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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
THE INTERIOR KIND

"How's the fuel situation at your house?"
 'Deplorable." replied MT. Jagsby
 You have no coal?'
 Coal? Who's talking about coal? I haven't had a drop of liquor about the place in more than two weeks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
ADRIFsT WITH THE TIMES
GETTING EVEN

"You'n regret some day that you re- fused to marry me-
 Leave that to time."
 'sNo, I won't either. I'm going out righ, now and start to make s1,OOOO0O"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16

to considerable extent in public eat ling places. I Even if conservation were not as imperative as it is it would be unfair to those hotels and restaurants that have announced meatless and wheat less days to permit those who have ignored Mir. Hoover's injunction to continue their course. The proposed flaw will be less drastic than many war rules and regulations now in force, but by proper standardization it will meet the situation. !. < # X young man who formerly made New York speculators gasp by his daring ven- lures in real estate is now residing with his mother out west However, he still has few hundred thousands left, and can probably pay the salaries of his valet and chauffeur
 * < Kaiser Karl seems disposed to let Kali ser Wilhelm and his diplomats do all the talking. Kaiser Karl probably realizes that it would be waste of time for him to try to put in a word.
 .s # < A German conspirator, recently ar  rested is said to have come to this coun- try in the U-53 We have since learned that no one aboard that craft had any particular love for America.
 # %' < "Cruel cy1lic,' brutal dictator, that bIoated individuar' are some of the terms applied to President Wilson by the Ger man press It's an old adage that the hit dog howls. Whats going to become of the mili- tants, now that there is no longer any excuse for picketing the White House and misbehaving generally in the na- tional capital? F E |. Navajo Indians are liberal purchasers of motor cars. Naturally something like that is going to happen when "Lo" be- comes 'blanket king" Y < # Kentucky's general assembly ratified the prohibition amendment after a brief debate, but the Kentucky colonels are talking about it yet. l * < j. Tommy seldom calls German soldiers Huns Tommy is not a student of his tory, anyway.
 British aviators .are getting to be SC familiar wiht the air route to Karl shrue they could probably fly there Iblindfolded.
 No wonder Washington is puzzled by the Russian situation. Even the street corner strategist acknowledges that he is baffled
 # * #
 The firing squad is still working over time in Mexico, where human life il about as cheap as it is anywhere in th' world.
 # # #
 Joseph Caillaux, who has been calle' the smartest man in Europe, seems t , have reached the end of his rope a last
 i, x # Something is just bound to happen t an American ship when a German SD is at the wheel.
 # * #
 At any rate, Jack Frost succeeded i deodorzing Chicago's justly famou PackinsIown.
 x x *
 The Teutons must have an idea tha bolsheviki is the Russian equivalent fo "easy mark"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
WHEN DRAGoN,s TEETH ARE sow,

From the New York Evening Sun.
 Fifteen Newark youths enlisted in the navy to avenge the death of chum lost on the Jacob Jones. The ratio ought to interest German maths-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
sLUsII

Never did
 Appeal to me, Makes the streets A sight to see. Spatters clothes,
 And hats and faces, Neither soap
 Nor brush erases. Soaks through shoes And vets our feet, Even gets
 In what we eat. When I die
 I hope to rush Where there can't
 Be any slush.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
DEVOID OF SENTIMENT

You seem to think a great deal of your new stenographer, and she's pretty too"
 'Yes think a great deal of her. re- piled the man who attends strictly to business, "but-er-don't jump to false conclusions. I value her merely as cos at quiet little dinner after office hours"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
LOVES OPTIMISM

LOVES OPTIMISM
 Your father didn't seefn cheerful when I told him you had promised to marry me and we wanted his con- sert"
 Don't let that discourage you, Bert ram. Father was always pessimistic All he can see in you is a clerk at SIS a week. He doesn't know that you are destined to be one of the greatest fi- nanciers in America"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
HARDsHIps OF SOLDERING

From the Montgomery Journal.
 They have barred silk underwear at United States army camps First thing you know soldier won't be allowed to keep valet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
NOT A HERO

NOT A HERO
 "A fellow came into my office this morning and persuaded me to give him a dollar. He said he had seen service on British tank"
 That's interesting. Did he tell you about his experiences at the front?" "No, and for good reason. I discov- cred later that he had merely helped to paint the thing before it left the fac tory'' PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
Further Conservation
 of Food Demanded

