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Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13
HOW BONDS NAY BE S0LI
Treasury Department viii Provide No
Additional Installnent Plan.

The Treasury apartment has de-
termined, after careful consideration,
that 1t will not provide any plan for
disposing of the Fourth Liberty Loan
Bonds on the installment plan, other
than the usual plan of previous loans
This information was conveyed to
Chairman William R. Compton of the
Liberty Loan Organization of the
Eighth Federal Reserve District in a
telegram from Lewis B. Franklin, Di-
rector of War Loans.
The plan, as heretofore, will consist
of initial payment and three subse-
quent payments about one month
apart.
Director Franklin requests Chair
man Compton to advise the local com.
mittees at once of the decision
reached.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13

We are fighting Germany, for one
thing, because Germany, having split
the world in half, is now seeking to
devOur the halves separately. She
has driven wedge straight through
the heart of Europe, and into Asia,
and is seeking to extend 1t to the Per-
sian gulf.
This is no accidental happening, due
to the downfall of Russia and the sud-
den shifting in the fortunes of war.
Germany planned it all decades ago.
She made no effort to keep the plans
secret. She told us all about 1t. She
had a reputation for making plans
and sticking to them, from one gener-
alton to another; yet the world paid
no attention. 1t seemed too prepOs-
ferrous even for Germany to attempt.
AS long ago as 1895 a pamphlet,
"Pan-Germany and Central Europe
About 1850" was published in Berlin
and had wide circulation. II laid the
whole Mitteleuropa plan bare as fol-
lows:
"Poland and Little Russia (the king
dom to be established at Russia's ex-
pense) will agree to have no armies
of their own, and will receive in their
fortresses German and Austrian garri-
sons. In Poland, as we'll as in Little
Russia, the postal and telegraph serv-
ices as well as the railways will be In
German hands,"
In 1911 Tannenberg's book, "Greater
Germany" was published. This was
only three years before the war, but
IT showed that the idea Of German
Mitteleuropa had not been allowed to
languish. 1t says:
FThe new kingdom of Poland is
made up of the former Russian por-
ton of the basin of the Vistula, and of
Galicia and forms q part.of the new
Austria"
How the plan has grown since then!
Russia's collapse dropped whole prov
inces into the lap of the kaiser, and
now Germany plans its empire on
scale which would dwarf that of an
cient Rome. II is to embrace the orig
inal Central Europe, inhabited by
some 73,OOb,'NW Germans, make the
Black sea German lake, and extend
clear to the Persian gulf through the
vassal states of Bulgaria and Turkey.
The German government started to
put its scheme for a Mitteleuropa in
to effect years ago when 1t began the
construction of the Berlin-to-Bagdad
railway. Little Serbia stood in the
way, so Serbia was attacked and the
world was plunged into war. In the
opposite corner of Europe Belgium
was invaded and crushed. The world
then thought that this was only be-
cause Belgium offered the easiest
route to France; but study Of the Nit
teleuropa plan of years ago shows that
Belgium was included in the scheme
Of conquest.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13

When the total deposits of the ma
tional banks are added, the grand to-
tai for the state approximates $780,
100000. The showing as to the state
institutions is especially significant,
in view OF the fact that compora
lively few of them belong to the Fed
eral Reserve system, although the
largest are members. The nonmem
bers have been at a disadvantage as
to government deposits. Missouri has
responded literally to the three Lib
erty loans, the subscription to the
third being especially well distributed
1t is estimated that the state has PAID
over S350OO0,000 for government Oh
legations within the year, yet the to.
tai deposits of state financial institu.
tions are oyer $50 100000 greater than
year ago, PRACTICAL. all the gain
being in individual deposits,
This indicates that Missourians
lihave been sharing in war prosperity
even though no cantonment was To-
Gated in the state and comparatively
few munition plants are running.
Much of the prosnerity is due to the
stimulation of agriculture and there
is every reason to expect its continue
ton, along with a growth in other
lines.
Missouri had an excellent organiza-
tion In the last loan drive and 1t is
presumed that It will be available for
the coming loan campaign. The pub
lie has been educated to the meaning
OF bond buying and everybody recog-
nizes the full significance of the war.
The quota will be much larger than
that of the third loan, but with proper
organization and diligent activity,
Missourians will be able to reach II,
with their new resources s.-Editorial
Globe-Democrat Of Aug. 81, 1918.
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+ A.-About what sixty cents !
+ bought yesterday, {
+ Q.-How much will a dollar Z
T. buy tomorrow? 4
+ A.-About what a dollar and Z
+ sixty cents buys today. Z
= J.-Then I'll make a lot of =
= money just by saving what ! =
+ have, won't l? 4
= A.-You certainly will. Z
= The purchase of Fourth Lib =
+ erty Bonds is the best way to I
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Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13
K. OF G. Elect.

