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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-08-22
From the Saturday Evening Posi-

From the Saturday Evening Post.
The men who make a living by manu-
featuring grievances for Others would
have to pay a heartbreaking excess profits
tax this year II they were incorporated.
Their industry is so prosperous that they
are now delivering grievances by automo-
bile instead of on foot. They are the fore
most of our profiteers. They are the J..
Rufus Wallinfords of economics. selling
get-rich-quick theories of how to live
without work and to take away the money
Of those who do work.
We have always had with US the fell
lows who complain that Shakespeare came
along first and used up all the ideas, leay-
ing nothing to write about; hat the last
generation settled down like a swarm of
locusts On all the free land. leaving moth
ing to farm; and that big business has
hogged all the loose dollars, leaving on
spare change for the late Corners. Now
we have the man who says tina in the
future we must have no leisure class ex-
cept> the laboring class, and that the
capital accumulated during the past 100
years must be given them to blow in.
Shakespeare used old stuff. He was .
success because he added himself to Il.
When we say that a man has got It in
him" we mean that he has put It in. Tho
socialist Is right when he argues that all
raw material is valueless except for the
labor that is added to tiff he means
human raw material.
Today there is a chance to put more OF
yourself into your work than ever before
and to make more out Of the invest
ment. More money is being made IN .
year out OF 500 an acre land than the
pioneer saw in a lifetime. The big busi-
ness Of 1900 is mere piking beside the
big business Of today and the bigger busi-
ness that Is coming tomorrow. The most
successful farmers in the west were Inn
migrants and hired hands 20 or 30 years
ago.; the most successful business mon
were laborers. clerks and statesmen; and
practically all the writer's whose names
loom large in print were SIS or 80 a week
reporters.
For the man with skilled or merely will
ing and there are today moro Jobs.
better Jobs Nth higher pay and a wider
margin for saving, with possibilities Of
quicker advancement, han at. any time
in the past 100 years. This is the era Of
big opportunity for the little fellow. II
you ave the will to work and the nrit
TO rave you arc on the way up. A few
hundred. $1,000, 5000 laid by in War Saw
q fortune later. It will certainly mean
q step up
Every time you stick a stamp in tho
Var Savings ook o arc sending money
to yourself-to be delivered on that day
in the future when opportunity will stand
ready to furnish the a IL you can
lind the cash. Every man who speeds up
on production and slows down on spend
ing Is helping the country in it's hour Of
| need and making sure provision for his
own.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-08-22
TIN. Thin. Hard Boys.
From the New York Tribune

Recently we sat in a refreshment room
Of Q railroad station conversing casually
with q foreign officer. Suddenly all men
in olive drab began to come in by groups
Il wash up. They we're on their way.
The Officer, though he tried to e IN
talking, couldn't keep his eyes off the
men. and his responses became more Int
more absent % they continued to crowd
IN.
MY oody" he exclaimed. where do
they come from!"
Not one seemed less than six feet tall.
They were . thin.i hard, big fisted. cras
faced lot OF men. b color Of new bronse.
sAch With two deep lines around the
mouth. gentle with q other. speaking
softly. but certainly the most Formidable
German killers you could find In the
world We should not have noticed them
particularly but for the Officers dassd
appreciation.
They are probably from somewhere in
the nountatns,'' We aid ut last.
The officer ave us q strange hook. Such
men - thsse and we took them so much
for Osantsd that We eou1on,t tell where
they eaSne FROM.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-08-22
POSSESSED ABILITY TO
FIND w BODIES

