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The Starkville news., 1918-07-05
TO CAMOUFLAGE A HOME
Just Few Simple Suggestions That
May or May Not Be Exactly
Followed.

Hang the crayon portrait Of Aunt
Anastasia over the bad place in the
living room wall paper.
Back the sideboard up against the
place where the wainscoting was
blistered during chafing dish party
given by your predecessors.
BY keeping the player-piano going
you can easily ocercome the banging
of the faulty radiator in the living
room.
The temperature may be made agree
able by constant exercise with wall
weights, dumb bells and rowing ma
chimes. On heatless days you can thus
fool your landlord and yourself at the
same time.
Place large Japanese umbrella up
against the ceiling in the library
where the radiator upstairs has leaked
through.
Where you have too many pictures,
hang them one over the other, the pic
ture of your relatives ON the bottom
and those of your wife's relatives on
top.
Hang a towel rack over the place
where the genuine marble has peeled
off the bathroom wall.-Richmond
Times-Dispatch.
The Starkville news., 1918-07-05
Use for HemIock Bark.

Spent hemlock bark, which has been
used chiefly for fuel, may soon be I'M
portant In felt manufacture. Expert
ments have shown that this bark can
be substituted for 80 per cent of the
basic material, now chiefly rag stock,
used in roofing felts. If the bark is
used for the 100000 tons of felt made
in this country annually, there will
be a saving, 1t Is thought, of about
$1,OOO.OO0 year. -
The Starkville news., 1918-07-05
An up-to-pate Atlas.

MRS. Flatbush-Your husband al
ways looks to me as Ii he thought he
carried the world on his shoulders.
Mrs. Bensonhurst-Well, he doesn't,
but as q matter of fact, If you saw
my carpets, you'd believe that he
carried large part Of the earth on
his boots.
The Starkville news., 1918-07-05
The Effects Of opiates.

>HAT INFANTS are peculiarly susceptible to opium and M various
smallest doses continued these Spss cause changes in the nc.
mental peyeon craving for alcohol OF narcotics in later lite
result dosing with opste e keep children quiet
opa the smallest doses for than day as e and
only unavoidable.
The adnnstraton Of Anodyne Drops Coa Soothing and
deoed and the druggist should not be to Children who are ~
ehemw
II
sRnatur Chas. III. Fletcher /%@ZNz-Z
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The Starkville news., 1918-07-05
Powerful.

"Upson is rather egotistical, yet he
has q powerful BRAIN" "It must be
to stand all the thinking he does about
himself"
The Starkville news., 1918-07-05

Usually the spinster accepts the in
evitable when &c lneanders along In
trousers.
The Starkville news., 1918-07-05
An Unnecessary Question.

"Is the gentleman of the house inf"
asked the stranger at the door.
"What ridiculous question to ask !"
replied the woman with the gingham
apron and a broom In her hand. "Can't
you see we're housekeeping"
The Starkville news., 1918-07-05

soro Eyes, Blood-Shot Eyes. Watery Eye1.
sticky Eyes all healed promptly with night.
~ applications OF Roman Eye Balsam. Adv.
The Starkville news., 1918-07-05
Safe.

Safe.
He-"How Is it that you never suf-
fer from the cold?' .She--"Oh, I'm al
ways wrapped up In my work. ."--
Widow.
The Starkville news., 1918-07-05

Some men attempt to cure the blues
by painting things red.
The Starkville news., 1918-07-05

Money ceases to talk after a misel
gets a strangle hold on 1t.
The Starkville news., 1918-07-05

Fortune never smiles on man who
stares her out of countenance.
The Starkville news., 1918-07-05

Don't you think Mrs. Comeup aas
q great deal of loquacity?"
"Maybe she has, but with oil the
war profits the old man Is making
now, she can afford It."
The Starkville news., 1918-07-05

Groves Tasteless chilli Tonic
restores vitality and energy By purifying and en-
giching the blood You can soon feel its Stren9thp
oning Invigorating Effect Price 60c.
The Starkville news., 1918-07-05

Try Freezone! Your druggist sells
tiny bottle for a few cents, sufficient to
rid your feet Of every hard corn, soft
corn, or corn between the toes, and
calluses, without one particle of pain,
soreness or irritation. Freezone Is the
discovery of noted Cincinnati genius.
The Starkville news., 1918-07-05

