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Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-08-22
LAND SALE

On Saturday, August 81, 1918 at one o'clock p. m,
on the premises will sell to the highest and best
bidder of the most desirable homes in the coun-
ty, located in the town of Gordonsvile Smith Coun-
ty, Tennessee A tract of land containing fourteen
acres more or less all in grass; buc ali is subject
to cultivation. Well improved, with good woven
wire fence all sides, and cross fences with good
cedar posts. Buildings consist of five-room bunga
low, hail. three Closets two porches and bath room
modern in every way. Complete water works with
hot and cold water in bath room and kitchen. Hot
air heat with furnace in basement, also one CRATE
Plenty of outhouses and all buildings new Fine
young orchard coming on This property overlOoks
the town of Gordonsville and in sight of the magnf
cent high school building where you can send your
son or daughter to school nine months in the year
Now you people who have children to educate can
not let an opportunity like this pass for we have
the finest school in the county and the best commu-
nifty in the state. We have three churches and Sun
day schools. So come and look this property over
and be ready for business August 81, 1918 | may
also offer few Duroc Jersey male pigs of spring
farrow on the same day of sale before sale starts
For any information regarding the above property,
address ~ AN
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-08-22
RYE SEED FOR SALE.

A nice lot of good rye seed for
sale-$2.00 per bushel-bags 80 cents
extra.
R. ~JELLICORSE,
7-25-tf ElmwoOd. Tenn.
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"Supporting the President"
From the New York world.

ousy is this h xG
mcnt is powerful in all it's bearings. but nc is
@ me his beSas ali snSf he
eH With mae n Of n
nuencing public thought in the right dircc-
to say in me OK wa ha, the or result OF
e s may be construed as repudat9?n OF
different when tho President himself so pro-
Nereriheess, and d!sregarding these objec-
%e IN his IS by
619 the election n, of par'sam Republican
thnE worse nson Than ina, the
the councils of government partisan elements
h: TO Ss HoaS of s and
This is not to say that 1.-THE the ioyaty of Renub
the loyalty Of Republicans. what is Questioned
nubiicans II happens that during the ' entire
se Of the new hey the GxeeY1s depart,
Considered only in its representative canacty as
ton Of the war and in safeg uardine the fruits
Of victory, Congress might be Republican in
piica,ions, but sXerybody Knows hat once Elm in
ths ssspe h raee % @
mi Pse. BE Es"s%ea WauS psh Do xsh liz
on he need nT h be to dESb
are showing their purposes only day by day
No matter how loyel many Of its members or
,ieians would assert themselves and We should
nave a divided government. at war with itself
we'll as at war with Germany.
1t has been difficult enough at times main
tain harmony and gain prompt action in vital
matters with Congress and the President in
political accord. What may expect in
the way OF contention perhaps confusion and
scandal. If the Legislative branch falls under
on for
tory interests some of them personally ambi-
tious and all of them sefisnly partisan?
Republican candidates for Congress are
pledging themselves TO support the President
and by that promise they are hoping for the
votes OF party whose rank and file do not
find It NECESSARY to subscribe to any such
formula The average Republican has so
merged his partyism in his Americansm that
is for him to say few days hence; and he
House whether the prospect of government
up to him by his old time leaders, Is precisely
his idea of supporting the President" The
question Is of policy. not OF party, and it is
OF Importance.
We have little faith in the present leade rship
% the ramshackle Republican urganiza ion
We have almost unlimited faith in the intclli-
Gcncc and patriotism OF the millions OF decent
Republicans for whom this quarrelsome lead
crship is Il positive reproach. On this intelli-
Eence and this patriotism he hope in vinciblc
American unity must depend. and only
greet is that forces of such incstma BILE value
have been addressed in tho wrong way.
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The Trees.