st. Paul, Minn.-The mysterious
John Jeremy. who for AZ years made
his living by recovering the bodies of
persons drowned in lakes n rivers Of
the northwest. ended his career re-
Gently by committing suicide after hav-
ing shot and killed an acquaintance in
q quarrel over q woman.
Jeremy. who was 70 years old, died
without disclosing his uncanny method
of bringing bodies to the surface.
One Of his notable feats took place
shortly before his death when he recov-
cred the body OF Miss Helen Learned,
of st. Paul, who vas drowned in Lake
Phelan several weeks previous. The
Jake bed had been raked scores of times
and hope had been abandoned when
Fisherman john" as Jeremy was
Known, came UP from his home in Still
water, ear here. and announced that
he would find the body. The recovery
brought his total Of bodies found to
l04. He collected 800 for his work and
seturned to Saltwater. where the shoot
ng followed.
Fisherman John" smiled blandly
when the many theories as to his
strange methods OF bringing up bodies
came to his ears But he kept his Sc
.ret. He worked alone and always at
night. He liked a starry sky, but the
silvery rays of a full moon seemed to
hamper rather than aid him. Some
persons who for years had studied the
peculiarities of Jeremy. who was a half
breed, claimed he used trained musk
rats to locate the missing corpse. 9th
ers were sure he used an electric mag
net, while still theirs claimed he knew
the freaky twists and turns OF the cur
cents so we'll he needed no other aid.
FISHERMAN John" began his unique
profession in 1876 and his efficiency
loon attracted the attention Of the en-
tire northwest and he received large
sums for the recovery Of many of the
bodies. He was present on vereral oc-
:asions when persons san and brought
them to the surface SO quickly that
their lives were saved. This seemed
to shatter the theories that he used
muskrats or an electric magnet
Twenty-three of the bodies were re.
covered from the Mississippi river.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-08-22
Income and Profit Taxes.
From the New York mines.

from inc new IOFk Times.
When the war tax was passed, it was
expected that the income and profits
taxes would realize e. zoo, 900, 900. Already
hat ample sum IL exceeded by Sc, 0O0, 1000,
and the returns are far from complete.
Payments will continue to be made until
the expiration Of 10 days from notice of
demand, and in cases delayed by appeals.
Part payments are being made. although
h underpayment is at the cost OF s per
cent penalty. and l per cent a month in
terest until he balance 10 paid. Many
paid only by borrowing. Their cash was
in property. and their property b subject
to many vicissitudes in such times as
these. Those who wanted a weeks delay
obviously needed their July payments to
meet their last years expenses, and wero
to that extent behind in the realization
OF their profits.
In successive years. the number Of those
paying on incomes over $500, 600 has been
ls6. liza. $40. $50. In 1916. 2o6 paid on in
comes OF 100000 and over, against 10 In
1915. 1t is hard to say whether these
huge incomes are more surprising than
the fact that the 'sunea1ned" incomes are
less than half the taxable total of 1916.
In that year our millionaires increased by
1895. to the total Of 2 2.o9e. 1t will be In
teresting to get the 1917 figures for COM
partson both with 1916 and with the Brit
ish totals.
singular ~ 1t may seem, there 10 basis
for he statement that fortunes are better
distributed among us than in England.
Only 10 Americans are reputed to nave
$125. 000. 900 or more. whereas there are 70
in England, according to the Financial
Post. Nine Americans nave between $780,
100000 and SEE. 000.0 0, and England has s.
IN that class. But the scale turns in favor
of the United States ~ the grades fall. 30
that our 2,es6 millionaires outclass Eng
lands 5.154. Not too much Importance
should be attached to such comparisons.
since they depend upon calculations both
crude and differing in their bases Of
taxes. Whatever errors there may be in
the calculations of wealth, there can be
no error in the statement thai American
wealth is not increasing at the expense
OF the poor. In ratio of increase the in
comes of the poor grow faster than those
Of m~illionaires. Our rich are e~conomizing.
and our relatively poor are earning and
spending more han ever before. here as
in other countries. When the reverse
coraes, the millionaires will lose faster
than those who have less to lose, and
whose fortunes do not depend upon valua-
tons of plants which shrink amazingly
with the decrease of business and the fall
of prices.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-08-22
Spending s21,ooo,ooo,ooo.
From the Chicago Tribu

From the Chicago Tribune.
~. 600. oOO,0 900 on a single day performed a
great feat. a feat that 10 described as UNI
pAralleled In the history of n legisla-
tive body. h smooth ana expeditions
character Of the proceedings is illustrated
by the fact that the 12.0OO,0 0O,0 900 army bill
was passed without q roll call.
Billions will win the war" seems to
backward in furnishing the billions. or
rather in digging 1t out of the American
pocket. The facility with which this is
done. however. leaves US q little breath
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-08-22

CONCENTRATE.
From the Washington Time.

