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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-19
Doctors Bill Secret

A member of the Massachusetts Medl-
cal Society related this conversation tine
other day:
Patient-But, doctor you are not ask
ing S. for merely taking a cinder out of
my eye?
Boston Specialist-Er-no. MY charge is
for removing a foreign substance from
the cornea.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-19

A certain little girl evidently had lis
tened long and earnestly to her mother
discourses upon the obligations of the
husband and father, judging from her an
swer to her school teacher recently. The
teacher asked:
What is the most wonderful thing
man has done?"
Mary's hand shot up instantly. The
teacher smiled, nodded to the child, and
leaned back expectantly.
Support his family" piped Mary in her
shrillest voice.-Louisville Times
Hair Dresser-Your hairs very thin on
the top, sir
Customer-Ah, I'm glad of that, I hate
fat hair.-The tailor.
Down on Whole Family
At dinner given in Philadelphia to
some Indians young chief, observing a
cruet of mustard, swallowed a teaspoon
full of it, which brought tears to his eyes.
A chief opposite asked him what he was
crying for He replied that he was think
ing of his father who was killed in bat
tie.
Soon after the questioner himself tried
the mustard, with the same result, and
in turn was asked by the young chief
why he wer.
Because you were not killed when your
father was was the prompt reply.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-19

GOING " EST-3.U4 A. NJ,
except Monday, Portland
and Boston, 6.3S A. NJ.
Lewiston, Pennington,
Rockland. Portland. Bos-
ton, Montreal and Que
bee: $3.50 A. NJ, Bruins
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-19

Our gentleman farmer who Is operat-
ing the Maggie Moran Farm at High
pondent of the Old Town Enterprise,
recently invited three of his friends to
look over his broad acres. After an
hours search about the Head, the
guests learned from an Indian who was
busily engaged in pulling witch grass
and shagging stones that he was stand
ing on the farm itself but he kindly
offered to step off and give the visitors
a good view of the entire farm.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-19
cUsHNoc CHAPTER, NO. 4s, R. A. N

Special convocation at Masonic Temple
Monday evening, June IS. at 100 o'clock.
Work in Royal Arch. Refreshments. SO.
jcurning companions are cordially invited
to attend.
LOUVILLE W. WRITTEN, HP
CHARLES R CHASE Sec
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-19

SQUIRE Hall points out the fact that
in the title Bath Iron Works there are
exactly 10 letters which may have &C
counted for the driving of the alleged
had luck in the number IS out of it in
Rath It is a well-known fact that the
late General T. w. Hyde considered 10
and also Friday lucky day for his
family and also for the Iron WORKS.
saws the Bath Times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-19
BETHLEHEM LODGE. No. IS, F&A

Special communication Sunday, June q
at 1918 A. NJ, for the purpose Of attend.
ing Divine service at the Universais,
church. All sojourning brothers are cor
daily invited to attend.
CLAUDE c. COLE. w. NJ.
PEARLE Z. FULLER. Sec
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-09

ing, in purpose and in its vision of
duty. of opportunity and Of service.
We are to beware of all men who
would turn the tasks and necessities
of the nation to their own private
profit or use them for the building up
Of private power bev'22r-4 that no fac
ton or disloyal NJ que break the
harmony or embarrass the spirit Of
our people; beware that our govern
ment be kept pure and incorrupt
in all its parts. United alike in the
conceptions of our duty and in the
high resol,e to perform it in the face
Of all men, let Us dedicate ourselves
10 the great task to which We must
now set our hand For myself | beg
your tolerance, your countenance, and
your united aid The shadows thai
now lie dark upon our path will soon
be dispelled and We shall walk with
the light all about us if we be but
true to ourselves-to ourselves as We
have wished to be known in the coun-
sells of the world and in the thought
OF all those who love liberty and JUS
tice and the right exalted
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-09
AMERICA MUST STAND
FOR ENDURING PEACE
President, in Second Inaugural. Points
Out That United States Must Stand
For Freedom of Land and Sea. Ma
ti0n May Have to Engage in War.

