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The Washington times., 1917-12-15
Tonrrocc What It
OOHSAOOOD Did Yesterday
CoOrdnahng and Educational Work by Senate Committees
Claus Spreckes on the Stand in the Survey Of the Sugar
Famine Conservation" Bills in the Senate Fitzgerald on
Courage and Judgment
Photo by International
By W. v. BYARS.

ness: He has written a summary OF
ms information on the sugar situa-
tlon for the Committee on Manu-
tactures. It is considered highly
educational by the surveyors of the
situation.
The House passed the postoffice
appropriation bill yesterday and fol-
lowed it by passing and sending to
the Senate the urgency appropria-
tion bill, authorizing the President
to use the unexpended balance on
the emergency fund of 100000 900
provided by the act of April IL,
1917. AS it was for the national
security and Defense" there was no
objection whatever from any quarter
to its immediate passage. II gave
opportunity, however, for the patri-
otlc Republican sunporters of the
Administration to "save their parti-
san exceptions" for use in the Long
Hereafter.
Speaking on the item for Food
and Fuel Administrations, to which
he promised his support, Mr.. Moore,
Of Philadelphia, deplored reports
that New England Industries were
shutting down for lack of fuel, while
he had been informed of barge-loads
of coal, lying in the Delaware, i'm
movable. He understood that the
tugs which usually move them had
been "commandeered." At times
any one who did not know that Mr..
Moore was merely deploring might
have thought he was denouncing.
When Mr.. Fitzgerald OF New York
called up the emergency appropria-
ton bill his friends in the House
from which he is retiring, sprang
complete surprise on him. A letter
from Republican Leader Mann eulo-
gizing him was read, followed by trib-
utes from Speaker Clark and Messrs
Gillett, Sherley and Madden. Rec
ord-breaking applause followed as he
began to thank the House for its
favor and to regret his departure.
He was deeply touched. He repaid
the House by saying at least one
thing no statesman ever
learns except by experience-that
IL takes Courage to have and use
Personal Judgment.
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Major General CroZler, Chief OF
Ordnance, gave the Senate Commit
tee on Military Affairs further in
formation in its survey Of the war
Yesterday. His examination on the
shortage of machine guns and re-
lated subjects was carried on in ex-
ecutive session. Had it been an open
hearing, interest in it might have
been dwarfed by the educational pro-
ceedings of the Senate Committee
on Manufactures in its survey Of the
sugar famine.
Claus H. Spreckels. president Of
the National Sugar Refining Com
pany, who was before the commit
tee all day, volunteered no infOrma-
ton, but answered at once every
question asked bv Chairman Reed,
Senator Vardaman, Senator Lodge,
and other members of the commit
tee. He spoke rather slowly and
with a directness which may have
surprised those who were not pre-
pared for the educational scope Of
the Survey" as he contributed to
it from his standpoint.
From memory and from docu-
ments he gave the production and
prices of raw sugar (cane and beet)
in America and the world, showing
the supply this year undiminished.
He assertel without qualification
that there was no raw sugar short
age to account for hardships for the
consumer. The sugar produced was
"ample." He left the responsibility
for hardship to consumers between
the way in which the supply of raw
sugar is "allocated" by the food ad-
ministration and the price fixed on it,
attributing it from his own expert
ence directly to the price-fixing
which prevented him from buying
his raw sugar.
The Senate yesterday passed by
a vote of 46 to Is, the Shields bill
for leasing the motor power of all
the streams of the country to private
capitalists, who will convert water
power into electricity for sale to the
public in American cities and towns
under fifty-year leases. Senator
Cummins said he favored the prin-
ciples of the bill, and wished that
it might have been safeguarded by
proper amendments. Senator Poin-
dexter of Washington said that the
powers of the State and national
governments should have been fully
co-ordinated to prevent the possi-
bility of extortionate rates to the
public. He also considered the fifty
year permit system indefinite, be
cause of the possibility of equity
proceedings which might be pro-
tracted indefinitely, with the leases
still in possession. The bill begins
with a revolutionary change from all
precedents of the past. The "Old
Order" died quietly. All concerned
Hope for the Best
Senator Broussard Of I,ouisiana is
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SPECIAL NOTICES

