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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
How Saloons
Boost the Taxes
Judge Tells Why Cost of Courts Is
High.

An article in the Chicago Daily
News gives an interesting discussion
on why the Chicago municipal court
cost the taxpayers $l35,553.24.
The News quotes Chief Justice
Olson in this connection as follows
"The employees of the offices. of
course, are there BECAUSE OF political
reasons, and the public does not get
the maximum of efficiency in such ap-
pointments. At present, the individ-
ual who can line up the most votes in
his precinct or ward and prove 4
strong ally to the head of these di-
visions receives an appoinement as I
deputy bailiff or clerk, and very
often his ability is not considered so
seriously as is his value as a polit-
ical aid AS a consequence we often
get deputy bailiffs who can barely
write their own names and have
great difficulty in filling out the nee
essary blanks and forms that come to
them in fulfilling the requirements OF
their Offices"
Referring to the saving that might
be made by taking the courts out of
local politics, Justice Olson said:
81 think it is a conservative esti-
mate to say that at least rs per cent
more work would be done under the
new plan."
1t is a we'll known fact that liquor
politics is the kind of politics that
decides most appointments in Chi
cago. The chief bailiff of the mu-
nicipal court, as is we'll known, is
none other than Anton Cermack of
the United Societies. For years he
has been the leading wet politician OF
the state. So long as voters in Chi
cago and elsewhere permit the sa-
looms to exist, there will be wasteful-
ness in public Office such as that re-
ferred to by udge Olson.
This explains one reason why Chi
cago is broke and why practically
every other wet city in Illinois is
constantly on the verge of bank
ruptcy.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
TEXAS GOES DRY

The nations largest state goes dry
June 27. On March 2l Governor
Hobby of Texas signed the state
wide Prohibition bill which becomes
effective on June 20. This makes 2s
dry states.
Texas is so large that Germany and
Austria could be lost somewhere
within its borders.
Because of the great number of SOL
diers now in Texas the passage of
the statewide bill will have consid-
erable effect upon the cause of Ger
many and Austria being lost when
Texas-trained soldiers get over there.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
Selling Liquor to Soldiers

Here is another indictment of the
lawbreaking attitude of saloonmen:
There is not single wet city in
America in or near which a soldiers
camp is located, where the federal
law relating to the sale of liquor is
not violated. 1t simply adds to the
accumuiative evidence that the booze
business is so bad that it cannot in
any manner be regulated that it is
criminal in its every tendency.
I have recently seen the most flag
rant violation of the law in circles
supposed to be both respectable and
law abiding.
To attempt to regulate the liquor
business is exactly like attempting to
regulate murder or robbery. The
only way to regulate it is to kill it,
Nathan A. Cole,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
A Dry Zone
Around Miners

The Lebanon Journal prints the
following dispatch, dated Rock
Island, March II:
A prominent coal operator who
has just returned from Washington
after conference with fuel and food
administration officials, announced
today that the war department will
shortly declare hve-mile dry zone
about every coal mine and industrial
plant engaged in war work in the
United States.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29

has been rented and we've got a lot
of new buildings going up.
@It,s surprising TO any inquirer TO
find how many men who voted against
and worked against the Prohibition
constitutional amendment are accept
ing the situation and boosting the new
law now. We never expect to see the
city wet again and II probably
shouldn't be.
Question Settled for Omaha
4Yes, I'm a candidate for re-elee-
ton. don't think the Prohibition
question will be any factor at ali.
That question is settled as far as
Omaha is concerned. We have been
doing our best to enforce the new
law and shall continue to do So"
Had to Close Workhouse
T. ]. Mcclure, assistant city attor-
ney, said:
q was rot Prohibitionist when the
law was passed, but | think it is a
good thing and would not want to see
it repealed. Our regular Monday
morning police court grist before last
May would always average more than
100 cases and often as many as 250
The daily average was in the neigh
borhood of 20 Our Monday average
now is s. and occasionally is as low
as five. The daily grist on other days
than Mondays is never more than 80
Il have done away with the work
house because we don't have any use
for it. The number of prisoners
dwindled down until we didn't have
enough to do the cleaning up about
the place. Chicago Tribune, March
Is, 1918.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
Omaha's Wet Mayor
Boosts New Dry Law
Workhouse Closed Because of Lack
of Tenants
(By a Staff Correspondent