Washington, March 5.-Devoting
his second inaugural address almost
entirely to questions of foreign af-
fairs, President Wilson in it sounded
anew the call to Americans to stand
firm for world conditions which would
make for enduring peace. This, he
said. could be founded only On equal
ity and justice.
President Wilson's inaugural ad-
dress was as follows:
".My Fellow Citizens: The four
years which have elopsed since last
l stood i'll this place have been crowd
ed with counsel and action of the
most vital interest and consequence.
Perhaps no equal period in our his
tory has been so fruitful of important
reforms in our economic and indus
trial life or so full OF significant
changes in the spirit and purpose OF
political action. We have sought very
thoughtfully to set our house IN order,
correct the grosser errors and abuses
of our industrial life, Gberate and
quicken the processes Of cur national
genius and energy, and lift our pol
itics to a broader view Of the people S
essential interests. 1t is record OF
singular variety and singular distinc-
ton. But 1 shall not attempt to re-
view it. 1t speaks for itself and Will
be of increasing influence as the years
60 by. This it not the time for retro
spect. 1t is time rather to speak our
thoughts and purposes concerning the
present and the immediate future.
Although We have centered coun-
sci and action with such unusual con-
centration and success upon the great
problems of domestic legislation to
which we addressed ourselves four
wears ago other matters have more
and more forced themselves upon our
attention, matters lying outside our
own life as a nation and over which
We had no control, but which, despite
our wish to keep free of them, have
drawn US more and more irres1stloiy
into their own current and influence
ut has been impossible to avo'
them. They have affected the life
the world. They have shaken men
everywhere with a passion and an
apprehension they never knew De1ore.
1t has been hard to preserve calm
counsel while the thought Of our own
people swayed this way and that un-
der their influence. We are COM
posite and cosmopolitan people. we
are of the blood of all the nations
that are at war. The current of our.
thoughts as we'll as the currents OF
our trade run quick at all seasons
back and forth between US and them.
The war inevitably set its marx from
the first alike upon our minds, our
industries, our commerce, our poll
tics and our social action. To be in
different to it or Independent OF 1t
was out of the question.
"And yet all the while we have
been conscious that we were not part
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-09
"DUTCH PROPHET MAKES
FORECAST FOR SPRING
Precipitation Will be More Evenly
Distributed Than Last Spring,
HOuSeal Says.

''The storm areas which began to
form in the central gulf section early
in December, as outlined in the fore
cast of October |, 1916, have mani
tested themselves with exceeding
regularity" said the Dutch weather
prophet, ". P. Houseal of Columbia,
yesterday. This condition will cause
precipitation to be disturbed
throughout the spring and summer
months with an absence Of congested
dry areas and severe Wet periods as
was the case in 1916.
Floods will not be general from
excessive rainfall. That is to say.
the larger streams will not all be
filled to the flood stage during the
periods Of general distribution of
rainfall in the summer. The smaller
streams may be expected to overflow
periodically from local precipitation.
'The soil has been left in such an
Impoverished state by the leakage Of
lime content during the excessive wet
weather and the continued rainfall
of July-August, 1916, that it is scarce
ly in such a state that it will afford
much larger yield of fibrous crops
than last year. Cotton is included
in this advance estimate.
"a larger crop of cotton can be
produced in some sections on the
same acreage as in 1916 because in
a large portion of the cotton belt con-
ditions have prevailed which have re-
stored to the soil the necessary ele-
ments for the sustenance of fbrous
crops especially and all crops in gen.
eral. These elements are restored
to the asoil by the freezing process,
and this has occurred only in linn
tied way in the territory south OF
the 34th parallel. In more northern
sections the ground has been frozen
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-09