WILL BE OPEN from a. m. to II D. m.
daily to assist registrnnts swearing to
questionnaires. GEO. J. GIGER, Pharrnacist
and Notary Public sth and ". Z. Is
MAKE speciality OF preparing and ac-
knowl dying frcome Tax returns-after IAN
uary hrst LORENZO O. WAKEFIELD, No
tary Public. lll4 VI st. N. W. North Il5s
Draft afhdavits free. Il
NOTICE Is hereby given that the Annual
Me ting OF tho stockholders OF the Wash
ington American League Baseball Club will
be held In the office OF tho club. Southern
Building. Washington, D. C., on Wednesday.
January ?. 1918. at l. O'Clock noon, for the
purpose OF e'ecting Board OF Dir ctors for
the ensuing year. and for such other business
as may be properly brought before said meet
ing. EDWARD J. WALSH, Secretary. Is
WE ORGANIZE corporations ready to do
business under Delaware or D. c. laws at
lowest rates for further particulars address
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DRAFT BLANKS co
OUT TTO9,OOO,OOO
BEGINNING TODAY

All men who applied for en-
listment in the army before
noon today are listed as volun-
teers, even though the process Of
recruiting cannot be finished un-
I'll later, Secretary of War Baker
has ruled.
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Deathh

Margaret Dawson. 5 yrs.. S11 ca. ave. n. ~
Geerge W. Monroe, % yrs, st. EiizAbeth'B
Hos.
Amira N. Caruana, 9e yrs., 1S6 F1A- avs
n. ".
Nellie T. Williams. IS yrsL. ~ 18th st. q ~
smith NJ Chappell, 70. yrs, Siblsy Hos.
Oscar n. Huguely. 81 yrs. ISIS Sth st. n. ~.
Roy D. Grifnn, "a Yrs. Emergency Hos.
Robert Petit, % yrs, Srd and H sts. n. ..
Ethyl Harisan. II yrs, Homeopathic Hos
Michael Brill, 50 yrs, I157 Z7rd st n. W.
Sarah A. Mcdonald, 20 yrs, I73 Fla ave.
n. ".
Martha W. Ballinger. 4S yrS.. Garfield Hos-
Lillian NJ Watson, 1 mo-, 1s22 Galsn st. q ..
William Floyd, ID yrs., Garfield Hos.
James Z. Fleming, y yrs, 28 N. 7. ave
n. ".
Lucy Coleman, 20 Yrs, EmerEsncy Hos.
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FORMER CARS ELDEST
DAUGHTER REPORTED ILL

PETROGRAD. Dec. 15.-Olga Ro-
manoff. eldest daughter OF Nicholas
former car OF Russia, Is
reported seriously Ill at the Romanoft
home in Tobolsk, Siberia
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COMMITTEE
UNDERBYRNS
TODECIDE ON
CLERKS PAY

