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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-10-13
TO CONSUMERS OF DORCHESTER
WATER COMPANY.

This is to notify all consumers, that
sc have opened an office at 122 High
.reet. where they can go and pay
heir water bills.
All bills for water furnished be-
ore Oct. LIST are now in arrears, and
unless same are paid within ten days,
sc viii start to turn off the water OF
hose not paid. soy u
All bills for water from Oct. LIST to
Jan. LIST are payable in advance, and
unless same are paid on or before
ECE. IsJ, water VIII be turned OFF
without further notice.
DORCHESTER WATER co.
adv. l0-2-1m.
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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-10-13

Adv. b. lost. II. 12-6t.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-10-13

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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-10-13

Irish lace like coal? Why, be-
cause it's crow shade (crochetted.)
Mae-He told me that l am the
apple of his eye. Fae-Can you ev-
er forgive him? The idea, dear, of
daring 10 infer that you are over ripe
and getting seedy.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-10-13

Three gasoline boats, dredge
boats. tugeyes; 2 anchors. All in
irst-class condition. Apply to Ba-
ker, l02 Hambrooks Aye.-Adv.10-6
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-23
NOTICE TO ALL WOMEN RED
CROSS MEMBERS.

The Lefore County Chapter A. f. c
now has over 200 pairs pajamas cut
out and ready for making, and urges
every woman member of the chapter
who EAR sew to come to the old Bern.
stein building on Howard street ano
make one pair there under the direc'
ton of a teacher, and after that they
can take a pair home and make them
These supplies we are making are tc
be used in the hospitals abroad for ou1
own wounded American soldiers wher
they are needed. Keeping these sup.
plies up is the women's part of the
war and makes the work Of the Rec
Cross Army truly a gigantic one, anc
means that we must be at it now anc
keep constantly at it until this war is
over.
On account of the difficulty of gett.
ing the raw material abroad the bulk
of these supplies must come from
America. In a letter, Eliot Wads'
worth, acting chairman Of the A. R. C
to the Memphis Chapter, gives in the
following figures the amount of sup
plies greatly needed by allies.
100000 bath robes, or convalescent
gowns.
100000 pairs of bed socks.
100000 handkerchiefs.
$4,000 hospital bed shirts.
100000 suits of pajamas.
100000 shoulder wraps.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-23
CLASS IN SURGICAL DRESSINGS.

The class in surgical dressings and
bandages is now meeting in the sew
ing room of the High School building.
Miss Russell, our very efficient head
nurse at the hospital, is our director.
She has general directions and SAM
pies for all cutting and making of
surgical dressings and supplies from
the bureau Of nursing service OF
American Red Cross, at Washington.
We are making head bandages, tri-
angular and abdominal bandages, ct"
bandages, gauze congresses 9 in. X 9
in, gauze congresses A in. x 4 in,
gauze rolls 3 yards X 4 in, gauze
rolls l yard x 4 in, guaze sponges,
gauze drains, gauze ~Caparotoring
pads, etc.
All packages must be mapped in old,
perfectly clean cloth stamped, and
sent to headquarters Of American Red
Cross at Washington. Come to this
class, you will find about ten good
women who are willing to do this
work. Go to the workrooms up town
and you will find probably a few more.
Women of Greenwood, why stand We
here idle? Will you wait until our
boys, wounded and bleeding for the
cause of humanity ARE brought to
your very doors, before you realize
that we are actually in war? God
forbid! Why has Germany been able
to endure as she has? Because every
man, woman and child, feels that it is
their war. This is our Masters work,
ministering unto u soldiers, and He
has said "inasmuch as We have done
it unto one Of the least of these, We
have done it unto me
Class meets every morning of week
except Monday and Saturday.
A MEMBER.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-23
NO MENACE IN TOBACCO

