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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-04-24
BOURBON OUT IN FRONT
Glue Grass County Leads State
in Thrift Stamp Drive
Chairman s. e. Bedford Has Made
Fine Record and People Have
Come Forward In Pleasing
and CommendabIe Way.

Paris, Ky.-A Bluegrass county,
Bourbon, holds the record so far in
Kentucky, size, population and quota
considered, in the sale of Thrift
Stamps and War Savings Stamps.
Chairman S. E. Bedford has reported
to State Headquarters at Louisville
that his organization has disposed Of
100000 worth of Stamps Its quota
is S349,240 and the Bourbon organiza-
ton is planning to have all of this
amount either sold outright or pledged
before the Third Liberty Loan cam
lucky.
The Paris Kentuckian- Citizen, which
is actively cooperating with Mr.. Bed
ford and his organization in this great
war activity, has the following article
with reference to the campaign in
Bourbon:
"Fifty-nine Bourbon county people
have been enrolled in the one thou
sand dollar War Savings Stamp Club
as a result of their subscribing for the
United States Government.
"Other persons have literally sub.
scribed for War Savings Stamps in
amounts from five to five hundred dol
lars each and as a result Chairman S.
E. Bedford has disposed of more than
one hundred thousand dollars worth
of War Savings Stamps through his
working committees distributed in
Bourbon county. Bourbon county's
allotment of War Savings Stamps is
$349,240, and our people must hurry
themselves bit and subscribe quickly
for the stamps remaining unsold.
I'm the War Savings campaign Bour-
bon people, rich and otherwise, have
come forward with their subscriptions
to this gilt edge investment in a most
pleasing and commendable way, for
all of which County Chairman Bedford
and the members of the precinct COM
mittees are highly appreciative. How.
ever, the unsold War Savings Stamps
must be sold before the next issue OF
Liberty Loan Bonds, which will be Of
fered to the public in April.
Get busy you patriotic and liberty
loving people of Bourbon. Call on
some member of the committee and
buy literally of the War Savings
Stamps, the best and most desirable
investment obtainable today. Do your
duty now-don't wait until members of
the County Committee, all busy busi-
ness men, look you up to beg you to
do your patriotic duty"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-04-24
FIT TRIBUTE TO WASHINGTON
Shaft at National Capital Is One Of
the Most Remarkable Ever
Built by Man.

The foundation of the great shaft Of
the Washington monument is so feet
square and Is set in solid rock eight
feet below the surface of the earth.
The interior is only 25 feet In diameter.
while the exterior diameter is 55 feet.
This shows the tremendous thickness
of the walls, which are made of per-
fectly fitted stones. No wonder that
this obellsk has been called "the best
piece of masonry in the world"
Many nations, as well as many cities
and states, wished to contribute to this
great cenotaph, and as the visitor en-
tiers the monument and takes his place
In the big elevator, he may see, as he
slowly mounts, various interesting
stones from all parts of the world. He
may catch a glimpse Of stone from
"Braddock's field" one from the "bat-
tlefield Of Long Island" one from the
Alexandrian library in Egypt, one
from the tomb of Napoleon at st. Hell
ena, a mosaic block from the ruins of
Carthage, lava from Vesuvius and
stones from Jerusalem and Mecca, be-
sides blocks contributed by 40 states,
10 cities and towns and A societies.
Ten foreign countries sent blocks of
stone, suitably inscribed, to testify to
their regard.-Mary v. worstell In st.
Nicholas.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-04-24
"CANN0T MATCH THE BIBLE"
Been Equaled, Yale Pro-
fessor Says.

