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Evening star., 1917-09-30

From the Pittsburgh Gazette Times.
The effect of the disclosures can be
nothing else than salutary to the state
Of public opinion in neutral countries.
German embassies, already under sus-
picion, will be subject to closer sur
veillance.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Now comes the season for denials.
alibis, explanations and apologies.
Friends of Germany. enemies of Amer
lea. have hitherto held their heads high
in this country. Now there will be less
braxenness For no one knows just
how much more good evidence the
United States government has in its
possession.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Our shirt sleeve diplomacy is not
worrying Germany SO much as the
things that are coming from up the
sleeve Of President Wilson.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Bernstorff was a rather undesirable
alien for some time before he was de-
ported,
Evening star., 1917-09-30

, which would make 1t the equal Of the
Chinese wall. if that honored and rever-
with jewels. Also he described how
the Honorable Claude had procured this
fence from the government and was
getting it painted, and when 1t was all
town or other in his district, so the mu-
nicipality could drape 1t around the
edges of their cherished pubic square.
and thereby keep out the goats and
| other stray animals
Truth to tell. the southern correspond
ent thought he was doing the Hon.
orable Claudius Kitch a favor. But
Claudius looked on it with considerable
desk, he summoned to his side Harry.
the faithful servitor who has opened
the door of ways and means chairmen
since the days of Thad Stevens.
Harry. send for that low-down, dou.
BILE -barreled idiot who wrote this
piece" he said.
When the double -barreled idiot came
Looping in Brother Kitchin unlimbered:
Don't you know that you have caused
me worry enough to last me all my
life he said Here 1 have gone and
bought little bit of old iron fence. 1
bought it from an old farmer in my own
district l wanted it for junk and I
wasn't going to paint it or give it away.
Now the whole state of North Cyaro-
lima Will read that crazy. lopsided piece
of yours and expect me to come across
to put around a public park somewhere
that isn't worth cents an acre. On
the other hand the Common Enemy. the
republican party. will declare that I
have reached out and grabbed some
government fence somewhere and am
having it painted in a government ship
yard. with government paint, and roast
the tar out of me.
Get away Never let mo see you
again
Carl Vinson. who represents the garden
spot Of the earth. said spot being a dis
trict in the fair state of Georgia, il one
of the greatest men in the world. Though
the modest Georgia representative will
not admit this, nevertheless, there 10
proof from his own district to this
effect
A Russian gentleman with outrageous
whiskers and large dumping feet went be-
fore a court in the Honorable Carrs dis
trict once, asking to be made citizen
of the u. S. A The court proceeded to
put him through the third degree:
How is the President of the United
States elected?" asked the Judge.
by the democratic party answered
the applicant. The court. the attendants
and the spectators sat up and took con-
siderable notice of this perfectly original
and technically correct answer. The next
question was:
Whom do you consider the greatest
man in the country7'
The Honorable Carl vinson. repre-
sentative from this district" answered
the Russian.
This broke up the meeting, and late
was granted or not have not been re-
ceived. EARL GOODWIN.
Evening star., 1917-09-30
Exercise.

Don't you think every man should
devote some time to physical culture Z"
"Not in my particular field of ac-
tivity," replied Senator Sorghum. of
all legislators went in for physical cul-
ture as well as intellectual development
some of these debates might end in
personal encounter that really hurt
somebody"
Evening star., 1917-09-30

The commercial economy board Of the
Council Of National Defense reports
substantial progress in
ReducinD its campaign to reduce
NJ, deliveries OF depart
OoAveI1es. ment and other retail
stores and cut down the abuse of the
returned goods privilege. Within tho
few weeks which have elapsed since
the board made its first request to NOR
chants to economixe in their delivery
system to aid in commercial read1ust-
ment for war purposes its recon-
mendations have been carried out in
whole or in part in eighty different
cities with combined population OF
about $4,000 900. This means that moro
than a third OF tho total urban popula-
ton of the country is already affected
by the boards work.
Such records as are available show
that the merchants of thirty-two cities.
with a total population Of 6.e2s.s41.
have reduced the number of regular re-
tail deliveries in accordance with the
boards suggestions. In many Of them.
in place of the usual four or five de-
liveries. the number has been cut to
one. which the board has recommended
as the proper arrangement. In others
the merchants have begun their effort
to eliminate waste by reducing de-
liveries to two day. with the object
of reaching the one-delivery system
gradually as the necessary changes
can be brought about. By various
means special deliveries are being
widely discouraged.
The campaign to reduce waste due to
the abuse of the returned goods priv
ilege has affected so far twenty-six
cities, with a combined population Of
13.579.337. The method most frequently
used has been the application Of time
limit on the privilege. The board has
strongly urged a two-day limit. and
this is gradually being adopted.
have begun by setting a longer limit
with the idea of reducing 1t gradually.
The boards reports further show that
not less than a hundred other cities
(only FIVE of which have a population
of less than 100000 are now arranging
to carry out its recommendation.
Many different plans for cutting down
waste in deliveries are proving FEAST
BILE. Especially successful in the
smaller cities has been the co-opera-
tive delivery system. by which the
stores unite in using one set of delivery
equipment and reduce tho number OF
trips per day to the minimum.
Evening star., 1917-09-30
TIMELY ADVICE.

