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The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-05
BILLY SUNDAYS PRAYER

People who have not the command of language in prayer that Billy Sunday possesses might help out by praying that Bills prayer with which he opened congress by special invitation while in Washington City long ago. might be answered. The prayer as follows:
 Thou knowest. Lord. that in life and death struggle with of the infamous ye crazy booahrsty avarcious. sensual and vicious nations that has disgraced the pages of history Thou knowest that Germany has drawn from the eyes mankind en- ough tears to make another that she has drawn blood enough to redden every of sea- We pray Thee that Thou wilt make bare Thy mighty arm and beat back that pack of wolsh Huns whose fangs and the winds and the may fight against them Amen. Douglas News.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-05
CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES.

We are told that Hooverizng should be the password Of the nation these days. According ly. there is considerable talk going the rounds about introducing system of economy in the municipal government: and candidly we don't know but what there is room for improvements; especially since g big source of revenue has been abolished. Taking the saloons and municipal court sources of revenue out it is up to the coun- cil to devise ways and means of carrying on the business without them: and if wise economy will do it: then by all means let us economize.
 There are some who believe the old council has been eXtravagant-in spots. We should re- member, however, that it is much easier to find faults than to avoid them; and that experience is good teacher.
 According to the school and municipal traasurers report, the city treasury is not empty. Besides the school fund on hand the city has some two thousand dollars due for taxes, thus leaving g little balance for the new council to start busi- ness on. One way of econonlizing. as it has al- ready been suggested, would be for the city to purchase piledriver. Most of our business streets are on piles that need renewing quite freouently. The amount paid for the use of plledriver in one year would go long way to- wards paying for one for the city; and would thus save 6 great deal in future years 4 rock
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-05

But men not really setting the pace in war sav- ings Women and children-God bless them!-are rela- lively doing the Thrift are evidence in homes and schools and young and old beginning to vie with each other the accumulation of war stamps An epidemic of saving in wholesome has spread and still spreading throughout the city Post Intelligencer.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-05
IMITATION

is the sincerest form of flattery. tha is why it pleases ns to hear that othe .aunories claim to do work just lik' ours. 1t Is a tribute to the exceIient, Oi our iau0erlnI which we fully al preciate. But why not have tue org: nal? Send us your waSnaDies an. you won't nave to say they are perfect as ours The work will e ours and the real thing
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-05
THE KAISER A HANGMAN.

(From the Deutsche Tageszeitung)
 We. too, have Judas among today He appears in the red coat and mantle of Germanys hangman Who will Germany from these traitors but the German people? It is now, Germans help yourself. and God will help you"
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-05

crusher would also help materially in filling some of the streets. These things nearly every com munity needs and it is false economy to delay their purchase.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-20

Flemish on one side and French on the
other:
Belgian soldier, our beloved friend
aud brother, we, your American
friends, greet you this Christmas day,
1913. How bravely you have endured
and how courageously you have fought
during four years of indescribable
hardship! But be Of good cheer. Your
day Of deliverance Is drawing near.
Listen to the angels song, Glory to
God in the highest, and on earth peace.
good will toward men, Jesus Christ
was born for you, dear friend, and IL
today you win open to him the door Of
your heart, he will enter In and Inn
part to you eternal life"
Mr.. and Mrs. Norton, graduate stu.
dents of the Moody Bible institute Of
Chicago, have labored SO successfully
in the interest Of the Belgian soldiers
since the summer Of 1915 that the
queen Of the Belgians has given re-
peated recognition to their work, ana
the Belgian army authorities allowed
them access to the front line trenches,
Over $4,000 Of the Belgian soldiers
have joined their League Of the Holy
Scriptures and their names are
among the most popular in the ranks.
OF the gifts distributed last year,
5000 boxes went to Belgian soldiers In
German prison camps. A reply card
was inclosed, and within a few months
the entire number of 5000 had been
received, asking that copies of the Cos
pels he forwarded.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-20
NORMAL PASSENGER.
SERVICE IS COMING
DIREcToR-GENERAL McADoos Is-
SUES STATEMENT TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
MORE TRAINS TO BE ADDED
During Remaining Period Of Federal
Control Of Railroads Policy VIII
BE to Give Public the Best
Of Service.

