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The Home news., 1918-07-12
HOT BREAKFAST FOOD
 SETS DOG HOUSE AFIRE

An absolutely unique way
 in which to set ones house afire has been discovered by North Littl Rock woman, Mrs. Frank Henderson, wife of a we'll known newspaper man. She started to crisp some
 breakfast food in the oven of the gas range. Leaving the contents in the pastboard box
 she set the breakfast food on the oven door which was open. She left the room for short time and her small son enter
 ing the kitchen soon after ward, doubtless in search of what all small boys seek in the kitchen, found the cereal
 smoking. He promptly grab bed the box and contents and threw them into the back yard The story would have ended right there except that the smoking breakfast food land ed in the dog house which had been bedded down in hay. In it's meteoric flight through the air the breakfast food burst into flames and when it alightd in tn dog house the canine occupant soon afterwards awoke, and thinking the Ger mans had taken Argenta, ut tered something that sounded like dog language for "Kam- erade" and beat a nasty re- treat for the back yard where there was comparatively safe hornets nest that he knew of where he could cool off. The family organized a volunteer fire department after the dog house was we'll on it's way to destruction and extinguished the fire before the dwelling ignited. AS an effectiveway to start fire this method is to be recommended over the old commonplace careless ways such as harboring a cracked chimney, papering over 1ue holes, using gasoline indoors and setting the family stove too near the woowork.
The Home news., 1918-07-12
From Justice of the Peace

w. H. Hill, J. F., Detroit, Texas, writes: 'I used Foley Kidney Pills and say unhesi- tatingly that of all I have used they are the best, and have done the work where the rest failed" Backache, rheumatic pains, sore muscles, stiff joints, and to frequent bladder action are symptoms of kidney trou- ble. Red Cross Drug Store. adv
The Home news., 1918-07-12

join our people in lending our hearty support to Mayor Me- Crory and Marshal Fully ln enforcing our traffic laws which will no doubt prevent someone being seriously hurt.
 one day by actual count, last year more than five hun dred vehicles alone passed along Edmund Avenue De-. tween Main and Second street and at time they av- eraged one every minute for more than an hour. With the many cars which our people have pur people have pur- chased since the above count was made, the traffic has be- come even greater and for the protection of life and property we again say we are glad the law is to be strictly enforced.
 The many automobilists who use our streets are very grate- full to Marshal J. G. Pulley for the needed repairs of walks at street crossings. Keep the good work going, Uncle John until every crossing is easily
 passed unobserved.
The Home news., 1918-07-12
To The. People of Arkansas:

Everybody uses artlhclal light and power but the Bu- reau of Conservation of the United States Fuel Admins tration warns the Public that they must not be misused. For light and power come from fuel, and fuel must not be wasted, as it is one of the great essentials for the winning of the war.
 General plans for the con- serv ation of light and power have been formulated, to be considered under the following heads:
 Elimination of uneconomi- cal isolated plants. A ton of coal burned in a large central station will produce at least four times as much electricity energy as if burned in the average small plant.
 The application of the skip stop to street railways and the regulation of car heating and lighting. Half the number of stops will save 10 to 15 per cent of power and many cities have adopted this system.
 Economy in utilization of mower and light in factories, in which many methods of con- servation are suggested.
 Utilization of excess water power and interconneciotn of power systems, opening up al- most limitless possibilities for future development.
 Limiting the production ot power to the most efficient plants available and cutting out the inefficient plants.
 Economy in the refrlgerat- ing and ice manufacturing ln- dustry, by reducing the num- Der of plants, producing white or opaque ice, and allottlng only a definite amount of coal to each plant.
 All unnecessary and merely ornamental lighting must be eliminated, now or later. This is patriotic duty.
 H. c. COUCH
 Fuel Administrator.
The Home news., 1918-07-12
FLIES NEVER BOTHER

In the summer flies worry an animal. Get a bottle of Paris Healing Remedy, costs but 50 cents, makes a pint worth $2.OO. Apply it to the wound. Flies will not bother it. Get it today. You may need it tomorrow. We sell it. Red Cross Drug store. adv.
The Home news., 1918-07-12

New tires cost money, old tires can be fixed, I guarantee my vulcanizing. Roger Fakes.
The Home news., 1918-07-12

