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The weekly soliphone., 1917-05-03

A steady stream of refugees from England, France and Italy supply information which makes it possible to interpret properly the skeleton iZed telegraphic news details which the censors permit to pass. The diplomatic representatives of the United States, en route home from Germany, drew vivid word pictures of the perfection in organization which has been attained by the Kaiser and his people in their eff fort to conserve every ounce of en- ergy.
 Germany, the American officials tell, has not understated her plight with regard to foodstuffs for her people at home and munitions for her armies at the front. There. is no coffee left in Germany, ro but ter no sugar. The supply of bread materials is limited, but will last system of rationing adopted. There is now plenty of meat. The poor are being fed from government kitchens. New cloth is practically unobtainable.
 In the face of these conditions, the German people instead of grum- bling at the government make light of their discomforts and inconven- fences. The theaters, restaurants and l places of amusement in Berlin Hamburg, Hanover, Frankfort, Nun Iich and other centers were never so well patronized There is work for everybody, and wages are good
 The character of the refusal given l by the entente to the suggestion
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NEW HERBAL BALM
 MAKES LIFE WORTH WHILE
 FOR SKIN SUFFERERS

One will have to admit the fact that the aborigincs were wonderfully successful ip keeping down skin diseases contagious and otherwise, in their tribe. A study of the shows that the tribe used basan, obtained from the trees in that vicinity or brought to them from the coast Indians, which produced wonderful results in what. Is known as scabies or itch and also weeping eczema. D'ENMA has this ingredient in it and its results have been wonderful.
 Try this wonderful new herbal skin balm- Apply D'ENMA to Eczema; 10 old running sores; to leg ulcers to ringworm, piles, to all blemishes and eruptions of the skin. It purifcs and heals. No skin disease can live where D'EXMA is used
 We are the only druggists in this town own can can be s'set secured. Ask us today.
 sold by R. c. Grizzard, Druggist.
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Senate agriculture committee today
 he was willing, in case of necessity, that the government confiscate the plants, pay the taxes, allow the stockholders seven per cent and take everything else. He only ask ed that his brands be preserved. MT. Rothwell said he believed mil lers had not increased the price of flour proportionately as the price of wheat to them had increased.
 Mark Mennell of Toledo, for the Millers' National Federation com mittee, said he believed there had been some unwise publicity about the shortage of wheat crops, which probably had contributed to the rise in the price of wheat and caused rush of buying. He said he did not believe there was as much of a shortage as had been re- ported.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-05-03
Browns Chapel Decoration.

 Music Song, led by Prof. Dodds. /, Invocation by Rev. E. D. Coop CT.
 Song, by all present.
 Opening address by Rev. G. w. Lloyd
 Song by all.
 Sermon by Rev. L. J. Coving- ton.
 Decoration of graves.
 Song by all present.
 Invocation by Rev. Jap McDan- iel
 Recitations by Spring Grove, Browns Chapel and Rock Hill.
 Talk by Rev. J. D. J. Faulkner. Benediction by Rev. k. c. Rog- CTS.
 Noon intermission- Dinner NOTE-All interested will re- member that we will meet on the | 17th of May to clean off the grave yard, and the decoration services will be, conducted on the 24th of May. COMMITTEE.
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LIVER DIDN'T ACT
 DIGESTION WAS BAD
Says 6s year Old Kentucky Lady, Who Tells How She Was Relieved
 Alter Few Doses of Black-Draught.

