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The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-13
= -" FOOLSCAP."

Everyone knows what foolscap ma.
per is, but not every one knows why il
was so called. An exchange ventures
to remark that not one in a hundred
that daily use it can answer the cues.
ton The following will tell YOU how
the term originated:
When Oliver Cromwell became Pro.
teetor, after the execution of Charles
!, ne caused the stamp of the cap Of
Liberty to be placed upon the paper
used by the English government Soon
after the restoration of Charles II
having occasion to use some paper for
dispatches, some of this government
paper was brought to him.
On looking at it and discovering the
stamp he inquired the meaning of II
and on being told he said: "Take it
away. ! have nothing to do with a
FOOLS cap"
The term ''foolscap" has since been
applied to certain size of glazed
writing paper.-Morning Star
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-13

ease of 1.9 per thousand-less thar
two men per thousand per year.
The annual death rate for disease Of
men of military ages in civil life il
81 per thousand.
Thus a man in the army appears
to have three times the better chance
to stay well in the army than when
about civil pursuits.
This new army rate, at that time
based on an approximate strength of
100000 men was established when
large bodies of American troops were
living under most abnormal conditions
They were participating in the heavy
fighting on the marne salient and slept
and ate under arduous and almost
primitive conditions.
That this record for one week was
not an isolated favorable one is shown
by reports made by the surgeon-gen-
eral in the middle of August covering
the preceding two months. The av-
erage death rate per thousand from
disease during these two months was
%.
The progress of military sanitation
is revealed through otner compare
tive figures on the per thousand basis.
During the Mexican war the annual
death rate from disease was 100 per
1000. During the civil war the rate
was 40 per 1000 in 1862 and it jump
ed to 6 per thousand the following
year. The disease death rate for the
Spanish-American war was % per
1000.
As far as available records 90 the
lowest rate heretofore established in
any of the armies of the world was
that of the Russo-Japanese war, when
the rate was 20 per 1000 men.
In the Crimean war said Surgeon
General Gorgas recently, "one-fourth
OF the French army, or $4,000 men,
died of disease. In the Russo-Japan-
ese war the death rate was brought
down to about 20 men per thousand
per year. We hope to keep it there
or reduce it."
Tn greatest surgeons and physicials
of the nation have become volunteers
in war work. Many of these men rep
resenting every branch of medicine
and surgery are drawing yearly sala-
ries that are less than one fee COM
manded in civil life.
There were seven army hospitals in
this country when war was declared
against Germany. Now there are more
than sixty army hospitals here, and 20
have a capacity of more than one
thousand patients each. Hospitals in
France are being constructed in ratio
to the strength of the American for
ces there.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-13
STUDENT ARMY CORPS TO
BE Modified IN OCTOBER

Washington, Aug. 5l.-Members OF
the students army training corps. con-
slstlng of youths between the ages Of
lS and q will be modified October /
at more than 300 colleges selected for
that purpose by the war department
according to details of the plan an.
bounced tonight.
Members of the student army train.
ing corps, will be soldiers on active
duty" A statement issued by the war
department says: Upon their induc-
tion into service, their subsistence
quarters, clothing and tuition will be
Tovided for by the government and
tf student soldiers will receive the
psy Of privates in the army.
High school graduates will be eligi-
Bile to the collegiate training division
OF the corps, and grammar school
graduates may enter the vocational
section. As the students show abil-
lty they will be transferred to new d.
VISIONS, and those showing special
qualihcations will be sent to officers
training schools. Others will be as
signed to non-commissioned officers
schools.
Inc war department in its state
ment advises youths now ready for
college entrance or already enrolled in
a college to adhere to their plans and
'ntain voluntary induction into the
corps.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-13
Hath CAPTAINS SPURN
MAJORS RANK TO HIT HUN

