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8. What is the proper title for a b
ANSWERS TO YESTERDAYS INQUIRIES

]. The yolks OF eggs have n tendency to
dnrken hair IN used with great frequency. They
will help to remedy In cases Of excessive dan
druf.
2. Olive oil, castor oil and coal oil are all
beneficial to the hair.
3. II the heels OF silk stockings are rubbed
with wax they will not wear out quickly.
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4. Baked Alaska Is ice cream which has been
covered with meringue, then placed on
board and baked In u hot oven for minute
until the meringue is Drowned. The wood and
neringue are nonconductors Of heat.
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TACT IN HANDLING UNPLEASANT
SITUATIONS NEEDED BY WIVES
Always Psychological Time for the Disagree
able as Well as the More Agreeable
Duties in Life

THE woman occupied chair in the
= Pullman as entered It. Her wraps
were thrown across another chair, which
she was evidently saving for some one
She patted her hair powdered her nose
and gave every evidence of expectancy.
Then the man boarded the train at the
last moment. He was warm and red
faced from hurrying, and after greeting
the woman in way that made one know
they had not seen each other for some
time. dropped into the empty chair with
q satisfied sigh There followed an ami
mated conversation, questions were asked
and answered in rapid succession, and
the expression on the faces of both told
OF their contentment at being together.
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TODAY'S INQUIRIES

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-16

8. II nm article becomes scorched while IRON.
lpg noIsten the spot ut once with peroxide OF
hydrogen. place u thin white cloth over II ana
PRESS with o hot iron.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-02-09
Ground Hog Day
Cold But Clear.

If there is anything in the an
cient superstition Gin which no
body believes) that the gr0undhog
comes out of his hola on the second
day Of February at IL o'clock, noon,
and is determined by weather con-
ditions at that time. as to whether
he remains out or returns to his
burrow for period of six weeks.
then we are to dispense consider
able more Of our wealth for fuel and
other etceteras before the birds sing
Ia the spring ira la. for It is a fact
that while last Friday. the End inst.
was perhaps the bitterest cold day
ever felt in this country. Old Sol
was shining at the noon hour. How
ever, in spite Of the eroundhoe ira
dition, we are very much in hopee
that February is going to yet have
some days that will allow farmers
to SOW oats and gardners to put in
to the ground the seeds Of onions
peas, beets, lettuce. radishes, etc.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-02-09
Blizzard Hit Us
Hard Last Sunday.

The real, genuine, unadulterat.d
old-fashioned blizzard, which msIde
its arrival here in Lexington last
Sunday soon after IL o'clock. noon,
accompanied by high wind and
soon followed by show. was one Of
the few weather changes fof that
kind that ever came to this section.
1t was a clean slip-up onthe, Wealth
er man. whose prediction in| Satur-
day nights Banner was for( (Tennes-
see, Generally fair tonight and
Sunday, with rising temperature"
and in the Sunday morning papers
was Fair Sunday and Monday;
warmer Sunday; colder Monday af-
ternoon or night" +.
If there was anything fair" about
letting such a blizzard hit Us with
out warning, we are unacquainted
with the meanings Of that word
however, before noon the news came
to the N. c. & L. Railway to get
ready for q storm which had swept
over Texas, had struck Arkansas
and was headed for West sTennes-
see.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-02-09
Postoffice Building
AT Huntingdon,

Hon. 7. W. Sims deserves much
credit for his services to Hunting
don in securing the passage of a
bill through the House providing an
appropriation Of $25,009 for the
erection Of a postoffice building on
the lot on the south side Of the
square, purchased by the govern
ment about three years ago for
this purpose.
This appropriation was an item
Of the Omnibus Bill which passed
on the 18th inst. Mr.. Frazer, a Re-
publican from Wisconsin, moved
to amend by striking out the para
graph carrying the appropriation
and made a speech under the FIVE
minute rule, against the appropri.
alton. But Mr.. Sims made one in
favor of it, and the amendment to
strike it out was rejected.
In his speech, Mr.. Sims referred
to the erection Of this public build
ing in Huntingdon as memorial to
the the late Hon. James C. Courts
as a tribute to the life Of this noble
citizen in his home town.
Mr.. Sims has done a great deal Of
hard work in securing this public
building for Huntingdon and it now
behooves the citizens of the town to
get busy and see that the item is
not rejected in the senate Strong
pressure should be brought to Sc
cure the active support Of our SEN
ators, both before the committee
and in the Senate proper. Carroll
County Democrat.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-02-09
avert the break between this gov
eminent and that Of the Kaiser
Bone Dry" Bill
Signed by Governor.

