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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02

New ork, Jan. 26.-The shimmering
shining, sheenful showing Of silken vel
vet and chiffon fabrics for summer and
spring satorial confections makes me
think of two incidents, one historical,
and one literary.
Our wearing silk for sport, dress and
undress, because we can't have wool
somehow or orther makes poor frivolous
Marie Antoinette IS silly query why the
people of Paris didn It eat cake if they
had no bread seem less inane.
You remember the hero of Balzac Is
EThe Magic Skim could feel no love
for a woman no matter how beautiful
unless she were elegantly attired in silk
and velvet and rare lace. Had he but
been a 1918 Robert w. Chambers hero
how he might have reveled in surfeit
of silken swathed charmers to his hearts
content
Actually sport skirts of Persian and
Peruvian patterned chiffon banded IN
narabou above the hem, offer their
transparent charms with sheer audacity
in competition with lustrous satin skirts
of white, flesh, maize and silver grey,
polka dotted in huge black disks OF
striped in broad bands of black, green,
blue, cerise or purple. Some most teas.
ing confections have alternate bands of
figured chiffon and ribbon running
frantically around from hip to calf.
Dear (and 1 can use the word dear
advisedly after pricing the same) little
slip over blouses of figured chiffon with
white chiffon collars and cuffs and per-
feet for wear with either the chiffon or
the satin skirts of one solid color or
white. They come in designs OF tiny
pin dots OF close wavy lines Of rose,
Copenhagen, yellow, lavendar, or Shad,
Ow Lawn green, on background OF
white.
Sweaters, sleeveless, slip on or coat
styles, hectic of coloring and woven In
plaids, checks, and stripes of contrast
ing tones still cling to the 1918 waist
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02

You are not German? You are sim
ply one of my countrywomen-Ameri-
can9"
" Yes ma am; we moved here from
Cattaraugus county, New York state,
and we have done very well since we
came.
Have you sons in the army7,'
Yes, and a shadow fell over the
motherly face, and the honest eyes look
ed out mournfully into vacancy. All
three of 'em listed, and Neddy, the
youngest, was killed at the battle of
Stone River, the last day of last year.
My man, he went down to get his body,
but he came back without it. There
were nine thousand of our men left dead
on the field there and our Neddy IS
body couldn It be found among so many.
1t came hard on us to let the boys 90,
but we felt we had no right to hinder
'em. The country needed them more
than we. We've money enough to hire
help if it could be had; and my man
don It like to have me and the girls a.
working out doors; but there don It seem
to be no help for it now.'
~ stopped over where the girls were
binding the fallen grain. They were
fine, well built lassies, with the hon
est eyes and firm mouth of the mother,
brown like her, and clad in the same
sensible costume.
Well, you are like your mother,
not afraid to lend a hand at harvest
ing, it seems!" was my opening re-
mark.
No, we are willing to work out
doors in these times. Harvesting ism It
any harder, if it is as hard as cook
ing, washing and ironing, over a red
hot stove in July and August-only we
have to do both now. My three brothers
went into the army, all my cousins,
most of the young men about here,
and the men we used to hire. So there's
no help to be got but women, and the
crops must be got in all the same. you
know. 1t 3 rather tough, but told An
ME we can do anything to help along
while the country's in trouble.
% Il tell mother said the Annie re-
ferred to, standing very erect, with
flashing eyes, that as long as the coun-
try cam get along without grain, nor
the army fight without food, we re serv-
ing the country just as much here in
the harvest field as our boys are on the
battle field-and that sort O. takes the
edge off from this business of doing
men IS work, you know
fFurther conversation disclosed the
fact that amid their double labor in
the house and field, these women found
time for the manufacture of hospital
supplies, and had helped to fill box
after box with shirts and drawers, dried
apples and pickles, current wine and
blackberry jam, to be forwarded to the
poor fellows languishing in far-off
southern hospitals.
HDANIEL WEBSTER. -
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02

friends in Gervais this week
Mrs. G. f. Mcdonald and children
left Saturday fer Hilgard to- spend a
few weeks with her husband, who is a
railroad man.
Mr.. and Mrs Alfred Cawthorn Of
Portland, visited Mr. and Mrs. II. l..
Rooster Sunday. Mr. Cawthorn is on
the staff of the Portland Journal
f. w. Manning has received word
from his son, Ward, who is at the nav
al training station at San Diego, that
he had been given ten days furlOugh
and was coming home, expecting to ar
rive Saturday.
The Gervais Mutual Telephone asso-
eiation calls meeting in Gervais Sat
urday Feb. 9th, at 2 clock All d.
rectors are requested to be present.
Anyone having complaint to make
may do so at this meeting-Star.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02


