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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-26
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS

The State Income Tax Law passed
by the Legislature in 1917, and ap-
proved on April IL, 1917, has been de-
clared constitutional. The law pro-
vides for penalty of twice the orig
inal rate for failure to make your re-
turn. All corporations and individu-
ais subject to the income tax may call
at my Office and receive blanks, or
write for same. These lists must lie
filed out Immediately in order to
avoid the penalty.
AMY C. WELLS, Assessor.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-26
STRENGTHEN BRIDGES
FOR MOTOR TRUCKS

The increasing use of motor trucks
and tractors en- the public roads makes
it necessary for road overseers and
county highway engineers to look
carefully after bridges and culverts.
The State Highway Department re-
quires that bridges and culv,rts must
carry 15-ton load. Driving over a
weak bridge or culvert with a thresh-
ing outfit or a heavily loaded truck is
a danger that should be avoided.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-26

Gordon, Atlanta, Ca; and Camp Pike,
Little Rock, Ark; field artillery at
Camp Taylor, Louisville, KY, and ma
chine gun at Camp Hancock, Augusta,
Ga.
These training schools will be run
continuously, new class being adj
mitted monthly. The course of train
ing will be four months at the in
fantry and machine gun schools and
three months at the field artillery
school. The schools are open to quail
flied enlisted men in all branches of
the service except Coast Artillery,
Signal Corps, and labor units. The
number of civilians admitted will be
limited.
To be eligible for admission, cam
didates must be between 20 years 8
months and 40 years; citizens of the
United States, and not born in any of
the countries with which the United
States is at war or allies of such coun-
tries. Enlisted men must have the
moral, educational, and physical quail
ifications required of an officer. Civ
ilians must be graduates of high
school or have pursued an equivalent
course of instruction, be of good moral
character, and have the required
physical qualifications.
In addition to the above qualifica-
tions, candidates for the Field Artil-
lery must possess a thorough under
standing and working knowledge Of
arithmetic, algebra to include quad
tot;, an,at;ope apJ nIona rraopnatru
Trained civil, mechanical, electrical,
mining, and architectural engineers
are desired. Civilian applicants will
be certified by the Army officer on du-
ty as professor of military science and
tactics at the educational institution
nearest the residence of the applicant.
Paper thread is a Denmark war sub
stitute for use in binder Irvine.
The Postal Censorship Board, Post
Office Department, announces that
translators of Spanish are in demand
at New York and other port cities.
These positions are open to women
who can translate accurately and
quickly.
Bastile Day, July IA, the French
Republic national holiday, was OBJ
served and. celebrated this year on
land and sea by American land and
Navy forces under special orders in
like manner isis observed the Amer
lean Fourth of July.
The Army Medical Department has
developed mobile X-ray outfit to be
carried on the standard army ambu-
lance to the front-line trench for the
benefit of wounded soldiers. 1t is de-
sired by army surgeons to lose no
time in ascertaining the extent and
condition of the wounds. The outfit
Is made up of the Delce gas electric
set, the high tension transformer and
the special type of Coolidge tube.
Mrs. Stanley Mccormick, in charge
IF the department of food produc-
lion and home economies of the wo-
mans committee, Council of National
Defense. gives this advice to farmer
cites: "Watch your feet. Don't ig-
more footwear. You must have a |
good spinal column to keep up with a
good job. The condition of the spinal |
column depends greatly on the feet.
Be picturesque if you wish, but be
sensible. Wear good stout boots to
preserve health"
A recipe for a wheatless loaf of |
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-26
Children Must Play to be Healthy and
Strong.

A child ems recreation drive is on
to continue during July and August
under the auspices of the Children's
Bureau, Department of Labor, and the
Woman's Committee of the Council
Of National Defense. It will culmi.
nate in patriotic play week., Sep
tember II, in which the work Of II,
900, 900 women in organizing recrea-
ton in 10000 communities will come
to an end.
"To be strong for victory the Ma
ton must let her children play" said
Charles Frederick Weller, associate
secretary of the Fairgrounds and
Recreation Association of America.
No time nor money can be spared
from war-winning activities, but the
winning of the war depends on man
power, and man power cannot be sus-
tanned in any nation without health
and wholesomeness in the children,
Far worse than exhausting Ameri-
cas- financial capital would be the ex-
haustion of child life, which is man
power capital. srs4
England and France began as the
United States HIS been tempted to he
gin---by letting the children rpay too
heavily for the war in child labor, in
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-26
Weekly War News Digest

