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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27

Fix, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Hop
kins. who has been confined to his
bed for three weeks suffering with
peritonitis is slightly improved hut
sim in serious condition.
S BlY IiursTY B,JgTs So
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27
Wont on . Hike.

The Boy Scouts here, organized
about two weeks ago by Greenville
Spradlin went on a hike to Auxier KY.
from here Sunday, a distance OF six
miles, returning on the evening train.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27

You are not making yourself poorer
when you buy government bonds. You
nre adding to your wealth.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27
NEW PASTOR BAPTIST CHURCH

Rev Pope, wife and son arrived
from Prestonsburg and have gone to
housekeeping in the house recently va
Gated by Mr.. and Mrs. e. S. Dickey
ON Lady Washington street. Rev.
Pope has accepted the call as pastor
of the Baptist Church of this place.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27

You may be too old to fight, but your
dollars are not.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27

! Save and loan to your government.
II is the best investment you can make
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27
Dinner Guests.

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter S. Harkins en-
tertained for dinner Sunday, Mr. and
Mrs. c. Y. Llgon and guests, Miss Lu-
cile McClintiek and Miss Grace Layne
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27

AfB. q. NJ Cooper has entered Cm-
rinnnfl hospital for treatment
-- BOY liHfRIy BoEps
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27
VISITING on Beaver

VISITING on Beaver.
Mrs. @. L. Hutsinpiller, Miss Ruth
Davidson and nellie Allen left Satur-
day for Weeksbury where they VIII
visit Mrs. Mary Allen for several DAYS.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27

From West Virginia.
Miss Lucille McClintiek, of Hunting
ton, is the pleasant guest this week
OF Mr.. and Mrs. c. Y. Lyon.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27

Miss Mabel Spurlock, of Lackey. is
visiting her parents this week. Miss
Spurlock has a position as stenograph-
er at Lackey.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27

Personals.
Miss Maude Spurlock will leave some
time this week for Lexington, KY.
where she will enter the college of
music there.
J. w. Alley, z. S. Dickerson, Geo. p.
Archer and James Salisbury, of our
city, attended the speaking Saturday
at Huntington, w. Va.,where the prin-
cipal speaker was ex- President Taft.
Miss May Beam and sister, Mrs. Sam
Bingham. Jr,, left Friday for Catletts-
burg where they will visit relatives
and friends,
Herman Mink returned Saturday
from Berea. KY. for an indefinite
time. Prestonsburg fare is all right
for Herman.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27

Guests Of Mrs. Patton.
Mrs. w. p. Carpenter OF Salyers-
vile and nephew Jeff Prater. of Ard
more, Ala, are the weekend guests Of
Mr. and Mrs. III. F. Patton.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27

Mrs. ]. c. Hopkins has been quite
i'll for several days.
Ruby Clark left SUNDAY for Norfolk
to join the naval department there. He
enlisted some time ago
Miss Anna Harris left Saturday for
Olive Hill, KY, where she will visit
her sister, Mrs. Oscar Endicott, for
several days after which she will go
to Bowling Green, Ky. to take the sec
retary's course in the business depart
ment OF the Bowling Green College.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27

Went to Warfield.
Mrs Anderson Alley, of Warfield
was the guest of Mrs Rose Sheppard
for several days the past week They
left Saturday for Warfield whore Mrs
Sheppard expects to spend the winter
with Mrs. Alley.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27

To Attend Funeral.
Mrs. Cass Tiller left Saturday fol
Ashland to attend the funeral OF heI
brother law, Ben Dover, who died
with Bright's disease.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-06
CHAPTER VIII.
Tho kaiser's Confidence of victory.

