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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-19

OF everything.
Strange and wonderful are these VIII
liars,
But they are also nuisances They
keep a community in a state of unrest
and excitement. They paint the public
mind with unfair suspicion, and they
make pleasant shadows seem grew
some and forbidding..
The war liar ought to be suppressed.
Il you run across one, brand him, and
turn him aloose for the public to look
upon in mingled scorn ad amusemet
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-19

The Germans are now figuring on
doing a little fishing in the middle
o. tie streets Of Venice But, if we
remember correctly, they also figured
on eating a Christmas dinner in Paris.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-19

Regarding the railroad crisis now
pending, we just wish to say that if
there Is any strike President Wilson
M.ill do the striking-and we predict
thai he'll hit hard!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-19

A soldier in New oYrk city shot Z
woman because she had flirted with
him, and then killed himself. He
killed the wrong one.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-19

We see that the woman's vote is
now being referred to as the silent
vcte,'' but but we do not understand
why.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-19

From the EnQuirer-Sun we learn
that Columbus Feathered Chickens
Win More Prizes?'' Why specify the
feathered kind?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-19

When you come to think of it that
a hen spends an entire day working
to lay an egg, four cents apiece is not
so much to pay for it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-19

The Savannah News says that talk
ing too much is unpatriotic. 1t is
also unwise.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-19
PARAGPAPHICALLY SPEAKING

Have you a little war liar in you
town?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-19

Some men don't think the office
can get along without them until they
go off for vacation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-19

When we hear man say that he
attributes his success to pluck, we
wonder whom he plucked.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-19

French premiers now are almost /"
frequent as Russian revolutions.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-19
WASHINGTON CAMP, NO. Ii,
p, O, 8. OF A,

Il % b UF A
Meets every first and third Monday
nights in P. O. S. of A. Hall, No. 21$
Lamar St. All members In good stand
ing invited to attend. Beneficiary certi-
fcates from $4,000 to 100000 issued
to members of this camp.
T. E. CASTLEBERRY, President
0. D. REESE, Recd'g. sec'y,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-19

Office Houre 10 to IL and to A.
Hereafter when absent from our Of
fee or homes, calls left at Hooks
Pharmacy, Telephone rs, will re-
ceive prompt attention.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-19

Americus, Georgia, November 10, 1917
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-07-26
Monday, August 6
"sLoTH"
90 Reels Of Intensely Interesting Pictures

Every Man, Woman and Child Should See
Buy Book of Tickets for Each Member of 70
Family and See These Pictures FREE. Have yo
Tickets Reserved at the Raymer Pharmacy.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20
CURRENT COMMENT.

THE government of Sweden stands
accused of crime against interna-
tional honor which in years to come
may prove almost as hard to forgive
as the offenses of the Germans. De-
nunciation of Berlin's duplicity is laid
squarely at the door of an irresponsi-
Bile autocracy; but there is no such
excuse as that in the case of the
Swedes, who control their own gov
eminent. 1t is difficult to imagine a
more dismal treachery than that of
n neutral government using its en-
bassy's cipher code to direct bellig-
erents military and naval movements.
The only course the Swedes can take
to regain the worlds confidence is the
immediate reputation of their cab
met. Disavowal of the acts of Count
Luxburg by the German government
will not change the moral judgment
of the world. The same sort of plot
ting has gone on wherever there are
German agents. The honor which is
supposed to bind diplomats apparent
ly has no meaning for the governing
;antocracy in Berlin. But a govern
.merif which committed the crime
against Belgium, which resorted to
unrestricted submarine warfare, and
which permits the bombing of hospi-
tails can hardly be expected to observe
the obligations under which its agents
are accorded the hospitality of neutral
countries,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