1EOOD ADMINISTRATOR HOOV- 4 FRS propaganda for conserva- tion by the observance of meatless and wheatless days and waste prevention has had good results. But as compli- ance with the administrators request has been voluntary, it is estimated that only about 50 per cent of the hotels and restaurants have estab- lished restrictive rules.
 Congress, in seeking to reduce food consumption, is now about to enact la mandatory law. Chairman Lever of the committee on agriculture in the
 House of Representatives, in explain ling the pending measure, declares
 that the food situation throughout the
 world is acute. The United States
 must not only feed itself, but must
 send food supplies in large quantities to the allies.
 In order that there may be food
 enough to go round people must avoid the habit of overeating. In spite of | all that has been said about waste |fulness this evil has not been entirely eradicated. although it has been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
WHY SHE'S BARRED

W fi1 iofiE 5 BAHHE4D 'I haven't seen milkmaid in musical comedy for long time" Evidently you haven't followed the trend of girl shows" "No?"
 "A millxmaid is supposed to wear some clothes even on the stage"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16

BEGINNING THE DAY - Lord, help me te make the best of my trouble that it may make the best of me. Help me to use it as grist for my mill, as food for my soul. May it be as a messenger in the night to show me a new star. May 1t be guide to lead me to the mountains. In Christ's name. Amen. III. Nj. F..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
Railway Shy Many Men

'The Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company is short on men, said A. c. Harrison, one of the con ductors, and it has been hard to get sufficient crews to take all of the cars each day, "and that is the reason that some of the conductors who can act as motormen are now doing il. The company has more conductors than mo- tormen.
 "J. W. Allen, who is running with me on this car, is a conductor. During Friday, Saturday and Sunday some of the dispatchers had to get back on their old jobs and take crippled cars or relieve the ones who were knocked out by the cold and exposure"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16

Laborinr art can never ransom na- ture From her inaidable estate. A AIS Well That Ends Well.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Trip From Washington

k T have made many trips from Wash ington to Birmingham" said QUO Marx, who gave up his private pusl- ness in New York to help Uncle sam in his thrift loan campaign, being given II southern states, Cuba and Porto Rica as his district. "I left Wash- ington on Friday night. It had begun to rain. but was not unusually disa- greeable, but when I woke up in the morning somewhere in Virginia, l knew we had had night Of 1t, ana from there on to Atlanta we had trip that I will never forget. l am sure saw more than 1000 telegraph poles broken in two. while other thousands had been blown down along the right of way or across the track. I got to Birmin gham about 12 hours late. Alter such an experience. it is a relief to go to Florida, the Land of Flowers where I will get in touch with the state leader of the baby bond issue"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16

TELEPHONE Bell (private exchange connecting ell departmentsl Main 4s00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postcffice as second-class matter un- IEr act of Congress, March s, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16


 Germany is the only nation I have ever known that glbly talks of carrying on a war of ''holy selfishness." She is proud to let it be known that in those unforgetable days of August, 1914, she rallied to the flag millions in fulfillment of the day when she was to give to the world her own precious kultur. It was, according to her selfishness, in it's noblest form She wanted it distinctly under stood that German soldiers were not going to give their bodies and their blood to fertilize the fields of Europe in man people, The watchword was .'Deutschland Uber Alles." It was war to spread the German empire.
 Not willing to publish her selfish pro- gramme, it was considered to be a great joke that anyone in authority should talk about internationalism. It was the boast of Germany that she was clearing the mist of cosmopolitanism out of the atmosphere of Europe. President Will son, the schoolmaster sitting at the White House, "sickled OCT with the pale cast of thought sentimentally talking about "safeguarded democracy was set down as an impracticable theorist, who wasn't to be- taken seriously.
 | Germanys "holy selfishness' made the mistake of understanding the strength of England's love of fair play, and Chan cellor Won 'Bethmann-Hollweg was both peeved and surprised, when he said Tn dismay to the English ambassador Surely your country will not go to wal over scrap of paper" She made the further error of miscalculating the power of idealism in what she had regarded as materialstic America. little dreaming that the United States would take up arms in the assertion of high-minded political principle and fight because pub ] lie morality demanded 1t.
 The dominance of unimaginative sell fishness is going to be Germanys un- doing. The apparently complete absence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16

Even the lurblind Won Bethmann- Holl- veg, realized that Germany stood shamed before the world gave deliberate express in human society it corresponded to law of nature-necessity knows no law. It was his moral justification of the crushing of q helpless neighbor with whom his country was bound by treaty not to violate it's neutrality. He was the mouthpiece of official Germany, and you would have thought his statement cynical enough to please the most rabid Prus- sian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16

