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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-14

4RusrEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FRAME
DWELLING WITH LARGE LOT. NO. 4173 y
III STREET SOUTHWEST,

FRusIEEs' SALE OF VALUABLE FRAME
DWELLING WITH LARGE LOT, NO. 411h
Isl STREET SOUTHWEST.
By virtue of . certain deed Of trust duly Re-
sSfied in Liner No. 1918. folio ~ ct sea OF the
Had records Of the District Of Columbia. aud At
ths request OF the party secured thereby. the
uoAerxixned trustees will sell ut public auction.
u front Of the premises. on THURSDAY; TIE
FOURTEENTH DAY OF MARCH. AID. 1918. AT
FOUR O'CLOCK Pm. the following described
had and premises. situate in the District of Co
nMbta and desienated as and being part Of lots
n md % in Milburn's subdivision in square $50
AspSr plat recorded In the once Of the surveyor
IL SAe District Of Colunea In Laber N. K. folio
"a described as follows: Beginning on LIST
Sfrset 42k feet forth from the southeast corner
e Sid lot %: running thence north on said
s1nss 14h feet: thesce west l5e feet 70 an al
A1;. tAsnceJ south along said alley 34H feet;
1kss9 east 1ss feet to place Of beginning.
rae08 Il sale: ODs-thifd cash. balance In one
- ~ ysara. with interest At per eentum per
a-. payah2e seDi-a1nsally and secured %
d. pesperty sold. all cash, At purehAser's o.
-. A deposit Of 500 required at tins OF SALE
- purchaser allowed fifteen days to complete
u parehase Further particulars At time Of sale
PAUL Y. MITCHELL,
J. CLINTON TRIBBY,
lh4-d&ds. exSu Trustees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-14
Slightly Lower at Close.

In the final hour there was the usual
profit taking and one-half TO point
recessions were more or less general
in the rails, with the exception of Sea-
board Air Line and one or two of the
less important rail stocks.
The shipping shares were the lead
ers in the industrial list. with Baldwin
Locomotive making a new high. Steel
showed a slight recession from high.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-14
CURB STOCKS.

Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29
4 SOLDIERS LETTER.

Mrs. Charlie Howard, of Hartford
has received the following letter
from her son. who is a sailor on the
Steamer Antigone.
Dear Mother am writing this
at sea, but / think we will be in
port in day or two, and | will mail
it then.
do not know what port we will
come into but it will be a little
while before we go back across the
pond, as we have some repairs to
make.
] believe | saw the prettiest place
in France on this trip, as we went to
an altogether different port. The
people are more refined and are in
etter circumstances than in the other
port.
l am going to send a little book
of views as soon as / get chance,
and you can tell something about the
place by the views, although they
do not do it justice, ! meant to get
some souvenirs but had but one days
liberty and spent that sightseeing.
/ saw an old castle and fortifica-
tion that were built by Napolean.
We had a nice peaceful trip this
time with no excitement at all com
pared with the other trip. They say
Germany is going TO do wonders this
spring with their submarines, but
they are not having any luck as
most of them are going to the bottom.
You people think they are having
luck when they sink / 5 or 20 a week,
but just to give you an idea how
many are going across, We met 26
ships in three hours as we went
across. and we did not meet one
twentieth OF the ships that go; so
you can see why they don't make a
success.
Well ! can not go too far into de-
tails, but will say we had a quiet
pleasant voyage. l am well and feel
ing like a two year old.
will write you again as soon as
we get into port. AS ever,
Otis.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29
THE OLD BACHELOR.

