, but you see he was too wise
to let a woman like that slip by.
Maybe both of them thought
there was still long time to DE
married, and it is not in this
country like European countries,
that people marry to raise a big
family, so | don't think he lost
a whole lot.
Now look at all the old bache-
Tors that have refused to make a
woman unhappy. How many IS
years they have lost and still are
losing because they read about
too many unhappy homes and
never can find a woman or get
one to suit them.
AN INTERESTED READER.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-16
Stayton's Charges

EDllOh IuE TIMES:
Permit me to call your atten-
ton to the Introductory para
graph to that immortal reply of
Daniel Webster to Robert Y.
| Hayne, which read as follows:
When the mariner has been
| tossed for many days in thick
weather, and on an unknown sea,
he naturally avails himself of the
first pause in the storm, the
earliest glance of the sun, to take
his latitude and ascertain how far
the elements have driven him from
his true course. Let us initiate
this prudence, and, before we
float farther on the waves of this
debate, refer to the point from
which we departed that we may
at least be able to conjecture
where we now are. / ask for the
reading of the resolution"
Mr.. Editor, have not you drift
lecture and lost yourself in the
fogs of irrelevency?
What are the facts raised by
that letter?
First, 1.-The Citizens league
does forever stand for the en-
forcement of the law and the
maintaining of order" Mr.. Edi-
tor, are you in favor of this? If
so, and | assume that you are,
what have you been saying that
tends to promote such condi-
ton in the department specifical-
| ly charged with the duty of en-
forcing the law?
Are not these the points
raised in the statement from the
letter as 1t appeared in the col
umns of your paper?
| First, it assumes, what We all
know to be fact, that we have
| law.
Second, that the league stands
for its enforcement.
Where do you stand, Mr.. Edi-
tor? Do you want the laws en-
forced? Have you directed your
efforts toward the question of
that enforcement? II not, why
not?
Third, allegations that houses
and blind pigs" have been raid
ed, violators arrested, convicted
and punished.
Is that true or not? For an
swer turn to the columns of your
own paper and read the record of
/ the police court as set forth
therein, and feel sure that you
will say TRUE.
Fourth, deal with the sheriff
alleged in which the "dry squads"
were to work together.
Was that true? II 80, why was
1T made? Why was 1t necessary
to invoke the aid of the county
officials in the enforcing of the
laws of our city7 What has been
the result OF this combine?
Again the answer is to be
found in your own columns and
as set forth there it would appear
to be true.
Now, Mr.. Editor, is IL not q
fact that the wanton and open
violation OF the law, that you so
convincingly set out, is matter
of vastly more Importance to the
citizens and taxpayers OF this city
than It As to find out the MEM
befship of the Citizens' league?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-16
MAYS Solution
EDITOR THE TIME!

EDITOR THE TIMES:
Should like to answer your in
quiry as to a cure for these men
who move In the underworld,
about which One Who Lives in
Orting wrote you the other day.
| suggest the men marry the
failing this, the woman should be
failing hits, the woman should be
allowed to swear who the father
of her child is, after its birth, es
she is the only one who knows,
and then this man should be put
in the pen in solitary confinement
for the rest of his life, II he lives
to be 100 years old or 1000.
Make it worse than murder.
Do not let 1t be a pardonable sin.
Let them suffer the rest of their
lives as the poor girls must. The
girl should be allowed $50 a
month for her needs, $40 for gro
ceries, ETC., $40 for house rent.
clothes for two, doctor bills or any
other necessities of life; this to
be given her from any income or
property the man has, or II he is
worthless altogether, then surely
she needs mothers pension from
the state as any widowed mother
needs it.
This wee amount of money
would never tempt a girl for any
gain she might get, and such pun
ishpent might induce men to use
girls and women, girls especially,
with more respect if it were rigid
ly followed up, not by execution,
hanging, ETC., but really solitary
confinement for the rest of their
days, and pay the girls keep the
rest of her days if he fails to mar
ry before birth of the babe and
use the mothers right as well as
the babes.
Have officers to see this is done,
preferably women, and women
who have suffered and know all
there is to suffer.
If you publish this, do so in full
and sign MAY
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-16
EDITOR THE TIMES