Daily and Sunday Age-He-ald' year Ss.oo Daily without Sunday o'0V Daily and Sunday, per month.... ~ Daily and Sunday, three months z'VV Sunday Age-Herald, per annum.. z.o0
 Weekly Age Herald, per annum.. 20
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1918-01-17
Help The Library

The Library committee of the
Civic and Library association begs
to call the attention of the public to
the boxes placed in the drug stores
of the town to receive any contrl.
button which any one who enjoys
the privilege of the library feels
upon to give.
The association has undertaken to
pay, if possible, the librarians sal
ary and incidental expenses. such as
fuel, etc, so that the entire appro-
priation from the town may be used
in the purchase of books. 1t is
hoped that many will drop dimes
and nickles, and larger sumsi f pos
sible, in these boxes to assist in the
upkeep of the library.
The shelves of the library are so
empty as yet, and tnere are SO many
thousand books that we long to see
upon them that we regret to use
any of the previous annual income
of S6OO.00 for anything but books.
The library is free to all, but those
who really love books are urgently
requested to add their mite when
they pass the library contribution
boxes in the drug stores.
The committee wishes to say again
that suggestions for books desired
in the library are earnestly invited.
MRS l. w GIILLAND, Chm,
MRS J W SWITTENBERG,
MRS I S HEMINGWAY,
Library Committee.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1918-01-17

indianapolis, Ind,wa scourged by
1000, 900 fire Friday. supposed to
be of incendiary origin. A number
of firms having government con-
tracts we're burned out.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-08-15
RALPH DUCKKER WEEDS
wednesday, Dailyl


Mexioo's social eye turns toward
Montgomery City this evening for at
six. ,wO young folk. very popular
heie, will be united IN marriage at the
brides home in that city.
Ralph Buckner and Miss Frances
Gupton will march 20 the altar as the
wedding march is played BY Miss Jane
Rodgers Of Columbia. There will be no
attendants. Little Gupton vogt Of
Webster Groves win bear the ring,
and Miss Rose Mary Carr. also of
Webster Groves, will act as flower
girl The ceremony will be read by the
Rev. Foss, Of the First Christian
Church Of Montgomery, and the Rev,
A. A. Wallace, OF this city, will assist
Mr.. and Mrs. Buekner will depart
Immediately after the ceremony for
St Louis and Chic.go for a short Wis
it before returning TO Mexico to make
their home. Mr. Buckner will con-
tinue his duties as banker in this
city.
The party from Mexico had intend
ed to motor to Montgomery this after
noon, but since the rain they will take
the train. Those who will go from
this city are: Mr.. and Mrs. S. j
Buckner, Mrs. Adam Bauer and Miss
Marthella Carroll of st. Louis, who
are guests of the Buckners, Mr.. anC
Mrs. W. W. Fry, jr., Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Kelso, Mr. and Mrs. Turner
Williams, Miss Mary Buckner, Mr.
and Mrs. Jake Buckner, Mr.. and Mrs
Cloyborn Jackson, Miss Julia Tucker
Louis Barth, Miss Louise Johnson
Walker Burns, Harry Shrout, DR.. D
7. Moore and Mrs. Frances Rodgers
of Columbia.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-08-15
HEDGEDALE.

Mrs. Albert Smith of Kansas City
spent last week with her uncle, F. F
Witchie and family.
J. R. Shook has a new Ford.
Albert Erdel and John Gisel were in
Salina, Kansas, on business several
days last week.
F. F. Witchie lost two fine sows
last Sunday from the heat.
Misses Cornelia and Kathryn Mil
Ter, Lena and Leila Brenton and Ada
Melahn and Oscar Erdel, Dan Miller
and Rufus Byrns spent last Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. 0rville Melahn, of
near Thompson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Shook enter
tanned the young folks in the neigh
borhood at lawn part Wednesday
night.
Irwin Techannen of Highland, ILL.,.
spent several days with his uncle
Louis Kircher, and family.
Inez Florene and Calhoun Barkley
are visiting their aunt, Miss Sallie
Calhoun, south of Mexico.
Leroy Shook left Sunday for Sc
dalia to attend the State Fair.
Miss Frieda Schultz of Chicago is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Val Erdel, Jr
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Erdel, jr., spent
Thursday with Ira Mayes and family
Of Molino.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-08-15
COUNTY TEACHERs, MEETING

Thursday and Friday, August % and
%, the annual Audrain county Teach
ers meeting will be held at Mcmillan
High School, under the direction Of
the county superintendent of schools
W. Clyde johnson.
On Saturday, August "a, the mem.
bers of the county school boards will
be in session for their annual meet.
ing. 1t is important that both thesC
gatherings have full attendance.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-08-15
BENTON CITY.

