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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-17

The Saunders Blackburn Grocery
Co., of Memphis, are out in four
page ad. in the Commercial-Appeal,
in the which they expose the mach
nations of manufacturers in Con-
gress to get passed the Stevens-Ash-
urst endorsed by 200 Congressman,
says the Dexter Statesman. Then the
Saunders Blackburn Grocery Co go
on to show this so-called league is a
combine of manufacturers who have
put up the price of necessities of life
on the consumer and are working to
keep their perfdious power over the
people and reap enormous profits dur
ing the war from a starving people.
The said Memphis firm are also au-
thors of the statement that the manu-
facturers have made the effort to COM
pei wholesalers to put up the price on
commodities, regardless of whether
necessary or not, and they boycott such
wholesalers as refuse to rob the con-
sumer by refusing to sell goods to
such wholesalers who refuse to rob
the people by increasing prices so that
they, these manufacturers, may also
get higher price. Did you ever hear
of such thievery? And such in free
country. What are our courts and
department of justice doing that these
thieves are not jailed or hung? The
Saunders Blackburn Co. deserve the
thanks and cooperation of the people
for exposing this theft. They go as
far as to give names Of firms guilty.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-17
SETTING THE PACE

Mississippi, Scott and New Madrid
counties have attracted the attention
of the whole State to section which
can no longer be referred to as
"Swampeast Missouri. During the
past two weeks these three counties
have adopted bond issues for road
and bridge Improvements in the fol-
lowing amounts:
Mississippi county :. 100000
Scott county ........ S750,000.00
New Madrid county. .$800,000,00
This enormous expenditure of ST.
925,000.00, to which will be added
State and Federal funds, will COM
pletely change the condition of the
roads in what is recognized as the
richest section of Missouri.
But these little jokes of the weather
man are. not so funny.
1t may have been observed that the
panic-stricken Russ Immediately re-
faced the enemy when he found his
wife in the rear.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-17

Published Every Friday
A. w. BRADSHAW, Editor
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-17

But these little jokes of the weathel
man are. not so funny.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05
DOG Leather for Shoes.

The streets of Armavir, in the south
of Russia, are as much the home of
numerous stray dogs as was COnstan-
tinOple only few years ago. These
dogs, as in the Turkish capital, play
the part of sanitary scavengers when
the town council fOrgets its functions.
But the growing need of leather stim-
ulated an official of Armavir to the
suggestion that the hides of dogs could
be utilized in the making Of shoes for
the poor pupils in the schools. The
plan was eagerly accepted.
More than 800 stray dogs were
caught, and already most of the skins
have been tanned at a factory in Vol
OvOdin. 1t has been estimated that 1t
costs about 80 cents to tan each skin,
from which five or six tops for boots
can be cut.
The leather is being used without
dyeing, so that the shoes are a bright
yellow in color. The Armavir council
has thus provided at least 5000 school
children with cheap footwear.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05
"Nobody Loves a Fat Man"

"ln Denver" says member of the
bar, "a large, fat man was suing a
little, skeletOnlike individual, who had
"a bad, hacking cough.
'The case had been given to the
jury, which had been out half an hour.
On the evidence and the instructions
the big man had won the case. The
jury was called and filed out into the
courtroom.
"Have you reached verdictT asked
the judge.
"'NO, your honor said the foreman.
we only want to know which is the
defendant and which is the plaintiff.
"'rhe large man sitting over there
is the plaintiff, and the small man here
is the defendant replied the judge.
'The jury filed back TO the juryroom,
In a few minutes they signaled that
they had reached a verdict. The judge
received IL and read:
awe, the jury, find for the man with
consumption
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05
TERRIBLY SWOLLEN
Suffering Described As Torture
Relieved by Black-Draught.

