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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-11-02
A GOOD TOWN
AFLOAT ON THE
OCEAN WAVE.

The modern battleship of the
United States or any other first
class world power, is a town of more
than a thousand men, with perfect
organization, and having at hand
all the latter day improvements
and conveniences es--like Lexington
for instance, with the addition of a
tirst-class laundry and bakery. The
electrical equipment supplies ap-
proximately $4,000 incandescent
lights, with additional power for
motors, cranes, winches, search
lights, wireless outfit, etc, The
modern battleship is as long as two
city blocks and one-third as wide,
with hundreds OF compartments as
in vast place Of residence or fac
tory, and these compartments must
be and are connected by telephone,
of which there is a complete sys-
tenn with central Office, lines and
operators, just as in any city on the
land 1t is said that on one Of these
battleships there are fourteen diff.
ferent lines for ordinary conversa-'
tions, battle orders. range transmits
sion, ETC., and more than 500 sta
ti0ns. -.
The big battleship has a daily pa
per and monthly magazine which
are edited and published on board.
and two huge. presses are keptsrun-
ming from morning till night except
at drill time when the head printer.
his helpers and two devils" are
busy at the guns and passing pow
der. q
Eight l ours a day seven BARRIERS
stand before their plate glass mir
rows, shearine and shaving the
jackies--except when the howlers
shrek the alarm, man the battery"
AS late as 1912 the sailors rose at
5 in the morning and washed their
own clothes--now the battleship
has an up-to-date laundry to do their
washing at the small cost of 40
cents per month each, and officers
pay one cent each for garments
washed on board. One ship laun-
dry took in $4,000 in six months
and in such cases the profit is spent
for movie films, magazines and
phonogragh records.
The ships hospital carries fifty
beds and is equipped with COM
plete pharmacy and operating room,
doctors, pharmacists and nurses.
1t is said that the carpenters car
ried by ship, with the tools and
general outfitting with which they
are provided. have gone on shore
and housed the crew in thirty-six
hours That's good deal swifter
work than has been done the past
summer by the landlubber carpen-
tiers picked up at random to build
the military cantonements.
The ship carries machine shops,
repair shops, pattern shop, refrieer-
ating and ice plants, foundry, tobac-
co and candy shops, just like one
sees on shore, only cleaner and bet
ter-and last but not least, there is
as part of this floating commun-
ity, which costs approximately $lO,-
100000 to build, a library
and church, with a preacher or
chaplain thrown in for good meas
ure. One battleship of the class
described costs more money to con-
Struct than two counties like Hen
derson would sell for under the
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-11-02

Henry county passed the mini
mum mark in subscribing for Lib
erty bonds some $4,000 the mini
mum being $4,000 and the sub
scription $160,000. That splendid,
independent, patriotic, gentleman,
Col. O. c. Barton was the campaign
chairman in Henry county.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-11-02

Fifty Memphis negroes caught in
the draft and ordered to report last
Sunday, failed to make their ap-
pearance.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-11-02
COUNTY OF HEN
DERSON SHORT
ON BOND QUOTA

Comparing Henderson with other
counties her quota (825O0) was
placed too high, while the interest
of our people was entirely too low
We ought to have subscribed $780,.
900 at least and many said there
was plenty of money in the county
to take the whole $82,50O. With
the best Chairman R. A. Lewis
could do, Henderson county shows
a subscription of but $34,050-of
of which the Citizens Bank took
$4,000 for the Bank and bought
$3.50 for customers. The Central
State Bank invested $4,000 for it.
self and considerable amount for
customers.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-11-02

Obion went to 100000 or $4,000
beyond her quote.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-11-02

Hardeman, with no town. in II
good as Lexington, went to $685..
900 or $4,000 over her quota.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-11-02

Hardin county was counted on
for $49,500, but like Henderson, she
fell down, showing but $4,000 Sc
cured.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-11-02

Madison County took $200,850
of the Second Liberty Loan Bonds
last week, but the banks of the
county agreed to take $4,000 of
the bonds and believe their custom
ers will take the remainder off their
hands
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-11-02

The amount hoped for from West
Tennessee was $15,630,0O0 and the
amount taken foots up over four
teen millions--thanks to the liber-
ality and enthusiasm of most of the
smaller towns and the country dis
trintc
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-11-02

Carroll County's quota was $685..
500, and $57, 500 of the amount was
taken. Bully for Carroll, which has
considerable more population than
Henderson.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-11-02

Decatur countys Liberty Bond
quota was $15,500-and she met
the emergency, every dollar of it.
Hurrah for old Decatur.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-11-02

Weakley was assessed" $4,000
but subscribed only $150,000.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-11-02

Chester county went to S45,000,
which was $500 over her quota.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-11-02
OTHER COUNTIES.