Settlement Of the question OF sal
ary increases for Government en-
ployes at this session of Congress
will rest with a subcommittee Of
which Congressman Joseph W. Byrns
of Tennessee will be chairman, ac-
cording to arrangements being made
today by Mr.. Byrns and Congress
man Sherley of Kentucky, who sue
ceeds to the craftsmanship Of the
House Appropriations Committee
upon the retirement of Chairman
Fitzgerald at the end of this month.
Mr.. Byrns will then become the
senior majority member of that COM
mittee.
Congressman Byrns is now chair
man Of the subcommittee on appro-
priations having in charge the legis-
lative, executive and judicial supply
bill, and it is likely that this sub
committee, rather than a new one
with Mr.. Byrns at the head, will be
authorized to hold exhaustive hear
ings and determine on a standard
scale Of increase for all Federal EN-
ployes.
Urges Temporary Raise Now.
It IL the view of Congressman Sher-
ley that the full Appropriations Com
mittee should not take up the time
required for hearings on the proposed
increase provided for in the Heating
and Huddleston bills, because of the
vast amount Of work incident to the
war that It must do. While in SYM
pathy with the general proposition
for a revision upward OF Federal sala-
ries, Mr.. Sherley feels that any Ques-
tion of a change in the base pay
standards for the clerks Is OF such a
complicated and important character
that nothing should be done now,
with the time OF Congress taken up
in supplying the sinews for the
prosecution of the war. Therefore,
he believes that a temporary emerg-
ency Increase. necessary owing to the
high cost OF living and war condi-
tions. with which he is in sympathy.
should be worked out on q standard
fEed basis through a subcommittee.
working on the theory that tho
Byrns subcommittee will have jur-
isdiction, plans are already under
way for hearings on the Keating bill
which represents the demands pro
nus1 1e1 ny 'ne 6Nieft'Sn Heoer@-
-'O "a
Bre"nio" seekA u u hAse.
commissioner LOUIS bro"nlo" spent
the enure oay yesterday oetore the
subcommittee on appropriations Tor
the Distriet presenting estimates Tor
the conduct OF the District govern
ment for the next fiscal year, and
urged a substantial increase In the
base pay for city employees to bring
them to a par with Federal en-
ployes,
Although the session was closed 10
the public. II became known that the
wage question was gone into thor
ouEhly, with Commissioner Rrownlow
earnestly advocating the base nay in
crease for the District without refer
ence to any emergency increase con-
templated for Federal and District
employees alike. With Commissioner
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"ALIA1kE HaCCu8CMs
John V. Golden, a. and Hettie N sooaks.
Is, both OF Washington, d. O. The Rev.
John r. Buekmaster.
Charles L. Collins, .. Of Fort AIysr. Va,
and Mary B. Bush, q. Of Winchester Va
The Rev. J. Henning NSlms.
Charles W. Hesch. 81, and Mabel F. Filler. 5,
both Of Pittsburgh, Pa. The Rev. @. ".
Van Fossen.
Hans Mauret 3. Of Chevy Chase. Nd, and
TeresA Louise Moore, 5. The Rev. ThomAs
g. Smyth-
James B. Desrs, q. Of FankinE Branch. ".
Bryan.
James Nicolas VIM Mcclure. q, Of Fort
SUI, Okla, and LemlrR Katharine GIllstt-
Hill, q. OF Washington, d. c. The RsY
Roland Cotton Smith
Charlie s. Chinault, Il, and Thslma Louiss
Rev. John H. Jeifries.
Daniel W. Carpenter, %. and Florence Z.
Hospital. 70. both OF Washington, d. C.
The Rev. ]. HenninE Nelms.
Archibald 8. Webb, 81. OF Vienna, Va, ana
Virginia G. Tubman. IS. Of Washington, D.
G. The Rev. Harry d. Mitchell.
John G. Roe. 2S. OF Pittzneld, Mas, ana
Mary C. Ester. q. OF wakhington, d. c.
The Rev. II. J. Riordan.
Lucien ouintus Harris, 3, OF Berkeley, Cal,
and Ora Coyan, 2, OF Oakland. Cal. The
Rev. Earle wiiney.
L. Edmonds. n. and Bette B. Hansbsrry, n
Tbs Rev. E. Thomas Bruadus.
Bell: 2. and Alice Chase. .. -Ths Raw.
W. Westray.
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DEATHS