The house is haunted by old trees,
So close they. stand. and still,
NO yellow sunlight seeps through their
And drips down on the sill
Beech with the mist on his TANKS,
=. Pine whose voice is a muffled bell.
Gaunt. wan bodied poplar
That has bitter smell
Tapping elm and oak tree
Thcy stoop and peer within
By the side Of the twisted applc tree
lie gray hands under his chin.
They do nothing but peer and haunt
through the widows
That are dead as the eyes of the
drowned.
And listen until their silence
~, Makes strangeness all around.
lheh suddenly they culver and shake
Their arms that are furrowed as
river sands.
And whisper Did you see?" to one
And beckon to one another with their
hands;
And they laugh a hungry laughter
There Is no one understands
Ivy night they creep close to the win
dows.
AS quiet as gray lichenS creep.
ana PICK at the catches with their
How they can get in. and peep
To see their own shadows thronging
The quiet house of sleep.
Yes, they look in at their own shadows
Stealing up by the stair
To the closed doors of the chambers
And listening there.
They watch how their shadows with
pulseless fingers
NoiSelessly push and strain,
And beat their breasts on the dark
pan ais
TO open them. in vain;
And how the thin moonlight trickl,s
round them
Creeping down by tne banisters
again.
-Eloise Robinson. in Poetry.
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Eating the Lcathcry Gnrfi>h

NJ EW ORLEANS informs the nation that
Louisiana is preparing to ship to other
parts OF the country salt garfsh at the rate
Oh io'ooo,ooo pounds Il year. and that in this
wa! the iood problem Of the United States
ana lis allies is To be solved. John NJ Parker
VINO was at once time candidate for Vice
PRESIDENT on the Progressive party ticket is
now food administrator OF the Pelican State
ana he has partaken Of gar stcwed fried
baked and in court bouillon STYLE and he is
ready to recommend this hsh 10 orr hungry
people.
surely some one is Joking the public. The
alllgator gar aboundS in the waters of Jouisi.
ana ana Mississippi, and 10000 900 pounds
per year could easily be supplied. 1t feeds
on bass, perch and other game fish and is
great pest, taking the minnows from the
hopeiui anglers hook. But eating the gar
Is almost out OF question lie is so tough
that even sharp Ratchet will hardly make
dent in his leathcry hide and no fair
SIZE" member OF the species could be, chcwed,
even II FIRST run through a coffee grinder
very small gars, properly skinned and then
sailed or smoked can he eaten by people IL
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Republicans Force appeal to People

NJ NOTWITHSTANDING the Presidents APP
peal TO the country some time ago to
adjourn politics for the period Of tho war,
the Republican organization has gone right
ahead with partisan politics. and i'll its
tremity for winning issue in the coming
congressional elections has labored to create
the impression that the Republican party
more nearly represents the American spirit
in war aims than the Democratic party. and
it alone can safely be trusted successfully
to wage the for the unconditional sur
render of the enemy. In support of the
false issue thus sought to be created, their
leaders in and out Of Congress have viciously
criticized every step Of the President in the
exchanges he has conducted with the central
empires in their peace overtures, i'll which
he has brought the peace issue to the point
where the only terms offered the beaten
enemy for cessation OF hostilities are the
equivalent of unconditional surrender.
That the wisdom and frmness with which
these diplomatic exchanges have been brought
to the present climax meets with their un-
qualified approval is individually voiced by
the press Of all the allied capitals as we'll
as shown by the concert of action with which
these governments have addressed them
selves 10 the task of arranging the details
OF the armistice designed to bring Germany
into complete military subsection to allied
supremacy.
our President. the Republican campaign has
oeen pltched upon plane of such duplicitous
partisan appeal to confuse the mind Of voters
that the President has been forced to appeal
directly to the country for its support in
electlng Congress whose co-operation
lie can depend for unhampered prosecution
OF the war 10 Il victorious conclusion No
selfish party motive impelled the President
TO this action. The country faces the most
critical period in its history, and realizing
the peril OF antiadminstration leadership in
congress, in which the choice Of policy would
be taken out OF his hands and put under
the control of instrumentalities Of antago-
nlstc partisan choosing the President sol
EMMY warns the country that if it supports
such scheme his power to administer the
great trust assigned by the Constitution would
he seriously impaired. and the impression
created abroad that the American people had
repudiated his leadership.
The Presidents appeal for the right kind
or support should find instant respon Sc
throughout the country in awakened interest
in the elections and determination on the
part or voters to defeat the Republican
scheme to take the direction of the war out
OF his hands and make the lives of millions
or American soldiers we have sent to the
front the pa wn OF partisan politics and Re
publican ambition for power.
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FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS
nal Problems Discussed for Readers
Authoritative Writcrs-A Daily Editorial Feature.
THE NATIONS THAT OWE US MONEY.
by ALFRED B WILLIAMS.