RossviIle, Ga. Mrs. Kate Ice Able, Of
this place, writes: only husband Is an
engineer, and once while lifting, he in
iured himself with piece Of heavy ma
chinery, across The abdomen He was
so sore he could not bear 10 press on
himself at all, on chest or abdomen. He
weighed les lbs, and fell off until he
weighed 40 lbs, in two weeks.
He became constipated and II looked
like he would die. We had three different
doctors, yet with all their medicine, his
bowels failed TO act. He would turn up
ten-cent bottle Of castor oil, and drink
il two or three days in succession. He
did this yet without result. We became
desperate, he suffered so. He was swol-
len terribly. He told me his suffering
could only be described as torture.
sent and bought Thedfords Black
Draught. made him take a big dose,
and when it began TO act he tainted, he
was in such misery, but he got relief and
began to mend at once. He got well,
and we both feel he owes his life TO
Thedford's Blacls-Draught"
Thedford's Black-Draught will help you
to keep fit, ready for the days work.
Try It'll NC-13l
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05
WHERE SAND IS MONARCH
Majesty of the Desert Must Be Seen
Before Its Savage Beauty Can
Be Appreciated.

The desert whispered to itself before
man ever trod it, but now it takes his
accent, for beneath leaning sign-post
at the end of an old worn track lie the
bleaching bones of q horse and far
along on the self-same trail is an
empty whisky bottle. Poor weapon
with which to fight you, desert!
And you have your own forms of
tiny insect life that burrow in your
sands, and you are framed in wild and
savage beauty, for where the winter
SHOWS of the Sierras are poured upon
your glittering yellow bosom, the
creeks that carry those clear icy wa
ters are banked with cottOnwoods and
tall green grasses, while on your other
side lie other mountains, stern and
cold and dead, that hold the treasures
Of a thousand cities within their
gloomy canyons. The tiny holes and
puny tracks that man has made upon
those mighty ridges are but as ants
work in dusty road, and in the space |
of one mans little life the monuments !
to human evolution, of brain and high |
endeavor, will all be gently, surely
wiped away. This is not done by you
in savage anger, but slowly and mex
Orably, yet surely as the drifting of |
your sands-and yet not quite.
There is one trivial thing Outlasts |
mans nObler monuments; a thing Of /
interest to the burro's eye, a keen re- !,
hinder Of some vanished camp, a SYM |
Dol Of mans economic art, perchance !
the savior Of some desert wanderers !
life-an old tomato can Exchange. |
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05
HOW sepALIA GOT ITS NAME
Gen. George r. Smith Gave the Town
its Pleasing coonomen IN Honor
Of His Young Daughter.

The city Of SedalIa was both found
ed and named by Gen. George r.
Smith, who was distinguished citi-
zen Of Missouri during the years of the
Civil war and the periods Immediately
before and after that struggle. He
was n Virginian by birth and Ken
tuckian by upbringing; as young man
he came to Missouri and settled at
Georgetown, which is three miles north
of the present city of Sedalia. He
was prominent both in politics and
business and was instrumental in the
building of the Missouri Pacific rail-
way from st. Louis ia Kansas City
during the sos of the Vast century.
He could not induce\ his fellow
townsmen to make the necessary eff
fort to have the railway paSs through
Georgetown, and, foreseeing\that that
would condemn the village 10 decay,
he bought large tract of land beside
the railway tracks and laid out a town
site there, from which in course of
time has grown the flOurishing city of
Sedalia.
When it came to furnishing a name
for the new settlement, General Smith
determined to christen it SeGville, in
honor of his younger daughter Sarah,
whose pet name in the family circle
was "Sed." One of his friends. Josiah
Dent of st. Louis suggested that
"ville" was a commonplace termina-
ton, and that Sedalia would be a more
beautiful and unusual name. General
Smith approved Of the suggestion, and
Sedalia came officially into being when
he and his family, the first inhabitants
of the new town, moved thither in
1S59.-Youth's Companion.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05
Joke on Grandfather.