BEnsTEIN-on Saturday. Deesmber Is.
1911. at her residence, 81 rwenty-third street
noEthw, st, MARIE tnee Cordesl, beloved
wife OF Christian Beilstein.
Notice Of funeral hereafter. IS
CARSON-Ou Thursday, Decsmber u, 1911, At
the residence OF his daughter. Mrs. James
c. Hoover. - Adams street northwest, ROB
ERT, beloved husband OF Margaret Z. Car
son tnee August rfer).
Funeral from the residence Of his dAuKh-
ter on Saturday, December Is. At o'clock
p. m. Relatives and friends invited. In
tsrIn' ut private. '1t
CERMANUs-At Eddington, Pa. December
IL. Brother GERMANUS, former President
Of St. Johns College
The alumni and friends Of the college are
invited to attend the funeral Monday next
At Ammendais. Nd. Solemn nAss Of re-
QUEEN al ~. 10
PowELL-At his late residCnee. 500 SIX
teenth street northwest, on Friday, Decem-
Der "a, 1917. HENRY SPENCER POWELL
Funeral services At 81. Matthews Church,
Rhode Island avenue, Monday, December II,
at a. m. "B
wALsKY-On Saturday. December Is, M,
at $50 q m. at her residence. 3S2s Conneo-
ticut av' nue. northwest. ROSA widow OF
the late Norris wAlaxy beloved mother Of
Mrs d II. Rosen. Zach walslEy, Mrs B. y
Welchler. OF Pittsburgh, Ars. A. Saks and
Mrs J. Rosenburg.
Notice OF funeral later. kindly omit hou-
ers. rs
UNDERTAKES
J. WILLIAM LEE,
UNDERTAKEN AND LIVERY.
g. Pa ave n. w
Telephone N. las5. WASHINGTON. D. g.
FLORAL DESIGNS
FUNERAL DESIGNS
or Every Description-AOdsrats PrEaa.
GCDE,
1915 + ST, y. ".
The Washington times., 1917-12-15

Senator Broussard Of Louisiana is
kept away from the Senate by ILL.,
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Vital Records.

The following births and deaths
have been reported to the Health De-
partment during the last twenty-four
hours:
BlPfhs.
Cary r. and Mary Wagner, boy.
J. Earnest and GeorgiAna Sparks, boy.
Barnett and Cara Shapiro, boy.
Arthur and Edna Sargent, girl
Paul and Anna Sahm, girl.
Andrew V. and Mary H. Mahoney, boy.
George and Gertrude McPhaIi. boy.
James n. and Vernon A. Jones, boy.
Richard D. and Marion ". Harrington, bsy.
Charles L. and Merry CANDY. girl
John W. and Richmond Fletcher, girl.
Ernest G. and valaria Cogan, boy.
Richard d. and Myrtle n Crompton, IN.
VIM. E and Nellie Brown. Eiri.
Noah L and Mary Best. boy.
Jossph Q. and Mary @. Brannan, Boy.
Walter and Elizabsth Acton. girl.
Edward and Ella Walker, boy
John H and Mage Thornton, girl
Arthur and Grnce Pearson, boy.
Henry and Ida Price, girl.
william W. and Annie @. Carroll, boy.
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UNDERTAKES

J. WILLIAM LEE,
UNDERTAKEN AND LIVERY.
&C. Pa ave. n. w
Telephone NJ. l1o, WASHINGTON. D. Q.
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ness: He has written a summary of
his information on the sugar situa-
tion for the Committee on Manu-
tactures. 1t is considered highly
educational by the surveyors of the
situation. WIG
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-07
PLANTS MILLIONS OF TREES
State Of Pennsylvania to Carry Out
Extensive Plans for Refreshing
Operations.

Planting plans for the Pennsylvania
forests, allotting 100000 forest tree
seedlings for this years refOresting op-
erations, have been approved by For
estry Commissioner Conklin, the Phila-
delphia Record states. In addition to
these trees for the state forests about
1,775,OO0 trees will be distributed free
of charge to private individuals and
corporations interested in reforesting'
Almost 100000 will be used by water
companies in reforestlng barren wa
tersheds upon which boroughs and
cities depend for their water supply.
This number, although probably
greater than that to be planted by any
other state in the Union, Is almost q
900, 600 under the record set by Penn
sylyania last year. The reasons are
shortage Of labor and shrinkage of the
labor appropriation Of the department
Of forestry to almost microscopic size.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-07
Miscellaneous Shower