From the Washington Times.
All the education that all the
; colleges of the world could give
you would not equal in value the
education that you can give your
self by compelling your mind to
; work steadily and your will to keep
; pointing in one direction.
Nobody can teach you that but
yourself. Here is a quotation from
; Lecky. You might paste 1t up on
; your little mirror, thus making
: sure that you will see it quite fire.
, auently when you study your
; thoughtful face or your new neck
tie in the morning:
The discipline of thought; the
establishment of an ascendancy
Of the will over our courses Of
thinking; the power OF casting
away morbid trains of reflection
and turning resolutely to other
subjects or aspects of life; the
power of concentrating the mind
vigorously on a serious subject
and pursuing continuous trains
of thought-form perhaps the
best fruits of judicious self edu-
cation.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-08-22

"The Germans in this last offensive
of theirs have made an %extravagant
use of their reserves. Well extrava-
gance never pays"
The speaker was Gen. Walter Schuy-
Ter of Pike, Cal. He went on:
"The Germans in the end will be
like Scattergood.
"'Whatever became of that chap
ScattergOOd?' one man asked another
at the golf club. He used to have
money to burn.
"'Yes,' the other man answered,
and he's sitting the ashes, now.'"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-08-22
RED CROSS BALL eLuE.

That's the idea. A pure blue, true
blue, no dope. Gives to clothes a clear
white. whittier than snow. Be careful.
use the best. Large package. sold by
good grocers only, 5 cents. Ask for it
today.-Adv.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-08-22

.'"There We're a number of witnesses
to prove that the plaintiff was as
saulted by the defendants goat. Did
the latter have any rebutting wit
neSSeS?"
"Only the goat. He seemed to do all
the re-butting."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-08-22

Philadelphia now mas street rail
way skipstop system.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-08-22
Hay FeNer-C atdrrh
Prompt Relief Guaranteed
SCHIFFMANNS
BALM
ASH rom 0eAAsA
THEN "WILLIE" LEFT HASTILY
Remembered an Engagement After
Learning Just Who the "Fresh
Old Guy" Was.
ASH voUn oeAaA

1t was at n dance Mt the Waldorf
Astoria in New York, when some can
dies dripped and made quite a puddle
Of grease on the floor. A gentleman
standing at the door Immediately took
out his knife and his handkerchief and
began scraping up the CONCEALED
grease, when n very fresh young gen.
tlelnan in our "set" tapped the gentle
man on the shoulder and said: "Say,
old gentleman, you're interfering with
our Paul Jones. Suppose you cut that
out"
II was afraid some of the young Ia
dies might Slip" courteously answered
tho "old gentleman"
well, they WON'T" answered
"Freshie." Besides, you're not run
ming the hotel" The "old gentleman"
had gathered up oil the grease by this
time and, giving no answer to the last
remark, left the room.
"Fresh old guy" continued willie"
after the dance-'that old man."
mot exactly fresh, but careful of his
guests; that's ALL" answered n friend.
"His guests?" repeated willie"
"Yes," answered the man ; that hap
pened to be Mr.. BOldt, the owner Of
the hotel"
And then didn't willie" fade away!
Young Ladies' Journal.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-08-22

Nothing is more pointed than tho
finger of scorn.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-08-22

The Appropriate One.
Cramps lead q sort Of vegetable
life, don't they?"
"Well, naturally; aren't they all
beats?"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-08-22

A naantsl clock andssavings hank en-
now ,coMttnSd. ~ .9t&ssF
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-08-22
A NERVOUS
BREAKDOWN
Miss Kelly Tell. How Lydi.
E. Pinkhamss Vegetable
Compound Restored
Her Health.
Newark, N. J.-"For about three
years / suffered from nervous hreak.

Gown and. got 90
weak I could hardly
stand, and hadhesd-
aches every day. I
tried everything !
could think Of and
was under . ply.
sician's care for two
years. Agirl friend
had used Lydia e.
Pinkham's vege-
C~onpoundsnd
told me about
t. From tho first
! took itIbegan
TO feel better and
/ am well and
TO do most any
Of work. 7
been recon.
|nendinp HI Com,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-08-22

RSn2d sv e al,s,;. and !tgE give You my per.
FLo KELLY, 476 So. 18th St, Newark,
Tho reason this famous root and herb
remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, was 90 successful In Miss
helly's case wa because it went to the
root OF her trouble, restored her to .
normal healthy condition and - aresult
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-08-22

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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-08-22