'"The tobacco crop showed a 40 per cent. in
crease in 1916 over that of 1915, and | attribute
tfat largely to the fact women are smoking more
c;garets than they used to. All those tobacco
fields should be planted to Wheat"
Thus spoke a woman orator to wonan's con-
~vention.
1t is true the tobacco acreage has increased.
but not because a few thousand society women
in the United States have gone in for the savory
weed. 1t is because the cigaret habit has been
extended to an enormous extent, largely among
youths. In most cities it is now an exception to
find q youth who doesn't smoke cigarets.
But in spite of the added acreage given over
to tobacco culture, it is not a question of substitute
ing wheat or corn culture for that southern spec
ialty-which wouldn't be considered seriously any
way--but rather q question of raising more wheat
upon the idle lands in the United States.
Just think of the crops that could be raised on
the 400,00 @ 900 vacant and uncultivated acres in
this country! Most OF them are part of farms,
and are being held idle merely because their own
ers do not care to work them, merely holding the
land for semi-speculative purposes.
The government could put a stop to all if it
would tax unused land into use.
That's the crux of the entire situation-tax
unused land into use. Make it so that the owner
of land can only obtain a profit by working it
himself or selling it to somebody who will work it
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-23

AN AERIAL MAIL.

What will the government do with it's aero
planes after the war? Shall these costly things be
thrown on a junk pile or should they be put to
use?
If possible, put to use, of course. The op-
p~ortunity seems propitious. And nothing appears
so attractive in this connection than the POSSIBLE
ity of aerial~lail service between the large cities,
1t is believed that the larger aeroplanes will
be able<to fly from Chicago to New York in six
hours and 80 minutes; from Boston to New Or
leans in Is hours; from Chicago to Los Angeles in
20 hours and as minutes, making total from
New York to Los Angeles of SO hours and Is min
utes. The distance from Chicago to Omaha would
be covered in three hours and a half.
Whether it is necessary to go to additional
expense to maintain a fast aerial mail is a ques-
ton not yet tackled; but it would seem that a
special charge for a special fast delivery would
help pay for the extra expense.
The aerial mail seems a possibility-and even
probability-if, as is claimed, such fast time can
be made.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-23
100000 pairs of socks.

100000 pairs of ward slippers.
These figures give US some idea of
the great task before us.
Red Cross headquarters are now
open at the old Bernstein building, and
hours from 8 a. m. until IL NJ, and
from 3 p. m. until 6 p. m. We need
your help Prove your patriotism and
come.
THE WORK COMMITTEE.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-23
Daily Thought.

Christmas time | have always
thought Of as a good time; a kind, for.
giving, charitable: pleasant tima~~
Charles Dickena-
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-23
"a 70 n a = "a "a
'KID."

"a = n T. = "a "a
"KID."
"When I hear little painted up ~stripplin' of
a girl address her companion as kid" I'm O glad l
won't be here much longer" Abe Martin makes
one of his character exclaim.
We're with you, Abe, on that proposition.
Some of the %'clinging vines walking along the
main street, painted and powdered and filled with
the "pep' that passes for cleverness, wouldn't
make US crazy about the wedding march from
Lohengrin.
And the conversation! It's the kind denoting
a deep-seated and irreconcilable contempt for cul-
ture and refinement and the colloquialism of "kid"
is merely a very slight indication of the lingo"
that such "chickens" intone in place of speech.
y p n = = "a E
King Alexander of Greece and Premier Ven-
izelos are living up to the crisis of the times by in
dulging in suudry disagreements. If there some
one in authority in Germany who could argue with
the kaiser the way Venizelos treats kings in
Greece, there probably would nave been more &C
ton along certain lines in Germany long ago.
Germany needs a leader of the people like Ven
izelos.
"a "a "a "a n "a "a
Many ministers will agree with the statement
that next to good generals, it is important that
the army has a sufficient number of chaplains to
keep the boys on the paths of rectitude when on
leave. BY putting the impulse for good in Their
hearts the evils that are said to be a concomitant
of tent life will have a harder time to exist.
y "a Pa M "a p Pa
Uncle Sam is renting more office quarters in
Woolirr+oy, l"+ if opu ,roo1 oc+o+o o+rio Ioc
offered to let him out with what he has to- pay
for taxes and insurance, the local papers haven't
found it out.
IA n "a y, ~ "a "a
While it may not suit everybody, the tip of
Brig. Gen. Glenn to American women on the best
way to help the American soldier while he is
in a training campbell him alone"-squares
with horse sense.
m "a "a IA "a H n
Senator France, of Nd, says he believes it
would be a blessing for residents of cities for
wheat to go to 81 a bushel before October. May
the good Lord deliver us from such a blessing.
"a n IA "a "a % IA
Sam Gompers announces that the pro-German
peace propaganda has been stamped out of organ
lied labor. Of course he speaks for the A.. F. of
L., not for the l. W. w.
N n IA "a m "a
Public utilities have their rates regulated; but
our Independent farming fraternity won't stand
for it.
M IA IA "a IA m -
Every stay-at-home can be his own general,
so long as it doesn't interfere with the army.
"a AA
What city wouldn't accept a government
a~eroplane plant? Speak quickly!
N IA M "a ~
The more bugs you kill in your garden the
more you do for your country.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19