Be sunny: that's the test OF grit
And Of success:
IT'S doggedness to do your bit
With bitterness.
Be sunny; let your path be Lit
With hopes that bless:
IT'S slavishness TO do your bit
With bitterness.
Be sunny-when you think Of II,
Sense asks no less:
No patriot will do his bit
With bitterness.
Evening star., 1917-09-30

Berlin's discussion Of peace does not
go much further than to contemplate
peace as a commercial commodity whose
supply the kaiser arbitrarily assumes to
control
Evening star., 1917-09-30
Fastidious Exaction.

"Do you think a man should be fas-
tidious about the kind of clothes he
wears"
81 do" replied Miss Cayenne. "Every
man should, if possible, be wearing an
Army or Navy uniform"
Evening star., 1917-09-30

It is but question of time when the
German people will demand peace for
themselves and their homes instead of
foreign pacifism.
Evening star., 1917-09-30

The pro-German publication has fur
nished cause for such drastic regula-
tions of print in general that it should
never again be referred to as an es-
teemed cotemporary.
Evening star., 1917-09-30

When means have been found to pre-
vent able-b bodied citizens from harmful
activities it will be time enough to take
up the Iowa scientists suggestion to kill
off those who have outlived their use
fu1ness,
Evening star., 1917-09-30

Every khaki-clad man who walks down
the street is a reminder to the taxpayer
that he is getting something exceedingly
valuable for his money.
Evening star., 1917-09-30

The pleasure manifested by German
soldiers on being captured is an evi.
dence Of the unpopularity Of ruthless
ness as applied to military discipline.
Evening star., 1917-09-30

The disposition Of the American pub
lie now is to see that the United States
soldier gets everything he wants, and
to be quick about it.
Evening star., 1917-09-30
Sense of Security.

"I will now stand the egg on end,n
said Columbus
"Go ahead" said the queen. at isn't
a cold storage egg. so we can take
chance on your breaking it."
Evening star., 1917-09-30

One thing to be said Of every work
house is that it is easy for people of
ordinary law-abiding inclinations to
keep out Of.
Evening star., 1917-09-30

The Nicky letters are almost as pa
thetic as the correspondence in breach
of promise case.
Evening star., 1917-09-30

Such is the transitory nature of fame
that nobody cares whether Villa and Car
rama are still after each other or not.
Evening star., 1917-09-30

A statesman who is not careful about
what he thinks cannot be relied on for
caution as to what he says.
Evening star., 1917-09-30

Every disturber, great or small, Of the
worlds peace insists that he is acting in
Me interests Of democracy.
Evening star., 1917-09-30

Won Bernstorf did not linger to see a
fine specimen Of personal popularity 20
entirely to the bad
Evening star., 1917-09-30

Biography of a Prussian Agent.
He was diplomatic Krupp-
He raised a mighty vocal din.
He thought to blow a nation up.
He blew the kaiser's money in.
Evening star., 1917-09-30

The battle in the air was once re-
garded as possible only in the flights of
the fiction writer's imagination.
Evening star., 1917-09-30
SHOOTING STARS.
BIZ PHILANDER JOHNSON,
ParlayA.

"You and Rafferty, have quarreled."
"We have" replied Mr.. Dolan.
Cant you become reconciled and talk
it over?"
II don't think so. Every time we talk
it over, the conversation leads up to a
worse fight than we had before"
Evening star., 1917-09-30

