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The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1918-04-12
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DUCKTOWN. TENN, APRIL IL, 1918.
ANNOUNCEMENT COLUMN.
MATTER UNDER THIS HEADING MUST
BE PAID FOR IN ADVANCE.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

| hereby announce myself as candi-
date for Attorney-General for the Fourth
Judicial District of Tennessee, subject to
the will Of the people at the poll at the
August election.
am a Democrat, having been elected
to the present Legislature as the nominee
of my party from Monroe county which is
Republican county, any how good made
my trust is an open book TO all. | will
appreciate the vote and influence of all
parties and factions and, if elected, |
pledge myself to deal honestly and fairly
with all classes alike in the administration
Of the duties of my office, regardless of
party affiliation, social standing or other
wise. Yours verV trulv,
N. NJ. MCDANIEL.
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1918-04-12
COULD HARDLY
STAND ALONE
Terrible Suffering From Headache,
Sideache, Backache, and Weak
ness, Relieved by Cardui,
Says This Texas Lady.

Gonzales, Tex Mrs. Minnie Phil
pot, of this place, writes: "Five years
ago was taken with a pain In my
left side. 1t was right under my
left RIB. It would commence with an
aching and extend up into my left
shoulder and on down into my back.
BY that time the pain would be 30
severe would have to take to bed,
and suffered usually about three days
~ suffered this way for three years.
and got to be a mere skeleton and was
so weak I could hardly stand alone,
Was not able to go anywhere and had
to let my house work CO.. | suffered
awful with a pain in my back and
had the headache all the time. | just
was unable to do a thing. My life
was a misery, my stomach got in an
awful condition, caused from taking
30 much medicine. suffered SO much
pain. I had just about given up all
hopes Of our getting anything to help
me.
One day a Birthday Almanac was
thrown in my yard. After reading
its testimonials / decided to try Car
dui, and am so thankful that did,
for began to improve when on the
second bottle. II am now a we'll
woman and feeling fine and the cure
has been permanent for 1t has been
two years since my awful bad health.
I will always praise and recommend
Cardui." Try Cardui today. Z "a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
TELLS ITS OWN STORY

From Stars and Stripes, France.
 There is a hotel in France which is much frequented by men of the A. P. F., generally transents, who stop there be- tween train journeys to enjoy their first sleep in real beds in many months, to eat dinner and breakfast off real table cloth, an1 to taste the nearest approxI- mation tc the comforts of an American home which the Young Mems Christian association can give
 In the reading room of the hotel Is a guest book, on the cover of which IS notice bidding the reader write his name and happy thought within.
 What are these happy thoughts? Bright linese Home town boosts? The old fan,iliar autograph album humor? Many of them are. but at least every other one reads very much like this:
 God bless the women of America who have come over here to help us
 stand us face to face, and We aren very sentimental. We aren't given to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
To Prevent Seed
 Scarcity Scare

~ ARDEN SPECIALIST c. l.. SJ ISBELL of Auburn tells us that at present there does not seem to be enough garden seeds of various kinds to supply the demand. The scarcity has become so serious that "some seed houses are already refusing to answer letters of inquiry"
 It is believed that this shortage will be even more acute in 1919 unless gardeners and farmers save their own seeds.
 As MT. Isbell points out, the major part of our garden seeds in the past were imported from European coun- tries, and since this is impossible now, saving of seed should receive more consideration this year than ever be- fore.
 'It is a fairly easy matter to save garden seeds" says Mir. IsbelI, land requires little extra time, but the time to begin is now, not after your best vegetables have been eaten or canned. | If you are in doubt as to the best methods to use in saving seed from any particular vegetable, literature may be had from the department of agriculture, Washington, D. C., or from the department of horticulture at Auburn. This literature is free on request. Why not use it and little of your spare time and practical ex- perience in growing fall gardens and saving your own seeds 2"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
ONE MOTHERS LETTER
Executive Mansion, washington.

