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Arizona republican., 1918-04-25
The Woman's Loan Drive

All other business should be laid aside tomorrow for participation in the parade organized by the Woman's Loan Committee of the City of Phoenix for tomorrow morning ten o'clock Likewise all other activities should be subordinated to the parade and bond selling Saturday evening" There is more important work than that in which the War Loan Committee is engaged and know of better way public interest in it than that committee has chosen.
 It should be remembered that tomorrow is a tional holiday all the United States by the pro- clamation of the president. It not though to be day for joy making and feasting a time for mere contemplation commemoration It bears relation to the past. It has been set aside day for work, day for the future.
 We hope that it will be universally observed in Phoenix, that every citizen will contribute the cess of it. if he do so in other way, by his presence and that he will join in urging upon his neighbors the importance of the work in which the Womans Loan committee is engaged.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-25
SHE WAS WILLING

My dear, you will have to check this passion o yours for shopping"
 All right dear. Just give the check"-Balti more Sun.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-25

Such men and women, no matter whether they live in cottages or mansions, are not fit to as sociate with REAL AMERICANS. Such men and women are not fit to live in Phoenix or anywhere else in America They are not fit to live at all.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-25
MODEST JOHNNIE

Teacher-"Do you know Johnnie. where shingles first used?"
 Johnnie (modestly)-Td rather not teu"-A1ile- stones.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-25
ONE OF WARS VIRTUES

One thing-in the theater of you don't have to get up to let fat couple find seats after the show has started-Florida Times Union
Arizona republican., 1918-04-25
Florence. Ariz.. April 94 191

TlOTenCe, Aprll II, IJlS. Arizona Republican,
 It seems that the Casa Grande Valley, although one of the most fertile valleys in the state is about to receive another material et-back through the scarcity of water. Re- gently MT. Timothy Riordan, food in- spector for this state, returned from Washington with much valuable ad- wise in regard to the husbanding of our resources and the conservation or water, etc, in a general way. Later lion. Jesse Walmsley was detailed to confer with the local farmers in regard to the water question. Our local water commissioner was in- structed to allow water for wheat only, although there are many other products growing here which need water and are of necessity.
 Some time ago an appropriation was made for dam for this valley, Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars was appropriated for this purpose. Since then nothing has been done, ap- parently, but allow a number of parties to draw a salary for viewing the ! valley. It seems imperative that 1 someone be sent here to study the 1 conditions in this valley and see l how the farmer is up against almost | certain loss for water This late order for wheat only is going to work a great hardship, as soon milo maize and corn must be planted and water will be needed. These are necessary commodities, no one will dispute. It is not long ago that all the water users in this section were classified | by a court decree. Now a class A water user can use water for wheat only. thus rendering a loss of any i other crop he may have in and re- straining him from planting any. The 1 idea as I understand it, is to secure 1 five sacks of wheat to the acre on 1 full water. This is a small harvest, as I have raised twenty-four sacks 1 and more on full water at my ranch | "Giladale' four miles from Florence. 1 There has been much flirting with | this water question here and it seems to me it is about time to have some competent party to thoroughly 1 investigate the situation and that immediately thereafter active steps ! be taken, if possible to remedy the situation. l write this letter know ing the great possibilities of this valley and having it's future at heart,
 Sincerely yours,
 J. k. MCCARTHY.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-25

[Cker!! Thousands of you who read this page have been filled with loathing and contempt for those shirkers and towards to whom we apply the epthet "slacker
 But there are others, in addition to those who are too cowardly to shoulder a'gun, to whom that term of black disgrace applies. Any man or woman in Phoenix-we don't care
 
 who does not take all the Liberty Bonds that he or she possibly can is in exactly the same class with those wretched creatures of feeble brain and feeble spine, those towards we call "Slackers"
 Such man or woman isn't worthy to backen the shoes of an American soldier who goes across to give his life on the blood-soaked soil of France Such men and women, no matter whether they live in cottages or mansions, are not fit to as- sociate with REAL AMERICANS. Such men and women are not fit to live in Phoenix or anywhere else in America They are not fit to live at all.
 For such men and women are perfectly satis- fled to continue their selfish pleasures and go along in their selfish, narrow ruts, while the best young men in America go across the sea to place their bodies as barrier of human flesh and blood between our enemies and us Such men and women are yellow to the core By neglecting to take all the Liberty Bonds they can, they're helping the Kaiser, they're making the war last longer, they're helping to drive cold bayonet steel into American sol- diers' breasts.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-25

tions which the Germans later recognized as fit in- struments to carry their work in this country
Arizona republican., 1918-04-25

