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"GIVE NO USEFUL GIFTS" is THE
WATCHWORD EVERYWHERE
THIS CHRISTMAS

What would be more useful in the
home than telephone? This year 10y
al people will appreciate the gift that
carries the spirit of wartime Christ
mas. The telephone is a gift for all
the family, is never sick works day
and night in all kinds of weather, rain
snow or storm. Give her years sub
scription to telephone service, or II
she already has one, give her an extern
sion phone, you have no idea how
many it would save her and she will
think of you every time she uses 1t, I
The telephone service belongs to
Uncle Sam, make your gift serve a i
triple purpose by serving your Gov
eminent, your friend and Yourself,
For information concerning rates CALI
Contract Department No. 100.
MaySville Telephone Co
(IncOrpOrated)
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own neglect in providing ocean
transportation for her ow ntrade. To
this end the people of the United
States are preparing to develop trans
portation on their own trade routes,
without disturbing the trade or rights
Of other nations. And they, further
more, hope that the American mer-
chant marine will play large part in
bringing the neighboring democracies
of the American hemisphere closer to-
Gether.
Suggestions of selfish motives will
e course, be circulated in connection
with the feet we are building Every
nation lined up against autocracy can
be depended upon to detect the source
Of such suggestions and discount them
and maintain the solid line for demo-
crazy and humanity till the end.
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ALL OVER But THE SHOUTING

Europe no longer resounds with the
roar of cannon, of high explosive
shells and bombs, the rattle of ma
chine guns, the tumult of battle and
the groans of the wounded.
Only here and there where the
struggle for control is transient and
temporary is there disorder of any
consequence.
Germany is in utter collapse. Her
armies are scattered and broken. Her
feet is either surrendered or power
less. Her treasures are well-nigh
empty, her granaries exhausted, her
people face to face with grim want.
Turkey is no her knees for the first
time in years, utterly tanned, sincere
ly chastened. Begging for mercy.
Rulers that one time held the lives
of their subjects in their hands are
either in exile or wholly satisfied to
be allowed to live.
War is ended. 1t is all over but
the shouting.
Yet civilization dare not raise its
voice in over-rejoincing until some
semblance of governmental order is re-
stored in these battered lands. And If
this is not speedily brought about thru
their own efforts these people must
be subjected to influence of the force
full sort.
War conditions cannot be suffered
to endure now that peace is declared,
Uncle Sans obligation to that end
is one and the same with that of his
allies. He must do his full part in
the restoration, the guaranteeing OF
humanity to the shaken civilization of
Europe.
And you and |, children Of Uncle
Sans favor, must do our part also.
We must shortly buy some more Of
his Liberty Bonds,
They will pay the price OF reclama-
ton.
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CONSTIPATION
And Sour Stomach Caused This
Lady Much Suffering. Black
Draught Relieved.

Meadorsville, Ky.-Mrs. Pearl Pat.
rick, of this place, writes: II was
very constipated. l had sour stomach
and was so uncomfortable. I went to
the doctor. He gave me some pills.
They weakened me and seemed to
tear up my digestion. They would
grippe me and afterwards 1t seemed
/ was more eonstipated than before.
heard Of Black-Draught and de-
cided to try It I found 1t Just what
needed It was an easy laxative, and
not bad to swallow. My digestion soon
improved. got we'll Of the sour stom-
ach, my bowels soon seemed normal.
no more gripping, and I would take
dose now and then, and was in good
shape.
cannot say too much for Black
Draught for 1t is the finest laxative
one can use."
Thedford's Black-Draught has for
many years been found Of great value
in the treatment Of stomach, liver and
bowel troubles. Easy to take, gentle
and reliable IN its action, leaving no
bad after-effects, 1t has won the praise
OF Thousands Of people who have ueed
4 NC-135
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9 G 9 G G C g C G GO
= LETTERS FROM OUR SOL y
!. DIERS i.
!. i. i. !. i. !. i. X i. i. X !. !

