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Licking Valley courier., 1918-05-23

notwithstanding Pendleton. two
years old, met death in strange ac
cident as a result Of playing with a
toy balloon, The child had the bal
loon In Its mouth and started to fall
An aunt seized the baby as it fell, and
the stem OF the balloon entered its
throat. An investigation by the coro'
ner showed that the toy had dislo,
Gated the second bone OF the spinal
column, causing death.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-05-23

Appealing to the people Of small
means, the government last week
launched II War Savings stamp cam
paign that brought excellent results oil
over the country, Elaborate plans were
also completed for the campaign to
raise the second Red Cross war fund
Of SlOO, 100000.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-05-23

Nicholasville.-Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Canter, Sr., have just received a tele.
gram stating that their son, George T..
Canter, had been accidentally killed
at the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va, during
drill Of the marines, where he had
been in the service about fourteen
months.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-05-23

Cynthiana.-Wash Route, a feeble
minded colored man, committed sui
eide by jumping into the river neal
the Pleasant street bridge. He drank
some carbolic acid in coffee, but did
not get enough to seriously injure him
Route was incapable Of military serv.
ice, but the boys had been teasing him
lately by telling him he had to go tc
the army.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-05-23

Prestonburg.-Burglars entered the
postofhce here and blew open the safe,
which contained large supply OF
stamps and few dollars. The explo.
sion awakened the telephone operator,
who was on the second floor Of the
building and directly over the postof.
ice. She Immediately notified the po.
lice by telephone and ran to the win
dow, calling for neighbors, who soon
arrived on the scene. The burglars
ran, leaving their tools as well as the
contents OF the safe undisturbed.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-05-23

Cynthiana. Smith, aged lf
years. was badly injured when he ran
his automobile into buggy on the
Millersburg pike. The shaft or wheel
OF the buggy struck him in the left
side and broke three ribs and the i'm
pact also injured portion OF his lung
lie was taken to the Harrison hos
pital.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-05-23
DISCOVER GERMAN
. PLOT IN IRELAND
Thirteen Alleged Conspirators Are
Arrested; British Government
Asks Erin's Loyalty.
PROCLAMATION IS ISSUED
Says Certain Persons Communicated
With Foe "Reflecting on lreIand's
Fair Name"-urges Voluntary
Recruiting.

Dublin, May 20.-The Irish Times
says the government has not acted a
moment too soon. as all the signs
pointed to another outbreak of armed
violence possibly in connection with
the landing Of German troops on Irish
shores.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-05-23

Murray. - The Murray Baptist
church, by vote of 40 to 20. accepted
the resignation Of the Rev. Boyce Tay.
lor, moderator of the Kentucky Assem-.
bly,. The Rev. Mr.. Taylor has been a
storm center for months, it being al
legged that he has been no more than
lukewarm in his support OF the govern
ment in the war.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03
TEACH THEM A.LEssan.

That there win probably be a thor ough investigation as to the cause of the fire which caused damage to the amount of two million dollars in the heart of Norfolk, and for a time threatened the destruction of the city because of the conditions under which it had to be fought. is to be expected. It is made imperative by the suspicion which seems to be wei founded that 1t was the work of German agents and by the arrest of several suspects
 That aliens have been getting in suchN work of destruction wherever if was possible, by the bombing of fac tories, the firing of grain elevators and the destruction of other valuable prop srty, is not news to the government authorities Steps have been taken tc reduce such activity to the minimum but every new instance Of the kind makes it apparent that there is still much to be done in that direction.
 The time has come when we cannot only refuse to take any chances re. garding such matters but when rigid efforts must be made to run dowr those who are responsible and make il plain that those who are making such contributions to the assistance of tn, enemy are going to feel the full effect. of the law. All effort that is expend ed in that direction is bound to brin. results, and the lesson will apply no only to those who are caught at suel work but those who are willing to ,en gage therein. The idea that such pee pie can get off with a reprimand an, slap on the wrist must be complete ly removed.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03
ONLY ONE s'BEsTs
Norwich People Give crsdit Mhsrs
 Credit ls Due.