The bulk of the peOple-business
men, lawyers, doctors and others don't
read the Bible, but writer's universally
recognize it as the greatest book, Prof.
William Lyon Phelps of Yale univer-
sity said in recent address.
Being serious book it is weak in
humor," Professor Phelps said. "But
I think Job intended a grim joke when
he said: Would that mine adversary
had written book
mo narrative writer's can match the
style of the Bibles Old Testament
stories-Hume, Gibbon, Rose-they are
all inferior. This is the day of the
short-story writer, Kipling, De Maupas-
SAINT, o. Henry, but their best efforts
fall short of the stories of the Bible.
So 1t is with its poetry in the Psalms.
Its wisdom of the Proverbs is just as
up-to-date as the morning paper, and
there is no political economy equal to
the Book of Gospels.
at is impossible to overestimate the
Bibles influence on English literature.
Bunyan wrote a great book because
he was saturated with the Bible, and
1t trickled out when he wrote.
Lincoln knew only two books-the
Bible and Shakespeare, and yet he was
a splendidly educated man. To know
the Bible is to be educated. One of
the finest metaphors in Keats ode to
Nightingale is taken directly from
the Bible; Nearer, My God, to Thee
is simply paraphrase of the Bible"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-04-24
SCHOOLS DO GOOD WORK
Louisville. XIV. 1

Louisville, KY, April /, 1918.
Mr. ]. b. Mantle, Secretary Jefferson
County, War Savings Committee,
Gil Columbia Building, Louisville,
Ky.
My dear Mr.. Mantle:
| have the honor to report to you
that the War Savings Societies in
Louisville public schools number 637
A few are yet to be organized. We
have been in operation approximately
three weeks, and during that time
have sold Thrift Stamps and Baby
Bonds amounting to $11,y34.OO. be-
lieve that every school has done its
best, and that this work will continue
at high speed throughout the year.
The schools that have contributed
$4,000 or more are listed below:
Girls High School .$2,62S
George Rogers Clark School 80. $3.50
Normal School ..,............ 500
George w. Morris School ...... $50
Longfellow School ........... $40
We feel that special congratulations
are due to the Girls High School with
its amount totaling s2,62S, and to the
George Rogers Clark School which
leads the elementary schools of the
city with total of $3.50. 1t is true
that many OF the smaller schools may
have done quite as well II we con-
slider the average amount sold. For
the months Of April we shall have
computed the average amount sold on
the basic Of the average number be-
longing. This will make fair COM
parison between all schools.
Yours truly,
o. l.. REID.
Superintendent.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-04-24
HAVE A THRIFT POCKET

A thrift pocket is a character build
er-it tests your capacity to resist.
You will find it as alluring as the
penny bank you once had on the man
tlepiece. Select the pocket-any one
will do-and then select the coin.
Suppose your thrift coin" is q nickel.
Every nickel you get goes into the
thrift pocket. You can not borrow
from the thrift pocket nor lend from
it. Experience proves that 1t isn't
wise even to make change from it.
and that 1t is failure If you are not
honest, scrupulously honest, with II.
Every time 1t gets over-heavy, put 1t
into Thrift Stamps. Thrift Stamps
are light.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-04-24
FROM RuDYARD KIPLINo.

1T amt the individual
Nor the army as a whole,
But the everlastin' teamwork
OF every bloomin' soul"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-04-24
Germans Are Forced From Cap
turned Positions on the Flan-
ders Front.
DEFEAT HUNS AT GIVENCHY
English Win All Detectives in coun-
ter-Attacks-Halt Foe at Robeeq
French Break Up Raiding
Operation Near Aniens.

Paris, April 22.-German troops
launched a raidng operation against
the French lines in the region Of Han
gard-En Santerre, southeast of Amlens.
The effort was n failure. The war office
announced today. The French took
prisoners in this local action. The ar
tillcry has been active along the
southern battle line between Lasslgny
md Nnvnn
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-17
AMONG THE SCIENTISTS

Tiny knobs are attached to the
backs of the blades Of a new knife
so that they may be opened more
easily.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-17
FISH MEAL GOOD FOR COWS
Nutritive Value as Affecting Milk or
Butter Production Compares Well
With Cottonseed.