Boys in the Hath Field Artillery
rlace a crack at the kaiser above
shoulder bars.
That they might remain in France
and lead Nashville's favorite regiment
against the hated Huns every captain
under Col. Luke Lea spurned majors
commission.
The offer of so coveted commission
carried with it, according to a report
received here, a return to the States
to officer regiments and new divisions
now being formed.
10 man captains in the 114th de-
clined the proffered promotion so that
it was necessary to force advancement
upon one captain. No more singular
and vivid example of patriotism and
warlike inclination to throw their
young lives into the balance against
the weight Of Boche frightfulness has
before been offered.
The lone captain who is to return
TO this country is Captain Mccormick.
He was at the front along with Cap
tain Broadus Bailey and was unable
to reject the offer of a majors stripes
There is little doubt, however, that he
would have been just as eager to re-
main with his comrades and drive the
hilt closer to the vitals of the Huns.
Orders it is understood, were re-
ceived to select ten officers to send
back to the states to officer new reg
iments. The order included captain,
three first lieutenants and six second
lieutenants. Upon arrival in the
States, according to the order, the
captain would be made a major, the
first lieutenants captains, and the sec
end lieutenants change their bar from
gold to silver.
Without hesitation every officer
begged to be granted permission to
remain in France.
Through necessity the following Of
fcers were designated to return: Lieu
enant John Wesley Gaines, Lieuten-
ant Harr and Lieutenant Lewis as
first lieutenants; Lieutenant Richards,
Waterbury, Haidler, Bruce, DeRahm,
and Smith as second heutenants. Cap
tain Mccormick, who has seen some
service at the front with an advance
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-13
ONLY ONE THING NOW LACK
ING-MONEY.

Il have doctored nine years for
stomach and liver trouble and have
spent thousands of dollars, but in
stead of becoming cured of these all
ments, my bloating and pains and at
tacks became worse. was persuaded
q year ago to take Mayr's Wonderful
Remedy and have never suffered since
taking the first dose. | wish / had
the money back spent for other med
icines." It is simple harmless prep
aration that removes the catarrhal
mucus from the intestinal tract and
allays the Inflammation which causes
practically all stomach, liver and in
testinal ailments, including appendi-
citis. One dose will convince or mon
ey refunded. Glass Drug Co., and
druggists everywhere.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-13
RETIRED FARMERS TO HELP.

Able bodied men of larger holdings
get back on your farm and work now
The very title Of every farm in Amer.
lea depends upon winning the war.
and tn winning of the war depends on
large measure upon the farmers,
The retired farmer" is the best
trained source of farm help in the
United States. No man can render a
more patriotic and needed service than
the retired farmer who goes back to
the soil and works. If he operates the
farm, ne does so with the highest de-
gree of efficiency.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-13
How's This :

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls,
Catarrh Cure.
f.. J. CHENEY & CO.., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned. have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE.,
Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces OF the system. Testimonials.
sent free. Price rs cents per bottle. Solds
by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-13
YOUR WIFE CAN USE 1T.

II you are away from home and one
OF your horses takes the collie your
wife can treat him if she has Farris'
Colo Remedy in the house. It is ca
sy to use. Just drop it on the horses
tongue and in thirty minutes he is re-
lieved' Get it today. You may need
it tomorrow.
L. M. Short, Brownsville.
X. E. Martin, Stanton.
D. c. Russell, Dancyville.
F. Jones, Keeling.
A. s. Higgins, Rs, Ripley.
l. G. Graves & Co.,, Rs, Brownsville.
J. L. Binford, RS, Brownsville.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-13