Executive Mansion, Washington,
 November 2l, 1864. Mrs. Bixby, Boston, Massachusetts.
 Dear Madam-I have been shown in the files of the war department a state- ment of the adjutant general of Massa- chusetts, that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the Held of battle. l feel how weak ami fruitless must be any words of mlne which should attempt to beguile yoa rom your grief for loss so overwhelm- ing. But cannot refrain from tenderins to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. l pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and losr. and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
 Yours very sincerely and respectfully.
 ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
TWO OF A KIND

From the New York Evening Post. Every man examined at Camp Mo Clellan, Anniston, Ala, is asked what his business was before entering the army. For some reason this duty is intrusted to the examining doctor.
 And what was your business befo 6 you gave your services to Uncle sam, he inquired of one smiling recruit
 T was an undertaken" came the reply.
 What made you take up that bus,- ness?' snapped the doctor
 I'll answer that question: replied the soldier, If you will answer one question for me-
 Co ahead" said the doctor
 What made you go in for doctoringY'' Blessed if I know admitted the M. D.
 That's the way with me, replied the former undertaken
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
Save and Help
 Win Glorious Victory

THE President of the United
 0 States and the governor of each
 state have, by proclamation, set
 aside June 2S as the day for the great
 War Savings drive.
 President Wilson asks every man,
 woman and child to give pledge to
 save between now and then and in- vest the money thus saved in War Savings Stamps.
 If there is a generous response to the appeal large percentage of the
 two billions sought will be in sight on the 2Sth. And surely by Christmas the entire amount should be realized. Every school district in Alabama is organized for active canvassing. There are about five thousand such
 districts and on the day of the drive la war savings meeting will be held lin each of them. Five thousand meet lings in Alabama on the same day for patriotic purposes should set the whole lstate aflame.
 Certain it is that every district will be expected to do it's best in the mat ter of raising money by the sale of Baby Bonds. No one is asked to give anything; only to invest in govern jment securities paying good rate of interest. Let's all work for the drive! :* * 2. Joseph Mccoy, member of we'll known family cl feudists. has been sentenced to a life term in the Kentucky penitentiary
 for killing member of the opposition We hazard the prediction that Joseph , will live longer in prison than he would If he were at large and exposed to the gunfire of his enemies. * # # ] As a striking example of international team work can anything equal the spec
 tacle of American soldiers hurriediy
 loaded into French motor trucks anu
 driven to the front by Chinese chaur- feurs?
 1 Those comical speeches the Kaiser
 makes frc,n time to time relieve the
 tension under which the allies are la boring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
THE BARD AND THE KAISER

ueber ATes'' could be substituted.
 But Herr Hauptmanns troubles con tinue In King John" he will encoun- ter this passage, written by that we'll known German poet, Wilhelm Shakes peare:
 ''Ths England never did. nor never
 shall,
 Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror.''
 Of course, it is possible that "kultur" may here fasten the rule of the double negative on the poor bard, and with tns cold logic of philology attribute to thu guileless Shakespeare a prophetic vision of the -Teutonic heel on England's necA. But Shakespeare, unfortunately for tue Kaiser's National Edition" did not think much of the German He never went to German sources for his insp.r- ation, and when he brings 3 German into his plays he gives him scant consfdera- ton. Ever the judicial "Portia' loses something of the playful levity with which she discusses her suitors, when "Nerissa' asks How like you ine yours German?" ,
 "ye-y vilely in the morning. when he is sober. and most vilely in the after noon, when he is drunk. When he IS best, he is little worse than a man, aud when he is worst he is little better than a beast.'
 But Herr Hauptmann and the kulturhI circle will not be without comfort in edit ing Shakespeare. There live not three good men unhanged in England and ons of them IS fat and grows old" cries the genial '.Falstaff.' Therefore an iron cross for ''Falstaff.'' And why not? The fat knight was one of the greatest pacifists of his day. His playing dead" at Shrewsbury and his aversion to Ego ing to the wars prove it. But we can imagine what even the fat knight would do with an iron cross. For all his ma lingering he was an Englishman, and his wit and humor savor indubitably cf England.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
LUKE M,LuKE SAYS

