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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-04
Crops Saved in Rodent
CONTROL CAMPAIGN

More than 100000 worth of crops
We're saved for the farmers in three
Oregon counties by rodent-control
campaign carried on by county
agents. in cooperation With the Bio
logical Survey of the United States
Department of Agriculture. Fifty
thousand sage rats and more than
5000 jack rabbits were killed in the
June Campaign in Crook and Des-
chutes counties. Ore. Investigation
has shown that each rodent does more
than dollars worth of damage to
crops in a season. On this basis the
campaign saved the farmers of these
two counties more than $50, 000. In
Douglas county member of the
county court has estimated that the
campaign to control gray diggers has
been worth more than $4,000 to the
county.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-04
BOND BUYERS ONE OUT OF SIX
This Was Record for Entire PopuIa-
ton In Third Liberty Loan.

One out of every six persons in
the United States bought Liberty
bonds of the third loan last April and
May. The exact number of sIbscrib-
ers was 1S,3OS,325, or IT. per cent of
the estimated population.
New York State led in the volume
OF subscription. Delaware subscribed
the highest percentage OF the assign
ed quota, and the City OF Washington
furnished the largest proportion of
its population as bond buyers.
This was disclosed in a Treasury
report of the third loan subscription
by Federal Reserve Districts, States
and principal cities. The loan total,
$4,176,516,S50, represents an aggregate
oversubscription of 1873 per cent of
the $3,0OO,OOOO,O 900 goal.
In volume Of subscription the five
leading States were New York, with
$685., 100000, or nearly onefourth of
the nations total; Pennsylvania, S457,.
100000; Illinois, S279, 100000; Massa-
chusetts, $22S,o000JJ. ana Ohio, S225,-
100000,
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-04
FOOD PRICES NOT RAISED.

Washington, Sept. 22-Increases
in the cost of food during the past
year have been greatly over estimated
by laying TO much emphasis on
special cases, and announcement to-
night by the food administration
which gave comparative wholesale
costs of the various articles of food
for different periods of 1917 and
1918. The actual wholesale cost of
foodstuffs per capita during the sec
ond quarter of 191S-April May and
June-was S25.59, the statement
said. This was an increase of 3.5 per
cent over the per capita cost during
the same period the year before.
No differential between the whole
sale and retail prices was given, Ae
statement dealing entirely with
wholesale costs. A statement tonight
by the Department of labor, however
said that Investigations made over
the country by it's division of stats
tics showed that retail prices of food
increased ON an average of per cent
from July to August and that during
the year ending last August retail
prices advanced Is per cent.
The Food Administration placed
the total wholesale costs of all food
stuffs consumed in the United States
during the second quarter of this
year at $2,693,751,S71, compared
with $2,563, 6O0,904 in the same
period of 1917.
In its comparative lists of costs the
Food Administration placed the per
capita cost of breadstuffs during the
second quarter of 1918 at $3.50, or
90 per cent greater than during the
same period in 1917. Meats, the larg-
est item, cost per capita $S.91, or 90
s per cent greater than in 1917. Dairy
products, which cost per capita $5.SS,
were 63 per cent greater, and poultry
and eggs. at $2.49 per capita, cost
I16.5 per cent more.
Balancing these, the statement said
that vegetables per capita cost only
$1.17 during the quarter, decrease
of 63.1 per cent, and sugar at Sl.79
decreased IA per cent. A third de-
crease was shown by the smallest
item in the bill of fare, fish, which at
23 cents per capita, was SO per cent
below the 1917 level.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-04
Do VAST BORROWINGS
Of j. s. To WIN WAR
CAUSE YOU WORRY?
Think of the Many Opportunities for
Investment Which the War
Loans offer.

