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PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF THE
CONSTITUTION OF ONO

Ir0p0s1nE an amendment to section .. ar
of Ohio, as adopted Sept. 3. 1872, relative
RE i r REso%vnBR BR'i'1Si Hx THE GENnn,
ONO three-fifths Of the members elected
to both houses concurrinE therein:
That there shall be submitted to the
electors of the state IN the manner pre-
the first Monday in November 1918. a
proposal to amend section 2 of article
XII of the constitution Of the state of
ohio. to read as follows:
Section 2 Laws shall be passed taxing
ny uniform rule. oil moneys, credits in
ves,ments. In bonds stocks. Joint stock
companies. or otherwise. and also all
real and personal property according to
its true value In money excepting all
bonds ontstanding on the first day Of
January l"lh Of the state of Ohio ar oi
any city. village. hamlet, county. or town
ship In this state or which have been is
sued In behalf Of the public schools in
ONO and by the means Of instruction in
standing on the first day OF January, 1919.
shall he exempt from taxation but bury
ing grounds. public school houses. houses
tutions used exclusively for charitablc
purposes, public property used exclusive
~ for any public p'irpose and personal
property, to an amount not exceeding In
value five hundred dollars, for each indi-
Nih'iai. may, by general laws. he exempt
ed from taxation and laws may be pas
sed to DroVide against the double taxa
tiOn that results from the taxation Of
both the real estate and the mortgage
or the debt secured thereby, or other
lien uDon II. hut all such laws shall he
subject to alteration or repeal: and the
value or all property no exempted, shall
from time TO time, be ascertnined and
published as may be directed by law
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED. That
at such election herein provided for the
SlIDmiySlOn of this umanlfnant In the alac-
tors OF the state, this proposition shall be
placed on the official ballot In the man
ner prescribed by law.
II the votes for the Droposal shall eN-
coed fhOse against II. this amendment
shall take effect on the first day of Janu-
nry, l9i9 and said original section of
Of Ohio shall he repealed and annulled.
Speaker OF the House Of Represeniatives.
Earl. -. BLOOM.
President OF the Senate.
Adopted March q. 1917.
United States of America
State of Ohio.
Office of the Secretary Of State.
l. WILLIAM b. FULTON, Secretary of
state OF the State OF Ohio, do hereby
certify that the foregoing IL an exempll-
iled COPY, carefully compared by me with
the original rolls now on file in this office
ana IN my official custody as Secretary
or state and found TO be true and cor
rect, or joint resolution, 1tlOpted by the
on the :lst day OF March. A. u. 1917. and
llled In this Office on the Both day ol
March. a, D. lSl7, entitled "joint Resolu
article MI OF the Constitution of the
state OF Ohio, as adopted Sept. 3, 1912
relative 70 the taxation. OF property
hereunio subscribed my name. and afSixe,
my official seal at the City OF Columbus
Ohio. this 10Th day Of Sept, a. ID. 1918.
WILLIAM u, FULTON,
! lSEAI) - Secretary OF State
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SQUIRREL SEASON IS
STARTED; LICENSES
MUCH IN DEMAND
Clerk Of Courts Issued About
so So Far; Expects IS
More Saturday

With the opening OF the seAson for
hunting squirrels coming Monday,
Clerk OF Courts o. q. Taylor has had
his office at the court house Hooded
with men desiring hunting licenses.
Although the clerk Of courts has no
record OF how many licenses he has
issued this week. he says that during
the mqnth OF September about 90
men have secured the licenses and
that Saturday would see the issuance
OF between 30 and 40 more.
As In former years. the hunters
may kill only five squirrels . day
Every man who hunts must have H.
csnse The season ciosss on Oct. go
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HEDD|NG CHAPEL