creased delinquency, overaxed nerves,
weakened bodies, and premature
deaths, but England and France turn
ed to lift the war burdens from the
children by giving them a chance to
play. There is urgent need to give
our boys and girls an American square
deal-thcir safety valve of play"
Use Ice as a Necessity Not as Lux
ury
Do not waste ice,- says the United
States Food Administration. Its use
as luxury to serve with salads, fruit,
and sea foods and to put more than is
necessary in glasses of water, tea, and
other drinks should be discouraged.
There is to be no cultailment on the
use of ice as necessity, but it should
be used carefully in localities where
any shortage is indicated. 1t is con-
sidered a necessity when used to pre-.
serve food and in administcrin gcom-
fort, and every reasonable effort will
be made TO see that families are sup
piled with their legitimate needs.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-26

Wheat is selling for $50 bushel in
Turkey, reports the American and
Syrian Relief Commission in Turkey.
Before the war the normal price was
80 to go cents per bushel.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-26

Sacrifice prices on summer hats,
ribbons and flowers, at the Enterprise.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-26
Russia Has Corner on World
Platinum Supply.


The needs of platinum in war in
dustries and in the sciences are ex-
planned by DIR. Charles L. Parsons,
chief chemist, Bureau Of Mines, De-
partmcnt of the Interior, in an argu-
ment for discontinuance of the use CT
platinum in jewelry.
"Thc war cannot be won without
platinum" says DR.. Parsons, "and 1t
is equally essential in times Of peace
if our country is to excel Germany in
the development of chemical science
and industry. With the aid of plati-
mum from one ordinary wedding ring
about 100 pounds of nitric acid can
be made every "a hours. This 100
pounds of nitric acid converted into
high explosives will send number of
3-inch shells against the Germans and
help to bring the boys back home.
platinum rings, pins, cigarette
cases, and mesh bags are not factors
in winning this war-explosives are.
I wonder If the purchasers and wear
ers of platinum jewelry know that ex:
plosiyes cannot be manufactured
without the use of sulphuric and nitric
ac1QS, VnoC Tue HiauuldCcuiS VA NASSS
acids requires the use Of supplies Of
platinum; that airplanes must have
platinum for important instruments
they need; that platinum is absolute.
" necessary in the manufacture Of
special promoters; that promoters
are necessary in all steel treatments;
and that no guns can be made with
out the use of promoters.
"There is a shortage in the supply
of platinum. Russia has a corner on
the worlds supply, and Germany is
in Russia. Our domestic production
of platinum is negligible, while our
military requirements are increasing
at rapid rate"
Five Army Officers Training Schools
Opened.
The War Department has estab-
lished five central officers training
camps, at which civilians and enlisted
men will be trained for commissions
IA the Officers. Reserve Corps. In
fantry training camps are located AT,
Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va; Camp
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-26

OF harrington.
For Representatives:
JEFF D. POSTON
of Bonnie Terre.
JOHN C. SEGER
of Bonnie Terre.
For County Collector 4
OLIN DALE NORWINE.
Of Flat River.
GEORGE WILSON CLOUD.
Of Flat River.
AMOS C. NORwLNE.
of Bonnie Terre.
J. ED BREWER.
of Doe Run. ,
ALBERT LEE MILLER.
of Bonnie Terre.
ESPY E. JACKSON
of lockwood. j.,
C. I. GARRETT
of Randolph Township.
T. L. HANEY
of Flat River.
W. N. FLEMING
Of Pennington. III,
GUY TULLOCK
of Pennington.
L. GEORGE WILLIAMS
of Bonnie Terre.
!
For County Clerk:
BERT sTAPP .
Of lockwood. :.
A. P. (PAUL) MITCHELL
Of Flat River. !,
J. A. (GUS) LAWRENCE
of Pennington. j..
MARVIN w. CROWDER
of Pennington.
C. P. WILSON
of Bonnie Terre.
For Probate Judge:
R. C. TUCKER :.
Of Pennington.
For Circuit Clerk:
J. C. HEIFNER
of Flat River.
A. W. KINZER
Of Flat River.
For Recorder of Deeds:
HENRY M. O'BANNON
of Pennington.
For County Assessor:
JAMES G. MORRIS
of Desloge.
M. A. PATTERSON
of Bonnie Terre Route /.
F. M. HORTON
of Flat River.
For Prosecuting Attorney:
r. L. ALLEN
of Pennington.
THOMAS A. MATHEWS
of Flat River.
For Presiding Judge of County Court:
W. A. MITCHELL
Of Esther.
NATHAN A. ZIMMERMAN
of st. Francois.
Eor County Court Judge, LIST District:
E. C. PAPIN
Of French Village.
J. w. JONES
Of Flat River.
For County Court Judge End District:
F. M. MATKIN
of Doe Run.
FOR Constable st. Francois Township:
EDWARD GRIFFARD
of Flat River.
REPUBLICAN, ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR Presiding Judge of County Court:
HENRY H. RINKE
Of Flat River.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-26
Announcements