The vast borrowings Of the govern
ment made necessary by the war have
startled a good many patriotic but
short-thinking people. Involuntary
perhaps, they feel that an exacting de
mand is being made on everybody and
they grow uneasy and restless.
Private and public expenditures are
being curbed right and left so that the
government may have more and more
money.
But the money is staying right here
in this country. And the great gov
eminent war issues afford excellent
investment opportunities to the bust
ness man. He can loan his capital to
the government at Az per cent inter
est, rate which after the war will
make a security of such safety gilt
edged. and he can get his capital back
at time when its purchasing power
will be greatly increased.
Financlers study Situation.
'No doubt these factors will e ap-
preciated in time and the bonds will
ultimately find their proper market
levels" says the Wall Street Journal.
That financial journal goes on to say
that the under-par prices quoted dur
ing the summer on some of the issues
reflect only temporary condition. 1t
says further that every effort is being
made and will be made by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to see that all
legislation which has to do with money
will work out to the benefit of the
bondholder.
Financiers who have studied the
loan sales. which have been compare
lively few, report that a large number
Of the transactions are started by mis-
informed holders of small amounts of
bonds who do not understand the tax
statutes.
"A great many small investors in
the 4 and Az per cent bonds" says the
Wall Street Journal. do not seem to
realize that their securities for the
most part possess the same merits as
the tax free 3h per cent bonds of the
First issue. The As and AIS are fully
as free from the normal income tax as
the 31ss and no surtax or excess prof
its tax now effective or later to be
enacted will be collectible on As and
AZ S unless the owner has more than
$4,000 worth"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-04
Velvet Beans Solve
South's Feed Problems

The feed question is being solved in
many parts of the South by abundant
yields of velvet beans which were
sown on large acreage this year.
Owing to the increased acreage i'm
Georgia. that state alone could take
care Of 10000 TO 100000 head of
cattle from states where forage is
scarce, according to a report recently
received by the Bureau of Crop Esti-
mates. Large quantities of last years
velvet beans also remain on hand and
are being used extensively i'm feeding
dairy cattle. In tests conducted by the
United States Department of Agri-
culture on the Government farms at
Beltsville, Md, il was found that vel
vet beans compare favorably with
cotton-seed meal, producing proiita-
BILE gains when the beans are the sole
concentrate of the ration; that com
bination of corn silage and velvet
beans forms a satisfactory ration for
fattening steers for market; that it is
more profitable to feed soaked beans
than it is to grind them; and that
more beans will be eaten if soaked
before they are fed than If they are
fed dry.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-04
How's This ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine
Halls Catarrh Medicine has been taken
by Catarrh sufferers for the past thirty
five years. and has become known as the
most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on
the Mucous surfaces. cxpelling the Pol
son from the Blood and healing the dis
eascd portions.
After you have taken Halls Catarrh
Medicine for a short time you will see
great improvement in your genera,
health. start taking Hairs Catarrh Modi-
cine at once aud get rid Of catarrh. Send
for testimonials free.
+ J. CHENEY &. co. Toledo. Ohio
SOLD BY all Dru-rte.s IT,.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-04
iWOMAN'S WORK FOR
THE FOURTH LOAN
National Committee Receives Many
- Responses, One Being in
~. Verse,

Responses are coming in every day 10
the National WOman's Liberty Loan
'Committee in answer to the request
which Mrs. William G.. McAdoo, chairman
tive group of women poets for "A stirring
appeal for the Fourth Liberty Loan cam
paiRn.
The following poem has been sent to
Mrs. McAdoo by Miss Edith Thomas, a
.well-known writer Of verse for Harper's.
Scribner's and the Atlantic Monthly:
The Sharers.
Dear men Of ours in fields of scath
afar,
Who for the wide worlds sake are
pledged to fight
Till established be the Commonwealth
of Right,
What toll, beneath the red ascendant
star,
What wounds are yours. whereof how
many a scar
That shall be precious in our fearful
sight
Truce to all that! Have we no pres
ent might.
No aid to bring you-women as We
are?
Though no Command of Death our
legiOns form
TO fight beside you, yet there is a
way:
Comrades.at-arms. our wills are quick
and warm
Our means We pledge, your yalors TO
upstay;
Behold IN place Of us The Bond shah
stand
Tho hand is small, yet open is the
hand.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-04
OFFICIAL SCHOOL CALENDAR
County Board of Education.

T.. S. Howard, S. S. o. c.
Div. No. ii. NJ. Hoover. Hart
ford. Ky.
Div. No. 20. w. DUFF, Fordsville,
Ky.
Div. No. 3-H l.. Carter, Narrows,
Ky.
Div. No 4-Robert Gon, Rosines
Ky.
Div. No. 5-Otis II. Stevens. Beav-
er Dam. Ky.
Div. No. 6-Nat Lindley. Center
town. Ky.
Time OF Meeting-1st Monday IN
February: 1st Monday in April; LIST
Monday in June; LIST Monday In Au-
gust; LIST Monday in October: LIST
Monday in December.
County Board of Examiners--E. S.
Howard, Mrs. l. s. Mason, Mrs. o. w.
Dun.
Jan. % and 26--Common School
Diploma Examination.
May 10 and ll-Common School
Diploma Examination.
May II and lS-County Teachers
Examination (white).
May "a and 2j--County Teachers
Examination Ccolorod).
June 30 and 23-County and State
Teachers Examination (whiteb.
June 2S and 29-County and State
Teachers Examination (colored).
Sept. 90 and 2l-County and State
Teachers Examination (white).
Sept. 81 and 2S-County and State
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-04

ROCKPORT.