MYTH the general terms of the draft
law, most of the nation is in ac-
cord. Short shrift has been made of
those who opposed it openly and vio-
lently and the government is now
rounding up those who seek to OBJ
struct it by stealthy and seditious
methods. But one provision of the
law has ranked with many persons,
some of whom have been bold enough
to voice their complaints in the public
prints. That is the provision which
exempts divinity students from SER
vice. To many it seems unjust and
unwarranted. OF the exemption of
ministers, whose ability as organizers
of relief work of one kind or another,
there may be some justification, but
SO far as we can see there is no ex-
cuse for exemption of the divinity
student, the embryo clergyman who
has not yet taken up his work. Even
among the ministers there are many
who have volunteered as fighting men,
gone into the training camps and won
commissions as line officers instead of
as chaplains. This is righteous war,
so far as our part in it is concerned.
Those who are fighting against the
Huns are doing more for humanity
and the future of religion than
divinity student is likely to accom-
plish during his seminary course and
even after. Part of the freedom for
which America is fighting is religious
liberty, and who more fittingly can
defend that privilege than these same
divinity students? Aside from that
the divinity student is entitled to no
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

Nate and kids hurried to the roadside
10 see 1t rush by at speed of per-
maps SIX miles an hour-that is, it
ana If a breakdown didn't occur, and
"nich probably did? This question
IS inspired by the sight of several
hundred motor cars parked along
MAN street and all the side streets
saturday night. The cars ranged from
lsof coughing "one-lungers" to clas-
sic hmousines. 1t was certainly a
signe and spelled prosperity in great
big capital letters.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

IN was a real inspiration that led
somebody connected with the gov
eminent to think of extending the bu-
reau of war risk insurance to cover
not only marine and seamen's insur-
ance, but military and naval insurance
as well. The plan was evidently in
the line of modern thought. Definite
insurance is everywhere replacing hit
or miss charity. The Civil war PEN
sion system had never operated salts
factorily. To substitute an insurance
plan for it was to replace an obso-
lete and unjust system with a modern
and just one.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

more consideration than the farmers
son, the merchants son, the profess
sional mans son or the common labor
er's son. Just now, in forming the
first draft quota, the country is liberal
in exemption along all lines, but it is
apparent that there must be tight
ening of the rules when later quotas
are called. And before those draft
quotas are called there will be time
for some adjustments in the draft
regulations which seem to come with
in the scope Of our boosted democ-
racy and justice.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

OF course girl won't believe this,
but she can get beautiful COM
plexion by steaming her face over
the washtub, wringing out the clothes
makes the arms plump, hanging out
the clothes on the clothes line in
creases the bust measurement, stoop-
ing to pick up the clothes makes the
waistline smaller, and carrying them
into the yard makes the limbs firm
and shapely.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

IF the senate approves of the action
of the house in passing the new rev.
enue measure, another wave of popu-
lar approval will sweep the country.
The measure will cost John d. half of
his Income. The more he makes the
more Uncle Sam will receive for his
war chest. So even if gasoline goes
TO so cents a gallon, don't be down
hearted.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

THE old family horse has been sent
to the discard. There is no place
for him any more in the affections of
the young people of the family. He
is too slow for the rising generation,
although they may admit that he is
safe. Some of them feel Inundated
to be discovered driving behind him
by the engineer of the 60-horse power
Internal machine which passes him by
as if he was standing still. And so
Old Joe is turned over to the tender
mercies of the farm hands, to be hitch
ed only to the heavy farm wagon or
the farm machinery and to be beaten
and kicked when the task laid out
for him is beyond his physical
strength.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

bombs bursting and splinters and
whole shells flying everywhere in the
vicinity. The atmosphere was full
of smoke and resounding with metal
lie whines. Out of shack hard by
came darby, loaded to the water
line with kit, blankets, rifle, etc, and
up the road he dangled. "Herel
Where are you going?" shouted an
officer. 81 amt goin', suh," painted
the darby. "Pse gone"
z Z q
Remember only few years ago
when you announced excitedly to the
family, There comes another of them
gol darned AUTOMOBILES" and you and
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

