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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-02-09
WOMEN LOVED BY LINCOLN
Loss Of One of Them in Early Youth
Cast a Lifelong Shadow Across
His Heart.

There was wild rose slip Of a girl
In a blue sunbonnet, with whom he
walked the lanes Of his homespun
days. There was a clever, cultured
woman, whose brilliant intellect
lighted his ascending way in the Illi-
nois legislature. And there was the
belle of the gay social set at Spring
field. who f1uttered across his pathway
as 1t led to Washington. One he
loved, and one he trIed to, and one
he married These were the women
that he courted. They loved Lincoln.
To them the greatest American was
far nearer than a lofty figure on
high pedestal. They heard his heart
beat
These were the women that loved
Lincoln. One of them today lies near
the banks of the Sangamon where he
loved her. To the last there was with
him the long, long sorrow of her loss
that cast, its shadow across his heart
in youth. AS late as 1864 he pushed
aside state papers in the executive
mansion at Washington to talk of her
late in the night to a friend who had
come from back home. One rests
peacefully in a little cemetery at
Pleasant Ridge, III. The mother of
five children, her tombstone reads:
MARY Owens Vineyard" One lies
at his side in the great mausoleum in
Springfield, where the state keeps her
bier and his heaped with fresh, fra
grant flowers. When an assassin's bull
let took his life, the American peo-
pie mourned a great president. She
mourned great Observation-Disclosures
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-02-09

He knew the value Of a merry jest
and a hearty laugh.
He was simple In manner, dress end
bearing. but was big of heart and
brain.
He was too great a nature to care
one way or another about his ances-
t-y. Tile living generation was Of vital
Importance to him.
he did not advocate war for his own
giorifcation. but to liberate human
beings from slavery All men were his
brothers aad his equals before his
Creator.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-02-09
Llncoln's Stories.

It seems probable that some Of Lin
believe them TO he. were current before
his time; for instance. the one with
the Kentucky flavor referring to the
brand of whisky which General
Grants enemies protested he used
with too much freedom. Lincoln dis.
claimed this story in my hearing,
stating that King George III. Of Eng.
land was said to have remarked,
when he VIZ told that General Wolfe,
then in command of the English army
in Cana Ia, was mad, that he wished
Wolfe could bite some Of bis other
generais.--From Lincoln In the Tele-
graph Office
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-02-09
PATH0S IN THIS DOCUMENT
Soldiers Leave Of Thirty Days,
Granted by Lincoln, Was Also
His Allotted Time.

Here IS a photograph Of a memo
randum signed by Abraham Lincoln.
It is dated March Is, 1866 lin his own
handwriting), and, likewise in his own
hand, says, ALLOW this man thirty
days time"
The Endorsement is of an applica-
ton by a soldier for thirty days leave.
But the most striking point about it
is that it exactly named the time that,
as the event showed, was left for Mr..
Lincoln himself to remain on earth.
He was assassinated just thirty days
later.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-02-09

been ailing long and 'nipped the case
in the bud &C. @. ESHELBY.
Jackson. Mich.-"When was a girl,
my mother gave me DR.. Pierce's Favor
lite Prescription. was sick one en-.
tire winter; caught cold and was very
poorly, l took two bottles Of 'Favorite
Prescription and 1t cured me. | be-
gan to gain in weight, my strength
came back and / felt fine"--MRS. w.
II. SAVAGE. 800 N. Waterloo Ave.
Send DR.. V. Nj. Pierce. Buffalo. N.
z, 10c for trial package Favorite Pre-
scription Tablets.-Adv.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-02-09
Obviously.

Come on" said the first flea. IS he
hoped from the brown bears fore.eg.
come over and join me at q short
game of golf"
Golf" exclaimed the second flea.
hastily taking bite of hynea where
In the realm of Barnum are we going
to rlay golfT'
"Why," said the first flea, lover on
the lynx, of course."-Jack O. Lantern.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-02-09
Fluid Fuel.

II want 10 see alcohol abolished from
the face of the EARTH" remarked the
dyspeptic citizen.
"Of course. you mean alcoholic
drinks?"
mo. l don't draw the line. If the
health of the nation is to be preserved
we've got to shut down on the chatting
dish as well as the flowing bowl. '-Ex-
change.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-02-09
MICHIGAN NEWS

Addison, Mich.
TN regard to
those Anuric Tab
lets of DE-.
Pierce's, they ara
all right. I did
not take all of the
package. MY kid
neys are all right
nOxy 7 houa nok
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-02-09

But Are These Legal Tenders2
buy your food with thought" says
q Hoover bulletin.
PAY your taxes with SMILE" runs
a revenue slogan.-Boston Transcript.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-02-09
Zine Zi7bute
70 BerenUed Mother

this time, above all times when thoughts to the
~ 0y considered the greatest president that country has
had proud to publish letter Wrin By him bereaUea
mother wnt from the heart the heart and its message s rs
The soul of motherhood.
The letter this
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-02-09
Positive Prnof-

rs that a real diamond pin you
. have on?" 81 should say SO. My
brother did five years for gettin it."
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-02-09