The Bone Dry" law, the post
far-reaching Of all the anti-liquor
legislation enacted by the Tennes-
see legislature, was signed by Gov.
Rye before the Legislature adjourn.
ed last Friday. This law, allows
the purchase of one gallon Of whis.
key between the date Of its pas.
sage and the first Of March, after
which time it will be unlawful to
ship into the State any kind Of in.
toxicating liquor for Use as beverage
and all common carriers are inhib-
tied from carrying such intoxicants.
Druggists will still be allowed to
use alcoholic spirits in their busi-
ness, such spirits can be used IN
the arts and churches will be allow.
ed to obtain the necessary wines
for sacramental purposes. The Oh.
ject Of the law is to utterly destroy
the use Of intoxicating liquors as Q
beverage and to apply to this State
the Webb-Kenyon law recently sus.
tanned by the Supreme court Of tho
United States. Wholesale liquor
dealers have until the first Of next
July to close out their stocks on
hand but will not be allowed to add
thereto. If this law Is enforced
Tennessee will at last have real
prohibition.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-02-09
GERMAN GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO
MODIFY SUBMARINE WARFARE.
NOW WATCH THE
CRIME QUESTION
In THIS STATE.

1t will be Of interest to note here,
after the question Of crime, includ.
ing lynchings, in tennessee, follow.
ing repeal Of the Bowers Anti Cap.
ital Punishment law, which repeal
was effected on Wednesday Of last
week so far as the Legislature was
concerned, the House on that day
voting repeal rs to H. The Senate
had already voted to repeal the law
by large majority. 1t has been
claimed by the opposition to
the Bowers law that it is the cause
of crime, especially among negroes
who do not look upon a term in the
penitentiary with such horror. If
we mistake not, Georgia still in
flicts the death penalty, and withal
that is the worst lynching state in
Union. We are not so much in fa-
vor Of the death penalty for mur-
der as we use to be. for we have
come to the knowledge that under
certain circumstances ANYBODY
WILL COMMIT MURDER, while
the fact remains that nobody but a
thief will steal, Now let's restore
hanging and do the job publicly in
ths county 4 siEe sowns. i ,ws ere y !
'heufihs oh ths bdnIshlishl idsied
out for murder lettering others
from taking human life.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-02-09

From New York last Saturda,
was sent. out the following state
ments Of incidents which dire, ,Stl'
led to the rupture which came "
that day between the United States
and the German Empire:
First American Killed Leon 7.
Thresher, passenger aboard the Brit
ish steamship Falaba, torpedoed
March q. 1915, Off Milford England.
First American Ship Sunk The
Leenanaw Of New York. destroyed
Of the Orkney Islands, July IS
1915.
The Guldisht, cif tanl,er. torpedo
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-02-09

Tuesday mornings papers featur-
ed headlines on the fact that IN the
rinkine Of the. British steamer Fave
stone, OF rather in Smelling the small
boats which left the sinking steam.
er by a German submarine, Richard
Wallace, an American, was killed
TPe survivors of the Eavestone. who
anded on the 5th inst. stated that
their ship was sunk BY shells from
German submarine, that the crew
abandoned the vessel and that the
boats in which the crew had taken
refuge were then shelled by the
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-02-09
HAPPENINGS IN WAR WHICH LED TO
BREACH BETWEENU u. S. AND KAISER

ed of the Sicily Islands, May !,
1915, two men drowned; captain
died Of heart disease.
The giant Lusitania. torpedoed
without warning May 7, 1915, of
the cd head Of Kinsale. Out Of
1,257 passengers 1898 were lost, in
cludine 124 Americans, many Of
them Of national prominence.
The Italian seaiNship Ancona
sunk in the Mediterranean Nov. Z
1915. Olt Of a total Of Sc8 passen'
gers lost, nine were Americans.
The British steamphip Persia
Sunk Dec. 80. 1915. southeast o.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-02-09
Foreign AT
fairs says: I'VE
Have Broken No
Promises. /"