The Rev. Willis filled his appoint
ment at the Christian Church Sunday
evening. He finished his second years
work.
Levi Watts, who is at a hospital in
st. Louis, is no better.
Roy McPheron of Jerseyville, Ill,
visited relatives here over Sunday.
Miss Nora Williams went home with
him for a weeks visit.
oIan Tratchell was baptized in the
Christian Church Sunday evening.
The fourth Sunday is Decision Day,
and we hope to receive more of our
young boys and girls into the church.
Matt Mullins moved the old mill
house, owned by Jim Harlem, out to his
farm, south of town, Monday.
John Reeds and wife, of Mexico,
spent Sunday with his father, ]. d.
Reeds, of this place. Mrs. Reeds re-
turned home Saturday evening from a
few days visit in Galloway county
with her sister, Mrs. Charles Cox.
Herman Hutchins and family and
John Dews and wife have gone to
Illinois for a visit.
Richard Carver and family, of H.
linois, are visiting S. P. Carver and
wife.
Get your season tickets and be
ready to attend the Benton City
Chautauqua August 24-26. This
Chautauqua program is put on by the
public-spirited citizens of this towr
and vicinity, who believe that our
people will not only be entertained but
helped in many ways by the ideas anC
suggestions offered by the high class
talent which the chautauqua brings Il
us. Let US support it as it reserves
and our community will reap the bene
fits not only this year, but in years b
come.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-08-15

C. P. Malone and family are in the
0zarks for short visit. Mr.. Malone
stopped in st. Louis on his way south
to consult specialist regarding his
health. His many Mexico friends
join the Ledger in wishing him an
early recovery.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-08-15
BULLETIN.
Special to the Ledger.

WASHINGTON, August 1l.-(s p.
m.)-In letter addressed to the Sen.
ate military committee, Samuel Com.
pers, Of the American Federation Of
Labor, protests the ratification of the
new draft bill in that form that it /.
now before the committee. He gives
as his reason the fact that American
labor is sOlidIy opposed to the "worl
or fight" policy, and states that tn,
new draft measure is merely an ex
tension of that policy in enormous pro
portions.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-08-15
DRAFT MACHINE READY
AS SENATE GETS BILL

On the supposition that the United
States Man-power Bill which will most
likely go before Congress next Mon-
day will pass in some form or other,
the Government has built up great
draft machine and made arrangements
to the minutest detail for the regis
tration Of those effected by the new
measure.
The local draft board has been
working on the preparations for the
great enrolment for some days under
order of Provost Marshal General
Crowder, and has already chosen pre-
siding officials and registration plac-
es.
Cuivre Township.
VANDALIA (67D: j. H!
Ellis, J. Leo Coontz, c. G. Daniel,
jr., Orlin Clayton, E. p. Hollings-
worth, E. C. Carroll. n
FARBER (151): W. J. Grow, Ben
jamin Hill, Champ May.
CROW (137): Frank Hickerson
Charles Barney, T. P. Eichon.
BLACK (107): George Montague
Clarence Barnes, w. F. Clark.
LOutre Township.
MARTINSBURG (218): ]. B. De-
vault, John Pihale, W. G. Pike, Chas
T. Peyton, N. M. Friedman.
BENTON CITY (15O: j. W
Dowell, Ernest Lierheimer, ]. ]. F
Johnson.
Linn Township.
EDWARDS: (37) Adolph Femme
wald, James A. Scott, jr., W. R
Thompson.
RUSH HILL (22S) Foy Cornett, W
S. Doolin, Pete Baehr, Charles Max
well, J. c. Maxwell.
LADDoNIA (269): ]. E. Burch, H
G. sipple, J. ]. Alexander, Mrs. Ferris
w. C. Terryson.
BEAGLES (154): Ray Beagles, ].
Johnson, W. H. McCue.
Salt River Township.
MoLINo: c. c. Bybee, John W. FL
lis, Otto Carpenter.
UNION: (1O3) H. P. Warden, Mis-
Blanche White, I. T. Davis.
| Mexico.
FIRST WARD (468): Nate Phillip
7. J. Williams, Ovens Adams, John ]
Ricketts,, George Will Robertson.
SECOND WARD (361); W B. Sal
pington, William Eller, 7. S. Reil
John W Howell, Harry Atchison.
THIRD WARD (5ss): Ralph Buci
ner, C. C. Heizer, A. d. Jackson, j.
seph H. Smith, Gus Steinman.
FOURTH WARD (579); Frank f
; Ter, Wat Woodbridge, John Kemp, wi
lard Potts, ]. E. Streif.
Wilson Township.
RoWENA (115): F. L. McGee, 4
mer Gatewood, E, q. Berrey.
NAYLoR (O5) Hattee Boyle, S.
Pool.
THOMPSON; (132l willard Thonl
son, jr, Charles Householder, Fra
Wales.
CANT (146): B. A. Smith, w.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-08-15
GRAHAM KILLED FROM AIR