The Times is authorized to make
the following announcements, for the
offices indicated, subject to the action
of the regular Democratic Primary
election:
For Congress:
ARTHUR T. BREWSTER
of Irontcn. 4,
DAVID N. HOLIDAY =.
of Greenville
w. A..LOEFFLER
Of Lutesville.
CHAS. P. DAMRON !,
of Fredericktown.
For State Senator:
J. H. TETLEY 81
of Pennington.
w. B. RARIDEN
of Pennington.
For Representative:
JEFF D. POSTON
of Bonnie Terre.
JOHN C. SEGER
of Bonnie Terre.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-06-21

Preserves, jams and canned fruits
are greatly relished by the fighting
men in France and enormous GUAM
titles are used by them. There is
danger that the soda drinking and
candy eating public in this country
will endanger the supply of pre-
serves and jam for the soldiers.
Great quanlit tiles of fruits which
should 60 into preserves, jam, etc.
are going to be lost to human con.
sumption and deprive our armies
and our people at home of a neede 4
food supply unless consumers Of
sugar use it more economically,
We in America are still using con-
slderably more than six ounces per
capita per day against one-half
ounce which is available in France
The boys of the Radio COMPANY
who left here a little less than wear
ago. are now somewhere in France
getting ready to play the greatest
game in life; in this game some of
them, at the very best that can be
done, will lose their lives. If we
fail to do our duty there is no telling
how many of them will never come
home. If we fail to do our dutv
now can we bear the thought of fac.
Ing those who do come home? Our
main duty during the coming week
is to subscribe to War SAVINGS
stamps, and then, sometime during
the year, to buy the amount we are
pledged to buy.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-06-21
FRIDAY, JUNE e., 1918

LOYALTY.
This is no time to bubble or to FOOL
To argue over who was wrong,
who right
To measure fealty with worn foot
rule;
70 ask: Shall we keep still or
we fght?"
The Clock of Fate has struck; the
hour is here
War is upon us now, not far away:
One question only rises. clarion clear:
How may l serve my country,
day by day?'
Not all of us may join the kllakied
thrCnS
Of those who answer and 90 forti
The tide of war. But we can all be
strong
And steady in our loyalty to them!
Not with unfettered thought or
tongue let loose
In bitterness and hate-a child
ish camel
But with a faith, untroubled by
abuse,
That honors those who put the rest
to shame!
There is no middle ground on which
to stand:
We've done with useless pro and
con debates;
The one-time friend, so welcome in
this land,
Has turned upon us at our very
gates.
There is no way, with honor, to
stand back
Real patriotism isn't cool-then
hot;
You cannot trim the flag to fit your
lack;
You are American-or else you're
Jack Appleton.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-06-21

German spies in France and Amer
lea do no more harm than so-called
American citizens, men and women
who refuse to substitute other foods
for the wheat and beef and sugar
which are needed for our soldiers
and the soldiers of our Allies in
France.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-06-21

The individual who uses more
sugar than is necessary is just as
much of a Stacker as the perfectly
sound young man who should be in
the army and is still attempting to
evade the draft,
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

Jump
"When you're up against Un
don't be afraid of 'urting 'im!'
That's the way the English drill SER
geants train our men for bayonet fighting.
Put every ounce Of your weight into
your thrust lump into it with your
whole soul l-that's the way to sove your
own life and the only way to win
we at home must Jump into the Hun
in Just that way, and help save the
Nations life and win the Nations war!
The United States is up against a
danger that is real, vivid, nenacing. The
only way to end it is by force to the
utmost
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29


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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1918-04-11
POINTS OPPORTUNITY
FOR ALL TO GIVE AID
Walter H. Lpe, Packing Company
Official, Says Liberty Bonds
Solve the Problem.