Tuesday evening of this week
was the regular annual election of
officers for Monroe City Council
and the following were elected for
the ensuing year: t'|<
j. D Robev. Grant Knight
Earl Mudd. Dep Grand Knight,
I.C Yates, Chancellor.
L L.Haean. Warden.
Norvin Yates. Financial Sec,
C A A'Monteomery. Recording Sec.
W b Pike, Treasurer.
Sterling Hays, Inside GuaAd,
Eugene Montgomery Outside
Guard,
Trustees, E. C Spalding. Thopas
Conboy and Joe Quinn.
Owing to the fact that so many
of this and all other councils of the
State have enlisted for military
service Of the country>a drive for
new membership will begin on
Sunday, Sept. 18th and continue to
October 18th. This Council will
open the drive by receiving Holy
Communion Sunday at 8 o'clock
mass. W. J. A. Meyer, District
Deputy, will speak at X. C Hall
Sunday promptly at 2 o'clock and
a most cordial welcome is extended
to everyone interested TO be present
promptly at that hour.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13
Must Be a Branch of Hades.

Men do live and work and accom-.
plish things in Mesopotamia between
May and October, says returned
traveller, but the requisites are-sun-
helmets, spine pads, deep dugouts or
thick walls, and larger measure of
pure grit than is necessary in any
other country on earth that l know
of. And in spite of all the precautions
that are taken, more men are killed
each year by heatstroke than by any
other natural agency.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13
Why we Fight
SeTies-NS. 2.
Serie s-NS .. 2

"How does all this affect American
one may ask. Germany was a late
conner in the family Of great nations
Most Of the uncivilized world had beer
pre-empted by other nations before
she arrived. Germany wanted col
onies. To get them she would have
to take them away from someone else
Africa and South America offered
the best fields for German colonial
ton. England possessed the best part
Of Africa-the parts In which the
white man might hope to settle and
thrive. England had a mighty fleet
and disposition to hold what she
had, even though she did not show q
disposition to fight for more.
There remained South America. II
was divided among weak nations. II
was protected only by the Monroe doc
trine. This Monroe doctrine was q
sacred thing to Americans, but, not
being backed up by mighty armies and
fleets, was not even "scrap of paper
TO the Germans. Can anyone doubt,
should Germany succeed in welding
into a mighty empire the 73,000,00O
Germans and the 100,00O,000 inhabi-
tants of the vassal and conquered
states Of her Mitteleuropa, that her
next step would be toward the vest
The very fact that she had this en-
pire would presuppose the defeat of
England, so that no British fleet would
stand between us and Germany when
the time came for the kaiser to send
his legiOns across the Atlantic.
"As in the East, so in the West"
is a motto which, of recent weeks, has
been much heard in Germany. At q
conference of the national liberal par
ty, held in March of this year, the fol-
lowing amazingly frank declaration
was made:
"Our policy has been directed to
making the government and majority
turn away from the reichstag resolu-
tiCn of July 10. (Peace without an
ncXations and indemnities). In that
we have succeeded. Peace has just
been made in the East under cOndi.
tiOns in fiat contradiction to the pol
icy Of July 10, and has received the
support and assent of all the burgeois
parties"
In other words, all Germany is now
planning both anneXations and indem-
mites, such as will leave her without
Il formidable opponent in the world.
Can we make peace now and leave
Germany, flushed with victory, in pos
session of all she has gained and lust
ing for further conquest? IF we did.
would not the whole world live ir
perpetual terror of German aggres-
sion, each country awaiting its turn to
be gobbled upf Can any red-blooded
American talk about peace without
victroy-victory so decisive that Ger
many will be forced to disgorge all ii
has seized, and the German menace be
removed from the world forever?
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13
WILL HAVE TO GET A HUMP ON

Mother (reading aloud from letter
from son Bill, in France II have
been transferred to the camoufage
department. Pa, what is camel
flag?
Father-That is--why, er that is a
kind of feller who flags the-er-
camel trains.-Cartoons Magazine.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13
SHIFTING ExIeENcIEs.