of it. In that consciousness, despite
many divisions. We have drawn
closer together. We have been deep
ly wronged upon the seas, but we
have not wished to wrong or lnlure
in return; have retained throughout
the consciousness of standing in some
sort apart, intent upon an interest
that transcribed the immediate ID
sues of the war itself. AS some OF
the injuries done us have become IN
tolerable we have still been clear tha'
we wished nothing for ourselves tha1
we we're not ready to demand for all
mankind-fair dealing, justice, th9
freedom to live and be at ease against
organized wrong.
"It is in this spirit and with this
thought that We have grown more
and more aware, more and more GER
tain. that the part We wished to play
was the part of those who mean 10
vindicate and fortify peace. nave
been obliged to arm ourselves TO
make good our claim to a certain
minimum of right and of freedom
of action. We stand firm IN armed
neutrality since it seems that III no
other way We can demonstrate "hat
it is we insist upon and can not Tore
90. We may even be drawn on, oy
circumstances, not by our own pur-
pose or desire, to more active as
sertion of our rights as we see them
and a more immediate association
with the great struggle itself BaE
nothing will alter our thought or our
purpose. They are too clear to be
obscured. They are too deeply root
ed in the principles Of our national
life to be altered We desire neither
conquest no. advantage. We wish
nothing that can be had only at the
cost of another people. I'VE have
always professed unselfsh purpose
and we covet the opportunity to
prove that our professions arr sin
cere.
There are many things still to dc
at home-to clarity our own politics
and give new vitality to the indus
trial processes of our life, and we
shall do them as time and oppor-
tunity serve; but we realize that the
greatest things that remain to be
, done must be done with the whole
world for a stage and in cooperation
! With the wide and universal forces
of mankind, and we are making our
spirits ready for those things. They
VIII follow in the immediate wake OF
! the war itself and will set civiliza-
ton up again. We are provincials
no longer. The tragical events of the
80 months of vital turmoil through
which we have just passed have
made us citizens of the world. There
can be no turning back. Our own
fortunes as a nation are involved.
whether we would have it so or not.
Must Stand for Mankind.
"And yet We are not the less Amer
lean on that account We shall be the
more American if we but remain true
to the principles in which we have
been bred. They are not the prin-
ciples of province or of single con-
tinent. We have known and boasted
all along that they were the prin-
ciples of liberate mankind. These.
therefore, are the things We shall
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-09

more than once, and in those sec
tons the outlook is more favorable
for larger fi'brous crops than last
year Unless farmers will add lime
to the soil. conditions can not be i'm
proved appreciably where the ground
has not been frozen more than once
during the winter.
"Tie fruit crop will be small. This
refers to peaches. pears and plums.
Contrary to the general opinion that
fruit escapes destruction by condl-
tions of temperature which prevail
in March and April, this crop is Just
like any other form Of life. 1t all
depends upon the embryonic period
of it's existence whether it will sur
vive the disasters which usually over
take it. The embryonic period OF the
fruit crop is determined around De-
cember 20-27. Conditions at that
time were not favorable for large
fruit crop. Already some peach trees
have put out leaves and no bloom at
all The buds we're all killed by the
extremely low temperature of Feb
ruary 4. This is not an unusual thing.
1t has happened many times-no
blossoms at all on the peach trees and
consequently no peaches.
Low temperatures Will occur
around March 21-25 and April 60.
Therefore the Dutch weather prophet
does not think the fruit crop will
escape almost total destruction. The
germ of life will not possess the
necessary vitality to withstand these
adverse conditions"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-09