The use Of fish meal as a feed for
dairy cows is not strictly a new feed,
but only lately has the government
seriously undertaken q study Of it as
a practical Ingredient in dairy rations.
Fish meal is a by-product Of the fish
industry. Waste from salmon and
sardine %canneries is especially excel
lent for the manufacture Of h%igh-grade
fish meal.
Preliminary experiments made by
the q. S. Dairy Division show that
the meal has no detrimental effect on
the quality Of milk or butter, and that
the nutritive value of fish meal as
affecting production compares favor.
ably with cottonseed meal. An aver
age analysis of fish meal~is as fol.
lows: Water, S per cent; ash, 16;
protein, 60; fat, IA; salt, 5.
Fish meal is manufactured from the
fresh waste Of fisheries by a process
Of steam cooking, pressing, and dry.
ing. 1t is preferably made from fresh.
water fish to avoid too high-a content
of salt. Dried-fsh products, known
as fish scrap Of "pomace," are used
considerably for f%ertilizing purposes
and fish meal fed to farm livestock re-
tains all it's valuable f%ertilizing prop.
critics.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-17
cows REQUIRE PURE WATER
Supply Constitutes Three-Fo urths Of
Volume of Milk and Demands
Dairyman's Attention.

All animals require plenty of good,
pure water. This is especially true of
the milking COW, as water constitutes
more than three-fourths Of the volume
Of milk. The water supply, therefore,
demands the dairyman's most careful
attention. Stale or impure water is
distasteful to the cow and she will
not drink enough for maximum milk
production. Such water also may
carry disease germs which might make
the milk unsafe for human cOnsump-
ton or be dangerous to the COW her.
self. During the winter, when COWS
are stabbed the greater part Of the
time, and unless arrangements have
been made to keep water before them
all the time, they should be watered
two or three times a day. If possible,
the water should be IS or 20 degrees
above the freezing point, and should
be supplied at practically the same
temperature every day.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-17

laboratory requires a furnace which
can heat to 5000 degrees Fahrenheit
and a machine which can exert press
ure to the extent of 10000 pounds q
square inch.,
The telescribe, an. instrument
which. records both sides of a on
v~ersation, is said to be Thomas Edi-
sons latest invention. The tele-I
scribe consists of a debating machine
which has special receiving appliances
and a socket in which the ordinary
telephone receiver is placed. The
message may be confirmed at any time
by use of the debating machine.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-17
PUREBRED SIRE OF Benefit
Use of Animal Will Result In Great
Improvement of Herd-Have
Better Cattle.

There never has been a time when
the common Gov was at such a dis
advantage to her owner as the pres
ent time. 1t takes a good COW to pay
her way these times. A great many
cows will be. sold this fall because
they would be improbable this winter,
and yet every COW that will produce a
calf is needed by the country.
Is it not a good time to make a reso-
luton and live up to 1t, to have bet
ter cattle? The common COW was all
right for cheap land and cheap feed.
She must still do to mother better
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-17
BROWNIES

f r. tL
A burnt child makes a strange bed
fellow.
Talking too much and thinking too
little has spoiled many a career.
Better a loaf of bread and content
than a boiled dinner and Indigestion.
The blue-eyed man and the black
Eyed woman make q peach of a pair.
1t is usually the b~aldheaded man
who knows exactly what will make
aair grow.
A man may be following the dictates
Of his conscience and yet never catch
up with 1t.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-17

cows, for the great majority Of farm,
ers who still have common cows. Get
a purebred sire this fall, and if you
can, one that can be used this fall. The
use of purebred sires for ten years will
generally result in a herd that passes
in appearance for purebreds. Surely it
is worth while. A man is not as good
a farmer as he can be, unless he is i'm
proving his herd.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-17
URGE SWIMMING RICH CREAM
Saving Can Be Accomplished by Turn
of Cream Screw, and Is Well
Worth Effort Required.