Seven-year-old Willie sat next to his
grandfather at the dinner table and
handed him a note from the principal
of the public school requesting the at
tendance of the grandfather at a meet
ing Of the Parents and Teachers as
ISOLATION. The old gentleman, who is
fond Of a joke, pretended to read as
follows, "Dear Sir: Your crop-eared,
bandy-legged, sniffled-nose boy needs
spanking. There are no shingles in
this school sufficiently heavy for the
purpose. viii you kindly take him
into the woodshed and administer a
correction?" Everybody
at the table laughed except the young
ster. With a perfectly grave face he
said, ooh, grandfather, should not
have thought that you would preserve
all these years n note that was writ
ten to your father when you was a
boy"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05
N..: hle4~sle
Bad Coughs! Feverish! Grippy!

You need DR.. Kings New D's-
covery to stop that cold, the sooth-
ing balsam ingredients heal the irri-
tated membranes, soothe the sore
throat, the antiseptic qualities kill
the germ and your cold is quickly re-
lieved. DR.. Kings New Discovery
has for AZ years been the standard
remedy for coughs and colds in
thousands of homes. Get bottle to-
day and have it handy in your med
icine chest for coughs, colds, Group.
grippe and all bronchial affections.
At your druggists. 50c.-Advertise-
ment.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05
Clear Your Skin In Spring

Spring house cleaning means clean
ing inside and outside Dull pimbIy
skin is an aftermath of winter mac
tivity. Flushlyour intestines with a
mild laxative and clean out tae &C.
cumulated wastes. easy to take, they
do not grippe. DR.. Kings New Life
Pills will clear your complexion and
brighten your eyes. Try DR.. Kings
New Life Pills to night and throw
off the sluggish winter she'll. At
druggists, 25c. -Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05

with any desired sauce or a gravy.
Any small bits of fowl may be finely
minced and seasoned with onion, pars-
ley, grated lemon rind or a nutmeg
chopped green pepper, all of these or
season 10 taste. Put into shells made
of mashed potato and brown in the
oven.
A salad is a fine dish to prepare
from left overs as fruit, vegetables,
meat, fish or fowl can all be used in a
salad. A few string beans, a little
onion Juice, corn, tomatoes or celery
with salad dressing will make good
combination. Any small amounts of
cream may be used as cake filling for
shortening for all kinds of hot breads
and cakes as well as buildings and If
a larger amount is at hand may be
whipped into a small pat of butter
which will be most appetising NOR
SELL especially for an invalid.
Small bits Of leftover bacon stirred
into hot breakfast cereal and put
into mold may be fried for breakfast
the next morning.
If little macaroni and cheese has
been left over, butter a baking dish,
add layer of the macaroni and q
sprinkling of chopped meat, a little
onion and bit of tomato If at hand,
another layer of macaroni, add little
meat gravy or soup stock to moisten
and bake until hot. Buttered crumbs |
on the top adds to the dish and bake |
until they are brown.
A saucer of baked beans is not |
enough to serve the family, but they
may be added to little stock or made
into bean soup. One nice method |
followed by one family when there are
several small bits of different foods
left over is to reheat and serve as
they are, placing them on a tray, and
each one takes that which pleases him
best
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05

Representative Jeanette Rankin, of
Montana, the first woman member of
congress, took her seat in the house
Monday. Her entrance was signal
lied by uproarious applause. Every
member on the floor and everybody
in the galleries rose as she walked
down the hall with Representative
Adams, of Montana. She carried one
of a score of bouquets which had come
TO her office. She wore no hat and
was attired in dark blue. Members
rushed from all parts of the hall and
congratulated her.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05

All of the governments 100000 civ
ilian employees, including postmasters,
as well as state and municipal officers
everywhere, are called upon to take
part in a nationwide spy hunt. The
season will be open till the war ends.
Cognizance is to be taken of all I'M
patriotic language, or criticisms of the
government. One of the first jobs of
the navy will be to see after the See
Alder.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05

with a profound sense of the SOL
emn and even tragical character of
the step am taking and of the grave
responsibilities which it involves, but
in unhesitating obedience to what |
deem my constitutional duty, advise
that the congress declare the recent
course bf the imperial German gov
erRment to be in fact nothing less
than war against the government and
people of this United States; that it
formally accept the status of belliger-
ent which has thus been thrust upon
il, and that it take immediate steps
not only to put the country in a more
thorough state of defense, but also to
exert all its power and employ all its
resources to bring the government of
the German empire to terms end end
the war. President Woodrow VIII
son.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05

With 429 of the 433 living members
elected to the House present,
one Democrat and one Republican
having died, and 3 Republicans and l
Democrat being absent, Speaker
Clark received 2l7 votes, 213 Demo-
Gratis and 4 Independents, and Mann,
Republican, received 205 votes and
there were scattering votes.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05
Method Of Saving Wood.