Entered as second-class mat ter August 26. 1915, at the post office at McCrory, Ark, under rhe Act of March 3. 1879.
The Home news., 1918-07-12

T. J. Fakes returned We'd nesday from Denver, Colo.
The Washington times., 1918-08-01

In 1923 there'II be Just two kinds
of people. Those who DID invest
their SnvInEs I'm war savings stamps
and those who DIDN'T. To which
class are YOU going to belongP
The Washington times., 1918-08-01
NO ORIGINAL TUNES LEFT,
SAYS MUSICAL WRITER

at is indeed possible that there
are no really original tunes left"
remarks Elsa Fellows White in the
Musical Observer. Il venture the
assertion that there is no pleasing
melody within the compass. say, of
two octaves, that has not been used,
or suggested by some of the early
composers. From Peri to Puccini is
a far cry. In the course of three
prolific centuries 1t would seem that
the Italians alone have utilized prac-
tically all available melodious
themes. 1t would be interesting to
prove just how many satisfactory
combinations of notes exist within
a given compass. The stock OF COM
mon tunes has long since been ex-
hausted.
at is surprising to note how few
essential differences there are be-
tween many OF our well-known pop
ular airs. Condensed or boiled down,
they often amount to one and the
same thing. II the limitations Of
invention in simple melody could be
clearly defined, what Interesting
developments might ensue: among
other results, freedom of choice for
the composer. and freedom from an
xiety for the listener"
The Washington times., 1918-08-01
Musical instrument
Invented To Initiate
Hammering Of RiVeter

At q special request from the
United States Shipping Board,
Louis Paulero, of Petersburg, Va,
has invented an electric hammer
for the United States Marine Band
that initiates the noise made by
the driving OF rivets into ships
and boilers. Although this invent
tion was originally made for the
reproduction OF sounds in a shin
building plant it can also be used
to initiate the "pit-a-pat" OF 4 ma
chine gun. This new "riveter" will
now be put in use by all bands.
when playing a march that was
expressly composed for our army
OF shipbuilders.
The instrument is mounted on q
square steel plate, supported on
springs over a wooden base. The
drummer can operate the hammer
by pressing a button either with
one OF his hands or feet in order
to turn on an alternating current.
The adjustment OF a switch en-
ables the device to be tuned so as
to produce a tone that is high
and shrill or one that is low and
dull The new instrument was an
ear-splitting success in Sousa's
march. "The Volunteers" when it
was first played in a concert
given for the employees OF the
Shipping Board and the Emerg-
ency Fleet Corporation.
The Washington times., 1918-08-01
SINGING ARMY
WILL WIN WAR,
PASTORS VIEW

Keep up a merry heart. Laugh
your troubles away. Good cheer is
contagious. It's the singing army
that is going to win this world war.
and only the man with a merry heart
and a faith in his Maker and fellow
man will be successful"
With, such encouraging sentiments
as these. did Rev. DR.. Herbert F. RAN
dofph, OF Wilmington. Del, recently
arouse the spirits OF many in his
congregation who had become de-
pressed over the serious news from
abroad.
Times Of war require that we
should maintain a strong faith, a
resolute courage, and above all a
cheerful heart. The text says, a
merry heart doeth good like a medi-
cine. That the declaration is true is
accepted by everybody nowadays.
There Is . medicinal value in a mer-
ry heart. So strongly knit are we
OF flesh and spirit that the one Is
always reacting on the other. There
is the closest intercourse between
the unseen spirit and the material
organs OF the human Frame" said
DR.. Randolph.
Anxiety and worry" he continued.
The Washington times., 1918-08-01

Fascinating Muse whose
quaint and curious charm
levels the lofty to the un-
derstanding Of his neither
neighbor.-Kartrell.
The Washington times., 1918-08-01

"are the killjoys Of the world. The
greatest peril OF our days is that
we shall lose heart in the midst OF
the strife. We Americans are 30 ac-
customed to have things go our own
way that we are very apt to lose
heart under the sting of defeat II
we are to make successful war on
the Huns we must make great and
victorious war on worry. The mer-
ry heart is always the heroic heart;
It stands forth as the greatest OF all
truths that they who sing the songs
will shout the notes Of victory.
"A great general once said. Let
me write the songs OF a nation and
/ care not who writes the laws For
merriment has roots that run far
down into the soil of the heart 1t
is not surface nor a shadow thing.
"We will win because we keep on
singing; we will win because we will
carry a merry heart through all the
stress and strain of the days Of
struggle and at last we viii return
with songs OF gladness, and ever
lasting Joy will be ours. Let us keep
the merry heart: for 1t doeth good
like a medicine" DIR. Randolph con-
cluded.
The Washington times., 1918-08-01
WHOLE UNIVERSE
ONE GRAND SONG,
AUTHOR DECLARES

