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The Springdale news., 1918-06-14

Military action in the United States
IS bringing to light facts relating to So
cial science that will affect the future de-
yelOpment of American society as we'll as
American nerve if proper use is made of
the facts. Surgeon General of the army,
w. I. Gorgas, recently stated that APP
proXimately 1900 cases of defective nerv-
Gus and mental organizations unfit for
military purpose has been found in the
final examination of recruits for the ar
my and that eighty per cent of them had
been returned to civil life as unfit mater
lal, the others being retained and placed
under treatment The fact seems to have
attracted little attention, but Governor
Brough has grasped its significance and
has called on the office Of the surgeon
general for list of names of all Arkan-
sas soldiers discharged by reason of nerv-
Gus or mental disease and suppose will
appoint commission to study the his
tory Of each defective, or put the list in
the hands of sociologists who study the
laws underlying the structure of human
society. Other executives may call for
similar list in the several states for the
same purpose, and the facts elected from
intelligent study of the lists may do much
for Americas future.
If the twenty per cent under treatment
makes good soldiers, the fact will be a
strong argument for universal military
service as national policy for saving
human derelicts, a policy that need not
mean building up war machine. but
building up of national nerve and men
tality 1t is claimed by socioogists who
defend war that it imoues a nation with
yirility by making the citizens strong and
masterful. The building up of Nations
vlrlllty ought not 10 be left to brutal force
that IS the essence of war, but should be
done intelligently, keeping a higher pur-
pose IN view than ever achieved by war
1t the time ever comes when universal
peace ensues and wars shall be no more
compulsory military service will still be
salvaglng factor to save the citizen from
nervous and mental weakness and fit him
for the highest activities of Individual and
national life
Growing out of the mobilization of
part of our citizen soldiery, other facts
facts have been brought to light that
ought to be utilized in shaping for Amer
lea higher destiny than that with which
we have been content in the past. When
these facts are so used, the war will have
its compensation for us, and hope a part
of that compensation will be limited use
of adJectives in describing our national
life. do not know what use the Govern
or intends to make of the list he has called
tor, but have no doubt he will use it for
the public good.
c. w. Pool
The Springdale news., 1918-06-14

Buy War Saving Stamps.
The Springdale news., 1918-06-14

Rose Pastor Stokes is now finding to
her cost what it means TO be "agln the
government"
The Springdale news., 1918-06-14

The Allies are past masters IN the al.
of retreating in good order. When theJ
advance it will be in still better order.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-11-26

Leonard Boulton is putting in a
new hearth at his home. He con-
templates building a condition to his
house if his second girl, Suzanne
Rockamoro gets married this fall.
The divorce case of old John
Rudy has taken up all the time in
the Snagtown circuit court this
week. After summing it up one
side and down the other, old John
says he has about come to the con-
clusion that when a man marries he
signs an agreement to permit a wo-
man to make things unpleasant for
him for an indefinite period.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-11-26
KENTUCKY 0VERSUBSCRIBES
WAR FUND BY $375, 98y

Kentucky went over the two-mil-
lion dollar mark in the wind-up Of
the United War Work campaign
drive. The exact total with all
twenty districts reporting was
So, 146,7 s9, by far the largest sum
ever contributed in the State to a
similar cause.
This is $375,9s9 more than the
original quota Of $1,770,So0.
The State total by departments
we're: Women, $1sO,901, not count
ing considerable sum to he report
ed from Louisville; Victory Boys
$59,705; Victory Girls, $55,316i
students, $3O,533; colored, $31, 5S8
Fourteen districts out of the
twenty in the State went over the
top. Seventy two counties out of
100 in the State went over the TOP
and nine are almost over. Many Of
the counties expect to keep up the
work until they have reached THEN
uuotaS.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-11-26
NEW STATE RACING
COMMISSION NAMED

Gov. A. o. Stanley last Wednes-
day appointed three new members
of the State Racing Commission and
reappointed two others.
Former Senator Johnson N. Cam
den, Jr., of Versailles, and Judge
Allie w. Young, of Morehead, were
reappointed. New members named
are: W. ]. Abram, of Louisville; j.
o. Keene, of Lexington, and former
State Senator Thomas A. Combs, of
Lexington. According to law there
must be three breeders on the COM
mission of five. These are Messrs.
Camden and Keene, who own ex-
tensive stables, and Judge Young,
who also is an owner.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-11-26
BACK TO NORMAL