The world war, so far as America is
concerned, is now to be fought in Wash.
ington, D. G. If conditions disclosed by
unchallenged testimony at the Senate
investigation now in progress are not, or
cannot be remedied, we have already
lost the war. The men may be brave
enough to do what Crockett did at the
Alamo-die where they stand-but that
will not save the nation nor the civil
ization for which they fight. Now is the
time to be scared, and not after disaster
happens.
Explanations Of unreadiness are not
of the slightest value. The Germans viii
win the war against us, unless we can
change very swiftly. That is all they
care for and all that concerns us.
Imagine some bureau chief meeting a
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02
Hindanburg Not Delaying
Negotiations For Peace

Amsterdam, Feb. g. Quartermaster
General Ludendorff of the German arm
les. recently took occasion to deny that
he and Field Marshal Hindenburg are
delaying peace, the German newspaper
Taglische Rundschen asserted today.
The statement was made, is was said,
at a recent meeting of Ludendorff and
Hindenburg and was made public by
Deputy Schlittenbauer at meeting Of
the Bavarian diet.
Schlittenbauer quoted LudendOrff as
saying, in reply to a suggestion that he
and Hindenburg were delaping the war 8
end: "Does any sensible man believe
we two would bear such gigantic res
possibility a day longer than the safety
Of the people and vital interest Of the
empire demand7'
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02

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defeated American army, and saying ''1
! will now explain why you did not have
guns, ammunition, and other equipment,
to prevent that defeat''
He had better go and hide. Explana-
tion may interest the historian fifty
years hence. Production, equipment,
guns, ammunition, food, clothing, ships,
are all that interest us now. We want
efficiency, victory, that need no expla-
nation.
1t does not matter who is hurt by the
intantly needed reform, nor whose
friends are distressed. The first prin-
ciple of war is that the individual does
not count. Every one of our bright.
eyed young men goes in with the un-
spoken feeling. Wounds, crippling and
death, for me do not matter, SO the ma
tion conquers for freedom and civiliza-
tion." Is a department head or bur-
eau official made of different clay9 Is
he more precious than any one of our
young heroes who ego across" to look
into the eyes of the deadliest foe the
centuries have seenY
When such condition of things has
come, somebody should be hurt for al.
must be made to understand that the
people are mad, and have a right to be.
Down with every official who is ex-
posing the manhood Of America to de-
feat, without inquiring too carefully
whether it is because he is a schemer or
fool, and without any tears over the
question whether he can get another
job" or what becomes of his hand
boxed reputation, or how much he may
be missed in party conclaves or Wash
lington coteries.
We are going to war. Down with
every man who stands in the way of
victoryl He is rubbish. Get out of the
way of the cannon and the marching
column Let any one fall who may on
this side. Our eyes look across the sea
to our priceless men, soon to tread the
blood stained soil of France. The system
that has brought disaster so near to
them must be smashed, and road of
possible victory be laid before their
brave feet. Clear away every thing and
every person that hindersl
Is this pessimismi If 50, let us be
pessimistic Here is a corporation that
on the present basis of its business will
DC 1uldll1Diy bdhhA uPe AZ tAASD HiSnShSj
and nice officials say, ooh, don 4 let Is
be pessimistie. Let us keep bright and
cheerful, go on as we are, and trust
that all will come out right. The one
thing is to avoid anything disagree
able"
No. The one thing is to avoid a re-
ceiver. The one chance for recovery is in
being pessimistic right now, when it,
may do some good, while things may
yet be righted.
Let us as a people be pessimistic,
good, hard, and deep, right now, till
these rotten conditions are remedied.
Then talk eheerfulness and hopefulness
and we viii gladly listen. Pessimism
now;-optimism when we have earned
the right to it-and not before
A Soldiers Father.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02
Want farmer BOYS
RELEASED FROM Army
Their Help Needed to Plant
Nations Crops Is Appeal
to Washington