When lighting fires, split each piece
of wood in a bundle into two. 1t is
real saving, for the wood goes twice
as far, as half the quantity lights the
fire. And sprinkle coal with salt and
water; it burns better and lasts twice
as long.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05
sH5eK1TOHEN
GBLNER4H

I believe in gittin' as much good
outer life az you kin--not that I ever
set out 10 look for happiness seems
like the folks that does, never finds IT,
jes' do the best I kin where the Good
Lord put me at, an Il locks like got
a happy feelin' In me most all the
time.-Mrs. Wigs.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05

The British have now reached GAIA,
in Palestine, the city where Samson
carried away the gates of the city on
his shoulders, as told in the sixteenth
chapter of Judges.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05

DlnHuOn OF TWO hFe
left over, line a but
tered bowl with the
mixture, I'll with
seasoned meat,
cover with q little
cereal and steam
half an hour, then
turn out on a hot
platter and serve
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05
We don't have to be neutral any
longer. Be patriotic Americans.

Senator Lodge knocked down pa
cifist named Bannwart, who called
him a coward, in the Senate corr dor
Monday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05

WATCH THE DATE-After your
name, renew promptly, and not miss
a number. The Postal regulations
require subscriptions to be paid in
advance.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05

Grace Cunard, Mary Pickford and
Alice Joyce are all Mrs. Moore, when
off the stage. Grace is now honey
incoming with Joe Moore in San Fran
cisco.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05
Good Morning. Have
You Seen The COurier7.
EvanSviIle's Best paper.
Removal Notice.

| have removed my Office from the
Cherokee Building to the Pennyroyal
Building, apartment No. /.
Martha d. Beard, D. o.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05
THURSDAY, APRIL 5
ANNOUNCEMENT.
We are authorized to announce
WILLIAM r. HOWELL,

of Christian county, as a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for the
State Senate from the District COM
posed of Christian and Hopkins coun-
ties. Subject to the August primary.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05

Hannah--I heah you-all's got fine
Job up 10 Mrs. Calvert's.
Chlorinda-Yes, Miss Hannah. Use
got a cinch. All has ter DO Is ter
push around oue-of desp ,newfepgied
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05
Preferred Locals

Smithson Water delivered Tues
days and Saturdays. Phone $751;.
advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05
MORE USES OF LEFT OVERS.

II a cereal, boiled rice or cornmeal
musk or macaroni, any one or com
The Adair County news., 1917-06-06
Star SpansIed Banner.

1t is well for US to know about
our patriotic songs and our ma
tional airs. The most beloved
song of all perhaps is the "Star
Spaugled Banner, cur national
hymn. Every one should be ia
miliar with the incident of it's Or
igin. The author was Francis
Scott Key, a young lawyer who
lived in Baltimore, Md. During
the war of 1872 Mr.. Key had a
friend, DR.. Beames, who was a
prisoner on a British manof-war.
Desiring to visit him Mr.. Key
went on board the war vessel,
under a flag of truce. Key was
temporarily detained and was
forced to watch the lombard
ment of Fort McHenry. While
watching the heroic stand of the
flag against the incessant firing,
the words of the ''Star Spangled
Banner" came to Mr.. Keys
mind, and he wrote them in a
note book. The flag that in.
spired Mr.. Key was found to be
in a very mutilated condition,
bearing testimony as to how
close the bombs missed tearing
the flag from the staff. The
flag is now on exhibition in Bal
limore and was made by Mrs.
Mary Pickersgill, the daughter
Of Mrs. Betsey Ross, who made
the first American flag for Gen.
Washington, June IA. l777.
The Adair County news., 1917-06-06
Eye and Temper Savers.