My acquaintance with old maids,
with their habits, manners and GUS
toms is of long standing, but my
close, intimate and personal know
ledge of old bachelors is a recent &C
quirement And as between the two
types of antiquated humanity l am,
upon close acquaintance, inclined to
award the palm to the old maids.
There is really much to be said in
favor of the old maids. They make
excellent trained nurses, telephone
operators, department store clerks,
second wives for widowers. and some
times passably good sJepmothers.
But search as ! may ! can find NO
virtue in old bachelors except as poll
tax payers and patrons Of boarding
houses.
Sometimes il happens that old
maids have a softness OF heart that
have lain, like hidden treasures, "A
long time undiscovered, but | have
never heard this remarked of an
old bachelor. There is something
wrong with the bachelor to begin
with of he would never be a bachelor.
If it is a crime to be an old maid
perhaps that should be justly charged
TO the old bachelors. If there were
less old bachelors there would be less
old maids.
There are many handicaps the
bachelor undergoes that never come
to the public, because as a rule few
people come into intimate contact
with them. 1t was by the merest ac-
cident that I gained my technical
knowledge of the bachelor Circum-
stances over which | had some con-
troll, but neglected, put me next to
their manner of life. My discoveries
were startling. When for many long
years | was accustomed when hole
as large as a pin head appeared in
my sock 10 have a good wife get busy
at once with her needle and darning
yarn l never dreamed that every
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29

bachelor ! met on the street had, hid
den under his neatly polished shoes,
both heels and most OF his well pol
ished toe nails protruding from his
socks. Another startling discovery /
made by close contract with bach
elor is that every one of them keeps
a needle and thread. and when a but
ton comes of of one pair of trousers
he forthwith cuts a button from an
other pair to sew on in its stead,
and that every time he changes
trousers he has to transfer that but
ton from one to another. learned
too that the bachelor keeps only one
color of thread and that is black.
The prevailing outside color is black,
you know. Buttons sewed on his
underwear with black thread look
bit odd, but no body sees that but
his washer woman, and she does
not have communication with polite
society.
Another popularity I have noted
about bachelors is that they are al
ways late. They are late to retire
and late to rise. They are late at
meals and late at keeping engage
ments. Indeed they are late at most
everything. especially at marrying.
There may be and possibly is some
excuse for old maids. but upon close
acquaintance | can see none for old
bachelors. / don't know just what !
disposition ought to he made of them. !
1t would perhaps be little cruel to |
them, but society ought to |
rid itself of them in some way. After
mature deliberation | have decided |
that perhaps the best disposition of |
them would be to tax them out of ex-
istance-provided they will not con-
sent to marry an equal number of old
maids.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29

The extra session of the Legisla-
lure passed a law authorizing coun-
ties TO vote road tax, not to exceed
20 cents on the hundred dollars, and
not to run for longer period than
ten years. The law is a good one
and should be taken advantage of by
the people Of Ohio county. 1t would
be a light burden, pay as you go,
good method of road building, in
which we stand so much in need.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29

Just now when many newspapers,
including some very able Demo-
cratic journals, are criticising the in
efficiency OF the postoiice service Mr..
Burleson should grateful appreci-
ate the effort of the Hartford Herald
in coming TO his defense with an ac-
count of the timely arrival of at least
one letter. The Herald says that
county Farm Agent Browder actually
received letter on the same day it
was mailed in Rockport, a town ten
miles away. We have sent the Post
master General marked copy of the
Herald, with the suggestion that he
preserve it for a campaign document
in 1920.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29

Joined few days ago, and Mrs. w.
II. Rhodes sent in ten names FROM
Goshen last week.
The Young Ladies Red Cross Hust-
lers responded to the call for property
Bags, and have made and collected
20 bags, and many others are promis-
ed. They are to be sent to Miss Win
ME Simmerman.
At the last meeting of the Woman Is
club il was decided that for the n
term April May and June, it would
have a short program, and meet at
the Red Cross rooms every Saturday
afternoon.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29

We heartily commend our good
women for their patriotic service in
neglecting their housekeeping to give
their time to work at Red Cross head
quarters, but there is another service,
no less patriotic but perhaps a little
more sacrifcial, we think it not I'M
reasoable to call their attention to.
The one need of the government is
money. It must come from the peo-
pie. win these good women not con-
tent themselves with a cheaper East
er hat, or have the old one trimmed
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29

If the present great German drive
fails to demoralize the Allies army
as now appears extremely proba bly,,
the end of the war may be nearer
than the most optomistic had expect
ed. 1t is Germany's supreme effort.
She had brought all her available re-
serves from the Russian front, and
advertised in advance the great Of
fensive she was going to start, even
to inviting the newspaper correspon-
dents of neutral nations to the feast
of blood and carnage. There was no
secret about her plans or purpose The
U-boat campaign had proven made
Quate to bring the enemy to terms.
and the only hope left was a supreme
drive with man and gun power. Never
again if this drive fails can Germany
hope for a more favorable opportuni-
ty to strike her adversary. The Allies
have unlimited man power to draw
on. Germany has every available
man under arms. With her it is now
or never. 1t is highly probable that
the next three months may bring
about peace conference Of nations
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29
FIFTY ARMY HORSES DEAD
OF POISONING IN CONVICTION