Former Attorney General Wicker
sham's suggestion that the United
States voluntarily cancel debts due US
by our allies for war advances is not
received anywhere enthusiastically; The
New York audience before which he
presented the proposition is said TO
have chccred it LARGELY. but that was
the excitement of the moment. It is
doubtful whether Congress could take
such action legally. We may be sure
no serious attempt Will be made to
secure II. before or after election.
The allies owe us nearly. $1,000. 600, 900
be above s7;5oo.ooo.o COO That is quite
a respectable SUM to talk of giving
away We owe more than $4,000. 0OO,-
W. 10 our own people on the Liberty
loans, nrss o on general principles OF bust
give away money for sentimental reas-
ons or on Impulse while we are so
the ' sHlr IN az hep ,bo Justice and a, least
imposing heavy taxes on every pro-
queer and consumer and property own
protection OF our OVID government and
country.
Very likely public sentiment would
roundabout way. OF all or part OF what
BclSlum owes us. That is n sma II mat
,%Sr as hnances are eountcd now. and
that country has suffered more and
IS entitled TO more consideration than
any other. Literally. i, accepted de-
st,uction and faced the probability OF
We loaned 1t hut SILL. 600. 900 and more
than Sf.000,o00 Of that has not vet
been drawn. We allowed Russia n
credit Of 1925. 600 but before much
more than half Of It had been drawn
the collapse occurred. The failure and
treason there at critical moment OF
INC war cost us many times as much
in money and thousands OF lives We
surely should not make ourselves re-
sponsihlc and burden our pcopIc for
the lunacy or treachcrv. or both of
another race and population. We might
1airiy agree TO postpone enforcement
or our claim there until order has been
established and tho enormous sum due
ny Russia TO tho French has been paid.
ana SO help the country which, mex,
10 our sympa thy and assistance
Roumania owes us s5.G0O.Oo0 OF Sc
and Serbia drew $4,000. 600 Of tho si.
oOo.oon we placed to her credit Those
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-27

been impossible to cook anything on
the gas stove for sunday breakfast or
dinner. except LITTLE on the outside
or The stove. and on last Sunday the
sole dinner we were able to prcpa T.
was toast on an electric toaster as the
gas stove would not burn at all The
same state Of facts existed yesterday
ana to-day. II being impossible TO get
day.
~ great many people have been TO
me Gas Department. but can obtain no
Satisfaction. They claim that the mains
are not large enough to supply this
territory and that they cannot promise
when tho larger mains that are being
iaid on Broad street Will he nut down
IN TACT, theN seem utterly Indifferent
hbout me matter. From Information I
nave gathered II seems that the sitia
ZION could be greatly benefited II thcv
"ouIn Keep proper pressure I'm the
mains they have. hut this is not being
done This is II very serious matte
uhdeT present conditions and am
bringing ft'to your attention with IN.
nope ihat'sou viii be Interested enough
10 take the matter up and nut YOUR IN
uusncc hack OF IL 10 see II il cannot he
coII,ctted. TAXPAYER
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Books and Authors