Those who do fine needle
work of any kind" says a writer
in the June Woman's Home Com
panion will find it advantageous
to observe these rules closely:
81. Do not sit too long at the
task. If you wish to spend a
day or a half day at it steadily
for fifty minutes, and drop the
work for the next ten minutes,
occupying your time with some
thing else through which the
mind may be relaxed. At the
end of ten minutes go back to
The needlework, again applying
yourself to it for fifty minutes
and SO continue throughout the
entire day.
''2. Always observe closely
the rule regarding light diree
The Adair County news., 1917-06-06

ton. Sit With your back almost
facing the light, with the latter
coming over your left shoulder.
SO. When working with net
or fine laces that are white or
light colored, wear a black apron
that is without gloss, and never
wear a dress or apron that has
figure or stripe of any sort in it.
Use plain colors as background
for your work, and use colors
that are receding, like blue, dark
brown or green. E"
The Adair County news., 1917-06-06
FOre:hought.

People are learning that a little
forethought often saves them big ex
pense Here is an instance: e. w.
Archer, Caldwell, Ohio, writes; do
not believe that our family has been
without Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy since we tom
nenced keeping house years ago.
When we go on an extended visit we
axe it with u.s.. ObtainabIe at
PAUL Drug Co. Adv.
The Adair County news., 1917-06-06
Can't Reform Children by Repri'
mand.

In the June Woman's Home
Companion Miriam Finn Scott
says:
"Too frequently the attitude
of the unthinking father is to
repremand Or suppress the child,
without giving a thought to the
possible cause of the chiId's irri-
tating fault, or a thought to its
possible cure. One day at a
beach hotel, a small boy began
to boast that he was notafraid to
walk into the cold water up to
his neck. Keep quiet, you know
you are a coward. Don't say
that again!' said his father
sharply.
''To be sure, this boy was z
coward, and the father was per
haps justly displeased; but by
squelching the boy he certainly
did very little to help his sol
conquer his cowardice. In the
first place, the father did not re
aIize that perhaps the boy wa
not born a coward but probably
made one through needless sup
preston, through meaningless
'don'ts.' What he needed nov
was a stimulus which would en-
courage him to meet physically
that which be only dared fac
in his imagination; what h
needed was sympathy and kind
ness, and not rebuffs.
The Adair County news., 1917-06-06
CALLED f., family
TO Her BEDSIDE
Six Years Ago. Thinking She Mg DE- Says Texas Lady, But Now
She Is Well, Strong Woman and Praises Cardui For
Her Recovery

Royse City, Tex.-Mrs. Mary Kill
man, of this place, says; after the
birth of my little girl. my side COM
menced to hurt me. had to go back
to bed. We called the doctor. He
treated me. but. I got no better. I
got worse and worse until the misery
was unbearable. II was in bed for
three months and suffered such agony
that was just drawn I'D in a mot.
told my husband if he would get
me a bottle of CardIi 1 would trr it,.
I commenced taking it, however, that
evening I called my family about
me. O.. for I knew I could not last
many days unless I had change for
The Adair County news., 1917-06-06

the better. That was six years ago
and I am still here and am a well,
strong woman, and I owe my life to
Cardui. I had only taken half the
bottle when 1 began to feel better.
The misery in my side got less. I
continued right on taking the Cardui
until 1 had taken three bottles and I
did not need any more for I was we'll
and never felt better in my life...
have never had any trouble from that
day to this"
Do you suffer from headache, back
ache, pains in sides, or other discom-
forts, each month? Or do you feel
weak, nervous and fagged-out? Ii so,
give Cardui, the woman's tonic, a
trial. ]. Il
The Adair County news., 1917-06-06
To The Public.

81 have been using Chamberlaln's
Tablets for indigestion for the past
six months, and it affords me pleasure
to say 1 have never used a remedy
that did me so much good. - Mrs. G.
E. Riley, Iilion, N. Y. Chamberlain,s
Tablets are obtainable at PAUL Drug
Co. Adv