l And Judging from past performances there won't be such heluva difference i between the September Morn and tre
 July Afternoon costumes. 1 Why is it that when you have th,ae umbrellas they are always at the other
 end of the route every time it rains? 1 Anyway, you do not have to discover F your cwn mistakes. Your friends will io that for you.
 What has become of the old-fashioned dollar that went further because it did not SC so fast? 1 Slavery never was abolished in this country. The two greatest slave own CTS are John Barleycorn and Dame Fashion.
 Other men could do it. But it would
 not pay dentist to advertise that he spares no pains to make his work sat isfactory.
 Here is little advice to married wom- CT. Paste 1t up where she'll see if. Where ignorance is bliss. 'tis folly to have eyes.
 The trouble about this life is that bv the time q man is old enough to know better he is too old to do better When you are on your way to her home, young man, always remember that a girl is whole lot sweeter after she has eaten a pound box of candy. The one best bet we know of right now | is that q woman is always older than she thinks she looks. | We are all willing to forgive the man who makes fool of himself But we are never willing to forgive the man who
 makes a fool of us. 1 The man who spends hours in prayer l and noshing in charity is wasting his ! time. The Lord isn't paying any atten- l tion to his prayers. Before he marries he figures that he will stay home all the time because ot its attractions. But after he marries he
 stays away from home because of it's
 distractions.
 l A lucky man is one whose digestion is so sound that he imagines he has a
 stomach merely for the purpose of hold
 ing his pants up.
 l A fat man complains because he has l to shave himself every second day. But | If he had to put on a corset every day
 he would know what real trouble is. l A man confines his worrying to his own affairs. But a woman has to worry for herself, her husband her children, her neishbor, her town. her county and
 her state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 IT H PON one question the Kaiser's en- (O mics and admirers agree-his e.
 centric individuality. His ego becomes dizzy with the heights of power, and he is as Ike to sponsor an opera or give to his people a martial work O. art of which he has been the inspiration, the bleodiest hour of the conflict which Prussian mi,itarism has precipitated. the Kaiser pauses long enough to order
 ,National Edition of the works of Shakespeare. As Patron of Arts" he has commanded Gerhard Hauptmann to write a preface, and Herr Hauptmann has responded with a volume entitled. Visions"
 But Herr Hauptmann and his collabor- ating editors will have their difficulties. They can turn up the bards mustaclles and give him Teutonically martial ap- rea, ance, but what will they do with the
 text? Shakespeare may be regarded by Germans as more German than Eng lish. If so, such classification must corae under Herr Hauptmann's "Visions." tos Shakespeare loved his England, and above every other poet was he English. Will this passage from "Richard H." ne deleted by Censor Hauptmann?
 This royal throne of kings. this scep- tired isle,
 This earth ot majesty, this seat of Mars. This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for her. |, self
 Against infection and the hand of war. This happy breed of men, this little world,
 This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a 1noat defensive to house, Against the envy of less happier lands This blessed plot, this earth, this realm' this England"
 It is possible that for this eulogy of England, Herr Haptmann could introduce ditty of his own entitled, "Gott Strafe Engla nd.' or, perhaps, "Deutschian'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
Raise the Price

Along with the other presidents of the State Normal schools" said pr. Henry J. Willingham, q was sorry that at our board meeting held recently in Montgomery that it was necessary to raise the price of table board and room rent from s15 to s17 per month, or $50 the quarter, to meet the increased cost of living The Florence Normal, under my care. and the Jacksonville one, over which pr. c. w. Daugette presides. have been more radically effected than the others because of the very great activity of the government in their vi- entities. The families of officers and soldiers have been willing to pay such nigh prices for accommodation that the students who could not find place In the dormitories were shut out of the private homes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
Famous Correspondent
 Is Wounded in Action

