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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
OFFER AID TO PRETTY CIR
Motorcar Man Makes Experiment. 1
Find Out Just How Far Ciliv-
airy Has Waned.

Probably because of the fact that
people are supposed to know all about
their motorcars, the sight of a car
hung up along the road does not bring
the offers of assistance 1t used to do
in times past. 1t is not so many years
ago that the sight of stranded car
would be the signal for flock of
autos to gather around and proffer all
kinds of advice, both good and bad, but
even then there were those who paid
no more attention to another mans
trouble than to bestow sarcastic grin,
says the Washington STAR Recently
one motorcar man made an expert
ment to find out just how far chivalry
had waned in recent years. He placed
a car, on busy road and kept a man
standing by it. According to report
nearly five hundred cars passed with,
out one slowing down to ask If any
help were needed. Then the expert
ment was repeated with a pretty girl
by the stalled car. The first two card
passed on, for the reason that the
drivers were looking the other way,
but the third stopped. This test was
repeated three times and results
showed that one in every four drivers
volunteered aid.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
DAY
! BEST FOR WOMEN
That Is Conclusion Reached by
a British Physician of
Prominence.
LONGER TIME is HARDSHIP
Also Found to Be Very Largely the
Cause of Observation-Disclosures
tions Likely to Be Made
In This Country.

The British war ministry has re-
ceiyed report analyzing the psychol-
ogy of workers in munitions plants.
The report is by DR.. Fl. M. Vernon, an
eminent British physician. Among his
conclusions are:
4 Women should not work longer
than nine hours a day if they are to
suffer no greater fatigue than man
working1 2 hours.
Fatigue is the main promoting cause
of accidents commonly attributed to
carelessneSS, but more probably the
cause of weakened power to co-or-
dinate movements.
Fewer accidents occur among the
night than day workers.
Night workers are more efficient be-
cause the worker is in mood for
work when he begins his task and is
not excited by the prospect Of evening
recreations.
Two shifts of nine-hour workers re-
turn a better investment on capital
than any other working system for
labor.
The investigation by Doctor Vernon
was undertaken, it Is understood, at
the instance Of the British manufac-
turers. In some respects his conclu-
sions are at variance with those
reached by other skilled Investigators
whose conclusions have been reported
by labor organizations.
1t is understood that material bear
ing upon the effects of munitions work
on American women is being gathered
by the women's section of the labor
division of the ordnance department
of the United States war department.
The Investigations are being made by
women stationed at the divisional Of
fees recently established by the ord
nance officials.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
REACHED END Or PATIENCE
Rookie Felt He Hadn't Enlisted In
Army to Be Made Permanent
Bird-Tender.

A western bishop, just back from
France, where he spent some time at
the front, tells the following anec-
dote as illustrative of the fighting
spirit of the American soldier:
"Again and aaain, whenever his regi-
ment had any orders for activity, 1t
fell to the lot of one 'Yank' to take
charge of crate Of carrier pigeons for
one of the officers. Always the same
private was selected for the monot-
onous, unexciting task. 1t became o
standing Joke in the regiment, and the
pigeon tender became more and more
disgruntled. At last, on the eve Of a
battle, he again received orders to
take charge of the pigeons. He could
contain himself no longer. With an
air of absolute resolve he walked bold
ly to the tent of the commanding Off
Ger and very firmly placed the crate
of pigeons at the door. On the crate
was note:
Here! take your d blrds--l
am going to fight"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
WAR PLANTS LACK LABoRERS
Thousands More Could Be Employed
If the Authorities Were Able
to Secure Them.

The shortage of unskiIted labor In
the United States exceeds all fears the
department of labor held when the
decision was reached to exercise fed
eral control of labor recruiting, &C
cording to a statement by the depart
ment.
The new estimates of the actual
shortage based on reports from COG
war industries to the United States
employment service show that these
plants required $4,000 more men thar
We're available. This figure represent
ed only a portion of actual require
ments.
"The present shortage of unskilled
labor in war industries and the In
creasing extent to. which unskilled
workers will be needed in war produc-
ton in the next two months are indi-
Gated in the returns now being made
to the United States employment sery-
ice by concerns engaged on war work, !"
the department of labor announced in
its statement.
1.-THE first 600 war plants to send
their requirements to the federal en-
ployment service asked for 25,000 COM
mon laborers at once and about 10000
during August and September.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

