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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-28

The Misses Madeline Merrill and
Carolyn Kennedy were the guests
Tuesday of Miss Hazel Beckett at
Weber pond.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-28
ADJUSTMENTS
COLONIAL

"hh.the- Trail Holiday" Biggest
Comedy Hit Ever Scrsened-Char-
lie Chaplin in THE Fioorwatker'
james Montgomery FIagg Com
sdy-Mutuai Weekly.
The Adair County news., 1918-01-23

1t was not our purpose last
week to criticise any legislative
effort by any set of men or fac
ton in or outside of the legisla-
ture toward securing for Ken
lucky and the nation positive,
absolute and ..bone dry" prohi-
bition. But we are unalterably
opposed to any pipe line provision
or evasion that makes alcohol and
alcoholic liquors accessible or
available to any person whomso-
ever thru the Doctor, Druggist,
or any other person or agency.
In other words, we favor the
absolute prohibition of the manu-
facture and sale of alcohol and
alcoholic beverages and drink
ables that can or could be taken
into the stomach of man for any
reason or cause, or under any
circumstance or condition or at
any time or place until the Judg-
ment Day. This is the only de-
mocratic way in which prohibi-
ton can be made effective, and
if by chance such a measure
should cause the inconvenience
or even the death of a few, bet
ter let them die and pass out of
their misery into eternal and
universal obstemiousness, than
that the many should suffer.
The Adair County news., 1918-01-23

fined to her room several days
of last week with a complica-
ton of troubles, has about re-
covered.
Our old friend and popular
groceryman of Burkesville, to-
wit, Mr.. Horace Alexander, was
calling on his trade, in our town
one day last week, and as usual
had a good business.
Quite a number of the citizens
from Keltner, Nell and Sparks
Vile, were in our town last week
and from what we can find out
there will be a great effort from
the farming class of people, the
coming season for a large crop
of tobacco. If our farmers make
as much of the weed as they are
calculating On, and sell for as
good prices as they did the past
season, old Adair will have as
much money as she will need for
a few years anyway.
Miss Ruby Pedigo, who has
been teaching for US for the past
two years. the present term
closed last week. We can say
of a truth that she is one of the
best teachers that we have ever
had. While the weather has
been so very disagreeable, her
attendance was not as good as 1t
would have been otherwise, but
those who attended advanced
rapidly with their studies. Miss
Ruby has given universal salts
faction to her pupils and patrons
The Adair County news., 1918-01-23

The address of Sir Frederick
E. Vincent, British Attorney
General, before the Kentucky Ma
tional Defense Convention last
week in Louisville, should arouse
the patriotism of Kentuckians
and Americans no less than the
frequent and ringing appeals of
President Wilson. Sir Frederick
presents to the people of Amer
lea picture painted in dark and
mourning colors for the homes of
America before the end of the
great struggle for the worlds
freedom and Democracy's uni.
versal triumph. For us at least,
the bloody contest is just begin
ming. Weshave not yet realized
nor dreamed of the suffering nor
bloody sacrifice that America
must with courage and hope en-
dure before Germany is conquer
ed. The vindication of those
principles to which we are nov
and should without compromise
continue to be committed until
the victory is won will call for
an army of not less than seven
million men with an untold ex
penditure of money to carry on
the campaigns of a war that, as
it now appears. must go on for
four or five years. A national
victory will be a personal victory
for every patriotic American citi-
zen. There can be in this strug-
gle no national victory without
national sacrifice, and no person
al victory without personal sacri-
fee on the part of every free
born American and liberty loving
American citizen.
The Adair County news., 1918-01-23
From Camp Taylor.
Jan. 18th, 1918.

