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The Dermott news., 1918-01-10
Local and Personal

Huyler's Candies at Bordeaux Drug Store.
 Mrs. N. G. Mitchell was a Pine Bluff visitor this week
 Break your Cold or La Grippe with a few doses of 666
 Rev. William A. Rolle preached at Eudora last Thursday night
 J. D. Hooker was Little Rock vis- itor the first of the week.
 Mrs. A. C. Seamon spent several days in Little Rock last week
 New line of Georgette and Crepe de- chine waists at The Novelty.
 w. E. Larkin of Alexandria. La, was a Dermott visitor Monday.
 G. A. Moseley of Fordyce was bus ness visitor in Dermott Tuesday.
 E. D. Crenshaw was business vis- itor to Camden the first of the week. Avery Farm Implements for sale at B. F. Hobson's Blacksmith Shop. If RUB-MY Antiseptic, Relieves Rheumatism Sprains Neuralgia. etc Alvin Frehling of Drew. Miss. spent several days here last week with rela- lives.
 A country worth fighting for is country worth saving for. Buy THRIFT STAMPS.
 The third lyceum number will be giv- en at the school house on Tuesday eve ming. Jan. 18th.
 The food you waste today may mean HUNGER to Someone, Somewhere. Sometime. Be Saving,
 Just received at The Novelty an at tractive assortment of Georgette and Vrepe-de.c chine waists.
 Mrs " E. Moss and Mrs. C. Camp bell left last week for Hot Springs to spend several weeks
 Mir. and Mrs Ray Shirey will move this week to Wilmar. where they ex- pect to make their home.
 Geo. Adams Crenshaw of Little Rock spent Friday and Saturday here with his father. ]. T. Grenshaw.
 Don't fail to see the Hettie Jane Dunnaway Co at the school house au- ditorium on Tuesday. Jan. 18th.
 Don't cough your head off. Use Rexall Cherry Bark Cough Syrup.
 Bordeaux Drug Store. FOR SALE:-Ford car with Glover Leaf body; in good condition. 2t R. P Blythe Use Rexall Cold Cream for those cbapped lips and hands.
 Bordeaux Drug Store Pete Murphy spent Sunday here with Dermott friends. Mir, Murphy is ticket seller for the Mo -Pac. at Camp Pike.
 Mir. Leonard Spray snd family are moving to Portland this week where he has bought an s0,acre farm from Dr. Litton.
 H. F. Paul of McGehee was transact ing business in Dermott Monday Mir Paul has the agency for Bevo for five counties. The Suburban Store. E. Schnelz. proprietor. handles chickens. eggs, butter and fancy groceries of all kinds Delivery to any part of the city at all times. Your patronage appreciated.
The Dermott news., 1918-01-10

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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-28
w. 6. 6.
What Am I Dolngf

Ask yourself this question: what
am doing toward helping my country
win the war;" II you are not doing
something don't you think you are a
very lukewarm American?
The Government doesn't ask very
much Of you. 1t merely asks you to
do without unnecessary things and in.
vest your money saved thereby in Sc
curities. You can buy War Savings
Stamps and assist the nation.
Remember that every time you buy
War Savings Stamp, which Is re-
deemable in gold in 1923, you are firing
a shot at Berlin.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-28
How About II, Mr.. Banker?

The bankers of Kentucky do not yet
fully realize the importance Of the War
Savings campaign as part Of the much
greater campaign to defeat the Huns
of Europe. It is not the primary pur-
pose of the War Savings campaign to
get two billion dollars for the Govern
ment, important as that is. Our pri-
mary purpose is to give direction to
the tremendous, but scattered energy Of
Mr.. Average American. Every twenty
five cent piece put into Thrift Stamp,
every four dollars and fifteen cents
put into War Savings Stamp is just
that much more energy released for
the blow our Government is striking.
OF all people In this country, bank
ers ought to be the first to see this,
and to appreciate also the great and
valuable lesson Of thrift whiSh will be
driven deep into the minds Of the pres
ent and rising generation IL the War
Savings campaign really succeeds.
Many of the banks IN Kentucky are
not yet actively interested in the War
Savings movement. A great many of
them, indeed, have the stamps on sale.
Nearly all of them have displayed our
posters. But there for the most part
effort ceases
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-28
- W. s. 8.
What Your Country Expects.