UIHEK CUUN IIES.
Benton county subscribed her
quota--$33,000
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-11-02

Old Snake county (McNairy)
came right UP with her quota
$49,500. u b !;
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-18

The pajama is a modest, retiring
article OF masculine attire which IL
fast driving the old fashioned night
shirt into deserved oblivion.
For thousands Of years men have
been tied to the chariot wheels of the
serpentine, canton flannel night gown
which was always short two buttons,
This article was out out OH an IRON
ing board by q wife whose intentions
were honorable, but who did not try
to make it fit anywhere In particular.
The result was that lots Of men were
obliged to wear night gowns, which
gave them coy, elephantine appear
ance and were two feet too long in
front. Many q thoughtless husband
has tried to climb into bed over the
train of one of these home-brewed
night gowns only to get tangled UP in
its tresses and bark both shins On .
rocking. chair.
The pajama Is Japanese invention.
but the idea was stolen from the
Turks. who go about their ordinary
pursuits wearing red pa5amas modelled
after war balloon. When the f1rst
shy pajama was introduced into this
suppress It. Everybody was 30 used
to sleeping in some form OF gunny
sack that modest people could not look
at pajama advertisement without
Eblushing. Society then took UP the
pajama and forced unwilling husbands
no wear the Powered chintz variety
which made them look like walk
ing peony bed. The tyranny Of woman
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-18
IHe SOLDIER AND HIS PAY.

A bill will be introduced in Iowa to
pay the members of The National
Guard who have been in service ON the
border $50 month while they were
under arms.
That the bin Will become law is not
to be expected II Is most unlikely
that this legislature pledged to, spend
as little as may be will appropriate a
sum sufficient to pay the suardsmen
SSe a month for the time they served
at the front.
Bounty payments are invariably
used 10 induce enHstments. The his
tory OF any war or of military service
is blank as to bounties paid after serv-
ice. Perhaps it is mgratltude that this
is so but when was ever nation CRATE
ful for military service at least to the
extent of retroactive payment?
II is the history Of the warrior. He
must &c ecnte@; ~!ta The glory of mis-
service and the pension he may posi-
bly, get when he is broken down or
a yed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-18
THOSE PRIVATE BANKS.

! PERHAPS it would be well between
spasms of repeating for the Legislature
! TO do q little constructive as we'll as
destructive work this session. Among
! the things that might be mentioned is
regulation Of the so-called private
bank.
Illinois has furnished the latest in
Cosliest example OF what the private
bank unreguiated may do to those who
trust it, OF course we have had in
stances in Iowa that should suffice
without seeking example elsewhere.
And this legislature should provide
against further eXemplihcation of the
possibilities of a private bank TO go
the wrong way.
If any institution is to assume the
dignity and take advantage Of the
prestige and public irustworthiness the
real banks nave earned il should be
under state inspection and regulation.
There is no good reason why an in
dividUal should set up an alleged
bank free from the inspection and
regulation provided for real banks.
Despite the present cutlery about too
many laws and the demand for the re-
peal OF this and of that there are still
some things to And regulation of
the private b. is one of the i'm
pOrtant things that remain 10 be done.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-18
Topics Of the Times

