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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-04-07
JOHANNESBURG is FREE FROM
DEBT

Flemingsburg, KY, April 5-Tues-
day the last of ten bonds issued In
1907, for the construction of the city
building, for $500 was paid and its
cancellation leaves the city free from
debt.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-04-07

Mrs. Julia Grain Knox sold her res
idence on South Main Cross street
and Mills avenue, to C. l.. Dudley and
Roy X. Dudley.
The house is now occupied by the
family of John T. Watts.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-04-07
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For County Assessor

We are authorized to announce
Elmer l.. Donovan of Sardis precinct
as candidate for Assessor Of Mason
County. Subject to the action Of the
Democratic Primary August, 1917.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-04-07
For County Jailer

We are authorized to announce Mr.
John B. Furlong, as a candidate for
Jailer Of Mason County, subject to the
action of the Democratic party at the
August, 1917, Primary.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-04-07

The Public Ledger is authorized to
announce Mr.. Fred w. Wells as a
candidate for County Assessor, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
Primary in August.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-04-07

We are authorized to announce ]
P. Gather as candidate for County
Judge, subject to the action of the
Democratic party in August Primary
1917.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-04-07

We are authorized to announce Mr.
Henry r. Childs as candidate for AS.
SCISSOR of Mason County, subject to tine
action Of the Democratic Primary, Au.
gust, 1917.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-04-07

We are authorized to announce w.
c. Booton as a candidate for Jailer OF
Mason county, KY, subject to the &C.
ton of the Democratic party at the
August Primary
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-04-07

The series Of meetings at the NJ.
o. Church, South, which began Mon
lay, are being well attended by good
audiences.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-04-07

Mrs. Belle Smith and daughter, Mrs
William Weis and daughter have
returned from a short visit with rela.
tives and friends In Newport.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-04-07
SPURIOUS N0N.PARTISANsHIP

Amidst all the camor stand by the President and
politics" which being raised by Democratic politicians and
editors is well remember that the administration itself
partisan than is right The White House ind
Gates intention Of putting Republican the tariff board
which has been made entirely who voted for Wilson last
November regret being shown for the marked humiliation
upon Gen Leonard Wood and the scheme for giving all the Demo
cratic posmasters life jobs is being speeded up
President continues take almost exclusively
Democratic Senators and congressman Col House. with Re
publican associate his condan private life The
policy of giving Souherners the bulk of the civil appointments
the Marine Corps goes undated the administration lending ali
Of its prestige and influence direct and Indirect assist the Demo
Gratis in the elections for Congressman which about
in New York and New Hampshire respectively The New Yor
district normally Democratic The New Hampshire district
maIy Republican The administration is unwilling this
NAL condition shall remanand doing all in its power
the election of a Democrat in each place.
1t is evident that the doctrine of nonparnshp national
ism nteded to be applied Republicans only They expected
to their party neglected the law evaded and Democracy
hroned because forsoo the country because the Pre
dent happens to be Democrat and because fashionable shout
stand by the President 1t ughanded patriotism, this kind
that the Democrats trying ncucate long they
their leader give of relaxing the violent parsanhp wh
has marked both administration and legislation in the past
it not to be fairly expected that Republicans will stand
and activity
If the Democrats if Mr. Wilson and his cabinet want nonpar-
tsanshp and patriotism without political considerations it is
them to make initial demonstration of good faith.
The failure of spy bill of weakening the national de-
Tense has actually left stronger vicious invasion of
peoples liberties hardly conceivable AS pointed by
American Union Against Marism statute sweeping this
would have ouawed the activities Of the Anmpeaist League
during the Spanish 1t could have been used summary against
the newspapers which exposed embamed beef scandal
would make unlawful such eri that which has resulted
change the British cabinet 1t could be used gather
all who criticised the Of the by the military
Observation-Disclosures Leader.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-27

NOTE THLS---We are serUiraq III
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-06-01
A May Basket.