Washington. Restoration Of normal
passenger service has been under
taken by the railroad administration,
said Director General McAdoo in a
statement addressed to 1.-THE American
People" withdrawing his plea made
last January for curtailment of passen-
ger travel for the war emergency. A
number of the trains. he announced,
will be added to existing schedules
within the next few weeks.
/ 1.-THE war now being practically
lover" said the statement, "it will be
THE policy of the railroad administra-
ition during the remaining period Of
federal control to give the public the
lbest service of which the railroads are
capable. AS rapidly as possible SER
lvice will be improved, although trains
(which were run under private control
merely for competitive reasons will
y not be restored Such service was I'M
necessary
"Plans have already been made for
service to California, Florida and the
Southeastern states during the coming
winter. The public may be assured
that the railroad administration will do
everything possible to meet the needs
of the travelling public"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-20
Then echoes of the accursed cannon
laundering far away In the southland
DRESSING CHRISTMAS DOLLS
"Be Sure the Clothes Come On and
Off" Is Advice Of Woman Who
Has Had Much Experience.

BE sure the clothes come on and
off," This is the injunction that one
woman has to make every year when
she gets to work at her usual Christ
mas task Of getting 80 dolls dressed
for 30 little orphans who live in an In
stitution In which she ID interested.
She buys the dolls at wholesale prices
and then gets good folk she knows to
dress them, but always with the re-
quest goes this injunctio n--'be sure
and don't sew the clothes on"
The reason for this is the fact that
these 80 little girls are like all other
little girls in liking dolls that can be
dressed and undressed, and the first
thing they do on receiving their Christ
mas doll Is to see how readily 1t may
be dressed and put to bed and then
dressed again.
In dressing dolls It is possible to buy
paper patterns for doll clothes. One
set, sold by leading pattern concern,
contains cape with hood, a jumper
dress and guimps, bathrobe and a
petticoat and drawers-all for ten
centa The only trouble with this sort
of pattern is that 1t doesn't always fit
the doll you choose; in fact, 1t Is by
the merest accident that the paper pat
tern would fit the doll. Although the
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-20
GERMAN DEBT IS
sI2Q,OO0,000,000.
BRITISH PREMIER DECLARES CON
SCRIPT ARMIES SHOULD BE
ABOLISHED.
NAVY A DEFENSIVE WEAPON
Germany Should Pay to the Utmost
Limit Of Her Capacity" Says
British Prime Minister
Lloyd George.

Bristol-The war bill Of the allies
against Germany is f24,0O0, 000, 900,
according to the British prime minis
ter, David Lloyd George, who present
cd this and other interesting facts be-
fore large gathering here. The cost
Of the war to Great Britain was aS,-.
100000, 900.
Before the war the estimated
wealth Of Germany, said the premier.
was between a15,o0o, 100000 and s2o,-
000, 900, 900. So II the whole wealth of
Germany were taken there would not
be enough to pay the account. There.
fore, he had used the words. Germany
should pay to the utmost limit of her
capacity"
When the prime minister was adj
dressing an overflow meeting he said
Great Britain would be guilty of great
folly II she gave up her navy.
A voice interrupted:
"Then watch Wilson"
The premier replied: well, ! hope
to meet him in a fortnight. win tell
him what you say"
Wherever the request comes from
we are not going to give up the prob
lection of the navy SO far as Great
Britain is concerned"
The premier said the English mill
tary service act was passed In order
to meet great emergency. When that
emergency was passed the need was
passed and the act would lapse. He
added there was no intention to re-
new It.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-20
BRIEF REFORMATION

England's prison population before
the war was $4,000; it is now $500
Portable electric machinery has
been invented to screen coal and load
1t In wagons.
OF the 5000 or more islands com
prising the Philippines only about 400
are inhabited.
Adding an ounce of camphor to each
FIVE gallons of gasoline he uses, an
English automobilist claims to effect
fuel saving of 20 per cent
The leader Of the Wellesley college
unit for war service In France. Miss
Mary Whiting of Boston, has written
TO friends in this country of the de-
light and wonder of the French refu-
gee children over American lollipops.
The Union Pacific railroad has set
aside about S750,000 for building snow
sheds in Wyoming. These sheds are
made of reinforced concrete, and are
built in such way that they can be
taken apart and moved to any portion
of the road where protection from snow
is most needed. Four of these con-
crete sheds ars being built, the longest
of which is s.470 feet
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-20
Wilson's Welcome Beyond That Of
Kings and Emperors.

