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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-11
is BADLY BURNED.

Mrs. D. b. Moran, whose husband
is postmaster of Thomas, was badly
burned Sunday morning by an ex-
plosion OF gas in the basement kit
che. Her calls for help were heard
by her husband. who was nearly over.
come ny the fumes when he went to
the rescue. MIR. Moran succeeded in
extinguishing the fire.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-11
AN. INQUEST HELD

An inquest into the death of Char
les w. Grim, formerly of Martins
burg. who was killed ON Thanksgiv-
ing Day when run down by an auto
bile opposite the postoffice was held
last evening at Connellsville. The
touring car which ran on to the pave
ment and crushed Mr.. Grim against
a building was driven by Carl Wild.
mer.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-11
STOLEN HORSE AND
BUGGY RECOVERED

The horse and buggy of Justice c.
+. W. Remsburg, Hancock, which
was stolen from the rear of Fay
cite & Exine store, where the ami
NAL was hitched, was recovered
Monday in Pennsylvania, about four
miles from Hancock. No trace of the
person or persons who made away
with the buggy could be found. 1t
was taken about 73O o'clock Sunday
night.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-11
NO SUGAR CERTIFICATES
NECESSARY

The Food Administration has noti-
ned all dealers that they will no longer
De required to use sugar certificates
~ the sugar supply is getting better
In the country, but no dealer or in
dividual will be permitted to have at
any one time more than thirty days
supply on hand. This thirty day re-
striction will be automatically can
celled January 81.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-11
OUT OF COMMISSION.

Owing to a breakdown of equip
ment and inability to obtain the ma
terial for repairs, the Loram Railroad
which operates from Pennsboro to
Harrisvifle and Pullman, and the
MaIrrisville Southern Railroad, which
operates from Harrisville to the Bal
wallis, are both out of communiea-
ton.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-11
OHIO VICTORY GIRLS" TO
EARN IS EACH FOR WAR
fbY International NeWs Servicel

Kenton, Ohio, Dec. 11.-This city
has an organization known as ''vic-
tory Girls" and its membership CON
sists of some of the most prominent
young ladies of the city. Each has
pledged TO earn SIS for war work
funds. To aid the girls Mrs. Caresia
Gilman has opened an employment
bureau at her home and the young
ladies are going 10 do real work fol
their money.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-11
WHEAT MILL FEED DEALERS
MUST SIGN PLEDGE

The Food Administration has sent
to all mill feed dealers throughout the
state notice that if they have not al
ready done so. they must apply to the
Wheeling office at once for pledge
blanks and sign them before they will
be permitted to continue In this bust
ness.
The supply Of wheat mill feeds
may be cut off from any dealers who
fail or refuse to sign the pledge.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-11
FEEL MISERABLE
FROM That COLD!
Cclds and coughs are quickly
relieved by DR.. Kings
New Discovery

Nobody should feel Perfectly mis-.
cradle" from cold, cough or bronchial
attack for very long. Fo. it takes only
little while to relieve It and get back
on the road to recovery when DR..
Kings New Discovery is faithfully
used. 1t soon loosens the phlegm, re.
lievcs Irritation, soothes tie parched.
core throat, brings comfort.
Hall century old and more popular
today than ever. 60c and $l.20.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-11
PUBLISH sLAcKERs' NAMES
tey international News service.)

Hutchinson, Kan, Dec. 11.-Hut.
Crimson does not tolerate slackers,
even in war work drives. The com.
mittee announced toward the close
of the drive that they would announc.
the names of slackers. No one be.
lieved them The next morning the
names of twelve men who had not
contributed were painted on the bull.
letin. Three were removed that day.
They paid up.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-11
GETsS AUSTRIAN BANkNoTE
FROM CAPTURED GERMAN

(By international News Service.l
Lake Forest, ILL.,, Dec. ia awe
Kronen" Austrian banknote taken
from captured boche is one of a
number of trophies sent home by
Private R. G. Russell, with the en-
gineers to his parents here. The
banknote was issued by the Bank of
Austria-Hungary. On it is inscribed
this message: Forces on the Mouse
Oct. 5, 1918"
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-11
kEYSER JAIL DELIVERY