People of Norwich who suffer With weak kidneys and bad backs want a kidney remedy that can be .depsadsd upon. Deans Kidney pflis is 2 iisei. cine for the kidneys only and enc that is backed by willing testimony of Norwich people. Heres q eass:
 Mrs E. fl. fiseox, Ripley Place.
 says. T. have used Beans Kidass | Pills oh different occasions and us-
 ually keep tRsia in the house. have
 always found them helpful fer thei have relieved baekaefe promptly. Irseomhaend p5an's Kidney Pills be cause know they will help others"
 1 Price COG, at all dealers. Don't Sim, | ply ask f6f kidney remedy@ge l Deans Kidney Piils-the same tha I Mrs. Hiscox relies on. Foster Milbur1 ICo., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. f.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03

tied nation will be in the fight when, fer example, we hear of 6 petition from million motor car owners going to Washington begging that they be given gasoline cards and be put on a rea- sonable allowance of the fluid that is SC precious on our battle-life in France. Every motor owner knows to day that he Is using too much gasoline Why not stop it? France has stopped
 it. So has England. A few luxurious
 and ingenious people in London drive their cars by Illuminating gas, and the huge gas-bags on the top of the limo ttsine bodies look like a giants fafnily wash being taken to the laundry Bui
 most Londoners manage with the pub lie cor1Veyaflces. and they get along They go to their business and they even go to the theatres-be it said ii
 greater numbers than at this moment of theatrical depression go here ii America. Life, it may safely be claimed, is possible without gasoline There are people alive who can re.
 member when there. were no motol I cars.
 l Has there been any voluntary con. tro1 of the automobile waste here yet | While you wait impatiently for ths i stream of motors to pass So you car
 cross the street it might De we'll tt
 mediate upon the poster in the win
 dow behind you on which the U. i Government, Quartermaster's depart rnent announces thaA it wants (ant evidently finds it hard to getl a thous and chauffeurs If ySu will finger l; half hour or so. more than that need
 ed narnber will pass, driving ladie
 whose figures would be improved b, walking.
 1 Why wait for Mr. Hoover to put u on bread cards? We might ask fo them-utiless indeed we are so sure 0
 our powers of self-restraint as to knoy we don't need them. When your clu' steward or your boarding housekeepe CT your restaurant proprietor continue to give you wheat bread, why not as for corn? Why try to put the enforc ing of economical food measures upoi somebody else? It isn't Georges wal \ 1t is your war. It will not be some ones else peace when it comes, it wi not be someone's else peace when i comes it will be your peace.
 I Never until the Great War cam have the indiyidauls and the fndfvid uaI's performance of his patriotic dtit
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03

home with us 2 t
 "Of alF the nerye.''
 "All the voting Fells, and the Hinck- Hey girls, who are Mrs. Fell's 11ieees. and their Deatix. and young Si Hincks icy and Elaine Haus, the girl he's go- ing to marry when he's 21, and few others crowded around me, and exH plaiRed how glad they were to see me. It was a fogaa welcome, Ben! I really
 smiled when remembered your fear
 that I should be lonesome
 You're an incorrigible smiler. Be linda," grumbled Ben. What was the occasion of the festivity "s
 "It was Mrs. Tells birthday" 'fWhy, in all that's reasonable, did she celebrate it at Hiiltop?"
 Because, as she said, they 'haint t never had place to home big enough | to dance in, and it seemed a good chance to have real blowout, and not bother nobody.
 ".You see,' she said, we was ove1 here having a little house party aftei we got things cleaned up and put away according to your directions. Il
 did seem mighty pleasant to have little room to move round in, Miss Belinda, and the young folks just ui and decided to wind up tonight witt Ed odIlCS IUE llly btSuudS. OL COuISO, thain't daficed none myself since ht died. but. was real glad to let thl lchildTen have a good time. The bar floor here- is just the thing for jig fAnd away they jigged while Mrs. Eel land watched them adniringly. It. Ia perfect wonder. Ben, how well thos leountry boys and girls dance" @ T should think they might, tn fyoung free bootefs Belinda, you bea the Dutchl Didn't you say or do any thing to express Yesif opinion of thei
 liberal use of otir h6iiss! !''
 1 "Yes. I did something, Ben," NTis l Belinda laughed. You see, the weren't doing any harm; and, as MT, lFel1 remarked, them Kids were jus , having the time of their young lives : so I got out some of that coffee ha , Ipaeked away for next spring, an . Eopened a tin of biscuits and som jam and Mrs. Fell and I served re treatments
 T hope you sDeeded our guests" 'Yes, they all left. to-day, and g the. village paper says, a fine time ws . ihad by aII.' Here are the Hilltop key l Ben" s T shah keep them in the offit ; Ivault, for. if the Tells should write
 lyou for them, I'l wager if you aa them you'd Send them post haste" Quite possibly" answered Miss B. ] linda imperturbably.-Exchange.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03
Stop chopping of Your Years.

