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Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-10-31
A WARNING TO DEMOCRATS.

purpose is to lull the democrats into a
sense of false security. Democrats,
beware. Think. Act. Vote. Consid-
er well the consequences of your in
action and indifference.
Our great Democratic War Presi-
dent is appealing to Democrats to
stand by him in his efforts to win the
war. A democratic defeat would
mean disaster to his plans and pur-
poses. It would give aid and comfort
70 the Germans. 1t would be con-
strued as a reputation of the Wilson
administration. Shields must be
elected. His defeat would be slap
in Wilson's face 1t would hamper
and hinder the successful prOsec dtion
of the war.
At all events the next legislature
will be democtratic and to have ii re-
publican Governor at cross purposes
with a democratic legislature would
be calamity. 1t would mean strife
and confusion. 1t would result in
nothing being done in the interests of
the taxpayers. Roberts could and
would give the people u clean, bust
ness administration.
Is it necessary 70 say moref Are
aot these facts apparent to all think
.ng men? Obviously the thing II do
3 for democrats ID beStlE themS6 yes.
GET OUT THE VOTE. Don't assume
that the. other fellow will lock after
the matter. Don't yourself. See your
neighbor and tell him ;.DoiIt the dang
err and remind him Of his deity. Lo
It now. Urge your patriotic republi-
ean neighbor 20 vote the democratic
ticket and thus serve the best inter-
ests of the country in time Of war.
Tell him not to iaInstring Wilson
just on the eve of victory. If we
leave it to Wilson, if we stand by him,
ne viii soon bring the war 20 VIC
torious conclusion and our boys will
be brought home. Think about it. 1t
is supremacy important. As We fight
to make the world safe for democracy,
don't fail to exercise the greatest pri-
vilege a freeman can have. VOTE.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-10-31
HELPFUL HINTS.

From Southern Agriculturist.)
Less sugar, more sorghum and hon
ey-that's the tip for the patriotic
cook just now.
Don't keep the children on of
school. To do so is to sin against
them and against the country.
There will be no negotiated peace
with Germany. The terms of peace
must be dictated to Germany by the
allied nations who fight for civiliza-
ton. Just as long as we IRE not able
to dictate terms we must keep on
fighting.
Some people read to acquire infor-
nation, some to obtain inspiration
and some to keep from thinking.
Only absolute necessity should keep
the boys and girls out of school a
single day when school is in session
and absolute necessity comes 10 most
of as very seldom.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-10-31
OLIVER BRANCH.

Mrs. Hershal Mckinney is suffer
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Gill and little
son spent Sunday with the family of
Z. Ferguson. Mr.. and Mrs. G. P.
Winfree visited Mr.. and Mrs. Andy
Williams on Plunkett's creek Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Jennings of
Brush Greek were Sunday guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Enoch. Miss
Katheryne Gill and little brother, who
nave been suffering from influenza,
are able to be out again. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jim Williams were recent guests
If Mr.. and Mrs. Clay Squires. Mr..
and Mrs. Garfield Minton visited the
alters parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Parker, at New Middleton Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Napoleon Harrison
5pent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Billie
Altman at Gordonsville. Mrs. Elsie
Rollins, who has been very sick, is
reported some better. Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence House visited the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Hickey,
f near Brush Creek Mr.. and Mrs.
Campbell Enoch visited Mr.. and Mrs.
George Mckee at Bluff Greek. Won
Pope, who has had a severe case of
influenza, 10 able to be out again.
zoe Winfree is visiting his brother,
Tom Winfree, near Lebanon. Miss
Carrie Harel of Bluff Greek is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Elsie Rollins. Mr..
md Mrs Billie Minton were recent
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. House.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-10-31

you as an oracle in much the same
attitude of mind which inspires the
encourage of the Kaiser, a fair esti-
mate of the accomplishments of the
present administration is impossible to
attain. Incorporate language, the re-
suit of conclusions drawn from insult
ficient data and transformation, is all
one ever gets. They reflect you, and
you, apparently, are not capable of a
just judgment. Your vision is clouded
by partisan prejudice and ignoble
jealousy that the great war is drawing
to a close successfully for our arms
without and even in spite of your eff
forts. You are reported in the pnblic
press as having said in late speech
at Oyster Bay that the Presidents
diplomacy was worse than secret di-
plomacy, it was almost treaohcrous
diplomacy" All who read those words
must have burned with rage and
shame. Your sons have gone tC the
war. They went like countless other
brave young men. You gave" them
only in sense that you wesSf proud
and glad to have them go. Theirs was
the gift, not yours. How many other
parents do you think have done the
same and said nothing.
But it is impossible for You t.: say
nothing about anything. N this last
fact lies perhaps the one thing which
renders you harmless and power Jess
excepting to eXasperate. We have
been so long and so persist emily in
oculated by small doses of your venom,
sometimes fevered and distressed by
it, that when we are exposed now to
the disease of Rooseveltism we do not
take it; we remain unaffected and
healthy. Only do we protest E:l:.t such
utterances as the one l nave cited are
rrejudiced, ignorant, Inpatriotic and
disloyal, and we ask that for your
sake, and to preserve that remnant of
repect, which as a former President
we should like to retain, you Gesist
from such offenses. / am, SIR, yours
with PROFOUND INDIGNATiON.''
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-10-31