Washington, Feb. 2.-Appeals to re-
lease the "farmer boys" now in the
national army, long enough to help plant
the nation IS food crops, are pouring into
congress from all sections of the coun-
try.
Fearing the whole program of stimu-
lating food production to meet the de-
mands of the allied nations, as outhn-
ed by Herbert Hoover, may fail unless
the farmers are released, many senat-
ors and representatives are demanding
an early vote on the bill amending the
draft law to grant furloughs for farm
work. Draft officials here favor the
furlough plan, but urged that it be used
with care and only where it is the only
way to fill the need.
Representatives of the great food pro-
ducing section--the middle west--after
pointing out that they are unalterably
opposed to exempting farmers as a class,
state they believe the furloughs are
the only way to keep the food produc-
tion even up to normal. The majority of
them agree that a six week s furlough
the latter part of March and the first
of April would be sufficient. After
that the farm work is spread out suf.
ficlently so that the soldiers help will
not be essential.
"The crops must all be planted with
in few weeks or might as well not
be planted at all, /" said Representative
Green Of Iowa today. "and farm ex-
perts out west confess they are unable
to see where the extra labor needed for
this intensive work can be obtained un-
less the furloughs are granted.
There was shortage of farm labor
before the war and of course it has be-
come much more acute since. Plans are
being made in many places to close the
high schools earlier to release farm BOYS
and many retired farmers are planning
to follow the plow for the first time
in several years, but with big increase
in production demanded, they can do
comparatively little toward relieving
the labor shortage"
The majority of the population in the
middle west, Representative Reavis,
Nebraska, points out, is engaged in ag-
riculture and consequently the draft
made heavier inroads in this work there
than the national average indicates.
" A majority of the men accepted for
service in Nebraska are from the
farm" Reavis said d" according to
draft board officials there, and the sit
uation will soon be critical, Judging
from the appeals I have received .
"The governor of Kansas, Arthur
Capper, has foreseen how serious the
situation will be in his state, /" said Rep
resentative Campbell, Kansas. "and is
urging that the boys be sent back to
the farms this spring. It looks like the
only way to get the necessary labor"
''The situation in Illinois will be
very serious, for with such large corn
producing area to plant within short
time, an enormous influx of labor will
be necessary, . said Representative
Madden.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02
GERvA1s NEWS NOTES

The sum of $3.50 was sent from
Gervais to the Armenian Syrian relief
fund.
Mrs. w. G. Snyder was rallied TO
Portland last week on account OF the
death Of her niece.
Mrs. f. Ripper and daughter Clara,
of Portland have been visiting old
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02
Johnson s Red Gross Plan

Chicago, Feb. Ban johnson has
a plan, which, if approved in Washing
ton. will nour 100000 pennies into the
Red Cross Golfers this season Fans
will be asked to forget the pennies
thew would receive as change on their
baseball war taxes and donate them to
the mercy fund.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02
Char,nion Swimmer

Chicago. Feb. 2.-Perrv McGiIvray,
Great Lakes naval station swimmer,
won the central half mile champion
ship in the Illinois Athletic club tour
nament last night T. A. G. swimmers
won the water polo game and the Cen
tral A. A. U. championship.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02
Ortega Won Easily

Seattle Wash. Feb. 2.--Battling Or
tcca Oakland Cal, middleweight box
er was too young and rugged FOR
Frank Farmer veteran Tacoma light
WEIGHT in their four round bout at the
CrvstaI Pool last night. He easily won
the decision.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02
Henry Lay Signs Up

Portland, Or, Feb. 2.-Henry Lay,
San Francisco semi-pro slabster rated
as a conner, sent Judge McCred1e
duly signed contract for the Portland
club in the p. G. 1. league. Lay has
heaved with marked success for the
Sherry Millers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02
Joe stecher won

Sioux City, Iowa. Feb. 2.-Joe Stech.
err S scissors hold took in another vie.
tim last nieht. He flopped Otto Ere
berg. Finnish champion, in straight
falls with it. The first came in ono
hour and the second in three minutes,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02
Jack Read Took Count

Des Moines. Iowa, Feb. 2.-Johnny
Schauer, st. Paul lightweight, pepper
ed Jack Read, Australian veteran,
with rights to the jaw so often that
the latter took the count in the twelfth
lround
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02
JOHN |. SULLIVAN


1888: Mar 10-Charley Mitchell d
Chantilly, Fr., 80 rds.
1889: July Stake Kilrain W Rich
burg, 7g rds.
1892: Sept. Jim Corbett L New
Orleans, 21 rds.
1896: Aug. 31-Tom sharkey no dee,
New York, rds.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02
By MARGARET MASON.