Coyington, Ky.-Fifty horses are
dead of poisoning in Covington and
many more are expected to die out
of Government shipment of 726
horses from Camp Grant. Rockford,
ILL.,, consigned to Newport News, Va.
Or. l.. r. Crisler, veterinary surgeon.
Coyington, pronounced the death of
the animals TO be due to belladona
and croton oil poisoning.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29
thousand separate garments for ship
mani IN Aaatstuta naI.so.a

thousand separate garments for ship
ment to destitute Belgians.
The past week was a busy one at
the Red Cross rooms; the ladies have
worked four days, cutting and making
hospital shirts. They will make an
other shipment to Cincinnati the last
of the week.
Mr.. Joe Miller and Mrs. Charlie
Render have recently responded to a
call for sewing machines for use at
headquarters.
Every week new names are being
added TO the honor roll. Mrs. Annie
Ward, of the Nocreek neighborhood,
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29

While the Huns are crushing the
Allies line with sheer force of num-
bers it will not perhaps be irreverent
to remark that had Roosevelt's warn
ings of preparedness been needed there
would now have been two million
American soldiers supporting the AL
lied arms in France.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29

Our neighbor Representative Tom
Spurrier was gravely disappointed
with the redistricting bill that bears
his name. AS originally drawn it
provided for the fairest division pos
sible of the state into legislative dis
tricts. but by the time Democratic
majority got through amending it it
was scarcely better than the old law.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29
ACCEPTED FOR SERVICE.

The local exemption board is con
tinuing from day to day examinations
of men for the next draft call. II is
not known just at this time when the
next call will be made. but the physi-
cal examinations will be continued
until all the men in class are pass
ed on. Those passing the required
physical examination FOR army ser
vice so far are:
Cyrus Williams. Wysov.
Frank Allen Finn, Dundee
Archie d. Maddox, Rockport.
Willie +. Phillips, Centertown.
> Jesse +. Felix, Olaton.
Palmer J. Lloyd, Olaton.
George r. Naples, Rockport
Noble F. Thomasson, Hartford,
Route 7.
Vernon Durham, Rockport.
John II. Wright, Hartford.
Henry Maybree, Centertown.
Norman Spurrier, Whitesville.
Alnes Farmer. Fordsville.
Emmett G, Taylor. Narrows, RE-
Percy A. Park, Horse Branch.
Ed Heifner, Livermore.
Albert w. Taylor, Echols.
Frank Stewart. Reynolds.
Rodney Ross, Centertown.
Archie Chapman. Hartford.
Rodney B. Fulton, Beaver Dam.
Forrest p Bell. Hartford.
Hartman Schroeder, Rosine.
Virgil Kifer, Baizetown.
Jesse V. Grove, Hartford.
Frank NJ. Tichneor, Hartford.
stephen f. Grigsby, Hartford.
George Myers, Hartford.
Henry Trail. simmons
Lee Miller, Fordsville.
Lee Monroe, Hartford.
Jesse Ashford, Rosine-
Talmage Brown, greensboro.
Alpha T. Johnson, Narrows.
VIM. Burden, McHenry.
Darrell Robertson, Hartford.
COrbet Cooper. Beaver Dam.
Joseph G. Tucker, Hartford.
Archie ID. Cooper, Beaver Dam.
Jesse Collins (coD, Hartford.
Harvey Flener, Equality.
Jas. NJ, Wedding, Barrett's Ferry
Ferry.
Grey T. Taylor, Beaver Dam.
Arnold Brown, Blue Island, Ill.
CieatOn Daugherty, Baizetown.
Joseph r. Cook, BannOck
J. II. KeOwn, FOrdsville.
John Ward, McHenry.
Keith, Lee, Horse Branch.
Orlette c. Carter, Rockport.
Edgar r. Fitzhugh, Sulphur
Springs.
Herman Miles, McHenry.
Earl Maiden, Hartford.
Claude Ford, Horse Branch.
III. A. Cardwell, Beaver Dam.
Edward G. Taylor, (col.) Horton.
Frank Barnes, Beaver Dam.
Fred A. Tanner, Hartford.
Ernest Pulliam, Narrows.
Malcomb Fuqua, Fordsville.
Arvin Il. Hefiin. Hartford
Elmore Grant, Narrows.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29