Mrs. Jennie Turner is In receipt of
the following letter from her husband,
Sergeant John Turner now in France
with the A. f. F.:
Somewhere in France, Oct. 10, 1918,
IRIS. Jessie Turner.
Dear Wife:
Just a few lines to let you, and the
rJlks know at home that | am still
n the land of living, and getting along
nicely. | trust that you, and all the
lest of the family are well. | sure
would like to have letter from home,
how l would enjoy reading it. I CHESS
will get one before long as | know
here is one on the road some where,
but it takes some time for us to get
them after we first land over here.
This is Saturday night and l can pic
ture old Market street Well I hope
to be walking up and down the old
city before this time next year, Of
course it's just how Uncle Sam feels
about the matter.
This sure is a pretty country over
here, and the people all treat us so
nicely. | have seen wonders.
wouldn't take anything for the expert
ence ! have already had, and what
have learned, and to the boys that
don't get any farther than the camps
in the U. S. will have to get back and
sit down and listen to us talk when
we return. know you are keeping
up with Old Bill Kaiser's fake peace
terms, at least that is what l call
them. We are here to give him some
of the Black DEVILS medicine, which
think will do him good. So you can
tell the folks at home that my Regi-
ment is known as the BLACK Devils.
Our motto is "Do and do it right now.
l haven't been going about camp at
all, as I am kept very busy here of
late l have 318 men to feed, so to see
that everything is kept clean and their
meals on time I am kept very busy.
Love to all the folks at home, will
write again soon.
Your husband,
SERGT. JOHN TURNER.
S14 Pin. Inf, Co. B,
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CURIOUS EVIDENCE OF
GERMAN PROPAGANDA
Dropped Over British Lines TO Aid
German Peace Drive.

Edward N Hurley, Chairman of the
United States Shipping Board has re-
Gently received from the fighting front
a pamphlet dropped by German
bombing machine as it flew across the
English lines somewhere in France.
The officer who mailed the piece of
German propaganda to Chairman Hur-
ley evidently picked it up about Oc-
tober when the Germans first
launched their Peace Drive" The
evident purpose of the enemy was to
spread distrust of America by false
reports of the spirit behind the work
of the Shipping Board.
This is what the leaflet said:
The American Peril
Have you read the Liverpool Jour
nal of Commerce of July Goth? Well,
this paper publishes a leader under
the alarming heading: Our desper-
ate position" the following extract of
which will interest you: CONNER
cially our position is desperate. There
is no doubt about it. 1t is perfectly
plain that, unless something uneXpect-
ed happens, we shall sink into the po-
sition of a second-rate Power. The
blame for it is on the present and
past governments, who have ignored,
and are still flouting, the commercial
community and its interests. Govern
ment officials, when the matter is put
before them, will nearly always end
up by saying something of this ma
ture: We'll, after all, our first bust
ness of the War Office and the Ad-
miralty to bring the war to a satisfac-
tory conclusion as soon as possible,
but it is not legitimately within their
province to hamper commerce, with
results they do not foresee, but which
are running our chances of retaining
our overseas trade. The Americans
are after it. Read the report of the
speech of Mr.. Hurley in the issue of
July 18th. He does not veil his pro-
posals. America is building her vast
mercantile marine-first, to transport
troops and material for the war, and
then to attach our trade in China, the
East, our Colonies, Russia, and South
Ap,or;on opd doubt1ocS othor ,,loras
Her new lines of steamers are already
running to ports where the trade was
fostered by us and is by every right
ours. All this is brought about by the
supineness and Grass stupidity of oul
ministers, and their nominees, tc
whom we pay princely salaries, ant
who are giving us away. Does Mr.
Lloyd George see that we are going tC
the wall! 1t is doubtful. What is the
use of winning the war at the expense
." -" rom,ro-ce. and On that the
Americans cellar Il? Are we to be
content with an 'entrepot" trade, oul
manufacturers killed by America; ant
shall our living be taking in eacr
others washing" for that is all We
shall have left unless there is an al
iteration Immediately. II will be sur
prising if our people stand it mucf
longer"
So far the Journal of Commerce. /
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,hcsapeake & Ohio Ry,