''What do you understand by So
cialism?"
"My ideas on the subject are not
clear. AS near as I can get it So
cialist is man who is willing to try
almost any kind of government
once"
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13
THE REAL MAN.

"He's an optimist."
eyes, that's all right in its way,
but what l want to find is man
who realizes fully the dangers we
are facing and is willing to do some-
thing more than hope that every
thing will turn out right"
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13
READY FOR THE FOURTH LOAN

Missouri is ready for the Fourth
Liberty Loan, so far as money in the
banks goes. State Bank Commission,
er Enright announces that the totna
deposits in state banks and trust com
panies amounted to s4S4699,aS6 G9 on
June 2s. the ni2lest LARK IN hisio~v
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13
A SOLDIERS REASONING.

A st. Louis soldier in France, writ
ing home to his mother, says: New
Liberty Bond drive this fall. am go.
ing to take $500 worth. Best invest.
ment in the world and every dollar in.
vested brings us home that much soon,
err" And that. as George Patullo would
say, Is the Obsolete truth"
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13

Robert Hord and Jewell Drescher
have arrived home after several
weeks stay in Ia. They came home
in order to be here to register
yesterday.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13

Volunteer on Volunteer Day and
send a message to the Kaiser that viii
sicken him of his desire to win the
world.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22

Every woman with her eyes open
must have noticed that button shoes
are little worn, and no doubt the fact
that lace shoes are as general thing
neater and trimmer and more easily
kept In condition has good deal to
do with this.
The fact that button shoes use more
leather than lace shoes is the big rea-
son behind their disappearance from
fashion, say those who know. 1t does
seem a very little leather to save
doesn't it? But then this is the day
when we appreciate the importance OF
very small things; the saving of slice
of bread a day, a lump of sugar or a
half pound Of meat-trifies that we are
assured amount to enormous proper
tions in the aggregate.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22
Atrocious Pun.

Councillor Lamb. an old man when
Lord Erskine was in the height of his
reputation, was Of timid and nervous
disposition. usually prefaclng his plead
ings with an apology to that effect;
and on one occasion, when opposed in
some cause to Erskine, he happened to
remark that he felt himself growing
more and more timid as he grew old
er. "No wonder" replied the relent-
less barrister, "every one knows the
older lamb grows the more sheepish
he becomes"
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22
Control Your Conduct.

The worst Kind of unhappiness, as
well as the greatest amount of it,
comes from our conduct to each other.
If our conduct. therefore, were under
the control of kindness, it would be
nearly the opposite of what it is, and
so the state of the world would be
almost reversed. We are for the most
part unhappy because the world is an
unkind world. But the world is only
unkind for the lack of kindness in the
individuals who compose it.-Fred-
erick William Fsber.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22
Findinu Broken Wire

1t is a difficult matter to locate g
broken wire in an ignition cable, un-
less ono knows how. Here is how:
Draw each individual wire out some
where along the cable. Hold COM
pass within half-inch of the wire. If
the current is flowing through the
wire, the compass will be DETECTED
from It's normal position in one way
or the other A broken wire will have
no effect >on the instrument, which
thereby acts as detective.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22
Human Brain still Mystery,

Science hopes that in time it may
discover the method whereby the bill
lions of brain cells operate in making
would know why the large mind Is not
always the large brain; why we reach
our everyday conclusions In the diver
sified affairs; why we act, plot.
scheme; why, as has been asserted,
the brain can stand the strain of per-
sistent work better than the muscles
Of the body.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22
$4,000 VOICES
And Many Ale The Voices OF
Mount Holly People

Fifty thousand voices What grand
chorus! And that's the number of
American men and women, who are
publicly praising Doan's Kidney Pills
for relief from backache, kidney and
bladder ills. They say it TO friends
They tell it in the home papers, Mount
Holly people are in this chorus.
Here's Mount Holly case:
T. Harry Bowker, 26 Bispham street.
says: ''Doan's Kidney Pills have been
an old standby with me for several
years. always take them when | feel
any kidney disorder coming on and they
do just as advertised. have frequent
1y recommended Doa'ns to my friends.
used to suffer Considerably from lame.
ness across my bach, Just owe. my kid
neys a. 1d it kept me from bending over.
My kidneys didn't act regularly, some
times to frequently, then again, the
secre ions were scanty and burned.
Doan's Kidney Pills have never failed
to relieve that trouble. For some time
now, / have been feeling D. K. and
haven't needed anything for my kiddeys
at all. :"
Price ooc, at all dealers. Dsn't sim
ply ask for kidney remedy-ge'
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mr.,
Bowker had. Foster Milburd Co.,
Mfgrs Buffalo. N. Y.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22
TreeIess Australian Cities.