and those who should thereafter make
application for a pension. Both the
report and the statute not only say
that no widow shall be hereafter ELI
gible for pension but also provides
that hereafter no widow shall be emit
tied to pension unless she was mar
ried prior to 1880.
There is then no ambiguity either
in the language of the report or Of the
statute and it is my opinion that all
widows whether on the pension roll or
not, who married confederate soldiers
subsequent to 1879 are now ineligible
under the language of this act, chap
ter SO, to pension, and particularly is
this true in the light of the third sec
ton of the act, which follows:
BE it further enacted that this act
take effect from and after its passage,
he public welfare requiring it."
So it is my opinion that it is the
duty of the board to drop from the
pension rolls and to discontinue the
payment of pensions to all WIDOWS of
Confederate soldiers who were mar
ried subsequent to 1879. If the mat
ter should ever be brought to the
scourt for determination it is my opin-
ion that they would so construe the act
as to make no distinction between
those who were fortunate enough to
get tehir names on the pension list
prior to the enactment of the stat
ute and those who should thereafter
make application for a pension. The
obvious intention of the act was and
is to render eligible to pension those
women only who married Confederate
soldiers prior to 1880. 1t was not the
purpose of the act to permit the time
of their application for a pension to
fix their eligibility to it. In other
words, the eligibility text fixed by the
act Is marriage prior to 1880.
So, constituting the act, it is my opin
ion and so advise you that no one
should be paid pension who was mar
ried to a Confederate soldier subse-
quent to 1879. Yours truly.
FRANK M. THOMPSON.
Attorney-Genera |
From the opinion of General Thomp-
son the board of pension examiners
have ordered your pension dropped. |
as you were married after 1879, and
not before 1880. Very respectfully
JOHN P. HICKMAN,
Secretary.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-13
The OWNSVILLE BANK
party from the 114th, will accompany

PARTY from the 114th, will accompany
the group of officers to this country.
No tribute, however brilliant, can
do justice to the splendid behavior of
these young men who put their real
fighting business before material
progress, Though they refused the
honor Of promotion, in the eyes of
the country and the folks back home,
they have by that very refusal gained
something which will forever endear
them to the world and write their
names in the history of heroes.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-13
A W0MAN'S HEARTY
RECOMMENDATION

Worry and overwork cause kidney
trouble, and women suffer equally with
men. Miss Sara Weston, Belvidere
ILL.,, writes: Il could not stoop and
when down | had to crawl up by a
CHAIR, | was so lame / suffered agony
Now | feel like new person, stronger
and better in evry way. I,iheartily
recommend Foley Kidney Pilis. I'D.
Curtis Drug Co. sent
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-13
The Liberty Singing Idea

The Liberty Singing Idea
The American people love clean
wholesome out-of-door sport. There
is never any difficulty in getting 9
crowd together for a baseball game
or football game, an automobile race
or boxing contest.
When we Americans witness ath-
letic contests, we like to show our
enthusiasm and to cheer on the team
we're backing, so that everyone, and
especially the players will know
where we stand.
Who that has witnessed a college
baseball or football game has failed
to be impressed with the way in which
singing supplements the cheering? Or
who can doubt that such singing has a
tremendous influence on the players +?
Many game has been won by the
spectators.
Today this great country of ours
has a team in the field. The stakes
for which it is playing are such as no
team ever played for before. We, who
almost agonize in our desire to play
on that team, are, for one reason or
another, compelled to watch the side
lines.
As we wonder if there is anything
we can do to help, there comes a call
from the head coach at Washington
for cheering and singing, to put pep
into the contestants, to show them
how intently, how eagerly we are
watching them, how earnestly we want
them to win.
When we respond we are not sing
ing for our own amusement, we are
singing for Liberty.
AS we sing, we are united as nevee
before, stirred with patriotism as new
er before, and, as Tennyson says:
THE song that nerves nations heart
is in itself deed"
There is soon to be held in this
community Liberty Sing" Watch
these columns for the cate ana fur
ther particulars. Practice singing
patriotic songs! Prepare Tor the Bic
Singl
A singing nation Is a winning ma
ton. SINGl
About so per cent Of the population
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-13
WHEN CHILDREN START
TO SCHOOL

School opens at a time of year
the change of seasons is likely to cause
coughs, colds, Group, hay fever and
asthma. Prompt action at the first
sign of infection may keep children
IN prime good health and he lip them to
avoid losing time. Foley's Honey and
Tar is an ideal home remedy. I'D.
Curtis Drug Co. sent
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-13
PREPARE FOR CHANGEABEE,
WEATHER

h. B. Miller, R. F. D. 10, Wooster, o.
writes: "By the changing Of beds and
the weather, ] tooka very bad cold
and sore throat. -Four doseso FoIey's
Honey and Tar got me right in a davis
time" It pays to get the genuine
Foley and avoid substitutes and coun-
terfeits. Contains no opiates. ]. D.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-13
SING FOR LIBERTY.