There will, of course, be many
men who have won commissions in
the National Army, who will wish to
remain in the regular establishment
when the war has been finally
brought to a close. There will be
many Of these officers retained in
the regular establishment, but it is
a fact to be noted with particular
qualification that most of the Young
men made so quickly into soldiers
and good soldiers-are ready to re-
turn to the work of civil life that
they laid down at the call of the
country. There will be a magnifi-
cent reserve force of officers upon
which the Nation can call in time Of
need, but there is no spirit of mill
tarism such as was feared--or pre-
tended to be feared-by certain
pacifsts at the beginning of the
war.
Although they have lost some time
from their business or their quest
of education, the youths who make
up the bulk of the commissioned
personnel of the vast new army Of
the United States, have lost nothing
of their progress toward the forma-
ton of character; and capacity in
dealing with the affairs of life. All
the time lost has been richly repaid
in the knowledge of men and the
realization Of lfe's essentials gain
ed through training camps and bar
racks. That all is not beer and
skittles is a lesson learned with DIFF
ficulty under the softer conditions
of civilian intercourse; and we ex-
pect to see the young officers re-
turn to their normal duties with fac
ulties sharpened, in physical condi-
ton such as never before was
known, with an interest and assid-
uity unparalleled
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-11-26

The Advocate for Printing.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-11-26
20 SUBMARINES SURRENDER

Gliding along the surface, their
matches open and the crews stand
ing on deck, twenty German sub
marines surrendered on last We'd
nesday to the British squadron.
More than eighty other German sub
marines were handed over the Al
lies before the end of the week. The
U-boats that surrendered Wednes-
day steamed twenty miles across
the North Sea to meet the British
ships. They were accompanied by
two German destroyers to carry the
submarine crews back to Germany
after the transfer.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-11-26
AMERICA TO BE GOVERNED
FROM FRANCE

When President Wilson goes to
Paris to attend the peace confer
ence he will take with him a full
executive staff, and virtually all
White House business will be trans
acted on board ship or in the Am
erican Embassy, according to Ser
ators who have talked with him.
Versailles is preparing for the meet
ing and the Trianon Palace is being
fitted up for the reception of the
delegates.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-11-26
How's This ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, D.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo, o.
Halls CataDFh Cure is taken Internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price 70 cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-11-26
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES TO
BE CONSOLIDATED

Consolidation of the services of
the Western Union and Postal Tel
egraph Companies, under Govern
ment control, was announced recent
ly by Postmaster General Burleson,
effective December l next.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-11-26

StOiCiSm: |. The art of remain
ing calm when inside one is not.
2. The aspiration of molasses to
become marble; the theatres of re-
signation; the first mask of Death
failure in armor 3. The Good Fri
day of Humility and the Easter
Sunday of Pride.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-11-26
JOY ON THE ROUNDS!

It's good to make the Happy Day
Come to where you live, to stay,
And when the joy of it you've found
To introduce it all around!
For them are folks that hope ana
pray
A lifetime for a Happy Day!
The Advocate for Printing.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-11-26
c. G. O. Schedule in Effect Nov. ~.

TT. No. 20, West leaves $50 a. m.
Tr. No. rs, West, leaves TAI a. m.
Tr. No. &c, East, arrives $50 a. m.
Tr. No. 81, West, arrives II rs a. m.
TT. No. %, East, arrives II :55 a. III.
TT. No. %, West, arrives lbs p. m.
Tr. No. %, East, arrives 6:55 p. m.
Tr. No. "a, East, arrives 7:45 p. m.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-11-26
CLIPPINGS FROM THE
SNAeT0WN T0RcHLleHT