Paris-For 10 years the correspond
ant has witnessed every great event In
Paris and has seen the arrival and de-;
parture of kings and emperors, but the
city outdid itself in welcoming Presi-
dent Wilson.
The demonstration IN hfs honor con-
tinued all day and far into the night.
Professions, in massed formation,
swept through the boulevards, BRUSH
ing all traffic aside, and they cheered,
sang and shouted "Vive Wilson"
The newspapers we're devoted en-
tirely to the presidents visit.
wilson's first words were after our
own hearts," said L'Liberte
"He calls the enemy an outlaw, and
says he comes to cooperate in a peace
In which French and American ideals
will join"
L'Intransigeant said:
"The enthusiasm over the reception
was made up of admiration for his 10y.
atty and the thanks OF mothers whose
sons were saved. Of soldiers whose
lives were spared and Of civilians
whose privations. we're shortened by
his words, acts and signs"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-20
GATHERED FACTS

The Emergency Fleet corporation
has a girls chorus, all employees.
with Miss Beatrice Eaton as leader.
With walls but two inches thick. A
concrete motion picture theater. so by
40 feet and is feet high, has been
built In England.
The discovery In Sweden Of Loaf
OF bread made from pea -four In the
time of the Vikings has disclosed the
fact that peas were cultivated In En-.
rope more than 1000 years ago.
A recently invented motor operated
floor finishing roller can be covered
with sandpaper for its finer work or
with carpet for polishing. +
One man can handle four-ton loade
with new three-wheeled truck for
factories and warehouses that has
lifting apparatus operated like lack.
Oranges originally were pear-shaped
and not much larger than cherrfes.i
their present form and size being dine
to centuries Of cultivation.
Eyeglasses for which British pat.
ent has been granted can be folded
when idle to resemble locket and
worn on a chain as an ornament.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-20

The inventor of a pulley with de-
pressions in its surface contends that
belts will not slip when 1t is used.
With view to meeting eventually
the national demand for WOOL the jap
anese government will establish three
sheep farms early In the new year.
A few Japanese women have been
put on the cars Of the Mino Electric
company because of the shortage Of
men laborers, who have entered the
manufacturing activities. If these
women conductors prove satisfactory
more will be similarly employed.
Arizona, which produced more than
IS per cent of the refined copper in
the United States last year, is expect
ed to exceed its record this year.
SO light Is new rubber-coated bal
loon fabric that three thieknesses Of
1t weigh less than five ounces to the
square foot.
A portable Office large enough to
accommodate six persons has been de-
signed for United States army use. A
telephone. roll-top desk. drop shelves
for three typewriters central table,
which may be put away when not
needed, are numbered among the con-
yenlences Of this automobile.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-20

pattern is cut In various sizes for dolls
ranging from IA to 30 inches in length,
the proportions Of your doll may be
quite different from the doll used In
cutting the original pattern. If the
clothes do not fit 1t is not very diff
cult matter to make alterations in the
patterns.
You never need to allow any outlay
for materials for dolls clothes. for
there are always enough pieces in your
work box, or a friends work box. to
make all sorts Of dainty garments.
There are sure to be odds and ends Of
lace and insertion to use on the little
underwear and pieces Of ribbon with
which the dresses can be trimmed.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-20
TURNS DOWN HUN INVITATION
Report of An Effort To Have President
Visit Germany--Is Declined In
Advance.

Paris.--According to q wireless dis
patch from the u. s. S. George Wash
ington, says Marcel Hutin, in the Echo
de Paris, President Wilson has been
informed that Premier Ebert and For
eign Secretary Haase, of the Berlin
government, and Premier Eisner of Ba-
varia were about to make an effort to
get him to visit Germany. The presi-
dent is quoted as having made this re-
ply:
"only by long years of repentance
can Germany atone for her crimes and
show sincerity. No true American
could think Of visiting Germany unless
forced to do SO by strictly official OBJ
legations.
"That is to say, decline in advance
to consider any suggestion OF the
kind"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-20
CHRISTINA POETRY
M |1NIeQ :4.~