Sarah r, DICK nson irhe t Weman 1y
ircssl, is beautiful little volume
chosen With care and djscrimina 1gen
from many sources. The hook is de-
signed for the use of'won-n presiding
az association. church and other meet
'hss opened with prayer.
"Georgina's Service stars" bv Annie
Fellows Johnston tBrittcn Furnishing
Company. is companion volume 10
Eeorgina OF the Rainbows." but ''Gcor-
gina Is Older now-siNteen when the
Story opens, and turning nineteen a
me close Cnconsciously she reveals
the dcNeior!rG effect Of the great war
unon The mind OF a young girl growing
for the true blues" young or old, who
watch and wait and work behind their
service flags. 4 book for ALI of the
family. Four illustrations in color.
The Merry Heart" by Helen Ray
hrst novel; II has certain freshness
and intensity that can rarely be
achieved more than once by an author.
II is Il love story OF New England.
with heroine of unconventional age.
who fights her way TO happiness. There
were Anne. her two younger sisters.
@ anne msA sas on the Oldest Hew E ~ na
daughters, but she was not old. and
she was handsome and vital and am
depended too much. unfairly using up
her years. her vitality, her beauty
Chains in the semblance of duty bound
her. bound her more heavily as time
went on; as her youth began disappear
ing as her most likely chances Of nap
piness disappeared. Seeing her dan
ger perhaps in desperation, she leaps
AT chance OF happiness--and makes
mistake. And there ar1 more duties
fol- her. and no more joy, than before.
How she finally, with indomtable
Will fights her way to happiness is
the story Miss Helen Raymond Alb
bott. the author. was born in Boston
thirty years ago She was graduated
from Mount Iiolyoke in 1910. since
which time she has done a great deal
OF teaching. The Merry Heart she
says. Is primarily the result of work
done after school. II has no war in
bott reports. she doesn't know enough
about the war to use it for material
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-27
Gratuitics 10 Our Allies

GORGE w. W1CKERSHAM, for four YEA RS
~ Acknowledgement of the United States
has revived the suggestion that this nation.
"hen the war ends, cancel all the financial
Indebtedness TO America on the part of the
allies. Other suggestions to much the same
erect have been made from time to time
particularly that to the effect that the debts
of France, Belgium and Serbia should be
wiped off the books
onch proposals proceed from the real gen
crosby of the American people. They are
sincere and have in them no element of
charity. but. friendly as they are. they are
calculated to offend the sensiblities of MANY
men and women III Great Britain France
Italy and Belgium. These nations no doubt
will insist on the discharge OF their financial
Obligations to America as we'll as their oblga-
tons to each other. They will wish for no
receipted bills until the last borrowed money
is paid.
1t is certain that America would accent
no gratnlties in matters OF money from any
comrade nation. We should instinctively re-
volt at the idea. We should demand the
privilege or paying our debts in full and with
interest. This would be Americas attitude
even II this country had suffered as deeplv
as France has suffered and France as little
as we nave suffered. The people of France
and Great Britain and other allied nations
want the friendship and the wholc-hearted
support OF the United States, but when they
oorro" money from us, they will expect to
repay 1t just as they will repay each other
If this country were doing no more than
merely placing its wealth. its food and its
munitions a, the Disposal OF its allies. it
might be appropriate for u.s. at the end of
the war, to charge off every debt incurred
ana square the account. but Americans are
hehtlng in France in exactly the same man
ner that Frenchmen and Englshmcn are
hShting They are making the supreme sac
rifcc. Il circumstance which places every al
lied nation on the same basis
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Interesting Health Queries
ANSWERED BY DIR. BRADY.
Copyright. 1917. National Newsonncr scrv,co ,

tell m nj" i, for rrsfl"us s,Snesw please
dSsss Of il @sTs or @;ScS
uS vs S of S' p"rt or Of o the neutral
,skem fo .n0 masses bsns mis-
dose any SesstaSis oil ssss to r,vo anSo
othar rSmst to pain be 1t from gastoncs or
olive %y rS oI fo how futile would expect
,ha Gd the a%d err time stated
I" the dirinkins water had prevented goiter and
much SSne "q ;Ss s he pn, S4w
se"n on of tho iSd .no, Was Hass,on
tnoS the Kind Of sss
lobster Claims s urs sas SEA ash fresh
SortaTs organic iodine and should be- an I'm
nTf simple M goiter scawecd contains iodine
'"''e VI commerce is obtained from seawecdJ.
Ei%asEsmen, OF the ueartMy husband has
Was caused by his smoking rioas" , eiid mt Il.
whether it s cS of OF The
, Appropriations tell their symptoms to the
the custom Enlargement of the hsa 10 reverse ss
rom Two direct conditions: dila,ation due to
Weakness Of heart muscle and strain or over.
S ever, and hypertrophy thickening of the
m near, muscle as COMPENSATORY development TO
meet me the handicap of valvular leakage. hardened
a meSf S ,h nrishs disease etc Thus enlarge
condition. '
cough las, snrnr Nv, Isen seven. had whooping
out she stall has spells of spasmodic coughing
winch continues in spite OF several cough med
i ,; we have tried. Is this trouble iett be-
mind by the whoopng cough? G. r. &
Answer-Frequently cough remains as
matter matt of habit, Blu, whoopns cough is a seri,
Gus and difficult disease and often produces in
JurieS which remain for long time. Instead
of experimenting with alleged cough medicine
why not have the little girl thoroughly exam
ned to determine whether there is a definite
cause for her cough"
Best Remedy for Biliousncss--wh is the bes,
remedy for hihousness? enjoy pretty good
health and generally have an excellent appetite
but about every eight ten weeks | have a
severe attack OF hiliouSness which puts out
or business for day two. G. S. i.
Answer.-Curb the hearty appetite. Either
skip midday meal and substitute apple
other fruit or Fletchcrize, which means take
much more time to masticatc all tho food and
he satisfied with less: o-called bilious attacks
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Condemnation,