Ovefeating is dear pleasure,
 Its price is fearful to contemplate.
 It steals your energy, your entha- siasifa. -
 It makes life dull monotonous, jeyless existence.
 So much for the cost of irrational eating while you live.
 But it steals years of your life.
 Some sacrifice to unscientifie; eat ing, ten years of life others twenty. thirty, forty, and in some extreme cases more than double this number of years.
 A man of twenty may lose his life through eating while scientific selection of foods, in quantity and quality, might have prolonged his years to a hundred and twenty. Man is indeed what food makes oi him.
 The worlds greatest food scientist was born in the fifteenth century. He lived far into the sixteenth cenutry He was one hundred and three, years of age when he died. He pfactieed what he preached. a,,l was truly S marvellous example of tit value of his theories. In his foftieth year he had beer given lip to die by his physicians. H. l had led a life of dissipation, his vi. tality was depleted his tedy wreck. | Fortunately, his mentality was stii
 keen. The verdict of his physicians came to him as a shock. He awak. iened to the dangers before him ana
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03
FOOD RESOLUTIONS.

sWhen it comes to resolutions, and it isn't too late to adopt them now, there is a good deal to be said in favor of those which have to do with the sav- ing of food. Regardless of what had been done in the past every loyal American housewife has much to do in the way of conservation and the substitution 50 that our food supply may cover our own needs and also help our allies.
 For that reason those who have not followed such policy as well as those who have can well resolve, as the food administration suggests:
 To let no food of any kind go to waste.
 To set one day in every week and one meal in every day when no wheat flour shall be used in any manner, shape or form.
 To set one day in every week, and one meal in every day when no meat shall be cooked or served.
 To set one day in every week when no pork is served or eaten.
 To eat and serve fowl and poultry
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03
A HILLTOP HOUSE PARTY

z When Miss Belinda announced that she was going out to Hilltop on an afternoon train to see that her roses were sf1tgly covered for winter, her br0tller objected at once. Don't go out to stay all night" he said. ."I can't go with you, and dis like to have you there alone at night" ABut, Ben. if wait till morning it makes my day too short there for all IF wish to do"
 '1 thought you left the last bit of
 work in charge of the Fells. Won't they attend to everything?" "Tes, to almost everything, but I left "a few tasks in the garden that I must do myself. Don't worry about l me. Ben.'
 Well, I won't if you will go to the farm to sieeB or have some one from | there come up to Hilltop and stay with you.''
 "All right, you old fussbudget!'' agreed Miss Belinda snflingIy, and when her brother put her on the, train lat f o'clock he reminded her of the promise.
 1 The next evening when he was driv- ling with her from the train to their l apartment in town he asked whethei One CT the SlrlS rom the IdIfn Hao staged with her at Hilltop.
 NO Ben, it wasn't necessary
 wasn't alone at Hilltop. Tn fact, had 8 great deal of company" Well, I'm willing to bite, my dear what's the answer?"
 l T discovered that we were enter Etail1ing house party at Hilltop" | "Wf0 were the intruders?"
 + Now, I'm not going to have y6u cal our guests intruders, Ben think tn, members of the house party displayet Ia. touching confidence in our hospital tify. I will admit though. that when
 drove into the place at 80 and say
 the house brilliantly lighted I va 1 rather startled. I got the chauffeu | to. go te the door with me, but
 might have known that any rnarauder
 who thought they were doing wron would have called attention to the fac by lighting almost every lamp we hay : in the house. The moment entere I heard the talking machine and q tn ; sound of dancing feet yt Why Miss Belinda cried severe
 voices at once as stepped into tn
 dining room where the dancing wa.
 Mrs. Fel1, looking quite the gran
 dame in the foulard silk frock I gay ! her in September, greeted me effusive : 7" Well, if this ain't jolly!' she es f claimed. Just see who's here folks :, Amt it grand to have Miss Belind
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03