character. As girl learns to be q bet
ter seller Of merchandise, she learns
also to be moro Intelligent buyer, and
the training which she receives in
gracious and influential member of so
ciety.
A tremendous amount of work has
fallen upon the United States Civil
Service Commits
Filling Civil sion since tho be-
ginning Of the war.
oeIV1ce 4Iaces. The commission is
designed to nll vacancies in govern
mental Offices by a process Of competi-
tive examinations and selection on the
basis OF merit. The Civil Service Com
mission is an employment agency in
that 1t tests the fitness Of every per-
son it certifes as eligible. Equipped. as
1t is. with some 5000 representative
agencies-that is. local boards of ex-
aminers-situated in every part of the
perform the important service of bring
ing the man and the job together, so
far as the needs Of the government are
concerned.
needs. the commission. through its
5000 local representatives. has can
vassed the country and enrolled for fu.
ture use about $4,000 mechanics OF All
kinds who have expressed their Will
ingness to accept employment in
navy yard or arsenal II called upon.
Other mobilization" efforts OF the COM
mission consist of lists of names, ad-
dresses and specialties of the members
of this springs graduating classes OF
the universities and colleges. the name.
character and number Of employees OF
every manufacturing plant in cities
having q post ONCE of the first or sec
ond class and the name. address and
speciality of practically every economic
expert in the United States. These lists
will be used as occasion arises in max
ing direct and personal announcement
of the governments requirements in
civil branches.
The unusual burden which the war
has imposed upon the Civil Service
Commission Is easily realized when the
tremendous number OF omces created
consideration. Manual laborers. work.
ers in industry. technical. skilled and
even unskilled workmen OF every sort
are required by the government IN con.
nection with the huge undertakings
which the war has made necessary
There was a tendency to abrogate civil
service rules and open positions to non
competitive appointmsnt: Fortunately: a eEs
carefully established system of past
years will not give way. 1t Is believed.
under the difficulties of war.
Examinations are being given con-
stantly at all the civil service Offices
in the greatest variety of subjects.
The commission Is authorized to ex-
clude from any examination aliens and
those who do not show the necessary
physical and moral qualities.
Officials of the commission state that
q large number Of communications are
received In which the writer's fail to
give their full post office addresses, and
in many cases the letters are not
signed.
Evening star., 1917-09-30
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING

the pupils and resulting growth in
character. As . girl learns to be q bet
also to be \ moro Intelligent buyer, and
the training which she receives in
courteous service makes her more
gracious and influential member of so
ciety.
Evening star., 1917-09-30

Farmers' mutual fire insurance COM
panies have reached a place Of great
Evening star., 1917-09-30
AROUND The CITY.

70 . fence. Then you win be thofA.
But the spring won't
Evening star., 1917-09-30
Identification Of
Country Houses.

at every turn some beautiful country
residence recently erected or some old
one improved or modernized. Many of
these suburban retreats are marked by
so much good taste and elegance that
the inquiry at once rises. Whose place
ia this?' But it is an inquiry usually
more easily asked than answered. un-
less some obliging person is met on
the road familiar with the neighbor-
hood. 1t Is also a matter Of no little
dificulty, frequently. to ascertain the
exact whereabouts of persons residing
in the country, when in quest of them;
and the task infrequently involves no
little delay and series of needless in
ouiries at number of houses in the
vicinity. Now. we would suggest that
the name of the country proprietor be
nlaced as conspicuously in front of the
premises as is the case with the city
proprietor Where the house is imme-
diately on the road the name could be
placed upon the doors, as on city
houses. and when off the road the name
should appear on the road entrance
gate or lodge. We throw this out as a
suggestion and hope to see it acted
upon"
Evening star., 1917-09-30


opera season through the medium of
the Richings troupe
0nera Iovers' fifty years ago, but evil
IDENTIFY. judging from
Conpiainl. the following in The
Star of September IS. 1867. there were
some who did not fully appreciate the
artistic opportunity:
.'It is very doubtful whether persons
who annoy others by their rudeness
at public places of amusement ever
read But in the hope that this para
graph may meet the eye OF some Of
tenders and cause them to see their
conduct in the same light 1t is viewed
by others. we propose to say word as
to the behavior of certain young people
at the opera. In the first place, the
innocent dalliance Of lovers who. be-
cause they occupy private box. seem
to think they are beyond the observa-
tion of Others may create some amuse
ment and injure no one but themselves.
but when they laugh and talk SO loud
ly as to drown the most beautiful notes
of Miss Richings or Miss Seguin the
audience has a right to complain. In
the next place. peanuts have no con-
nection with theatricals, and the com
placence with which certain well
dressed young men will Sit ana munch
them to the annoyance of every one
in the vicinity is simply disgusting,
and we are surprised to find any one
in Washington audience, making any
pretensions to respectabllity, VINO can
be guilty of such practice. To the
very large number who annoy their
neighbors and spoil the music by re-
marks on the performers. the music,
the audience, etc, etc, we have noth-
ing to say, as they are incorrigible
and exist in every city. The cries of
the venders of apples and opera books
during the playing of the overtures
and at other times is another intolera
Bile nuisance which should be abated.
but it is one over which the audience
has no control
Evening star., 1917-09-30

Perhaps the most interesting inquiry
regarding Industrial accidents con-
Evening star., 1917-09-30

A tremendous amount of work has
fallen upon the United States Civil
Evening star., 1917-09-30

There are now many delightful
drives in the vicinity of Washington"
Evening star., 1917-09-30

Washington was enjoying a brief
opera season through the medium of
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-12-07