moral leper who runs the scurril-
Gus, venal, unspeakable rag, the
Patriot, over at Plunkville, a crea-
ture whose base, degraded nature
has made him portable plague
spot wherever he goes. But, never
theless, in spite of these infamous
graces of mind and heart, he has
made a State Senator and it might
be very well for this Senatorial Dis
trict to return him to Little Rock.
Over at Pumpkin Center the boys
assembled to lynch a horse thief I;
but, upon investigation, found that
he stole an automobile and turned
him loose.
You can rely upon this: If peo-
pie are not paid for doing a thing,
they can't be depended upon to do
it.
Leonard Boulton left this morning
with pocket full of salt. 1t is sus.
picioned that he is going to catch
jaybirds by that old method of
sprinkling salt on their tails.
Prof. Carl Hanson has a chunk
of rosum for his base fiddle and is
now prepared to drown any racket
that may come up at any entertain
ment where he is engaged to play.
Steve Blass, the Horse Doctor of
the Wild Cat neighborhood, is at
work on a patent medicine that will
cure all diseases of man and beast,
with just one dose. This will do
away with all other medicines, as
well as every other doctor, and the
inventor will have easy sailing in
his profession.
John Rudy, of Lazy Holler trad
ed his moonshine distillery last week
to George Ryan for a moving pic
ture show. John got out of one
reel business into another.
Leonard Boulton is now living
over on the other side of Peavine
Ridge. He moved out there last fall
where the little lambkins play and
the graphophones don't.
Some days it appears that every
body is good, and then maybe the
very next day something will turn
up to make it appear like a good
per cent are bad.
United States Commissioner Nix
Governor Myers was holding court
the past week at Plunkville, trying
thirty-two natives for illicit whiskey
distilling. When Joshua May was
brought forth the Judge asked him
what his name was, and when Josh
told him the Judge asked him if he
was the man who made the Sun
stand still. Josh scratched his head
moment and said he was the man
who made the Moonshine.
Uncle Charley Ewell has reopen
ed his blue front dry goods store.
Charley done a smashing business
Saturday, having customers who
would buy an ostrich if clerk ad-
vised 'em to.
Sol Batavia will not tolerate five
or six pairs of sox of the same
color. The public is very suspic-
ious of many things, and Sol is
afraid the report would straightway
get current that he had but one
pair.
Judge Bentz wonders where all
the switches are that used to be the
great national indoor necessity dur
ing every school term. Old Mart
Lowrey says they have all grown
into fishing poles.
We have remained home all year
raising something besides Cain, and
on Thanksgiving we will be thank
full for turkey.
The Torchlght is still 81 a year.
Our constant prayer is that Wen
never get rich enough to raise prices
on the poor.
AS editor of the Torchlight and
mayor of Snagtown, we take the
world as we find it, but we never
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-11-26

In our efforts to learn one thing
every day, we arise to inquire how
great one must be before he ceases
to be a person and become a per-
snnnraQ
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-11-26

Look upon the New Idea as a pos
sible one, until you know positively
that it isn't.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-02-22

At present there are over 50 Lutheran
pastors In the important camps In Amer,
lea looking after, the spiritual welfare OF
the Lutheran men in the camps. Over
rso pastors in nearby churches are devot'
ing the greater part of their assisting IN
this task. Under the direction OF the Luz
theran Bureau, Inc, of~New York City a
systematic campaign of education has
been carried on reaching out to every
Lutheran congregation in the states and
rousing Lutheran people to the cali tor
service and sacrifice in this situation.
As result Lutheran are awake to the
needs and answering the call.
Recently the women Of the Church
were definitely drawn into the service.
Much had been done by them locally.
But fhere was no coordination. Upon
the call of DIR F. II Knubel chairman Of
the Commission meeting was held in
New York ity at which the leading
Lutheran women were present. They
organized under the Commission and
planned Systematically to enlist the Lu.
theran Women in the cause. They want
to bring touch of home and mother to
the men by looking after their physical
comfort.
The Churches are disproving the off
repeated statement that religious bodies
move slowly discuss much and do little,
The National Lutheran Commission is a
striking instance ii has made history toi
the Lutheren Church and is continuing
to do so. 1t was the FIRST Commission
in the history of, Lutheranism in Amer
ca to unite the tremendous resources Oh
that body to translate them into power,
and to concentrate that power ON The SO
tuition Of the great problem Of spiritua
forces in America the wartime service
Of the churches it swept aside precedent;
it avoided discussions 1t set 10 Its task
in a straight line and drove through.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-02-22