Ch'm'n. Board-James Wilson.
Clerk-Rushing Hunt.
Police Judge-John T. Jackson.
Marshal-Will Langford,
BEAVER DAM.
Ch'm'n. Board-W. Il. Mckinney
Clerk-R W. King.
Police Judge. w. Cooper.
Marshal--R. +. Stevens.
FORDSVILLE.
Ch'm'n. Board-W. X. Jones.
Clerk-Olla Cobb.
Police Judge. p. Kessinger.
Marshal-Grant Pollard.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-04
'CoNF|sCATI0N Of
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
IS 4 GERMAN LIE
INsIDloUs HUN PROPAGANDA IL
SPREAD TO HINDER FOURTH
LIBERTY LOAN.
RUM0RED AT MANY PLACES
Enemy Victory the Only Thing That
Could Take Away American
Property.

Federal authorities are calling at.
tention to a pro-German rumor that
has been in circulation for some weeks
that the Government, or some other
body unnamed. is TO seize all SAVINGS
banks deposits for war purposes. OF
course this is nothing more nor less
than a pro-German lie stated by soma
kaiserite or some weakened and
weak-brained American who might as
well have been in the Kaiser's pay.
It is difficult to believe that any sane
person in America would believe such
a report for a minute. However, ii is
reported at Washington that il is being
believed by a few easily fooled per
sons. Secretary of the Treasury Nc.
Adoo says that the foc,ishness OF these
rumors is plain, but in order to set at
rest the fears of few who might be
worried he states officially that these
rumors are without any basis of fact;
in brief they are plain lies put out to
hinder the Fourth Liberty Loan.
II Germany Should Win.
There is only one thing that will en-.
danger the bank deposits Of America
There is only one way in which they
might be coniscated. That one thing
is a German victory. II the Huns
could defeat us and the French, Brit,
ish and Italians in Europe and invade
this country, then there is but little
doubt that savings accounts, stocks,
bonds, jewelry. gold, real estate and
everything in the way of property
would be confiscated
The one thing that will take away
Ownership in private property in this
country is to let the Germans win the
war, either by actual rec Of arms or
through the failure of Americans to
support the war a. they should by buy.
ing Liberty Bonds or paying taxes.
1t is foolish to fear that our own
Government is going to damage the
people of this country-its own people
With the American armies fighting as
well as they are now on the soil of
France, and the American people from
coast to coast supporting the army as
they now are and have been through
our first years of the war. the Ameri
can savings ACCOUNTS, money, bonds,
farms and ..ctories are safe.
Hun Propaganda.
( Federal officials point out that 1t is
Germany and its looting hordes that
the American savings bank depositor
has to fear and not our ow- armies
that are fighting to protect American
soil. American property and American
! lives. In the statement received here
from the u. S. Treasury Department
this statement is made:
THE United States instead of con-
fiscating or endangering the savings
and other property of its people is de-
Tending them and theirs with all the
irresistible might of this invincible Re-
public"
! 1t has not been possible to trace the
rumor relating to the confscation Of
Isavings accounts to its source. but
from the fact that it appeared in wide
ly separated parts of the country at
about the same time ii is evident that
some pro-German agency had busted IT,
self with spreading the story in the
hope that il might hurt the success OF
the Fourth Liberty Loan.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-04
Sincere Gratitude.

Mrs. William Bell, Logansport'
Ind, writes: II deem it my duty TO
express my gratitude for the good
Cham berlain's Collie and Diarrhoea
Remedy did me when l had a severe
attack Of dilrrhoea three years ago.
II was the only medicine that reliey-
ed me-" III
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-04
SMALL BONDHOLDER
MISSES POINT AS TO
VIRTUAL TAX ESCAPE
Investor Should Realize All Issues He
Owns Are Practically Free
From Taxation.