The police were advised to look
out for three men who escaped from
Jail at Keyser Saturday night. A man
named Hartman, charged with boot
Logging is said to have been the
leader and with him went Edward
Garner and H. B. Copeland.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-11
PRICE OF HOGS

The Food Administration has an
nouncod that by arrangements made
with swine producers and packers.
the November prices for hogs will
prevail throughout December.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-11
PRE-WAR PROFITS MUST PREVAIL

The State Food Administration In
tnstructing its inspectors to make
their Investigations of stores thorough
and to prevent profteering in all cases.
No dealers will be allowed to make q
greater profit than the pre-war profits
which prevailed in commercial circles
before the beginning Of the war and
the increase in prices.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-11
Make Your Bowels Behave

Make them function with gratifying
precision. II regulation Of the diet
does not relieve their torpidity DR..
Kings New Life Pills will. They are
perfect bowel trainers, cleanse the
system surely comfortably. 2sc.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-11
COULD
NOT HELP HER
But Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound Saved
Her from a Serious
Operation.
Brooklyn, N. Y.--"I suffered some.
thing dreadful from displacement and

two very bad at
tacks of inflamma-
ton. My doctor
said he could do
nothing more for
me and / would
have to 60 to the
hospital for an
oper at ION, but
Lydia E. Pink
h a ms Vegetable
Compound and
Sanative Wa sh
have entirely cured
me of my troubles
and / am now in
good health. ] am
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-11

willing you should use my
testimonial and hope to benefit
cher suffering women by so
doing. Mrs. r. ,PLATT, 8
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-06-14
THE EUROPEAN WAR
Americans Check Picked Division
U-Boats Are Still Active
Intense Fighting.

Reports from the battle from,
Wednesday indicate that the
Germans suffered unusually
heavy losses, while making but
a slight advance. The American
soldiers checked 600 picked
German troops. Allies retake
several towns and capture pris.
oners and guns.
French are forced to battle
like demons to prevent German
advance. The Germans have
crossed and gained a foothold on
the south bank of the Marne
river.
Italians sunk an Austrian bat
tleship. Numbers of German
.aeroplanes have been destroyed
by allies and American airmen.
American marines are making
a record for the hardest fighters
in France and if there are any
who are making the Germans
seriously set-up and take notice
they are our marines. l746
American aviators are now in
France according to report. A
French woman 81 years old has
been court martialed in France
and sentended to death as a spy.
Two million American soldiers
are said to be necessary to win
the war.
A Germau U-boat whose cap
tain kept his vessel on the sur
face for two days while trans
ferring 80 tons of copper from a
captured ship l20 miles off Cape
Hatterus is considered the most
audacious event of the war. An.
other ship, a Norwegian was
also sunk by the ssme B-boat.
The cruise of each being allow
ed to escape. The total number
of ships sunk ON our eastern
coastlby German U-boats lately
is 18.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-06-14
! PUzzLING DISEASE
A Typhoid Meningitis Mixture
Causes Intense Sickness
Not Fatal

In several sections of thit
state but of more interest to US
on account its being so prevalent
in this county or rather on the
western side Of the county is q
disease which appears to be a
cross between menengitis and
typhoid fever. The victim is
conscious of considerable head
ache.and then severe pain at the
base of the brain which has a
tendency to draw the head back,
then fever ensues the symptoms
of which resemble typhoid.
AT Brunswick il the greatest
number OF cases, then Triplett
and Dalton. 1t is reported that
between i60 and 200 at Bruins
wick are afflicted. 25 or 80
around Triplett and a dozen or
more at Dalton and west of this
city. The disease runs the full
course Of typhoid fever and lab
oratory examination shows the
presence of not only typhoid but
other germs. The victim be-
comes intensely sick though so
far we have not learned Of a sin.
gle fatality resulting from it.
It was thot that the disease
sprung from tampering with a
certain well in Brunswick from
which water is used by many
citizens and that the water was
polluted during the stay of the
Carnival at that point, but since
the same disease exists in Brook.
field and Bowling Green. Mo-,
and at several other known
places where that Carnival Com
Ipany has not appeared and the
citizens have not drunk of the
water from the suspicious well
at Brunswick, the theory has
lost out, The eastern part Of
the county has not a single case
SO far as we have learned. :
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-06-14