(By Staff Correspondent
Omaha, Neb., March 14.-(Special)
Mayor James c. Dahlman, who has
headed the city government for IL
years as a leader of the liberals or
the vets, and who is a candidate for
reelection now, put it in a different
way.
81 said that Prohibition wouldn't
work." he remarked with grin. "but
it docs.
"I'm not Prohibitionist, as most
everyone in Nebraska knows, but this
new law seems to be working out to
the advantage of this city and its peo-
pie. 1t has resulted in a decrease of
the social evil; it has cut in two the
number of cases of wife abandonment
and cruelty to women. Most of the
saloon property which was made va
cant by the removal of the dramshops
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
Beer Shipments
Given Preference

On March II, the regional direct
or of railways barred the shipment
of non-essential products to the east
from all points west of the Illinois
Indiana line.
Essential shipments were given
preference in the following order.
ID Perishable freight and live
stock.
(2) Coal, acids, oil products etc.
(3) Food and feed.
Under this classification, beer being
considered perishable freight was
placed in the first class, and given
precedence even over food products.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
Saloon Conditions Interfere
With War Work
LOWDEN GETS WORD
Secretary Baker Says He. VIII Not
Hesitate to Act
UP TO ROCK ISLAND

An associated press dispatch or
March l8 made public the fact that
saloon conditions arc interfering
greatly with government work in H.
lnois.
The dispatch is as follows:
That failure to remove inn
moral conditions here may cause
the transfer OF the Rock Island
arsenal to some other part OF the
country, is the statement con.
tanned in letter from Secretary
of War Baker to Governor Low
den of Illinois.
ut would, of course" says the
letter of Secretary Baker, BE en-
tirely possible gradually to trans
fer the work that is now being
carried on at the Rock Island ar
senal TO other points, either in the
state or elsewhere, and, ii neces-
sary, | shall not hesitate to as
sume the responsibility for such a
step.
"On the other hand, the Island
arsenal is admirably located for
the work which is being carried
on there, and I hope that it will
not be necessary for us to take
the action which I have just sug-
gested, and which | have no hesi-
tation in saying, is under serious
consideration.
Some l,2oo soldiers are located
at the Rock Island arsenal and
I the existenc there Of a very large
and important government pro-
ject for the manufacture of NUM-
tons makes these conditions a
matter of considerable concern to
the war department. The efici-
ency of the army and the indus
trial plant is involved"
Tb,s I1I;,o;s s.1oo,s bau. aco;r
brought shame ard disor,c. 70 th.
state Are tho ,eonto ~ r1;no;s 1,o,,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
DRY CENESEO PROSPERS

Geneseo's financial condition is ex-
cellent, more improvements are be-
ing made than before and the loss of
saloon licenses is not felt. The dry
town attracts the progressive people
and that fact tells story of better
moral, business and financial condi-
tions when town goes dry. F.
Schureman, Editor of The Lacon
Home Journal.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
ATTENTION, DRY VOTERS

GET OUT AND VOTE NEXT TUESDAY! YOUR VOTE
WILL NOT BE COUNTED UNLESS 1T is PLACED IN THE
BALLOT BOX. TWO DRYS AT HOME is AS GOOD FOR
THE BREWERS AS ONE WET AT THE POLLS. GET
YOUR NEIGHBOR OUT TOO. YOUR TOWN AND YOUR
DAY. DO NOT FAIL. GET OUT TO VOTE AND GET THE
VOTES OUT.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29

Out of an experience which has
touched all classes and conditions of
men, am willing to state my belief
that in this present crisis the United
States would be better able to meet
the high duties before it if Prohibi-
ton were general and absolute
Gov. Chas. Whitman, of New York.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-08-22
NOTES OF THE WAR
(By R. JELLICoRsE, ElmwoOd, Tenn.)