Speaking of seed corn, how's Yours
\ testing out?
chemist has invented or discov-
cred synthetic beef from which good
/ soup may be made, He takes few
| chemicals and mics them and there you
are with your mineral meat and stone
soup. Well. hurry along ihe synthetic
COW and the synthetic farmland to
milk her
| Women are to fear overalls this year
says a note in garment manufac-
turers' journal, Ought to be handy for
women who make their own gardens
and drive their own cars.
Looks Hike Milwaukee viii need 70
! get another grip on fame The old
stun is about played out as fame pro-
Queer.
Did that investigating committee lay
of today TO caucus or TO let Tom
Lawson rest?
The suggestion that the newspapers
would get cigaret advertising by the
repeal OF the cigaret law may have
effect in some quarters but the T.-R.
will try TO struggle along as best it can
under the present law or a stricter
one
II ever anybody spent a hundred odd
millions and got less for it than that
expeditionary movement into Mexico
who and when and where was it,
1t appears that the only G. 4. r.
member in the assembly Is Represen-
tative Crozier. of Marion bounty. and
that he is the Oldest member of the
legislature. Judge CroZier is - and is
probably serving his last term in a
body of which he has long been a USE
full member. "
Ii may be. of course, that both Henry
and Lawson are lying some But it
sounds as tho Lawson was telling con-
siderable stuff that may be so and that
requires sitting.
There is no occasion 10 criticise Fov-
ernor Harding for his defense OF the
primary. 1t looks good to him. And
some of those who are fussing the
most might turn back TO their own files
and learn something TO their advantage.
Anyway we are not ready to surrender
the primary principle in Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-18
FLEcTING SPEAKERS.
TViuton Eaele.l

1t is necessary for man aspiring to
be speaker to have an element back
Of him. Two years ago William (Bill)
Atkinson had the university alumni
back him. 1t made whirlwind cam
paign and had no trouble in convince
ing the membership that II It wished
to be placed" 1t was necessary to get
into the Atkinson camp. This year it
was the road question, and the Pitt
element had no trouble to convince
the membership that the winning camp
was the Pitt camp, and number OF
members who are good for roads fell
into that camp SO they would be prop
erly placed when it came to making up
the committees.
/ One never having taken part in q
speakership fight does not realize the
influence on member Of q promise to
properly place him on . committee. 1t
is an actual fact that members will
stand back and not give q pledge to a.
speakership candidate until they have
received promise az to what COM
mittee thew win be placed nm
In the late contest there were num-
Der of Individual candidates-Short :
ess. Eiwood, slaught and NefK. II was
impossible to bring them together
the Eagle is convinced from what It
learned Of the situation that the good
roads element prevailed, but there
was no giant" present, to whip It to-
gether. Slaught finally became dis
s:.a cave the nsSss= = enc -sss
to Pitt to secure his nomination and
election and he, Eitt. received IS votes
on the first ballot.
Pitt and Johnston were the cham
pions of what Is known as the John
ston road law" and they ORGANIZED the
present fight and succeeded by keeping
their opponents disorzanized. The
members must have q rallying point
and must be convinced that this rally :
ing point IL going to be goal. II ID in
terestinE to loaf" around after the
battle and hear members declare
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-18
Ripping Rhymes
UMRELIAsLE
y WALT MASON

UNRELIABLE Cd
"On James p, Jinks you can't depend
he doesn't keep his word" This II the
punkest recommend that any man has
heard. The delegate with that renown
can't flnd much work to do, wherever
he appears In town. employers cry out
'.shoo.' I hired youth whose name -
Charles. to help me bale some hay: to
bind the deal paid him aries. he said
he'd come next day. But never did
that youth appear, which made my
liSeblood boil; he went a-fishing In the
mere, and passed up honest toll. He
comes to me when days are Town. and
;hits me for Job. but evermore turn
him down, the piker and the swab. He
cornes 70 me when tempest blows, I'D
asks me for = pie, but I'veano chatzty
for those on whom one cant rely. /
hire q youth named Bonnie Bird TO ply
the saw and sperthe. for lads who do
not keep their word are OF but little
worth. The down-and -outs are mostly
men who this false system played: who
broke and broke, and broke again the
promises they made.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-18
Iona Newspapers
FREEDOM IN ROAD WORK.
Ipes Moines Capital.l