About twelve years ago | attended
the German military maneuvers at
LiegnitZ, in SileSia, having been in
Vlted ny some Journalistic friends OF
mine to accompany them in the motor
allowed the press. The military repre-
sentntivcS of England. France, Amer
lea and other countries were there
with the kaiSer's staff to witness the
display of Gormany's military power.
Apparently they were very much i'm
pressed. for ! heard afterwards that
one cf the French officers who had
been present had written II book in
which he said: "With such an army,
Germany could annex France in six
months 7"
L happened to mention this fact to
the kaiser shortly afterwards and his
significant comment was:
"Six months! should hope so. 1t
wouldn't take that long"
The confident belief that when "Der
Tag"-"the day"-finally arrived, Ger
many would crush her enemies and ac-
complish her object within few
months at the outside was held not
only by the kaiser but by the people
generally and their cond,c when the
war broke out clearly disclosed 1t.
When Germany's man power was
mobilized, no one in Germany believed
1t would be very long before they
would all be back and every effort was
made to make their few weeks of ac-
tive service as little irksome ms pos
sible. "Liebesgaben." gifts OF love,
consisting OF clothing and food of
every description, were forwarded to
them by their relatives and friends I'm
the most lavish manner. although, Of
course, at that time the German com
missary was able to satisfy all the sol
diers' requirements.
One of my patients told me that she
had sent seventeen hundred pounds Of
sausages to one regiment within
week, and when i asked her why she
had been so generous she replied that
her chauffeur was a member of the
regiment!
The extent to which the country's
resources were squandered I'm those
early months is evidenced by the feet
that the soldiers had such an excess
of fil-ftting wooden wearing apparel
that they used many of the knitted ar
ticles as earpieces and covers for their
horses. No one had the slightest idea
that the time mG4ht come when the
peri
At this lnte day n Aan hardly ~
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-06
The Kaiser as | knewH Him
for Fourteen Years
Copyright 1919 by the Mcclure Newspaper syndcatal
By ARTHUR N. DAVIS. D. D. S


The kaiser never admitted that the
destruction of the Lusitania was a re-
suit of special instructions from him
to the U-boat commander, but In dis
cussing the general subject Of subma-
rine warfare he asked:
'Waat right have Americans to take
passage on these vessels, anyway7 If
they came onto the battlefield they
would not expect us to stop firing,
would they2 Why should they expect
any greater protection when they en-
ter the war zone at sea2
Don't ever forget" he went on, "a
bullet from pistol would be enough
to sink one Of our U-bOats. How can
we stop and board vessels we encoun-
ter to ascertain whether they are neu-
trai and not carrying contraband? II
what appears to be a neutral should
In, fact prove to be belligerent, or If
y belligerent should heave to In Ye-
~ >onse to the command Of one Of our
marines, how could we safely send
q BOARDING party over when rifle
lot from the vessel in question would
send US to the bottom7 Obviously II
America persists In sending munitions
to the allies, there Is but one thing
for us to do-sink the vessels"
When l suggested that while the
vulnerability Of the submarine un-
doubtedly lessened it's value In con.
nectiOn with the right of search which
belligerents have under international
law. still the law ought to be oh.
rcrveu, the kaiser interrupted me has.
dlv with the remark:
such thing as international law any
more !"
In that assertion, of course, lies the
answer to all the questions which have
arisen In connection with the conduct
or the war. If the Germans recog-
nized no international law but were
guided solely by their ideas of eXpedi-
ency and the demands of "kultur,'
then the whole course of the war be-
came perfectly clear. The use Of poi
sonous gas, the destruction of unfor-
titled towns, the desecration OF
churches. the attacks on HOSPITALS and
Red Cross units, the countless atroci-
ties committed against civilians and
prisoners of war require no other ex-
planation.
No such thing as International law
any more!
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-06
CHAPTER VII.
1hc Jananese

according to the talk OF the German
diplomats before the war the expecta-
tion was that Japan's power would be
used against America at the first Op-
portunity. Whether the object Of this
campaign was to stir up trouble be-
tween Japan and America or ONLY to
awaken this country to a sense of the
danger which the Germans professed
10 believe threatened her / don't know.
1 do know. however, that prospect of
Japanese-American war seemed to
worry the Germans considerably more
than 1t worries us.
The day England declared war
against Germany, August 8, 1914, the
Prince Won Pless called to see me pro-
fessionally.
"There will be two wars fought" he
said, oracularly. "The present one. by
which we shall gain control Of the con-
tinent Of Europe forever, and then a
war with the yellow races, lin which
we shall probably have your country
to assist usl"
That this opinion was more or less
general In Germany may account for
the fact that from the time war was
declared until August %, 1914, when
Japan declared war against Germany,
the japanese residents In Berlin were
made the subject Of the most sicken-
Ing attentions. 1t was reported that
Japan was going to attack Russia. and
the Germans could not do enough to
show their newly born admiration for
the yellow race which they had hither-
to so deeply despiseG The Japs were
carried through the streets on the
shoulders of the Iopu'ace and kissed
and cheered wherever they appeared
In public.
And then japan declared war against
Germany! Instantly there was a wild
demonstration In the streets of Berlin,
which %o'f stsse resulted most dIsas-
trops'A who had so recent
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-06

