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The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-11

All Gamers have been requested by
the U. S. food administration to report
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-11

We waste food in many ways:
In peeling potatoes. the loss is 20
per cent
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31
AN ARMY OF sTENoGRAfHERs

There is today in the city Of Wash
ington in active operation an army
whose exploits attract little notice,
but whose members are doing a very
large "bit" toward winning the war
for America-an army of stenogra-
pliers and typists, twelve thousand
strong. recruited from every State in
the Union. A majority of these sol
diers of the notebook and typewriter
are girls. Day in and day out their
nimble fingers faithfully click out the
tremendous volume Of correspondence
and records required by the great
nation at war. They wear no badge
nor uniform; their work is all work
and has no thrill nor romance; but
the United States could not stay in
the war a month withoue them.
The rapidly expanding departments
of the government in Washington
employ stenographers and typists with
greed that seems Unsuitable. The
United States Civil Service Commits
sion estimates that there will be
10000 government employees Of this
class in Washington at the end of the
year Owing to the general demand
the commission is finding it diff
cult task to meet the calls Of the de-
partments. Examinations are held
every Tuesday in $50 cities, and the
commission states that an examina-
ton will be held in any city at any
time, day or night, when there is a
prospect of assembling a class Of
three or four competitors. Eligible
ity may be obtained through passing
an examination in practical tests in
shorthand and typewriting. 1t is
practicable to complete such an exam
nation in one hour. Representatives
of the Civil Service Commission at
the postoffices in all cities are furn-
ishing definite information to per-
sons interested.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31
STRONG MEN NEEDED

Earth's future glory, and its hopes
and joys
Lie in the hearts and hands Of grow
ing boys,
The world is theirs, to do with as
they will;
The world is theirs, for good results
or iii.
We soon must give into their out
stretched hands
The mighty issues of our changing
lands.
In Earth's large house they soon
shall take their place,
A menace or a glory to the race.
Tremendous issues on Times thresh-
old wait;
We need strong men to guide the
Ship Of State
Into the harbor of the next decade,
Look to the boys from whom strong
men are made.
Selected.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31
AS MOTHER USED TO DO

He criticized her buildings, and he
found fault with her cake;
He wished she'd make such biscuits
as his mother used to make;
She didn't wash the dishes, and she
didn't make a stew,
Nor even mend his stocking as his
mother used to do.
His mother had six children, but by
night her work was done;
His wife seemed drudging always, YET
she only had the one.
His mother always was well dressed
his wife would be so, too,
If only she would manage as his
mother used to do.
All, WE'LL She was not perfect, though
she tried to do her best,
Until at length she thought her time
had come to have a rest;
So when one day he went the same
old rigmarole all through,
She turned and boxed his ears, just
as his mother used to do.
Word and Works.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31
COST OF LIVING INCREASES
% PER CENT IN ONE YEAR

According to the bureau of labor
statistics Of the Department of Labor,
in the year from November Is, 1916,
to November Is, 1917, prices Of food
as whole advanced % per cent.
Potatoes is the only article that shows
a decline in price. Corn meal adj
vanced 81 per cent; bacon, 81 per
cent; pork chops 48 per cent; beans,
80 per cent; salmon, SO per cent;
milk, SO per cent, and lard, n per
cent.
Food as whole was AZ per cent
higher on November Is, 1917, than
on November Is, 1918, and 46 per
cent higher than on November Is,
1914. During this four-year period
corn meal advanced 1877 per cent;
flour, 100 per cent; lard, 104 per
cent; bacon, n per cent; sugar, rs
per cent; and potatoes, rs per cent.
No article declined in price.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31
TO GET AHEAD

Young men, the first question your
employers ask themselves when bust
ness becomes slack, and the thought
necessary to economic in the matter
Of salaries is, "Who can best be
spared?" The barnacles, the shirks,
the makeshifts, somebody's proteges,
somebody's nephews, and especially
somebody's good-for-nothing young
men. Please remember that these
are not the ones who are called for
when responsible positions are to be
filled. Would you like to gauge your
own future for a position of promi-
hence? Would you like to know the
probabilities of your getting such a
position? Inquire within! What are
you doing to make yourself valuable
in the position you now occupy? If
you are doing with your might what
your hands find to do, the chances are
two to one that you will soon become
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31
FORCES SIX TIMES LARGER
THAN IN THE WAR OF 1898