Schedule subject 10 CT anne Sth0uI nnticE
Effective Sunday, November II, 1918.
EastbOund
No. 8 9:4s a. m, daily.
No. Q 1855 p. M, daily.
No. 16 200 p. m, daily, except
Sundays.
No IS S:25 p. M, daily except
Sundays.
No. 4 8:55 p. NJ, daily.
No. 9:45 p. m, Mail and Ex-
press only.
WestbOund
No. 1920 a. M, Mail and Ex-
press only.
No. s 1854 a. M, daily.
No. 10 5:25 a. m, daily except
Sundays.
No. II 10000 a. m. (arrives) daily
except Sundays.
No. 8 3:47 p. m, daily.
No. 4:50 D. M, daily.
W, W wIKoFF, Agent.
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EXTENSION SERVICE
HAS Big GROWTH
SECRETARY REPORTS
Secretary of Agriculture Tells Of
County Agent Work and Other Ex-
tension Service Growth in
Annual Report.

Washington, December 1T has
been amply demonstrated, Secretary
of Agriculture Houston says in his an
nual report issued today that the most
effective means of getting information
to farmers and their families and OF
securing application of the best scien-
tifc and practical processes Is thru
the direct touch of well-trained men
and women.
The wartime growth of the agricul-
tural extension service was made pos
sible by emergency appropriations
and was brought about through active
steps by the department in coopera-
ton with the State colleges. In April
1917, when this Nation entered the
war. 2149 men and women were en-
ployed in county, INSTRUMENTATION
and boys and girls club work, dis
tributed as follows: County agent
work, 1,461; home-demonstration
work, 545 boys and girls club work
40. In November of this year the
nuhber had increased to 5,21S, of
which 1913 belong to the regular star
and 37O5 to the. emergency force
There were 1882 in the county agent
service, 1,724 in the home-demonstra-
ton work. and 762 in the boys and
girls club activities. This does not
include the large number of special
lists assigned by the department and
the colleges to aid the extension work
ers in the field and to supplement
their efforts.
at would be almost easier to tell
what these men and women did not do
than to indicate the variety and extent
of their operations" says the Secre-
tary. "They have not only actively
labored to further the plans for in
creased economical production along
all lines and carried to the rural pop
ulation the latest and best informa-
ton bearing on agriculture, but also
to secure the conservation OF toods
and feeds on the farm; and, in addi-
ton, many of them have aided in tho
task of promoting the better utiliZa'
ton of food products in the cities
They constitute the only Federal ma
chinery in intimate touch with the
millions of people in the farming dis
tricts They have, therefore, been able
to render great service to otha'
branches of the Government, such q,
the Treasury in its Liberty Loan cam
paicns, the Red Cross, the YOUNG
Mems Christian Association, and 9th
er organizations in their war actiritie!
and the Food Administration in it,
special Ia KS
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PRICES Soc TO $50. War Tax Added