HEDDING CHAPEL, Sept l3-Mr
and Mrs John Sigmor and Mrs. VIII
liam vickle and children of killbuck
spent Saturday with MI and Mrs
Robert Snow.
Mrs. Ray Horn and mother. Mrs
Dewitt left Monday for New Jersey
for q visit with relatives.
Marion Davis spent Sunday In Cen
terburg with Mr.. and Mrs. j. T.. Me
Kinney.
MI. and Mrs. Darwin iloovler and
son, William. of l.ucerne, spent sun
day with Mr. and Mrs, h.elvin IcigleI
and family.
Mrs. Pm Robertson and Mrs. james
Robertson OF Centerburg spent Mon
day with NJ. II, Ieigler and family.
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court news

In an answer flied In the common
pleas court to the petition Tor . writ
Of mandamus oS the State az Ohio
In relation of James a. Anderson. for
mer assistant engineer at tho Ohio
State Sanatorium, against him, Har
ry A. Phillips, acting superintendent
of the institution where Anderson
was employed, declares that he did
not discharge Anderson, but that the
reator left Of his own accord and
that when he returned the defendant
offered to reinstate him, which Offer
he says, was refused by the relator
In view of this, the defendant asks
that the petition of the relator be dis.
missed. Attorney General Joseph
McGhee, l.. ID. johnson and Charles
l.. Bermont are attorneys for the de.
fcndant
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OFFICIAL COUNT SHOW
A38 REG|STRANTS IN
Co. WILLING To FIGHT
Trouble AT One Precinct Is
Cleared Up; Six Hundred
Above Estimate

After spending many long hours
working on the registration cards
handed In by the registrars over the
county, Chief Clerk Evans and the
assistant clerk of the draft board
Miss Smith, arrived at the conclusion
that the total number of registrants
whose cards were turned in on Thurs
day and Friday was 3,43S, or 6Ot
more than the estimate Of state drafI
headquarters.
The trouble which arose at one OF
the county precincts was cleared NJ
showing smaller number of regis
trants than II reported at first.
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2lst day of September, 1918

A4S1 NY Va sS0pVCiAAO0A' A~~
between the hours of I p. m. and p. m;
Of said day, the following described rea'
Situated in the County of Knox. in the
state Of Ohm. and In the Township Of
Miller and bounded and described as fni-
lows: Being t.ot Number nineteen tlp
in the Third tO Quarter. Firth 10 Town,
ship and Thirteenth u3) Range United
States Military Lands in said Knox Coun,,
". estimated To contain one Hundred
400 Acres.
Save and except the following described
premises being part Of lot number nine
ship, and thirteenth Range, T.. $. Mil,
iiarv Lands, and bounded and described
as follows
Commencing at the southeast corner of
the above described tract and running
thence West along the South line there
of 100 feet; thence North parallel with
the East line Of said tract 2le feet and 3
inches. thence. East parallel with the
South line of said tract 100 feet To the
East line Of said land: thence South along
the East line Of SAID tract 2!2 feet and .
inches To the. piace, Of beginning. estimat-
ed to contain one IN acre, ,
The premises hereby conveyed contain
ing ninety. y.nine t99) acres more or less
The premises above described being the
same premises thai Caroline Thompson.
ct al, conveyed ID Nelson II. Davidson by
their deed dated Dec. l6. 19i2. recorded in
Vol. l30 page lG4. Knox County Deed
Records. reference toswhich is had for
greater certainty of description. this con
veyance also includes premises ny virtue
OF her being bne Of the. heirs at law Of
Lewis H.. Thompson. deceased. the said
Dora r. Davidson not being one Of the
sgners of the deed above referred to.
The above described real estate was ap-
praised by three disinicrested freehOlders
and residence of the. County Of Knox and
the State Of Ohio, the same being APP
praised at $6,445W. ~
The above described real estate ap-
praised subject. To the mortgage of $4,000
given to Nelson II. Davidson.
/ The above described tract of land Is To-
Gated about miles south of the Johnson
| Corners or about ] mile north of the
Licking County line.
! ,Appraisement less mortgage Of s300O is
S3.i45W
I TERMS OF SALTc: :'CASH
WALTER n. MOSItOLDER.
Sheriff Knox County Ohio.
| i Il Grahnru -Altarneu foI plainiir
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CHARLES WEST BELIEVED
TO HAVE SAILED FOR NAPLES