In skimming a hundred pounds OF
85 per cent cream, Is more pounds Of
skim milk is kept OF the farm than
when the same amount of 20 per cent
cream is taken. This saving can be
accomplished by a turn Of the cream
screw, and at present feed prices is
well worth the effort required. More
skim milk on the farms also means
more calves raised to furnish .meat
and milk for all. Milk producers are
paid for the butterfat in cream; not
for the water and other constituents.
This makes it advisable to skim q
rich cream.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-17

backs of the blades of a new knife
so that they may be opened more
easily.
A scientist in Europe has invented
q method for sterilizing the ground
in which posts are to be set against in
sect germs and fungus life.
Boring holes into the stumps of
hardwood trees and filling these holes
with equal parts of nitric and sulphur
ic acid will so soften the wood
that it can be removed by ordinary
picks. This has been demonstrated
lin Germany, and is the common
treatment there Of hardwood stump
age.
One of the latest electrical inven-
lions is an electric blanket which is
designed especially for outdoor
sleepers. The blanket is said to have
a heating area of four by six feet,
and can be regulated to an even tenn
perature of from 81 to 112 degrees by
a switch placed near the head Of the
sleeper.
In the Carnegie geographysical
laboratory, Carnegie institute, Wash
ington, ID. c., rocks and minerals are
now being reproduced by artificial
'"a"" J." crda" to do ibis work the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-17

If you have tried medicine, serum,
injections, and operations and are
still sick, take a course of treat
ments at the Langdon Sanitarium and
see what the results will be.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-10-10
BITTLNGER.
GO { 9 ensnsLsa@aa aaNnna

If YOU want to keep square
With the boys over there,
You must help in this Liberty Loan;
If you're net glory's hacker,
You're truly a Stacker,
And as such you will eyer be known.
The speech delivered by DR.. Mark S,
of Baltimore, at the Liberty Loan
meeting held in this village on Tuesday
evening, October LIST. was very able,
interesting and forceful as was also
the address of Attorney j. C. Rennin-
ger, of Oakland, and the well chosen
remarks of Private Rodeheaver.
The personal property of Mrs. Mary
E. Engle was sold at public auction at
the Engle homestead last Saturday af-
ternoon.
G. W. Engle, of Baltimore. is spending
a few days with his mother in this viii
lage..
On last Saturday evening at point
along the public road near here, a Ford
car, loaded with peaches and driven by
Clark Brenneman, became unmanagea-
BILE and turned turtle. The car was
badly wrecked but fortunately the dri-
yer and Earl Miller, who accompanied
him, escaped with very slight injuries.
Mrs. Fannie Baker, of Bridgevile,
Del, is spending this week with rela-
tives here.
Mr.. Silas c. Beachy drove to market
from this section a herd of more than
one hundred and sixty fine Young cattle
one day last week
Mr., and Mrs. Claude Bittinger, of Ak
ron, Ohio, spent last week with rela-
tives in this neighborhood
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-10-10

year it is hoped that every election dis
trict will have boys club. and that
every club will have booth and an eX-
hibition. of their accomplishments, not
only in the vegetable line, but in hogs,
sheep, ponies, etc, as well.
The value of a County Farm Agent,
and the County Home Demonstration
Agent were proven beyond doubt dur
ing the fair.
There was che thing that impressed
US forcibly, and that was the scarcity
of young men. Our young men are in
/ France or in the training camps of this
country. Their absence accounts large
ly for the lack in attendance of the pub
lie at the fair. We missed them, but
we feel proud of them and the victories
thst follows our flag. What a fair we
will have when they come home and Join
with US in exhibiting the resources of
this growing and prosperous county.
twas no little pleasure that President
Speicher announced Friday afternoon,
that all persons who had won cash prizes
should appear at the office and get their
money, 100 cents on the dollar. That
all expenses had been met and all bills
would be paid. Say that sounded good.
Just what we wanted to hear. In this
year of our Lord 1918 Garrett county is
going over the top on every proposition
Great is Garrett county.
The Fair Association officials are feel
ing good over the results. The fair was
SUCCESS. The exhibits were not as
numerous as in the first year or two of
the fair, but what was on exhibition
was GOOD, showing that advance was
being made in every direction.
The proper thing to:do to day is, Pre-
pare. for a big fair in 1919. Now is the
time-to plan for bigger things. Make
it in fact and reality a Garrett county
fair. Organize the whole county with
this object in view. Keep the subject
before the people. The exhibits of the
work of the Girls canning clubs and
boys gardens should come from every
election district in the county. The
school teachers all over the county
should get busy arranging for school
exhibits at the next fair. The fair of
ficials, the County Farm Agent, the
County Home Demonstration Agent and
the teachers cooperating would make
a rousing fair, equal TO anything found
in the State.
The value of such a policy no enc can
estimate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-10-10
THE ADJUSTMENTS.