Sing in your home, place of business
and in your community. A singing
nation behind our world army will put
World Liberty" over the top with a
ring that will resound through all
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-13
GLASS DRUG co.

Italian state railways are gradual.
ly increasing their number of electric
locomotives.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-13

About so per cent Of the population
Of Siberia is Of Russian origin.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-10
EX-GOVERNOR CRUCE ON SUFFRAGE
The Man Who Went Into the Governorship an
Anti and Came Out Suffragst.
Appeals Oahomans to Keep Out of the Kaiser Class
the Subject of Woman Suffrage

am Aegressively and whole heart.
edIy in favor of granting political suf
frage to the women OF Oklahoma. II
is my hope that the pending amend
ment to the Constitution will be over
whemingly adopted at the coming
election.
In comforting upon women the privl-
lege and power of the ballot the men
of the state will be rendering an act of
simple justice already too long de-
layed. While awarding justice to the
women we will be comforting an ines
Unable boon and benefit upon the
state.
Judged by every standard of good
citizenship, the women Of this genera
tion meet all requirements. Educa-
tionally they are as well equipped for
the duties and responsibilities of the
ballot as are the men, while morally
they are better equipped.
My observation and experience, both
In private and official life, have con
vinced me that, as a class, the women
take a greater interest in all questions
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-10
Foyer duS01dat
All to Fighting
poilr1 of France

which tells the whole story The
blow for Liberty is struck, also, by
service to men.
What this service means it is not
possible to imeging until. gag have
seen the conditions under which the
soldier lives.
It is not the dirt and hardship and
the wet and the cold, it is not even
the danger that is hardest to bear.
1t is the fact Tat he has lost ev-
erything that has always meant life
to him He has no home that be
can call home as he goes from one
deserted village to another or to a
camp in the midst of the woods
You see it on his face, tomorrow he
will move on. For his body he has
good food and exercise, but for his
mind he has nothing.
Everywhere there are only desc
lated homes, as his own may be des-
olated, and destruction and empti-
ness. He is quartered in houses m
which, he knows, families once lived.
but which are deserted and empty
OF household goods now. Then he
goes into the Foyer-the hearth.
the word that is coming to mean
Home to the Frenchman. He finds
light, something hot to drink, games
to play and music, a piano pho
nograph. lie finds men talking to-
gether instead of brooding silently.
It means to him all the difference
between mental life and death.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-10
(By Eloise Robinson.)

Paris, Oct. 1.-(By mail) Tome
described by someone as the sweet
est Word in the language-means so
much more to the French poilus now
than ordinarily Their homes, at
least many ofthem, have been de
stroyed or held by the Boche, so
least many Of tnem, have been de-
homes. Hence no one who has not
been in the war zone can appreciate
how dearly these indomitable French
fighters regard their Foyers du Sol
dat Literally this means the sol
dier's hearth" or home. The hun.
dreds of Foyers are supported by
the American Y. NJ c. A., which
also supplies the secretaries for
them
Imagine the town hall in some
American small country village, WIN
its tobacco-tinged, musty atmos-
phere, its dismal stairway and barn
like auditorium. There you have
the place where the Foyer has set
up its home. Hundreds Of soldiers,
not the spruce boys we cheer in
America, but bent dusty, tired
Frenchmen in faded uniforms. who
seem to have no other Characters
tic than great patience, going in
and out all day have left the mud
of the street on the floor Unattrac-
tive? But mol
On the wall is a motto in French
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-10
Storm Doors for ?. 0.