66@AFETY FIRST" is never the slo- G gan of war correspondent
 worthy of the name, yet as rule he
 sticks to his typewriter and does not engage in active warfare, unlike Floyd Gibbons, correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, with the American army in France, who went lover the top with the American troops near Chateau Thierry and was seriously wounded by machine gun fire. A bullet fractured his skull and he may lose one eye.
 On his way to Europe to ''cover" the great war, Gibbons travelled in the liner Laconia, which was torpedoed with heavy loss of life. "Get the story" is second nature with an experi- enced newspaper man. As soon as he reached the British coast Gibbons cabled an account of the disaster which attracted national attention and was conceded to be. masterpiece of graphic newspaper writing.
 It is stated that Gibbons composed his "story" while pulling an oar for eight hours and helping to save women and children. This, however, is prob- ably erroneous, as seasoned reporters do not compose" They absorb a "story" at every pore and when they get to typewriter it writes itself, as fast as they can pound the machine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
COL. BERrRAM T. CLAYTON

TC the Editor of the New York Times:
 Just to show the great heart of this man laid low by the Huns, man trained as he was for the highest type of sol dier, possessed the tender thoughtfulness of woman.
 On June F, one year ago, Colonel Clay ton, with number of his classmates or 1sS6 gathered together for their annual class dinner at the West Point Military academy He proposed that they collect all the flowers on the banquet table ana place them on the grave of the late Capt George J. Godfrey. who lies peacefully sleeping in the cemetery nearby
 Up to that time Captain Godfrey was the only man in the class of 'S6 killed in action"
 The next morning before his breakfast Colonel Clayton rushed up to the ceme- terry to see personally that everything would be in order at the grave, and there he invited not only his own class mates, but many of those of other years to assist at their loving tribute to heroic classmate.
 About Il o'clock Colonel Clayton and his friends arrived. Five motor cars of men with arms laden with flowers, with which each man covered Teddy" God frey's grave.
 This is but one sample of Colonel Clay tons lovable qualities and thought for others, and has made him one of the most loved officers in our army--a kind Ily. courteous southern gentleman, the secondsman in his class-lSSc-to be killed in action. A CLASSMATES SISTER.
 New York, June :, 1918.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11

The fact that we are not hearing much from Charley schwab these days is a good indication that ships are slipping into the sea with gratifying speed ana regularity.
 The fellow who used to dispense sott drinks at the corner drug store is now somewhere in France" dispensing gas. hand grenades. bombs and rifle bullets to the Boche That's the life!
 * % T That captain of whaler who claims to have talked a U-boat commander out of sinking his ship could doubtless spin a gripping yarn of adventures in the far north
 Congressmen who claim that empty whisky bottles found in the House office building contained gasoline merely bring smile to the face of the bootlegger.
 < Anecdotes of southern negroes are drifting hack from the firing line in France. Their unfailing humor is help ing to pu. 9 grin in the fight.
 + # x A German shell gets to Paris occa- sionally, but the only way a German soldier gets there is in the custody Of one or moro Frenchmen.
 < * * So far as Zeebrugge is concerned. Mother Nature is cooperating with Britannia, by depositing silt at the en- trance to the harbor
 < * x Gen. Foch, who says decisive attack is the keystone of battle, is believed to have something of the sort in fine state of preparedness
 < * The American campaign hat has been found unsuited for trench warfare. IL is the ideal headgear for service along the Mexican border Y
 $ # * It may make pretty Red Cross nurse tired to te compelled to wear gas mask, but she does it, just the same.
 T ]; # At the hour of going to press Paris was tranquil and New York was pearins up we'll under the U-boat menace.
 .s F < The facr that the mercury is soaring skywarl Is no longer accepted as an excuse for idleness
 i: $ < Congress is beginning to think that and kind of vacation is better than none at all.
 # # x In the meantime, is anybody biddins for the Romanoff jewels?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
Shortage of Cattle

"0ne-third of all the cattle slaugh- tered in the United States in 1917 were cows" said w s. Moughon, local man. ager for Armour and company. at a luncheon at the Tutwiler hotel yes terday This compares with per cent in the year 1916, which was about the average Tor number of years The great increase in the nuin- Der of cows slaughtered is accounted for on the ground that feedstuffs were so high. that the farmers found it cheaper to sell them than to keep them for breeding purposes. The world g shortage of cattle is 115,00o,0o 900 head notwithstanding the fact that there has been large increase in the United States"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
EXPELLED rEuroNIA