Maj. Kendall Banning, associate editor of one of the business maga- zines, has been given the task of compiling pictorial history of the war.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

you on the street and tell you that
you were a slAhsided old galoot. with
your icy eye and your frozen miat. I'll
bet you nickel you wouldn't know
whether he was paying you a compli-
ment or reciting free verse in pure
BolsheVik. / can give you fifteen
words in everyday English right
define, What's a watt? What's q
Wopp? What's a hunky? Toll me
in ten or ten million words. Al you
prefer whats a geezer? What does
the baseball reporter mean when he
says that Slithers. OF the Red Books.
famed the universe. and Cobb disd
on third? What does q dramatic
critic intend to convey to a readers
mind when he says OF a debutante
actress that in singing the lingo shs's
mess, but as a rack to hang the
glad rags on she's q lallapaiooxA4's
POUNDS. man" cried the doctor.
Yep" that's IT," said Napoleon.
"Zounds--mere empty POUNDS to you.
Doc: but to the cultivated American
as clear as the limpid waters OF q
mountain stream. In other words.
Sammy just az Alexander hero tunag-
ined that he was the last word In Gen.
ouerors OF the world, so you thought
yourself the last wSrd in worAs--a
Smart Aleck, like a.I the rest OF H."
Well. I am glad to hear you say
us" said DR.. Johnson sharply. "It
is at least gracious of you to include
yourself"
"Ot course 1 include myself" said
Napoleon. with a wistfui glance aeress
the StyN. Bad as any OF you wAs I,
for what. in my oomplacent blindnaas,
did | do?"
Everybody" said Caesar.
mot quite" said Napoison. az
overlooked fess, like the rest OF yop
wasted my strength and ensrntss
trying to master Europe. the land Of
the setting SUM- overlooking Amsrica
altogether, where the future comes
from. When I might have gone and
become king in my own right. In :,
land of sovereigns, I fooled aroun0
trying 10 become a tawdry emperor
of an effete hemisphere
'Ah, America again." said Dr.
johnson. Always America! AlsG-
ander overlooked Detroit, Columhus
neglected Pittsburg. Hudson csr~-
lessiy mislaid New York, De eofo
could not foresee Keokuk. ana
stand convicted of Smart Aleckoatty
because I failed to sense the poeui-
bility OF the victories OF frss English
that are won on the baseball Ael1e 81
the United States" 8
"Righto. old top" returned Ma
poleon. You've hit the nail on the
head. That's where We all qualtfled
as Smart Alexis. We sighed Tor new
worlds to conquer. ana never Dreamed
that one of the biggest lay at our
very doors. pleading TO be conqusrsd.
We reckoned without the land or the
free"
And was that really such q had
put In Confucius.
Ask the akaiser." lAugh4A -
poleons he knoWsts
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

but IN bet you nine slmaleons to a
Mexican paper dollar that you didn I
clear more than forty -nine-ffty on
the transaction yourself There 1t
was-the greatest real estate propo-
sition In history. all in your own
hands Swept by ocean breeZes- Fifth
avenue lots occupied by smiling
squaws ready TO move on for bead.
wall street then as now a sheep pas
ture A harbor big enough TO hold
every feet that ever sailed the sea,
roadway q cow path. Corner lots
worth a kings ransom everywhere
worth more today than AIeXan der's
whole kingdom during his lifetime
and then WHAT Did you organize
the Hudson and Manhattan Villa Plot
commpany and clean up7 You did
not You didn't make enough out Of
that deal to keep a reformed paciflst
going on the great white way for one
heatless Monday night. You pulled
the great bonehead play of the West
ern world. Alongside of your ivory
these other Smart Alexis are nothing
but synthetic ceIluloid. ] fear me,
Hendrix. that an onS Smart Alexan-
drines you are the greatest ever. I
don't believe there's one of your de-
scendants qualifying for the income
tax on. the island OF Manhattan today.
although there was a time when
Foxy Grandpa owned IT all.
You have given us q very inter-
esting and Illuminating exh bit.
Boney." said DR.. Johnson. who had
been following Napoleon's expose OF
the worlds greatest with delighted
amusement you seem to mo to
have demonstrated with the greatest
clarity the real lack of vision of your
ftaH NJ -
Napoleon laughed heartily as he
noted pr. Johnson's somewhat pomp-
GUS and condescending manner
We'll, sammy" said he, you need
not be in any hurry to Xiii any
ostriches to get feathers fer your cap.
When the Smart Alec club is started
youll qualify as a charter member all
right You have been handed down TO-
posterity as the Great photographer.
/ believe You were the champion
wordthrower OF the age But when
because there were no more termin-
ologes to terminate were super
fiuous."
"what:" sputtered the doctor. tap
ping the floor nervously with his
cane; you mean to intimate that L"
81 don't mean to intimate any
thing. Samivel." SAID Napoleon at
merely call your attention to fact
I admit, my beloved syllable sharp,
that as wordy guy you put the gey
in geyser. but when It comes TO the
English language as a complete
whoe, what were you. anyhow why,
there isn't a baseball reporter on a |
country newspaper In America this
who hasn't got you dashed
to the mast as a tanner of the fiery
untamed vocabulary. Really, now,
Doc, own up Honest TO goodness,
what do you really own of these mod |
ern vehicles OF thought that all high
school children know as 'woids'7 II
dare you right now to try to tell me
the difference between thick' and |
boob II man should step I'D to
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

