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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-04-24
PARTIAL PAYMENT
PLAN FOR LIBERTY
LOAN IS POPULAR
WAGE FARMERS MAY OBTAIN
BONDS AND PAY IN WEEKLY
INSTALLMENTS.
THE BANKS AGREE ON FORM
City Workers May Pay Weekly, While
in Rural Communities Systems
Adapted to Needs Are
Being Developed.

The government partial payment"
plan is being adopted by many Of the
cities and towns throughout the
Eighth Federal Reserve District for
handling the Third Liberty Loan,
which starts April 6. Committees have
been appointed in several cities to
work out details in connection with
the plan. 1t is thought that no form
of subscriptions to be used IN the sale
Of the bonds will reach anything like
the aggregate number of subscribers
who will take advantage of this meth
cd of purchasing.
In st. Louis committee of bankers
has been active shaping arrangements
so.that purchasers Of these bonis will
have the privilege of buying them on
weekly installments.
F. o. Watts, president Third Ma
Of the Metropolitan Committee of the
Liberty Loan Organization for the
Eighth Federal Reserve District, is
highly enthusiastic over the plan.
During the previous loans, Mr..
Watts said, there were approximately
$4,000 subscriptions in St. Louis which
were taken on a weekly installment
plan, but in his opinion that city
ought to have $4,000 subscribers to
the weekly payment plan. That IS the
goal set by the present committee for
the Third Liberty Loan Bond issue.
OF the Al banks in ST. Louis, 46 have
signed up to cooperate in pushing the
weekly payment subscriptions, and a
uniform contract to govern such sub
scriptions, approved by the st. Louis
Clearing House Association, as well
as the banks themselves, has been
adopted.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-04-24
HAVE A THRIFT POCKET

A thrift pocket is a character build
er-it tests your capacity to resis:
You will find it as alluring as the
penny bank you once had on the man.
tlepiece. Select the pocket-any one
will do-and then select the coin.
Suppose your thrift coin" is nickel.
Every nickel you get goes into the
thrift pocket. You can not borrow
from the thrift pocket nor lend from
it. Experience proves that it isn't
wise even to make change from it,
and that it is failure if you are not
honest, scrupulously honest, with it.
Every time it gets over-heavy, put it
into Thrift Stamps. Thrift Stamps
are light.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-04-24
PICTURES TO MOVE PATRIOTS
slides and TralIers Prepared In Wash.
ington and Sent Broadcast.

Moving picture shows Throughput
TIE RiKBth Federal Reserve District.
embracing seven states and paris Of
states. WIN educate their patrons
through a series of slides and trailers
that win be supplied through the ma
tiopal organization at washington
These pictures viii be rellspdsE Of
the duty that the people owe to their
country tn the present crisis.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-04-24
Form Is Adopted.

The form of contract is given below:
The owner Of this Liberty Loan" pass book
agreed n ron
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-04-24
VIII Sell Farm for Bonds.

A farm in exchange for Liberty
bonds is the offer which has been
made by q. L. Campbell. real estate
dealer of Hopkinsville. KY. Further,
Campbell states positively he viii not
Take money Of the usual kind for The
fsrms-it is Liberty Bonds or nothing
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-04-24


has agreed to purchase from the ---
bank or trust company dol
lars par value Of the United States Gov
eminent Liberty Loan Gold Bonds, and here
accrued interest in installments within II
months from the date hereof.
Each payment shall be entitled to interest
earned at the rate Of the said Third Liberty
interest prior to the date from which the
bonds themselves bear interest and said inter
est shall be adjusted at the time Of surren-
der Of this pass book.
The purchaser may complete the entire pay
ment In less than one year and may pay any
amount at any time, except that O minimum
payment Of not less than per cent per week
must be maintained.
In case an issue Of Bonds Ii made bearing
a higher rate Of interest, and into which this
issue Of bonds may be converted, the said
bank trust company may at III option e1er
else the conversion privilege; In which event
such increased rate shall accrue to the pass
book owner.
If the purchaser shall become delinquent In
making regular payments, the said bank 0r
trust company reserves the right to return
rsssnting the difference between tt& market
value and the par value Of thu bonds. This
pass book shall not be negotiable, and must be
presented when payments are mada.
By the acceptance Of this pass book ths own
er thereof accepts and assents to these terms
and contents.
The pass books and deposit tickets
for the As St. Louis banks have been
ordered and will be distributed to the
participating banks sometime next
week. The Publicity Committee is CO.
operating with the Publicity Commit
tee of the Central Organization, and
it has been arranged to cover the field
from every angle of advertising
Special copy for street cars, factory
cards, billboards, newspapers, maya
zines, direct-by-mail circulars and win
dow cards are being prepared, 30 that
the duty as we'll as the opportunity Of
every American citizen will be care
fully brought home to the people.
Galloway County Adopts.
Not only In the large cities through
out the Eighth Federal Reserve Dis
trict will the partial payment" plan
be adopted, but in smaller cities and
communities as we'll. In Galloway
County, Mo-, the Bankers Association
has already appointed a committee to
work out plan suitable Tor the banks
there.
In this busy age many buy their
homes. automobiles. pianos and talk.
ing machines on the instaliment plan.
Uncle Sam says, Why not buy gov.
eminent bonds in this manner? We
can whip the Germans with our
money. but not with the money in our
pockets or bank accounts. It must SO
into the United States treasury In sub
scriptions to Liberty Bonds.
To win this war quickly and deci
sively. it is necessary to enlist the co
operation Of people Of all classes and
occupations, and there can be no bet
ter way to do this than by effecting
general participation in the invest
ments by which the government win
finance our fighting forces.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-04-24
FROM RUDYARD KIPLING.