From the Kansas City Times. Alter biting off slavonic ear in the first act, throwing her off the bridge in the second, kicking her in the eye in the third. Germany now exclaims as the curtain rises on the fourth, Why d., you not love me, Russian"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
HEATHEN AND HUN

Frank L. Stanton. in the Atlanta Con- stitutioa- m The heather of the hovel, By savage shore, Heard the cry for shelter From the dying at his door,,
 The crying
 Of the dying Of the foe that fought no more What hope to hail the heather, Who kneel to stocks and stones:'' Who worship gods of firc,- Shall he hear human moans?
 By the crying
 Of the dying Even a heathen-hovel owns. He glimesed no heaven-flashed signals In larkened ways he trod; No Light around him glimmered From Cross where died Gods
 Yet Mercy's light
 Illumed his Night And sanctified his sod. And the helpless shared his shelter: Not, ghostlike. did he creep, With dark and sudden dagger To slaughter them in sleep.
 NO WCl1 or Fate, .E
 With Hun-born Hate, And vulture-taloned sweep. The Christ shall claim the heathen Who. blind. yet do His will: Who hold dim hands with Mercys And Hell it's king shall Kill.
 For the hosts of God
 To the battle-sod Are lnarching- marching stiu!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
MUST HAVE BEEN JOKER

From the Rochester Democrat and
 Chronicle.
 Those 26 empty whisky bottles found by the janitor in the House office build ing at Washington must have been placed there by some inconsiderate joker. who was not aware how seriously sus- picion of whiskyg guzzling would compro- mise the regulations of statesmen from dry states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
THE CANDID nARBER

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Card of barber in Cawker City. Kan:
 "whiskers Trimmed in All Lang uages."
 Automatic Haircuts and Hydraulic Shampoos.
 Hospital in Connection.
 Gas and Chlorofom.
 No Charge for Ambulance.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
DETACHED.

That's the kind of neighbor to have" ''Yes7
 He doesn't take the slightest interest in anything that is going on around him- Gossip is foreign to his nature.8
 How do you account for such an at titude?%
 Hes an astronomer. His thoughts are on other worlds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
THE coLoNEL,s LITTLE .,oxn

From Stars and Stripes, France
 Along came the second lieutenant. whistling. whistling, whistling. Cadenzas he manipulated in the grandest cobra tura style.
 Along came the colonel.
 iieuteaant,' said the colonel, just because you're between gold bars is no reason to imagine yourself canary''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11

BEGINNING THE DAY-O great God, if we are deaf. speak to us through the inner ear, and make us glad with the revelation of Thy mysteries and with the tenderness of Thy voice. If we are blind, give us that better vision, which is not stopped by material nor bounded by mere horizons. Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
THEY GOT No rURrHER

From the Nashville trennessean.
 Americans are like champagne. said MT. Schwab to Lord Reading .and Enp. lishmen are like old claret.' "And botf have their merit, replied Lord Reading Right here prohibition interrupted the proper flow of civilities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11

The worthiness of praise distains his worth If that the prais'd himself bring the praise forth, But what the rip'ning enemy com mends, That breath fame follows; that praise, sole pure, transcends.
 -TroiIus and Cressida
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
SMALL SATISFACTION

From Stars and Stripes, France
 Another thing the army is developing is the vicarious smoke. Walter (,arde of Hartford just sent you lot of cigar cites through me-" writes a gluttonous doughboy. You will be glad to know that enjoyed every one of them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
THE STOMACH FOREVER.

From the Washington Star.
 The stomach has asserted it's rights to consideration as we'll as the brain. In general discussion simplified food has taken the place of simplified spelline
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
POLITICS IN ALABAMA

From the Nashville Banner
 glance through Alabama daily and weekly publications convinees us that President Wilson didn't have, the Here We Rest" state in mind when ne deciared that "politics is adiournea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-11
THE PERLIc PAYS

From the St. Louis Republic.
 The plumbers may have added 10 years to the average human life by installing sanitary appliances, but there is sus- picion that the public pays for 1t at card ratcx