Governor Harding Is OF the opinion.
as expressed in his inaugural address,
that the people OF the state have an
swe-ea negatively on the proposition o.
whether the state, or any Of its gov
ernmentai divisions, should enter into
any long Indebtedness, under any
guise, for extensive work in expert
mental road building"
In other words the governor believes
he is charged with the duty OF block
ing legislation which may seek to al
low the state, the county. the town.
strip % q district 80 s:1.fioipats future
expenditures for road work by the IS.
suance Of bonds in manner that Il
now followed for the building Of
bridges, school houses. court houses or
any public structure. q
The basis for the governors stand
in this matter seems to be an opinion
that road building In 1917 and in 1918,
the period before another legislature
meets. win be in an experimental
stage. ~ 4
Reduced to common parlance Mr.
Harding warns the communities that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-18

well. don't expect anything In the
way OF committee - l was ON the los
Ing side. It 10 almost cruel to ask q
member to vote for p candidate for
speaker unless you can assure him that
the candidate will be a winner
Electins q speaker is a great game
OF chess. The manager Of the game
must be "a great diplomat. The mem
Der must be shown that he is entering
the right camp and that his future
welfare will be. protected.
The roads question was not settled by
the speakership fight for the reason
that only one element was organized.
Members voted for Pitt SO as to be
placed" who will vote for substan-
tial comprehensive road law.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-18
M. sunday, Fioaneierins.

A correspondent In the Letter Col
umn the other day suggested that the
churches should regulate the Rev.
William Sundays salary, and declared
that the Federal Council of Churches
at Its coming meeting in St. Louis will
say some very plain things about the
Rev. Mr. Billy" and his religious pork.
barrel methods. There IL no doubt that
this lively evangelist has excited al
most as much criticism by his large
assessments on the cities he has saved
from perdition as Kaiser Wilhelm has
caused in Belgium by his forced levies
on the cities which ne has sent to per-
dition. However, both the regeneration
and the destroyer are law unto Them
selves. The difficulty in reforming
either Of them in the matter of tax
gathering is that 80 far nobody has
been found big enough to do the job.
Billy has been regulating the
churches, not the churches Billy: and
If they undertake to say any plain
things about him they will get his
sass" but not his salary, unless he
feels disposed to give it up.
We do not say that We should no;
admire Billy more if he would work for
less. But the iaborer Is worthy OF his
hire. and how much his hire should be
may depend upon what kind of laborer
he is-whether common or uncommon,
whether an expert In his line or mere
ly an average workman. A man like
Mr.. Schwab is surely worth big pile
of money to his corporation; 1t woulG
be fool business to try 10 save by
4 4 ,ts--,
has an evangelistic value of his own:
and as long as he draws big crowds he
is likely to go on drawing big money,
il he choose. Perhaps Billy should dis
play less financial wisdom: but 1t Is a
safe bet that all the church horses
and all the church men will not pull
him of his high perch while he wants
to stay there.-Baltimore Sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-18
FAKE SALARY LrMITS.
GSioux City Tr;puue.1

lSiouS SltS lCibuUt.I
II the Western Baseball League sue
ceeds in devising some absolutely de-
pendable method Of insuring that each
OF its constituent clubs shall rigidly
enforce the salary limit it will have
gone long way toward maintenance
Of public interest in the great national
game in the eight cities which make
UP the organization.
Without salary limit. baseball
would soon retrograde to a state OF at
fairs where the largest, weahhiest city
in league would almost inevitably be
the pennant wtnner-this because of
Its financial ability to go into the open
market and purchase the services of
the most skalfals professional players.
1t is due to the observance OF the
salary limit that Detroit, thru the
medium of its famous Tigers was able
to float the pennant on its home
grounds for three successive seasons.
The Michigan city, small one when
compared with such municipalities as
New York and Chicago. is enabled to
secure baseball talent of Just as high
an order as it is possible for the two
metropoli to land. No ,sother team OF
the ihhhCiiSui k$Sot IkiIOuI hceAAo
to size of the city it represents. has
ever had on its payroll an individual
star Of the magnitude OF Tyrus Ray
mond Cobb and Walter johnson. one OF
the foremost opponents the game has
ever known, has been for a number of
years in the employ of Washington.
smallest Of all major organization
cities.
In the Western League as in all
other similar bodies. there has been all
along an ostensible salary limit: but,
here as elsewhere. there have often
been found questionable expedients by
which these limits have been shrew diy
and unfairly set aside. This means
that the game has suffered II could
not be otherwise.
Either there should be salary
limit or there should not. II there i.
to be one. Its bounds should be strictly
observed. and the club which fails to
do SO and which Is discovered in its
violation of agreement should be made
to suffer severe penalty.
II the league will see to it that this
is done it will earn the sincere thanks
OF patrons in the eight cities.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-18
a. years old and unmarried.