Meadorsville. Ky.--Mrs. Cyntnia Higginbotham, of this town. says At my age, which is 65, the liver does not act so well as when young. A few years ago, my stomach was all out of fix. was constipated, my liver didn't act. My digestion was bad, and it took so little to upset me. My ap- petite was gone. was very weak.
 decided I would give Black Draught thorousk trial as knew it was highly recommended for this trouble. I began taking it. I felt better after a few doses. Ely appetite improved and became stronger. My bowels acted naturally and the least trouble was soon righted with few
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for a peace conference has served to Tealign the masses solidly be- hind the armies, even though it may have been, as charged, trick in tended to accomplish this very pur- pose and no more.
 The details of the actual condi- tons in Germany, which are only generalizcd here, are being for W arded in a separate story, as re- Hated to me by an American off cial whose departure was delayed some weeks after Ambassador Ger ard quit Berlin. This statement deals minutely with the internal conditions which prevail in Ger many; the army and it's supply of recruits; the best possible esti- mate as to how long Germany can .Quence any possible future conquest Isuch as that of Rumania. Also the true story why tne Deutschland and her skipper, Koenig, never made the expected third voyage to the l United States.
 The political situation in Rus sia. France and Italy, as indicated by dispatches received here, endan- gers the success of the British aims in this war as much as the food home in England. Hunger, it is ad- .mitted. is at the bottom of the po- .litical unrest.
 It was the rioting mobs of starv-
 ng men and women in the streets of Petrograd and Moscow that ac- .cepted the revolutionists as leaders and forced Czar Nicholas to abdi- cate the Russian throne.
 "The destruction this storm of lhate, inspired by hunger, will ac- complish against civilization throughout Europe is beyond com lYIehension," was the public com ment of Count Romanones. prime minister of Spain.
 Messages from London and Paris Iof an official character tell that the Situation in Russia completely up- sets the plans of the entente's war strGtegists for a big spring drive, ahe campaign which had been ap- proved, it is said, contemplated an advance by Italy and Russia to !start at the same time England and France threw the combined weight of their armies against the Germans on the western front.
 Italy is, shown to be lowering over the brink of "a revolution like that with which Russia is torn. The blockade suspended the move- ments of Italian merchant ships. The English vessels which form erly brought coal and carried away exports to the tune of 906,000, 900 tons annually now come no more. Italy has no coal, and like France Iahe is shiyering and her factories are idle through want of fuel
 England is charged by both Italy land France with having forgotten aher allies and thought only of self preservation in issuing the order promulgated by Lloyd George on February 2S., This prohibits the inn
The weekly soliphone., 1917-05-03
GROWING HOGS.

For a hog to be profitable he must be kept growing from birth to marketing age. He cannot be profit able unless he is healthy. He can always be in profit-producing con- dition if he is fed B. A. Thomas Hog Powder. We positively tell you that this remedy prevents chol- era, removes worms and cures thumps. If the powder does not make good, we will.-E. Denning- ton, 108 w. Main St. *tf
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on the expectation of normal crop this year.
 |CARSON'S FRANKNESS ALARMS. ] Continental Europe has not yet recovered from the astonishing frankness of Sir Edward Carson, first lord of the admiralty, in the speech delivered at the Aldwych | Club, London, on March 8. He said:
 'It has been stated that as stunned my office at the most criti- cal period in the history of the 1 is more conscious of that than l am. The navy has to grapple now with new problems of critical character. " And I have to confess. that we have not yet solved those problems. t *
 q tell you we cannot afford to gamble with our fleet. When you hear and read of men protesting that they are able to teach the na- Ivy what it ought to do and what | it ought not to, remember that to gamble with the fleet, if the gam ble fails, would be the end of your empire. Whereas, if the Germans | like to gamble with their fleet it | is not even the end of the war.
 Last month very nearly half a million tons of shipping were sunk. That means if the same rate goes on six million tons in the yeay.
 "Six million tons of shipping! What does that convey to these shores?
 Perhaps you will think I am a pessimist. I am not.
 Perhaps you think I am a coward. l am not.
 "No; real optimism and real courage are in the man who will face the facts.'
 At the close of this remarkable speech Lord Northcliffe, the great English publisher, who has de- fled criticism in his effort to keep the English people awake to their dangers since the outbreak of the war, >said
 ''If these warnings are not suf- ficient to impress the real state of affairs on our public I cannot con ceive what kind of language is nec- essary to drive home the truth"
 FRANKNESS WAS FORCED. From authoritative sourcese the ihformation comes that Lord North- qliffe literally dragged to astound- ing statement of fact concerning the effectiveness of the blockade from Sir Edward Carson The English, people were being allowed to believe from previous :, bulletins issued by the admiralty that ade- quate means had been found by which the submarine menace could be overcome The means. employ ed, according to their announce ments, was such a profound secret it could not be divulged.
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doses of Black-Draught."