When Baby ID Teethiny
GROVES BABY BOWHL MEDICINE win correct
the Stomach and Bowel troubles Perfectly harms
less. See directions on tho bottle.
The Starkville news., 1918-07-05

Most men mistake the slightest ap-
plauSe for an encore.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-16

Before we had read two para
graphs of an article in the Kansas
City Times for February 26th, we
became fearful that "the golden age
of censorship" had so far advanced
that the United States had employed
two Paulist Fathers Of the Roman
church to deliver lectures to non
Catholics on the justice of censor
ship. OF course we apologize for
having entertained such suspicion
but as the author of that article re-
marks "This is the golden age Of cen
sorship" and as it becomes more
golden for censorship it also becomes
more golden for Rome, that institu-
tich calling itself a church which
thrives on nothing so much as on
censorship.
Some way we are unable to escape
the conclusion that the writer Of the
article in the Star must have been a
papist He tells how nice and neces-
sary it is for the governments of the
world to be vigorous in their censor
ship of things hurtful to the people
and then he relates the whole to the
Roman church in a very tactful man
ner. However the only mission the
writer had to perform was to inform
the people that two Roman Catholic
lecturers whose business it is tt
proselyte and lull Catholics II
sleep would appear at a certain
church and deliver sixteen lectures
one o. which would be on censorship
I'VE are thankful it is no worse.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-16
Appeal to Sentiment

At the meeting in Evansville, in other words,
speeches were made calculated to impress upon the
minds of those assembled that it the special mis-
sion of the central County Committee to see that
the citizenship of Rock county is card indexed and
canvassed for contributions to this joint fund, the
amount of said contributions to be determined by the
County Committee. Also, said speeches calcu-
lated to impress upon those assembled that it would
be intensely patriotic for them to line up behind thQ
County Committee, agree to the tax themselves, and
then help in the attempt to force every citizen of the
county to do the same and to employ coercion against
those who might have some reason for not wishing
to meet the tax levied by these private citizens.
If no definite action had been taken the matter
might have been treated as fasco but the mouth
pieces of the autocratic scheme succeeded in their
purpose and when the meeting closed everybody,
seemingly, was for it. In plain English the cit
izens assembled had succumbed to the appeal and had
agreed to see that the twomill tax plan is
if they can help make it so. One George S. Parker,
of Janesville, was spokesman for this foray upon
democratic community, and in part the plan of ac-
tion as outlined by him is as follows:
"The plan is to assess all property holders two
mills the dollar for their personal and real prop
erty listed the tax rolls, and all of the income
from this property.
1.-THE same assessment of two mills on the dollar
will apply to salary and wages, large or small and
to incomes derived from rents and other sources
"The proper assessments will be valued by the
county committee at GAINESVILLE making out card in
the name of every tax payer in the county as shown
by the tax rolls at the court house.
"Cards for all workers will also be made out and
these will be presented to each man or woman, who
will be asked to state the amount Of their salary and
also to obigate themselves to meet the assessment
required. Every property owner and wage worker in
the county, regardless of age, SEX will be asked
to take this obligation and sign their names to the
cards. Should they not see fit to do so, the COM
mittee presenting the card will simply sign the card
with the name of the person refusing, and this card
in company with all other cards of like nature,
will be sent to the court house at Janesvle, where
they will be card indexed for use of the government
in case it should ever want to find out who its
friends and who are not"
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-16