The opportunity for every citizen to
do his share in making the war sue
cess is afforded by Liberty Bonds, ac-
cording to Walter H. Lipe, vice presi-
dent and general manager of the
Beach Nut Packing Company of Cana
joharie, N. Y. Mr.. Lipe said:
1.-THE mothers and fathers, the wives
and children of the men at the front,
have the right these days to look to
every one of us who Is not personally
represented In the battle lines of free
dom and say to us, What are you do
ing to help our dear onesY There are
many forms in which we can make an
answer to that appeal, but there is no
higher form than through our whole
hearted support Of the Liberty Loans.
"They put us shoulder to shoulder
with the men in the trenches as moth
ing else can. Some Of us are too old,
some too young, to actually be of much
use under the hardship and the ex-
posture of the battlefield; some have
not robust enough health, and some
have obligations that demand that we
stay home, while others are perform
ing service that can only be done here.
But we all can add one more item to
our acts of practical citizenship these
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1918-04-11
TRAGEDY STALKS
ABROAD
In RUINED TOWNS

1t was little village in France, like
hundreds of others. It's men had gone
to war. When tn Germans were re-
ported as close to the town, the
women and children fled
The Huns entered the village that
night. Robbing all the homes of every
thing of value, they set fire to the
town and prepared to march on.
Leaving the town they came upon
Auntie Marcell-eignty years old
crouching by the roadside, one of the
refugees who lad dropped out of the
fleeing procession. She had had moth
ing to eat for twenty-four hours ex-
cept roots that she had dug up nearby.
When the Germans retired soon
after this, and many of the villagers
returned, they found Auntie Marcelle
striving to build shelter in the ruins
of her old home-the only living soul
in tie place.. The other villagers
Joined her and attempted to find some
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1918-04-11

reruge. Their efforts were pitiful.
Each picked his own home-though
the ruins next to it might be unoccu-
pied and much more promising Each
wanted to live on his own little~piece
of ground, even if only a few bricks
remained there
Food? There wasn't any, except
what the Germans could not carry with
them in their hurried evacuation. For
days the handful of villagers lived on
the rotting fruit left in nearby or
chards and meagre supply of vegeta-
bles.
Many Towns in Sorry Plight.
And this story was being repeated
in scores of towns throughout north
ern France and Belgium. Thousands
were suffering as these people were
suffering, and hundreds, as in this viii
lage, died-from exposure and starva,
ton.
Then came the Society of English
and American Friends They set to
work promptly. They gave moral en-
enlargement to the ruined people and
helped them to construct temporary
shelters. They selected the blasted
homes which offered the best possibili-
ties for partial reconstruction, and
aided the townsfolk to erect shacks
between walls that still stood where a
house had been, or to put substantial
roof over cellar that could be
lived in.
AT first, numbed with the sudden
ness and horror of it all, the villagers
accepted aid mechanically But later
the old spirit of independence began
to assert itself They wanted to be
self-sustaining, even when everything
had been swept away.
So the Friends organization opened
workshops in the towns, where the
women came and worked by the hour
at sewing. Here corn and flour sacks
were fashioned into useful articles of
various kinds-table covers, mats and
fancy bags. The women were taught
embroidery, and many were the quaint
and original designs they created.
Thirty confines (six cents) an hour
was the pay-and the women were
happy and independent.
When the American Red Cross Or
ganization reached France, and came
in contact with the work of the
Friends, it Immediately realized the
necessity of its continuance and en-
largement.
So the Red Cross offered the Friends
the support that would make 1t posi-
BILE to extend their activities, and 1t
was accepted. Today the American
Red Cross and the Friends and several
other groups of workers in similar
service are cooperating tremendously
and effectively to restore there the
villages that have suffered so hard
fate
THE BADGE OF HONOR.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1918-04-11
TEAM WORK COUNTS!