Financiers studying the market con-
ditions with regard in particular to
Liberty Bond figures find that great
many Of the bond transactions are mi
tiated by !ersons who do not under
stand the statutes which safeguard the
various issues of bonds.
For instance, small holders have
been selling their 4 and Az per cent
bonds in order to buy the 3 " per cent
bonds of the first loan, because the
S5ss are completely exempt from tax.
AS a matter of fact, for the small in.
yestor the As and Az carry the same
freedom from taxation, practically. No
tax now in existence or later to be
levied can affect the As and 4As un.
less the holder owns $1,000 worth or
more.
Wall Street Opinion.
Hence. the great majority of the
small investors pay no tax on the
bonds of the Second or Third issues.
The Wall Street Journal recently said:
More TO be deplored is the general
lack Of appreciation of the ultimate
value Of the Liberty Bond, no matter
OF what description. All the econom.
les of war and finance point to govern
ment bonds as The most far-sighted
and soundest investment a person can
make during these times. Investing
In goyGnmcn, bonds NOW IS buying
with cheap money q call on dear
money in he future"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-04
CIRCUIT COURT.

Judge-R. w. Slack, greensboro.
Com'th. Attorncy-C. f. Smith, Hart
ford.
Clcrlx-A. c. Porter, Hartford.
Master Commissioner--Ott G. Mar.
tin, Hartford.
Trustee Jury Fund-Cal p. Keown,
Hartford.
LIST Monday in March--i2 days
Com'th. and Civil.
LIST Monday in May--12 days-Civil.
LIST Monday in July--12 days
Com'th. and Civil.
Sd Monday in September-12 days
Civil.
ith Monday In November-12 days
-Com'th. and Civil.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-04
HARTFORD.

Mayor. +. Bean.
Clerk. A. Howard.
Police Judge. NJ. Grove.
Marshall. L. Casebier.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-04
FISCAL COURT.

Meets Tuesday after first Monday
In January, April and October.
ist District-Ed Shown, Hartford
Route 3.
end District-Sam l.. Stevens, Beav-
er Dam.
Srd District-Q. b. Brown. Simmons.
9TH District-G. w. Rowe, Center
town.
9TH District-W. c. Daugherty, Baize-
town.
9th District-W. S. Dean. Dundee.
9Th District-B. +. Rice. Fordsville.
Sth District-B. c. Rhoades. Hart
ford, Route 5.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-04
For Lazy Liver and
the Troubles Of
Constipation.

Feel right all the time. Don't lay OF
from work for days by taking calome
when pleasant Liz Ver-Lax keeps yoE
on your feet, while relieving your trout
le. Safer too, and easy to take. DOM
take anything else. You can't afforS
it. Eliminates poisons, cleanses sys
TEN and relieves constipation. A nat
ural remedy, natural in its actions, SURF
in its effect and certain in results. II
won't be long before LiO- Ve--Lax will
completely displace calomel IN ever,
home. Children can take it freely ans
with perfect safety. Every bottle guar
anteed. SOC and 81 in bottles. None
genuine without the likeness and signs,
ture of L. X. Grigsby. For sale by
IA. WILLIAMs. Hartford Ne
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-04
GAS0LINELE5S DAY
SAVIRGS FEED WHOLE
Array FOR 48 HOURS
100000 Hand Grenades
for Pershing.

/ When the American people locked
up their automobiles for a gasless Sun.
day on Sept. l they saved enough
money to provide Gen. Pershings
army with 5000 machine guns casting
$3.50 each.
They saved enough money to buy
food for the American Expeditionary
Forces in Europe for two whole days.
They saved enough money TO pro.
vide Gen. Pershing's army with $780,.
00G hand grenades.
They saved enough money to pay
for S5,7S4 completely equipped rifles
Of the type the American infantryman
carries when he goes into conflict.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-04
COUNTY COURT.

Meets first Monday IN each month
Judge-Mack Cook.
County Att'y.-A. ID. Kirk.
Clerk-W. G. Blankenship.
Shcrin-S. A. Bratcher.
superintendent. S. Howard.
Jailer-Worth Tichenor.
Tax COmmissioncr-D. Il. Ward.
Surveyor-C. S. Monkey.
Coroncr-Dr. A. b. Riley.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-04
A Big Saving.