JUST stop and consider how they can
" fool us. Only few months ago
Mayor Bill Thompson of Chicago was
prominently mentioned as candidate
for president. The things that don't
happen are the ones that save the
country.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20


MOT much longer than twenty
years ago Jerry Simpson-Sock-
less Jerry they called him-was a
commanding figure in the Populist up
rising in Kansas. After his election
he became a commanding figure in
congress. One of the arguments he
made in his campaign speeches at that
time was that the farmer should re-
ceive a dollar a bushel for his wheat.
He said that if the town people would
not pay that much for wheat the
farmers should let the grass grow in
the main streets of the towns. There
may be some of the formerly of Kan
sas people here in Gem county who
cheered those sentiments. But now
if Jerry were alive and should stand
up and say the farmers should be
with dollar a bushel for
wheat he would be mobbed before
shutdown. Just what Jerry would have
% do were he among us now is hard
% figure out. Our Republican and
,ur Democratic friends have so out
Popped anything Jerry ever did do
n those halcyon days that the mind
'efuses to be governed when it is
urned loose on retrospection.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

TOO little attention is paid the mat
ter of English in the common
schools and in the secondary as well.
Because it is our mother tongue we
are prone to believe we know it from
youth up. Not one scholar in 100 is
a good reader at sight, even in high
schools. After studying lesson
carefully it is rare indeed that a
teacher hears it read with an express
sion that means intelligent under
standing of the subject matter. For
eigners say it is the most difficult of
all languages, even the Chinese being
simple in comparison. That being
true, it would seem that it might be
properly given much more emphasis
in the course of study. The man who
knows the English language thor
oughly has the worlds knowledge at
his command. One of the curiosities
of that language is the word "cast."
1t has only four letters, but Webster
gives it SO definitions to which are
added az standings of minor varia-
tions. One can devote much time
to the study of English and then not
know enough to hurt.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

of these folks foolish enough to give
me my price"
z Z z
Poets may sing of the exquisite
odors of the springtime, with its vio-
let's and apple blossoms, but we would
lay the laurel wreath at the feet of
the odors of autumn, where just in
strolling down the street there comes
the spicy scent, of tomato relish, the
tang of picklesso or the soothing smell
of preserves, all bearing promises of
fulfillment.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20
TALES OF TOWN
THE wEAvERS.

THERE'S not tear in their dismal
eyes,
The yellow teeth grin as the shuttle
flies;
ooh, Germany, it's shroud for your
hearse-
We weave and weave with threefold
curse
We weave, we weave.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

A LII the distilleries in the United
States have closed down. The sup
ply of liquor on hand will last two
years, provided the authorities can
maintain the embargo against ship
ments from Nevada and California, or
even get Sheriff Pfost to sleep a cou-
pie of hours day.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