doses of Black -Draught."
 Seventy years of successful use has made 'Thedfords Black-Draught & standard, household remedy. Every member, Of every family. at times, need the help that Black-Draught can give in cleansing the system and re. lieving the troubles that come from constipation, indigestion, lazy liver, etc. You cannot keep we'll unless your stomach, liver and bowels are in good working order. Keep them that way. Try BlaclI-Draught. It acts promptly, gently and in a natural way. If you feel sluggish, take a dose tonight. You will feel fresh tomorrow. Price a5c. package-One cent a dose All druggists. J. 6S
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In the whole field of medicine there is not a healing remedy that will repair damage tp the flesh more quickly than BILLIARDS SNOW LINIMENT. In cuts< wounds, sprains, burns, scalds and rheu- matism' it's healing (Yfd penetrating power is extraordinary Price 25c, soc and $100 per bottle. Sold by all druggists. If.
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Four Million Poles Yearly.

The telegraph and telephone sys- tems of the United States and Can ada require about 100000 poles a year for renewals along old lines and the erecting of new ones.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-05-03
BOSTON MILLER
 COOPERATIVE
Is Willing, In Case of Necessity, That Government Take Over
 Flour Plant and Run It.

Washington, April 30.-Bernard J. Rothwell of Boston. president of two milling companies having daily capacity of 6,000 barrels, told the
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BRAND WARNS KLOTZ.

l I
 France has been reminded again during the present week of dan gerous political situation. In the progress of a debate on economic conditions M. Klotz, president ot the budget committee, charged that the government had no economic policy and was doing nothing to solve the most important. ques- tions for the future of the coun- l try.
 M Briand, in replying to the at 1 tack, said
 ''The chamber must realize that these debates leave behind a trail of discomfort and create an un- healthy and poisonous atmosphere which is extremely dangerous at this moment"
 While M. Briand was making this statement, M. Albert Favre in terrupted to remind him that it was under similar conditions which i MT AsQuith had left office.
 Since this incident it has been necessary to reorganize the French cabinet.
 The people of France have had semi-darkness added to their short 1 age in food and other miseries, be cause England has failed to send the necessary coal. The last ot this commodity available to house holders a week ago sold at the rate of $40 ton. In Paris the people also are doing without al fancy breads seven days a week The theaters are closed four night! each week. The underground rail way and tram service is suspended at 10 o'clock every night. A di rect rationing system is in force fol electric light and gas
 Sugar cards were issued to ev. Ierybody in Paris last Sunday. The allowance per person is 1-z bounds per month since the bread cards have been inaugurated French experts estimate that on ac count of the existing shortage il wheat the deficit next year in the allied and neutral countries of Eu iroDe will be not less than 2,750, 1000 tons. The calculation is based
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portation by England of so-called articles of luxury, manufactured al. most exclusively by France and Italy. It also prohibits the impor- tation of paper, apples, tomatoes. coffee, cocoa, mineral waters, tea, oranges, grapes, etc.
 Senator Scalini addressing the Italian Parliament two days ago said
 "Italy and France should both re- taliate against England. The meth l cd she has employed will destroy the great industries of Lombardi. | It will affect most seriously all of i the great textile mills in northern Italy which, since the beginning of the war, have been working almost exclusively for England.
 "If the British establish com plete prohibition against silks, it will mean the death of a great in dustry. Another market cannot be established easily during such troublous times. Why should the Italian people accept such treat mont from England, a professed friend?"
 The Italian commissary general, Cenepa, made the following an- nouncement on the same date:
 '"The manufacture of all kinds of pastry has been prohibited. Sac charine is being used in place of sugar The bread card system has been adopted in all of the prov inces We will have enough wheat to last until the next harvest, if we are careful
 Restrictions have been placed on the sale of all articles of prime necessity Government kitchens have been opened in Rome to feed the poor
 Another member of the Italian parliament asserted that if the war lasted until September, the taxes would amount to confisca- i tiOn.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-01-25
HUSBAND RESCUED
DESPAIRINC WIFE