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-01
UNCLE SAM, MERCHANT

General Pershing has assigned to the American Young Mems Christian association as a part of it's work of our soldiers in France the manage ment of the canteens, commonly call ed the post exchanges in this coun- try. As result of this new duty a great number of men are needed to operate these canteens.
 In some cases the work can be done by women but there are many other instances where the large amount of work makes it impossible and where there is need for one who has had the management of store or commercial enterprise in this country.
 Some idea of the business which will be done in the post exchanges overseas can be obtained from the statement of T. w. D. Turner, Y. M. C.. A. overseas purchasing agent, that 2,100,00o pounds of sugar l. 198,O0O pounds of flour, seventy-five tons of coffee, 2,5O0,0O0 packages of chewing gum, 321,OoO tins of con
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-01
U. S. CASUALTY LIST

Washington, May 31.-The army casualty list today contained 60 names divided as follows:
 Killed in action, 15.
 Died of wounds, 6.
 Died of disease, 4.
 Wounded severely, 13.
 Wounded slightly s.
 Missing in action, l. The following officers were named : Iieutenants Richard Anderson, St. Louis; Robert J. Griffith, Athens, Ga. i; William Stearns, Jamaica Plain, Mass; William N. Hewitt. Enfield, Mass; Frank F. McCreery, Fort Washington, N. C., died of accident. Lieutenants Clark H. Apled Grand Rapids, Mich., and Thomas D. Amory, Wilmington, Del, severely wounded The following southern men are in cluded:
 Killed in action: PriWates George M Abney, Mileola, Texas; Francis E. Dyer, Lake Arthur, La., Donald Gregg, Houston Heights, Texas
 Died of accident: Cadet Eugene D. Penn, Austin, Texas.
 Died of disease: Private Isaac M Vaughn, Ballinger, Texas.
 Severely wounded: Private Fobert J. Eaves, DOucette, Texas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-01
HUGHES BEGINS PROBE Ot AIRCRAFT SCANDAL
Officers of Signal Corps in Charge
 of Awarding Contracts Are l Questioned by Investigator

Washington, May 31.-Officers of the signal corps in charge of awarding of contracts for airplanes were called before Charles E. Huges, in charge of the department of jus tice's investigation into aero product ion, and questioned today. Attorney General Gregory and Assistant At- tor General Frierson participated in the examination.
 MT. Hughes explained that much of his work hereafter will be the quest ioning of witnesses to supplement in formation obtained from war depart ment and aircraft board records. The identities of the witnesses will not be made known, but it is understood a number of prominent men connect ed with the air program are to be called within a few weeks.
 Officials said today that while the public has lost sight of the aviation program in their interest in the air craft investigation, the construction of motors and planes has been goira> forward steadily. Sufficient motors and planes has been turned out to absorb all the shipping space allotted to them and to require storage room on, this side.
 An inspection trip of airplane man. ufacturing plans beginning Sunday will be made by the senate military subcommittee Investigating the air plane situation. It was announced to- day by Chairman Thomas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-01
.METHODISM JUBILEE

New York, May 31.-Today marks the diamond jubilee of the Wesleyan Methodist church, which was given birth at a conference held at Utica, N. Y., seventy-five years ago today. The movement was organized by a number of ministers and laymen who had withdrawn from the Methodist church because of differences over the slavery issue. Orange Scott, whose activity in the anti-slavery cause had led to charges being pre-. ferred against him by his bishop, was the leader of the movement and the president of the Utica convention. Scott directed the formation of the Wesleyan Methodist platform, which excluded bishops and presiding eld- CTS, substituting presidents of con- ferences and district chairmen. Today the Wesleyan Methodist denomination embraces about 600 churches in var ious parts of the country, with a to- tai of more than 10000 communi- cantS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-01
Our Speciality Is A U TO M o B LIE
 INSURANCE Service Unexcelled. R. H. M. MILLS & SONS