There were 1,42S,65O enlisted men
and 11O,865 officers in the United
States army at the opening of 1918,
more than. one and a half times as
large as any force ever before mobil-
lied by this nation, according to a
statement by Secretary of War Baker.
During the war with Spain the
army of the United States at its max
irnum strength aggregated $4,000
men and officers. The army inSehe
field and in training is now practic-
ally six times as great as the max
imum number under arms in the
Spanish-American War.
About $4,000 officers were commits
stoned from civil life in the two Sc
ries of training camps, nearly eight
times as many as the number Of of
ficers in the regular army April /,
1917.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31
Take Good Care Of
Your Shoes

We see no cheaper prices in sight on footwear While
there has been DECLINE in leather, tanners claim
that all feathers may Work higher in the future,
That means may expect firm prices shoes for
while yet We thik it a''goOd time to take good
of your shoes and ot burn them You prolong the
life of your shoes by using free Leather Life dr.
Just bring them in and oil them often you please
and remember it is free whether you bought your
shoes here not Wholesalers factories and retailers
everywhere have quit guaranteeing shoes and paying
repair bills We therefore advise the use of Leather
Oil Life" to make your shoes last longer and remain
entirely waterproof.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31
HOSPITAL HAS GLASS
ROOMS FOR BABIES

The newly completed hospital of
the Hebre winfant asylum in New
York contains one room built entire
ly of glass. It is divided into 12
compartments, each having glass
sides, through which the nurse can
see the baby at all times without go
ing in.
Each compartment is ventilated
separately, states the Southern Hos
pital Record. A child having a COM
municable disease can be cared for
in one of these little compartments
without any possibility Of infection
to the baby in the next one although
it may be only three feet away, and
the children smile at each other
through the glass.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31
DEFECTIVE EYES CAUSE
MANY TO BE REJECTED

Examination of the records of TO-
600 men passed for military service
by local boards and then rejected by
camp surgeons show that nearly %
per cent of the final reflections were
caused by defective eyes.
Teeth were responsible for $50 per
cent; hernia, TAT per cent; ear, 5,94
per cent; heart disease, 5.87 per cent;
tuberculosis, 5.37 per cent.
Attempts to evade military duty
by deception regarding physical con-
dition were very few.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31
HER TROUBLE is GONE

Mrs. Thomas H. Davis, Montgom-
cry, Ind, says she had trouble with
her bladder and had doctored for sew.
eral months without relief, when Fo-
ley Kidney Pills were recommended
and she commenced using them and
got relief. They relieve backache,
rheumatic pains stiff, swollen joints,
and kidney trouble. For sale by IN
ion Drug Co.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31
A WAR SUGGESTION

Ny days that are meatless,
My days that are wheatless
Were borne without thought of re-
gret,
Did there not in derision
Arise such a vision
Of zoos-and the animal pet.
Nowhere in creation
Is talked conservation
Of food for the wild, Gagged beast.
If to France we can lend them,
Why not quickly send them,
They might catch the Kaiser and
feast.
e. S. B.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31
4 TOAST TO THE FLAG
Bx John j palr

BY John j. DAILY
Here's to the Red Of it,
There's not a thread of it,
Ne, not a shred OF it
In all the spread Of it
From foot to head,
But heroes bled for it,
Faced steel and lead for il.
Precious blood shed for it,
Bathing it red.
Here's to the White of it,
Thrilled BY the sight of it,
Who knows the right Of it,
But feels the might Of ii
Through day and night.
Womanhood's care for it
Made manhood dare for it;
Purity's prayer for it
Il Keeps it SO White.
Here's to the Blue Of it,
Heavenly view Of it,
Star-spangled hue Of it,
Honesty's due Of it,
Constant and true.
Here's to the whole of it,
Stars stripes and pole Of it,
Here's to the soul of it,
Red, White and Blue.
National Economist
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31
$4,000 NEGROES CALLED OUT