Boney. said Doctor Johnson one
night recently az the ousHe- Boat or
tile Styx. addressing Napoleon Bona
parte, who had asst come IN from
mailing an aiin1ony check 10 the EN-
press Josephine, rs a would he CON
uueror o. the earth you must know
something OF the inner workings OF
the minds OF these chaps like Kaiser
Bill, who want to make a watch
charm of the world and hang il on
their fobribhona. What is the big
sGea. anyhow -
20 laughed NAPOLEON. u don't
know that I can explain 1t exactly.
I guess it's because we are q. lot Of
Smart Alexis who want 70 get our
pictures in the papers without paying
full advertising rates at the Business
Office"
play light on that Smart Aleck
hrase. will you Eoney?" interrupted
Alexander. ut is offensive 10 me.
end ! won't stand for II.
Il shouldn't think you would "
Erinned Napoleon. LAS the original
Slcart Aleck, I should think quito
ccntrariwise When Il man has been
flashed on the screen OF posterity as
the prize Smart Aleck of all time |
should opine that the mere thought
OF that phrase would make. him go
hot under tho collar as to melt his
collar button and scorch his neck"
What do you n can by calling me
the original Smart Aleck 20 bristled
Aieandxer. grabbing a water carafe
by the neck and brandishing it In
the face Of the Corsican
Just what ] say" retorted Napo-
tton with cold steely glare that
bad g. cooling effect upon the other.
I'm view of the fact that a Smart
Aicck is a member OF the Alexander
u ee that doesn't know as much as
he thinks he does, you qualify in the
A Number One Division"
Tush,' retorted Alexander. lofti1v
waving Ma poleon aside with a
naughty sweep of his hand That's
easy enough to cay but hard to
prove"
Napoleon stolidly, And since YOU
insist I'll do it here and now. What
is your most conspicuous achieve
merit in history, Al?"
n was coneueror OF the world"
replied Alexander proudly.
Some world, some world" said
Napoleon CONTEMPORARY You cor
rallied a pious lot of the world. you
did. What did It amount to in point
OF cold facts2 You grabbed a few
Greece spots, and then you quit You
don't call that garden-pa tch you con-
0uered the world. do your"
IL was all anybody knew about at
the time" said Alexander "Contem-
noraneously speaking 1t was all the
world there was. If there'd been any
iaore I'd have conquered that. too. 7
was willing enough, for, as you may
remember, sir, / sat down and went
because there was no more world to
conquer
Exactly said Napoleon. land
that's where you prove the truth OF
my statement that YOU were the orig
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