There have been many disclosures regarding the inefficient manner in which the army supplies were going forward. With them as with other eommodities there have been hold ups and delays which are unjuHtified and the placing of General Goetaals in the quartermaster's department as acting quaftermaster general gives excellent promise of bringing the much needed relief.
 Following recommendations made by him to the secretary of war the piers and warehouses of the Bush ter minal at New York have been com mandeered.. These are the best to be had and it must be recognized that the best is none too good when it comes tu handling the war supplies of this country. The change is in- tended to replace the chaotic eondi- tfons with an orderly conduct of the business. The teffnjnal is arranged for the purpose and the country is certainly in need of every assistance that it can get from such facilities Could the step have been taken some time ago mitch of the confusion and delays would have been overcome long before this, but the change now ougH+ to result in a speedy Improvement il the feeeivi6g and despatching of Sup. plies for otir 6diers in Ffance.
 This is the first important effect o the recall of General Goethals to tn, governments assistance. His ser. vices should never have been dispensed with but with this master hand di recting this vital department of tn, wal machine results siich as ar, needed should be speedily obtained The country has confidence in tn, ability of General Goethals to handl the duties Of his office as they shoul, be.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03
MEETING THE SITUATION.

Among the first effects of the cen tralization of the control of tfie fail- roads eduring the period of the war is the action of, the director general in ordering the coal needs of New Eng land taken care of and the announce ment that the railroad tunnels at New York, which have heretofore been used exclusively for passenger travel win be used for forwarding fuel. By gos ling under the Hudson river afid the East river and thence oyer the Hell Gate bridge much delay which would be occasioned in ferrying freight and much time which would be lost in making the circuit to get around New York city are going to be overcome.
 That the tubes are already heavily
 congested by passenger trains can be fully appreciated. What the tubes are
 capable of handling in tie way q
 freight must be thoroughly understood by Mr McAdoo, but when t is an nounced that the freight service in ths tubes will be insisted upon even if tks
 passenger service has to be ctlrtailet it is only what is demanded by ths situation regarding coal. While extreme care must be exer. cised in the use of the tubes to pre-. vent accidents therein which. woul, shut off all service by that avenue. i is to be supposed that ample preeata 1 tions will be taken btit the deterrnina 1 tion to put into use every facility fo | checking the congestion that has. ,ex | istad and nrovidihs fIia FAiiaf v1flsEl
 has been so long awaited with littl
 results must be regarded as foni l step in the right direction.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03
s often as possible in place of other

as often as possible in place of other meat.
 To use butter only at table; to cook with oil or drippings and to waste nc fat of any kind.
 To use corn and fruit syrups, mo lasses and sarghum syrups and honey as often as possible instead of stgar
 To use all dairy products as econ6m- ically as possible.
 The making and keeping. of suct resolutions by the housewives of ths country would effect tremendous saving and there is good reason to be. :ieve that there viii Be rio small nun, Der who will do their part in that va, tos win the war. ss-s.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03
WHY RELIEF SHIPS ARE SUNK.

Germany succeeds about as we'll iii it's attempt to justify the sinking Of Belgian relief ships as it does regard ing it's violation of the promises of neutrality to Belgium by calling them scraps of paper. To claim that such vessels are sunk only when they are found in the prohibited zone is to ad- init that no regard is paid to the char acter of the vessels Or the mission in which they are engaged, but when the responsibility for the relief ships be- ing in the danger zone is attributed to orders which they have received from the British it simply shows that Germany is floundefihg ar6iind for an 1 excuse for it's act and for fack of any thing better it falls back on that | The idea that the British would be | ordering relief ships, carrying goods to the people of Belgium who have Been caused endless suffering as the result of the acts of Germany to take any chances when compliance in fol- lowing the prescribed lanes would
 mean safety is pfep6sterois. 1t sho;iie
 he realized that Great Britain, whili | deeply concerned in helping distress 1T
 Belgium, has even a greater interes
 in getting the ships safely to their t1es'
 tination for every cargo of the good.
 destroyed and every vessel sent t6 tht
 bottom means the reduction of tn,
 foodstuffs and the tonnage which. tha
 country and it's allies have set to mak,
 up in order to supply themselves ant
 those dependent upon them. And righ
 there is to be found the real reasoi
 for the German destruction of relic
 vessels. It means an ennbarrassmen t9 the allies and as long as a handi
 cap can be placed in their way Ger many has no scruples against increas ing the suffering which prevails il Belgium.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03