| had gotten so weak could not stand,
and | gave up in despair,
At last, my husband got me bottle Of
Cardui, the woman's tonic, and | COM
menced taking it. From the very first
dose, | could tell it was helping me.
can now walk two miles without its
firing me, and am doing all my work"
Ii you are all run down from womanly
troubles, don't give up in despair. Try
Cardui, the woman'stonic. Ithas helped
more than million women, in its so
years Of continuous success, and should
surely help you, too. Your druggist has
sold Cardui for years. He knows what
it will do. Ask him. He will recon-
mend It. Begin taking Cardui today.
Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Co., Ladies'
Advisory Dept. Chattanooga, Tenn, for Special
Instructions on your case and 64-page book. Home
Treatment fer Women. sent In plain wrapper. l-6s
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-01-25

ing, tang0ing, regulating charities.
dipping into politics, and discussing
eugenics
OF course, we are for all Of these
things that the women are doing ii
the present generation; far be it from
Us to stand still on the road Of prog
ress which the women have marked
out for themselves.
Do you remember when sometimes
you went to the neighbor's house to
get a small piece of yeast2
Do you remember the mystery of
yeast setting?
And do you remember also on the
evening Of baking day how there was
a pan of hot rolls made for you and
for me, and for all Of us? And do
you remember that those rolls were
from top to bottom about four inches?
The women have forgotten the art
of bread making and, having given ur
this part of the household economy
the business of supplying bread has
become a duty of men. The baker
shop was enlarged, Baking became
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-01-25

one Of the giant industries Of this
country
Did the women, by abandoning bak-
ing, show their ineficiency; and did
the men, by taking up baking as
business, improve their efficiency?
Nc household should be at the mer-
cy Of d bead trust, If there Is such
thing.
It ii the easiest thing in the world
to make bread. 1t is easy to make
good bread 1t is also easy to make
pa bread.
So, If the price Of bread goes higher
than it should, the women can take a
week off from the work of uplifting,
relearn the ancient art and begin
again to make bread.
There is no waste IN home bread
making. Flour by the sack can be
bought about as cheaply as flour by
the barrel.
The fact is, bread making ought to
have remained home art and home
duty just as much as roasting a piece
Of beef.
It is not up to the women to abuse
the bakers for raising the price of
bread. The price of bread is, as a
matter of fact, almost automatically
controlled by the price Of -four.
If the bakers margin Of profit is too
great, the housekeepers have a quick
remedy. They can buy sack of
-four, a can of lard, and begin to
make biscuits. If they are not on to
the gentle art Of biscuit making, they
can make batter cakes for breakfast.
And after few days they can buy
cake of yeast, set the dough 1--WE think
that is the right term and begin mod
estly to re-learn the art of making
bread Memphis Commercial Appeal.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-01-25
METHODIST HOSPITAL

Methodists OF Memphis are going to
raise fund of S150OO0 in this city
toward the erection of the great Meth
odist hospital within the next ten
days, says the Commercial Appeal Of
January 20. That may be taken as
an assured fact. 1t was assured last
night, when 300 enthusiastic workers
gathered in the great ballroom at the
Hotel Chisca for an informal banquet
to hear their leaders tell of the plans
of the ten days whirlwind canvas, of
which the dinner was one Of the last
of the preliminary movements.
1t was announced that the advance
pledges of $44,750 had already been
made. Nearly half the amount was
pledged on the spot by the workers,
themselves. The gathering was an in
spring sight, more than 100 women,
leaders in church and club work, be-
ing present.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-01-25

Rolling Of the eyeballs is said to IN
dicate unsteadiness Of character.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-01-25
MARCO BOZZARIS