Change Nc. A Selective Service
Regulations = Classifying Regis
trants
1t will be the duties of all per-
sons connected with the Selec-
tive Service Regulations sand all
citizens to report to the nearest
Local Board all facts which may
come to their knowledge concern
ing registrants who are idle or
who are engaEed in any occu-
patton or employment defined
and described in these Regula-
tions or any amendments there
of as non productive occupations
or employments. Local Board is
authorized to make Withdrawals
of deferred classification and
order numbers Of registrants
found to be idlers or engaged in
|non-productive occupations.
p the present emergency it is
not possible to extend the pro-
lection of deferred classifications
to those registrants engaged in
.a 4
certain occupations or employ
ments which are reproductive.
/ There is a great demand for
labor in all productive occupa-
tions and employments, and es-
pecially in agriculture and other
necessary industries.
Therefore, registrants who
have been given deferred classi-
fication and who can engage in
some productive occupations or
employment without substantial
financial loss or hardship to them
selves or employment or enter
the military service rather than
remain in an occupation or
employ ment in which they are
rendering no effective assistance
to the Nation.
Local. Board for Charlton County
Keytesville Mo.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-06-14
mrs. Catherine Meyer

Brunswick lost one Of itsoold-
est citizens and as well as among
Its oldest residents when Mrs.
Catherin Meyer died at 2.SO
Wednesday. She would have
been SO years Of age October 20.
She was born in Baden Ger.
many. She came to this country
in 1850 and most Of her life has
been spentin Brunswick, Her
maiden name was Catherine
EStrnb and she leaves surviving,
her son, Frank 4. Meyer and
daughter Mary E. Meyer and a
nephew William Wilmer. Fun
eral services win be held at the
Catholic church this morning and
interment in the Catholic GEM
etery today.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-06-14

The pastor will preach at the
morning service. In the evening
there will be no preaching ser.
vice. the congregation uniting in
the service at the Baptist church
where Mr.. Sam Jordan will
speak to the Christian People Of
the community. Sunday School
will be held at 9:45 A. M. and
Epworth League at 7s::30
M. G. Davis, pastor.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-06-14
Single Takers Optimistic

Optimism on the part of sin
gle takers appears to begrowing.
They appear to have appropriat-
ed some of Pres. Wilson'S insis-
tance on conservation of natural
resorces and urging of measures
to encourage taxation of vacant
lands. These and other utter
ances by the President are con-
Istrued, inaptly as excuse for
adoption of measures held by
single takers as being essential
to the purposes. These gentry
also claim Roosevelt less criptic
utterance in favor of land valua-
ton for taxation has the same
trend. Again single takers
feel much encouraged by the
declarations of Secretary of the
Interior, Franklin K. Lane who
said that mo one has a right to
what he does not use" means
that owners of unimproved and
uncultivated lands should be
made to pay taxation on that
land the same as if were culvit-
ed and valuable as it could be
made to be. Construed SO, the
position of Mr.. Lane'is held to
be quite as radical as the stand
taken by Henry George.
Single takers of California
propose an efficiency measure as
follows:
"On and after January /.
1919. all public revenue, state,
county, municipal and district
shall be raised by taxation of
land value irrespective of i'm
provement there on. The in
tention of this single taxation
amendment is to prevent the
holding of land out of use for
speculation and to apply the land
values the community creates
to community purposes. Many
lawyers regard the wording de-
Ffeetive and many single takers
consider the submission of
sweeping a measure as politically
inexpedient at this time, but,
that the feeling is growing in
labor circles and as well among
unorganized labor that land
should bear the most. if not all
the burden of taxation and if
the matter is rejected to any
extent in politics and office seek
ers fancy that they must regard
the element advocating single
taxation seriously, in order to
attain pubic office, then. as in
the cases of prohibition and
woman suffrage the move will
become dangerous to certain
well defined principles of our
government.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-06-14
Christian Church