Jan. 18th, 1918.
Editor News
Having been asked by your
former correspondent, Sergt. T.
G. Chandler, who is now in the
Officers Training school, to write
to the News, l shall endeavor TO
give you a bit of camp news.
We have amused ourselves for
the last few days with shovels
and brooms, clearing the snow
from our doors. The severe win
ter and snow has greatly inter-
ferred with our drilling, but we
will soon resume our work in
good way, as the snow has given
us a rest.
We have with US now, besides
The Adair County news., 1918-01-23

The little old bald headed
young man who plays third fd-
die as stenographer to the pri-
vate secretary of him who sits
on the throne at the State House,
with a wet" cap, tried to shoot:
us with his toy pistol, from be-
hind a marble column while we
were visiting in Frankfort last
week. You little bald headed
"wart," why. the little fire, of
your little gun, even if your pow
der were dry" would elicit
only ridicule from most of the
occupants Of the house of your
little official 1onicile; and if it
were later in the season might
crown your pateness, in Column
bia, with oval putridness by the
multitudes who read and endorse
the editorials of the Adair' Coun-
ty News. For your edifcation,
our circulation in Frankfort, out
side of Louisville, is larger than
in any city in the state. with
Washington. D. c.. a close third
from the outside. Do you recall
the words of your little master?
Big fleas have little 1leas
Upon their backs tie bite 'em
Little feas have lessor ones.
And so on ad infinitum"'
Now, you pusillanimous ameo-
bic animalculous parasite, our
law parctice, printin' shop, and
next years tobacco crop, worry
us enough without being poster
ed with things like you.
The Adair County news., 1918-01-23
Pacifist, Policeman, Pro.
Stacker, or Traitor?

Pacifst, Policeman, Pro-
Stacker, or Traitor?
The Baptist congregation of
Richmond has no doubt voiced
the sentiment of the entire Bap-
fist church of Kentucky in con-
demning with a strong resolution
calling for the resignation, as
moderator of the General Bapt-
list Association of Kentucky, of
H. Boyce Taylor. the notorious
megalomaniac of Murray. 1t is
said that this Taylor on the &C.
cassion of his selection for this
high church position absented
himself from the convention
while the war program of Pres.
Wilson was being lauded and en-.
dorsed by the Baptists of the
State. This man has been heard
of in News and Truths" before
in Kentucky for his mendacious
diatribes of personal honor and
character. Such a man may be
expected to be traitor to his
country, as we'll as traitor to
his church and his God. The
reputed utterances of the late
John Young Brown in regard to
Beef" Butler on the floor Of
Congress may apply yet to such
characters.
There are men. so vile, so
mean, that they may stand by
the River styx and read their
doom by the light of He'll"
The Adair County news., 1918-01-23

our regular corps of officers,
some French and English officers
who assist in training US.
Owing to the fact that the
government has temporarily
closing some factories and other
industries, because of a shortage
of fuel, there may De relatives
who are anxious about our com
fort in camp. | can assure you
that we are perfectly comfort
able. We have plenty of fuel,
food clothing and bedding. Uncle
Sam needs men and he is caring
for them.
The snow has stopped trains
and auto trucks, it hasn't stOpp-
ed our mule spinners and their
four mule teams. We owe it to
the mules and drivers for bear
ine us over this severe weather.
We have several patients in
the Base Hospital, but there is
not city of similar population,
$4,000, but has its hospitals
filled with patients, then we
can't expect nothing but to have
some sickness here.
| The officers of the Hospital
The Adair County news., 1918-01-23

Nat B. Sewell, State Inspector
and examiner makes some spleu.
did recommendations of needed re-
forms in his recent report. An
especially good one, is that no
more than one trustee of the
Kentucky Normal and Indus
trial Institute, colored, Of Frank
fort, shall be a resident of any
one county. Enough money is
being expended, and more could
be gotten, for this Institution to
give the negroes of Kentucky an
industrial. agricultural, and
training school that would give
them opportunities commensur-
ate with other southern States
1t has been VIGOROUSLY patent
for many years that this institu-
ton has been generally regarded,
on account of the present system
of management, as the hand
plant of petty politics and graft
for a small group of negro poll.
ticians in and around Frankfort
and Lexington, while the great
masses of the negroes of Ken
lucky receive little or no benefit
whatever. This Institution with
its magnificent 300 acre blue
grass farm, buildings and equip.
ment paid for and supported al
an annual cost of about $40, 00(
per year by the tax payers OF
Kentucky for the negroes Of
The Adair County news., 1918-01-23

If appropriations for the main
tenance of the Kentucky Hitter
acy Commission are to be made
out of the State school fund, and
we do not think that it can be
done without an amendment to
the constitution, certainly the
amount should be made COM
mensurate with the great and
splendid work of civilization that
this commission is doing for
Kentucky and the world. Why
not abolish a few of the sinecure
Commissions and Boards and
substitute in lieu thereof the
Illiteracy commission that civil
zation and culture may supplant
in Kentucky her sordid blight of
politics and patronage? Shall we
wait for woman suffrage that
our people may be free? God
grant to hasten this golden day!
The Adair County news., 1918-01-23
GradyviIle.