Was any community of people ever more grossly
insulted or imposed upon? One hundred fifty thou
sand dollars is the amount the County Committee e
poets to raise by this method and is calculated that
the fund will take care of the needs of the organ
izatons represented for one year. The principal
thing seems to be to raise the money, for unless mat
ters have proceeded further than they had on the
21st of February, no definite plan for spending this
money has been evolved. The process of turn
ing the money over to local bankers who will
then turn it to the treasurer Of the County War
Fund to be distributed to the funds as it is needed
by the County Committee of Investigation and De-
tense, is the only plan announced up to that date
Complaints were made in many parts Of the coun-
try during the Red.Cross drive Of few months ago
that coercion and threats used in the effort to
extract funds from those who, for reason, did
not wish to subscribe. Upon hearing of this the
officials responsible for the policy of the national or
ganization Of the Red Cross deprecated the use of
such tactics and issued declaration that such acv-
ties in direct violation of the spirit of the organ
ization. However, there were some jealous workers.
after that, who continued to employ coercion when
unable to obtain subscriptions by other means. Las
Vegas, Nevada, is airing case Of this kind now in
which Cora Glore is the victim. This young lady
was threatened with the loss of her position as public
librarian unless she should subscribe. And she was
further informed that she would not be able to make
living in Las Vegas, unless she joined this society
While the; specified punishment or hint at ostra-
cism is not the same in the proposed "drive" on the
people Of Wood county, Wisconsin, the tactics are
identical. The Wood county committee wishes to in
form the public, in advance, that if anyone fails to
subscribe to the extent Of the two-milI tax on
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-16
Expected Other Appeals

To be sure no one expected that there would be no
other campaigns to raise money when the funds of
these organizations should run low, but the liberay
which the people of this republic have shown offers
excuse for the perpetraton of such an insult to
their patriotism There is not a single need which
may confront either the nation the organizations
that cannot be subscribed by voluntary contributions
neither has the Red Cross nor the Y M. c. A. any
right to presume that the American public is not
ready to finance its propaganda.
As to the Knights of Columbus, we fail to see
any reason why anyone except Roman Catholics
should be exercised over the success of their cam
paigns. 1t is wel-known that outside of the Roman
Catholic church no one demanded cantonment ceners
for the Knights of Columbus 1t was Rome's own
scheme promoted after she became convinced that
she could not gain control of the Y. NJ. C. A. and
Romantic it throughout. This being the case we see
no reason why Roman Catholics anyone else should
expect the non-Catholic population to be overly
thusiastic about the Knights of Columbus propa-
ganda fund. However, it seems that determined
effort is to be put forth to place this organization and
other propaganda organizations in the hands of
central committees, in such way as to make every
dollar raised by said committees subject to division
into the three funds.
Now there are people who strongly oppose vivisec-
ton, and who do not care to subscribe to the Red
Cross, because they do not wish to promote the in
terests of vivsection. There are other people who
would rather subscribe to the Red Cross fund than to
the Y. M. C. A. fund.- and there is no question but
that there are some who would rather subscribe to
the Knights of Columbus fund than to either. Under
such circumstances it is an inescapable fact that
necessity for the work of either organization will
create demand in proportion thereto and that de-
mand will undoubtedly create fund far in excess of
what is actually needed and under such conditions
it seems that instead of levying tax the proper
thing for these organizations to do would be to
fine themselves to soliciting voluntary contributions
Just as the government has done
When it comes to a question of democracy or of
legal right, there is nothing to do but concede the
fact that the Y. M. c. A.. the Red Cross and the
Knights of Columbus are over-steppng their bounds
in the proposed Wood county campaign.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-16

r1T1N the midst of the present gigantic prepara-
I'LL tions for sacrifice of life and resources in the
lks interest of democracy there is great deal
HUG2l OF activity among certain class of super
patriots whose paramount purpose seems to
be to convert Americans into beings fit only for sub
lection to the autocracy Of czar, kaiser or pope
1t may never have occurred to these unthinkng,
'would-be if they coud-be" democrats that the en-
ployment of coercion other autocratc> methods is
not destined to win for the movements they wish to
further the support of the people, But if it has not
occurred to them 1t is time for real democrats to take
action calculated to impress upon them the fact that
we are no more anxious for an autocracy imposed
upon by misguided friends than for the autocracy
of the notorious Wilhelm
At Evansville, Wisconsin, some shrewd promoter.
of autocratic methods recently succeeded in encing
goodly collection of citizens including nearly all the
business men, into the commercial club rooms and
there the fair name of democracy outraged it
never has been heretofore, since the war began.
The regrettable part of the affair is that it was
not inspired by organization alone; nor does the
result of it affect town only. Instead promoters
of the Red Cross, Y. M. G. A.. and Knights of Co.
lumbus propaganda war funds shared alike in lead
ing the movement and the whole of Rock county,
Wisconsin, is now firmly entrenched (unless quick
action is taken) in the throeS of seemingly self
constituted, threatening central committee that de-
cares it will soon canvass the county and extract
two-mill tax from every man, woman and child who
owns property or is earning money in any manner
whatsoever. And the scheme includes a sort of Ro-
man index which will be naugurated by placing in
card index, "for the of the government in case
it should want to find out who are its friends
and who are not" the names Of all persons who re-
fuse to contribute their proportion to this Y NJ C,
AIRED Cross Knights of Columbus fund.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-16