To hunt for issues in political cam
paigns is invariably sign of weak
ness. There are two kinds of issues,
real, live, concrete issues, and issues
which are far-fetched, imaginary, va
que.
That the Republican party is en-
eountering difficulty in coming before
the people in the pending campaign
for members of the House end Senate
with real and live issues connOt be
denied.
win the War" is not an issue.
That is a national task 1t is the
most important business in which we
are now engaged as nation and re-
gardless of party politics. The man
ner of performing this task, the con-
duct and management of this fore
most business of ours, is an issue.
A comparison of the records of the
two parties on that score cannot leave
any doubt as " which party has Pro-
ven greater. efficiency and more ahili-
ty.
Did the Republican administration
Of 1898 conduct the Spanish-Ameri-
can War in such amazingly efficient
manner as to reflect discrelit upon the
Democratic administration, which is
managing the present war!
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-10-31
BLUFF CREEK.

Miss Julia Allen visited Miss Car
RE Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Gibbs
visited the latter's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Cheek of New Middleton.
Miss Claudine Baker of Plunkett's
Creek is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. L. H.
Gibbs for a few days. Aunt Mary
Lnych is very i'll at this writing. Mr..
and Mrs. Turner Harel visited the lat
ter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Read.
Misses Vera Shelton, Mary Lou Will
kerson and Attic Roberts visited Miss
Sadie Wilkerson. Mrs. Annie Glenn
SHELTON visited Mr.. and Mrs. James
F. Harper Mrs Attic Harper as at
the bedside of her sister, Mrs. Elsie
Rollins of New Middleton, who has
pnumonia. Misses Verna Harper,
Willie Gass and Pearl Lynch visited
Miss Carrie Beane We have only a
few cases of influenza in our neigh
borhood. Mrs. Minnie Harper and
Miss Vera Shelton were at Carthage
recently having dental work done.
Willie Boze is very sick. Miss RObb
Winfrey visited Miss Myrtle Gibbs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Wooten and son,
Barnice, visited Mr.. and Mrs. r. X.
Wooten. Miss Maggie Harper recent
ly visited Miss Vera Shelton.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-10-31

The purpose of this article is to tell
the truth and to warn Democrats to be
on their guard and to arouse them
selves or the party will suffer defeat
at the polls next Tuesday.
There is great danger that the
Republicans will take advantage of
democratic apathy and indifference
and get an unearned and undersigned
amity. IL must not happen. Demo
Gratis must vote. Don't <frEO go to
the polls; urge your neighbOr to do
hkeWise..
The Democratic party is confronted
with peculiar and unusual conditions.
There is perfect harmony in the ranks
of the party; the nominees are strong
and able men; there is no good reason
why Roberts, Shields and Hannah
should not be elected by large major
tiles and yet there is great danger that
they will be defeated. Why is this
so 1t may appear strange to the
average voter but it is true. An an
alysis of the real situation makes the
danger apparent. The people are en-
crossed in the war. Many democrats
do not even know that an election is
to be held. There has never been such
indifference about an election. Many
voters in the cities, which are largely
democratic, have not registered anG
they can not vote. Thousands of
voters have been called to the army,
most of whom are democrats. There
are $4,000 or 10000 voters at the
powder plant, many of whom come
from the democratic sections of mid
die Tennessee, and they will not take
the time and trouble to go home to
vote. In this way the democrats will
lose almost its normal majority.
There is fierce factional Repubh-
can fight in East Tennessee for Con-
gress, and this will bring all the re-
publicans to the polls. There is much
activity among republicans in their
strongholds and in the democratic sec
tions they are quiet. Their manifest
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-10-31
AN OPEN LETTER TO ROOSEVELT.