A farm for every soldier of the
Tinted States who returns from the
SGr is q proposed made by Senator
Warren g. Harding of Ohio.
w Mss Sarah Ptrikin isTsthe first
.s3Soman 70 be II line for promotion to
#the post Of conductor on the Pennsyl-
ganla railroad she is now a gate
woman
SIX thousand women are employed
In combing the battlefields in France,
where everything is being saved. Even
old boots are being picked up and
made to do duty again.
A number Of expert French girl am
munition workers have been brought
to this country to instruct both men
and women In the munitions plants
how to load powder into bags.
After a lapse Of 10 years window
glass workmen are to receive wages
which will compare favorably with the
high wages received under the old
Philadelphia wage scale in 1901-O2.
Chamberlnaids in Denver (Colo.)
hotels and boarding houses are or
ganizing a union. The girls say they
are going after $40 per week, with
half day off each week and pay for
overtime.
The war department wants women
as reconstruction workers among
American troops injured during the
war. The woman's camps and colleges
are giving the courses of training nee
essary for these workers.
A new union of iron molders has
been organized at Augusta, Ca, COM
pirising nearly 100 per cent Of all the
members of that trade in the city. II
includes holders working in both the
railroad and contract shops.
The present army of anthracite
mine workers, it is said, is barely suf-
ficient to maintain the present maxi
mum output of 275,0OO tons daily.
There are now $4,000 mine workers,
or $4,000 fewer men than before the
war.
lie SITlk6 Ol DTlllSu luuHltlOu
workers, caused by the order In coun-
Gil placing an embargo on skilled la
Dor, is definitely ended. Official re-
ports received from Coventry show
that the absentees returned to work
and are hurrying operations in hope
of making good the time lost.
workers in copper mills, mines and
shelters are so important to the gov
eminent at this time that strike is
the last thing that should be consid-
cred" says Charles H. Meyer, presi-
dent of the International Union Of
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, In
an appeal to these working men to
assure a maximum production and
thorough cooperation with the govern
ment In fulfilling the country's needs,
Working at certain jobs out of which
men formerly made from So to 81 a
day, women are now earning from So
to $12 at the same rate of pay.
An organized campaign is being car
ried on in Wisconsin to rout out all
girl and women slackers who are not
doing anything to help the country.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
COPPER WIRE QUITE USEFUL
Several Feet Should Be Part Of EQUIP.
ment of Every Car for Use In
Emergencies.

Several feet of about number Is iron
or copper wire should be part of the
equipment of every car. The weight
is but an ounce and the wire may be
used for making electrical connections,
tying parts of the car together and for
many other purposes.
When a hose clamp was broken
during a recent ride about two feet of
iron wire, pulled tightly around the
rubber hose and the ends Of the wire
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

Compromise In this war is useless.
The conflict is the logical outcome of
thousands of years of the doctrine of
force and it presents problem that
should be worked out to the answer
in the back of the book.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
Why Bald So Youno2

DAndruff and dry scalp usually the
cause md Cuticura the remedy. Rub
the Ointment into scalp. Follow with
hot shampoo Of Cuticura Soap. For
free sample address, "Cuticura, Dept.
x, Boston. At druggists and by mail.
Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50.-Adv.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

We must eat only one-third as much
wheat as we should under normal
conditions, and if we are really good
sports Wen eat even less so as to be
sure to make good.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

Riveting in the shipyards is only one
kind. The pounding now in progress
IN France is riveting the whole civ
ilized world together in more perrna
nent bonds of mutual understanding
than 1t has ever known.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

One Of the Rainbow boys writes to
his parents that outside Of 10 shrap.
mel wounds he's all right and feeling
fine, The kaiser is meeting type of
soldier he'll have trouble to under
stand.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

All the German spy should be able to
discover in America is single, whole
hearted determination to defeat the
kaiser. Then he should be allowed to
report hack as speedily and as often
as possible.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
Something Of a Jolt.

Love is sweet dream, but the first
time a young man sees his best girl
with her front hair done up in curl
papers he is apt to wake up.-Ex-
change.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
WEIGHT VS.. Whacks.