stand for, whether in war or in peace:
That all nations are equally interested
in the peace of the world and in the
political stability of free peoples, and
equally responsible for their main-
tenance;
THAT the essential principle Of
peace is the actual equality OF ma
tions in all matters OF right or priv
ilege;
That peace can not securely or
Justly rest upon an armed balance ot
power;
That governments derive all their
just powers from the consent OF the
governed and that no other powers
should be supported by the common
thought, purpose or power of the
family of nations;
THAT the seas should be equally
free and safe for the use Of all peo-
pies, under rules set up by common
agreement and consent, and that, so
far as practicable, they should be ac-
cessible to all upon equal terms;
That national armaments snould
bo limited to the necessities Of n?-
tional order and domestic safety;
That the community of interest and
of power upon which peace must
henceforth depend imposes upon each
nation the duty of seeing to it that
all influences proceeding from its own
citizens meant to encourage Or assist
revolution in their States should be
sternly and effectually suppressed and
prevented.
Are American Principles.
81 need not argue these principles
to you, my fellow countrymen; they
are your own, part and parcel of your
thinking and your own motive IN al
fairs. They spring up native amongst
u.s. Upon this as platform OF pur-
pose and of action We can stand to-
gether.
| and it is, imperative that We shoult
stand together We are being forg
ed into a new unity amidst the fires
that now blaze throughout the world
| in their ardent heat we shall, in God:
providence, let us hope, be purged o.
! IdCllOu dIu pul ANSo VI 'AA>
errant humors of party and of private
interest, and shall stand forth in the
days to come with a new dignity Of
national pride and spirit. Let each
man see to it that the dedication is
in his own heart, the high purpose OF
the nation in his own mind, ruler Of
his own will and desire.
81 stand here and have taken the
high and solemn oath to which you
have been audience because the peo'
pie of the United States have chosen
me for this august delegation of pow
er and have by their gracious judg-
ment named me their leader in af-
fairs. I know now what the task
means. l realize to the full the re-
sponsibility which it involves. pray
God may be given the wisdom and
the prudence to do my duty in the
true spirit of this great people.
am their servant and can succeed
only as they sustain and guard me by
their confidence and their counsel
The thing l shall count upon, the
thing without which neither counsel
nor action will avail, is the unity OF
America-an America united in feel
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-09
Orders Are Orders.

The new doorkeeper at the museS
turnstile had learned a book OF rug
BY heart before taking over the JOIN
Here, sir, you must leave your
brella at the door, he said to a
itor who had failed to hand over Il
article
But | haven't an umbrella, Y
visitor pleaded.
Then go back and get one" sa
the keeper. NO one is allowed
pass in here unless he leaves his III
brella at the door,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-09

GNv G1vaaH SHL Oh adIdOSaaS
YEAR FOR SI.so
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-09

THE HERALD AND NEWS ONE
YEAR FOR $3.50.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-06
SPREAD OF LOYALTY MOVEMENT

1t is with unusual satisfaction that The
Journal chronicles the spread of its 10y
atty" movement to the country press. Num-
berfess individual pledges have been re-
ceived from the various towns and regions
of West Florida, as reported in the news
columns, but there is nothing like the home
paper to get results and how we'll this IS
borne out, IS shown in the case Of Editor
Cleveland, of the DeFuniak Herald, who
IN the first one or two days after joining
the Loyalty movement, secured no less
than fifty signatures-and more coming all
the time
Likewise have the Milton Gazette and
Lynn Haven Citizen thrown open their
columns to the patriotism referendum, and
returns from those places will be equally
gratifying.
The remaining newspapers of West
Florida have been addressed individually
by The Journal, urging them to present the
appeal to their respective publics, and it is
not to be doubted that press so progress
sive will join the movement, nor that a
true-blue people will be backward in in
scribing their names on the roll of honor.
Needless to say The Journal is seeking
no credit for the efforts of others; though
| it originated the movement, the pride it
| feels in witnessing it's spread is one of
patriotism. 1t is the causel As our every
effort has been to interpret Americanism
and present Understandings to our read
ers the problems that confront the United
States in this great crisis, so now we ap-
peal to united press to forge from pas
sive patriotism, an active loyalty, proud
and puissant!
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-06
ONE AND 1ND1v1s1BLE.