Australia, with its boundless scrub
and bush has many towns without
tree to protect 1t from the glaring sun.
This has been forcibly brought home
to the Australian forces who have
gazed in admiration at the endless
avenues of England and France that
are planted with trees, mainly oaks,
elms and poplars. No village, however
humble, seemed to be without these
avenues, which appealed SO much to
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22
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Practical use for Them.

whats the use of having two or
three homes, as these millionaires
have?" asked the idle wayfarer who
wanted to start little conversation.
There's whole lot of use." replied
the man who was beating carpets. "If
I owned two homes I'd live in one
while my wife was cleaning the other"
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22
the funny thing was he

the funny thing was he
$50 it was a man after all?'' Mr..
Truman felt an irritation that he could
not account for.
at was so funny. He is really per-
fectly wonderful. hadn't told you,
but we had got very well acquainted
with each other through the letters
we have written. l knew l liked
him. but imagined he was going to be
some quiet, studious little man OF
about your build"
"Well?' Mr.. Truman was distinctly
irritated at that remark.
'Well, he wasn't at all. You see ne
had discovered in the third letter that
I wasn't a man, and-well, don't
know how it happened, but we got aw-
fully fond of each other, and-well,
he asked me to marry him, and Isaid
l couldn't say yes till I'd seen him.
And he said there was something about
him that l might dislike very much.
He thought / would, he said, from
something / said in one Of my first
letters. You see I told him was
glad his heroes didn't have broad
shoulders, or something like that, and
well, you see he has, and he turned
out to be Capt. Patrick Henry Madison.
Isn't that wonderful? Iexplained, OF
course, that what said about stories
had nothing to do with the way felt as
a girl. So just said yes right away,
and 1 thought I'd tell you first be-
cause you and have always been such
good chums, and-Patrick and I will
be married in a week or so. thought
you ought to have time to find some
one else to fill this chair"
Mr.. Truman was signing letters
with an air of considerable preoccu-
patton. He gently stroked his bald
patch and Strengthened his blue serge
shoulders.
s'It's very funny that a man in the
service would be content to leave all
patriotic flavor out of his stories. l
should think he would be so enthusias-
tic he would want to-" Mr.. Truman
had definitely decided he wouldn't like
Captain Patrick.
"Oh, he's enthusiastic, all right, and
he's going to write one great big thrill
ing war story. He's just been wait
ing till he could write really great
one. You'll take it, won't you, Mr..
TrumanT"
'Yes-unless I'm not here either.
You see, I've been thinking of getting
! into the war myself. There is mighty
strong appeal about khaki and all that
sort of thing" and the associate editor
assured him that there was.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22
Why the svon."

sVon" before name In German de-
notes a privilege title. either inherited
or bestowed by monarch upon his
subject for meritorious services. While
formally this prefix was found In mill
tary or feudal families only, many
commoners. captains Of industry, sci
entists, hnanciers and artists were so
honored by their monarchs. The title
Is either hereditary or ceases with the
death Of the distinguished person.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22
Seeking Beauty.

Girls are natural beauty lovers. The
thought girls give to their dress and
the pride they take in whatever Is
pretty and becoming. proves that. But
the girl who loves beauty must be
careful not to put higher estimate on
the beauty Of bright eyes than on
that Of a sweet soul. Do not value
the sheen of silk above the charm Of
kindly speech. In seeking beauty, do
not lose sight Of the beauty which is
the highest of all.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22
A Bit Twisted.

A squad of recruits was practicing
communications down line of men in
open order formation. One message
was: "Hard pressed on left; send
re-enforcements at once" To the
amazement of the officer in charge this
is how it reached him: "Hard up on
left; send three dollars and four cents
at nce."-Buffalo Commercial.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22
AlIeviates Earache.