Pastor Elder ]. N. Crutcher
will preach in the morning on
the subject Beyond the graft
mortality recognition -compensa-
tion.' There will be no even
ing service on account of uiion
meeting which will be addressed
by Mr.. Sam Jordan at the Bap-
tist church.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-06-14

~ q v = - z
! AS secretary Of the cemetery
Association, / want to cali the az
Itentfon Of the persons who have
1loyed ones buried at Keyteaville
Ito the fact that 4 large number
lin Keytesville and vicinity have
not contributed one cent to the
Iupkeep of the graves Of their
dead. We trust an parties will
,|join our association as we'll as do
them selves the credit of a duty
done. Labor is high and the
work is slow and tedious, there
fore we must have money to
carry on the work. We have had
some very liberal responses from
THE letters written BY me. but
some completely ignored them.
We thank those who have re-
Isponded and hope to hear from
the others some day. Let those
lin town call on our treasuer,
Mrs. G.. N. Elliott and give her
lone dollar and enlist as mem
pber of the association. She has
duties as weA as ourselves and
Fit is not always so she can get
out to see You. Don't wait for
her. It is your dead as well as
hers. Go out and visit your
loved ones graves. 1t may be
a father or mother, perhaps both.
A husbund, a wife. a sister, a
brother or perhaps a child. You
have some loved one there.
Awaken some sentiment. If
they could speak to you today
they would commend you for it.
for it is a worthy cause. but their
voices are still, their hands are
powerless to move. But yours
are not. Even in war ridden
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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-06-14
Farm Bureau Notes
By Sam Jordan

Last months report of the
State Board of Agriculture show
led that Charlton County stood
first in wheat conditions. Mr..
lMonosmith the Government In
Ispector, said Charlton County
Twas the best he had found so
far. The State Boards report
lgives Charlton County standing
lone point above any other coun-
Etyin corn. This, of course. in
cludes the stand and the condi.
Itiob.
Wheat Inspection.
| Our Bureau Assistant, Mr.. P.
f; Schowengerdt, is during this
week assisting me in inspecting
the wheat fields of the members
and we are endeavoring to get
around at the earliest possible
ttinle. Inspections are made
with reference to the various
diseases in wheat. rye. barley
and oats. We find some very
Interesting things as we have
passed along. Up to the pres
Tent time we have not found a
field of smutty oats where the
oats were treated. We have
found the smut in untreated
fields to the extent Of from about
| IS to Is per cent We found one
wheat field where the sinking
smut was very bad yet the man
said he treated the seed. but we
cannot help but think that some
mistake must have been made
4 in the process of treatment. We
believe this from the fact that
every other field that has been
sown with treated seed we
| found reasonably free from this
very serious disease. We have
Ifound a few fields that are so
badly affected that the mar.
ket price is sure to be cut mater
iafiy What we call loose smut
Idoes not necessarily interfere
with the price and the wheat
that is affected is not necessarily
damaged for milling yet only a
small amount of stinking smut
will injure the milling materially
while the other merely reduces
yield. We found one field of
barley sown to treated seed with
one-half Of one percent smut.
We found on the same farm an
other field of barley sown from
the same lot of seed but untreat-
ed. In this we find a loss of
about 16 per cent from loose
smut. This loss could have been
largely prevented with 25 cents
worth of formalin and two hours
elbow grease. Counting the bar
ley lost to have been worth 81. 90
a bushel and the loss of 8 bushel
per acrs on 19 acres would make
a loss of $15200. Pretty good
wages for two hours had it been
saved.
Grasshopper Menace.
Better tack this item up where
you can find it.
Young hoppers are appearing
by the millions and this means a
big loss. It would seem wise to
begin now and poison them
about the Matching ground.
which are; on most uDpIowed|
lands. The pests may be poison
ed by q poison made up in the
following proportions:
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-06-14
WHEAT HARVEST ! d