These figures were revealed in a
Treasury statement, issued recently,
appealing TO the American public to
turn its savings from abstinence into
War Savings Stamps or set them aside
for investment in Liberty Bonds. The
Treasury statement reminded the pub
lie that these savings which are being
effected are of no value to the govern
nent in its prosecution of the war
unless they are made available for
its use.
The Fuel Administration reported
that the saving of gasoline on the Sec
ond gasless Sunday amounted to
100000 gallons, which, valued at rs
cents a gallon, meant saving to
American pocketbooks Of $780, 00
In transportation alone this meant q
saving Of 625 tank cars for an average
haul of 200 miles.
The rubber saved by giving tires a
days rest would be sufficient to equip
$500 motor trucks for the American
army with tires capable of running
5000 miles.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-18
Future Labor Policy
Discussed by Governors

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 17.-Governors in
conference here to-day inspected the
Naval Academy, went to Baltimore to-
night as guests of the Baltimore Press
Club and between time discussed fuf-
ure state, labor, educational and public
land policies.
Governor Boyle, of Nevada, address
ing the conference on labor policies,
said public opinion "no longer an,
proves the brutal methods of the past
employed in the settlement of labor
controversies" He said the American
Federation Of Labor had been the most
powerful single influence in pointing
the way to a practical solution Of
labor questions and in guiding men
away from socialistic theories and rad-
calism.
Schools in the future must do more
to educate both the foreign and ma
tive born population and to train men
and women in trades, said Governor
Martin G. Brumbaugh, of Pennsyl-
vanla. He denounced the past practice
of sending youths to Germany for the
completion of their education.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-18
khaki.Clad Phone Men
Not Sure of Old Jobs
officials of Bell Company Say
They Can't Promise to Take
Back All of Them

Officials of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company and the New
,ork Telephone Company said yester-
aay that employees who had enlisted
may or may not get their jobs back
"nen they are discharged from the
service.
An effort will be made to restore
10 .ae men to their jobs, they said, al
lnough there may be cases where this
policy will not be followed. Of the
.'l4I men who left the New York Com
pany and the 1900 who left the Bell
ystem, the officials believed that the
majority of those who return will be
gwen employment
", Newcomb Carlton, president of the
western Union declared that every en-
ploye who left the Western Union to
yiter ynter the service would be taken back
y ne applies for work. Places will be
'ound for crippled men, he said.
None OF the officials had received
any an! notice to the effect that the Post
Vmlce Department will see that re-
su,rned s,ed soldiers who have rightful
t,alms ..1 to positions with telegraph and
esephone companies are reinstated, as
was reported.
ts,ane me men who left the employ of the
si;mpnone companies to enlist in the
S,shai corps are the only employees
thu nno were assured Of their status when
Luey returned, and they were granite d
caves Of absence.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-18
Troops Held Down
Bay for Reception
AT 8 A. VA. To-day
Liner Celtic, With 2,l22
Soldiers Aboard, to Dock
at Pier 90; Two Other
Vessels Are Also Expected

In accordance with orders of Major
General Shanks that all troopsplps
come up to dock in daylight, that Nthe
returning american fighters on board
may observe the receptions accorded
them, the White Star liner Celtic, from
Liverpool, with 155 officers and 2,122
men on board, went to an anchorage in
the upper bay last night and will dock
this morning at 8 o'clock. Although
she is serving as a transport she will
be docked at Pier 60, North River.
The Celtic was reported off Sandy
Hook at p. m. yesterday, but was un-
able to get into port before dusk. The
greater part of her passenger list con-
sists of negroes of the 814th Infantry,
the Headquarters Medical Department
and the Sd Battalion.
This group consists of 36 officers and
1,119 men, Also there were on board
IL officers and 831 men of the Win
chester Casualty Company, and rs Of
fcers and 16S men who are sick and
wounded. Besides there are a few
casuals, nurses and civilians.
The bureau of information at the
Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, was un-
able last night to explain what was
meant by winchester Casualty Com
pany." The official personnel, which
was printed from report of General
Pershing, used the words "Winchester
Casualty Company" but it is believed
to have been typographical error, and
should have been Winchester Casual
Company"
The transport Henry r. Mallory
with 45 officers and 1,436 men; the
Dochra, with 81 civilian government
employees, and the Rappahannock
whose personnel has not been made
public, are expected to arrive to-day
Although a real welcome awaits the
Celtic when she moves up to her doch
this morning, the police boat Patro
went down the bay last evening, blew
its whistle and gave the Mayors com.
mittee a chance to get a lock at the
ship q few minutes before darkness:
shut her from view. The band of The
Fire Department played "Home Sweet
Home" and the troops cheered.
AS the Patrol steamed close up this
soldiers asked how many miles il
might be to Broadway. A big negro
infantryman shouted Hey. you cops.
got thousand bucks for any one OF
you that's got the nerve to take me tc
town. Gimme two hours ashore anc
you can lock me up for the rest OF my
natural life"
The police boat blew her whistle
again as she moved away This was