In chiffon blouse and chiffon skirt
And dainty drop stitch hose,
Myrtillla played some golf with me
And havoc with her clothes.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02
Jim Jeffries' Tribute

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. .-"John
L. dead2 IN sorry!"
Those were the first words of James
j. Jeffries, former worlds heavy
weight champion, when the United
Press called him at his ranch in Bur
bank and told him of the death of
John L. Sullivan in Abingdon, Mass,
today.
''Old John L. was the daddy of them
all, - Jeff said. Gle invented the
knockout punch. He was the first man
to make science out of the knockout
with his famous right cross. We all
copied that stuff from him, but none
of us younger fellows ever used it
like John L. could. When his old ram
of fist connected with a jaw it car.
ried more steam than any of us fel.
lows who followed him.
" He showed me a thing or two. He
was in my training camp for my fight
with Bob Fitzsimmons-and / won the
worlds championship. And you can bet
your life old John L. had lot to do
with it.''
Here Jeff paused.
And now he's dead. Say somc.
thing nice about old John L., will
you,' he concluded.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02
Deoro Lost Game

Chicago, Feb. 2.-Alfred Deoro,
world s three cushion billiard cham
pion, last night lost his opening game
in the billiard players ambulance fund
tournament John Moore, Chicago, won
fieI- to forty nine.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02

Every mother of a
young babe visiting our
baby department will
be given one useful ar
ticle for baby free as
long as this assortment
lasts
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-17
JUNGLE LAW.

Contributed by ROBERT HER
RICK to the National Security
Leagues campaign of Patriotism
Through Education)
Returning from Europe, cursed with
war, / was more convinced than of
anything else in life that what Is be-
ing slowly settled In that grim trench
land over there DOES mean some
thing to us-more oh, so much more,
than money or legal rights or sym
pathy for bleeding humanity. Not
that | am especially apprehensive of a
raid on these United States the crum-
bling of our skyscrapers, with the ex-
action of colossal indemnities. That,
too, of course, might happen If Ger
man arms were triumphant If the
pax Germanca were imposed upon a
beaten world.
But that is not to me the worst. To
me the German peril does not lie SO
much in her big guns, her submarines,
her "Prussianized war machine" tt
lies in herself, in her image of the
world. If Germany could win even a
pdItldl NiCAOiy uilueT her nOHSlTOuh
creed of applied materialism, illuminat-
ed as 1t has been by every sort of Gym
ical crime, with its reasoned defiance
Of contract, its principle of 'indispensa-
bile severities,' its military logic, etc,
THAT must become the moral law Of
all the world-the jungle lawl In or
der to survive we must all accept this
law of the Jungle And of all the
PROSTATE peoples of the world forced
70 accept the yictor's new version Of
the ancient commandments proud
America would be the first. We can
not resist the fascination of success.
So the German ideal, the German
tyranny over the individual, the Ger
man morality--one rule for you and
me as individuals and another utterly
irresponsible rule when we get eogeth-
er as state--wOuld be initiated by
us more than the German thorough
ness in civil and military organization
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-17
Lieut.. |. M. Mcleod Speaks At Normal
College,

Hatuesburg Daily American, May 4
Lieutenant Irwin NJ Mcleod, for
seven months in France with the u.
IS. Expediuonary forces, and recent
ly returned. addressed the students
at the Normal College this morning
at chapel, telling then for about 30
minutes, of conditions overseas
Lieutenant Mcleod address was
doubly interesting to the students as
he was one of FIVE Normal students
to enter the first officers training
camp at Fort Logan II. Roots, and
one of the two Normal students to
obtain first lientenancy the other
three receiving commissions as sec
ond lieutenant
Lieutenant Mcleod. who is from
Green County, was with the Rainbow
Division in France.
The young officer declared that the
American boys over there are do
ing their part and urged those back
at home to do the same by economic
ing He asserted that American
people do not know how to econo.
mize- that they ought 60 see the
French, how well that people 60 ill
He told vividiy of how The French
women are working and econom zng
and stated that France can live on
the unnecessary waste OF the United
Statesl That is, the waste 10 buying
clothes, shoes, and Unnecessary
things that are not essential for lig.
ing or comfort
Lieutenant Mcleod urged his hear
ers to do their best for the Red Cross
and the Y. NJ G. A. and gave ful
description of the work OF those two
organizations, with several instances
of heroic work accomplished by
them.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-17