Storm Doors for =. o.
When the wintry blasts sweep
down Fourth street and lash the pat
rons of Uncle Sans store as they
proceed thither in quest Of stamps,
money orders, mail, etc, all will be
cozy inside, for carpenters are at
work constructing a storm vestibule
over the main entrance. Employees
at the post office greet this fact
with much elation, for according to
them, it was a toss up last winter
where the thermometer would reg
lister the lowest, on the corner by the
watering fountain or inside the fed.
eral building, owing tothe constant
swinging back and forth of the doors
as the seeady stream of patrons en-
tered and left the building
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-10
Wonens Splendid Service
Saved the Allied Cause
LLOYD GEORGE
LLOYD GEORGE

If had been splendid n
forward in the hospitals munon
all
in daily of their lives believe
Allies have been unable enemy the
ln the past have heard it said that unfit
because they would be weak when
My experience South Wales
has confirmed the belief
perfectly what stake
genteness
they do not make until the Allies
possible o
brutality might crush ont
Its authors
would commanding position nhu
public affairs of the world"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-10

Today it is the man who does the
most and best work who wins. whetb-
er he is n professional or business
man The doctor with his horse and
buggy was better than walking, but
mt that he often times arrived too
late. The successful doctor of today
has his automobile to arrive on time.
He prefers to arrive too soon rather
than too late-Exchange
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-10

The origin of the expression: "In
union there is strength is not known.
but the sentiment in various forms has
been current very long time. A
Latia author Of ancient time said
"By union the smallest states thrive,
by dseord The greatest are destroy.
ed The American author of ~Fhe
Flag Of Our Union" said: UNITED
we stand; divided we fall"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-10

Theodore Roosevelt helped TO
get votes for women in his own
state, New York. Here is his
reason for wanting all women to
vote, al do not ask the ballot for
woman as favor; ! say that it
should be given to her as a right.
To deny the mother the vote
seems to me so preposterous
that our descendants will fail to
understand how we could call
ourselves self-gcverning and
democratic"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-10
School Man Visits Here.

oUTTUUT TdTT T5TTo TTUTU'
John T. Butcher and family are
here from their home in Pauls Val
ley to visit Mr. Butcher and wife,
nee Miss Lynch. They were con
nected with the high school here in
1901, 1902 and 1903 He is low eu-
perintendent Of the Pauls Valley
school, which is closed on account
of Spanish "Flu"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-10
Red Cross Wants Nurses.

Red Cross Wants Nurses.
Acting under orders from head
quarters, the local Red Cross chap
ter is preparing toorganize class
to give special training to nurses
who would be needed in the event
Of influenza becoming epidemic here.
All women who have had practical
experience in nursing and who wish
to take the special training are urged
to notify the Red Cross, phone 1852.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-10

It is always Il problem to keep old
papers and magazines looking neat in
the basement. Make a rack on the
order Of Il swing shelf, having the
Shelf in Stats about two inches wide
and three inches apart. The papers
can then he tied up without lifting
from the shelf. After they are tied
the bundles can be put in corner
ready to sell.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-10

Lorena Jane Cruce, who enlisted under
the suffrage standard before her father
did, is a graduate OF the Ardmore Public
School and High School, the Central State
Normal and the State University. She
Is an ardent war worker.
touching the moral welfare of a people
than do the men. However, they are
fatally handicapped in their efforts to
procure needed legislation along this
line by reason of the lack of suffrage.
When any organized body of men ask
the passage of law in which they are
primarily interested they have very
little trouble in getting an attentive
hearing from a law-enacting body.
With an organization of women seek
ing the enactment of a law the way is
rough and crowded full of obstacles
and disappointments The whole thing
is fully explained in this-men can en-
force their demands with the power of
the ballot, women cannot.
Thus it Is an easy matter to get any
reasonable appropriation to protect
the health of cattle and hogs, while it
Is very hard indeed to get an adequ;Nc
appropriation to safeguard the health
and life of men, women and children
Men, as class. are interested in prop