When a working man in England
leaves his job and doesn't find new
one in fourteen days, he gets one in
the army.
Eagle No. 1, was launched at De-
troit on July 1. They are now being
launched at the rate of one a day.
These are submarine chasers built
by Henry Ford's works, and all named
Eagle, with consecutive number.
The American regiment fighting in
the Somme battle on the British at
taching lines, is the 13lst regiment,
composed of Illinois guardsmen. It
distinguished itself and received the
thanks of the British commander for
its bravery and dash. August 10th,
it captured the village of Chipilly,
1853 Germans and seven 1-2-inch
guns, and fought for several more
days.
Both the Marine and Somme battles
have Quoted down, while some fight
ing is still going on, but they may
now be considered at an end. Seven
ty thousand Germans have been cap
tured and over one thousand guns,
with a total loss to the Germans of
three hundred thousand. Another at
tack by Foch is expected at any time
but, of course, it is not known where
he will strike.
In Russia, it seems that the Boil
shevik government has been over
! thrown. Lenine and Trotsky have
! fed from Moscow to Kronstad, a
| Russian town on the Baltic sea, and
the last rumor was that they had
left there OH a ship for Sweden. The
Russians, who are in favor of carry
j ing on the war against Germany seem
! TO be getting in control, but all is
| stripes, turmoil and confusion, and
no one can tell what will happen in
that distracted county. Wherever the
allied troops have gone in Russia,
they have been received with joy by
the inhabitants, who have had enough
/ of the BOlshevihi.
| 1t is rumoured that Germany has
offered peace terms, but as before,
they are to encourage their own peo-
| pie, who are very discouraged over
the allied victories, and who want to
end the war. The rulers of Ger
many, are yet willing to accept the
allied terms, so will make an offer,
which they know will not be accepted,
so they can tell their own people, that
they must fight to the end.
1t is the intention of Secretary Bak-
er to have at least 100000 men in
France by June Both, of next year.
This is the minimum number on that
date.
/ Under the new draft law, any
/ soldier under twenty one can, within
six months after his discharge, apply
to the government and get two years
free education.
! The French War Cross has been
awarded Lieut.. Quentin Roosevelt for
downing a German plane, at the time
he met his death. The Cross will
be sent to his father.
In one week during this month, the
British destroyed 339 German planes,
losing 123 themselves. During the
same period they dropped 800 tons of
bombs behind the Germans lines.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-08-22
GO TO CHURCH, NO MAN TOO BUSY TO
GIVE AN HOUR EACH WEEK TO GOD
20 TO CHURCH.!

Is there a man in any community who is too busy
to spend an hour each week in church?
There one hundred and sixty-eight hours in
every week No is too busy to eat during the week
No man too busy to snatch few hours of recreation
in every week No man is too busy to sleep during the
week Yet there men who declare they busy
they can't give hour in every hundred and six
yeght to worship in Gods house In church you will
find spiritual food and rest.
Of all excuses for lack of attendance at church
the "too busy one is the imsiest Why isn't man hon.
est and admit that he doesn't want to go to church
self and the world in general after he has spent
in the house of God?
Don't hide behind the too busy pretext. 1t is
too thin. If you have important business social
engagement you will find the time for it. God asks you
to meet him for at least hour every Sunday Can't
you arrange your engagements that you meet
Him? The visit will not be disagreeable Surely
you not ashamed to be seen in church? You no
doubt have been in worse places-GO TO CHURCH!
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-08-22
WILL JELLICORsE WRITES.