At midnight, in his guarded tent,
The Turk lay dreaming Of the hour
When Greece, her knee in sAnpliance
bent,
Should trenb!e at his power,
In dreams, through camp and cour+, he
bore
The trophies or con Ileror;
In dreams, his song Of triumph
heard,
Then wore his moaarcn's sianet ring
Then pressed chat monarch's throne
king;
As wild his thoughts, as gay his wing,
As Eden's garden bird
An hour passed on--the Turk awoke;
That bright dream was his last;
He woke to hear his sentry's shrek,
''To arms! they come-the Creek the
GreekW
He woke = to die midst flame and
smoke,
And shout and groan, and saber
stroke,
And death-shots falling thick and
fast
AS lightnings from the mountain
cloud,
And heard, with voice as trumpet loud,
Bozarris cheer his band;
Strike till the last armed foe ex-
pires;
Strike-for your affairs and your fires;
Strike--for the green graves Of your
sires,
God-and your native land!"
They fought like brave men, long and
well,
They piled the ground with Moslem
slain,
They conquered but Bozzaris fell,
Bleeding at every vein.
His few surviving comrades saw
His smile, when rang their proud hur-e
rah,
And the red field was won;
Then saw in death his eyelids close
Calmly, as to nights repose,
Like flowers at set Of sun.
Come to the bridal chamber, Death!
Come to the mother, when she feels,
For the first time, her frst-born's
breath;
Come when the blessed seals
Which close the pestilence are broke,
And crowded cities wall its stroke;
Come in Consumption's CHASTITY form,
The earthquake shock, the ocean
storm;
Come when the heart beats high and
warm,
With banquet-song, and dance, and
wine,
And thou art terrible-the tear,
The groan, the knell, the pail, the bier,
And all we know, or dream, or fear
Of agony, are thine.
But to the hero, when his sword
Has won the battle for the free.
Thy voice sounds like prophets
word.
And in its hollow tones are heard
The thanks of millions yet to be.
Bozzaris! with the stored brave
Greece nurturedpn her glory's time,
Rest thee--there is no prouder grave,
Even in her own proud cline.
We tell thy doom without sigh;
For thou art Freedoms now, and
Fame's-
One Of the few, the immortal names
That were not born to die.
F. G. Halleck.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-01-25
WOMEN OUGHT TO RE-LEARN
THE ART OF BREAD-MAKING

The proposed increase in the price
Of bread manufactured By bakers
brings to mind this remarkable fact:
What is a luxury in one generation be-
comes d necessity ii another one, and
the necessity iii the second generation
results because Of the ignorance or
the ineficiency of the people.
What has become of the bread that
mother used to make
Where are the mothers that used to
make this bread ?
What has become Of the art of bak
ing bread in the home?
What has become Of the oven that
was in the yard Of the country home ?
And the bread baking pans that
we've once sold with the cooking stove
where are they?
Gone into the scrap heap along with
the ash hopper and such like, for the
women of the present generation
haven't time for bread baking. They
are uplifting, social centering, bridg
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-01-25
After Four Years Of DiscOuraging
Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave
Upin Despair. Husband
Came to Rescue.

Catron, Ky.--In an Interesting letter
tom this place, Mrs. Bette Bullock
writes as follows: 81 suffered for four
years, with womanly troubles, and during
mis- time, could only sit up for little
while, and could not walk anywhere at
Ill. AT tines, would have severe pains
In my left side.
The doctor was called in, and his treat
ment relieved me for while, but | was
soon confined to my bed again. After
nat. nothing seemed to do me any good.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-01-25
sULTAN's sUBTERFUGE

Mohamedans are supposed neither
to drink wine nor to eat pork, but
Alibed-H amoun, dethroned sultan of
Zanzibar, who now lives afluently in
Paris, has bold and original way of
doing both. AT the table he places his
Koran beside him, urges ooh, holy
prophet. may thy Koran protect me-,
and falls to with a will.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-01-25
SMALL FAMILIES

Families of three persons constitute
19 per cent. Of the total number and
are the most numerous in England;
families of FIVE, Ia per cent, and fam
lilies Of six 10 per cent. Of the total
population.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-01-25
SOME OF EN- HERE

Heres an error in the first edition.,
said the man who always discovers
such things, to the boss. ut says the
bride and glum'."
ooh, let it. go", answered the boss;
"the chances are that's what he'll be
before long"
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-01-25

H. R. Rose & Co. are still head
quarters for chickens, eggs, hides and
all produce.
See those splendid young four and
five-y ear-old mules at McClanahan's
CID stand. Addison & Co.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-01-25
IMPROVING GRAPE JUICE

United States department Of agri-
culture specialists have developed
process for concentrating grape juice
that removes most Of the acid, i'm
proves the flavor and adds to its keep
ING qualities.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-01-25
COTTON eINNED m TENNEssEE

Director Sam L. Rogers, of the Blu
reau of the Census, Department Of
Commerce, announces the preliminary
report Of cotton ginned by counties in
Tennessee, for the crops Of 1916 and
1915. The report was made public for
the state at 10 a. mi, On Tuesday,
January 3, 1917,
Quantities are ID running bales,
counting round as half bales. Linters