Defeated Pugilist--I weighed In all
right before the fight.
Backer-Maybe you did the trouble
is you didn't wade In during the
fight"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

The gathering of all resources in
both men ard supplies means the
quicker ending of the war. They may
not all be needed, but it is just rs
well to have them on hand.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

If the crown prince gets too close
to the front some Of those American
boys are going to take his lorgnetta
and his smelling salts away from him.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

Alaslra's fra products last year were
worth 100000, seven times what
we paid for the territory. That sure
was some bargain.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

If that $4,000 cup given away by the
kaiser is worth only $50, just what ia
the value of an iron cross to a Ger
man widow?
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

Let US all hope and pray that when
all these ships are built and launched,
We shall not be told that nobody has
had the forethought to hire seamen to
Operate them.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

One effect of Jersey coast U-boat ac,
tiyities not contemplated by the Prus'
slams is the marked increase of ac,
tivity at the recruiting stations.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

Having shown satisfactory speci-
mems of it's war work, America will
proceed now to fill the contract.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

You gain nothing by saving an hour
of daylight if you waste two of the
night.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

Olive drab is an unromantic tint, but
statistics indicate that it is as easy to
fall in love with as red or blue.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

That new star which has suddenly
blossomed out in the high heavens is
hardly the kaiser's. His is setting.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

Among the successful wastrels Is the
fellow who lets the ice water run away
because he is not paying for it.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

In training Americans how to pur-
sue a retreating foe, psychology is on
the Job with q vengeance.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

A man may be able to fool himself
as to his Importance, but the neighhors
are different.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

The new thrift proposition Is to
make 2-cent piece go where one went
before.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

Despite the high cost of beans. GER
tain indiscreet and unpatriotic people
continue to spill the luscious legumes.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

The married man who comes home
at night and entertains his wife by
reading in silence book or newspa-
s - well spend the evenings
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

The summing-up as to sugar seems
TO be that there will be enough for
legitimate need, but none to waste.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

Besides having the atlas hanging on
the ropes, the war has the dictionary
looking groggy.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
Nose Dive.

Everything Is on q war basis now
and tomcat whom we dispersed by
sharp thrust yesterday came down off
the back fence In spinning nose dive.
--Ohio State Journal.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

Obviously, the thing to do is to set
the marines after the submarines, with
bayonets!
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

Norway's shipping losses by subma-
rines might decrease if something were
done besides protesting.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

The barefoot burglar is at it again,
but he'll never get the money that you
put In the war chest.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

Haddonfield, N. j., recently killed @
pack of ten wild dogs.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

Whenever the Germans are In
doubt, they appear to bomb Paris with
the long-range gun.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

A good potato patch now claims
more admiring attention than a piece
of landscape gardening.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

y 20 Europe, instead OF taxing cargo
space on the ships And after they
land in France a few might take a
preliminary spin to Berlin and back.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
The war garden did a fine job last
year and should do better this season.

Living is becoming so expensive that
it viii soon be placed on the luxury
list
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

Our American soldiers, sailors and
marines are decorating themselves.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

twisted together, pig-tail fashion, made
a hose clamp that did not allow drdp
of water to escaDe. If the wire is tan
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
A peace loafer is bad enough, but a
war loafer is unspeakable.
Some of the aerial mail service fs no
better than the regular kind.

Speaking of enemy aliens and water
fronts, what about German carp?
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
A NERVOUS
BREAKDOWN
Miss Kelly Tells How Lydia
z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Restored
Her Health.
Newark, N. J.-"For about three
wears / suffered from nervous break

down and got so
weak ! could hardly
stand, and hadhead-
aches every day. !
tried everything I
could think Of and
was under a ply
sician's care for two
years. A girl friend
had used Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compoundand
she told me about
it. From the first
day / took It'll began
to feel better and
now / am well and
able to do most any
k in d OF work. i
have been recon-
mending the Com
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07
DkKalll!ggygs
Asthma
Remedy 4

for the prompt relief of Asthma ana
Hay Fever. Ask your druggist for II.
% cents and one dollar Write for
FREE SAMPLE.
Northrop 6 LymanCo. Inc, BuffaIo.N.Y.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

A farm for every soldier of the
Tinted States who returns from the
's ar is q proposed made by Senator
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-07