until you came 10 the Mlssisyip-
pi---''
There honks apother Of en-"
laughed Napoleon. Look at him,
Christopher Gaze upon him. Alex
ander. and take comfort-Smart
Alecks all Why, De Soto. you are
worse than either of these others
Mississippi? Why, man, all you could
see in the Mississippi was torrentiai
stream OF water and you possibly
sat down and sighed like a genuine
Smart Aleck because you couldn't
drink 1t all. To you IL was water,
water, everywhere, and a bone-dry
country at that. Maybe you wept
because you could not pack 1t up in
your suitcase and take Il over to the
sahara, and turn the great African
desert into truckf farm TO supply
the idle rich of Spain with fresh
caulifiower-on- toast all through the
year. But the big idea was beyond
yop--that OF making use of the Mis-
slssippi where it was. II you'd had
real vision, and hadn't made up your
mind that you knew IL all, you'd have
turned few dollars out OF that mar
vellous old creek that would have
paid off every national debt In the
world In week. What did you know
about Minneapolis, and ST. Paul. and
St Louis? Why--I don't believe you
bad sense enough to sense even Keo-
kuk!"
well" said De Soto, hesitatins
iy.
Il guess that's it. old man." grin
red Napoleon. We'll! That's all you
thought Of The minute you saw the
Mississippi all you could think OF was
a well somewhere. and when a man
thinks of river in the term OF a
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

inal Smart Aleck who didn't know as
1Yuch AS you thought you did You
see. Al. II you hadn't been a Smart
/ Aleck that though. he knew It all.
and had Incidentally grabbed II all,
3on'a h2ye gone out and made a
cleaner job of ii. Just because YOU
I had successfully annexed a few pref
y little villa plots on the Medfter-
raEean you sit down and sigh like
lovesick Hirpopotamus wooing his
hipropotama on the banks OF the
Niger heca use you'd finished a lob
you hadn't even begun No more
worlds to conquer? Why. great
Sect. nsn. YOU hadn't started.s
30. hadn't II" retorted Alexander.
\ lot you know about IT, ! had
Gre zee. hadn't IT,
Sure you had" chortied Napo-
leon, but how about little old New
ork. and Ohio. and Michigan. to
say nothing of Texas and Oklahoma !.
why, Al, old man. you could have
dropped YOUR diakey little world into
one corner OF Texas alone and as
long as Villa was asleep nobody'd
ever have. known IL was there. And
/ think or what you missed while per-
forming that historic little sigh stunt
OF yours. There's more real money
EsiSA1HE hR oAS VI tho O&l-WEk& OF
oklahoma in a day than you could
squeeze out OF Greece in forty-seven
years. Why waste time on Greece
when you can get oil And you take
1t from me. Aleck. as far az mere
revenue is concerned. I'd rather own
hundred shares worth OF Henry
Ford off IN one sooty little corner of
Detroit than every inch Of all the rel
lurn you held the hellum off,
4 don't think ever heard of
Henry Ford" said Alexander.
No, don't think you did, re-
turned Napoleon. Tn short there
was lot you never heard OF and
therefore never knew. but you
short. you were a Smart Aleck. If
you had been real Aleck instead
OF only Smart Aleck, you'd have
canned the sigh. seized an axe, and
gone out a2d chopped out q new
horizon line for yourself"
Hear. heart cried Columbus, who
had been an interested, listener.
throwing nn,,,Nr out his chest M a proud
20, You needn't throw any bou.
quets at yourself. either. Christie
pher, said Napoleon. INV advice to
you insofar as your case is concerned.
Is that you kindly omit flowers. IN
admit that in stretching horizon
lines you were bigger punkin that
poor little Alexander here, but after
all. comparatively speaking, YOU
overlooked few tricks yourself. You
had the big idea, all right, but in
the end you fell down just as badly
as Alexander did"
"Me?" cried Columbus. startled out
OF his grammar by the heresy of
Napoleon. II discovered America.
didn't II"
Nope" laughed Napoleon. you
didn't. Maybe YOU thought you did,
but you didn't. You Just sailed the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

we'll. DE Soto. he's q plain common
garden Smart Aleck. and nothing
else
That's the truest word you ever
spoke, Nappy," said Hendrix Hud-
son. Now. when l discovered the
Hudson River"
please don't make me laugh"
chortied Napoleon. I've got fever
blister on my lip and 1t hurts me even
to smile, When you discovered the
Hudson Msrvelous!t wonderful.!
There was hen on when you came
along. Hendrix. my boy. You sailed
in east Sandy Hook. and you discov-
cred the Hudson, and when you went
ashore on Manhattan Island instead
of laying claim to everything In sight
the way Columbus and the rest Of the
worlds great discovers have always
done by hosting a nag in the name
OF some r-distant majesty, and lean
ing over and kissing the sidewalk.
like the perfect gentleman you are,
you summoned the squatters who
thought they owned the place and
bought 1t from them. You gave them
$4,000 and swtg of schnapps for II,
I never heard whether the check you
gave the noble red men got safely
through the bank or not, but anyhow
you gave them at least one side OF
squire deal. 1t was a fine piece OF
business. exceedingly aitrutstic and
that all-but then what aid you do?
Well. you probably sighed because
there weren't any more islands OF the
same kind to be had at the same
price. You thought you were awfully
clever. and In a way you were 1t
was some bargain you put through
when you handed those twenty four
bucks over to the graspIng red man:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