That should have been a Southern
May basket because the original dain-
ty May basket gifts of baskets filled
with flowers are peculiar to other
places. They are usually hung at
dusk on door knobs, without cards
and are accepted like Easter and
Christmas gifts. Marietta, how
ever, has one good woman
who lives near town and sends
gifts in all summer long by her hus-
band. She is Mrs. c. M. Head and
is an ideal farmers wife living in
sea of flowers and under shady trees.
Her last May basket was big and
substantial one packed with contain
ers of buttermi4k, cream, butter, eggs
cherries, lettuce and topped with va
rious garden flowers including sweet
peas, sweet williams and mauve tint
ed Japanese hyacinths. 1t is not only a
beautiful basket but very valuable
one. Such good things to eat are
almost priceless because they are SO
nutritious and appetizing.
1t is great mystery why all far
mers do not plant fruit trees and
cultivate fine vegetables. Most of
them do keep cows and plant gar
dens. Mr.. Head markets his crisp
lettuce and other farm products in
an auto truck so he gets the best
price for ali he sells His home is a
most attractive place and his wife a
contented woman
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-06-01
Hand In Hand.

The Rome T!ibune-H Herald had an
account of a youthful pair, arriving
in that city recently, who stood on
the platform of the train holding
each others hands. They had run
away and married and were clasping
hands when they boarded the train in
Atlanta and continued to hold hands,
all the way to Rome. Their friends
hope they will continue to clasp
hands, figuratively if not literally,
as long as they live. They will be
supremely contented and happy-as
the poet translates this Persian song:
"Clear as amber, fine as musk,
Is life to those who, pilgrim wise,
Move hand in hand from dawn till
dusk,
Each morning nearer Paradise.
Oh, not for them shall angels pray;
They stand in everlasting light
They walk in Allah's smiles by day
And nestle in his heart by night"
A youthful father and mother with
two fine little sons, five and two
years old, lost their home in the At
lanta fire and are on a visit to their
mother at Powder Springs They
saved only a few clothes and lost,
not only their pretty new home but
all its nice furniture and furnishings.
But all four are well and safe, the
father has his good position and the
mother her faith in Providence, her
devotion to her sons and the desire
to walk hand in hand with her hus-
band in utter content and serenity.
With all their material loss they have
possessions above rubies and will yet
he happy.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-06-01
Musings of a Mother Whose
Son Was Lost at Sea.


How sad and lonely is my heart
AS I sit here and mourn,
/ try to think upon the past
And our once happy home.
Where are the joys of former years,
With both boys in our home?
I look around through binding tears
And lo l see but one.
Oh, cruel, cruel, cruel, death!
Why blight our happy home,
Why rob him of his latest breath?
Alas, alas, he's gone!
Oh Brother, brother, darling boy
And must we call in vain,
And through the long, long dreary
years
Will you not come again?
By day see the vacant chair.
By night the empty bed,
Our hearts have yielded to despair,
Our hopes forever fled.
The night winds moan above your
grave
The stars shine bright above,
A
You have your mothers love.
Did you not find heavenly home,
Were not your sins forgiven;
Did not the holy angels come
To take you home to heaven?
i. N. C.
Jacksonville, Fla.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-06-01
Start Where You Stand.
Jacksonville, Fla.

Start where you stand, and never
mind the past;
The past won't help you when you
are starting anew,
If you have left it all behind at
last,
Why that's enough, you're done
with it, you're through;
That is another chapter in the book
This is another race that you have
planned,
Don't give the vanished days a
backward look,
Start where you stand.
The world won't care about your old
defeat
If you start anew and win sue
cess.
The future is your time, and time is
fleet.
And there is much work and strain
and stress;
Forget the buried woes and dead
despairs,
Here is brand new trial right at
hand,
The future is for him who does and
dares,
Start where you stand.
Old failures will not halt, old tri-
umphs aid,
Today's the thing, tomorrow soon
will be,
Get in the fight, and face it una
fraid,
And leave the past to ancient his
tory.
What has been, has been; yesterday
is dead
And by it you are neither blessed
or banned
Take courage man, be brave and
drive ahead
Start where you stand.
BY Berton Braley.
Jockey of Death" at the Strand
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-06-01
E.nglands Big Mistake.