A few particulars have just reached
Mexico of the recent death of Capt.
Robert Graham, of Mineola, Mo-, well
known in this city. 1t is reported he
was taking four German prisoners
back to the American lines and bomb
from an airplane fell in their midst
and killed all five of them.
Reports from Washington state that
Captain Graham's body has been en-
balmed and an endeavor will be made
to bring it home for burial.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-08-15

Father j. ]. Dillon, Of st. Louis.
formerly priest of st. Brendan's Cath
olic church of Mexico, is here on a
several days visit. His many Mexico
friends will be delighted to hear that
Father Dillon is enjoying the best Of
health and looks exceptionally well.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-08-15
SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC

On Saturday, August 81, at a p. m.
on the Missouri Military Academy
campus, all the county and township
officers of the Audrain County Sun
day School Association will meet for
their annual fall conference.
Following short program, a picnic
dinner will be served; and the officers
are requested to bring friends with
them to this meeting.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-08-15

training. Mrs. Mason, who was Tor
merly Miss Stella Snidow Of this city,
and her daughter will make their home
here with her mother for the duration
of the war.
Audrain Boy in the Trenches.
Corporal Joe F. Mildred, son of
Hussler Mildred of near Centralia, is
now in the front line trenches in
France, according to letters received
Wednesday. He says that he has long
ago learned to sleep with the big guns
booming over his head. Mildred is in
the 4th division, which, it is reported,
has recently seen some heavy action IN
the scissors Rheims salient.
Lieut.. Rodes Jesse, who has been
home on leave, has returned to duty.
He will be an instructor in a United
States Aviation camp.
First Sergeant Painter Visits Here.
Three years of life in the United
States Army and first sergeant, AL
vim H. Painter says he likes it better
every day. He is at present at home
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. M.
Painter, on West Breckenridge
street for an eleven-day furlough. Al
though now in the regular army and
doing detached service duty at Fort
Sill, Okla. Sergeant Painter en-
listed in the National Guards, at the
beginning of his army career. We
are glad to see him healthy and happy
and wish him continued success.
Lieut.. Roberts Is Home.
Lieut.. Kirk Roberts, who has beer
in training at the United States Avi-
alton Field, Ellington, near Houston
Texas, is home on a ten-day leave. AT.
ter a short course in gunnery, he ex
poets to be an instructor for period
Lieutenant Roberts is looking splen
didly, and says that he has met with
no accidents other than slight in
jury to his hand in cranking hi'
"ship." The highest altitude he hal
reached in his training, is sixteel
thousand feet. His many Mexic'
friends are much pleased to see hin
home. SftM
Walter Noble, formerly printer il
the Ledger office, whose home is De
Kalk, ILL.,, is now a corporal in the Ma
tional Army.
Lieut.. J. P. Mason departed Sunda
night for Fort Oglethorpe, Ga, wher
he will be in training camp. En- rout
he will visit his sister-in-law, Mis-
Flemma Snidow, who is teaching fo
the summer in Peabody institute
Nashville, Tenn.
Vivion Mildred, who is in the U,
> Navy, stationed at New Londol
I, Conn, is home on a three weeks ful
Tough. He is the son of G. M. Mi
dred, four miles east Of this city. H
many friends were pleased to see hi
looking so well.
> /. M. Greer, formerly Of this cit
now a resident of st. Louis, has r
ceived a cablegram from his son, Wi
liam, announcing his safe arrival
= France. The message says, "Am We
: and in good spirits" signed "Bill."
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-08-15
REV. JOHN CHADwELL BURIED

The funeral of the Rev. John Chad
well was conducted from the home on
West Whitney street Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock. He died Sunday
afternoon after a long illness.
The active pallbearers were the fol
lowing Masons: A. C, Barnes, T. j.
Kelso, o. l.. Martin, B. e. Sims, W
G. wilkins and S. D. Stocks. The hon.
orary pallbearers we're Odd Fellows
Roy Johnson, Edward Pratt, c. b
Lyman, Albert Kettrey, C. t. Powell
and Walter Sannebeck.