That Vice Consul Charles West has
started for Naples, Is the belief Of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. West
Of West Gambler street. The ship on
which West was to SAIL was sched.
uled to embark last week.
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MRS. PHILLIPS DIES

MT. LIBERTY, Sept. II Mrs.
Mary Adeline Phillips. aged 66 years,
died ut her home In this place at one
o'clO,k Saturday morning after an
Illness of one week. She leaves her
husband, Warsaw Phillips.
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SCHOOL TEACHERS HELP

The draft board was aided in max.
ing out the addresses OF the lS.A5
draft registrants on Saturday by a
number of school teachers.
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Temporary Aiimeny--

The common pleas court has grant
ed temporary alimony to Rozella
White during, the pendency OF her
suit In the common pleas court
against Jacob White. The iniHnction
granted by. the court has been modi
fed.
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Deed Ordered

Deed Ordered
The common pleas court has con.
lirmed the sale OF real estate involved
and ordered deed and distribution
In the suit of the Knox Savings 4
Loan association against Robert &,
Anderson and others.
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Divorce Dsorse--

Divorce Decree
The common pleas court has grant.
ed decree OF divorce to the plaintiff
In the suit Of Jennie X. Ebright
against William II. Ebright. The
palintiff was restored to her maiden
name of Jennie X. Grubb by the pro
bate court.
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In an answer filed In the common
pleas court. the defendant denies all
the material allegations contained in
the petition for money of J. D. Vail
administrator Of the estate OF Robert
Taylor. against Lydia Moore. r. o.
lowering In attorney for the defend
ant. N }
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Real Estate Transfsrs-

Mary Ann Hour and others to Mar.
ion Ransom. city property, $1,000.
Daniel p. Matthews to Eldora q.
Mathews. parcel In Brown. 81.
Horace l.. Ransom and wife to Eliz,
abeth Barrett, city property. 81.
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Workman Will

The last will and testament OF Mary
n. Workman has been filed In the
probate court for admission to pro
bate. The testatrix directs that af
ter monument has been erected ov
er her grave and the grave Of her
niece, the residue OF the estate. all
personal and real property. be divided
equally between her brother. Arthur
p. Roof, and her sisters, Isabelle and
Rebecca Roof. The instrument waf
witnessed ON Dec. ,3l, 1908. by Giles
Butts and Clinton NJ. Rice.
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Marriage license-
Walter A. Rails. printer. Mt VeI
non. and Lillian l. Coffman, Academ
Ia. Elder N. s. Ashton.
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Sale Ordered
An order of appraisement has been
returned and confirmed and an order
of public sale issued by the probate
court In the petition to sell real estate
of l.. n. Cromley, administrator OF the
estate of Samantha Horn, against
Mary Bennett and others.
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Marriage License
Thurman Shively, collector Colum
bus, and Leatha Olive Hicks, Center
burg. Rev. l.. l.. Fisher. ,gt
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sHERIFF's SALE
Edward r. Luteman.

James |. Mccullough ct al
Knox Common Pleas
by virtue Of veudi. Exponas issued ont
county. Ohio. and 10 me directed. / viii
Offer for sale ut the door of the Court
House, in Mount Vernon. Knox County
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Real Estate TrAnsfer- .
John l.. Cosner to Harry Foe, par
eel In Wayne, 81. -
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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-06
WEST VA. ORCHARDS
NOW IN BIG DEMAND


Because of the many inquiries rela-
tive to purchasing orchards and their
bearings made by apple growers in
the middle west and The Pacific coast,
an information bureau has been es-
tablished here by the West Virginia
Department of Agriculture. with Theo-
dore F. imbach, local horticultural.
ist. in charge.
Every year number of orchardists
from other sections of the country in.
auire es to orchards in this section
which are for sale, and to make II
more convenient for them and also
the local growers. the bureau was es-
Established Mr. ImIbaeh has secured
data on such orchards, which he gives
to prospective buyers.
This season Bet county grow
ers have had a greater demand for
their apples than ever before One
concern from Indiana has asked for
25 ears of icder apples and any mum.
Der have purchased lots almost as
large.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-06
PROFESSIONAL NOTICES
D. W. SNYDER. iR..