45 years old and unmarried.
He was graduated from the Univer-
sity OF Belgrade, whore he studied law.
His education was finished In Paris.
For the last eighteen years he has been
in the diplomatic service, for the most
part in the provinces inhabited by Sers
bians formerly under the Turkish gov
eminent. AT the beginning Of the war
he was ut Rome ~ charge d'affaires.
Later he was sent as minister to Mon
tenegro. He went to France when the
Serbian capital was removed from Bel
grade.
In an interview he asserted that Ser
bia IS sure Of ultimate victory and Of
peace on I basis of justice and frees
dom.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-18
Masonic Meetings
Visitors siways WELCOME.

MARSHALL LODGE. No. 1903 A. F. &
4. M.-Stated communication Friday,
Jan. 10. 7:3e p. m. John W. Wells. Sec
rotary: w. H. Steiner, w. NJ.
SIGNET CHAPTER, No. So. R. A. NJ.
Special convocation Tuesday evening,
Jan. 16. 1880 o'clock. Installation of
oTicers. Carl Shaffner. II. p; John W.
Wells, secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solo
mon Council Ne. 20, r. & S. NJ. Mon
day, Jan. % Regular business. l. T.
Forbes. Recorder; George Gregory
l. u
SPECIAL coNcLAVE. St. Aloemar
Commandery, No. so. X. T TUESDAY.
Ian, %. 1917. Regular business. l. T.
Forbes, Recorder; II. c. Mueller, Com
nsEdar
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81, o. e
S.-Regular meeting. Regular business.
Wednesday. Jan. It. 1880 p. m. Mrs.
George Downing. secretary; Mrs. ]. E.
Frederick, W. NJ
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-18
Nor aeituminous Mac adam

Al least there should be no further
use of che term ''bituminUus ma
cadam by the mixing method" for 1t is
incorrect as.Asell as unwieldy' Accord
ing to the present understanding of the
terms In question, bituminous road
built by the mixing method is not
macadam road at all, but concrete
road. 1t should, therefore, be desig-
rated az such. with the term bit
luminous to distinguish it from ce-
ment concrete road. If, for any rea-
son, 1t seems desirable to use phrase
whose meaning can not be mistaken,
"bituminous concrete by mixing meth
od' should be employed, fer the worst
that can be said of 1t is that It IS re-
dundant.-Good Roads.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-18
The Fiowsrsd Chintx Variety Which
Made Them Look Like = Walk
jno Peony bed.

The pajama was intended originally
for the sole use Of man, AZ BETTING
his graceful Grecian physique, but in
late years women have appropriated
the garment. which teaches us that
nothing man wears y safe except his
sideburns.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-18

I Lioubomir Mihailovitch. newly ap-
pointed Serbian minister TO the United
States and the first man to I'LL the pc
sifion, is man Of medium height and
OF athletic build. He has a rudy
complexion and his most distinctive
features are quick black eyes and q
black mustache. Mr.. Mihailovitch 10
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-18

L
est and one Of the funniest comes from
Resssef.~ -
II is against the Iowa laws to peddle
whisky by soliciting orders. Time was
when the salesman came around with
his liberal samples and did good bus
mess in thirsty communities. And he
has been missed both as regards the
liberal samples he was wont TO pro-
vide and the convenience Of his sys-
tenn. SO when a sporty looking person
came among the old time customers,
gave them a drink of Old Misery and
with a wink told them he was selling
ginegar good 1D-year- old vinegar"
aged in the wood that community
, bought vinegar" with the utmost lib
crafty. And b gosh when the stuff
arrived ii was vinegar and is still vim
egar. One trusting party has nine
gallons of vinegar on hand and doesn I
know what to do with it. In short the
entire crowd of customers has sour
dispositions ever since the trip to the
express office. And a lot of 50 a
gallon vinegar is for sale at a sacrifice.
Now that salesman Is as crooked as
Il three card monte man and deserves
a swindlers punishment. No doubt he'd
get It Il the jury were TO De drawn
from those who bought vinegar" and
received vinegar. But II you We're on