caused the Mule to count Ten In COM
putting the Age Of Moth-eaten Octo-
genarian In the Audience. Whereupon
the audience forgot to Hooverize In the
use Of Eggs and Vegetables.
But that didn't conclude the Trou-
bles Of the Mule Minders. The EXtor-
TONERS began to arrive with their Ac-
counts Due and Payable and the Wage
Farmers In their Efforts to Economic
cut down on Industry's Diet. Industry
began to get groggy on his Pins, and
after two or three performances col
lapsed altogether. Whereupon the Mule
Minders held conference and decided
that Agitator was the only man capa
BILE of handling the Situation, so they
sent for Him and asked his advice.
THE Mules taking" responded Agi-
tator. "He needs a good Beating"
The Wage-Earncrs applied Agitator's
cure until their Biceps ached, and then
came to the Conclusion that although
Agitator was a fancy Swimmer In the
Sea of Theories, he needed a Pair of
Water Wings when it came to practi-
cal application. There was but one
Alternative left for the Wage-Earners.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1918-04-11
SOUTHWEST DETERMINES
TO BACK THIRD LOAN

AS an example of the country wide
appeal which is being made to the
farmers of the country in the Third
Liberty Loan Campaign the following
extract from statement sent out by
the Liberty Loan Committee of the
Eleventh Federal Reserve District,
with headquarters in Dallas, Tex, Is
particularly eloquent:
"Shall it he said that we men who
live upon the rich soil of Louisiana,
who inhabit the great producing state
of Texas. the progressive state of New
Mexico, who wrest the wealth from the
ground of Arizona or who have opened
up the great possibilities of Oklahoma,
possess less patriotism than our neigh
bors? II is unthinkablel
1--WE have a big task ahead but we
will meet it. Let us plan and look
ahead, and let us start doing it right
now in order that this great old south
west may shine as a bright star in the
armament of patriotism when our
country calls"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1918-04-11
DEATH OF PoETEsS.

Among the incidents that bring the
war directly home to us is the recent
report from London of the death of
Mrs. Lena Guilbert Ford, the Ameri-
cah poetess, in a German air raid in
London. Her body and that of her
son were found in the wreckage of a
house destroyed by the German avia-
tors. Mrs. Ford formerly lived in FL
mira \. Y Her mother, Mrs. Brown
of Elmira was seriously injured at the
same time Mrs. Ford was killed.
In England the incident caused par
ricnlar grief because of the fact that
Mrs. Ford had become widely known
MS the author of the English war song
Keep the Home Fires Burning" This
song had become so popular among
the British troops that thousands of
them marched to the trenches singing
it. and it was familiar to everybody
who was in contact with the British
armies.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1918-04-11
UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER.

War surely pulls people together,
and Its effects In better understanding
among business men are already so
plain that If peace comes tomorrow
the new cooperative measures adopt
ed by many of eur industries and
trades the last six months would 60
far toward paying for the enormous
war outlay to date.
All the cooperation now existing
and planned between manufacturers is
recognized by labor to be ineffective
without its whole hearted support, and
every day Is Strengthening the growth
of new spirit among American work
ngmen.-Industrial Conservation, New
York.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1918-04-11
AN Experiment IN GROUP OWNERSHIP;
OR THE FABLE OF THE PERFORMING MULE

Back in the Dark Ages of American
Culture, before the French Accent had
found its way to the Farm, and when
the Cabbage Coaxers in our rura,
Districts still pronounced Vaudeville
"vawdavil" instead of "Vodeviel, .
there lived a Snowman whose chief
Asset was a performing Mule. The
name of the Snowman was Wage
Payer and the Source Of his Income
was dubbed Industry.
Now 1t so happened that Wage
Payer had spent number Of tedious
year teaching Industry to perform
certain clever Tricks such as would
tend to stimulate the Consumption of
chewing gum and Peanuts among the
gaping Audiences, and had burned
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1918-04-11

Either they must persuade Wage-Payer
to come back on the job, or starve to
death, so they pocketed their Pride
and sent a hurry call for the former
Chief of Mysteries.
My Friends" announced Wage-Pay-
er, with his Hand on Industrys pulse,
1.-The Mule suffers from Malnutrit.on.
He is in a serious condition, but we
can pull him through if you follow my
advice. Bear one Thing in mind If you
would manage Industry so as to get
the Best out Of him: You can't skimp
on his Food"
But we don't want to manage him
any longer" chorused the Wage Earn
ers. THAT'S what we got you back
for. We can wash him and curry him,
and feed him, when we have the Food
to feed him with, but we need some one
to put him through his PAGES and take
care of the Finances"
Moral: You can't shift Scenes and
run the Show at the same Time.-In-
dustrial Conservation, New York.