Mondays cableerams. appearing
in the American papers on Tuesday
the 9th inst, brought the news that
Germany refused to modify the I'm
perial Governments orders for SUBJ
marine warfare. made on the lst
inst, in the following from the Ger
man Secretary Of State for FOREIGN
Affairs:
There is no step backward. We
have broken no promises. We only
hope President Wilson will warn
Americans from the blockade zone"
Secretary Zimmerman character
lied President Wilson's action as
astonishing" and said that under
no circumstances will Germany lift
the U-boat blockade or modify IL
He reiterated that unlimited sub
marine warfare was forced npon
Germany by the Entente's refusal Of
the German peace offer. Count Won
Bernstorff, the German embassadof
to the United States, on the other
hand, said that he did not blama
this country and tlat Preslt y
tVils0ns dozs csula ~
avert the break between this gov
ernment and that Of the Kaiser.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-02-09
Whole World Start.
led by Germany's
AnnOuncemen
Jany. 81.

In spite Of possible expectation
the whole Western world was
startled on the first day Of the
month by the announcement from
the imperial government Of Ger
many that that country had resum.
ed its submarine warfare. which
had to some extent been abandon
ed after extended controversy with
this government, with the promise
that the ultimatim Of President
Wilson on the subject would be
respected. The course to be pur-
ss.led at Washington was unknown
until Saturday, when President
Wilson declaied d severance Of dip.
lomatic relations between the Unit
ed States and Germany. The Ger
man ambassador, Count Bernstorff,
was given his passport and Mr..
Gerard. the United States minister
ter to Germany was recalled from
Berlin. 1t was given out from
across the Atlantic that Germany
had unleashed three hundred or
more giant submarines to operate
In the limits specified, which cover
tie greater part Of the Atlantic
oceail. AT tie same tllIlU b le1y|
made known that England has a
large number Of vessels especially
designed to hunt down and aid in
the destruction ofthe German sub
marines.
President Wilson feels that he
has taken the only possible course
and that in that course he will
have the backing Of every patriotic
citizen in the United States with
the appropriation of all the money
necessary u meet whatever emer-
gency may arise. aA
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-02-09
Assistant General
Passenger Agent,

John F. Gaffney, Jr., formerly
city passenger agent at Nashville,
has just been appointed Assistant
General Passenger Agent Of the N.
c. & ST. L, by General Passenger
Agent w. !. .Liehtfoot. Mr.. Gaffney
began his railroad work twelve
years ago as a file clerk In the gen.
eral passenger Offices. He is pop
ular with passenger traffic officials
over the South and his promotion is
q just recognition Of duty well per.
formed.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-02-09
BRITISH SHIP SUNK BY GERMAN
4 SUBMARINE---ONE AMERICAN LOST

submarine. It has also developed
TINT the American merchantmen
Housatonic, was sunk last
Saturday over the protest Of the
captain. The German submarines
or mines also got in effective work
on the 5th near the Belgian coast
by sinking q Belgian relief ship
loaded with wheat from Buenos
Aires, South America, for the starv.
ing women and children Of Belgium.
II is the prevailing opinion that
just as soon as Germany commits
what is considered an 'over act
war will be declared by this coun-
try.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-02-09

Crete. Mr.. McNeely, American
consul to Alden, among the 335
slain.
The French channel steamship
Sussex, torpoed in the English
Channel March 10, 1915. 1t was
this act Of German submarine war
fare that caused President Wilson
to exact a promise from Berlin to
discontinue illegal attacks on the
sea.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-02-09
GERMANY UNLESHES HER THREE
HUNDRED WATER-DOGS OF WAR.
WE MUST ONE
AND ALL STAND
BY PRESIDENT.

The Memphis Press, a newspaper
| (and a good one) rarely seen out
side Of the city in which ii is print.
ed, in its issue Of last Saturday con
tanned a first page article under the
caption Stand by the President
which ought to voice the sentiments
Of each and every patriotic Ameri.
can citizen. In the article referred
to the Press said in part.
The foremost duty Of every
American today is to STAND BY
THE PRESIDENT
He must have the unqualified
backing Of all his people in what
ever action he may take to deal
with the latest international crisis,
Events that the rest Of us can
only euessslat, diplomatic secrets
known only to the governments in
volved are directing his course; he
acts with the fullest possible 'knowl4
edge Of what the consequences rnay
be; his critics must judge his action
- a. q H =
through q veil Of ignorance"
Our governments declarations
must be made impressive BY the
unQuestioned allegiance Of every
Amer ~; ccGAe what IA s''' Z
Germany, and every other ma
ton Of the world, must understand
that the voice Of Woodrow Wilson
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-02-09
REMINGTON TENNESSEE FRIDAY, fHsRuARyo ,, 1917
nor THE scRAP booK1