- peeh haiieu as friends but for the
astonishing fact that every single jap
had succeeded In getting away from
Berlin before the news of Japan's en-
try into the war became generally
known.
In the absence Of Japanese upon
which to vent their spleen. the Ger
mans did everything they could to
make life miserable for those who re-
sembled Japs. The few Chinese who
were there were terribly treated either
because they were taken for Japs or
because they were Of the same race.
The Siamese minister, Prince TraIdos,
who was one of my patients, told me
that when his wife and children went
out on the streets the crowds followed
them and teered, referring to the jap
anesc as monkeys and using othe. op-
pro0rlous epithets. They even went
so far ms to spit In Princess Traidos'
face, and the minister finally decided
to send her and the children to Switzer-
land. although he himself remained at
his post.
L saw the kaiser shortly after the
Japanese declaration of war, and he
was very bitter against the United
States because Of that development.
What is your president thinking Of
to allow yellow race to attack q
white race! Now the Japanese are at
tacking kiauChau, and America could
have prevented 1t. All that America
had to do was to raise finger and
Japan would have known enough to
keep her place"
He spoke In this strain on several
subsequent occasions.
When Kiau-Chau fell he again crit
icized the United States for not having
stopped Japan.
How can your president allow
japan to increase In power at the ex-
pense Of white racer" he asked, in
dignantly. Now China Is lost to the
world forever. America is the one
power that could have prevented it,
but row Japan has got her fiL.sers on
China and she is lost to us forever!
After we were in the war the kaiser
expressed to me his opinion that our
object in taking this step was four
fold:
iiS'' i' SilNi, w NlISOll "'lIllS W
save the money you have loaned to the
allies. Second, he wants to lave n
seat at the peace table. Third, he
! wants to give your army ard navy a
little practical ex?erlence-unfortu-
natcly, at cur expense. And fourth,
and principally, he wants to prepare
for the war with japan which he
knows is inevitable. The Japanese are
the cncs which your country must look
upon as its real enemies"
German officer of high standing
told me just before | left Berlin that
America had made the great mistake
| or sending armua.tiOn, guns and sup
plies to Russia, via Japan, because
JaCan had just retained the finely
made American articles and had
dumped on Russia n lot of good-for-
nothing material of her own in their
place. "My advice to America" he de
| clared. SIS to cut tho throat OF every
Japanese In America and get riG of
the inta-,al danger" He did not sug-
gcst cutting The threats of all the un-
desirable Germans VIII" we're in Amer
lea ana VINO hnd already demonstrated
thht they were far more dangerous
than the Japanese had ever been.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-06
CHAPTER vi.
Dem9cracy's Worst Enemy.

The great military machine which
the kaiser had built up during the first
26 years of his reign "fOr the purpose
OF maintaining peace" was constantly
itching for war. There was feeling
among the miltariSts that while 1t
was all right for the kaiser to assume
the role of the-"Prince of Peace" dur
Ing the period of preparation, it was
possible to overplay the part. He so
frequently referrA to the fact that
his sole purpose In maintaining large
army and navy was to maintain peace
that the war lords of Germany began
TO fear that perhaps he might mean It,
The murder Of the Archduke Franz
Ferdinand the successor to the Aus
Irfan throne. and his wife by a Ser
! bian on June 20, 1914, gave Germany
~ excuse for which she had been
ts"aiting so long to start European
confingration and found Austria as
anxious for war as her ally.
But even had Emperor Franz Joseph
shown reluctance to plunge his nation
into war and had Austria refused to
chassise Serbia for the murder of the
Archduke / doubt very much whether
the kaiser would have allowed that
event to have gone unavenged.
II touched him in one of his most
vulp sble spots. The sanctity OF roy
F'y !: One of his most cherished ideas.
81 sponsor for the monarchIes
osEsse world. as we feel sponsor for
the deJ1Ocracies. A thrust at n throne
was stab at the kaiser's heart, and
with pr without the cooperation of
Austria ! firmly believe he would have
gone to any lengths to have avenged
the crime of Sarajeyo -
! 1t is true that the kaiser sent q
message to the car Of Russia In
which he pointed out that Austria
, ought to be allowed to chnstise Serbia
without interference from the other
European powers, remarking. eve.
princes must hold together" but there
can be no doubt that that was very
far from the outcome dearest TO his
heart. II, indeed. the punisk. aof
Serbia had been accomplished u
out war the kaiser would have'vJ um
most disappointed man. and if Russia
had failed to mobilize her troops,
which gave GermRny pretext for
crossing the Russ' a border, 1 haven't
We slightest doubt that Germany
p't have prodded Russia into war.
! hey, knowing that France would
ntey "Der Tag" (the day. had
es glor which Germany had been
( mfndng and plotting, and nothing on
..~Shtitcould now Interfere with the ex-
- OF the program. :
:, 80 ~ 3frmly the kaiser was welded
Y, o. o. dynastic idea and how deeply
: .hsss sed the spirit of demsS Z
gups and 49, ~ . lfli liy-sst ~ . uy q
fheir officers E<s e..
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-12-05
RISING sun and CARTHAGE
Miss noRUTHy PATTERSON