A very brilliant affair OF this
week was the miscellaneous shower
given BY Miss Lorene Lee Monday
afternoon for Mrs. L. B. Alexan-
der, a popular bride of the month.
Each guest was asked to write her
first proposal, which were COL
lected and read by the bride. The
guests we're invited to the dining
room, where each found card on
which she was to write her very
best wishes for the happy pair.
The brides card led her to a large
basket filled with the many beauti-
full gifts that friends showered
upon her.
A delicious salad course was
served by Misses Opal jolly, Ellen
Vawter and nellie Glenn johnson.
Several beautiful piano selections
were rendered by Miss Mary Don
egan, the popular house guest of
the bride.
Mrs. Alexander leaves today for
San Antonio, Tex, where she will
join her husband, Lieut.. L. B. Al
exander.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-07

The small boy and his mother had
been taken to luncheon at rather nice
restaurant; no mere sandwich ana
cocoa with a bit of eclair at the end.
but q real luncheon that began with
grape fruit and finished with Ice
cream. And there was to be matinee
later. Perhaps that is what hurried
him. for he said: ''Isn't it time to go?
What are we waiting fOrg" ITO pay
the waiter and get some change" ex-
planned the hostess. '"That's not the
way" retorted the small boy scorn-
fully. "Tve been out lots with mother.
You take the check with you and then
you pay the cashier. New York Sun.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-07
70 MAKE GARDEN PROPERLY
There Is Only one way to DO II Right.
and That Is to Leave 1t All
60 the Missus.

Gardening, so far as man is con-
cerned, is much like hanging pictures.
Man can expect neither to hang the
framed portraits of his wife's relatives,
nor to locate the nasturtiums, the pop
pies and the candytuft, to her satisfac-
ton. We have tried both and have
failed every time, says the Detroit Free
Press.
If we give Grand Aunt Elizabeth
Ann, as she was when seventeen years
of age, done into crayOn from cab
met photograph and framed in genuine
black walnut, the prominent place over
the mantelpiece, the missus decides
that she should have been placed on
the east wall near the window. If we
give her the east wall she must go
ever the mantelpiece. It makes no
difference what picture gets the spot
on the south wall, some other should
have had 1t.
And so 1t is with the garden seeds.
After we have carefully agreed on
what to plant the trouble begins, We
proceed to the garden, while she re-
mains in the house to get the children
ready for school. At last, weary and
sore, and feeling that we have invited
a return visit from infammatory
rheumatism, we announce that the job
Is done: the seeds are in.
She comes out to inspect the work.
1t won't do at all. 1t not what she
thought we were going to do; it is not
what she wanted. We have put the
nasturtiums where the mignonette
should have been.
The peoples were to have been near
the house and they are by the back
fence. And we have given the zin-
Mas the space she had selected for the
china asters. Nothing Is right.
She might have known better than
to have trusted US to do the work. 1t
will have to be done all over again.
Anybody who has ever tried to gather
up mlgnonette seed after 1t Is once
planted knows how quickly man viii
lose his temper when that proposition
is submitted to him. There Is only
one way to plant garden properly
that is to let the missus do 1t.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-07
Gum PopuIarIzsd by War.

American chewing gum is develop
Ing into one of wars blessings. Welsh
men are reported crazy over American
chewing gum. A report Of the depart
ment Of commerce says that loads
Of this jaw exerciser can be sold If
we oply go after the market. Pieces
Of chewing gum to retail at q penny
each are steadily finding favor among
the old and young alike.
The people Of Wales are sending
loads Of gum to their men In the
trenches, because along certain lines
of the trench the soldiers are not al
lowed to smoke and they have to be
doing something, so they chew gun.
Men and. women working In the NUM-
ton factories do not dare to smoke
and consequently another enormous
demand for gum.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-07
New Glaciers Hammer.

For setting panes of glass In window
and other frames, hammer is avail
able, which facilitates the work by
giving a glazier perfect freedom in
driving points, and also lessons the la
billty of accidental breakage, says
Popular Mechanics Magazine. The
tool is but little heavier than an Ordi-
nary tack-hammer and provided with
a double-faced head of trapezoldal
form.
Because Of, the shape Of the faces,
which have angular sides, the handle
Of the tool slants away from the fiat
surface Of the glass when being used,
thus permitting a workman to strike
the points squarely and without diff
Guilty.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-07
CHINESE ARE DRILLED HERE
Refugees From Mexico, Given Asylum
at Columbus, N. NJ, Formed Into
Regiment by Army Officer.