Following is letter from j. w.
Jellicorse to. his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Jellicorse, of near Elm
wood. He is in Headquarters Co ],
9Th Inf. Other Smith county boys
are in the same regiment. He is one
of the gun crew which mans one of
the new 37-inck anti tank guns, an
American invention and one of the
most effective new weapons used in
the war. Mr.. Jellcorse's letter
follows:
Somewhere in France, July 10.
Dear Papa and Mama:-I got four
letters from you yesterday, and one
from Uncle Woods, saying that he
and Aunt Constance wanted me to
make their home my home during my
furlough, if l get any. l have been
n the trenches and enjoyed most of
my stay there. Rats have been the
worst pests-the trenches are full
Of them. They never bite any one
while sleeping, but it makes fell
low mad for them to drag their tails
through his mouth. | did two hours
gas guard at night; the rest of the
time, l spent as / liked. Went out
nearly every evening to pick buckle
berries. Used some of them for jam
but had to quit when my sugar, as
well as the rest of my rserve food,
gave out. We picked the berries in
sight of the German position, across
narrow valley from their trenches.
The mosquitoes ran us in most of the
time-they swarm when we get in
in the woods. | held my cup between
my knees, picked berries with one
hand and fought bugs with the
other. A German sniper took a few
shots at some of our boys but they
got their cups full. A German hol-
lowed to one boy and asked if he was
from Alabama; said he had a wife
and two children there. We were
not bothered much with shell fire at
my billet, but got more than usual
one day. / was some little way from
a dugout when they began to burst
around me. One went off above but
/ was fat on the ground by the time
shrapnel began to buzz about. One
took limb from tree above.
CoVington, the boat / came over on,
was sunk.
l am now at very nice town, or,
rather it has been. 1t is torn up
quite a bit by shell fire. Guess will
move up in the rear lines some 6
or K today. Papa said he and IN
Gle r. guessed I was -. They
guessed TlRHG5 Out may DE any
place in the future. / understand
we will be used as shock troops and
be used in making attacks / spent
my birthday making a long hike
| from the town where we had been
staying to the R. R. Had a piece of
cheese and light bread for dinner. l
did not ask permission to have
things sent from home, for can
make out nicely with what / get.
We are issued heavy wool socks as
| We need them and tobacco is issued
9uite often. / don't like the cigar
rette tobacco, but can make out with
t. Have been looking out for some
souvenirs to send home; the best
hings l have found so far are rings
! made from German shrapnel shells.
Some Frenchmen are experts at max
ng them. If Papa or Wayne or
! Sites would like ring tell them to
end me their size. promised Mr.
| Bill Ford to send him something, so
| viii send a package of odds and ends
| n the near future.
With love to all.
| WILL
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-08-22

Immediately surviving him are his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Baird, w.
Z. (Jaek) Baird, brother, and Miss
Louise Baird, a sister, all of Hickman.
All Smith countians and true Amer
leans are bowed in grief and sympa-
thy for and with this father and
mother and other relatives in their
irreparable loss. And all patriotic
people every where are proud to do
honor to this noble family who had
such manly son to give to become
Smith county's first martyr in the
cause Of liberty and freedom of the
world.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-08-22

Three German generals have been
dismissed in disgrace for not doing
better in the last fighting, whilst
several privates have been shot for
refusing to fight.
The Russian Bolshevik governors,
Lenine and Trotsky have left Mos
cow, and gone to Kronstad, where
they can get a ship and leave the
country. The German ambassador to
Russia has also left Moscow as he
considered his life was in danger, al
though he was guarded by a thous-
and German soldiers.
Eleven u. S. Senators will come
under the new draft law when it is
passed. 1t is understood that not one
of them will put in claim for exemp
| ton. There will also be something
/ like one hundred Congressman that it
will catch.
Amongst the booty captured in the
last battle was box containing 450
! iron crosses which, apparently, had
| just arrived in the German lines for
distribution.
Nearly every company in the
! American army in France, has adopt
ed a war orphan. 1t cost the men
| twenty five cents a piece, month.
1
of the First American army in
France, composed of FIVE army corps,
each of 225, 900 men. All these troops
! have finished their trench training
and many took part in the Marine
! battle. The corps commanders are
| Major Generals Leggett, Billiard,
Bundy, Reed, and Wright. While
Pershing will, command for a while,
lie will\soon place junior officer in
command, as by next spring, there
will be two, if not three American
armies in France.
Since March 21st, England has
raised 100000 new recruits for army,
and is putting them in with only three
months training.
On August 9Th and 10th air fighting
by the British was intense, 126 Ger
man planes were destroyed, while
the British lost fifty.
August 9th was the first day in over
one hundred years, that British and
American troops fought shoulder to
shoulder against the common enemy.
The Americans have fought by the
sides of Australian troops, but that
was a great deal smaller fight. The
British general in command sent to
the American officer in command of
the unit, the folloying message:
81 wish to express to you my appre-
citation of the great assistance afford
ed to my division by your men in the
attack on Gressaire wood yesterday
afternoon and my admiration for the
way in which they carried out very
difficult maneuver to get into the bat
tie line, and for the stout way in which
they overcame all resistance. / en-
close a letter of thanks which would
make me glad if you forward it to
your commanding officer.
Artillery fire lasting only four min
utes, when the troops went over the
top, opened the last battle of the
Somme, ON the British part of the
line, whilst the French artillery fire
further south, only lasting forty five
minutes.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-08-22
REGISTRARS APPOINTED TO
HOLD THE REGISTRATION