81 my deep unui you bumped into
Suha, but what did you know about
tikes Peak. Cheyenne, and Bisbee.
Arizona7 All said you as your pretty
caramci---''
Columbus.
20. ell right-caravel he TT al
ways thought it was s. caramel. 81
looked go like piece OF half -baked
nudge said Napoleon. All said you.
as Your pretty little clsribel anchored
on the hind end OF the Antilles. AT
last have carried my message TO
Garcia; I've discovered America. I
WIZ hasten back and tell Queen lisa
bella what n nice little winter resort
Havana will make for a. tired poten~
tate. and maybe the dear lady will
pawn another barrel OF pearl neck
laces to help me through another
season at Palm Beach Then you
probably went up into the smoking
room, called for mask OF fermented
grape-tuice. and sighed few signs
yourself, like Brother Alex here, be-
ca use there was no more America.
10 be discovered. and ali the time
Fittseurg and Bsthiehena. Pa, were
lying faliow Just waiting for some
body who wasn't Smart Aleck to
come along and start up a steel in
dustry that would have taken Spain
out OF hook with just one quarterly
dividend. Why. honest. Christopher,
sailor as you were, compared to those
ftttsourg people, you didn't even
know the potential value of water!"
Yes" said De Soto. condescend-
ingfy. Boney's got you there, Co
lumeus. If you had had the courage
and the energy to push on as I did
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-29
n. ,-;aws. who wonid more ike

n: ';aws. who wouid more ike
'afaat the field.
II Mr.. Lever desires a seat in the
senate he may have il, provided his
sense Of responsibility ana his desire
~ serve are vital enough and CON-
ling enoueh to drag hfsl into the
race regardless Of Mr.. Tillman's de-
e@.
Bat if Mr.. Tillman's desires come
first. and service to the country sec
o"d Mr.. Lever need not trouble 10
announce.
These are the times that try mems
g Service to the nation must
-" Sgt ito de~'rns # self AMI
eds second-if 1T I'll
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-29
SPECIAL ELECTION.


A special election is hereby order
ed to be held in Ward 1 of the town
of Newberry for an alderman to fill
the unexpired term of the late P.
Frank Baxter, said election to be held
on Thursday, April Is, 1918, the polls
to be opened at o'clock a. m and to
close at o'clock p. m. The follow
ing are appointed managers to con-
duct said election: Hiram Speers,
S. S. Cunningham, Curtis Epting.
Z. F. Wright, Mayor.
j. W. Chapman, Clerk and Treasurer
1926 t? ] =
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-29
NTOICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.

| will make final settlement OF the
estate Of D. w Wicker in the Pre-
bate Court for Newherry County, :.
c., on Wednesday, the 18th day OF
April, 1918, at 10 o'clock in the fore
noon and will Immediately thereafter
ask for my discharge as Administra-
triX of said estate.
All persons holding claims against
said estate must present them duly
attested On or before that day and al!
parties indebted 20 said estate must
make payment By that date.
Mary NJ Wicker,
March 1918. AaH.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-29
CITATION FOR LETTERS
OF ADMINISTRATION.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County OF Newberry,

By W. F. Ewart, Probate Judge.
Whereas, John Henry Baxter made
suit to ME to grant him Letters Of
Administration OF the Estate and ef-
fects of p Frank Baxter
These are, therefore. to cite and
admonish all and singular the Kind
red and Creditors oi the said P. Frank
Baxter, deceased, that they be and
appear before me, in the Court OF
Probate, to be held at Newberry On
Monday, the Sth day OF April, next,
after publication hereof, at II o'clock
in the forenoon, TO snow cause, if any
they have, why the said Administra-
ton should not be granted.
Given under my hand this Goth day
of March, Ammo Domjni, 1918.
W. F. EWART,
p v q