He in yo' little bed
Jes laik de brides in de nest
( De nanny bird hab fed
Till jingle, jingle In de mawn,
When all de bells will say:
de Holy Chile OBJ Gawd am bawn,
An dis am Christmas day.
james Whitcomb Riley, in his
Rhymes of Childhood, says:
AFTER a thoughtful, almost painful
Bub sighed. I'm sorry fer old Santa
Claus.
They wuz no Sanity Claus. ner couldn't
be,
When he wus list a little boy like me-"
His "Who Sanity Claus Wuz" is well
known:
"Jes' little bit o felier; remember
still
list to almost cry for Christmas, like
youngster will.
Fourth o. July's nothing to It'll New
Years amt smell!
Easter Sunday-circus day-tes' all dead
In the shell!
Lawsy. thought at night, you know, to
set around and hear
The old folks work the story of about
the sledge and deer,
An SANITY skootin' round the roof, all
wrapt In Eur and fuzz.
Long afore
knowed who
SANITY Claus" wux."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-20
suooeste Work on HIohways,

The secretary thought it would be
only for brief period, If at all, that
the government would have to provide
employment, but that the precaution
should be taken. He suggested extern
sive work on highways, rivers and har-
bors and public buildings under new
appropriation bills being framed by
house committees, adding: Tho re-
storation OF the industries may not
take place as fast as rehabilitation,
80 reservoir OF opportunities should
be created to care for men for brief
period.
"F'rom the time we restore ourselves
to our normal postwar production the
demand for labor will be so great that
there Is not a remote chance Of re-
duced wage rates. The manufacturer
who does not maintain his force for
the short readjustment period will be
handicapped"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-20
In his more serious strain he says:

In his more serious strain he says:
"They's kind o. feel In the air to me.
When the Christmas times sets In.
That's about as much OF mystery
AS ever I've run ag'in!
Fer instunce, now, whilse gain In weight
And general health swear
state
A kind o. feel in the air,
Is 1t the racket the children raiser
wy noi--God bles 'emi--no!-
Is 1t the eyes and cheeks ablaze
Like my own wuz, long ago?
Is 1t the bleat o. the whistle and beat
o. the little toy drum and blare
O. the horn? mol mol 1t is Jest the sweet.
The sad, sweet feel In the air"
Paul Laurence Dunbar, in his char
acteristic dialect, says of Christmas:
"step wild de banjo an glide wild de
fiddle,
Dis ain no time flu to pottah an piddle:
Flu Christmas Is comm, its right on the
way
An dey's houahs to dance 70 de break
o. de day.
What IL de win is talkin' an whistlin'7
Look at dat fab how hits spittin' an
bristlin'!
f1edI III ue HsHcS an HSdt III ub ClIiuhip
or Mistah Fros' kin look thoo de win.
dahl"
To return to the real spirit of Christ
mas, as 1t commentaries the birth Of
Christ, Margaret e. Sangster says:
I'VE love to think of Bethlehem,
That little mountain town,
To which on earth's first Christmas day
Our blessed Lord came down;
A lowly manger for his bed,
The cattle near in stall,
There. Graded close in Mary's arms,
He slept. the Lord OF all.
Now breaks the latest Christmas mornl
Again the angels sing,
And far and near the children throhg
Their happy hymns to bring.
All heaven is stirred! All earth is gladi
For down the shining way
The Lord who came to Bethlehem
Comes yet on Christmas day"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-20
PETITION TO THE PRESIDENT
American Women Would Declare Bel
gian and French Women "Hon-
orabIy Wounded

orapiy Wounoeo.
| ,Chicago.--A demand that officials Of
the central powers responsible for the
lmistreatment Of French and Belgian
women and girls during the war be
punished, and that the peace confer
|ence at Paris recognize these victims -
honorably wounded In behalf OF their
country instead Of social outcasts, and
that action be taken which will render
such outrages impossible in the future,
was formulated by the executive com.
mittee OF the National Wonfan's Chris
tian Temperance Union In annual SEES
sion here.
1t Is planned to have 100000 Amer
lican women sign petition to this ef-
fleet for presentation to the peace con.
ference. A committee consisting Of
Miss Anna A. Gordon, Evanston, ILL.,,
president; Mrs. Ella A. Boole, Brook
Ilyn. vice president, and Mrs. Lenna
Lowe Yost. Washington. D. c.. was ap-
pointed to take the petition to Presi-
dent Wilson at Paris.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-20
Interurhan Strikes Auto.