Mr.. II. y. wheeler, VINO mas
been sick for several weeks, is
on the stage of action again.
Plenty snow, rain and ice
down this way this week.
W. L. Grady spent a day or so
on the tobacco market, at Green's
burg, this week.
Mrs. R. O. Keltner was on the
sick list several days of last week.
Huston Bradshaw. of Bliss,
was in our midst last Wednes-
day.
L. B. Cain and family and
Curt Yarberry and family are
now citizens of this community.
We are certainly glad to have
them with us.
Dolphus Rodgers and Glenn
Rose, of Roacbville, were in our
midst a day or so of last week.
Mrs. W. P. Flowers, who has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
James Hoy, of McGregor, Tex
as, for several months, returned
home last week.
John D. Lowe, the popular
shoe drummer Of Columbia, was
calling on his trade in our town
one day last week.
Mr.. j.. T. Rose and wife, who
| have been living in our town for
the past two or three years,
moved a few days ago to the
community of Sparksville. Mr.
and Mrs. Rose are good people
and we are sorry to lose them.
Mr.. Luke Sheriff., of Taylor
county, who purchased the farm
known as the AT. Sheriff., farm
near this place, is now a citizen
: of our community. We are glac
= to have him in our midst.
Quite a number of hogs was
slaughtered in this community
last week. Consequently WI
have plenty of fresh ribs ant
sausage.
Mr.. Herschel Sheriff. and fam
lily will leave for Camp Knox il
a few days, for their futur'
home. Mr.. Sheriff. will engag'
in the milling business.
: Mr.. Robert Wellington, o
: Columbia, agent for the Adai
| Spoke Co., spent a day or s.
, here last week looking after tn
spoke business for his firm.
! Mrs, Mile Hill, who was con
The Adair County news., 1918-01-23

corps take every precaution to
prevent sickness. They hold
daily. weekly and monthly in
spections, and we have to keep
our quarters and person in per-
feet condition, so you can see we
are well cared for.
1t is remarkable how we'll the
men get along with each other.
There is no quarreling or scrap
ping. Every soldier meets the
other with a friendly greeting
which marks comrades respect
for another.
The boys of Adair county are
fortunate in being in Headquar-
tiers Company. We have a splen-
did corps of officers and the lar
gest company in the Regiment.
There was a list of promotions
in our company read to-day,
Rollin Cundiff, one of Adair's
worthy young men, was war
ranted as Corporal.
With best wishes to the News
and its readers,
| am respectfully,
Edwin E. Moore,
336th Inf. Hdqr's Co.
The Adair County news., 1918-01-23

Kentucky should be placed under
the control of a board free from
and above political influence.
This can be done only in the way
that Mr.. Sewell recommends.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-19
sHow JIMMY PROPOSED.

Ellis Parker Butler, the well-known humorist, has story in. the August American Magazine in which the main chara cter says:
 Well, Jimmy had been with the Burtons six years and Annie, our hir ed girl, had been with us five years. I guess everybody thought she hadn't any other name at all until one even-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-19
EXCURSIONS AS USUAL.