VTUHNEV Al LAW
Practices In County, State and Fed
eral Courts Special attention given
10 collections. Converting. Title
Work. Settlement OF Estates and ~
Commissioners OF Ao~ouDts Settle
p-ni Estate AccouuLs
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-06

Mcffat In default OF he bond he
was recommitted to jail His case
will come up before the grand jury
of Prince Georges county.
Engineer G. p. Martin, OF Martins
burg, and the train crew were exon
Grated OF blame.
Engineer Martin testified that he
saw the automobile coming toward
the crossing; that lie blew the whis-
lie aeyerai timcs that when he was
about a cor and half lengths from
the crossing the automobile was on
The track, and that ne then applied
emergency. brakes. He. further testi-
fed that the automobile stopped di-
rectly in front of his engine. He
expressed the opinion that had the
driver not stopped the ear could pos
sibly have gone across the tracks
safely
J. w. Whitcomb, fireman. testified
that he was firing up when he
heard the crash. and that the train
stopped. On report that third per.
son had been killed., he made
search with his lantern under the
trucks
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-06
ROAD AND FLACMAN
BLAMED FOR CRASH
Engineer Martin and the Train
Crew ExOnerated.

The coroner's jury which investi-
gated the cause of the automobile
accident on the railroad crossing at
Hyattsyile. Md, Saturday night,
whom Capt. Phillip Brooks Robinson
OF New York, Marine Corps officer
and Mrs May Padgett of Washing
ton, were killed by a train, found the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad was
crimnally negligent in failing to
provide proper protection at the
crossing.
IL also recommc nded that Edward
klpe, gateman at the crossing, be
placed under bend and held for the
grand jury, finding kipe guilty OF
criminal negligence.
Kipe was put under $1,000 bond
by Justice of the Peace Herbert J.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-06
Mr.. C0PPERSMITH
LEFT ALL TO MOTHER

The will of the late Thomas Ger
aid Coppersmith. who died here re-
Gently was filed at the County Clerks
office. He leaves his entire estate 10
his mother, Mrs. Frederick Copper.
smith, of Carroll county, Maryland
and names his father John t. Cop.
persmith. as executor, and requests
that he be allowed to qualify with
out bond
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-06

Read the Martinsburg Journal.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-06
23O OFFICERS ARE.
ASKED OF WEST VA.

West Virginia has been allotted a
quota Of $50 men for training in an
infantry officers training school to
be opened In Camp Fremont. Cal.
December t. II was announced here
today by Captain Clinton G. Kemp.
who arrived in the city TO receive
applications for the camp The camp
win continue about two months.
All draft registrants between the
ages Of 1S and as are eligible except
those in deferred classification on ac-
count OF industry, occupations or EN-,
ployment, including agriculture.
Physical requirement are the same
as for general military service. APP
I llcant must be high school grad
uate or its equivalent.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-06
CIVILIAN LIFE is TAME
AFTER BEING IN BIG WAR
(sy International News serviee)

Lima. Ohio, Nov. 6--This civilian
life is mighty tame after turn AT
the eycltements and dangers on the
front, according to Harry X. Nor.
wood, who has served with the Brit
ish army and who has been action in
France and the Dardanelles. Nor
wood went through the battles of
Ypres, I.oos. Arras. the Somme and
Passeheudaele, receiving only four.
teen wounds in these engagements
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-06
FOR STUBBORN
COUGHS AND Gods
Or. Kings New Discovery
has a fifty yea record
behind il