The out door attractions We're pleas
ing and amusing. The balloon man did
not get to the fair as promised, but the
great diver, wife and dog were present
| and pleased the public. His stunts were
great. The merry go.round," the
Ferris wheel, side shows, sellers of
| badges. balloons, horns. ETC., had their
admirers. and customers. Then the
restaurants and stands to Supply the
wants of the inner man" were here and
there. Their patrons got their moneys
worth. 1t looked to US, as we passed
around, that everybody was getting a
square deal. We heard no kicking or
fault finding. Everything moved along
like clock work
Taking into consideration that we are
living in war times. that a fearful!
epidemic is raging all around US, which
more or less alarms people and keeps
them close home, that many of the
farmers were busy threshing their buck
wheat, the far has been a remarkable
success.
President Henry Speicher and his as
sociateS in the management of the fair
deserve great praise for what they have
accomplished. surrounded by so many
| difficulties and discouraging conditions.
They took the risk and they have won
out. They have made a record which
means better and larger fairs in the tu.
ture.
One could not help but feel proud of
the showing Garrett county made last
| week. Nowhere in this great country
of ours has there been seen a more
orderly, well behaved. we'll dressed or
good looking crowd of home people, than
assembled in Oakland October. IA.
Not an arrest or cause for an arrest
| during the week.
Everybody was good natured. cheer
| full, friendly and hopeful. Handshaking
and cordial greetings all about you.
Everybody seemed to be trying to make
everybody else feel good and comfort
able.
The Kempton band captured every
body. They are splendid lot of boys
and girls, who have had good training,
not only in music, but in good behavior
as well. 1t is a remarkable band. a
product of Garrett county, in fact the
only band in the county. They are
youthful, but they are musicians. We
are not ashamed of them or their music.
They helped make the fair success.
They won the applause of those who
| listened ito the music day after day.
Their concert Thursday night drew a
crowded house and sent home well
pleased people. They were prize win
ners. The officers of the Fair Associa-
ton have the thanks OF the general
public for selecting our own Garrett
county hand as the musicians for Gar
rett county fair. Come again boys and
girls, you have welcome anywhere in
Garrett county you may want to go.
The County Agent Agriculture exhib-
it was educational and convincing.
The boys club of Grantsville, Accident,
McHenry, Loeb Lynn and Mountain
Lake Park had exhibits of what they
have been doing the past year, each
place occupying booth. Vegetables of
all kinds, neatly arranged, were on ex-
hibition. In one or two booths some
fruit was exhibited. The boys of Noun
tain Lake Park had for their motto,
Deeds, not words, our report"
Grantsville won Ist prize; Accident I'd
and Mountain Lake Park, Sd. Next
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-10-10
PUBLIC SALE
OF
Personal Property

will offer at public auction at the
Joel Brenneman Farm, located two
miles south of Bittinger, Md, on
Tuesday, October %, 1918,
beginning at the hour of one o'clock P.
NJ, all Of the following described per-
sonal property:
One Hay Rake. Cutting Box, l four
year old black Colt, weighing 1900 lbs;
l two year old bay Colt, two-year old
Durham Bull, Milk Cows, 10 head
two-year old Cattle, head Yearlings,
head Calves, 80 head good stock
Ewes, l Shropshire Buck, weighing $50
lbs; head Berkshire Hogs, Berk-
shire Brood Sow and Pigs, 300 bu.
Buckwheat, 200 bu. Oats, Potatoes and
Apples by the bushel, Hay and Straw.
TERMS OF SALE-All sums under SO
cash on day of sale. On sums above $40
credit Of six months will be extended
on interest bearing note with approved
security. Improperly to be removed
until terms of Sale are complied with.
DENNIS BRENNEMAN,
Bittinger, Md.