In a recent issue of the New York
World appears the following open
letter:
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt.-Dear
Sir:-In the face of this mornings
message from the President to Ger
many, / feel impelled to write this
public letter to you. If / withhold my
name from publication it is only be-
cause a long friendship with members
of your family makes me loath to
wound them by a personal note and
because / am convinced that / speak
for a very large and almost unanimous
constituency. The admiration for
you which /, along with hundreds of
thousands of fellow Americans, have
felt in the past, has been gradually
undermined by your failure to be loyal
to anyone but yourself.
Both Presidents who have followed
you in the occupation of the most
Onerous and responsible position nthe
world today have suffered from your
attacks, both insidiOus and open. The
one an old friend and political COM
rade; the other, a political opponent
charged with task beyond the power
of any human being to perform to the
satisfaction of a critical and necessar-
lily uniformed country, has never
received from you even a suspension
of comment, a generous thought or a
helpful word. / have read your pub
lie utterances faithfully and / cannot
recall one occasion on which the win
ming of the war has been PIT before
politics, or any evidence IF loyal sup
port of your own country in Is travail
has been shown, or has called forth
that eloquence and force of speech
which you have not hesitated to en-
plOy to attack, to weaken, to destroy.
1.-The poison you distil is often dem
onstrated. Based upon your irrespon-
sible fulminations, mistaken opinions
are formed, doubts are created, faith
shaken. In the household of your
friends and family, who look upon
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-10-31
GORDONsvILLE.

The undertaking firm of Bass, Tug
gle & Walden have been unusually
busy during the past few weeks, al
though no deaths have occurred in the
immediate neighborhood except that
of William Wauford.
William Wauford, aged about SIS
years, died Saturday night at his
home in this town after several days
illness of influenza. The remains
were laid to rest the following day
in the Gordonsville cemetery. A wife
and three children survive him.
The influenza situation having
greatly improved in this neighbor-
hood, the school will reopen Mon
day after having been suspended for
three weeks on account of the ''fu''
epidemic.
Betty & Walden have on hand at
their large feed and sale barn some
fifty or sixty head of fine mules
Messrs. Betty & Walden are among
the most extensive dealers in live
stock in the Upper Cumberland Sec
ton, and their activities afford one
of the finest markets at Gordonsville
to be found.
j. E. Wilson, Gordonsville's drug
gist, has many friends who will be
glad to know that he has sufficiently
recovered an attack Of measles to be
back in the store after an absence OF
several days.
E. NJ. Whitley & A. F. Tuggle have
bought the produce business of j. H
Young & Son at this place. The new
owners will continue the business on 8
larger scale.
Garvin Mckinney has returned from
Oklahoma.
DIR. J. S. Campbell is recovering q
en- days attack of the influenza.
Esq. R. M. Mcdonald and Jake
Bro. T. E. Marshall has rented his
business for anther year from A. F
Fuggle, who recently bought this
building from the James heirs.
The 18th district again demonstrate
I'd its patriotism by over-subscribing
is quota of Fourth Liberty Bonds.
Miss Alyne Oliver of near Rome has
1een the guest for the past few weeks
If he.' sister, Mrs. J. S. Campbell.
Ed Gwaltney is having erected 6
handsome residence on East MAR
Street. AS soon as it is completed
Mr.. Gwaltney will move his family
nto his new home.
The following are among the re
,ent real estate transfers that have
Deen made in Gordonsville: Ec
Iwaltney to J. E. Armistead; J. E
Armistead to D. o. Haley; D. o
Haley to J. E. Wilson; ]. E. vii
on to Ben Jeffreys; E. NJ. Whitley
DIR. E. S. Mckinney; J. w. Watts
md r. L Prentice to R. M. Mcdonald
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-10-31
LAND SALE.
:. LESLIE DAWSON, ct ais,

). LEOA1E LAW SUN, ct ais,
VS..
JORDAN DAWSON,
In Chancery Court, at Carthage,
Tennessee.
In obedience to a decree of the
Chancery Court at CarthaRef Tenn.
made at the October Special Term,
1913, in the above styled jeaseIf will,
IN SATURDAY, the 2afd day of
November, 1918, at one b. m, on the
premises in the 18th District, Smith
County, Tennessee, sell to the high
est and best bidder the PROPERTY ir
aid decree described, being tract
IF land known as tia late William
Dawson, hom4 place. lNinR<and being
in in 18th divil RIstHd q Smith COun-
y. Tennetseef (9thininS SO ga acres,
Minimum Price 100000.
TERMS OF SALE.-Said sale will
De made as follows: Cash sufficient
20 pay costs, ETC., and the balance in
one and two years, with notes in equal
installments, with interest from date
OF sale. Solvent sureties will be re-
9uired on said notes and a lien re-
tanned for further security.
This 28th day of Oct. 1918,
J. H. GARDENHIRE, C. & M.
[. A. LYON, Solicitor.
J. K. CURTIS, Guardin ad Item.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-10-31
OURSELVES AND CANADA.