Following are the names of the reg
istrars and the places of registration
for September registrants:
LIST dist. Jere Gardenhire, G. H.
Mathews and J. NJ. Cox; office of Car
thage Courier.
End dist. /. B. Petty, Geo. B. Nc
Kinney and Ernest Wright; West
Bros Store.
Bird dist. M. d. Hackett, J. T. Chat
fin and E. T. Morris, Jr.;s Central
Point School House.
4th dist. G. w. Allen and w. w.
Chambers; Peoples Bank.
9Th dist. 8. P. Thomas, Ed Sutton
and G. F. NJ Russll; Voting Place.
9Th dist. G. w. Goad and II. M
Alexander; Voting Place.
7th dist. w. r. Gwaltney and A. E.
Baskin; 6. w. Nixon & Sons Store.
Voting Place.
9th dist. Edgar Robinson and Roy
Anderson; Lancaster Bank.
10th dist. Wayman Bellar and Mar
shall Ferguson; Voting Place.
18th dist. III. S. Brown and Haskell
Mcdonald; Voting Place.
18th dist A. T. Williams, Ernest
Cooksey and Walter Morris; Voting
Place.
18th dist. Wade Lester and R. E.
Upton; Voting PLACE.
14th dist w Nj. Garrett, Stanton
Hunter and w. B. Wyatt; Moore
Store.
18th -Gordonsville-W Walter
James and Jess Wilson; Voting Place,
18th dist.-Hickman-W. H. Betty
and Ed Johnson; Betty's Store.
10th dist. r. Jellicorse, T. K. Ford
1 II C,I,
18th dist. e. C. Smith, Joe Carpen-
ter and Alb Morris; Barrett & Morris
Store.
18th dist Elmer Gill and Henry
Kent; ellis Store.
10Th dist. Marvin Jennings and R.
E. Smart; Jennings & Robinson IS
Store.
goth dist. Dewitt Petross and Joe
Wright; Voting Place.
21st dist. w. S. Payne and G. E.
Yancey; Bridgewater's Store.
22nd dist. W. NJ. Meachum and w
A. Scruggs; Smith & Oranges Store
23rd dist Carsey Mcclellan and B
M. Lowe; McClellan's Store.
The first named man in each voting
precinct will serve as chief registrar
and the others as assistants. The reg
istraiton will open on the appointed
day at z a. m. and close at y p. m
Full supplies of every kind viii be
mailed the registrars in time, togeth-
err with all necessary information.
Registrars should be prompt to dc
their duty and thus save the regis
trars as much trouble as possible
These men are serving without com
pensation, and only through patriotic
motives.
Fuller information will be printed
and distributed among all as fast as
we receive it.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-08-22
YOUTHS TO BE REGISTERED
SATURDAY. AUGUST PATH

Saturday, August "a, 1918, has
been designated by the president for
registering all youths who have
reached the age of II years since
June 5.
The registration vii be held in the
offices of the Local Board and will be-
gin at a. IN.
No consideration whatever will be
shown any one who is entitled to
register and fails to do so. There is
40 respect for the Stacker.
This registration must not be con-
fused with the registration to take
place in September in which all who
nave reached the age of 18 and not
pasesd the age of 45 will be register
ed.
If you know of some one old enough
to register it becomes your duty to
report him to the Board if he doesn't
register.
Local Board Smith County.