New York, July 19-Although a great many would-be excursionists have been under the impression that all travel this year would be at full increased railway rates, it was an- sounced at the offices of the regional director of Eastern railroads yester- day that reduction of 10 per cent
 would apply on all round trip tickets to summer resort points, tickets being
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-19

good until the end of the season. This will govern all roads and will stand until September 30.
 The present full rate is three cents a mile, an increase of about 3S 1-3 per cent. over last years scale of prices. Travel to holiday and week end points has been smaller in val ume than in other seasons, but in the opinion of the several companies, this falling off is due to unreasonable
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-19
would say, 'eYes," and, after sine learn [

would say, "Yes," and, after she learn ed it, No" So. after a couple of years, Jimmy began to hold Armies hand when he talked to her, and in a couple Of years more they got engag ed: I guess they liked each other.
 II was in our dining-room one day, looking to see if Annie had put any fresh cookies in the jar in the closet, when I heard my mother say "Oh An nie" in the kitchen, as if she was
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-19
ng when Jimmy came

ing when Jimmy came over and knocked at the back door and asked Mother if Miss Dernbacher was home
 She wasn't, because sine had gone to the Evangelical Lutheran Church; but after that Jimmy used to come over, and Annie would put two chairs out in the yard under the apple tree and they would sit and talk Or Jimmy would talk. He would talk and talk and talk. and every once in a. while Annie
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-19
weather rather than to Increased

weather rather than to increased rates.
 Other travel has increased greatly and the New York Central reports that the number of passengers to such points as Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo and Chicago is greater than last year by about 30 per cent This is ab- normal as one railroad official points out, the natural growth in. travel be- . ing about to 10 per cent. a year.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-19

sorry about something. So, then An nie said:
 '' I bin sorry to go away, too, ma'am. but it is right everybody should get married once or twice
 CT know, my mother said; but I don't know what I will ever do with out you, Annie.'
 "'So then Annie cried, and there were no cookies, so I-went out
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-19

Times Want Ads. One Cent a wnrA,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-12

Copyright. 1915 ny the New York Times,
the Chicago Tribune and the Oklahoma
city Tmes)
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7;4S at the fair grounds and will be
ar impressive and interesting ceremony
and open to the public.
Each man now enrolled in the COM
pany received the following notice this
morning:
"You are ordered TO report at the fair
grounds at 7:j0 a. M Saturday, July
IS, for muster. Appear clean shaven
hair trimmed, shoes shined and in your
best suit OF clothes Bring blanket
as we will camp out all night but 1t will
not be compulsory on you to stay all
night School and drill after muster
Supper and breakfast will be served"
There will he school of instruction
and a general get-together meeting
after muster
"The public will enjoy these eNer
ciscs," said Captain Brewer There
won't be any sob stuff i, will be a jol
LITIGATION meeting"
Paul II. Fesler. superintendent o
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hard. II may be accepted that strenu-
Gus Efforts were made to break the
spirit of those boys. And this tribute
from the German army to the Ameri-
can captiveS comes a few DAYS after
the issuance OF an order by Ludcndorii
calling attention to the fact that cap
iured Germans were giving away valu-
able military secrets. and appealing to
his soldiers to cease doing so when
made prisoners
Know What They Fight For.
have said often in these dispatches
that OF all soldiers fighting in France
the American fighting man knows best
what he is fighting for. The Germans
confirmed this in the strongest pos
sible way Our boys knew they were
over here TO help France and protect
their owl country, and they left no
doubt about It in the German minds.
These who doubted that our half
Americans" as the Germans call them
would make good should read hun.
dred times the last paragraph of this
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-12
pUWUtR IN SHOES
As WELL AS GUNS
Foot= Ease to Be Added to Equip
ment of Hospital Corps
at Fort Wayne,

Under the above heading the Detroit
FREE Press, among other things saws,
The theory is that soldiers whose feet
are in good condition can walk further
and faster than soldiers who have corns
and bunions incased in rawhide."
The Plattsburg Camp Manual advises
men in training TO shake Foot-Ease in
their shoes each morning.
One war relief committee reports. ofall
the things sent out in their Comfort Kits.
Aliens Foot-Ease received the most
praise from the soldiers and sailors. II is
used by American, French and British
troops, because it takes the Friction from
the Shoe and freshens the feet. There
is no foot comforter equal to Aliens
Foot-Ease, theantiseptic, healing powder
to be shaken into the shoes and sprinkled
in the foot-bath, the standard remedy
for over 25 years for hot, tired, aching,
perspiring, smarting, swollen, tender
feet, corns, bunions, blisters or callouses
Why not order dozen or more 25o.
boxes to-day from your Druggist or
Dept store to mail to your friends in
training campsand in the army and navy.
tAdvertisemenO
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official German document II must
have been an enlightenment for the
Prussian high officers to hear why the
man-American boys were fighting
in the Bois de Belleau.
About the whole thing this state
ment is true-it is impossible for an,
more glorious tribute to be paid to our
soldiers than this official statement,
coming from the army under the Ger
man crown prince. Who can be bet
ter Judge of our soldiers than the Ger
mans who have been fighting them?
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-12
FREEDOM FOR DOCTOR
TALKING BIRTH CONTROL