VIE the Duchess oi Hohenber asasslnated at Saraevo
Bosnia
July % lSl4-Ausrta delivers an ultlnaum to Serbia
july ~ l0l l4--Austria deeaFedwar on Serbia
August !. l9l4--Germany declNed war on Russia
August :, 1914 l4-Germany declared war on France
August 4, 1911 -Germany decl4Eed war on Belgium
Ausust4 l9l4 Great Britain d1clared war on Germany
August United salex proclamation OF neu-
trality issued
August 191 -Montenegrp d1ared war on Austria.
August . lSi4-SerDia declaFe Nar on Germany
August 10, 19l France and stria severed diplomatic
relations
August ~, 19 4--Great BrtaA clared war on Austria
August IL, l914 -Montenegro eared war on Germany
AUGUST i5s 1914 Japan ssue ultimatum to Germany;
Il expired August ~ ~
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-02-09
BERNsTORFF SORRY
But EXPECTED Il.


Washington. Feb. 3.-Ger.
man Ambassador Won Bern
storff, when he learned that
the United States had severed
diplomatic relations with Ger
many, said: I arm sorry. How.
ever. ! expected it There
was nothing else left for. tho
United States to do | won
der how ] am to get home"
His eyes were moist and he
appeared greatly effected
y
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-02-09

Special scenery, costumes and
lighting effects for the production Of
Bought and Paid For" at the Col
lede, Thursday NIGHT, Feb, g.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-03-01

Diamonds always diamonds r e.,
what with d-i-a mo n-d-s can COM
pare" This was the little ditty An
ma Belle Sophronia Hazelburg was
singing to herself the other day
when your local scribe happened to
pass by. She was a holding a large
pretty white rock in her hands and
squirting at it with both eyes and
singing the above song. "Oh, Mr..
Lovejay" said she as our form hove
in view, come here and look at this
pretty diamond I have found; won
ner how much it is WORTH" We
had to tell her that it looked like a
big pretty quartz found here and
there over Hogan's way and that it
was worth perhaps ten cents but
she insisted it was worth one hun
dred plunks or more-it would have
been worth a thousand, diamond
that size. Horace Stamplicker John
Skinfint and Andy Antigoodroadster
happened to come along about the
same time and they said they knew
something about diamlnts and if
that wasn't real and genuine arti-
Gle they didn't know the meaning Of
the word dammit A heated argu-
ment ensued which finally resulted
in John Skinfint betting his bull
ycarling against Lovejay's reputa-
ton as a lokal writer that what An
ma Belle, etc., held was the pure and
adulierated outline of that rare gem
known as dammit. The next day
the whole bunch came to Highpint
and forthwith entered a we'll known
drug store to have the matter clear
ed up. The polite drug clerk told
them that the nearest thing they
had to the looks of such a mineral
was lump of Epson salts or a
chunk of camphor and really just at
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-03-01
ABOUT A CHAIN LETTER

Messrs. n. NJ. Redfern, D. L. Middle
ton and perhaps other travelling men here
received an appealing "chain" letter
telling that Frank Witherbee, an old
time travelling man, is helpless at bis
home in Minnesota. The letter as stat
ed above, is one of these chain affairs,
and each man is asked to make five
copies of it, send them to friends and
send a dime to Wetherbee. It is pro-
posed to stop the chain when the letter
number SO is sent out, the man receiv"
ing the letter with that number on it
is to write no copies but send Wetherbee
dime.
F. S. Lycan, who started the chain let
ter for his friend Wetherbee, figured it
out that $4,000 could be raised by his
scheme. A dispatch from Steubenville,
Ohio, says that DIR. Benjamin Casey, of
Toronto, figures that if the series of
chain letters started to obtain dime con-
tributions, $4,000 fund, for the benefit
of Frank Wetherbee, former St. Paul,
Minnesota salesman, were unbroken, the
Minnesota invalid would receive the
OU111 VI OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
565,432, 289 1885 ,9O8, 2O3. 90, plus ten cents,
if the person who wrote the first letter
contributed dime.
Or: Eleven decillion, one hundred and
two nonillion, two hundred and thirty
octillion, two hundred and forty-six sep
tillion, two hundred and fifty-o one sex
tilion, five hundred and sixty five quin-
tillion, four hundred and thirty two
uuadrilliOn. three hundred and eighty
three trillion, two hundred and eighty
nine billion, three hundred and thirty five
million, nine hundred and eight thou
sand, two hundred and three dollars and
ten cents, more money than the world
holds.
The doctor was a contributor. As re-
quested he wrote five letters to friends,
numbering them all alike. The final Sc
ries of letters was to be numbered so.
Reading that Wetherbee's friends were
unable to stop the food of dimes pouring
in, he started figuring.-Monroe En-
quirer.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-03-01
A FORD, AND