No services at Montcalm church
last Sunday as Rev. III. b. Johnson is
attending conference.
Miss Ada Nelson of Sidney has
been spending a few days with her
sister, Mrs. Hans Thompson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. c. Rasmussen,
who have been in Greenville for q
number of weeks, returned home last
Tuesday. !.
Miss Minnie Dolph of North Green
vile is teaching the Brown school.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Stokes and son,
Fred, were Sunday guests of their
son, Glenn and family, of Lincoln
Lake. Glenn's little daughter, Wv
ion, has been very low, with infiam-
nation of the bowels, but is now i'm
proving slowly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Verne Higgins were
weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Lavender, of near Trufant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Thompson and
children were guests of her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. p. Nelson, of Sid
ney, last Sunday.
Sanford Simmons, who had his hip
crushed in the auto accident during
fair week, is still in a very critical
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19
N. A. c. FOOTBALL
MEN BEGIN WORK
WITHIN FEW DAYS

East Lansing, Mich, Sept. 49,
Coach Chester L. Brewer, the new
director of athletics for the Michigan
Aggies who arrived a few days ago
from one Of the big military camps
in the south where he has been help
ing Uncle Sam put pep into the new
army, has finally polished of his
plans for beginning work on M. A.
C.'s football recruits. Candidates
for the squad have been notified to
report on September 10 and from
then on their training will be con-
tinuous until the season ends.
The Aggies, as have other schools,
have followed the lead Of the Army
and Navy elevens and will play off
the schedules in their entirety bar
ring unforeseen developments. In
the case of the Farmers while many
of the old men haye enlisted for
military duty, at least 25 or 30 eligi-
bles have reported their intention to
return. Their preliminary workouts,
is in former years, will be conducted
at Pine lake, few miles out of East
Lansing. Assistant Coach George
Gauthier will aid Coach Brewer in
the business of making the recruits
over into seasoned gridders.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19
LATE CORN CROP
MAKES SHORTAGE
OF SEED LIKELY
SELECTION OF RIPE EARS IN
FIELD SUGGESTED AS PRE-
CAUTIONARY MEASURE