The greatest need of the govern
ment just now is money. The Third
Liberty Loan Bond sale opens April
6. Get ready to do your part by
buying Liberty bonds.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29

The Liberty Loan Organization has
planned To have 10 To 20 minute
talk delivered in every SUNDAY
School i'm Ohio county on Sunday,
April eth. he there.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29

With the singing of the birds the
talk of good roads starts up again.
But what does Ohio county care
about good roads; we have the NJ,
II. & E. railroad.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29

Folks sometimes get displeased at
what we say about them in these
columns. But if they don't want us
to say it they must not do it. 1t is
a part of our job to tell the people
what is happening
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29

over, buy a cheaper gown, or wear
the old one, and invest the saving in
liberty bonds or thrift stamps? This
suggestion is made in perfect serious
ness. and is worthy of attention.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29
STRAY STREAKS
(By Fluke McFluke.)

The following inquiry received by
the Editor, was turned over to us for
answer: Editor Republican, Hart
ford. Ky.-Please advise me as to the
prospects for a good crop of fishing
worms in the region between your
place and the Locks on Rough River.
Yours truly, John T. Moore Louis
vile, Ky, March 2S--1S."
Crop near average in quantity. COM
pared with past 25 years, head seems
to be on the other end this year and
those that are not of some other color
appear to be red only on one side, as
yet have not determined whether they
will be much in demand coming sea-
son or not, would advise tho, that you
lay in your supply early, Bob Walker
and Jim Lyons both being at home
great danger of a famine exists.
Head line in paper says Woman
falls four floors, dies after" Isn't
that remarkable? To think she wait
ed for this accident before dying.
when the fall could at least have been
avoided.
If there's any one in the world for
whom our sympathy is aroused and
whole hearted, it is the small boy led
down for seat in the front pew, on
a balmy, sleepy. spring morning. by
his mother. to listen to Father preach
a sermon of good, healthy duration,
when seven seats back the gang of |
"goo-goo eyed boys make faces at |
him every time he chances to look |
over his shoulder
The meanest, most contemplate, |
and downright unpro-
fessional four-ply trick was pulled on
us the other day when John Henry
spied our wife passing the joint,
stopped her and told her (just in the
midst of this busy gardening season.
that we were in fine shape at the Of
flee. had the work well in hand. so
hat he could easily take care of every
thing during the next several days
and that if she, the aforesaid wife,
needed me for any purpose whatso-
ever, he would be more than pleased !
and perfectly willing TO let me of
for as much spring visiting as we
AIRED to do Durn him, he knew that
wouldn't get out of that back lot
and garden for a week.
Some more hard luck, the KentUc-
KY Legislature at its late lamented
session passed a law requiring all
able bodied males between The ages
If 16 or IS and so years TO labor at
east 36 hours out OF every week dur
ng the period of the war. Thomas is
lbOut S. or more. and we will not
zee fifty before the consumed legis-
AZURE meets again.
*s&
Mrs. Walker had Bob out in the
garden cutting corn stalks one day
his week and the very first time Rob-
rt lamped a chance (NIrs. Walkers
Jack to him) he accidentally? whal-
ID the hoe handle across fence post
nd don't you know it broke? The
ccident?. happened about 1:15 and
t 5:55 p. m, Walker had not in
uced the repair man to re-handle
he above mentioned hoe.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29

Why does not some enterprising
faker book Peter Bitter for a sea-
son, put him under canvass, employ
a clever speeler and tour the cOun-
try with him? 1t would be money
getting venture.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29

Our courts, county and circuit, are
meeting out liberal punishment re-
Gently to persons charged with crime,
We do not assume to pass upon the
guilt or innocence of the accused in
individual cases, but we want to ex-
press our approval of the work of
court officials and juries for doing
their duty when the accused is guilty.
The security of life and property and
the peace and dignity of the commun-
ity depend upon the courts during
their duty, and if punishment was
more frequent crime would become
more rare. The responsibility of a
juror is a grave one, and every citi-
zen who is charged with jury service
should strive to see that the dignity
of the law was upheld.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29
RED CROSS NOTES.