In his recent book entitled Music and
Life" Thomas whitney surette says
that the relation between music and
life Is an intimate and vital relation
ANY person. young or old. who does
not sing and to whom music has no
meaning. Is by just 50 much a poorer
person in all that goes to make life
happy. Joyous and significant Any COM
munity which employs no form Of must
cal expression Is by Just 50 much In
articulate and disorganized as a COM
munity. Any church that buys its music
and never produces any OF its own loses
just so much IN spiritual power.
We all need music because II Il a
fluent. free. and beautiful expression for
those deeper impulses OF ours which are
denied expression by words.
Music frees Us. Not only does II let
The Washington times., 1918-08-01
.HERESS DRIVES MILK
WAGON DURING WAR

MARIETTA, Ohio, Aug. /. Miss
Dorothy Dawes, daughter OF Beman
G. Dawes, millionaire president OF
the Ohio Cities Gas Company, has
decided to leave a luxurious man
sion in Columbus and do her bit"
by driving a milk wagon in this city.
Miss Dawes is the first of the Co
lumbus younger set to take up la
Dor as q war necessary. James De-
vol, her employer, was crisp when
reporters interviewed him.
Miss Dawes wanted the Job and
hired her" said he. There Is a
scarcity of men for the work. Miss
Dawes will receive the regular pay"
The Washington times., 1918-08-01

Zach Of rs say for himself what he can
not nay in words, but. at It's best. Il ~
Veals to Us q higher reach of life. DE-
tached, yet a part OF the inmost being
Of Us an When we truly respond to L.
there is set up a certain harmonions
vibration which tunes rs TO one another,
70 the mother earth. the everlasting sea,
and 70 that larger world OF suns. starr,
and planets of'which they are part
Nothing ever dies. What we can
death Is only a transformation from
one form Of life to another. An the
music that ever was still sounds: al the
music that Is to be stiu slumbers. Life
and death are one. and, In the trueSe
sense, the whole universe Is a song"
The Washington times., 1918-08-01

President Taft, Samuel Gompers, Vice
Admiral Sims, Champ Clark, former
Ambassador James w. Gerard, and
many others.
JOffre and FSeh, Too.
Representatives of the Nations
Forum are now abroad, in the council
halls OF statesmen and on the firing
line, securing records of the voices Of
Europe's most noted men in the
worlds great war for humanity and
civilization.
Ringing through the land will come
the voices of General Foch, COM
mander of all the allies; Premier
Clemenceau, and Marshal Joffe, King
George, Lloyd George, Lord North
cliffe, Generaf Haig, King Emanuel,
Gabriel D'Annunzio, Guglielmo Mar
conf, and other Italian leaders; King
Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Bel
gium. and all the great leaders in the
making of the history Of today.
The Washington times., 1918-08-01
LONACONlVC HIGH SCHOOL
TRUSTEES BAR DANCING

LoNAcoNING. Nd. Aug. 1.-The
Board of Trustees OF Central High
School. Homecoming. has voted TO pro-
hibIt dancing in the high school build
ing by students. This action, II was
explained. was not taken on religious
or even moral grounds but for ne
reason that dancing by young boys
and girls encourages friyolity and IN
attention to their regular school stud
les. Simple class parties will be all
lowed, but no dancing VIII be per-
mitted at any school Affairs
The Washington times., 1918-08-01
NATIONALITY IN
MUSIC QUESTIONED
EVEN BY PATRIOT
Has music nationality?