Pessimistic Americans and Ameri-
cans who hesitated to support the
Fourth Liberty Loan to their utmost
should review the achievements of
Canada
Canada's last Victory Loan was sub
scribed to the amount of$418, 600, 00O
which on the basis of population is
equal to a $,0OO,OO0,0O0 bond sub
scription by the people of the United
States. And this was done after four
years of war and after sending SOC, 00O
soldiers to the front, which on the
basis of population would be equalled
by our sending 100000 men to the
cOloTS
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-10-31
LAND SALE.
Bette Apple, ct ais,

Mrs. Bette Apple, ct ais,
sfie Apple, ct ais.
In Chancery Court at Carthage,
tennessee.
In obedience to a decree of the
Chancery Court at Carthage, Tennes-
see, made at the October Special
Term, 1918, in the above styled case,
will, on Saturday, the End day of
November, 1918, at one o'clock p. m,
IN the premises, in the 18th Civil
district of Smith County, Tennessee,
rear Rome, sell to the highest and
'est bidder the property in said de-
rec described, being two tracts of
and known as the R. II Apple land,
ying and being in the 18th Civil Dis
riot of Smith County, Tennessee, ad-
dining lands Of j. G. GEissim, ct ais,
nd described ss follows:
First Traction the North by Mont
emery, and others; on the south by
+. G. Grissim, and others; on the east
y the Haley lands; and on the west
y Round Lick ereek; containing
light acres, more Or less, and being
he same lands Conveyed to R. L
Apple and others, byID. ]. Shlpp and
wife by Deed registefed in the Reg
ster's office of Smith County, Tennes-
zee, in Deed Book MOI %, page No.
Second Tract-Inj said State, Coun-
and District, and adjoining said
'irst Track, and bounded as follows
IN the north by the Carthage and
Rome road; on the east by the pub
ic road; on the south by the said
First Tract; and the west by Round
Lick creek; containing NJ acres,
more or less; and being the same
and conveyed to r. L. Apple, ct ais,
by VIM. Vanderpool and wife by Deed
of April 4, 1913, which deed is also
recorded in said Registers Office in
Deed Book No. %, page No. 361.
TERMS OF SALE.
Said sale will be made on a credit
Of one and two years, note with good
securities will be required; except
lash sufficient to pay expenses of sale.
This 18th day of October, 1913
j. H. GARDENHIRF. C. e. M
]. N. FISHER, Solicitor.
H. B. McGINNES, Guardian AID Item.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-10-31
FOR SALE.

One 4-year-old horse mule, two
sucking mules Pne 4Syeaps6ld horse,
one good brodS fpaTe, one Aberdeen
Angus registFfsd bull. Will trade
same for Liberty Bonds.
Cumb. phone. r. M. WRIGHT.
10-31-2t-pd. MT. 2, Carthage, Tenn.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-10-31

The wheat this country saved by
eating cOrnbread last spring saved
England and France-and civiIiZa-
ton. Aren't you proud chat ycu help
ei just a little?
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-10-31
MULES FOR SALE.

Twenty-Five mules for <sale. 10
coming 3-years old and 8 coming 2
years old. Cash or credit Call me
ON Home phone any times.
HI. M. ALEXANDER,
If. Pleasant Shade, Venn.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-10-31
FARM FOR SALE.

am offering for sale my farm of
80 acres, located in Buffalo, near
Donoho, Smith county, Tenn. This
is a good richf farm And can be divided
into three different tracts if so de-
sired. It is in Nhe sight of a school
house, where thex school runs all the
year, and is also N sight of church.
1t is well improvedNand we'll watered.
Win make reasonable term. Reason
for selling is to diviSe among my
children. If you wanh good farm.
buy this one. For further informa-
ton apply to
ID. o. HALEY,
1O-24-tf. Gordonsville, Tenn.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-10-31

Don't look for soft spot TO light
on when you fall, Take a fresh grip
and hang on.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-10-31

Do your duty by contributing liber-
ally to the War Work campaign.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-01
CITY NEWS.