The people of the United States
must be made to understand why we
are in the war, what we are fighting
for and the kind of enemy we are
fighting. Pomeroy Burton, manag-
ing editor of the London Daily Mail,
told 200 members of the New York
board of trade at dinner at the
Manhattan club, New York last week.
Mr.. Burton urged extensive adver-
Using in the newspapers and said
the war should be given the publicity
of presidential campaign.
England's greatestblnder, he said,
was her failure to take the people in
to her confidence at the commence
ment of the war.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-06-01

1.-THE English speaking people) are
the ''fittest" Consequently, am
never troubled with japanese night
mares.
Germany has extended her war on
hospital ships, her barred zone for
hospital ships has been extended to
the Mediterranean, according to Ber-
lin dispatches Of this week. Here
after all enemy hospital ships in the
Mediterranean will be sunk accord
ing to the new order. Germany claims
that hospital ships were being used
for transportation of supplies and
troops, and that they took routes not
justified if they were engaged solely
in errands of mercy. Germany OPP
ened warfare on hospital ships in the
English Channel and the North Sea
several months ago. In retaliation
the British attacked German towns
in some of the biggest air raids of the
war.
The mother of an aviator is the
first to file claim for a pension
in the war of 1917. Dean R. Van
Kirk Washington boy died May list,
1917, at Pensacola, Fla, while serv-
ing as an aviator. Mrs. Susan A.
VanKirk of this city, the boys mo-
Their, has made application for a
pension, the Pension Bureau has just
announced. 1t is stated that Van
Kirk fell from his aeroplane into the
Gulf of Mexico and was drowned.
Under the pension laws dependents
of persons in the aviation service are
allowed double the ordinary compen-
sation.
The president has renewed his eff
forts to get press censorship law
enacted.
We hope he will be signally and
overwhelmingly defeated in this I'M
democratic and un-American effort.
There are many important agents
that contribute their part to the
maintenance of this Republic, but no
half dozen of them is as important
as the full and absolute freedom of
the press. The liberty of the press
should never be tampered with. The
more grave the times, the more sa-
cred the unabridgement of the press.
No public servant in time of war or
in time of peace should be immune to
the editorial criticism of the news
papers of the country. And the peo-
pie have an inalienable and constitu-
tional right to know at all times what
their public servants are doing, from
the president down. What would
the people think if the clerks in the
country store endeavored to keep the
owner of the store from knowing all
about their sales and disposition of
the goods of the store and it's gener-
al management. They would think
them foolshly imperious And yet,
such audacity is not a whit worse than
that of the peoples public servants
who clamor for a gag law of the
press in order to keep their official
conduct hidden from the people.
W. M. H.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-06-01

1.-THE English speaking people) are
the "fittest". Consequently, l am
never troubled with Japanese night
mares.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-06-01

Life is what we are alive to. 1t is
not length, but breadth. To be alive
only to appetite, pleasure, pride,
money making, and not to goodness
and kindness, purity and love, his
tory, poetry, music, flowers, stars,
God and eternal hopes, it is to be all
but dead"
-Maltbie D. Babcock.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-06-01

ing and mixing, the
Cottolene was added
4 third less than our
butter recipe called for.
Some more finishing
touches. Then my wife
swabbed the waffle iron
with Cottolene, poured
IN the batter and
Well, | never tasted
waffles so deliciousl
Theywcre a rich golden
brown. And crispI My,
how crisp those wafles
wereI | never tasted
waffles anyvobsrs that
were so crisp.
We served them hot,
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-06-01
How |
got then, Crisp

| travel quite a bit.
| sometimes order
waHeS in hotels, bat
somehow they never
come crisp enough.
So the other day / got
enterprising. ! had a
waffle iron sent home.
"Now honey" said |,
"Let's have some real
wames. | want you to
make them yourself"
| had heard that Cot
tolene made crisp cook
ing, SO we agreed to use
Colt olene. | hung
around the kitchen and
watched, After the sift-
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-06-01