Missouri is first and Charlton
County is one and one. half ac-
cordlng to the method Of com
putting the magnitude Of the
stars, for we lead all the coun-
ties in the state and SO far as
heard from Missouri leads all the
states inthe union in quantity and
quality Of the main crops Of the
world. ie; corn, wheat, and oats,
LOG percent wheat and the clos
est COMMITTEES to US in the state is
Randolph, Shelby, Camden.
Washington each with l04 per-
cent Of the crop, and on oatsywe
are 96 percent. others counties
having a greater percent of oats
making their splendid showing
under circumstances known to
all Of us. Our hay is 81 percent
Of the crop, pasture 81 percent
and potatoes 70 percent and on
barley and rye we take the back
seat for no one in the state.
Our apples are not showing up
so well being at this time only
81 percent of a crop.
Wheat harvest begins this
week. Wheat. oats, barley and
rye run right along and 50
mixed with the oats and corn
blowing that with the help avail
able it is a great wonder that
our farmers do not find themseI-
yes in a state Of utter despair over
the prospect for saving in a
great part Of all their crops.
For a time last week it ap-
peared that Grand River and all
of the smaller streams in this
county would wipe out with
floods an immense acreage Of
the most excellent crops. but
thanks to providence and the
War God who is on our sideifI
so unfortunate and irresistible
calamity does not over take us
and work utter destruction Of
the vast fields of the state. we
ourselves in poor old Missouri
will be able to live and to feed q
large portion of the world and it
appears that feeding a large por-
ton Of the world will deyolve on
us in this Of section of the.
state. There i practically no.
crop for want OF rain in western
Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado.
The improvement in the crop
in North Missouri has been the
rule while in the south east and
south central districts there has
been a loss tho not great. from
overflow and chinch bugs. Four
!. .tINr aH - ~
counties with red rust and smut.
Some hail damage. Winter wheat
crop Of the United States show
ed S3 and eight tenth percent
June j but every one knows that
wheat is not q sure crop until the
farmers have the money for it.
still we are hoping that we hold
the place we now occupy clear
thru to the enjoyable end.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-06-14

The report that the bridge
across the ditch east of town is
in bad condition is partially In
correct according to Engineer
Arlington. Since the water has
receded he has inspected the
foundation and says that the
bridge is as safe as it has been
for sometime.
Miss Karleen Atterbury Of
Mendon has a position in Wash
D. C. as stenographer at
$llOO for a starter. Miss Kar-
Ileen viii prove worth the money
paid her for services. no matter
how little many others who have
secured position there may he
worth.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-06-14
Three Cent Passenger Fare

Passenger rates have been in
creased by direct-general McAdoo
to three cents per mile. There
have been protests entered by
the travelling mems association
and several other organizations
but that they will have no effect
ispretty certain. The rate rais-
ed Sunday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-03
THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT.

The British government plans to
make of Palestine-if it continue to
hold the Holy Land-a home for the
Jews. The administration at Wash
ington is reported to have given an in
formal assent to the plan. 1t is an
idea that the Zionists have had in
mind for a long time and which taey
have thought to accomplish thru dip
lomatic means, perhaps by purchase.
But it is by no means certain that the
Jews will respond.
The Zionist movement has never
had the undivided support OF the He
brew race. In fact, the movement
back home carries no special appeal
to Jews who live in countries where
liberal institutions prevail and where
there is opportunity for advancement.
Nor are the Jews alone in this. The
Irish in America, for instance, have
never shown any overweening desire
to go back to the Little Green Isle.
They have tried to get home rule, to
be sure; but they are well satisfied to
stay here. So it may be with the Jews.
The war is bound to bring large
ameliorations to the Jewish as to ev-
cry other race held in subjugation;
and while Palestine will attract some
of them, the great majority probably
will stay where they are.