It appearing from the bill In this case
which is sworn to that the defendants
Stanley Kodis Is q nonresident OF the
State of Tennessee SO that the ordinary
process Of law can not be served on him.
it is therefore ordered that he appear
before the Clerk & Master Of the Chan
Gerry Court of Morgan County. at his
office in the Court House at Wartburg,
Tenn, on or before the
First Monday In March next
and make defence TO said bill or the
same will be taken for confessed. and
set for hearing ex-parte as to him.
tits further ordered that this notice
be published in the Morgan County Press
for four consecutive weeks, anews pa
per published in Morgan County.
This Jan. %. 1918.
r. A. DAVIS.
Clerk & Master.
by J. H, istarles. Dc& M
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-02-22
Nonresident Notice
Martha Daugherty
VS.
Oliver Dangherty

In the Criminal and Law Court at
Wartburg, Tenne' So.
In this case it appearing from the bill
which is sworn to. that Oliver Daugh-
erty is nonresident of the State of
Tennessee, SO that the ordinary process
of law can not be served on him.
He is therefore hereby required TO APP
pear before the Judge of our Criminal
and Law Court to be held for the Coun-
ty of Morgan at the Courthouse, in the
town of Wartburg on the
Second Monday in April next
and make defense to the bill fled against
him in said Court by Martha Daugherty
or otherwise the bill will be taken for
confessed and proceeded with exparte
It is further ordered that this notice
be published in the Morgan County Press
a weekly newspaper published at Wart-
burg Morgan County Tennessee for
four consecutive weeks.
This February Goth, 1918.
CHAS w SUMMER,
Circuit Court Clerk
D w Bryce, Atty for Pitt,
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-02-22
Of wartburs. Tennessee, on the

Of Wartburg, Tennessee, on the
Second Monday in April next
and make defense or plead to said Pc
tition otherwise the same will be taken
for confessed and set for hearing expar-
to.
It is further ordered that this notice
be published for four consecutive weeks
In the Morgan County Press.ta weekly
newspaper published:at Wartburg,.
Tennessee.
This February 10th. 1918
CHAS w SUMMER,
Circuit Court Clerk.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-02-22
Nonresident Notice

Trustees Cincinnati
New Orleans & Tex
as Pacific Railway Condemnation
Company ct al of Land =
VS. -
Rockwell & Sproul.
In this cause it appearing from the
Petition filed which is sworn to that de-
PENDANTS Estelle w Sproul, T E Cooper,
E M Cooper, Ray Cooper, Elizabeth
Sproul, Harold r Sproul, James w
SprOul, Theodore w SprouI and w o
Morrow are non-residents of the State
of Tennessee. so that the ordinary pro-
cess of law can not be served upon them.
They and each of them are therefore
hereby required to appear before the
Judge of our Criminal & Law Court at
q Court to be held for the County, of
Morgan at the Court House in the town
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-09-12
The Red Cross

That wonderful organization, the work of which
rather an obscure way Fifty five years ago, a cit-
of Geneva, Switzerland, Dunant. by name, vivid
ly described in book the sufferings of wounded
soldier. Aroused by this description, representa-
tves of different nations met in Geneva year later
and held informal conference. The next year,
the Swiss government invited representatives from
various civilized nations. formal conference
held again at Geneva. Certain rules for hui
of the sick and wounded in warfare were
adopted, and this said to be the origin of the
Red Cross.
In Napoleon's time, Larray organized the medi-
cal corps of the French army on a more efficient
basis than had before been attained and in the
Civil War; man named Letterman completed the
organization of the relief forces.
However, the government of the United States
did not give immediate support Lettermans plans,
and also failed to sign the articles of the Geneva
convention At that time Clara Barton, former
school teacher, and then an employe of the patent
Office, became greatly interested in the movement,
and during the Civil War and some years AFTER she
performed on a small scale just what the American
Red Cross does.
In 1869 when in Geneva, Switzerland, for her
health she met the international committee of the
Red Cross, and co-operated with them in extending
relief to the sufferers in the Franco Prussian WAR; in
$751; Twelve years later she came back to the
United States and organized the American Red
Cross. She was president of the organization for
twenty-one years.-W oman's World.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-09-12