So inevitable has war for long time
been recognized to be, that its formal de-
claration by congress can hardly be con-
sidered more than matter of statistics.
Business has discounted it; military prep
arations are developed, requiring only
routine ratification; censorship and spy
measures have already been taken; the
country, indeed, has been on war basis
for at least a month.
With the people more solidly back OF the
president than ever before, the little group
of wilfu1 men who opposed an uphold1ng
of the principles of Anericanisn, was even
smaller this time than the last time the
question was put to vote. In the senate
there were only six, or half that number,
opposing the armed neutrality bill. They
are Gronna, of North Dakota; LaFo toilette,
of Wisconsin; Norris, of Nebraska; Lane,
of Oregon; Stone of Missouri; Vardeman,
of Mississippi.
In the lower house there were fifty. The
sentiment is more unanimous, however,
than the vote. North Dakota may be
against the governments policy-thougl1
even this is assuming too much-but who
would say Missouri is? Of Wisconsin the
legislature has already endorsed the presi-
dents stand Oregon is true-blue, and so
is Nebraska Not Vardaman, but the
peerless John Sharp Williams represents
Mississippi-and so on all down the line.
The wilful men are speaking not for their
people, but for themselves.
Senator Stone, who for sentimental rea-
sons, is strongly pro-German, declared that
though he would oppose the war bill, he
would support the policy earnestly if it
were adopted Fight to finish, was his
word. Though the American people can
never have the same respect for Senator
Stones Judgment as before, this declara-
ton has done much towards restoring their
confidence in his loyalty. It remains with
him to make good. What will be the atti-
tude of the wi1fu1 ones? VIII they continue
to su1k, or wifi they help the government
Will they endeavor to bind the nations
arms, or will they step forward with the
rest of the country-so to speak and en-
list 'tfor the WARP"
With their allegiance or without it, the
result will be the same. Every day brings
the news of greater preparation. The
nation is resolved to spare no sacrifice I'M
til Germany, the common enemy of man
kind, is brought to terms.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-06
THE cITY's CONTRIBUTION.

City Commissioner Johnson was techni-
cally correct when he opposed the payment
of city funds to the Gulf Beach Highway
on the grounds that this is development
that falls within the province of the
county; nevertheless the county has not,
as the saying is, come across, although
Pensacola pays 80 per cent of the county
budget, for which reason business men
have been under the necessity of fathering
and financing the entire enterprise. As the
city government is the expression of the
city, so the city government should iden-
THY itself with every city enterprise. For
this reason the city commissioners are to
be congratulated on their public spirit in
making an appropriation for the under
taking
Begun almost year ago and carried
forward Under the most exasperating and
self-sacrihcing conditions, the Gulf Beach
Highway typehes to an unusual degree the
new development of Pensacola 1t def
mtely marks the boundary between the
period of Sitting Down and Getting Busy
Here was an opportunity that needed de-
velopment-the county would not develop
it, but instead of moaning about their
tough luck in the traditional way, Pensa-
co1ians began the work themselves The
COUNTY promised to bear portion of the
burden, but when for one reason or another
that pledge was not redeemed, our deve1-
opers did not lose heart; when greater sac
rilces were needed, they made greater sac
rlflces. In consequence this highway, one
OF the most important enterprises to be at
tempted in this region, which will give
Pensacola connection with one of the best
surf beaches in the country, is nearing
completion, and in addition to attracting
tourists here, will be the means of building
up that section and developing stunpy
wilderness to agriculture
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-06
THE SCRATCH PAD
By THOMAS EWING DAsNEY.

Once more the headline writer's are
mobilizing the heavy type.
From all accounts Teddy is devil
fisherman in his own home town.
Show your flag so we can see
whether it is red, white, and blue, or
black.
We are betraying no secrets when
Ce say the Germans would much
prefer to watch the Rhine than the
Hindenberg line.
In order to encourage the fat MEN
to enlist, it would be we'll to compute
military strength on d tonnage basis,
instead of The numerical
Between shoveling snow and "cut-
ting some ice," there is lot of diff
ference, as Romanoff Nick has found
out.
Germany tried to array Mexico and
Japan against us because in Zimmer-
mans words, they "are Of a like
race" but why has Germany tried
to incite the negroes of the South?
It was not very long ago that de-
te11ined democracy was praising Tom
Marshall, candidate for vice presi-
dent, to the skies; now we hear him
mentioned as one of the reasons for
solicitude after Wilson's health.
Pacifists, having found that their
efforts with the president and with
congress are unavailing, are now en-
deavoring to discourage enlistment,
and have thrown off all disguise and
proved themselves the sedition-non-
gers of the kaiser they were sus-
pected Of being all the time
Now that the women are helping
in the recruiting, it may not be in
appropriate to caution the street cor
ner ornaments of our sex not to flee
If they see a female of the species
bearing down on them with a deter
mined look, because matrirnony is not
intended, only enlistment.