Your country is counting on you to
furnish the sinews of war in this, the
mightiest contest that the world has
ever known. It is counting on your
money, your labor, and your spirit OF
self-sacriAce. World wars can not be
won by talk alone, and they can not
be won by resources unless those re-.
sources are so directed that they count
in the actual prosecution of the war.
America, as we all know, is the rich.
est nation in the world. It has the
most money, the most factories and
the most natural resources. But the
money will not do us any good in the
war unless 1t is modified for the use
of the Government.
This is why the War Savings Stamp
campaign was devised by the Govern.
ment. It gives every man, every WON.
an and every child an opportunity to
do something for the country they
love. You do not have to be million.
aire and buy a lot of bonds. Your
Your twenty-five cents for a Thrift
&tamp or your $41S for War Savings
stamp will help your country and help
it now. And the fact that you did
without something to get the money to
purchase this stamp will help even
more, for the country can not get its
var work done IL the factories are busy
ministering to your pleasure.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-28

We must have your help, Mr..
Banker. We have not hesitated to-
ask you to spend the banks money
to assist the advertising campaign.
We are asking now more than that.
We need your personal, active help.
We want you to direct every one OF
your employees to urge constantly the
sale Of War Stamps. Good Invest.
ment as they are, the stamps will not
sell themselves. Your tellers have
daily opportunity to urge the sale OF
the stamps. In a great many instances
It will take only suggestion from
them to get your customers to put
some of their money into stamps.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-28
houeht to have run in exactly the OPP

thought to have run in exactly the OPP
| Eosite direction at one time
II is SnnnoGcd. IN !. inao"i assert
ed very poslh ely by scientific men
who have made a special study of the
subject, that the river ran north past
Lake Chautauqua at some distance
and into Lake Erie
A certain eminent GeoloGt made
very careful survey Of the Ia ion,
and published man showinI tn an
cient course Of the stream.
The way in which attention was
called to this subject, and inve'iiga-
lion started, was in connection with
the borines made along the rive. for
oil. 1t was found that the water .lur-
ing almost the whole Ct its course
runs ovcr 3 I'd Of nebbles. THIS is
contained in a C-shaped gulch cut
through the rock which is on each
side of and beneath the river or
course, the first and most natural con-
clusion at which one would arrive
would be that, in ages past, the ac-
ton of the river had worn its gulcE
and that gradually by washines in
from the neighboring hills the gulch
had become filled up with pebbles I'M
til it came into its present condition.
This is true, as far as it goes. There
is another fact, though which adds
a new element to the problem. II is
that the distance which one must bore
down before he is through the peh-
BILE deposit and into the rock becomes
much greater as you go farther up
the river. Hence it follows that at the
time when the water was cutting that
deep channel through the solid rock
it was running toward the north, for
the channel inclines in that direction
very decidedly. The direction of the
flow must have been changed by the
filling up of the rocky canyon, if it
may be called such, until the slope
was toward the south. 1t would have
been fine sight to have stood BY and
seen the great river, flowing partly
each way, as it must have done at
some period, overcome its northern
current by its southern one and begin
a solid flow toward the Ohio
The knowledge of this fact, that the
mouth of the Alleghaney was not al
ways at the point. would naturally
leave us to infer that the AIononga-
hela and the Ohio. instead of beitg
two streams, we're once a single river,
and of right are yet; the naming of
them being merely artificial
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-28

most, or, rather other end before. II
any person were to tell us that the AL
,ogheny River did not always run in
the direction In which it now runs
we would likely not place very much
credit to what he said.
Yet such is the fact, or, at least, is
said by biologists to be so.
The Allegheny, which now runs in
q generally southern direction, is
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-28

Why not try a Ledger Want Adj
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-28
Not a chIid's Movement.

The War Savings movement is not
a child's movement. It would be a
capitalist movement II Uncle Sam had
not put the limit at $1,000. II you do
not buy your quota Of War Savings
Stamps you really have no right to
complain If men with large amounts OF
money are given the preference in alb
sorbing issues of Government securi
ties in the future.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-28
RIVER CHANGED ITS DIRECTION
(Pittsburg Dispatch)

The world was being turned upside
down 10 centuries and more ago, ac-
cording to the ideas of those fellows
of the baser sort" at Thessalonica;
but there Is a case a great deal near
err home of a certain portion of the
world being turned wrong end fore
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-28
Fleming Going Well.