,
Not all of our sorrows his heart coul'
wiring;
He EFFORTS our last penny FOR thron'
and crown;
AS If we were ours, he shoots us down
We weave, we weave.
A curse on our treacherous fatherlanC
Where shame and falsehood in honor
stand,
Where never flower at fruitage ar
rives,
Where the worm of rot and putres-
essence thrives-
We weave, we weave.
The shuttle is flying, now whirs the
Night and day we weave the doom;
Oh, Germany, tits shroud for your
We weave and weave with a threefold
curse
We weave, we weave.
Translated from the German of
Heinrich Heine.
The patriot goes without saying
The pacifist says without going.
If you never make any enemies,
your friendship is hardly worth MAX
ing.
The biggest failure of all is the
man who has got nothing out of
life but money
Some men are Democrats at heart
and others want government jobs The
same might truthfully be said of Re-
publicans.
If our soldiers were as slow in
obeying orders as the wheat and coal
dealers, none of them would be in
uniform yet.
While the matter of the Hon. Won
illness is matter of
deep concern to us, we shall try to
bear up cheeifully.
& & 4
That nature is kind is proven by
The fact that the bald spot on mans
head usually is where he cannot see
t, unless he looks in a mirror.
4 4 4
If man doesn't get along very well
lis wife says he has had hard luck,
and things have gone against him, but
f she gets behind with her work he
iays she is a poor manager.
A little boy was told this week that
he was soon to start to school. That
afternoon he disappeared for two
hours and when he returned said he
lad been over to the schoolhouse and
lad picked out his room.
No doubt it's far cry from corset
over to baking dish. Nevertheless
he average man is at loss to know
which his wife is talking about when
he announces the purchase of a new
amisole.
A member of the school board who
.nows what he is talking about says
is a lucky bunch of kids who will
axe instruction from such a good
ooking corps of schoolmarms as the
Emmett schools have employed this
ear.
"Lots of those Portland folks set
p till midnight every night of the
World" asserted farmer who had
zen to the big burg to market a
arload of hogs. "Criminy," returned
is neighbor. "They must have ter
IDLE sight of chores to do after sup
err"
If he were to tell the truth, the av-
rage married man would confess that
fe's proudest moments are those con-
umed by his wife in praising him for
is skill when he wipes the dishes,
,akes bed or empties the slop buck
t when she is trying to get off to
hnrch Sunday mornings.
= 4 Z
The shortage of young men at the
olleges this year seems to be really
erious. One girl who will take
purse this year was asked the other
ay what she would do with her time
lis winter, and she replied that she
uessed there was nothing to do but
Judy.
George was hampered by a mother :
hose idea of goodness was cleanli-
ess. Notwithstanding the frequent
aths to which he was condemned,
Gorge thrived exceedingly well. One
~ neighbor remarked on his rapid
rowth. "Yes," said George, "that's
as fault; she waters me too much"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

stone jars from half to thirty gsI
Ions ct Rsilly'a
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

SENATOR GORE says he will resign
if Wilson will. Doubtless the his
toric bull would have agreed to stay
off the railroad track if the engine
would, too.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

The ammunition factory had blown
up. Cordite was blazing, shells and
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

No doubt it's far cry from a corset
cover to baking dish. Nevertheless
the average man is at loss to know
which his wife is talking about when
she announces the purchase of a new
camisole.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

The biggest failure of all is the
man who has got nothing out of
life but money
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

A man was approached the other
day with an offer of work at SO a
day. eve got my price set for $3.50
a day." he said, "and can't work
for no less" "Well, why amt you out
at work now?" he was asked. "Huh,"
he answered, "cause there amt mono
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

''Lots of those Portland folks set
up till midnight every night of the
world" asserted farmer who had
been to the big burg to market a
carload of hogs. "Criminy," returned
his neighbor. "They must have a ter
rible sight of chores to do after sup
per-"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

A member of the school board who
knows what he is talking about says
it's lucky bunch of kids who will
take instruction from such a good
looking corps of schoolmarms as the
Emmett schools have employed this
year.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

A little boy was told this week that
he was soon to start to school That
afternoon he disappeared for two
hours and when he returned said he
had been over to the schoolhouse anc
had picked out his room.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-20

The patriot goes without saying
The pacifist says without going.
4 q q
If you never make any enemies,
your friendship is hardly worth max
ing.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-07-11
FISHERMEN MAY
 NOT BE TAKEN
Men Working in Alaskan Fish Can neries Needed More in the
 North

The Association of Fisheries of the Pacific coast has taken up with the department of war the question of eX- empting Alaska fishermen of eligible age from registration or conscription. The department has answered that Governor Strong has the matter in hand. Some ten thousand or fifteen thousand men of registration age, the Association says, are employed in can neries and the fish industry generally in Alaska and may be unable to regis ter, and it is asked that when these men neturn in the fall they shall not be left open to accusation as slackers. It is also suggested that as food pro- ducers they are more useful as fishers than Soldiers.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-07-11
SEWARD SNAPSHOTS