If earache does not occur often pos
sibly home treatment will alleviate the
suffering, which is always so severe
while 1t lasts. Wiring out hot cloths
and apply them to the ear. This often
brings quick relief. Or moisten a
small piece of cotton, saturated with
sweet oil or laudanum. and place it
carefully in the ear. This is generally
efficacious If the trouble is caused by
the hardening of the wax.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22
Chinese Weddinn Presents

In social circles of the celestial en-
pire the family of the bridegroom
makes presents to the family of the
bride Of various articles a few days
before the day fixed for the marriage.
The presents generally consist of food,
the leg and foot Of a pig, the leg Of a
goat, eight small cakes of bread, eight
torches, three pairs of large red can
dies, a quantity of vermiceln, and sew
eral lunches of f1recrackers.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22
Clay Long IN Congress.

Henry Clay was elected speaker Of
the house of representatives six times,
as follows: In November, 1871. Twelfth
congress; In May. 1913, Thirteenth con-
gress; In December, 1915, Fourteenth
congress; in December, 1917, Fifteenth
congress; In December, 1919, Sixteenth
congress, and in December. 1928. Eight
eenth congress.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22

The term Pathfinder" was a COM
plimentary nickname given John G.
Fremont in the presidential campaign
OF 1855 In honor of his pathfnding
explorations in the region Of the
Rocky Mountains. But he did not find
the path to the presidency, receiving
only 114 votes to 174 for James Bu-
chanan.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22
Got Ring Lost Thirty Years Aco

A boy was playing along the rocky
coast of North Wales, short time
ago, and trying to lift many of the
loose rocks, saw sparkling object
lying underneath one Of them. On be-
ing fished up this proved to be valu-
able gold ring. When inquiries were
made, it was found that it belonged to
an old resident of the district, who had
lost 1T in the sea over thirty years ago,
when bathing.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22
Have VARYING Terms

Judges of the state supreme courts
are chosen for fixed term of years.
varying from two In Vermont to 81 in
Pennsylvania. Eighteen states have
term of six years. seven states of
eight years, five states of II years,
one OF fourteen years and one of If
teen. Indiana has six years. In all
the states they are eligible for re-
election.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22

There ought to be a severe penalty
for an alarm clock striking blue note.
one OF these things got Willie out of
bed an hour too early under the sug-
gestion that he was an hour late, and
landed him at the Office like run
away horse, before the janitors had
finished their mornings work.-Se-
attic Post-Intelligencer.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22
milestone In Tree Trunk.

While saving down large poplar
tree on the Weimar farm two sons Of
Joseph Weimar found their saw would
not penetrate. They began a little
higher, and after the tree was down
they discovered a milestone in the
heart of the trunk. 1t is supposed
that many years ago, when the tree
was sapling, lumbermen working in
the fields laid the stone there and
forgot to take it away, and the tree
grew around it.-Marietta (Pa.) Cor
respondence, Philadelphia Record.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22
Not the Doctors Fault.

"She has been a steady customer of
the beauty parlors," remarked Felicia,
descriptively, "for a number of years.
The reason the results are not all that
might be desired is that the beauty
doctors had so little to start on. She
was, you might say, wholly without
preliminary training for the course"
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22
Got Proof Of Il.

A little Polish girl called to play
with Lena, whose mother asked the
little girl some questions In English
and the child made no reply or sign
that she understood what was being
asked her. Lena said to the child,
Mabel. don't you want some candy?'
The child replied in English. Eyes, I"
which caused Lena to say, 'T knowed
she knowed how to talk English"
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22
DiaI

1t is seldom that men discover rich
mines without digging. Nature COM
monty lodges her treasures and jewels
in rocky ground. If the matter be
knotty and the sense lie deep. they
must stop and buckle to it, and stick
upon 1t with labor and thought and
close contemplation, and not leave it
until they have mastered the difficulty
and got possession Of the truth
Locke.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-10-22
New Vegetable Butter

Shea butter, the reddish oil of the
West African shea tree (Butyrosper-
mum Parkii). is one of several vegeta-
bic buffers that are now of unusual
interest to makers of margarine, choc-
olate. candies and soap. The sweet
and wholesome pulp of the nut is much
priced by the natives, and is said to
be nearly two-thirds butter. Great
Britain controls the source of supply.