II have no doubt about It," SAID
Uncle Dan. $50 long as men are
selfish, SO long as nations are ampi-
tious to acquire territory, so long as
population presses and demands more
room. so long as there remains
scramble for world trade-so long wars
will be. When the time comes that
we reach the high plane for which we
hone and dream, when all will recog-
nize the fatherhood Of God and the
brotherhood of man, then, and then
only. will wars cease. When that day
comes doors will need no locks, banks
will need no vaults. to protect their
treasures, but that day is long way
off.
"The only safe and sane plan is to
no oble to defend ourselves at all
times. Therefore, every citizen should
insist that senator's and congressman
shall provide for universal military
training. so that never again shall the
country be caught so completely I'M
ready as this war found us. For
tunately, in this case, our enemy mas
been held back, so we have had few
months in which to prepare. This adj
vantage probably will never come
again. 1t Is however OuA '"A''O-.
today.
because she was ready, Switzerland
Is an island of peace in a sea OF
war, Safety first is good, but safety
always is better. In strength there Is
safety. You never saw tin can
tied to the tail Of a bulldog. There
is a reason"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-12-07
HISTOR
Morgan County
From its Formation down to
the present day
Written by H w Summer
Continued from Last Week.

(COnLlnu6u AdoC w SNN'
$27,O annually on our Schools
In morfan county the common
school terms are five or six months
each year and the county has three
high schools, one the Central H'gn
School locared at Wartburg, one at
Sunbright and one at Coalheld, so
that almost all children have access
to one of the high schools, which
are run about nine months in each
year.
In addition to the schools men
toned the A. B. Wright institute
is located at Burrville in the west
end of the County which is de-
nominational school run under th'
control of the ME-. Church; this
Institute has been in existance since
in the early nineties and much good
educationally has resulted from It,
the Institute was built principally
by private subscription at a cost OF
about S. 900, and much credit II
due to the efforts of Rev. "A. =.
Peters who resided near the loca-
ton of this school, he at one time
placed mortgage on his home ID
order to help raise funds for the
comnletion or this Institute, show
inc his devotion to the welfare OF
the younger generation in his COM
muaity, and the self-sacrificlng
sperit that impelled him to do some
thing for the public welfare anu
christian education, though a poor
man in the worlds goods, like the
widow that caste in the mite, ne
gave more abupdantly than many
rich men, and his example is worthy
If emulation and the Institute
should be upheld by its friends as a
monument to his memory and I"
the memory of others who aided IL
this work.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-12-07
To Patrons of the Central
Telephone Company

The United States has place
ed a war tax Of five cents per mes
sage on all telephone messages
where the toll is Is cents or over
and this to be paid by the party
sending the message.
The company is required to col
lect it from it's customers, and 1t Is
a criminal offence against the Unit
ed States so refuse or fail to pay
the same.
This five cent tax goes to hell
the war revenues of the govern
ment.
Please.be governed accordingly
Central Telephone Co.
by,,O,C Conatser. President
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-12-07

We ask those of our subscribers
who are in arrears to send us a re-
mittance. We will appreciate it.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-12-07

Renew your subscription now
Don't wait any longer. Delsyszare
dangerous.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-12-07

The Press-just .sI.OO a year.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-03-04
MEMPHIS STORES
 CONTEST WITH CLERKS
APPROXIMATELY SIXTY STORES KEPT THEIR DOORS CLOSED
 DURING THE DAY.

Memphis Tenn, March 3.-Mchphis department stores and other retail es- tablishments which remained closed today as a result of the decision of local trades union representatives to picket one of the stores as a test in the contest between the store. keepers and recently organized union of clerks for recognition, an nounced tonight that business would be resumed Monday and both sides de- clared that plans had been perfected Co continue the fight
 Approximately sixty stores mem- bers of the Memphis Retailers Asso- citation, which refused to grant recog- milton to the union kept their doors closed during the day Police guard ed the store entrances and patrolled the retail district, but no disorder was attempted An injunction also was secured during the day restraining labor leaders and union sympathizers from picketing the stores.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-03-04
HoRsEMEN IN FIRST SESSION.
Win Meet at Business Mems League
 Monday Afternoon at O'Clock.

Topics of vital importance to horse men will be discussed at the first meeting to be called here by members of the Horsemen's Protective Thor oughbred Association. This meeting twill be held Monday at pm. in the offices of the Business Mems League.
 Besides a general discussion for the benefit of the owners of horses who have shipped to Hot Springs, there will be taken into the organization, new members. There are many horse men who have had theIr stables at JuareZ and other places, that have expressed a willingness to join this protective society. the only one of it's kind in America.
 At this meeting, owners will have an opportunity of joining
 A resolution, it is said, will also be introduced praising the wonderful work done by the Business Mems League for the benefit of Hot Springs and the courteous manner in which the horsemen were received. After the acceptance of new members, routine business of the organization will follow.