Has music nationality?
This question arose in the office Of
one OF the most patriotic papers in
New York.
The BOSS" who can boast but who
doesn't boast, of his ancestors having
come over in the ship that came after
the Mayfiower. caught himself whist
ling "The Lorelei"
The star reporter. who can and does
boast that the first one of his family
to see the waves of the briny deep
was himself when he came over as
third-class passenger in his early
youth. caught the boss catching him.
self whistling "The Lorelei." They
both looked guilty, both grinned and
then went at it hammer and nails.
To BE or Not to Be.
Should or should not German music
be barred because the Kaiser was in
ficting the tortures Of He'll upon a
suffering world?
Were we or were We not fighting
the men who wrote the music? Did
OF did not these men breathe the
spirit of German brutality as It Is
known today? Would they or would
they not decry that spirit?
The upshot OF the matter was that
everybody who had been drawn into
the heated argument. the boss whose
ancestors had come over on the ship
following the Mayfiower and the re-
porter who had himself come over in
a ship whose rolling he swears could
well compete with the Mayfiower,
agreed that Mendelssohn and Wagner
The Washington times., 1918-08-01
PERsH|NG'S VOICE
SPEAKS TO WORLD
ON GRAMAPHONE

The voices of the War" will CO.
operate with the workers of the next
Liberty drive; with the work of the
Red Cross, the 7. M G. A, Knights of
Columbus and other organizations
with all patriotic endeavor which IS
helping to win the greatest conflict in
history.
The Voices Of the War" is the
latest movement IN the spreading of
the country's propaganda broadcast
throughout the land. In a word, they
are gramaphone records of speeches
and sayings OF our own leaders,
statesmen, and warriors, both at home
and abroad, and messages from the
leaders of thought and action among
the allies and the commanders on the
Battlefield.
Pershing's Voice.
Gen John J. Pershing was one of
the first to grasp the import Of the
movement, and the first to lend his
aid and his voice to it Representa-
tives OF the Nations Forum. of New
York, founded by Guy Golterman. a
st Louis attorney, were sent to the
firing line. and from the field of battle
General Pershing sent a short mes
sage by g-amaphone to the people of
america This message Is now being
prepared on a gold gramaphone rec
ord. and within a few days will rest
among the archives in Washington,
10 be preserved to the country for all
time.
With voice-recording instrument,
remarkable for its clearness and dis
sinctness. there have already been
accorded for nationwide dissemina-
ston speeches of Secretary of State
lansing, Secretary of War Baker,
Secretary of the Navy Daniels, Secre-
tary of the Treasury McAdoo. ex-
The Washington times., 1918-08-01

and Beethoven and Haydn and Bach
and the whole musicalky artistic clan
of them had given something to the
world at large that was typical OF the
emotions OF the world at large and
was therefore not q heritage Of the
Huns.
The Washington times., 1918-08-01
WILL WORK TO
POPULARZE OUR
NATIONAL ANTHEM

The committee on national defense
appointed by the mayor Of New York
has been doing a great deal along
Americanization lines in order to
unity the mass of foreign-born ele-
ments OF that city.
Their most recent activity has
been the adoption OF a city-wide cam
paign to familiarize every man, wo-
man and child. foreign, born or Amer
lean, with the words and music OF the
"Star Spangled Banner" The COM
mittee has adopted as its slogan.
zone flag. one anthem, one country
National Anthem Day.
The plans of the committee include
day being set aside each week by
proclamation of Mayor Hylan to be
known as National Anthem Day" in
which business houses. banks. COM
mercial institutions, department
stores, and Federal, state and city de-
partments will hold patriotic exer-
cises in which the study of the Star
Spangled Banner" will be featured
On this day every one will be re-
quested to sing the national anthem
at once. Printed copies of the words
public on street corners, in theaters.
hotels, and restaurants and In trains
and street cars. Pastors OF all
churches will be requested to include
the singing of the anthem in the re-
ligious services.
Artists to Lead Singing.
Prominent artists have been ap-
pointed to lead the singing of the
anthem in all theaters and motion pic
ture houses, while in the latter slides
containing the words and music will
be flashed on the screens. A pa
triotic film depicting the story OF the
Star Spangled Banner" Is now in
preparation. An intensive campaign
among the foreign-language popula-
tion will be conducted in their native
newspapers published here.
The committee is working out this
plan on the theory that IL the large
city of New York can be taught to
sing in unison, It will act in unison.
The unity expressed in song will
readily be reflected in unity OF ac-
tion. A people singing together un-
consciously grasses all petty differ
ences-religious, class, race and po-
litieal, and becomes united in thought
and action The need for similar
plans in every city in the Union is
urgent, and IL is to be hoped that
the patriotic cpmmittee throughout
the country viii take up the same
work
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-04
Woman's Faith HELPS
Husband