The pie supper at Rising Sun Friday
evening was great success. There
was good crowd present, and every
one seemed to take interest and enjoy
themselves. The success of the &C.
easion was largely due to the good work
Of Harry lille. the auctioneer. A pro
gram rendered by the teacher, Miss
Nellie Wicker. and pupils was very
entertaining and much appreciated by
adj. There were 90 boxes, which
brought from SIPS to $3.50 per box.
The box of candy given to the most
popular young lady by penny votes
was won by Miss Mary StocEdale Of
Barton, and the pickles to the fellow
with the largest feet was voted to Ray
Steelman of Barton also. The total
sim of boxes. candy and pickles
amounted to $3.50. One-fourth OF the
proceeds WAS given TO the Red Cross.
The teacher and pupils felt rather
eiated over their success. and amply
paid for their time and trouble.
Roy Fenner spent Sunday with
Clarence Gresham.
c. r. Patterson and family, Tom
Patterson and f. G. Metcalf were in
Carthage Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Bert Bastin is on the sick list
Eugene Smith came home from
Army service Friday; his brother Joe
met him in Joplin.
Alma Barcley and family of Preston
drove over to John Greshams in theil
new Stakeholder car and spent Satur
day evening.
c. r. Patterson, who recently solo
his farm, has bought the Georg,
Wagner place
Fred Gresham and Tom Patterson
were in Carthage Wednesday.
Joe Rice and family visited Jaspe
Rice and wife in Jasper Sunday.
Mr.. Wiley who rented his farm t,
AR. Metcalf and went to Iowa afte
harvest is here visiting and lookin,
sitter his farm interests.
Seth Gresham and wife and Sol
Ralph visited with Uncle Billy Case
bolt and family of Jasper Sunday.
Eugene Smith and Guy Webb wer
Carthage visitors Saturday.
Those of Rising Sun who enjoyed
Thanksgiving dinner away from hom
with friends were Lionel Winder an
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-12-05

wife and granddaughter Nelma and
Sol Shoopman and wife at U. S. 10
wenstein's. Roy Tiller and wife, Miss
lena Smith and Charley and Joe Pat
terson at Emery Tiller's. Mrs. Bertha
Houck of SarcoXie, Ed Calvert and
wife and Clarence Cline at Emery
Teeter's. Frank King and wife at
Clarence Kings.
Ralph Winder and Fred Gresham
made a business trip to Joplin Mon
day.
Albert Castor and wife were in Car
thage Friday.
Willis earns and wife visited Mrs.
Mollie Gresham and family Sunday.
G. w. Harvey and wife of Jasper
spent Sunday with u. S. Lowensteiu
and wife.
Andrew Gresham hauled wheat to
Jasper Saturday.
Lena Melugin visited last week with
her sister, Mrs. Ben Corn Of Jasper
Miss Nina Patterson spent Wednes.
day afternoon with Miss Nettie Lowe
Mrs. Lucy Binney and family visited
Ed Calvert and wife of Jasper Sunday
Omer Webb and wife and son Guy
Of Jasper and Roy Carter and wife were
all-day visitors at Tom Patterson's
Sunday.
| Basil McClintock and family spent
Sunday at Reuben Winans'.
Chester Teeter, who has been absen
from school for two weeks, is still Oh
the sick list.
Mrs. Dave Lowe spent the afternoon
with Mrs. Abe Teeter and Miss Netti'
with Miss Nina Patterson.
c. r. Patterson and family spen
Sunday afternoon with Abe Patterson
and family of Jasper.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-12-05
SHERIDAN NEWS.
Mrs. JOY KEARNEY.