Work IS pIedSufe. I I5II III my IIIeIIuS
who have any trouble of this kind what
lydia E. Pinkhan's Vegetable Com
pound has done for me. NELLIE B.
BRITrINGHAM, 609 Calverton Rd., Balti-
more, Nd.
It Is only natural for any woman to
dread the thought of an operation. So
many women have been restored to
health by this famous remedy, Lydia 4.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after
an operation has been advised that it
will pay any woman who suffers from
such ailments to consider trying it be-
fore submitting to such trying ordeal.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-02-09

British women are taking up the
shoe repairing trade.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-02-09

- $1,000 -A~A AANfNAAa
aches and every
month would have to
stay in bed most Of
the time. Treat
ments would relieve
me for a time but
my doctor was al
ways urging me to
have an operation.
My sister asked me
to try Lydia E. Pink
h a ms Vegetable
Compound b e orr
consenting to an
I took
FIVE bottles of it and
1t has completely
cured me and my
N ~
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-02-09
DOCTOR URGED
AN OPERATION
Instead I took Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound
and Was Cured.

Baltimore, Md.-"Nearly four wears
suffered from organic troubles, ner-
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-31
POWER SERVICE SAVED;
RAIN FILLS RESERVOIR

Atlanta, Ga, July 2o.-The recent
rains have averted a situation that for
a while seemed serious for the Geor-
gia Railway and Power Company and
smaller concerns using its hydro-elec-
trio service. A few days ago the
company sent out notice to l0o
manufacturing plants warning them
that the long drought and the prece-
dence that must be given to plants
making war supplies would necessi-
tate the discontinuance of power serv-
ice to the smaller plants, unless heavy
rains filled the company's reservoirs.
AT that time there was little indi-
cation of such rains, but the heavy
downpour of the last few days in the
North Georgia region is bringing the
water supply up to normal; and the
company announced yesterday that it
could supply its customers for at least
a week longer. Definite notice OF any
future curtailment will be given as the
situation indicates the necessity for
such action.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-31
is $50 A MONTH ENOUGH
FOR FAMILY OF TWO

Atlanta, Ga, July 30.-How huch
does it cost family of two persons to
live nowadays? Can a man and his
wife, accustomed to reasonable COM
forts, make out on 500 month?
Seaborn Wright, member of the
house of representatives from Floyd
county, contends that they can, and
claims that he and Mrs. Wright do
not expend over 500 month, and live
well at that, doing most of their own
work and using common sense.
On the other hand members of the
legislature opposing his position with
regard to the assistant state librarians
salary contend that $500 month is
not enough for a woman to live on
here in Atlanta, and they want to
raise her salary to SIPS month.
The debate on the question occu-
pied most of the time of the house of
representatives yesterday, and the bill
increasing the salary was finally pass
ed by vote of 108 to 80.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-31
as y IS sls }ls aaz

and shall render decision ON the
18th OF this month. When that de-
clslon is made, l want you to know
that | have conscientiously done the
best | could from you having just re-
gard to your interest and the interest
OF the Public. I want you all to ac-
cept that decision like true patriots
putting country above self or selfish
interests like our brave soldiers are
doing in France. We owe that nauch
to Our splendid sons who are shed
ding their blood to make our Jobs
and our homes safe and to have hu-
man liberty throughout the world. IF
we all do our duty as we'll as our
boys are doing theirs in France, we
shall soon plant the Kaiser face
downward and keep him there. Let
every railroad man hold onto his Job
and back Uncle Sam to the limit
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-31
SUMMER DELIVERIES OF
NEXT WINTERS SUPPLIES

Mr.. B. L. Winchell, Regional Di-
rectod of Railroads, has called upon
all Federal Managers in the Southern
Region to instruct all Freight Service
Agents to urge uon shippers and in
dustries located along and served by
the lines under his jurisdiction to or
der but during the next three months
such supplies as fuel, raw material
and other stocks as may be needed
to meet the winter demands Of GUS
toms, SO that the railroads may be
relieved as much as possible during
the bad weather and periods of traffic
congestion during the fall and win
ter months.
1t is point that every effort should
be made to induce all classes of ship
, pers, and more particularly the in
dustries, to follow the policy of stock
ing up during the remaining months
of good weather, when the flow Of
transportation is the easiest and the
demands are relatively lightest. There
is no doubt but that industries in gen
eral, for economic reasons, have
avoided carrying large stocks, relying
on the railroads to meet their cur
rent needs from day to day, or week
| to week, but it is clear that if there
is an explanation made of the great
demand which the carriers will have
to meet during the coming winter
and the difficulties of transportation
that are likely to occur mot merely
because of the total volume OF traffic
but the preference that must be
given to war requirements, the prob
able shortage of equipment, etc, they
will be willing to stock UP for their
own protection. Many plants oper-
ating heavily perhaps have not much
in the way of storage facilities but
they should be induced to provide
same in some manner The question
of expense for these may, at the mo-
ment, seem large, but the possibility
OF having to close down an industry
for the lack of fuel and material will
cause loss of far greater amount
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-31
WILL ENLARGE LIBRARY
FACILITIES OF STATE