i owe my good health 10 nv wfo
who had faith in a Newspaper ana
she saw of Mayr's Wonderful Rem
edy. was down so .badl. with stom.
ach and liver troubles after Il Years
of suffering and trying every known
remedy that had no faith in ang.
thing. This medicine has certainly
been a 'Godsend to me. 1t is a SIN.
pie, harmless preiparaton That re.
moves the catarrhal mueus from The
intestinal tract and alays HE inllm.
nation which causes practically all
stomach, liver ANA Intestinal all.
ments, including Appendicitis. Que
dose will convince or money refund.
ed. Gilbert's Drug Store and drug.
gists everywhere. It
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-04
BE, Pretty! TURN
GRAY HAIR DARK
Try Grandmother's Old Favorite
Recipe Of Sage Tea and
Sulphur,

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray. > Years ago the only way tQ
get this mixture was to make It al
home. which is mussy and trouble
some. Nowadays, by asking at any
drug store for .Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Compound" you will get q large
bottle OF this famous old recipe, i'm
proved by the addition OF other in
gradients, at q small cost. n
Don't stay gray! Try it! No one
can possibly tell that you darkened
your hair, as it does it SO naturally
and evenly. You dampen a sponge or
soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time: by morning the gray
hair disappears, and after another ap-
plication or two, your hair becomes
beautifully dark, glossy and. attractive.
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound SIS delightful toilet requisite
for those who desire dark hair and
youthful appearance. 1t is not0i
tended for the cure. mitigation or pre-
vention OF disease. 1919,
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-04
lay International News Service. }

fBy international News Service.)
Washington, Oct A call for
2e,019 white selective service men
for general military service was is
sued today by Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder. Voluntary enlistments
under the call will be allowed until
October IL, and the men will be en-
trained October Is for various insti
tutions where they will be given .
short course in mechanical training.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-04
PUBLIC DANCES BARRED
AS INFLUENZA PREcAUTioN

kenosha. Wis, Oct. 4--Public
dances have been placed under the
ban here TO prevent any epidemic OF
Spanish influenza now prevalent in
several places in this vicinity. So far
only one case has been reported here
and the victim is a sailor from the
Great Lakes. H., training station.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-04
CONVENTION POSTPONED

By order of the health authorities
to close all public places of ASSEMBLIES
the Sunday School Convention an
nounced to be held in Trinity Luth-
eran church at Needmore next Sun
day is postponed one week-to be
held Sunday, Oct. 18th.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-04
BY. ,lnternationar News service.)

fBys International News service.)
Copenhagen, oct. -oficiaf an
nouncement vase made in Berlin to-
day that Prince, Max, of Baden, has
been made German chancellor and
that two Socialists Herr Groeper
and Herr Scheidemann have been
appointed secretaries (members of
the ministry without portfolios. The
German foreign minister will address;
the reichstag tomorrow explaining
the government program,
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-04
Torpedo Boat Sinks

London, Oct. 4-The British tor
pedo boat has been sunk in a coils
sion with a merchant vessel the adj
miralty announced today. Fifty-three
men are missing. ~
Washington, Oct. 4.-The slowing
up of Liberty Loan subscriptions is
due probably 10 the encouraging
from abroad and it has put the coun-
try so per cent behind on the Fourth
Liberty Loan. The Treasury depart
ment announced today. All Federal
reserve banks have reported their
total of subscriptions except the
Kansas City bank which has not yet
opened it's selling end. The total
amount of subscriptions reported by
Ia of thes12 Federal Reserve Sys-
TENS was $727,3S3, $50.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-04

Forty-three states will contribute the
men. The call has no bearing upon
the recent call for $4,000 which was
cancelled because of the influenza
epidemic. West Virginia will furnish
1870 and the men will be sent to
West Va. University
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-04
LATE HAPPENINGS
ABOUT THE WAR


Washington, Oct. 4--The French
six thousand ton freighter has
been sunk in collision with the o..
S. S. George C. Henry, a ten-thous-
and ton tanker, the navy department
announced today. The crash occur
red some miles off the New York
coast. Forty-one. survivors of the
Franch have been picked up the an
nouncement stated, but the number
OF missing was not given out The
navy department announced
Franch carried a crew of 13 officers
and rs men, total of 80, the navy
department announced today Forty
eight of these are still unacconnted
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