hits the mark. Isn't 1t foolish to stay
in this war for the sole benefit of the
United States? 1t is plain that Amer
lea won't be satisfied with Germany's
downfall but actually aims at controll-
ing the worlds commerce. She points
at Germany but Is ready to incidental
ly ruin England too, in fact, she pre-
pares to suck the marrow out Of the
whole of Europe. World-domination,
that's what America is after. An eX-
hausted and empoverished Europe will
make the United States the ruler Of
the world. At any rate. after the war,
America will be the most powerful
and pitiless competitor England ever
had.
Therefore, come to an undertaking
with Germany before it is too late.
Only the United States have something
to gain by continuing the war"
With prophetic vision Mr.. Hurley
long ago saw signs of any enemy at
tack upon our motives for upbuilding
our merchant marine. AS Chairman
of the Shipping Board as late as last
August he restated the broad aims of
America and her shipbuilders. His
statement was a complete answer to
any and all efforts of enemy propa-
ganda along this line
Chairman Hurley again referred to
this statement as the best answer to
stories spread by the enemy similar
to the one contained in the pamphlet
dropped by a German aviator as he
flew over the British lines. 1t fol-
lows:
ITO carry out her great military
program America is building a large
fleet of transports and food ships. At
ter the war this merchant marine will
be used in Americas enormous ocean
carrying trade.
at is to be expected that enemy pro-
pagandists should endeavor to use this
American merchant fleet as basis for
arousing distrust between the Allies.
Guarantees of fair dealing in this
matter are found in Americas unself-
ish policy in fighting for democracy,
in President Wilson's devotion to the
cause of humanity, and also in Amer
ica's past record.
NJ,
to the world that the people of the
United States are not fighting for the
parmenency of their own liberty alone
but for the liberty of civilization ev-
erywhere. 1t is unthinkable that ma
ton fighting shoulder to shoulder with
other great democracies should, after
the war, turn its resources against
them for trade conquests of the very
kind which were largely instrumental
in bringing on the war. If our ships
do not bring prosperity to our neigh.
bors as well as to ourselves, our own
pride in the achievement will be di.
unfinished. Our ships will be operated
after the war upon principles which
recognize human and national rights
and equities. This is a part of the
consisting policy of President Wilson
1t is made plain in his public state
ments. 1t is also plain in the history
of the United States, which is free
from selfish aggression in either ter.
ritory or trade.
an building her merchant fleet
America plans first of all to win the
/ war, and after that to overcome hel
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A fellow doesn't have to tie a string
around his finger 10 remind himself
that his hands are tied.
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RAILROAD TKdE TABLE
lY M ~ |lIsi1at;

Time table effective Sunday Feb
ruary 10th.
No. II leaves Maysville SOS a. m,
daily except Sunday.
No. leaves Maysville 1885 p. m.
except Sunday.
No. 200 leaves Maysville 4:1O p. m.
Sunday only.
No. 10 arrives in Maysville 9:45 O.
m.' daily except Sunday.
No. 210 arrives in Maysville 2:35 D.
IN, Sunday only.
No. 16 arrives in Maysville $3.50 D.
m, daily except Sunday.
H. 8. ELLIS, Agent.
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MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE

FOur-rOom dwelling In good cOndl.
iIOn ON Third street near Wood. Has
gas, water and necessary outbuildlngs
on lot ssx1O7. Hurry up and sec
ThOs. J.. Evan A. Co. 2O-tf
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SCARCITY OF CALENDARS HERE
THIS YEAR

Usually at this season or the year
a large number of the local merchants
are distributing among their friends
and customers beautifully Autograph
ed calendars for the approaching New
Year but this year there is a marked
shortage OF calendars because of the
very high price charged for them and
II Is thought that very few Maysville
firms will Issue calendars this year
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TRY Ledger Want Ad. It PAYS.
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Been Going for One-Third Of a Century