perap; December 80, 1915, Persia; January 6, 1915
Brndis; October %. 1916, Marina; December IA,
1916. Russian.
January 81. 1917. the kaiser repudated his
pledges to respect American lives and announced
ruthless submarine warfare. Several American
ships had already been sunk or attacked. In rapid
succession German Uboats sunk these others:
February 8. 1917. Housatonc; FEBRUARY Is. 1917,
Lyman M. Law; FEBRUARY rs, 1917, LacoDia, Am
orleans lost; March 2, 1917, Algonquin March l6
1917 Vigilancia; March II. 1917, City of Memphis;
March II. 1917. Illinois; March 81. 1917, Healdton;
April |. 1917, Aztec.
April 2, 1917. in his message asking congress to
declare war; President Wilson said, the present
German submarine warfare against commerce is a
warfare against mankind. 1t is war against all
nations. There has been no discrimination The
challenge is to all mankind. Each nation must de-
eide for itself how it will it, There is choice
not make-we incapable of making. We
will not choose the path of submission and suffer the
sacred rights of our nation and our people to
be ignored or violated.'
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-09-12
The Cause of the War
G. S. REED,
Warden.

Victory France IN 1870 fred Germany
with ambition to dominate the world. As the first
step Germany sent out agents to undermine the
national ideals and institutions of other countries
and teach Germans everywhere to remain loyal to
the fatherland and German kultur. In 1887, on his
accession to the throne, the kaiser announc.
ed: The soldier and the army, not parliamentary
majorities, have welded together the German empire
My confidence is placed on the army In 1889 the
KAISER elected himself apostle of new Germany
whose voice must be heard all political affairs
In whatever corner of the world they arise" By
1899 their efforts to keep with Germany's war
preparedness had piled such taxation on other Eur.
Opean countries that the called a conference at
The Hague to consider disarmament Twenty six
states took part, but the plan failed because Ger
manys military delegate refused to disarm In
March 1913. at Bremen. the kaiser expatlated upon
the German world mission" and in August 1905
speaking at Gnlezno, Poland, he said "Germany
like the spirit of imperial Rome must expand and
impose itself" In 1907, the second Hague confer
ence, this time representing "A nations made se.
cond attempt to obtain International disarma-
ment agreement which again was blocked August
20, 1910. at konigsberg the kaiser exalted the d-
vine right of the Kings of Prussia and said "Copsid
ering myself the instrument of the Lord without
needing the views and opinions of the day, 90 nv
way"
August l, 1914, the kaiser declared war on
Russia August 3 on France and August on Bel
GUM, and proceeded to carry it on with indescrib
able ferocity. In 1915 Germany began her. subma-
warfare against unarmed merchant ships of neu
trail nations. Before Germany forced the United
States to declare war; her submarines had killed
more than 200 Americans, many of them women and
children. Among the ships thus sunk were:
January %, 1915. the American vessel William
Z. Frye sunk by the German raider Prinz Eitel
Frederick. which imprudently took refuge in An
American Port. Other ships sunk were:
May 7, 1915, Lusitania. ia Americans lost.
August 10. 1915, Arabic; September 4. 1915, Hes
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-09-12

Even Washington himself was once drafted into
the service of his country. 1t in 1898, long
ter the Revolution and after Washington had been
President for two terms and had gone into a we'll
earned retirement at Mount Vernon. France had
broken relations with us. and impended. Con-
gress appointed Washington commander of the army,
and the Secretary of War, carrying the commission
to him. found him in the harvest field When Wash
ington learned the errand on which his visitor had
come, he said, I am ready for any service that
can give my country
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-09-12
Plain Tales From the Bible
By III Truisna

Short sketches of the and hopes
FORTS mistakes and attachments recorded this history
strength and fay goodness and badness wisdom
and folly afford each individual of the appropriate and ap
pcabe example, counsel or aid that continually need
ng These characters presented here who
actual living personalities they surely wereand
tails In their humanness the lessons living
Bible holds for us