Eight per cent of the 9,5S6,508 men
registered under the selective SER
vice law are colored. Of these near
ly 100000 have been called, and more
than $4,000 have been certified for
service.
Out of every 100 colored men called,
SO were certified for service and GA
We're rejected, exempted or discharg-
ed, while out of every 100 white cit
liens called, rs were certified for SER
vice.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31
A TALE OF WOE

CA call for Mr.. Hoover, or DIR. Gal
field.)
My Tuesdays are meatless,
Ny Wednesdays are wheatless,
| am getting more eatless each day.
My home it is heatless,
My bed it is sheetless--
They're all sent to the Y. M. C. A.
The bar-rooms are treatless,
Ny coffee Is sweetless,
Each day get poorer and wiser.
NY stockings are feetless,
Ny trousers are seatless;
Oh, boy, how | do hate the Kaiser!
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31

There are now approximately 10000
speakers in. the "Four Minute Men,
the nationwide organization of vol
unteer speakers who assist the gov
eminent in the work of national de-
Tense by presenting messages Of vital
national Importance to motion-picture
theater audienc S.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31

SO valuable in that position that you
cannot be spared from it, and then,
singular to relate, will be the very
time when you will be sought out
for promotion for a better place.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31

Just to make room for the cloaks dresses and suits for
spring, we making cut of 80 l-3 per cent all
good new styles in ladies' and misses winter readYtO-
wear There are lots Of them to select from and they
are great bargains at one-thrd off the regular
prices You will appreciate them when you see
these elegantly styled garments going at such prices.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31

One American concern is now turn
ing out indigo at the rate Of a ton
a day.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31
Lots Of Neuv Goods

We've been very busy for the past few days opening
new goods for right and early spring. Come at
your earliest convenience and let show you the
line of "Goody" middies and dresses for 1918. We
also have beautiful line Of handk dress
goods hosiery and footwear to show you.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31
Visit Bargain Basement

If you'll take a walk through the Bargain Basement
you will be convinced that this is the place TO buy at
saving prices. Plenty of new army wool and khaki
yarns floor coverings, rugs dishes soaps. talcslms,
comfort wool and cotton Ask for your profitsharng
coupons when you spend your cash at the Supply Co.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31

Wholesale prices on good awool clothes have doubled
since we bought present stock and will still 60 very
much higher. We have big stock Of suits, Overcoats
and pants at old prices Don't let this opportunity Slip
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-31
Cheap Shoe Counter in
Bargain Basement

Odds and ends in ladies' and misses good shoes
: :: t. 80 :, :, = 49, ''''', $40
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-06
y MARION BONSAIL DAVIS

and the willingness to help in any pos sible way. In the thirty odd days of their convalescence these French sol- diers made, with incalculable patience and engenuity, a. really marvellous thing-such as you may have seen treasured in some seaport town. It was, indeed, a four-masted schooner, all sails flying, with a. hull of about eight inches and the whole somehow got within g. narrow-necked quart bot tie. Most scrupulously painstaking were the manipulations of all the threads which accomplished this seem ingly impossible feat.
 From the French ship which was to carry them back to their home base, the sailors sent through the secret service man to the Red Cross man, the one gift they had to give; it was, of course, their cherished bottle; yet they gave it troubled and regretful; not at parting with what would have been so wonderful trophy to have taken home, but because the little schooner inside did not fly the Red Cross flag, but the Red Cross man got word to them that he was very glad
 and proud that it flew the flag of our French ally.
 If one could follow the Red Cross l field director about, he would see him
 rushing hospital supplies to meet
 emergencies on the call of the medi-
 cal oficers-perhaps equipping an emergency hospital overnight, as hap pened for the civilian workmen in the navy yards near Norfolks. He would
 see him issuing the knitted goods and l the comforts, themselves good fight CTS against disease and distress, which
 American women have made for our
 boys and men, Of knitted goods alone,
 the camp service of the Red Cross had
 distributed to camps and cantonments over 4,41O,360 articles, including over 1,403, 900 sweaters.
 Also, he would find him arranging
 for canteen service for moving troops,
 that they might have good hot food
 on the various stages of their journey. And before two days you would real
 ize that he was the representative of every branch of that arm of the serv ice-the American Red Cross
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-06
NICHOLAS P. BYRNES.