Proud struts a turkey in yard
With the whole family guard,
His breast n wondrous stretch of meat
And dainty are his. dancing feet.
King OF the yard. he feels his power
Nor seems to heed his waning hour,
But lords it over ali the fowl.
This princcly bird of hanging jowI.
His combs as red as Rubys lips.
And free his movement from the hips
Free, swinging. proud his movements 60
From that place where the drumsticks grow
And as watch my gorbler, l
Have visions OF appropriate pic.
Cranberrics. oysters, celery stalks
Through which my roasted Turkey walks,
O Cobblcr. King OF all the things
Tina, walk on legs or fly wings.
DO eat and fntten Help yourself.
Strut, Turkey. strut! Your time is near
Q proudest OF the chanticlecr.
And when your day Of glory stops
our family shall lick It's chops!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-27

items will be taken under consideration
ny the American Congress and people
on after the war revelations OF unea-
planned events and situations
Cuba has drawn but $5oOo.OOo OF the
sl5.oOO.ooo we undertook to advances
her. and il abundantly able and. doubt
less. entirely willing TO pay promptiv
and IN fun. Liberia. the little negro
and Kind of ward OF ours has drawn
none OF the 100000 allotted to it, We
might be glad to pay 1t in recognition
OF the valiant service OF our negro
troops and in helping some Of them TO
establish themselves there IL they wish
to so. The country could do nothing
Tor us. but IL proved its hdelity by
daring the vengeance OF the Hun while
the issue appeared doubtful
aad owes us sSto.ooo,0oo OF the ST.
her. and Greece has received all the
Sl57eO.00o we allowed her Both these
can ca I pay, espeniaiiy as they are likely
population in the final settlement.
oIo at Britain owes us nearly $1,000
ooo.oOo.oOO The two together have a
little matter OF s2oo.0o0,oo to their
credit on our books. which they may or
may not draw, according to the course
Of the war. We may be very sure that
both are too thrifty TO draw dollar
more than they. Will need:
lent our various allies, more than $500
100000 remains undrawn. Both Great
britain and france probably would re-
sent and decline propositions to remit
their debts. The commercial proba-
bilitics arc that before many years
both will he enormously prosperous
reduced largely. France Will recover
Alsacc and Lorraine. uninjured and
richer than ever before, and IL Eng
land does not somehow get control OF
and make productive and prohtable
Germanys lost colonies, il will be n
unprecedented wonder.
These two and Japan will be our
strongest competitors for trade. Among
nations, as among men, the surest wav
TO assure continuance OF good feeling
and mutual confidence is TO adjust
money matters by strictly business-like
methods and on honest business prtn-
cinles. Excessive generosity under in
fiucnce OF excitement and sentiment is
bad policy for all concerned Short
settlements make long friends" is q
mighty sound and 70 Doayir,
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over again to disturb the peace Of tho world -
To tho accomplishment Of this purpose u
strong navy is absolutely necessary and will
continue to be necessary until the last yes
tige of militaristic ambition for opportunity
TO further its designs for Il renowal or It's
power has been completely uprootcd. Neces-
sary the major part Of this undertaking will
devolve upon naval power. and it should be
the pride OF every American to 50" t"is r~.'-'-
try's navy augmented to first rank in world
supremacy on the sca-a Supr.nDu,, ....>.,
will mean the safeguarding OF freedom
everywhere.