The American Red Cross has a
membership of 100000.
Woodrow Wilson is president of
the American Red Cross.
The Greensboro Chapter of the Red
Cross has collected more than three
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29

According to a recent act of con-
gress all the time pieces in the United
States will be set forward one hour
{ two o'clock Sunday morning. Few
of us will care to awaken at the hour
fixed for making the change, and will
find 1t more practical to move up the
hands on the dials of our watches be-
fore retiring tomorrow night. For
a time the new order of time will APP
pear awkward and confusing, but
after a few weeks we shall become
accustomed to the change, and move
along as If It had always existed
The new order of time will continue
until October 81, when we will drop
back to the old time measure again.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29

By common consent the newspapers
of the country are abating a SEN
atorial nuisance by never mentioning
his name.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29

With all its faults, the legislature
that adjourned last week was the
best that has set at Frankfort in re-
cent years.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29
FRIDAY, ............. MARCH 20

Most folks in this country are now
convinced that we are fighting the
German people.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29
The Hartford Republican
pouN HENRY THOMAS. -. Editor
Il. D. TINsLEY, Associate Editor
and Business Manager.

Entered according TO Law at the Postoffice
Hartford. Ky., az mail matter Of the second
siA0,
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-03-29

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

that they go to their commanding officers ~
questing to be discharged go tell y0u.
troubles to the Red Cross Home Service man,
is their answer. That's what he is here io1.
"Do you still want to be discharged" sa@
an officer to man who, in great distlcS
over learning that his wife had been evlc.e'
had applied for a discharge a few hours eaf'si
why, no, there's no reason why / have 70 !.
now" he replied Within twenty-four hours ~ =
had telegram from his wife saying tina. III. ~
Red Cross had not only found her cosey NV nv
flat, but granted her an allowance and arransss'
for both doctor and nurse for her connnen ,s;fs
"Then there's the case of the soldiers - -
and tw. children who went to live WIZ -
husbands family. Her situation soon oes ~ Il
irtolerablc as she was forced to do mn aug H..
the ktavy work of the Bronx fiat, OF wnicln
father in-law and mother-in-law, VINO a nssss
heavily, were janitors. Through ked s S.s,
camp worker we heard of her, got the i s.ssv
ture out of storage, found fiat las iaf t, aSj
from The Bronx as possiblel and estaun snt
her in time for her approaching connhe aasss il
Home Service. Home Standards Do 40.
mean anything to you, snug and saIe - 80 e
tected, well-to-do homes, that the kcd .ssd
Service Bureau should MAINTAIN the n raas az
the men who have gone overseas 70 y itS
yous Won't you help the Red Sross s irIl
struggle to keep these home fares purneek
as brightly as may be! So
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

son to apply to you for their families before
they sail?' asked, as I sat in the spacious
old house now occupied by our Manhattan
Branch of the Home Service Bureau at 100
East Nineteenth Street. The warm May
breeze f1uttered the curtains inward, but the
dignifed tulips on the desk refused to be
stirred by it. The Red Cross banner hung far
out over the entrance, making it easy to find
as one turned down the street. Despite the
hum of typewriters and activity and visitors,
everywhere was easy formality and open doors.
80, yes, quite frequently the men themselves
come,' was the answer. "You see we have
our Home Service posters with our address
hung all over the camps and embarkation
points for that express purpose. Then there
are the Red Cross Home Service men at every
camp. They are there to be in direct touch
with those who are anxious about their fami-
lies and can wire direct to the Home Service
Bureau in the mems home towns"
Don't pack your troubles in your own Kit
Bag" runs of the camp slogan posters.
go tell them to the Red Cross Field Di-
rector and let him help you solve them."
From the camp field come many pathetic
cases of men so worried by conditions at home