The funeral of Nicholas F. Byrnes was held this morning from his late home, 139 James street, and from St. Augustine's church. Rev. Matthew Judge celebrated a solemn high mass of requiem. At the offertory Miss Mae F1aherty rendered Dominic Jesu." and after the mass Miss Kathleen Ryan sang Beautiful Land on High. Large delegations from the Painters union, and the F'raternal Order of Eagles, of which organization the de ceased was a member, were in attend ance at the services. Floral contr1bu- tions were numerous and beautiful The pail bearers were Ernest Byrnes, William Byrnes, Thomas Quesnell, Mark Driscon, Daniel J. Mccoy and Christopher Richor- Burial was in St, Michaers cemetery, where Rev. Matthew Judge read the commital ser vices at the grave
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-06
STOCK MARKET
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New York, May 6-Opening-The success of the Liberty loan and further encoura sing war advfces were reflected 1n the firm opening of today's stock market. Steels, shippings, tobaccos and prominent speGa1ties gained from half appoint to 1 1z points. Oils and minor equipments were included in the advance, but railroads recorded little change aside from Reading and Union Pacific First gains were gen. orally extended before the end of the first half hour
 NooD--The early rise carried Uniteh States Steel up to 99 IS, it's best price of the year. Other equip ments, notably Bethlehem, Crucible, and Lackawanan Steels, also Repub- lie 1npn and Great Northern Ore, were to 1 1-2 points over last weeks final prices Shippings and tobaccos continued active, advancing 1 1-2 to ? 1-2 points with sugars. Railroads Jagged, although Reading and Union Pacific made additional gains. The strength of various obscure issues was tracea'b4e to pools Realizing caused moderate setback at noon. Liberty 1-zs sold at 98s4 to 98 94, the first 4s at 9S.os to 96.10 and the seconE 4s at 96 to 96.04.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-06
SAVING
 ADVICE GIVEN

It is human nature for all of us to think that our advice is the most sound for our neighbors to follow, but when do we think advice would be useful thing for ourselves? I can give you some. Don't let sentiment allow you to do something which is against ysur best judgment; use your own judgment and follow it absolutely and you wil1N Nnerge far in advance of the person that allows his neighbor to lead him to some friend of his I have been in the undertaking business for over 20 years and I fell that l can give you advice that is worth hav- ing as it will save you money. can save money for any one who calls at s4 Elm street. Carroll the Undertaken. Phone Bar. 25S8.-Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-06

discouragement- In a. hundred ways, not only through newspapers and mag azines, but through the personal sto- ries of the workers, through business houses, and schools and churches, the American people are learning what the. home service of the Red Cross does for our men, their families, for the workers, for the communities.
 A representative of home service is provided in every camp, and will go with every army division abroad, to afford the men all the tremendous re- sources of friendship, material help, professional service and expert busi- ness advice, which the American Red Cross, with it's twenty-two million members, can give.
 As this service is a bridge from the camps to the homes, it is, also from the homes to the camps. For it is 8 means of communication always fully open to the families of the men, Any one who is anxious about a man in the army or the navy, may have particu- lars of his health, by writing to the associate Red Cross director in charge of home service in his camp. There is a camp service man in the base hospitals for this very service; and lover there'' he will be in com munication not only with every army division and every hospital, but every clearing station, every prison camp, every agency and means of informa- ton.
 In every cantonment, there is going to be Red Cross house for convales- cents, and some of them are already being opened. They are going to house the jolliest convalescents imaginable, with game rooms and sun parlors and a stage where all the organizations of the camp will give moving picture and camp talent shows" One of the emergencies that is provided for in 1 advance, in these Red Cross houses, is accommodation for the relatives who may be called to see some dangerous | 1y sick boy; for these houses, and the l health and happiness they are built for, are linked very closely with home. Plans have already been. drawn, al- so, for other Red Cross houses to be used as recreation rooms for the nurses.
 The Red Cross is vigilant for emer- gency. When our boys leave the docks, starting overseas, everyone of them has the assurance that the Red Cross is charged with the duty of safeguand- | ing their homes, and that it is equip | ped to help in every emergency. And somewhere, in cases marked with the Red Cross, are food and tobacco and hospital supplies, and drugs, and warm garments, and securities against the emergencies of war, crossing the ocean from the American people to their l men.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-06
POLISH MISSION
 GIVEN A HEARTY WELCOME TO CITY