"Sales In Fleming county have
passed the 100000 mark" writes
j. w. Heflin, chairman Of War Savings
Committee for this county.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-28

The cables that Holland viii let the Germans ship sand and
gravel through but for mil Try purposes But they are need
ed for military purposes The sand than they
have for the present drive and ~ will gravel scratch
when the drive is over
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-28

Every time reads the editorial page of Hearst paper
has more respect for the intellectually the comic supplement
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-28
w. 8. 8.
Harrodsburg Schools Busy.

Harrodsburg, KY, May IA, 1918.
Mr.. ]. B. Brown, Louisville, Ky.
Dear Strive have organized War
Savings Societies in our school with
the following names, and the amounts
opposite their names have been con.
tributed through w. 8. s. and Liberty
Bonds:
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-28

iotdl ..'..'........... ~, .bi
We desire charters for these and
would appreciate the State Bulletin
for each room, with any other litera
ture to help boost tho proposition.
Yours for winning the war,
Harrodsburg Public School.
BY J. G. Prather, Supt.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-06-06

tients of this hospital have been members Of the
American expeditionary force. and Of those who
have been on overseas duty many have returned to
this side because they were found unfit for active
service rather than Cor treatment Of wounds.
Nevertheless this country comes more closely
into touch with the actunlities Of war on this lit
tie stretch of road where the men sun themselves
On pleasant days than anywhere else on this side
Of the Atlantic.
Sometimes a man with one leg makes his way
along the road adroitly balancing himself on
%crutches; sometimes 1t is u sturdy lad with his
arm In q sling or his head bound up. There nre
eye cases and men otherwise wounded, and here
and there In the procession a soldier comes along
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-06-06

In a wheeled chair
propelled by II khaki
clad comrade.
Less than a year
ago there was moth.
Ing but vacant ground,
used as an athletic
6eld by Columbia uni
versity and known US
Columbia Oval. where
the hospital now
stands. says a writer
In the New York
World. Today a wood
en- city occupies this
ground. In part his
city testifies to the
ready patriotism Of
Columbia university
and in part it Is a
monument to the efh-
cheney Of the war de-
partment. A modest
distaste for publicity
Is characteristic Of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-06-06
Great Ar1nu. Hos
pital in New York
Already Filling
With The Soldiers
From Battle Front

MERICA'S closest link with the
battlefelds Of Europe is the
United States army hospital No.
l, situated ut Gun Hill road and
cambridge avenue. the Bronx.
New York. Down the path from
the hospital to the Gun Hill sta
ton Of the subway limp wound.
ed soldiers who are entitled to
be ranked with veterans Of the
west front. They are in the
minority as yet because not more
than three-QuarterS of the Oh.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-01-17
Futile DISPUTES.

In stating prudential rules for our
government in society, must not omit
the important one of never entering
into dispute or argument with another.
1 never saw an instance of one Of
two dlsputants convincing the other
by argument.
have seen many, on their getting
warm, becoming rude and shooting one
another.
Conviction is the effect of our own
dlspassionate reasoning, either In soli-
tude or weighing within ourselves, dis
passionately, what we hear from 9TH
ers, standing uncommitted in argu-
ment ourselves. It was one Of the
rules which, above all others, made
Doctor Franklin the most amiable Of
men in society, "never to contradict
anybody" If he was urged to an
nounce an opinion, he did it rather
by asking questions, as If for infor-
nation, or by suggesting doubts
Thomas Jefferson.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-01-17
Speed Was Justified,

Police magistrates have heard that
stereotyped excuse Of speeders-that
something must be wrong with their
speedometer-so often when they are
hailed to court for stepping too hard
on the gas that they welcome any new
stuff, relates a New York correspon-
dent. "You are charged with speed
ing % miles an hour" said the magis-
trate Of the traffic court to a road
burner. "That, sir, is a very danger
Gus speed. Death and disaster lurk
where a motorlst travels with such
disregard of the law" "Now, judge"
said the man at the bar, looking into
the eyes Of the magistrate like
spanked baby waiting for the next
blow. II had heard where / could buy
some sugar, and 1 was in a hurry to
get there" There wasn't much the
magistrate could do In the face of
that, so he fined the defendant $25.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-01-17
Portable Telenhone.