II built it's reputation on its produce
ton Of positive results, on its sureness
In relieving the throat irritation OF
colds. coughs, grippe and bronchial
attacks.
. "Dr. Kings New Discovery. Why,
my folks wouldn't Use anything else!'
That's the gerc-a. nationwide esteem
In which tais wcll-lsroUn remedy is
held. it, action is prompt, ito taste
pleasant, its rei'ef gratifying.
Half century VI cold and cough
checking. All druggists. 60c and Sl.20.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-06

and numberless skirmishes. After
six months of rest at his home here,
Norwood has enlisted in the Royal
and has gone to Canada
for training.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-06
WILBUR H. THOMAS

LAWYER
Practices In all courts. Prompt at
sn,ion given 10 any legal work. Or
does also open evenings.
Rooms 2 d 8. Peoples rrust Co. oida
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-06
Bowels Cslt Of KiItera

That ..atn-c calling for relief.
Assist her in her daily duties with DR..
Kings New Life Pills. Not a purgative
in the usual dose, bur rid, effective,
corrective, laxative III eases the
bowels into action. IL.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-26

severe. He has been obliged to re-
enforce his lines from all parts Of
the western theatre.
More than seventy hostile di-
visions are reported in action by
Marshal Haig.
Violent infantry fighting and
heavy bombardments continue along
the fifty.mile battle front, with the
severest German pressure now
centered in the district between
Bapaume and the Disc River.
The Germans, using vast forces Of
troops. are trying to advance to the
westward Of Guiscard, along the road
from Nesle to Roye, toward Chaulnes
from Peronne and on the road from
Bapaume to Albert.
Great quantities Of German artil.
lery have been, moved to the front to
support the solid columns of in
fantry. In fact, the Germans in
their present drive have established
a new record in regard 70 the near
ness with which artillery is kept
near the infantry firing line.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-26
TIGERISH FIGHTING MARKS BATTLE
ACROSS FAMOUS POZIERES RIDGE

Germans last March. Between So and
70 per cent of the terrain then lost has
now been recovered. but the only VIC
tory that can compensate for Germany's
unprecedented casualties has not been
won. The British line remains unbroken
Won Hiudenburg no longer is advanc-
ing on the wide front of last week. The
fresh German shock troops used during
the last twenty-four hours have not dis
played the same reckless impetuoSity of
the initial attack. The KaiSer'S best
divisions show evidence of becoming eX-
hausted. The stamina of the re-enforce-
ments suggests Won Hindenburg's avail
able supply of cannon fodder may have
fallen to the second and third grade
men,
Nevertheless Won IIindenburg is de.
reloping further desperate intention OF
trying to break through the southern
part of the British front. The combat
across the Somme River involves the
most serious consequences for the house
of iiohenzolern. Il is this southern part
OF the present battle front that has been
put under the nominal control of the
German Crown Prince. The loss OF
prestige that the Hohenzollern heir suf
fcred at Nerdun evidently must be re-
covered nowoor not at all. The Grown
Prince of a fighting house like that
Hohenzollerns might be atally handi-
capped as n ruler II "A major check at
the Sommc were to follow his defeat at
Ali the more urgent is il for 'thc
Kaiser to press the Somme fighting. be-
cause the rival Crown Prince cf Bavaria
commands the northern half OF the new
battle area. For Prussia to permit
Bavaria to make the better record at
thig crisis in the affairs of the Hohen-
zolIerus might be fatal The slow prog
80 u the German advance across the
Sommc. therefore, is happy augury
for the Allies.
The capture of Bapaumc is Of second.
AIRY consequence To this The British
frCnt after the st. Quentin reverse is
remaining stolidly intact In the south
Here is where the greatest blows are
falling. and here is the scene fixed il
the British line still holds for the house
of Hohenzollerns most disastrous defeat