N0tFen q. HaTdIllg OF Ohio.
Mss Sarah PQtrikin is-sthe first
s.5Soman q be a, line for promdtion to
8the post of conductor on the Pennsyl-
yania railroad. She is now q gate
woman.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-04-03
AS WE GROW OLD
The Kidneys Should Receive Help
Manning People Recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills

The constant strain Of busy life.
Is hard on the kidneys, and in later
years
The kidneys call for help.
Old backs often ache, day in, day
out;
Urinary ills frequently add their
weight of woe.
Give the help the kidneys need.
Aid the kidneys with Doan's Kidney
Pills.
Manning people endorse this rem
edy.
Mrs. R. l.. Logon, w. Boundary
St, Manning, gave the following
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been greatly relieved and benefited
by Doan's Kidney Pills. I suffered
with my back and kidneys and |
couldn't sleep we'll nights. got
Doan's Kidney Pills and they relieved
me wonderfully of all my troubles"
Gone for Good
On February 15, 1913, Mrs. Logon
said: "The cure Doan's Kidney Pills
gave me some time ago has lasted. l
have been in fine health ever since and
am only too pleased to again give
them my endorsement"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney rcmedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Logon had. Foster Milburn Co.,
fgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-04-03
In Loving Remembi ance

J.. Died, Sunday, March %, at the
Tourney Hospital in Sumter, Mrs. Lon
izer Morris, Of New Zion, wife of the
late A. j. Morris, deceased. Funeral
services held the following day at
New Zion, at II o'clock. Rev. Tru-
lu.i., assisted by Rev. Elwell perform
cd the ceremonies. Had she been
spared until the 26th of Ma; she
wor.d have Celebrate, her 72n,l birth
Cay. Sh, wEs the mother of Ii hill
drtn. of whom ten arc living now. She
has a great many g"anc-chi .lren. also
tt-grani. h:ldren. She leaves one
si:'tr, Mrs. \i.toria florris. She was
a noble woman, one who was loved by
all with whom she came in contact,
and she will be missed by all in her
community. A good woman has gone
to her reward. She was sick only two
weeks, but she bore Gods afslictions
we'll. She constantly spoke OF her
home in Heaven and Drayed fur God
to take her out of her suffering. ard
God has heard and answered her pray
er. All was done for ner that loving
E:.n.!s and medical skill could do, but
Goo was the one that healed her and
took her home to rest. She can come
back to us, but we can go to her, SO l
hope and pray in the sweet by and ny
WI viii be walking on the other sh 1rc,
side by side. Then we will under
stond.
Her Children.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-04-03

Americans who have hoped that the German clergy
would eventually change fronts and take stand in this
in keeping with the noble principles which are the
foundation stones of Christian teaching should know that
they are leaning broken reed Nothing can be expect
ed from the German clergy The who compose this
Hlndenburg rpitz the butcher of Potsdam himself
What evidence have we for arriving at such conclu-
sion? Has single German clergyman raised his voice
IN protest against the continued slaughter by the nfde
Turk OF the Christian people of Armenia? Have not the
German clergy again and again. proclaimed that God re-
oces in the butcheres that the Germans occupied terri
tories have committed? Have they not thanked God in
their churches for the murder of the little babies on the
Lusitania and asked for divine aid in the killing of
nameless crimes that German soldiers commit against
helpless women and girls? These questions do not need
answering. And if there is anyone who still needs proof
of the nature of the German clergy let him read this oath
Of fidelity which all who seek to enter the German minis
KY must take:
II will be submissive faithful! and obient Maj
% %aeiy; prevent injury particularly
fidelity Km the father.
an deuo good citizen; suffer
@ @ t Or ot % e VOW abfas ss Twill w not %H sSRpept en
Sanger the pub security and viii inform I Majesty
DicEates" " '
No doubt there are men in Germany who could be-
mighty forces within the Christian church. AS cer-
gynen Bhey could do much to make the church greater
Living force in the world than it has been before But
these not in the ministry because the kaiser
2skshat they shall take oath which no real Christian
eantae Thus has the church in Germany been debauch
I'd has become vicious force Some day may again
its old place. But not while the kaiser remains in
power" and that oath stands.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-04-03

ADVERTISE IN TIE TIMES.
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