The lateness of the corn crop in
many sections of the state as indi-
Gated in official reports is likely to
bring about a shortage of seed corn
for planting in 1918, in the opinion
of the department of farm crops of
the Michigan Agricultural college.
The recommendation is accordingly
being made that as a precautionary
measure it will be more necessary
than ever this fall for growers to
practice careful selection in the field.
"Field selection of seed corn, as
compared with the ordinary crib sell
ected method, will usually increase
the yield of ordinary corn varieties
from seven to ten bushels per acre,
if properly performed. Enough corn
to plant twenty acres can be easily
field-seiected in a days time. With
a seven-bushel increase, the corn
grower who plants twenty acres of
corn will be rewarded with lao BUSH
els in his next seasons crop, or $40
day for his labor in field selecting.
''In selecting at husking time or
from the crib, nothing is known of
the conditions of the parent plant
which produced the ears and it is
very likely that many Of the desir-
able ears selected owe their good
points to very favorable environ
mental conditions and not to inherent
quality, and so cannot transmit their
vigor and yielding-power to their
progeny. ~
1.-THE proper time to field select
corn is when the corn is mature and
ready to husk, though if cut short by
frost, selection should be made i'm
mediately. In making the selection,
perhaps the best way is to walk down
the rows with sack tied over the
shoulders. plucking those ears which
are considered desirable. Plants
growing at the edge of the field, or
where there is but one plant to the
hill, or where the soil is exceptionally
fertile, may produce desirable ears
becaus eof a better environment,
more light, moisture and plant food
than the average plant receives, and
not through heredity. Only ears
borne on vigorous plants growing un-
der average conditions and which
have reached proper maturity and
size, and are borne at proper height
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19
INTERPRETING WILSON'S
REPLY

Comment on the Presidents reply
has taken an unfortunate turn.
Americans, at any rate, should be by
now sufficiently acquainted with Mr..
Wilson's acts and utterances to know
that he never deliberately plays
tricks for immediate political effect.
His ultimate objective is the key to
understanding what he is doing. That
Interpretation should busy itself with
what Mr.. Wilson intends to do to the
HohenZollerns is to miss and obscure
the real meaning of the note, and by
consequence its contribution toward
peace. We are merely aiding the
German reactionaries in making the
political use of the note that is SUI
premely to their own interests. That
we should pose as the beneficent saw
tours of the German people is little
short of ridiculous. What the note
does in reality is to state the qualifi-
cations with which the German ma
ton may enter and play a part in the
future family of nations. Until Ger
many does this a durable or even
temporary peace is unthinkable.
The final Interpretation of this war
will see it as the birth agony of a
world commonwealth. It's parts had
become too close a community for the
national sectionalism hitherto domin-
ant to continue. But forces that had
to find their readjustment were blind
or avaricious and cynical. 1t is COM
monty said that the first duty of a
state is to protect its citizens, but
modern nationalism interpreted this
duty as the seizure for the benefit of
its citizens of whatever prerogative
other nations might be compelled to
relinquish. Among the more liberal
nations there was undoubtedly the
possibility of arriving at modes of
international cooperation by the
methods of peace and evolution. But
into this situation was injected the
great disturbing element of a nation
possessing every modern device of
technology and organization, but with
political conceptions that belong to
the age of barbarism, that definitely
intended to exploit the world for its
own benefit.
To bring and hold nations togeth-
er in closer relations than they have
hitherto known, is the great prob
lem. The German solution has the
advantage of simplicity, and the as
surance of certainty in operation
that comes from historic precedent.
1t is the method of extending the
hegemony of one nation over the
whole family. 1t is a simple opera
ton in proportion: what Prussia is
to Germany, Germany will be to the
world. The method can certainly ar
rive at unity of the Roman Empire,
of the Spanish Empire; and of every
other empire that has been or may
be. The only trouble with the scheme
is that the world is too civilized to
endure it.
On the other hand, what can the
liberal nations offer as a basis of
world federation? Not much that
has the definiteness of imperial con-
troll, not much that is not yet to be
created and tested. But these ma
tons do approach the problem with
an increasingly certain conviction
that manner of international living
based on mutual respect and mutual
forbearance, can and shall be found.
Nor need we Of America be too hum
bic in offering our contribution.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19