CLEVELAND. Ohio, July l2-Dr.
Ben Reitman OF Chicago, serving
six months sentence in the Warrcnvillc
workhouSc Tor spreading birth control
propaganda, was to be released today.
according to superintendent Burns Of
WarrcnSyille farm
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COMP ANY NEEDS
TEN MORE men
EnliStmentS for Company
Close Today,

This is the last day for enlistment in
company !, Third regiment, Oklahoma
national guard, and squad Of nine men
will be on the streets all day securing
the last recruits.
The company is practically filled
but Captain Brewer said this morning
that about ten reserves could be taken
il they came in by night
Muster will he tomorrow night at
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Bravery and Spirit Declared
Remarkable" in Report to
Crown PrinCei PerShing'S
Men, After Capture, Never
Give Information,


Copyright 1918. by the New York Times,
the Chicago Tribune and the Oklahoma
city Times.)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
on THE MARINE, July 1.-The
German army has declared officially
that the American soldiers are "re-
markable" Regardless OF the stuff
the kaiser's propaganda bureau feed,
to the German people, and to neutrals
about our soldiers not being able to
fight, for its own use, the German
army his compiled its own estimate,
which looks forward to finding the
Americans formidable adyersarles"
Americans Keep Silent.
This estimate is set forth in an Of
fical German army report captured
yesterday This report not only
speaks in most respectful terms OF the
nerve and bravery OF the American
soldiers fighting northwest of Chateau
Therry, but conieSSeS that the German
intelligence officers were utterly un-
able 10 get information from the few
Americans they captured What is OF
most significance the report marvclS
that while the majority OF the Ameri-
cans captured were horn OF foreign
born parclts, they all had the pure
American spirit II can I've stated that
ONE OF the Americans captured were
German-AmerlcanS
What Document Says.
Today | obtained an official transla.
ton OF his document which follows.
Extract from interrogation by
intelligence officer at headquarters
OF the German (delctcd) army. OF
American prisoners captured in the
BourcSchc, sector June to A.
1913:
Essential information Captured
Chcre follows a long line Of empty
SpaceS)
Composition of the American di-
vision dimes of untitled blanks)
History more untitled blanks)
IAN Assault Division"
Fighting (dclctcd) American di-
vision may he considered very
good division, perhaps an assault
division Various attacks of two
regiments upon BclIeau Wood were
executed with dash and intepid-
ity The moral effort OF Our fire
was not able seriously to check
the advance of their infantry The
nerves of the Americans are not
yet shaken
The quality OF the men must be
characterized as remarkable They
carry themselves well, are well de
yeloped physically and from l8 to
28 years OF age At the present time
they only require proper training
to make them formidable adver-
saries.
The spirit Of the men is fresh
and full OF confidence. The fol
loving statement by a prisoner is
characteristics.
"We Kill or We Are Killed"
Their method of attack. Two at
tacks on Belleau wood, which were
executed by one or two battalions.
were carried out in the following
manner; Three or four lines of
skirmishers were separated bv an
interval Of thirty or fifty PAGES;
not far behind them were assault
dctachmcnts in platoon columns.
The troops we're ahundantly pro-
vidcd with automatic rifles and
0rcuades Assault, dcachments ad-
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the University hospital, and Walter B.
Reeves, captain of the drill team Of
the Modern Woodmen Of America, en-
listed as priyates in the guard yester-
day.
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II you haven't signed a War Savings
pledge, do so at once, Uncle Sam needs
the money