EDITOR THE TIMES:
AS the readers of the daily pa
pers are treated to great deal of
hot air from the head of the po-
lice department and Citizens
league as to the amount of drunk
enness as compared with a year
ago, perhaps the readers of The
Times would like a word from one
on the inside who knows of what
| he speaks.
Though | know this is not the
kind of information you like to
get, still | hope you will give it
the same prominence you did the
statement from Chief Smith, and
the Citizens league.
! have no doubt but the chief is
doing as well as anyone could do
working under the same handicap,
as the department was utterly
torn to pieces before it was turned
over to him.
Now, as one who was in a posi-
! ton to know, | want to correct a
statement made by the chief as to
conditions in January, 1916.
The first day the dry law was
in effect, orders were posted in
the squad room and also read to
all Officers reporting for duty to
arrest all persons found drunk
and send them to the station
send none home; and ! want to
state right here that these orders
were carried out, while at the
present time no one is arrested il
he or she can be gotten rid of in
any other manner, as every arrest
swells the records and looks bad
for those who are supposed to
stop the illegal sale of liquor.
And still the arrests for drunk
enness are many times greater
than a year ago when all DRINKS
were brought in and held for court
in spite of the fact that hundreds
of gallons of booze were held over
from the wet period.
Now the facts are, the men,
bers of the department are pulling
/ against each other.
Men with no ability and no in
L clination to work are put at the
head of the department, while men
with good records are put back,
thus creating jealousy, each Off
Ger afraid to trust another or
afraid they might make an arrest
that would antagonize the head of
! the department.
And whether you believe it or
not, at least one of the best men
that ever walked a beat on the
streets of Tacoma was discharged
! for no other reason.
l wish to say in conclusion that
we have some mighty good officers
if they are given chance, and
what they need is a good head, one
who knows the men and can or
ganize them so as to attain the
highest standard of efficiency.
Such man could take dozen
good men and accomplish more
than the entire department does
working under present conditions.
This is my first effort at writing
letter for publication, and l am
not writing this out of prejudice,
but do think that people should
know the facts in the case.
/ first thought | would sign my
name to this, but work is not so
plentiful as it might seem.
ONE ON THE INSIDE
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-16
A Special Selling Event Of New
Spring Suits, Dresses, Millinery

tition at the beginning of the sea-
son. Why shouldn't |, then, enjoy
the wonderful success of Taco
mas patronage? Women are
quick to observe good values, and
1t certainly looks as though the
women of Tacoma appreciate the
high grade merchandise that they
buy here at such extremely low
prices"
Blackman's message to Tacoma
women is told in an interesting
manner on page .. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-16

How can Blackman afford to
sell such remarkable Spring
Wearing Apparel for women at
such low prices? A question
that Mr.. Blackman answers in
his own way: Il have cut out all
filigrees-all fancy fixtures
costly showcases, and last, but not
least, high rent. This enables me
to do business for less than half
the cost of street level store, to
undersell all ground floor compe
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-16

charges that have been made
by MIR. Stayton.
Evidence from every 9th
err source would show the
condition to be the opposite
Of what he paints It.
Until he produces facts to
back his accusations no one
I'm Tacoma will take them
seriously.
He did not make them un-
til one of his Citizens
leaguers was dropped from
the police force by Commits
sfoner Petit, and he makes
the charges apparently for
the sole reason Of rets iiation
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-16
IF WAR COMES, W0ULDLE1
u. s. take DISTILLERIES

Conversion of liquor manufac-
tories into munitions plants is de-
signed in the bill. Either the
president or the secretary Of war,
probably the former, would be
given power to commander all
distilleries in time of national
emergency. Power also would be
given either to regulate the hours
of saloons or to close them alto
gether.