These United States have been the
one political laboratory in which the
experiment of merging discordant
factors has been tried. The best we
can say is that we have something
that works, and we Begin to know
pretty definitely what we want. The
eternal problem of a democracy is to
shape and adapt its own constitution.
We achieved the family relation of
our states only after a century of eff
fort, and deluge of blood. On 9TH
er parts of the American continent
the struggle has been of the same
kind. Every Latin-American repub-
lie has been working upon the same
problem that cost US so dearly, and
is only slowly emerging to national
stability. Democracy is strong in
local government, from our early
town meeting to the Mir of Russia.
But intergroup control is a thing
hard to achieve; and if it is difficult
on the smaller national scale, il is a
stupendous task when it is made to
traverse the sectionalism of nations.
And yet this is precisely the work
laid out for our civilization during
this century. -..----
Meanwhile, the Germans may come
to reflect on the real offer conveyed
in the note. The silly newspaper
outcry about Mr.. Wilson's imperti-
ence has no Importance and will be
over in a few days. But that a
democratized German nation will
have insured to it the economic priv
ileges that other nations are to en-
joy, is the wedge that will rend the
imperial structure. And when the
fumes have passed, it will be seen
firmly driven home. Imperialists
everywhere and their diplomatic
mouthpieces will try eternally to
avoid the point. 1t is that the only
possible enduring peace, the only
conceivable basis of international liv-
ing, is a peace characterized by eco
nomicA justice.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19

The first game for the farmers
will come on October 6, when the M.
A. G. team will meet the Alma col
legians. This brush will take place
before college opens, for by recent
action Of the state board of agricul-
ture the fall term will not begin un-
til October 10. The postponement
was taken TO help tighten the drain
on labor caused by the draft.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19

(about three and one-half feet), With
tips slightly dropping, should be sell
ected. The ears should then be
properly dried and stored. Further
selection for uniformity, type, and
composition can be made through the
winter, or when making termination
test"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19

condition ands suffers intense pain
with bumt little hopes Of recovery:
William Stokes and Mrs. Edith
Sass were invited guests at Percy
Jensen's, near Sidney, over Sunday.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19

Among the boys who answered the
call to Battle Greek Tuesday were:
Clayton H. Knapp, Wally Helm, Don
Pilkinton, s. l.. O'Connor and Lyle
Simmons. Their many friends hope
for a safe return of each after their
service in the national army shall
close.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19
Young Woman!---Read This:

took position Tuesday morning at salary
Ea MendOnza the other day at month to start
Ruby Maybaum Emma Pahn Marie Letha
located week
irons o month to begin
writing this advertisement
wonderful opportunities for developments
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19
Child,s Garden Exhibit

The annual childs' garden exhibit
will be held at the city hall Saturday
September 20.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19

Patriotism that recognizes that war
is no picnic, is patriotism with the real
punch.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19

Some men who don't trust them
selves wonder why others won't trust
them.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19

Only a man who is never i'll Won
ders how doctors manage to make a
living. -
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19

A wasted opportunity comes home
to roost.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19

Many a man who isn't quite sure Of
the Bible has unlimited faith in the
almanac.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19

A man usually has to change cars
several times on the road to success.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19

Money cannot buy an ounce of
love, but it can purchase tons Of
sympathy.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19

Blessed are they who know enough
TO let we'll enough alone.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19
Civil Service Positions

The Civil Service Co. continuously
PATRIOTIC attention needs
the take places De-
Field we'll
THOUSANDS YOUNG PEOPLE ARE NEEDED RIGHT NOW AND
BEEN DIRECTED TO SAY TO YOU THAT ANY 1OONG
YOUNG WOMAN WHO PASSES The EXAMINATION 10
SURE IMMEDIATE APPOINTMENT.
qualities
ed with a high
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19
Get In Front of Opportunity

into the where you
instead where
WATCHING OPPORTUNITY GOING.
the business world right
calls have to this
The time to
Every week that off coming here means
ustth at salary lost.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-19

Donald Union City boy in just such position last
week at begin salar O. 500 90 a month
Kirkland Battle Creek boy in just such
position salary of $500
a
fine accounting position with Porter Bros at
Bauer advanced than TWO
position better salary and carrying more
of have recently taken Civil Service eXamna
they
atey positions 100000 $1,000 90
begin opportunities growth and development