at amt the individual
Nor the army as a whole,
But the everlastin' teamwork
OF every bloomin' soul"
The Washington times., 1918-02-08
A Big gSchemefor Better Sanitation
By EARL GOODWIN.
The Proposed Metropolitan Sewer System Il the Re
Planning By Big Engineers.

One of the best safeguards for the health of Washington
in the vast proposed metropolitan sewer system In this
scheme all the towns living streams which flow from
Maryland through the District Of Columbia will be connected
with present highly perfect system and by that
connection will prevent sewage from flowing into tho
streams which down from Maryland through the Dis
tFict
For instance Rock Creek is splendidly protected from
pollution in its through the District Of Columbia by
well-panned and webult device known as an "inter-
ceptor That Is system which interceps any pol
luton which may be headed toward Rock creek But what
avais this nterceptor right the Maryland line the
stream is polluted because the residents have such
sytemi
The big metropolitan scheme is to extend sewer
system out into Maryland The people of that State viii
pay for this extension of course, and will build thoroughly
modern and effective drainage system for all the towns
streams which flow this way Then at the head Of the Rock
creek nterceptor the new Maryland system viii be hooked
up with our and by the injection Of few million gal
Ions of water per day into the enlarged drainage load win
pump the entire bulk through pumping station far
down the bay.
Congress has wisely enacted law to permit the Dis
rict of Columbia to cooperate with Maryland and it is
now M to Marya-d to this progressive proposition
with similar State law permitting the State to coopese
It will be for the benefit of everyone and the State Of Mary
land gets as much and perhaps out Of it than Washing
ton does.
The Washington times., 1918-02-08
What 90 Per Cent of the People
Want-GOVernment Owner
ship of Railroads.

What 80 Per Cent Want They Will Have-Unless 10 Per
Cent Rule the Country
The Washington times., 1918-02-08
By M a b eI Dod ge.

rudy, often blue-eyed and with
clear-cut features, and their spurs
make a clanking sound as they
walk.
Every one Is good-humored and
ready to do a good turn to the next
fellow. The air is full OF sunshine
and cheer and vitality.
Every one-like people, every
where else-is concerned with
living: that Is, concerned about
their daily food. and having
warmth enough, and getting pleas
ure out of life.
And they all seem to be success
full in this business Of living.
They seem to like life, to like
what they are doing. No one seems
nervous here, or restless or sus-
picious of the others.
II there is a dance they all want
to go to 1t. If any one comes
along who can make music in any
way, they all want to hear it.
They are always ready for any
thing.
In Taos you buy meat, and the
best of meat, for 20 cents a pound.
Twenty cents a pound for good
beef!
And you buy wood-pine and
spruce-for 81 the wagon load.
And you can rent a small, one
The Washington times., 1918-02-08