"This is only the eleventh time
have been up and down stairs to an
swer that telephone this morning."
sighed a physicians wife. II should
like to sew just one hour in peace"
"Why don't you have portable tele-
phone2" suggested the sympathetic
seamstress. 'Mrs. X has one. and my
you have no idea the steps 1t saves
her. You know she is quite a club
woman, and has so many calls. The
arrangement is simply an ordinary
desk telephone with very long cord.
When she goes up to the den at the
head Of the stairs to sew or write, 1t
seems funny enough to see her go tele-
phone in hand. In the kitchen she has
It handy on the cabinet, and when rest
ing on the living porch she does not
even have to get out of the ham,
mock to answer telephone call. Your
telephone being stationary at the stair
way landing, similar arrangement
could be effected"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-01-17
stooI, Eood suhatItuten.

In the search for substitutes for live
stock food a German scientist made
analytical tests Of materials suggested
for the purpose. he found dried rhu-
barb leaves better than hay as fodder
for hogs; kelp may be fed to cattle
and pigs, but II has little nutritlve
value; ground straw, which is selling
at from % to 30 marks the quintal, is
not good for any animal, nor are
ground pea pods. He advises against
cornstalks and cobs. The seeds Of
beets are nutritive, those of parsley
too exciting, those of raisins, II ground
before the OIL is extracted, are as good
as hay. Oil cakes made from beech
or other nuts are excellent for cattle,
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-01-17
- The --A
Scrap Book
"ranIts,, Have Them ouessIna.

Nothing in the war since the German
guns Of 1914 that smashed the Belgian
forts and were to drop shells In Dover
has SO captured the general imagina-
tion Of the amateur as the death
crawlers known as tanks" The air
planes are more vivid, but they lack
the mystery Of the tanks. Nobody
knows how many England has, but no
body guesses under thousand now In
service. Doubtless the Germans will
provide some device for putting them
out of service-something correspond
ing to the depth bombs which have
scandallzed the submarines they have
met. Probably the tank will pass be-
fore the war is over from the lime
light. But they hold the center of the
stage at present, masked, grim and
mysterious, like the old actors of
Greece.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-01-17
Boon to Red Cross Workers.

Women in Red Cross groups who
have blistered their hands making clip
pings from cloths with which to fill
fracture pillows for our army hos
pitfalls will welcome a new machine
described in Popular Mechanics Mag
azlne, that clips about eight times as
fast as a person can with a pair of
shears. 1t is provided with four knives
mounted like the spokes of a wheel
which are turned on an axis by means
Of a handle. AS they revolve they
pass a stationary blade across which
torn strips Of the proper width are
Sed by means of two rollers.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-01-17
BRINGS OUT LATENT TRAITS
War Develops Hidden Qualifications
OF Many Young Heroes Now
In Governments Service.

1T takes all sorts Of things to bring
out latent traits In us ALL" The speak
er In the club car rolled his cigar to
the other corner of his mouth. The
other occupants sat silently, surmlsing
that story was coming, recounts a
writer In an exchange.
Knew young fellow over East.
Father had lots Of money. Son did not
seem inclined to add a great deal to
1t by working, but made several dents
In the family purse by his spending.
Not that he was bad boy at heart
only thoughtless. Sometimes l think
the rich father was attempting to
make a business man out of q man
never Intended for that sort of life. The
boy did not seem to be able to find his
niche. Said to me one day when he
had gotten confidential: You know,
my only fear Is that am not going to
make something out of myself that will
make dad proud Of me- And the two
surely did love each other. One day
the boy asked the father for several
thousand dollars. 1t was Forthcoming.
AhSh hS uSheu Jle ldlueT 10 CdSn
check for some money left him by his
dead mother. He got that. Then the
boy sort Of dropped out of New York
life.
Next thing / knew he was q lieu
tenant in the aviation section of the
army. He had bought two airplanes,
taken them down into the country to
one Of his fathers farms apd learned
to fly. Guess those that knew him
thought 1t was another of his money
burning ways. But when he thought
himself competent he went to the gov
ernment and simply said: Here am,
ready for any service you may have for
me- and the government took him up
in hurry. He may be in France. But
you should have seen that fathers face
light up every time he mentioned that
boy. And when he does get back from
France he and his father are going to
be greater pals than ever, If that be
possible.
"Now am not going to say that
many young men are going to have
about $4,000 at their beck and call to
demonstrate that it only needs the oc-
casiOn to make men out of them, but l
do say that there are scores of young
men doing just as much or more"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-01-17