seemed So ifaportafit. This is what is meant when We say America is at war: There is no fiiinsje afld obscure sacri-
 fee of any American citizen which does not eotint, which does not go to
 make tip the siifn total of Aiilefiean ef-- fort If it is the day of bfave and gallant deeds, Of Supreme deTetieIs; il
 is the day toe of the small virtue. And 1t is the sfflaii virtue as much as ths
 great wilisil Nill Win is the val fer ..I us
 to De worth doing. we fight d vfgi. laiit and determined efenig. Are Vt vigiiafit and determined? Tn Beriif they are not wasting electricity aht gasoline and food. What must ths5 think of us who are? They think u!
 soft, boasting, money loving. Are we
 We say we wish the war was oyer We'll then let's huil together and end if
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03
Views of the Vigilantes
WHY NOT END THE WAR?
By Harrison Rhodes of The vieilantes

Most people say they wish the war
 was over. We'll, then, why not end it? Why not end it by making war effici-
 entity. unitedly, whole -heartedly? People have got it into their heads
 that war is made only by Washington. They listen to the never ceasing stream of gossip that flows from the capital and wisely talk of how well pr how i'll war is being made there. Everybody is eager to help--if he can get a, gov ernnent job (eyen at one dollar a yearl or a definite commission with the Red Cross or the Y. M. c. A. or a uniform of any kind. If he can't, if he l is tied to business and private life and no Khaki, he seems inclined to let George Washington do the waamaking. But we will never beat Germany un- til we fight as hard as Germany, save
 as much and eat as little as she does. ! And we must not wait for the com rioand to come from someone in Wash l ington. The nation, the whole embat-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03
Lonesome Soldier Boy.


 MT. Editor: I would deem it a great pleasure if you would publish these few lines in your paper. I am in the aviation section of Uncle Sans service and located in a southern training camp 20 miles from 8 town. Being a fellow from the north. I often feel lonely down here especially 50 when the mail orderly hands mail to all the others and has none for me.
 Just picked up copy of your paper here in the barracks, and as I took 8 liking to it hope some of your read CTS will take few minutes end write a line to an honest to goodness lone: some soldier boy.
 Sincerely yours, ROY FORNWALT, Ellington Field. Houston, Tex, car'
 Army '. NJ. c. A.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03

If a fair poll Of the eoufitfy's en-
 majority if favor of bfohibtiti5h
 Mgala r.Ia rssat a,s ana eSggnnegtieut on z pre tiurality over license. The lleease communities Of the state, it is true,
 while fewer than the ng-license, have Q far larger total population. But the .tdryss are strong, even in the bigger cities, most of which are wet" The thing to do now is trans late that popular plurality into a log islative plurality This is still eiassed as one of the doubtful states and that iloubt should be ended iii the p5puist 1 mind as well as in fact-Mativhestet Herald,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03

That the Carnini church of Padna, Italy, has been damaged by bombs probably caused no surprise to the Italians. They have realized before now that churches are the special ob- jects of attack for German air and artiljervmef1.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03
Margaret JamiesoIl

pofiSer A pig is not necessarily an
 iiielean animal and if it is kept pro- feFiy and fed sWill and d little corn, 1t can be raised quite reasorabiy fafld When killed at 145 or 200 pounds will yield d handsome profit in either pork or faoney.-Merideh Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03

The order which has been sent to all of the government bureaus di- rscting them to eliminate the red tape could have been issued with profit some time ago
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03

It is impossible to pacify the house. wife who put in many hard days work canning vegetables and fraits only to have them frozen because it is impossible to get sufficient coal to prevent if
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03

When Germany asks a delay of a month for the formulation Of the peace reply, it is possible that it anticipates that the bolsheviki will be among the missing by that time.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03

It is to be sincerely hoped that when the government operation of
 the railroads gets into full swing it will be possible to note some im- provement in the mail service.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-03

It is simply ta1ltalization to bring 8 barge of coal to within sight Of Nor wdch and then haul it away again for someone eise's benefit. f