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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-14
TALES OF TOWN
THE WAR is WON.

The kaiser wore worried frown,
His under lip he bit.
And moaned: "Mine Colt in Himmel
Do your women always knit?
No matter what, in rain or storm,
Your boys are always fit,
Because they're warm in garments
Your women folk have knit:
Mine Colt, Yanks, quit;
Yes, my old throne | quit:
can't compete with armies
Whose women always knit"
The Hun "superman" seems to be
in the soup.
The influenza mask is a good tobac-
co cure, if tits worth nothing else.
& 4 4
In 1870 Germany made France get
rid of it's emperor, so Kaiser Bill has
no grounds for complaint now.
q 3 q
According to our calculation, the
proper amount of sugar to use is just
not so much as you want.
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It was German writer who said:
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CURRENT COMMENT.

A LITTLE more than four years age
famous conference was called al
Potsdam. To it were summoned the
leading men of the German Empire
political leaders, ambassadors, finan-
ciers, soldiers. The kaiser presided.
He explained the situation, and the
proposal of the government to use
the murder of the Austrian archduke
as a pretext for establishing the su-
premacy of Germany eastward to-
ward the Persian Gulf. Our accounts
of the conference are fragmentary.
Presumably the kaiser recalled how
his appearance ain shining armor."
as he had put it in a speech, had frigh-
tened off Russia from it's protest to
Austria-Hungary against the viola
ton of the Berlin treaty in annexing
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Doubtless
he suggested that there would be
no war But if war should come was
the empire prepared? We have a
definite testimony on how he put the
question to one after another of the
men at the conference, and how each
answered ready except the bankers, |
who asked for at least fortnight to
put their affairs in order. The words
there spoken brought death to millions
of men and heart breaking grief to
untold multitudes of families. And
now another conference was recently in
session at Berlin and Potsdam to con-
slider the fruits of the first We can
only imagine the change in the kaiser
from the boastful arrogance of ex-
pected triumph to the detection of de-
feat. We can only imagine the des-
pair and anger of that proud group
over the ruin in which their folly has
involved them--to say nothing of their
country. What pail would have fall
len on. that first brilliant conference if
its members could have pierced the
veil of the future and looked ahead
over these four long yearsl
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"Massif."

Among the words of foreign deriva-
ton to which the war has introduced
the reader is the French word massif
which means more or less widely ex-
tended region of high land, usuallywith
number of SUBMITS grouped about
one eliminating point. The word is
not precisely new in English use, for
geographers have long found it use
full addition to their own particular
vocabulary, and great many persons
who had forgotten it until the fighting
began in France now recognize it as
an old, although not familiar, ac-
quaintance.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-14

AS an after-war problem the tariff
looms large. 1t will be the leading
issue in the early period of reconstruc-
ton. War taxes will disappear, tho
not Immediately, with the conditions
that required them. Peace taxes will
be levied for the era of peace. And,
of course, peace taxes will require q
revision of the tariff. A new tariff
law will have to be enacted. Two
things may with safety be assumed.
The new law must yield large
amount Of revenue. We shall not, be-
cause, we cannot, return to the old
figures of either income or outlay.
There will be large establishment to
support according to new and larger
necessities. The second thing is that
our new tariff law must take into ac-
count changes the war is making in
,ther countries besides our own. New
ariff laws when peace comes will be
he rule. Every European nation will
,e obliged to revise its tariff; and as
We shall be trading with them, and
hey DESTROYS Of cultivating us, we
must adjust ourselves somewhat to
heir adjustments. The policy of live
will survive the war. We
ave never had an out-and-out free
rade tariff, and one could not be en-
cted. But we have had tariffs whose
uthors had inveighed against pro-
,ction while forced to hold on to pro-
,ctive duties. The results were no.
ls-pocus, which failed in operation.
UGH was the German Wilson tariff
! 1894, and such also the Underwood
riff of 1913. Between those two
lactments came the Dingley tariff,
AIMED on frank protection lines,
it'll protection objects confessed and
rectly in view, and it proved in OPP
alton a great success. 1t not only
ised all the revenue the government
eded, but stimulated production in q
branches of activity, and completely &
stored business confidence, which, T,
the time, was at the lowest ebb.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-14

THE end of the war does not mean
that at once our boys all will come
marching home again. Both military
and economic reasons, it is said, might
make that unwise. and Uncle Sam has
not been too busy with the war to lay
farsighted plans for the welfare of
the soldiers after the war. So, while
a large part of the army probably will
be sent home as soon as the terms of
peace are signed, there are indications
that il will be at least year before
some of the troops are again on
American soil. One convincing indi-
cation is the plan worked out by the
Y. M. c. A. and approved by the G. II.
q, for system of army schools
which will give every soldier whether
he came to the army an illiterate or a |
college graduate chance to fit him
self to hold better job when he re-
turns to private life than he held be-
fore, and those who remain in the ar
my every encouragement to fit them
selves for promotion. The plan in
cludes the sending of one thousand
professors from American univer-
sites to Europe, the establishment of
school in every army post, hospital or
leave area with permanent popula-
ton of five hundred men or more. the
establishment of a correspondence
school for smaller bodies of men and
the enrolment of advanced students
in such famous universities as Oxford
Glasgow, the Sorbonne,
Paris and Bordeaux. The army
schools will be organized by the Y. M.
c. A., but will be under the control of
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-14
Opportunity to Be Seized.