Members of the Polish military mis- the Polish citizens of Bridgeport yes terdays when they paid an official visit to Bridgeport for the purpose of ob- taining recruits for the Polish legion in France, and laying before their fellow citizens the cause of Poland in the present conflict. About 4,000 per sons gathered in the Bridgeport ar mory yesterday afternoon, where the meeting was addressed by members of the mission, Mayor Wilson and other speakers, and eliminating in the presentation of a modernly equipped ambulance from the people of Bridgeport to the Polish army, and thS enlistment of 20 recruits for the Polish legion. Bridgeport has now furnished about 200 men for the va liant Polish army which is doing ex- cellent service on the Western front
 Upon their arrival in Bridgeport yesterday morning, the members of the mission were met by a reception committee headed by Mayor Wilson. They proceeded immediately to St. MichaePs church where they attended the mass At noon the mission was formally welcomed, at the City Hall by Mayor Wilson and members of the council A luncheon was heNd in The Stratfeld after the reception at' the City Hall, and the urission then went to the armory where huge mass meeting attended by more than 4,O0S persons was Aead-
 During the course of the meeting which Was opened by Mayor Wilson, the Polish army was presented with handsomely equipped ambulance, as gift from the people of this city The mayor made the presentation ad- dress, and an excellent speech of ac- ceptance was made by Major KSoz- lowski, a member of the mission Among the speakers of the afternoon were Mayor Wilson, Major KozloWsk1 Ca1tain Grodz1Ai, Arthur Reilly, and Dr. B. l.. SmyskowsAd-
 In the e*ening the members of St Cecilia's choir rendered a special pro gram in St. Johns haTl, in honor o1 the party. The officers left for New York late last night
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-06

through which the American people express concretely their love and re- spect for the young men of our army and navy.
 Very literally, the Red Cross touches everyone of these young soldiers and sailors of ours in it's offer to be of individual service. Camp service links with home service, and home service stands ready to help every man in training or in active service with the things which are worrying him about his family and his home; concrete things like the rent and insurance, those other worries like loneliness and
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-06
JOSEPH ALLARD.

Joseph A1lard, an old and well known resident of Stratford, died yes terday at the home of his son, Joseph A. Allard, in Wood End road, Strat- ford. The deceased was S9. years of age, and besides his son, Joseph A., he leaves one sister, Mrs. Arthur Pratt; a number of grandchildren, among whom are Joseph, lawyer, in California; C1arice. of Camp Devens, and William A., who is now serving with the American forces in France. He is also survived by II great grand children. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at his late home and St. James church, Strat- ford. Interment will be in St Mich ael'S cemetery,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-06
TAXES GRAND LIST OF 1917

Notice is hereby given to the tax-s payers of the City of Bridgeport thatS the taxes on the grand list of 1917 ares now due and payable at the Tax Col-y lector's office, Room 4, City Hall. Thai undersigned will be at Collector Aa9 office, as above, on May 1, 1918, andsa daily thereafter, Sunday excepted, from a. m. to p. m-. and Saturdays frouss a. m. to 12 m. for the purpose off collecting said taxes After June 1st as required by law, interest at the rate of three-quarters of one per cent. will be added to all unpaid taxes and the-I same on the first of each succeedinGH month. F
 HOWARD F. SMITH,
 U16 ug* Collector.