A Chinese regiment is being drilled
in the United States which could an
swer a call to the colors at any time.
The regiment is composed Of the Chi
nese refugees from Mexico who ac-
companied General Pershing's troops
out of the Southern republic. AS the
exclusion act prohibited them from
being admitted to the United States,
they were given asylum at Columbus,
N. NJ, and are being fed by the Chi
nese relief society formed by the Chi
nese tongs of San Francisco.
AS these Chinese refugees have no
work to do they have been formed into
military companies by Major Parker
Of the local military command, and
they are put through daily drills, using
sticks for guns. The Chinese have be-
come proficient in the manual Of arms
and the more simple drills and make
presentable appearance while at
drill.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-07
Food Value of Milk.

A New York authority contends
that one quart of milk is equal in
food value to any one of the follow
ing:
Three-Quarters of a pound Of beef.
steak.
Three-fifths Of pound Of ham.
Four-Hfths Of pound Of pork
chops.
Eight eggs.
Three pounds Of fresh Goldfish.
One pint Of oysters.
Two pounds Of chicken.
BY comparing the prices Of the ar
ticles named one may arrive at
fairly accurate value Of milk as a
food at present prices.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-07
Thompson--Ollver

A wedding of much interest to
a wide circle of friends, says a
special from Milan, was solemn
lied Saturday afternoon at the
home of the brides parents on
Main and College avenues. Ben
NJ. Thompson, a prominent young
business man, and Miss Rebecca
Oliver were married, Rev. j. w.
Hayes, pastor of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church, performing
the ceremony in the presence of
relatives and friends. The bride
is the daughter of John H. Oliver,
one of the leading business men of
Milan. and a granddaughter of the
late Rev. j. A. Keaton, a popular
minister of the Cumberland Pres
byterian church, and well-known
over West Tennessee. The party
left on the evening train via Mem
phis for tAeir future home in
Charlottesville, Mo.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-07
cand,estick Architecture.

At a contain quaint little restaurant
in Greenwich village, N. Y, there are
some self-made candle decorations
which are oddly interesting. The can
dlesticks started out by being the ordl-
nary slim brass affairs, but the drip
pings of countless candles have been
allowed to accumulate until round the
base Of every stick there has formed
an intricately delicate grotto Of white
wax. The formation is about ten or
twelve inches in diameter in each case,
the wax has run down and hardened
into tiny caves, craggy Precipices and
other features, in miniature, similar
to the great stalactite caves. Streaks
Of soft green have been added to the
white by the verdigris forming on the
brass and coloring the wax as 1t melts.
The wax grottos have grown to such
proportions that the candlesticks are
entirely concealed and the lighted can
dies seem to rise out Of the roofs or
the dainty caves.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-07
Another Labor Union.

She-Yes. dear, I love you even
though you are a poor man. But do
you think You will be able to provide
for me?
He-Yes, darling; by this strong
right arm / swear H-even II l have
20 carry home washing for you to do.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-07
No Cause for Alarm.

Mrs. Newpop--John, dear, do you
think so much bread and mOlasses Is
good for the baby?
Newpop-Sure 1t is. Bread Is the
stair of Afe, you know.
Mrs. NewpOp-Oh, suppose the
bread won't hurt hlm-but SO much
mOlasses-
Newpop-But he doesn't eat the mo-
lasses. nay dear; he leaves 1t on the
chairs and door knobs.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-07
Reallssle storv.

slave you reviewed that new book
entitled The Editors Purse'f" asked
the critics other half.
Il merely glanced through It," re-
piled the masculine end of the sketch.
There's absolutely nothing in It."
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-07
TO Stop Leaking Water Pipe.

MOisten some ordinary yellow soap
aad little whiting into a thick paste,
and place some Of this over the leak
until the plumber arrives.