A porter in London was engaged iii
cleaning luggage van, when the door
swung back, striking him violently on
the head. "Oh! Pat" he exclaimed to
an Irishman standing on the platform.
Il believe I've cut open my head"
well, begor, now's the time to get
something into it, was Pats witty re-
ply.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-14
Brazil Now Coffee Center.

Arabia formerly supplied the world
with coffee; later the West Indies
and then Java took the lead, to be
supplanted in turn by Brazil, which
now produces about three-quarters IF
the worlds supply and controls the
market.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-14
Fashions In Humor.

A lady once suggested alice in
Wonderland TO a steady-going ma
tron. The volume was soon returned
with thanks and with the explanation
that what was wanted was something
light not all those puzzles. On
questionably, there are fashions in
humor.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-14

IN the dark days of last spring the
indomitable Clemenceau of France
remarked that the war would be won
by the side that could hold out the last
quarter of an hour-and that the AL
lies could do it. Events have vindi-
Gated him. 1t was in the last quarter
of an hour relatively speaking, that
Germany crumbled.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-14

Accidents will happen, but the best
regulated families keep DR.. Thomas
Eclectic Oil for such emergencies.
Two sizes, 30 and 60 cents, at all
stores.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-14

A chaplain, on making his rounds in
the base hospital of a large canton
ment, stopped at the cot of darky
and said: "Sam, how is it that you
are in bed today? You were quite we'll
when spoke to you yesterday" The
darky replied: "Well, pahson, ah done
was kicked by mule" "What in the
hume of goodness did he kick you
for?" "Ah guess ah done fogot to
salute"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-14

1t is stated that for every Liberty
motor constructed in his works
Mr.. Ford exacts a profit of $1,000.
And Mr.. Ford admits he can build Lib
erty motors faster than sheep can
jump a fence.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-14

An Emmett young woman has found
scriptual authorization for hugging:
THE waste places shall be made glad"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-14
Ju& So.

To be successful a farmer has to
he sharp MS iai>cr.-B.,stnn Tran.
s"ript.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-14

| food scarcity abroad must continue
for some time after the war, sc
that it would seem that the high agri-
cultural prices will prevail, and this
especially for meat products. Herbert
Hoover has called attention to the de-
pletion of the livestock herds of Eu-
rope. Wheat stocks may be low and
yet one great harvest will replenish
them. The permanent grain stock
is always very small in comparison
with the annual crop. But the per-
manent livestock herds are not rebuilt
in season or year. The United
States Bureau of Foreign and Domes-
tic Commerce has issued bulletin
that will be very valuable to all cap
tains of industry, since it gives the
results of survey of what has been
done and is being done among all
the leading countries in preparation
for resuming normal business. The
bulletin contains also a list of $50
commodities that the bulletin says
will be in abnormal demand"
the declaration of peace.
Among foodstuffs there are included
in the 40 commodities wheat, corn,
rye, { ats, barley, sugar, rice, potatoes,
coffee, meats and fish. That is food
;tuffs alone comprise more than one
'ourth of the commodities that will be
a abnormal demand in rebuilding |
fhe bulletin states further that our
'wn governments greatest prepare
ion for after-war trade is "the con-
truction and organization of large
merchant navy, backed by large and
Efficient shipyards and docks" 1t
quite long list of things
hat different bureaus of the govern
nent are doing to help in after war
djustment and activity. Mr.. Hoover
) working to induce the bringing up
f American livestock, and notable
hing has been done with regard to
ogs, the supply of which in the Unit
States has increased in the last year
per cent, from go million to 90
lillion head. Wool is one of the COM
oddities that will be in abnormal de-
and, according to this bulletin, and
lie farmers industry, in short, seems
face period of continuing good
mes while the world is rebuilding
hat it has destroyed. :
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-14