OF this state to raise
large quantities Of
desirable food in
their gardens than in
many less favored
states in the Union.
Make your square
yard of earth in your
garden produce it's
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-17

Orr neiphbo town of Richton re-
GENTLY passed municipal law which
II .eakesyille could well afford to EN-
nlate and enroll on her Ordinance
book. That is an ordinance provld-
ing for the employment of scaveng-
or to clean out and haul off the hlth
and thoroughly disinfect closets aud
nrivjes. with lime to be furnished by
the town. Such ordinances all per-
sons to keep their closets and privles
in a sanitary condition and assist
the property owners in that 10y pro
viding for the scavenger man VINO
iisposes of the filth or Accommodations
and is paid for 1T bv a simple system
of assessment which the scavenger
COLLECTS of sixty cents per month a
gainst any property-owners aud pen
alizing failures to comply with such
law. In our town those who try tC
keep their closets or pflVleS cleaneu
up are handicapped for the lack OF ia
s,iltles for dlsposing of The refuse or
sfecal matter which soon cutters
them up, and we need some regula-
zion which shall provide for some one
s TO 60 round and collect up and cart
of such from each house weekly and
think how many less flies that vii
make for during the present summer
and mavbe save some severe cases OF
sickness if not deaths from typhoid
fever which is well known now to be
carried by the house-fIy and much OF
the coutagion goes through the
lprivy-route.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-17

sNJliN@E OF TRUSTEE > SALE.
State OF Mississippi
county OF Greene
Under and by virtue of the authority vested
in nue. as Trustee. by the terms and provisions
OF a certain deed Of trust executed by haul8-
Christian Lumber Company. coIporatica
TO the unde rsigned Us trustee for the benefit OF
tue Bank OF Leakesvlle. corporation. dated
October a. 1913 to secure certain indebted
ness therein mentioned ard evidenced by one
pronlmissory note dated October a. 1913. and
maturing six months after date anu convey :
ing the hereinafter described properly which
said deed Of Trust is OF record in Book B pa
ges SO and SO OF the records of Mortgages and
Deeds OF Trust on land OF Greene County Mis-
sssipp, and Of record in Book 2 pages 5S5
ana $50 OF the Record of Mortga ges and Deeds
OF Trust on land Of George Couaty. Missis-
sippi.
Aud WHEREAS. said deed Of trust provided
that in case OF sale the notice should be pub
ifshed in q newspaper published in Greene
County, Mississippi, and the said sale TO be
made NJ the Court House of Greene County.
Mississippi.
And Whereas, default has been made in the
payment of said Indebtedness, and demand
having been made upon the undersigned trus-
tee by the said Bank OF Leakesville
Nov Therefore, the undersigned trustee viii
on Monday
the Third day of June 1918
sell during legal hours for cash 10 the highest
bidder ut the front door OF the court house in
the Town of Leakesville Greene county. Mis-
sissippi, The following described property, to-
wit.
So of SW Ia Sec. TO- II X 5 w Greene coun-
w, Mississippi, and the NE IA Of NV IA
Sec 8 Il I > Il, w George County, Mississippi
together with all improvements thereon
And out OF the proceeds arising from said
10 iht4f al
ting this trust, and apply the balance TO the
above Indebtedness
This the 1th day of May 1918.
j W RAcksTRom Trustee
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-17
EDITORIAL

The Cleveland Enterprise has rec
emily acquired new editor in the
person oil Gordon Huff. Mr. c. 5.
Glasco, retained his relationship to
that paper as proprietor, but Huff is
doing the editotial work, and seems
ito be live wire as he is putting
some right smart spice in the edito-
'rial column proper. May their ar
arrangement prove quite happy and
profitable allround.