Singers Dancers, Specialists Musicians
symphony Orchestra william Walters Golden
South White Billy Clark, Hcaey
Roinha Harry Flman, Ken ROdy
Palmer Harry Gilbert Arthur Kay,
HILL Frank Miller, VIM OBrien,
Ed Kennedy A. e. Marcum Thomas Sheppard,
Francis BILLY Mack
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Now that the war is over it may be
permissible to say that some of those
socks the girls used to knit were all
wool and a yard wide.
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Curiously enough it's when thing
Is a go we feel it has come to stay
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Begging for the core would seem to
indicate that the Cerma,: cOiors arc
really yellow.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-09-27
FOULBROOD is CAUSE
OF BIG BEE LOSSES
Symptoms and Measures for
Control of European Variety.
When Strong Colonies Headed by Wig
orous Queens of Resistant Stock
Are Present MaIady Makes
Little If Any Trouble.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agrieulture.)
European foulbrood-a disease of
the brood of bees which has caused
great losses to American beekeepers-
is often confused with American foul
brood, though it is distinct disease
and requires different methods of
treatment. That beekeepers may be-
come familiar with the symptoms and
measures for control of European foul
brood, the United States department
of agriculture has just published
farmers bulletin 975, ''The Control Of
European Foulbrood." When strong
colonies headed by vigorous queens of
resistant stock are present, this malady
will usually make little, if any, head
way, according to the bulletin. If the
disease appears because of an absence
of some of these precautions certain
remedial measures described in the
bulletin, should be put into practice.
Symptoms of European foulbrood
are variable, color being perhaps the
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most constant symptom. The earliest
indications of the disease are a slight
yellow or gray discoloration, and the
uneasy movement of the larva in the
cell. AS the decay of the infected cells
proceeds the color changes to a decided
yellow or gray. A symptom of the
greatest Importance is the fact that
the disease attacks drone and queen
larvae nearly as quickly as those of
the workers. The disease is very in
fictitious at times, but it weakens
rather than kills the colonies. If the
colony is strong it can usually with
stand an attack of European foul
brood, and will clean up the diseased
cells. But where the disease is per-
sistent, and the bees are not able to
move the queen and strengthen the
colony by combining the bees from two
hives, and after all trace of disease
has disappeared give the colony
young vigorous Italian queen of re-
sistant stock. A queen whose colony
becomes badly infected is rarely of any
value and should be killed. Further
details for the prevention and eradica-
ton of European foulbrood are con-
tanned in the bulletin referred to, a
copy of which can be obtained so long
as the supply lasts by applying to the
United States department of agricul-
ture, Washington.
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prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Progressive stock raisers are fight
ing a winning battle with the blood
sucking cattle fever ticks in Okla
homa. Through their effective coop
Grafton with the United States depart
ment Of agriculture and the live stock
sanitary board of Oklahoma in dip
ping cattle, it is expected that % coun-
ties will be released from quarantine
December /, 1918. During May there
were 987 dipping watts available and
there were SS9,144 clippings of cattle.
During June 995 dipping watts were
available and there were 81, 283 dip
pings of cattle. The Oklahoma state
council Of defense firmly indorses the
cattle tick campaign as a food con-
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work for me and / know it will help
Others If they will give it . fair trial. !"
Mrs. LIZZIE COURTNEY, 108 9Th Ave.s
West, Osksloosa, Iowa.
Why will women drag along from day
TO day, year in and year out, suffering
such misery as did Mrs. Courtney, when
such letters as this are continually being
published. o Every woman who suffers
from displacements, Irregularities, in.
fiammation, liberation, backache. ner.
vousness, or who is passing through the
Change Of Life should give this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia p. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound, q trial. For
special advice write Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The result
of its long experience is at your service.
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Lemon Juice
For FreckIes
Girls! Make beauty lotion at
home for few cents. Try 1t!

Squeeze the juice of two lemons into
Al bottle containing three ounces Of
archard white, shake well, and you
ne quarter pint of the best freckle,
Burn and tan lotion, and complex
whitener, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces of orchard white
.or few cents. Massage this sweetly
fragrant lotion into the face, neck,
arms and hands and see how freckles,
sunburn and tan disappear and how
clear, soft and white the skin becomes.
Yes! It is harmless.-Adv.
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Food Conservation Measure.

state.
Food Conservation Measure.
In a statement just issued by the
Oklahoma state council Of defense
this body goes on record as regarding
the eradication of cattle tick, which
conveys a disease which kills thou
sands of beef-producing animals and
makes scrubs of all in a quarantine
area, a most important food conserva-
ton measure. At a meeting of the
council a resolution was passed direct
ing county councils to indorse the
action of the state and federal agents
in every way possible. 1t is hoped, the
statement says, that no misguided citi-
zen, for reasons which may appear
to him of personal Importance, will in
any way lend himself to the creation
Of any opposition to this important