l "War must leave nothing to the van
r pushed but their eyes to weep with"
One of the meanest things a woman
can do to a man is to ask him to carry
her knitting bag.
An Emmett young woman has found
scriptual authorization for hugging:
THE waste places shall be made glad"
In caring for the teeth one of the
where you put them when you went to
bed
The best sermon is not always the
short sermon. The best sermon is the
one that seems short, whether it is
or not.
An anonymous correspondent puts
this way: "If Kaiser Wilhelm doesn't
go there, what's the use of having any
hell?"
Why is church bell? The people
always get to the theater or to the
circus on time without waiting for a
bell to ring.
Der All-Highest-Courage mein
beoplesi Your kaiser will nefer desert
you'll Der Beoples-Dots vat We vas
afraid of, alretty!
When man dreams it is of pa :
rade which he, clad only in his night
shirt, is conducting in the presence of :
an admiring crowd.
Ring out wild bells,
Across the snow .
The kaiser's going
Let him go!
4 4 . :
This weather makes a fellow won :
Ter, not so much what became of his
asst summers wages, as what became :
f his last years winter underwear. =
Private (who has just found piece =
t wood in one of his frankfurters)--
ay, don't mind eating the dog, but
II be darned if | eat the dog house 4
Anyone who is good at mathematics
nd wants to figure in large numbers
light try to figure how many ques-
ons the boys over there will have to
nswer when they get home. II
4 Z Z L
The Yankee pants
Are olive drab,
The French's
Red as flame;
The Scotchman
Wears no pants at all,
But he gets there
Just the same.
z 4 4
1t is stated that for every Liberty
otor constructed in his works
r. Ford exacts a profit of $1,000.
nd Mr.. Ford admits he can build Lib
ty motors faster than sheep can
mp fence.
A chaplain, on making his rounds in
e base hospital of large canton
mt, stopped at the cot of darky
d said: "Sam, how is it that you
: in bed today? You were quite we'll
len | spoke to you yesterday" The
rky replied: "Well, pahson, ah done
S kicked by mule" "What in the
me of goodness did he kick you
!" "Ah guess ah done fogot to
ute"
The worlds history is divine poem
which the history of every nation is
.anto and every man a word. It's
aims have been pealing along down
centuries, and, though there have
n mingled the discords of roaring
non and dying men, yet to the
'istian philosopher and historian-
humble listener-there has been a
ody running through the song
oh speaks of hope and halcyon days
come. History is but the unrolled
I'll of rophecy-Unknown
"Moceif-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-14

the army. The Y. NJ. c. A. has been
enlisting professors for this service for
one ear or more.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-06
AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE.

This is the title of a publication just
issued by the State>Geological Survey
in cooperation with the United States
Office of Public Roads and Rural En-
gineering. The report contains 1876
pages of printed matter and num-
Der of half-tones and maps.
In the introduction is given list
Of all the drainage districts so far
formed in the state, or in process of
formation, together with the number
of acres in each district and the cost
of drainage per acre.
Following the introduction is dis
cussion of the drainage characteristics
OF Georgia in which the photography
and the climate are gone into with
considerable detail, and the question
Of drainage as applied to the Piedmont
region is also discussed, including the
planning of improvements, the con
struction and mair tenance of canals,
and other drainage devices. 1--WE Of
the typical projects already in opera
ton are described in detail, namely,
the Big Haynes creek district and the
Rose creek drainage district
A like discussion of drainage in the
Coastal Plain is next taken up, and
description given of the Baxley drain
age district and the Little Satina
river and Big Red Cap drainage
district,
The remainder of the book is given
eve mainly to a classified summary
OF all the wet and overlooked lands
OF the state, arranged alphabetically
under the names OF the counties, END,
ing with a general summary for the
whole state,
AT the end of the report is an alb,
stract of the Drainage Law in Georgia.
together with the amendments of 1911
and 1917. A diagram showing the
operation OF the drainage law and the
necessary step to be taken by those
desiring to form drainage districts, is
appended.
The publication of the report at the
present time is quite opportune. as
the reclamation of swamp and over
flow lands appears to be the most
practical solution to the question OF
increasing our food output which ques-
lion is now of the greatest vital i'm
portance.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-06
THE CHRONIC DIRECTOR.

Senator Hardwick has well-earned
the title OF chronic objector
But he is worse than that-he is an
obstruetionist. fault-fnder. a cap
tious critic, in an extreme degree, His
methods are thoroughly contemplate
and discreditable. They are decid-
edly more political than statesman
like. ana their odor suggests that
they are of the very rottenest brand
Of politics.
The following is from the Associat-
ed Press.
Washington, Jan Senator
Hardwick, of Georgia, declared in
the senate today that President
Wilson's action in holding over
his cabinet from his first term.
without submitting re-nomina-
tions, was "contemptuous dis
regard" OF senatorial courtesy
and he introduced a resolution
calling on the president to in
form the senate by what war
rants of law or authority the
Present cabinet officers hold their
Offices.
The resolution went over with
our action, and Senator Hard
wick promised to make speech
on it later.
Hsying already declared on the
public platform in Georgia that he
was afraid Of no man. from the pres
ident down, Mr.. Hardwick now pro-
ceeds to refer 70 the great chief ex-
ecutive Of the nation in terms even
more contemplate. One would think
him, from the tone and phrasing Of
his remarks, cheap, small-minded
narrow-sauge, Republican senator
But, of course, he isn't Whatever
else is said of Senator Hardwick. he
can't be called a Republican. We
know he IS a Democrat because, in
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-06
Lets Lick HardWick, Too.