dcnsed milk, 212,O0O cans of fruit 215,OOO packages of crackers, 3d. 900 shaving sticks and 54,O0O tubes of tooth-paste were only parts of the canteen goods ordered for shipment during April.
 Alex H. McFadyen of Detroit, gen eral store superintendent of a chain of 155 five and ten-cent stores, has been loaned to the Y. M. c. A. by s. s. Kresge and is already in France as director general of the canteen service for the American Expedi- tonary forces. MT. McFadyen had been superin-- tending stores at home which had been doing $30,000,000 business a year. After examining the field in France, he came to the conclusion that the post exchange business of serving the soldiers in France with the incidentals they need in one year would do nearly $1,000,O00,00O busi- ness, or greater volume than the greatest five and ten" system in this country has been able to build up in the ten years of it's existence.
 In the month of December alone, when there were comparatively few American soldiers in France, the post exchange service did business of s4OOO,OOO at it's $50 points. The necessity for large number of ex- perienced men to enter this service of the American Y. M. c. A. can be easily seen from this.
 So to assist in the work, the Y. M. C. A. is now searching for volunteers to carry on the details of the service to act as Post Exchange managers and the like. Men who have had eX- perience in operating grocery or oth- CT stores of similar type and whose character is unimpeachable are the kind of men who will best fit into this service.
 In the Southeastern Military de- partment, the Y. M. c. A.. with it's headquarters at No. 75 Luckie Street, Atlanta, Ga., has set up a recruiting department, headed by Dr. w. w. Alexander for the purpose of recelv- ing applications and enlisting volun- teers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-01

autocracy is inundated.
 The spirit of America today is such that we will all save and give to our last penny if necessary 10 win the war just as the boys ill France are ready to shed their last drop of blood before they will permit the nations enemy to achieve vic tory.
 We also must bear in mind that while our 17.0O0000 patriotic Amer jeans were making successful the most popu1arly popular subscribed war loan in the history of the world the nation was contributing some $7,00O0O0,OC0 to the national war chest. This includes the $3000,0O0,- 900 income and excess profits taxes payable this montl, but does not in- c1ude the magnificent popular re- sponse to the Red Cross and thrift stamp campaigns.
 Truly America rapidly is learning the value of thrift. And every dollar saved for these worthy causes has a double value.
 We can count in terms of billions the intrinsic value of OUT war savings, but we must compute the mental, moral and spiritual gains of our present day thrift in terms that are too exalted to be estimated by the standard of the dollar sign.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-01

From time to time munitions eX- plcsions are to be expected. They have occurred abroad since 1914 and have occurred to lesser extent in this country since 1915.
 At first it was believed that Ger man spies were responsible for most of our munitions blasts. The blowing up of such a plant of course would be considered grand feat by spy, but only a small percentage of such blasts, it seems have been traceable to alien influences.
 The blast in Philadelphia some time ago, and the recent one in Pitts burg, was due to "unknown causes, it appears. It is possible to believe of course, that alien hands did the jobs-but that's of case of believing what one likes to believe rather than what is based on proof.
 The best We can do is to take no chances at employing aliens in our munitions plants-a practice that has not been too well guarded against The employment of all kinds and con- ditions of foreigners in such plants is a dangerous proceeding. It is just as necessary to have undouhted loyal citizens in plants as to have such in the front line trenches.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-01
ELECTION WINNERS
 IN OUACHITA COUNTY

Camden, May 31.-Complete returns from Ouachita county show the fol- lowing nominees:
 For Representative K. Ma son.
 For County Judge-W. Er. Tate. For sheriff-Ed Harper.
 For Circuit Clerk-A. s. Pope.
 For County Clerk-S. B. Lide. For County Treasurer-J. J. Tib, pitts.
 For Tax Assessor-A. P. Purifoy. For 6urveyor-Frank Koresky. For Coroner-Joe Galyon.
 For District Offices-Circuit judge Thirteenth judicial circuit, c. w. Smith; for prosecuting attorney, J. K. Mahony.
 For State Senator, Nineteenth dis trict. w. A. Wilson.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-01
JUNE WEEK AT ANNAPOLIS

Annapolis, Md, May 31.-In spite of the war, the shortened courses the absence of the official visitors, the prohibition of the general pub lies admission and the ban on elabor- ate social events, it is going to be quite "June Week" at the Naval Academy after all.
 The program will be ushered in with informal hop tomorrow after noon and evening. On Sunday the baccalaureate sermon to the grad uates will be delivered by Chap lain Sydney K. Evans, Thursday will be graduation day, when the 199 members of the senior class will re- ceive their diplomas in Dahlgren Hall. It is expected that Secretary of Navy Daniels will be on hand for the grad uation