farm the land, too, and raise the
food they need.
Then for many miles around lie
ranches Of different kinds. where
cattle rove-or where fruit is
raised.
Every morning the square, or
plaza, in Taos is full of movement
and color. Three or four big
stores, with every sort OF thing
any one needs for the business of
living, face on the plaza. The road
runs around all four sides of 1t.
and on the inner side of the road
Is a white picket fence, which sur
rounds a grassy park" with
diminutive bandstand in the center.
At intervals. on the outside OF
the fence. hitching posts are driven
into the ground all around the
park" and here the Mexican
teamsters hitch their big horses
and wagons, and cowboys leave
their ponies and the Indians theirs.
They come in from all around the
countryside to shop and get mail
and exchange their garden stuff
and it is very lively and amusing.
The Mexicans are dark-skinned
and wear broad-brimmed hats, and
they look Spanish. as indeed they
are.
The cowboys arg tanned and
The Washington times., 1918-02-08
L. FOR MANY

story house for $12 or SIS month.
Now. unless something has
fooled the artists and people who
love life for It's own sake, they
would rise up and leave the big,
overgrown cities and come out to
Taos, and places like Taos, where
they could be happy and enjoy
themselves.
l hear them reply: But how
can you make money In Taos?
How can you make a career in
Taos?"
That is where they are fooled
about life and living-over this
money question.
What do they want money for?
So as to get enough to eat and be
warm and able to express them
selves to their neighbors. Isn't
that II?
Well, they could make enough
money in Taos to live In Taos. OF
course they couldn't make enough
here to live in New York: but why
should anyone want to live In New
York except to make money?
You see, making money has
come to be an object In Itself
quite apart from its original object,
which was to enable q man to llyO
and be content.
The Washington times., 1918-02-08
TAOS SOLVES THE H. C. OF L.

. AOS is a little village on
a great plain. with hills be-
= hind it, and to the north, a
big mountain to shelter it.
Under the mountain the Indians
have their pueblo-four square
miles of land on which they live
and cultivate. Each man has q
piece Of land and he raises enough
on it to keep him and his family.
They have their horses and COWS
ard pigs-and they have built fine
shelters for them Of evergreen
boughs and roofs matched with
yellow straw. They have stream
running through the pueblo where
the animals all come to drink at
night and morning.
They have irrigated their land by
means of great ditch and every
man has his share Of digging in 1t
to keep ii in the right condition.
Everyone has enough to eat and
plenty of time TO live and dance
and sing and make beadwork and
hunt.
All around Taos are little Mexi-
can villages made Of one-story
adobe houses, dirt color, and with
bright blue painted doors and win
dow frames. And the MeXican3
The Washington times., 1918-02-08
AMERICA,
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.


1 am the refuge Of all the oppressed,
I am the boast Of the free;
1 am the harbor where ships may rest
Safely twxt sea and sea.
/ hold up torch to darkened world,
1 tighten the path with its ray.
Let my hand keep steady
And let me be ready
For whatever comes my way
Let me be ready.
Oh, better than fortresses, better than guns,
Better than lance or spear,
Are the loyal hearts OF my daughters and sonH,
Faithful and without fear.
But my daughters and sons must understand
That ATTILA did not die.
And they must be ready,
Their hands must be STEADY;
If the hosts Of hell come nigh
They must be ready.
II Jesus were back on the earth with men,
He would not preach today,
Until He had made Him . scourze, and again
He would drive the dehlers away.
He would throw down the tables Of lust and greed.
And scatter the Changefs' gold;
He would be ready,
His hand would be steady
As it was in that Temple Of old.
He would be ready!
1 am the cradle Of Gods new world,
From me shall the new race rise,
And my glorious banner must float unturled,
Unsullied against the skies.
Ny sons and daughters must be my strength,
With courage to do and to dare;
With hearts that are ready,
With hands that are steady,
Ard their slogan must be PREPARE.
They must be ready!
With prayer on the lip, they must shoulder aEzA1.
For after all he has said,
We must muster guns
II we master Huns,
And ATTILA ts not dead.
We must be ready!
The Washington times., 1918-02-08

That
It would be dishonest to the people.
Government control without Government ownership is
bound to fail, BECAUSE HIGHLY PAID INDIVIDUALS
MANAGING THE RAILROADS AND HITHERTO MAX
ING LARGE FORTUNES OUT OF GRAFT FROM RAIL.
ROADS WOULD NOT CONSENT TO LET GOVERN
MENT RAILROAD CONTROL SUCCEED.
The Washington times., 1918-02-08
From the Public to the Editor

OF credit for publishing the facts as
you do. There are so many of us that
feel as you do, but cannot put IL iu
concrete form as you do. I only wish
your paper could be put in every
home in this country. Words cannot
express my admiration for you and
the fearless way you write the truth
May you live long and prosper, for
you are doing a good work for hu.
manity. From one of your many ad-
mireTs. JOHN T. DUNNELLY,
LOG 9th ST. S. L., Washington.
The Washington times., 1918-02-08
Buy W. s. s Today.