The Americas Times-Recorder has
just taken a poll of the newspapers
OF the 152 counties IN Georgia to find
out the sentiments of the people as
to who is the logical man for sena-
tor to succeed Hardwick The poll
shows that Hon. w. j. Harris is the
overwhelming choice: that the senti-
ment against Hardwick is also over
whelming, and that Gambler, Upshaw
and Cooper ara not regarded as seri-
Gus factors-valdosta Times. And
now that this has been settled to
the entire satisfaction of all us anti
Hardwick fellows let us proceed to
lick the kaiser. Columbus Enquirer
Stn
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-06

who held a federal or state office
sought 70 mulct the public treasury
fer as much as he could, and would
serve under no other condition than
that of payment for services render
ed. But the trend of the times now
IS for men in high public life and oc-
cupying important positions of their
own TO volunteer to serve the coun-
Try in exacting Offices expressly on
the condition that they will not be
laid.
This is type Of patriotic service
just as much as to be appreciated as
that of military service.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-06
THE NEW DRAFT RULING.

The new selective draft ruling. as
announcer by Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder. greatly simplifies, for
the present, at least, the process Of
additional military forces
for this country, and at the same time
it brings sensations of relief to thous-
ands, if not millions, of married men,
their wives and children
No married men with DEPENDENTS
win be taken in the next call only
single men between the ages Of 2r
and 81 being called upon TO bear arms
However an extension Of the draft
appears to be quite likely It
viii most probably be increased to
forty and, perhaps, to forty-dve, but
the pen Of more mature age viii not
be used at the front Instead. it is
the intention, if they are used at all,
to assign them to special or admins
trative work. so that the younger fel-
lows may de the actual fighting It
has already been conclusively demon
strated that this is a young mans
war the older men not being physical
Il constituted to undergo the terrible
priyations of life at the front
The work of the exemption boards
is now reduced comparatively to a
minimum However, the question
naires must still be filled out, as the
COY eminent proposes to have com
2lete index file of the qualifications of
every male citizen of military age for
Use n future contingencies. But the
relief comes to those married men
Wh1 woe uncertain as to the likeli-
hood of being drafted into the army
Many of them have not been able to
proceed with their business affairs, or
to Jsn for the future. because of the
suspense hanging over them. Now
thoy irCw that they will not be taken
into the army for a year or two yet,
and hardly then
Another ruling of considerable in
terest concerns the questionaires 1t
has been held that errors or omis-
sions in filling them out does not re-
! duce the registrant's chances of being
drafted. or invalidate the question
aire, 1t is stated that these ques
tionaires are intended chiefly to aid
thu boards as evidence, and are not to
be considered so strictly that if one
is not filled out with precise correct
ness the registrant must be ruled
against. In the great rush Of pre-
pairing the questionaires, it was nat
ural that errors and omissions have
occurred, none of them serious, but
sufficiently, if technically construed.
to Yoidthe sS$<ant's return
ihe selectire draft system is grad
pally working itself out, and in time
it will be thoroughly established The
wonder is that it has already attained
its present stage of efficiency and sat
isfaction in so short a time
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-06
THIS IS PATRIOTISM. roo.

American patriotism was never bet
ter exemplifed. not even IN the rush
Of thousands of young men to
answer their country's call for sol
diers, ,n:,h in the volunteer services
which have been performed the ma
rioh over. by fuel and food admins
traitors and thrift, Red Cross. and
fcod conservation campaign workers
aid managers.
In evary town. city, county and
state there are today men who are
serving their country faithfully, at
a personal sacrifice Of time and
money without compensation Of any
sort The work Of the food and fuel
administrations is especially arduous,
and subjects those connected with it
to a degree of public disfavor. Yet
leading citizens have cheerfully &C
cepted the responsibilities vested in
them and are proceeding TO organize
their respective communities for the
better distribution and equitable prize
ing of the various commodities.
There was a time when every man
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-06
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-06

Vegetables cannot be shipped to our
soldiers in Europe or to our associates
in the war In eating vegetables we
are freeing other foods that might help
them win the war.