Regular meeting OF Keokuk
lodge No. LOG, B. P. o. E., tonight at
8 o'clock. Elks' hall. Sixth and Blon-
deau streets. Visitors invited.
Charles Warner, who lives on
Johnson street road, is a new recruit
for the army. He went to Davenport
Wednesday night to enlist in the
field artillery.
A children's concert will be given
tonight at the Pilgrims Rest Baptist
church, corner of Fourteenth and Elk
change streets. A large chorus will
sing. No admission will be charged.
--Puckeche.uck lodge No. AZ meets
every Friday evening at 800 o'clock
VIM. Van Steenwyk, N. G.; George
w. Immegart, permanent secretary.
A marriage license was issued to-
day to Albert B. Neal, aged 10, OF
Farmer City, H., to Hazel Longberry,
aged Is years, of Quincy, Ill. AS both
parties were not of age, consent of
their parents had to be obtained.
Ralph B. Smith has been ap-
pointed to represent the state of
Iowa in the suit, the state of Iowa
VS.. Whites Manual Labor institute.
This institute, which is located at Mt.
Hamill, Iowa, is charged with violat-
ing terms of trust. The case is not
likely to come up for trial, but is
being continued.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-01
TRINITY CHURCH
is REFRIGERATED
House Of Worship Made More At
tractive by Recent Over
hauiing-Services to
be Resumed.

After being closed for a month for
repairs and redecoration, Trinity
Methodist Episcopal church at Tenth
and Main streets will be opened next
Sunday. The regular services OF Sun
day school and preaching will be held
during the month of August.
The roof of the church, which was
leaking has been repaired. The out
side wood work and metal have been
painted. The Sunday school room has
been made more CONVENIENT by the
addition of class room partitions The
interior has been decorated and paint
ed. The lighting system has been
changed, and new fixtures provided.
Persons who attend Trinity church will
find an attractive and homelike church
in which to worship, say leaders Of
the organization.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-01
1000 Mile Wedding.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-The wedding
ceremony of Miss Emily Orsi, Cairo,
Egypt, and Ensign Rudolph Winner,
Great Lakes. Ill, begun here today
was expected to establish new
record for long distance nuptials
Distance-4,000 miles; time three
months. An Interchange of licenses
comes first; then two ceremonies by
proxy. Mrs. Winner will come to Chi
cago when finally married
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-01

Motion pictures are being used with
great success in connection with lee
lures and demonstrations on agricul-
lure in the province of Ontario.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-01

MAY CUT EXPENSES
Few Slight Changes Anticipated-ln-
ventory of Supplies Being TAX
en- to Submit to
IL g

You'll get your same good telephone
service now that Uncle Sam has TAX
en- over the lines.
Night and Sunday telephoning will
not be curtailed.
There will be no disruption in the
mode of operation, although some
slight changes may be made to cut
down expenses, telephone officials in
Keokuk, say.
"You will probably not know the
difference even if the lines are under
new management" said e. L. Will
liams, general manager Of the Iowa
Telephone company's Keokuk Office.
1--WE have received no orders from
the government about changes. This
means we Will go on operating as be-
fore"
The telephone company is taking
an inventory Of its supplies to sub
NIT to government officials at the
present time.
All of rural Germany hasn't as many
telephones as one county in Iowa
Figures from the department of the
Aisne in France and a county in the
middle west show that there are 1000
telephones to $4,000 people in this
county. where in France in districts
OF corresponding area the same num-
Der of phones serve 100000 people.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-01
WRITES
ARMY LIFE GOOD
Camp Pike Man Says Men Who Went
in July Increment Are Anxious
For Period of Quar-
antine to End.

Keokuk military selectives at Camp
Pike, Ark, are taking readily to the
routine, not to mention the glamour
of army life, says Frank L. Merrill
in letter to Edward K tombstone
vice president and manager of the
Keokuk Pure Ice company.
The men who left the city ten
days ago are virtually "champing at
the bit" until they get out of guar
antine, says Merrill. The men who
entered service the latter part of
July are finding that snap" and
quick judgment are counting more
than anything else.
Merrill humorously prefaces his
letter by saying that Uncle Sam
wishes to announce that Private
Frank L. Merrill will be at home at
Camp Pike, Ark, for the present"
liner R. Carlson, another Keokuk
seIective, formerly with the Keokuk
Electric company, writing to friends
in the city from Camp Pike, says:
Everything going fine. Little warm,
but it isn't bad.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-01

Gate City Want ads.