Members of the Masonic party who intended to return by Turnagain Arm were forced to return to Anchorage from Potter Creek yesterday on ac- county of rough weather on the Arm. They will come to Seward on the Alaska.
 M. Imhoff, of Kent, Washington, who is interested in mining property at Moose Pass, and Mrs. ImhoT, ar rived oN the Alaska and will be here during the summer season.
 -:-
 Mayor Mcdonald left for westward on the Alaska to inventory the stocks of goods in stores recently purchased by the McDonalds from Dr. Kyvig. E. E. Ritchie, attorney of Valdez, arrived on the Alaska on legal busi- ness.
 Mat Ryan, left fielder for the Sew ard team, left for his place on the railroad at Mile 52 this morning. Mat has a bad knee as a result of sprain- ing it in the Cordova game.
 <
 Frank Young is out at Kern creek inspecting ties and piling for Resident Engineer Tichner.
 The tug King Fisher will ieave this afternoon for Cook Inlet with the barge Louisiana.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-07-11
GOOD CLEANUP
 FOR MATHISON CO.

Robert MathiSon, of the MathiSon Mining Co.,, of Hope, has made four clean-ups on ground they are hydraul- icking which amounted to $2300. Jack Hersey, he says, at the head of Pal mer creek, has worked through fault and again picked up his rich quartz lead and has a small stamp mill on the property.
 Mathison declared that the princi- pal need of his section is a good wag- on road to Sunrise. The cost of get ting in supplies at the presnt time makes mining operations expensive Mir. Hersey figures that he must have quartz running $1OO to the ton to make it pay under present conditions.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-07-11
FOURTEEN REGISTER
 IN FIRST HOUR
 OVER AT CORDOVA

The registration for Selective draft started in Cordova at one o'clock on the afternoon of July 6, and A. A. Cloninger was the first person to en- roll. Howard Ballard was the second on the list.
 During the first hour fourteen reg istered. in the following order: A. A. Cloninger, Howard Ballard, Harvey R, Blumenstein, Charles Bannworth John Brabazon, Howard Galbraith Joe J. Rosie, George N. Phinney, Ar vie Larson, Richard E. Lewis, James C. Clark, r. l. Walt, Clarence E. Wink Ter, E. V. Boyle.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-07-11
EXPORTS FALL
 FOR FIRST HALT
Interruption in Copper Shipment Causes Big Increase Due
 Soon

A statement of the value of the exports from Alaska fields for the six months ending June 30th, 1917, has been prepared by Collector of Customs J. F. Pugh and shows that the value of the goods shipped out from Alaska amounted to $22 2,S63, ,22O. This amount is approximately two million dollars less than the exports for the cores bonding period of last year, but this fact is due to the interruption of rail traffic between the Kennecott mine and Cordova but a tremendous increase is expected in the last part of the year.
 The statement as issued in detail follows:
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-07-11
DRIVE |. ". w. MEMBERS
 FROM ARIZONA TOWN

JEROME, Ariz., July 11.-CitizenS drove the Industrial Workers of the World out of town yesterday. The Workers" who have been active in the copper strike, made no resistance.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-07-11

If your sweet tooth is your wisdom tooth you will buy your candy at the Key. H
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-07-11

2 c. Kodak, Jr., Kodak s12.0O-- Seward Drug Go.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-07-11

Household furniture for sale-Cable Office. tf
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-07-11
E5T;I3SIsfT7 5 7Szs

Watch our ads at the "Movie" house. Brown & Hawkins, Quality First"
 Andy's Express, phone Madison 1AS. City Express meets all boats and trains. Phone Maine 122.
 Meet me at The Branch.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-07-11

Ask your grocers for Seward Bakery Bread.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-07-11

Old papers for sale in bundles of 100 for ten cents. Apply at Gateway.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-07-11
QUARTZ STRIKE BY
 M. A. ELLIS REPORTED

F. w. Barr, who brought the body oe R. w. Feltham out from McDougal, reports that NJ. A. Ellis had recently made a valuable quartz discovery on the benches of Thunder creek and that he would do considerable development work along the bench lines this sum mer.