ders. 1t was pointed out that the din.
Ing car service had done its share By
cutting down the portions served.
Having read the card, we ordered
luncheon. 1t came to about 81. Be-
lieving that one order Of bread would
be ample for two of us, we marked
down one order of bread. But the
waiter leaned over and said confiden-
tally:
IT'S none of my business, sir, but
you'd better have two orders of bread.
If the dining car conductor sees you
both eat bread, he will charge you for
two orders, just the same"
So we had two orders of bread, but
could eat only one. This is the wayt
some railroads encourage food conser-l
vation.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-01-17
Switzerland Like United States.

Switzerland is the only European
example of q federative and demo-
cratic republic of the American type,
observes a writer. Switzerland, as the
United States, was born from a desire
for emancipation from autocratic des-
potism; like the United States, Swift
Zerland never believed in the divine
right of kings. The very past which
the ancient federates, on that quiet
spot, the "Rutli," on the classic Lake
Of Lucerne on August 1, 1891, swore
to, embodies that great principle for
which now, 626 years later, the United
States is fighting, namely, to quote
President Wilson's own words, For
the right of those who submit to au-
thority to have a voice In their own
governments" There the old Swiss
proclaimed self-government against the
autocratic rule of the Hapsburg, in the
following words: 1--WE Ordain and di-
rect with unanimous accord, that in
the aforementioned valleys we shall
recognize no judge who shall have
bought his rights with money or In any
other manner, or who shall not be
native and an inhabitant Of these dis
tricts."
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-01-17
German Schooling.

German schooling has proved antag-
onistic to cooperation, although de-
manding unity of action through mass
obedience, Winthrop Talbot writes in
the Century. 1t has failed to foster
real cooperation, for cooperation is q
method by which persons of their own
volitlOn and by no compulslOn ray
work together harmoniously. Only
when training and schooling are the
common privilege of all is that state
of civic development possible which
permits society to become cooperative
In its action. In other words, a so
clallzed society becomes more possible
only as all individual members acquire
each the widest vision, and thus the
power to cooperate harmeniously.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-01-17
ONerhaatN.

John Murphy had secured a license
10 marry Mary Manning, but the in.
tended bride ''rued," and six weeks
later John made his second appearance
In the clerks Office.
'Mlsther Johnson" said he, ain
February got a license from you to
marry Mary Manning; an I didn't
marry her; an now, PLACE yer honor,
wud yer be so good as to alther it so
It wud flt Honora Moriarrity7"
NO" replied the clerk. "You must
get new license to 'fit' Honora."
sand pay for itT'
Certainly; 1t will cost you dollar,
the same as the first one"
"Och, indadei Thin I'm ruined in
tirely, intirely, fur 1 jist coorted Hon.
ora to save the dollar"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-01-17

Twas somewhere in France, and the
trenches looked like some river not on
the map. Paddy was on guard in the
communication trenches and was up to-
his chest in water. Along came n Tom
my, who inquired of Paddy If he could
direct him to A Company Of the First
Blankshires. Paddy's temper was not
OF the best, for he had had a long.
weary guard, and was not In form for
being questioned.
"Holy smokel" he replied, viewing
his surroundings, "Chuck It'll I'm not
the bloomin' harbor masterI'
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-01-17
PAY Of our MARINE chaps.

The pay of officers and crews OF ves-
sells in the American merchant marine
is as follows: Captain, $3.50 month |;
chief officer. $40; second officer, $3.50; {;
third officer, S120; chief engineer, $50 |;
first assistant engineer, $140; second
assistant engineer, S1SO; third, assist.
ant engineer, $3.50; carpenters, $75 (;
boatswain, $40; oiler, SEQ; coal pass.
ers, $50. In addition to the regular
wages the officers and men now receive
bonuses, which materially increase
thslz earnings.