The Swainsboro Forest BLADE is
trying to increase the buttermilk sup
ply by boosting the milk weed. Why
not help the live stock industry by
dealing kindly with the horse-radish?
Macon News
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-06-01

with real Chautauqus
County syrup.
My wife had never
made waffles before, but
after that first batch, she
might have qualified as
waffle champion of the
world. Or should the
championship go to
Cottolene1
Perhaps you had bet
ter tryityourself andsee.
From II. T. H.
FREE! Cook Book containing
239 recipes by famous cooks sent
free. Write to The N. K. Fair
bank Company, Ill West Wash
mgton Street, Chicago, IN.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-06-01

Jockey of Death" at the Strand
Theatre Saturday.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-08-02

luYing the summer time always exists
and this menace is intensified in the
majority Of rural districts by the alb
senee of regular FIRE departments and
other fre fighting oganizations. The
farmer, therefore, is necessarily thrown
upon his own resources for the means
of preservation, and upon him rests the
double responsibility of first eliminat-
ing all possible fire hazards and also Of
having fire extinguishing apparatus
ready for immediate use should . FIRE
occur.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-10

The Advocate for printing.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-10
URGES MERCHANTS TO
REDUCE DELIVERY WORK

The Council of National Defense
authorizes the following:
Retail dry goods and depart
ment stores all over the United
States have received a cOmmunica-
ton from the commercial economy
board of the Council of National
Defense regarding an immediate
and vital service that can be rem
dered by them to the Government in
the present emergency. Basing its
letter upon the patent fact that
the country's resources must be en-
ployed to the uttermOst in the
prosecution Of the war, the board
says:
"This requires that all unneces-
sary services shall be eliminated in
retail trade as well as in other
lines of business. The commercial
economy board has made q careful
investigation of the economies that
are possible in the delivery service
of retail stores. This shows that
large number of men and vehicles
can be released for military or other
service that is essential to the well
fare of the country"
The Investigations conducted by
the board resulted in the accumula-
ton of figures from which accurate
data of the utmost Importance to
the trade have been assembled.
They show that a tremendous
amount of man power and money
now tied up in unnecessary and
wasteful work can be released. De-
livery service in retail stores can be
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-10

very substantially reduced, and it
can be reduced Immediately by re-
stricting the free delivery of small
purchases, by eliminating special
deliveries altogether, and by other
means.
The board further points out
that, though these changes in meth
DDS are requested as a potent weap-
on in winning the war, they are
based on principles of sound bust
ness and should not only not work
hardship on any person but would
correct abuses and leakages long
suffered by the trade.
"There is such urgent need for
men and equipment in other work."
says the letter, "that the country
can not endure the waste that is oc-
casOned by the accommodation deliv-
cries of small purchases. If pos
Sible, not more than one regular de-
livery a day should be made over
each route. These changes in deliv-
cry methods should be introduced as
soon as practicable; certainly not
later than August /, 1917"
The board further urges that the
acceptance of returned goods be re-
duced to an absolute minimum and
that all nonessential operations in
each store be eliminated.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-10

try, asking purchasers not to require
needless deliveries, would have a
wonderfully beneficial effect. For
instance, we suggest that every
grocer display such card as this
Don't Have II Sent II You Can
Carry 1t Home.
Your Country Needs tine Men
and Money Now Being Wasted in
Needless Delivery of Goods.
Be Patriotic-Carry Your Own.
Or such a sign as this:
Tighten Your COuntry'S Burden
by Carrying Your Own.
Millions of Dollars anu Thousands
of Men Are Tied Up by Needless De-
livery of Goods.
These Men and This Money Can
Be Released for Vital Service If
You viii Help.
1t is Patriotic TO Carry Home All
Possible Parcels.
Begin Today.
The words: "This sign is display
ed at the request of the Commercial
Economy Board of the Council Of
National Defense" may be placed
upon such a sign in case any dealer
hesitates to take the step on his
own initiative for fear of possibly
antagonizing his customers.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-10
GARRY YOUR OWN" SLOGAN
URGED BY GOVERNMENT
The Council of National Defense
the following:

The Council of National Defense
authorizes the following:
How the retail grocers of this
country can render immediate and
vital service in the present war
emergency is indicated in a letter
just sent to the Grocers' Associa-
ton by the Commercial Economy
Board of the Council of National
Defense. The board has made a
careful study of the economies
which are possible in the delivery
service of retail stores. 1t has
found that the average cost of de-
livery in retail grocery stores is
not far from per cent of the
gross sales.
Often the grocer is called upon
to make special delivery of a small
article, and he feels it necessary to
do so rather than displease and pos
sibly lose a customer. But there
would be no danger of loss to trade
through declining to make such de-
hveries if all the retail grocers in
a town or city cooperated.
eve realize" says Mr.. A. w.
Shaw, chairman Of the board, "that
the cooperation of the public, and
especially of the women who do
most of the ordering and buying
from the stores. is necessary to
make these plans a success. To
that end we are now making a ma.
tion-wide appeal to the consumer.
We are urging purchasers to carry
home all possible packages instead
of having them sent. We are ask
ing women of the country to plan
their orders ahead, to systematic
their buying so that it will not be
necessary to have the grocers wa
gon make accommodation trips. We
are pressing home slogan, Garry
Your Own"
Signs prominently displayed in ev-
cry retail grocery store in the coun-
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-10
Exceptional Ability.

7. Men of exceptional qualifica-
tons who rendered their services
to the government prior to June 5,
1917, and who have been listed I'M
der G. o. 81, War Department.
Maximum age limit fifty years.
s. Citizens with valuable military
experience and adaptability Fer
commissioned grade, or citizens who
have demonstrated marked ability
and capacity for leadership and are
clearly adapted for military service
in commissioned grade. Maximum
age limit forty-four years.
Men who applied for the fiji st
series of camps must re-apply
whether or not certified or suitable
for the first camps. They will be
on equal basis with the other appG-
cants.
The minimum age limit, as already
stated, is twenty years and nine
months. National guard members
on Federal service may apply
through the proper channels.
This second series of training
camps, it is stated, will afford those
not in the military service not draft
ed in the future, the last opportun-
ity to become officers.
Kentucky has been allotted 377
men for the second camp. Letters
of recommendation are not wanted
for the second camp; instead the
names of three responsible persons
who hest know the applicant are
asked.
Army examiners vii, visit various
points in each State after July Is
to make examination of the appli-
cants, and after these examinations
are completed, soon after August l,
and before August 10, the appli-
cants will be notified when to report
to the camp.
One hundred dollars monthly will
be paid all men in the camps, the
course to last for three months.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-07-10
JULY IS FINAL DATE
TO APPLY FOR RESERVE

Men Of mature ages are very
much in demand for the second
series of Officers Training Camps,
despite reports that the places are
already crowded. The second series
of camps is chiefly for the purpose
of filling all places in the grades
above that of lieutenant in the first
army of 100000 troops and to fill
many places of the lieutenant grade
in the second 100000 to be raised.
Men of more than 81 years Of age
are especially needed.
Attention has again been called
to the fact that all application pa
pers must be in by July Is. as no
consideration will be given papers
received after that date. Applicants
in this State should mail their APP
plications to the examining officer,
Second Training Camp, $40 West
Jefferson street. Louisville.
The classes eligible to apply with
the age limits of each class are:
1. Members of the Officers Re-
serve Corps Zine section) who,
through no fault of their own, were
unable to attend the first series of
camps; also Reserve Officers of
staff corps under fifty years of
age with at least two months SER
vice in war and who have had ex-
perience in infantry, cavalry or ar
tillery.