salary property or both, he or she will be cardn-
dexed, and classified as unfrendly to the govern
ment. Such threat is well calculated to scare most
people into compliance with the demand.
In every call that has been made upon the Amer
lean people for voluntary contributions for pur
poses the fund has been over-subscrbed with the
single exception of the Knights of Columbus war
fund. Both liberty loans were over-subscribed; the
Red Cross fund was over-subscribed the Y. M. c. A.
fund over-subscribed, and none but the Knights
of Columbus to have failed in raising the amount
of money specified as necessary by those in charge of
the propaganda.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-16
This Nunnery a Death Trap

The Grey Nunnery at Montreal,
Canada, burned recently and it is
estimated that a hundred or more
children perished in the flames. A
newspaper dispatch concerning the
fire, which we clip from one of the
big dailies, reads as follows:
Montreal, Feb. 14.-The charred
bodies of 3S children had been re-
covered late tonight from the ruins
of the Grey Nunnery which was de-
stroyed by fire. 1t is feared many
more perished and searchers believed
the toll of death might reach 100.
All inmates of the great buildings
except the children are believed to
have escaped. They included nuns
nursing sisters, wounded or sick sol
diers from overseas, aged, sick OF
CRIPPLED men and women to the mum
ber of almost thousand.
When the flames were discovered il
the west wing the alarm was quickly
given and all those able to help them
selves fled to places of safety. The
heroic nuns and nursing sisters strove
valiantly to save the sick and wounded
as well as the infants under their
charge.
Does it not seem that the charrec
bodies Of these SO little victims o1
Romish greed, could they be ex
hibited to the citizens Of Canada
would be sufficient argument to in
duce the good people of that domin
ion to get busy and dispense witt
these dens Of infamy, or at leas
pass laws that would make then
safe for the slave inmates which
they contain?
"All inmates of the great build
ings except the children are believec
to have escaped" reads the dis
patch,
Of course they escaped! TIL
nuns and priests made good thei
flight from the flames, but the in
nocent and helpless children wer
left to the greedy flames and wer
devoured.
"The heroic nuns and nursin
sisters strove valiently to save tn
sick and wounded as well as tn
infants under their CHARGE" say
| the last sentence in the quotatio
above, yet the fact that they save
| none but themselves gives the lie I
this last effort Of a weakened ed
tor to absolve the nuns from gull
What an arraignment of twentiet
century civilization is this bric
little press dispatch!
| What unfeeling and unsymp'
thetic people they must be who wi
allow such institutions to operat
without legal inspection that shoul
| guarantee the safety Of the inmate
of such places!
III America is full of these white
sepulchres, fretraps and slave pen
where the blood of infants, boys an
| girls, is coined into gold for a
alien hoard Of soulless parasites, an
the American people are too spin
less and cowardly to hardly ever d
mand that their lawmakers pa
laws providing for the legal inspe
tion Of such places. And when tt
demand is made the state senate
and representatives are to cowardl
and too much afraid Of losing Cat
olic votes, to pass the measure. The
are few rare exceptions.
What are you going to do abo,
it?
i Are you going to keep on votiI
for the political towards who refu
to pass such legislation after y
have asked for it? N
Or have you failed to ask for i
If you have, you are the one VI
should be incarcerated in these der
then if they burned up, and y,
with them, the country would
llnone the worse off.
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ings AT ONCE to have the chill