Villa Hyder spent Monday night
with her sister, Mrs Lloyd Winder.
Mrs. Mcconnell of Joplin returned to
her home Saturday after staying Il
couple of weeks with her son Ernest
Mcconnell and family.
Mrs. Charley McClintock and Leota
McClintock spent Tuesday evening
with Mrs. Nellie Harris.
Miss Ollie and Oren Harvey Of Joplin
and Earl Harvey and family spent
Thanksgiving with Amos Harvey and
family.
Sheridan School began Monday after
two weeks vacation.
Mrs. Hyder spent Tuesday with her
daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Winder.
John Sunderland and family, Bob
Gresham and wife and son John and
Carl McClintock spent Sunday Mt o.
car Faskin's.
Lloyd Winder and family spent
Thanksgiving with Mrs. IIyder.
Mrs. Nellie Harris spent Saturday
with Mrs. Oscar Faslsin.
John Gresham and family spent
Sunday with Carl Denninger and wife.
Hattie Hyder spent Saturday night
with her sister, Mrs Lloyd Winder.
Joy Kerney and family called at
Ernest McConnell's Sunday evening.
Harrison Waltz and wife spent Sui
day at Bell Patterson's.
Lloyd Winder moved into their new
house last week.
Dan Wampicr and wife spent sun
day afternoon at Bill Greenwood's.
Waney Sweezy and family spent
Sunday with his parents, Lige Sweeny
and wife.
Mrs. Templin's sister is visiting her
this week.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-12-05
Was Quite likely.

A Boston man says that an exacting
housewife in that city tclephoned to
a meat dealers place of business that
the next order you receive from me
will be the last" The man at the other
end Of the wire agreed with her. He
said that he was an undertaken.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-12-05

About the only sure-thing bet in this
world of chance Is to place your money
on the locomotive when 1t is racing an
automobile to a crossing.-Indianapo
lis News.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-30
THE BOYS WANT MUSIC
Enlist Your Photograph Records Now.
They Are Wanted

Music is war weapon; Army COM
manders have proved that music is as
important to the morale of the army
as any single force in the soldiers
life.
The boys can always sing, but i7ey
also ask that music be made - them
The photograph has become the sol
diers favorite instrument; it is so
compact, so portable, so complete, that
it furnishes them in trench, billet or
hospital, with any kind of music they
want. In the dugouts across the seas,
on the transports and battleships, and
in the training camps, millions of
American soldiers and sailors are
hourly absorbing comfort, cheer and
inspiration from the little records
whirling around so magically.
Every one can help in the great
work of keeping our men happy.
Every one with a photograph has
some records of which they have tired
and which they can contribute to this
cause.
If they have not records perhaps
they would like to contribute money
with which some can be bought, and
also the very necessary needles.
Perhaps you have a photograph of
which you are tired.
Send all your donations to Mr..
Royal Wigley, 234 Main street, who
will take charge of them for Mrs.
John Craven, who is chairman for this
drive. at which it is hoped to secure
a million round disks to go around
the world"
Please send before Saturday evening
which will be the last day of the
drive.
The State, county, and city have al
ways done their part; here is another
chance to keep up the good name
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-30
THE DAILY GERMAN LIE

II used to be that whenever the
Germans suffered a reverse at the
hands of the French, they revenged
themselves by bombarding the Rheims
are defeating them, they seem TO be
relieving their feelings against us by
bombarding America with German
lies. These have come so thick and
fast in the last week that the Com
mittee on Public information's col
lection of them begins TO look like
an abandoned German munition
dump in the st. Mihiel Sector
Altoona, Pa, has sent in the follow
ing buds:
ID THAT the Y. NJ c. A. or COM
missary departments charge the
American soldiers abroad thirty-five
cents for a cake OF Ivory soap" This
is untrue The War Department re-
plies: 1T is sold to the soldiers al
cost, which is less than Americans al
home pay for it retail"
ca THAT the guard house at Camp
Lee is surrounded by a highly charged
wire that kills the soldiers if they
touch it," The War Department re-
plies: This is a myth
go THAT General Pershing is q
Catholic and will favor Catholics tc
the exclusion of Professionals This is
also a myth. General Pershing is g
Protestant.