Billy Sunday is working Ike
Hell to Beat the Devil, and this
office is closed to help the good
old U. S. A. save coal for q He'll
in which to Roast the Devils
Patron Saint, the Kaiser.
The Washington times., 1918-02-08
This Encourages Us.

Washington City, Jan. 81, 1918.
Editor The Times.
Dear Sir-I have been a constant
reader OF your valuable paper ever
since you purchased same. and have
to hand it TO you. 1t is the livest
wire that has ever. struck Washing
ton. Your first column on front page.
entitled Today, appeals to all think.
ing people. You deserve a great deal
The Washington times., 1918-02-08

The most important development at home is public
control OF property that belongs to the public,
The railroads have been taken by the Government
of the United States BECAUSE THEY WERE INEF-
FICIENTl BADLY MANAGED RUN DOWN, OUT OF
REPAIR AND INCAPABLE OF BORROWING MONEY
NEEDED-F0R OTHER REASONS LARGELY DIS
CREDITABLE THAT NEED NOT BE RESUMED HERE
The Washington times., 1918-02-08

control of property that belongs to the public,
of the Gned sa. B EsR O9T Ve WESE %
FICIENT, BADLY MANAGED, RUN DOWN, OUT OF
REPAIR AND INCAPABLE OF BORROWING MONEY
NEEDED-F0R OTHER REASONS LARGELY DIS
CREDITABLE THAT NEED NOT BE RESUMED HERE.
Various propositions are made by the particular brand
OF selhshnesS behind private ownership.
this:
Le the Government take the railroads now pay us as
much have made continue the salaries of
priced employees, SPEND THOUSAND OR TWO THOU
SAND MILLIONS OF PUBLIC MONEY BUILDING UP
THE ROADS, and then hand the thing back to u.s.
That would suit private ownershp-but it would not
suit the people and would absolute destruction for
the individuals or parties stupid and guilty enough to
nive at such plan
Another suggestion that the United States finance the
railroads rebuild them put them in working order pay over
take back the railroads after they have been rebuilt
at their leisure and they will and if they CAN pay back
what the Government has spent in actual Improvement
The people will not tolerate that proposition either
The United States needs efficient railroad system.
It does not want to have the transportation system docored
up for few minutes and then allowed to become sick and
useless again.
The emergency came-the roads were not ready-they
miseraby defective and railroad deny it.
It would be stupidity give back the railroads or
later permit private ownership to let them down. rails
cars locomotives terminals deteriorang-and then in
other emergency tax the people again rebuild and
struct those railroads
The people be and robbed but the people are
not FOOLS
There has been great deal of thinking done by farm
whose is rong the ground because it can't be
shipped by the people in cities whose houses cold chill
dren suffering business destroyed because coal be
TRANSPORTED
You know of course that the question coal merely
question of TRANSFORMATION
Hundreds of thousands of tons of coal ready the
railroads could move them.
But little extra demand snowfall any trouble-and
the privately owned railroad systems fall down The Gov
hast ohO
The third suggestion, worthless the first two
this:
Allow Government CONTROL to continue, but with
private OWNERSHIP.
In other words, let private individuals the rail
roads, let the value of their rights of way the value of their
mOnopoes of transportation their waterd stocks and their
very often watered bonds increase-whe Government
the railroads supplies the money the of the taxpayer
and turns over the growing profits to private owners
That will not do
It would be dishonest to the people.
Government control without Government ownership is
bound to fail, BECAUSE HIGHLY PAID INDIVIDUALS
MANAGING THE railroads AND HITHERTO
The Washington times., 1918-02-08

sfAdiss StenoR" pulled q sign from
jim MeCARTHY'S office door pm
the last Coalless Monday and sent
It to me. Here It is:
The Washington times., 1918-02-08
HEARD AND SEEN