ings AT ONCE to have the chill |
dren adopted, making it forever
impossible for this mother to
get possession of them, and more
than likely impossible for her to
ever see them again.
I have two little girls of my
own and | can close my eyes now
and place myself in this poor
woman's position. / can see her
as she has toiled all these years
with only one thought and one
object in view-that of bringing
back to her fireside the only
earthly possessions she had that
made the struggle worth while.
/ can imagine the nervous, half
asleep and half awake nights
that she put over; the anxiety
she suffered in the fear that
something might happen to
these innocent tots that had
been taken away from her and
sent to what fate, God alone
could know; how she worked and
dreamed of the day when she
would be able to satisfy an
austere Judge that she was
worthy of the name Of mother;
and, finally, when success had
crowned her efforts to provide a
home, how she must have bub-
bled over with joy in anticipa-
tion of receiving what she had
so long sought and for which she
had so industriously labored.
Then l see her as she goes to
the court, confident of her re-
ward, and pleads for that which
God gave her and of which no
man under the shining canopy
of heaven has the moral or just
ly legal right to deprive her.
And now as she faces what
was from the very start newt
able, I can see her creStfallen
countenance as this Judge
decides against her, denies her
petition and waves her aside,
maybe to die of a broken heart.
The heart that will not faint
at this sickly story from the
Detroit News is as hard as the
stone Of which the Wayne Coun-
ty court house is constructed;
the blood that will not CONCEAL
in the veins of the American
who reads this tragedy against
human society is impervious to
temperature; AND IF THE PA
TRIOTS OF DETROIT STAND
FOR THIS WITHOUT A
MIGHTY PROTEST, MILLION
ARE ADDING MACHINE
MAKERS TO THE CONTRARY
NOTWITHSTANDING, THEY
ARE NOT MADE OF THE
STUFF I THINK THEY ARE!
Joseph Boyer may sell Bur-
roughs Adding Machines until
the crack of doom q know he
will never sell me another one)
but he will never make enough
money to repay this poor wo-
man, his former niece by mar
riage, for the injury he has in
fiicted upon her by being a party
to the robbery of her fireside.
Judge Command may sit up
on the probate bench in Detroit
until he petrifies from old age Il
am sure, however, that the vot-
ers will say no at the next elec-
tion) but he can never atone for
the tragedy against the life of
this innocent woman and two
helpless children, notwith-
standing the probable just
ness of his decision from
strictly legal standpoint. II
there is any truth in the Roman
: Catholic theory of purgatory il
!, will take all the money the Bur.
roughs Adding Machine Com.
pany will make between this anG
: the Judgment Day to take care
of the priests while they are
praying the souls of the parties
to this outrage out of that mys.
terious and alleged uncomfort.
able dwelling place.
A third Liberty Loan has been an
II y
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-16

Many a fox has avoided immediate
capture by leaving a leg in the steel
trap. That's what Rome does every
time she defeats democratic legisla-
tion. Keep at it and the trap will
one day retain its wary fragment Of
the fox that was.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-16
MUST PATRIOTS PAY ROME'S FIDDLERS?
Jnwaned and AutOcrac Leyng BY Private Citizens Of TwoMI THOv
the Knights of Columbus Could Fill Their Strong Box Over the Shoulders
Of the Y NJ. c. A. and the Red Cross

TN the midst of the present gigantic prepara-
tions for sacrifice of life and resources in the
interest of democracy there is great deal
j of activity among a certain class of super
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-16

The Mdndan (Missouri) News of
February %, says: "Rev. Father
Virgil Nusslein of Richardton, con-
Quoted the services at the Dickinson
Catholic church last Sunday in the
absence of Father Dignan, who is
visiting in Florida. The ire Of the
congregation was somewhat aroused
by the visiting pastor as he preached
q decidedly o-German sermon" ("
Really there is nothing strange about
a Roman Catholic priest preaching a
prot German sermon. 1t shows that
he is in touch with the pope, who, in
turn, is in close touch with the
kaiser.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-16

If Alabama politics don't warm up
this year all signs will have failed.
1t will take horse blanket to keep
the sweat off the starched collars Of
some of Rome's candidates when the
ball gets to rolling down the steep in
cline Rome herself has prepared.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-16

If Catholic party should be or
ganized forthwith what in the world
would the democratic and republican
parties do for candidates in the re-
spective sections where papists are
SO numerous on one side or the other?
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-16

A third Liberty Loan has been an
nounced. Its coming soon. 1t, too,
will be over-subscribed.
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