: Bill Antigoodroadster has a Ford
and Horace Stamplicker a Buick,
and, of course, there is right smart
sjealousy on the part of one and a
feeling of importance with the other.
STANCE as it sounds, but human
natures peculiar, these days espe-
cially The other day B. A struck
out in his Ford to see certain girl
and HIS. noting the doings of his
neighbor, "smelt rat and followed,
because both like the same girl That
was about four in the afternoon.
Antigoodroadster reached the ap-
pointed place and fingered until
eleven o'clock, when he jumped
into his Henry and joyfulIy started
home, of course not thinking his
neishbor, Stamphicker, had followed.
However when half of the distance
was covered homeward bound, B. A.
came upon Il. S stuck fast in the
mud with his beautiful Buick, and
notwithstanding heroic efforts and
A furnace can be really operated
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-03-01

The people of the neighborhood
are muck worked up over the re-
port in last weeks Humphville
Tymes that aunt Samanthy Kind
friend had probably made mistake
in.placing back the end of Johnny
Goahead's toe which his sister Maria
had accidentally clipped of with a
Ratchet. Opinion is about evenly
divided as to whether, in her haste,
size placed it upside down or vice
versa. The women folks are all
most solidly against her. while the
men folks think the she did the job
alright. Anyway next week will
tah the story, when the bsndages
are removed. John Skinfllnt and
Sarah 'Goahead have bet up on it.
but we can't learn the amount in
vplved. Perhaps they are afraid of
he law The burning question
therefore is-"How was the toe
ptaced?'
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-03-01

Declines to glUe heat because the Chin
ney Das not n1dnicuTed during the
autumn
kets into your furnace you can keep
it burning all winter except on zero
nights. A furnace is quite hardy
and by wrapping an old carpet
around it on very cold days you can
keepit from becoming dangerously
chilled
Some people claim that they can
run a furnace all winter on "a worth
of coal, and that by putting in two
shovels full in the morning they can
maintain a fierce heat until even
ing. Do not worry about these state
ments. however. Go ahead and dis
count them with claims of your own.
This is a free country and everybody
can lie i'm it.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-03-01

We are proud and swelled up to
say that many and diverse compli-
ments have been passed upon the
part we play i'll the Humphville Ty-
mes for the elucidatlon and general
efficiency of the ribaId public and
We lokalite is going to try and outdo
himself ever and anon if the suffer
ing public will just be patient. In
the meaetime send in and the news
to me, care Humphville general de-
livery and I will take pleasure i'll
constructing and reconstructing it
advantage and pleasure of all.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-03-01

"A lump of EPSON salts or a
chunk of camphor.
that time he was not up on minerals
O that kind and kindly pointed the m
the way to the jewelry store with
the result >that the kind hearted
i,weIer told them that it was the
next thing to the real thing, a very
uretty rock, but not near enough IN
looks or hardness to cause furry
on the market and that perhaps it
would bring twenty-four red coppers
if some one wanted it for a paper
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-03-01
A BUICK

during the winter by one man if he
much persuasion the car failed to
go. At first the Bucks owner was
too proud to accept kindly assist
ance offered, but to make a long
story short, the little Henry with a
short rope pulled the Bout of the rut
OF course Bill never mentioned to
Horace the good, time he had with
his girl, and out of gratitude, Hor-
ace was ashamed to say anything
TO hurt the feelings of the owner of
the mighty Henry. which, after all,
proved friend indeed. a."
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-03-01

weight or the like. Now that bull
yearling of John Skinf1int's reposes
contentedly in the barn of We lokal
writer on the Humphville Tymes
notwithstanding John says he was
just fading but foolishness doesn't
go with this scribe, he has long
since learned to be business like and
hew strictly to the line of honesty
and sobriety and we calculate this
here transaction comes in that cate
eOrY.