just to see how the Bf6akIand
line was working, I took q short
trip on Il. Observed some street
car manners also. The men all got
up to give seats to women, but
three fat young women spread out
over the territory usually allotted
to six people. Women stood IN
front Of them and endsayored to
knee their way IN, bat nothing
doing.
The car stopped On G street near
Seventh to tow q Warrington Rail-
way and Electric Company repair
truck out Of = drift Of snow.
Ny former nsighbor, ORLANDO
SMITH, was aboard the ear. he
said he was going to the B. & o.
freight yards. Not with the vain
expectation Of getting anything
OUT Of the tangle there; Just 70
see II something was IN It.
william n. Stuart tells me Of 4
friend who sent q check TO his
dealer for q ton Of coal The check
was made out for something Ike
S10.10. The dealer returned the
check with these words:
"Please make this cheek eorrsct.
Coal Is $10.11 . ton. not S1o.10."
And THEODORE TILLER showed
me q check which he had paid to q
certain prominent coal concern hare
last month. The coal concern had
deposited the check, but by no
means had It delivered the coal.
E. C. BRAINERD tells me that
he went to Emerson Institute with
JIMMY and HARRY GARFIELD,
the latter now being Fuel Admins
traitor.
The Washington times., 1918-02-08

As long private ownership persists with private
poyes in the most important divisions Government control
can be only dismal failure at best poor compromise.
Take the abest in the country and multiply his
ability by ten and you cannot possibly make him succeed
at temporary control of the railroads long railroad
presidents presidents and others realize that Govern
ent an end the big profits that they have
made selling to themselves railroad directors what the
railroads need.
There only solution of the railroad problem and
that is GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS.
The Washington times., 1918-02-08

Everybody who hAa ever broken
baby carriage, q bicycle, an cleo
trie light or nearly anything else
that Is, anyone in Mt Pleasant
will undoubtedly recognize the
name Of TOMMY DEDGE, Mt
Peasants leading Fixer.
Tommy tells me that in his
opinion the most dangerous traffic
spot in Washington is at Sixteenth
street and Columbia road. And
there Is certainly ground for his ap-
prehension. Trafne in both direc-
tons from TEN STREETS--twenty
streams Of motor vehicles and
pedestrians. That Is the problem ct
Sixteenth street and Columbia road.
The silent policeman" which
stands there is knocked down and
ruined every now and then.
II Is respectfully suggested that
the Hezt tine some one calls you on
the phone and 6sks you II q e such
and such 0 naHsbsr, % betsg the
WRONG nRRsbsT, of course, that you
say dOIeftIlB "No this q the
MorgHs."
anF. 5A---gg -.,If.I 4, .,,-,, RNag,a
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-11-01

Am doing sewing of any kiud.
Will be glad to get your work.
MRS. J. c. CREOLE.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-11-01
The Nays Great Achievement

1t is we'll in these days, when the
army fills the public eye, that the
work of the navy should not be for
gotten says an exchange. That it
played an important part in laying
the mine field that closes the mouth
Of the North Sea has been revealed
before; but the story as now told by
Secretary Daniels gives details of
transcendent interest. The under
taking vas almost unbelievably vast.
1t involved the construction of a new
type of mine, its transportation
across the Atlantic, and the main
tenance of n fleet Of mine layers and
of converted merchantmen. Indeed
for a time, it was considered imprac-
ticable. But Admiral Benson sub.
mitted the plans to the British navy
authorities and they were finally
adopted. How many difficulties still
remained Mr.. Daniels describes. Tn,
work had to be distributed among
many plants, and the assembling o.
the parts was an enterprise in itself
The mere figuring cannot convey t,
the lay mind much more than
vague impression of the extraordi
nary nature of this successful atemp
to bottle up the U-boats. But thos
familiar with the waters where tn
mines were laid will understand wha
heroic vigilance was needed. Tha
the American navy originated, an
had the great share in doing, tn
work is ample cause for pride,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-11-01
Few politicians have been accused

Few politicians have been accused
of modesty, but Speaker Conner is
certainly the modest and shrinking
violet of Mississippi's political arena.
He not only desires to have the Con-
stitution of the State 50 changed as
to lower lineage limit for governor
sufficientlyto permit him to become
a candidate for that office. In JUS
ttice to Mr.. Conner it might be added
that he claims this movement was
started by friends and not byhim.
In that event his friends have, We be-
Iieve, made a mistake. There are
several men in the state old enough
to run for governor, who would, no
doubt, fill the office with splendid
ability, so why tamper with a state
constitution that has stood the test
Of time to make it possible for a
young MAI to hold the governors of
flee? That the proposed amendment
will we believe, be defeated. Mr.,
Conner will eventually be old enough
to run for Governor and the coun-
try can still be Savcd.-Canton Her.
aid.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-11-01

Our government expects it, and the
people of Mississippi have not yet
failed to respand to any call, their
government has made.
We are now working on definite
plans for the wiud-up of the cam
paign, which will be submitted to
you without delay.
Cordially yours,
W. M. BELL,
State Director.