Cleveland.--Five are dead and two
were probably fatally injured here
when an interurban freight car Jumped
the track and crashed into two auto,
mobiles. Three Of the victims were
sailors, who we're in one of the auto.
mobiles. Among the dead were j. L.
Bell, a United States marine, and
Harry r. Anderson, United States
sailor.
Loyal Lewis Farragut, a sailor Of
New Orleans, is in hospital, suffer,
ing with fractured skull.
The accident occurred on viaduct,,
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-20
FOR SOLDIERS OF BELGIUM
Americans to Bring Christmas Cheer
10 Every Man In Valiant
Army.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Q. Norton, who
last year distributed $4,000 Christmas
boxes to the Belgian soldiers, with the
cooperation Of the Belgian govern
ment, have perfected plans for extend
ing the Christmas cheer this year to
every soldier in the Belgian army Of
10000. The gift will consist of choco-
late, toilet soap and candles, furnished
at a total cost Of $4,000, A Christmas
greeting card will be inclosed, bearing
the following inscription. printed in
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-20
Gable and Telegraph Merge.

Warrington. -Amalgamation Of the
marine cable systems Of the Western
Union Telegraph company and Com
mercial Cable company, under the d.
rection Of George G. Ward, vice presi-
dent Of the Commercial Cable COM
pany, was authorized by Postmaster
General Burleson.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-20

Bonn is situated on tho left bank Of
the Rhine, Is miles southeast of Co,
olgne, and between that city and Co;
blenz, where American troops are now
stationed. 1t is the site Of celebrated
university, founded in 1918, and is one
of the most picturesque cities along
the Rhine.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-20
ACTION REMOVES
RUSSIAN DANGER.
AMERICAN AND JAPANESE MILL.
TARY HEADS SUPPRESS
GEN. kALMIkoFF.
WARNED AGAINST 0UTRAGES
Situation at khabarovsk 6ordered on
Open HostllItIes--It 10 Said That
Cossacks Had Robbed and
Maltreated People.

Vladivostok.-The suppression Of
Gen. Kalmikoff, commander of the Cos
sacks on the Ussuri river 'front.' by
joint action Of the American and Jap
anese military authorities, has re.
moved an element which threatened
open hostilities at Khabarovck. The
situation had become tense. 1t had
its origin in the arrest, persecution
ard execution by Kalmikoff of appar-
entity innocent inhabitants of the re-
gion. In some instances, 1t is alleged,
the bodies of the victims OF executions
were left for the dogs to eat.
Learning of the state of affairs, tho
American commander In Khabarovsk
protested to Kalmikoff and also COM
municated with Maj Gen William s.
Graves, the American commander in
Siberia. who consulted with Gen. Olani,
the Japanese commander. Both gem
erals joined in a warning to Kalmikoff
against his high-handed methods and
threatened that unless he ceased them
they would interfere by force.
Russians from the Khabarovsk dis
trict described the entire Ussuri region
as being in terror. On the pretext of
searching for arms. 1t is asserted, Co.'S
sacks robbed and maltreated the peo-
pie. II any Of them resist they are
murdered in cold blood or are arrested
on charges Of Bolshevism and exc
cuted in sQuadrons. 1t is asserted that
in spite of cessation In the wholesale
killing OF the people, citizens continue
to disappear. The people declare that
Kalmikoff, who is 2S years old, is not
Cossack, but was elected their leader
early in October. Since then he has
pursued the tactics of a bandit.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-20
PIEz SUCCEEDS scHwAs.
Personnel Of Shipping Board REDUCED
to Get Back to Pre-War Basis.

Washington. Formal announcement
was made by the shipping board that
Chas. Piez has been elected Director
general of the emergency fleet corpor.
alton to succeed Chas. M. Schwab, who
resigned last week. Mr.. Pies has been
vice president and general manager Of
the corporation.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-20
CUT TO $4,000 MEN.
Navy win Release $4,000 Men From

Navy viii Release $4,000 Men From
Service by Next July I.
Washington.-Three hundred and
fifty thousand men will be needed to
man the navy during the coming year.
In giving this estimate Secretary Dan
iels said there are at present nearly
524 900 men In the navy, leaving sur
plus Of $4,000 to be released by July
/. The secretary said the process of
reduction would be carried through as
rapidly as possible, with consideration
for the convenience OF the service.