Atlanta, Ga, July 26.-Of much in
terest to the educators of the state
is the effort now being made to ex-
tend the library facilities of the state,
An annual appropriation of $4,000 is
requested this year for books for the
rural districts.
Mrs. John X. Ottley, chairman OF
the Library Commission, has stress
ed the need for library extension in
Georgia; and in a recent discussion
OF the matter, she said:
"Georgians cannot hope to keep
pace in intelligent citizenship with
other states as long as all books are
denied them. How can our people
think intelligently when they hav,
no information to think about Fo
Georgia TO spend 100000 annual!
on teaching her people and not on,
cent in placing books within thei
reach is poor business"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-31
MlSUNDERSTAND-
ING OF FACTS

1t seems to have been enormously
construed by some and is being ma
liciously represented by others, that
l am no longer practicing dentistry
here at Fitzgerald, but had moved
away and had given up my practice
here.
| desire to correct through this me-
dunn this Misunderstanding and if it be
malicious misrepresentation or false
hood by others, and say that | have
NOT GIVEN UP MY PRACTICE
here, and that my family is only tenn
porarily away for a season, and fur
Their that am actively and busily en-
gagged in the practice here at the same
location, associated with Dr. Turner,
and fully intend to remain in the prac-
tice here, and CAN ASSURE MY
MANY PATIENTS and FRIENDS
that | shall be regularly in my Office
here ready and glad to serve them.
While it is true | am connected
with Pyorrhea and Prophylatic In
hrmary in Atlanta which requires that
/ give some of my time and which
neccessitates my being out OF my Of
hce here only part of my time This
I DO NOT ALLOW TO INTER
FERE WITH MY PRACTICE here,
as ALL WORK IS DONE BY EN-
GAGEMENT OR APPOJNTMEN
So should such report come to your
ears, please refute it, and direct your
friends that they can be waited on at
any day in the week by us.
Most respectfully,
DIR. c. A. HOLTZENDORFF,
eviAl Dentist.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-31
her country from the outset.

i
! FINANCES-The student nurse
gets her board, lodging, and tuition
free at practically every training
school, and in most cases receives a
small remuneration to cover the cost
of books and uniforms. After gradu-
alton she has an earning capacity of
from 500 to $500 a month. Private
duty nurses now receive an average
OF from $500 to $120 month together
with board while on duty; institution
nurses from $50 to $3.50 month TO-
gether with board, lodging, and laun-
dry; and public-health nurses from
500 to $3.50 month without main
tenance. There is no danger of the
earning capacity of nurses being low
cred after the war ends on account
OF the great number who will then
be qualified for the profession; the
country will need all the nurses that
can be trained, not only during the
war but after it, especially for recon-
struction work. Even if the war ends
within three years, every student
nurse will be able to complete her
training and will be needed.
AN HONORABLE SERVICE
Ever since the days of Florence
Nightingale the nursingprofession has
been one of especial honor. 1t was
never so honorable as it is TODAY.
The Army needs every nurse it can
get to keep up with the draft" The
United States Student Nurse Re-
Nightingale the nursing profession has
the great National Army training
camps for soldiers. The government
will rely upon the student nurses
to fight disease at home, to care for
those injured and disabled in our
hazardous war industries, and to
make themselves ready to serve when
the time comes as fully trained nur.
ses, either abroad or at home. Any
one from Ben Hill county or Fitz-
gerald desiring to enroll for this SER
vice to their country may do so by
calling at the Chamber of Com.
merce and registering. The boys
from Ben Hill have gone over the top
in giving their service for our country.
The women must not fall Short of
them. Let US show that we know
how to answer the Governments call
to the women of the country.
MRS. r. E. LEE,
Chairman Woman's Com.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-31
ROASTS LAWMAKERS
FOR TAKING BIBLES

Atlanta, Ga, July 29.-Following
the passage of the new tax revenue
bill by the Senate, Rev. w. ]. Ham,
pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle,
launched emphatic criticism at the
Georgia Legislature Sunday night be-
cause tax is imposed upon the sales
of Bibles.
He declared that the bill is reek-
ing with pro-Germanism, pro- Aus
trianism and pro-protestantism in
that it supports the attitude of those
two countries in campaign against
the influence of the Bible. He quoted
the lines touching upon the sale of
the bible, showing that a tax is i'm
posed upon every "peddler for stoves
or ranges, or clocks, or bibles, or al
buns, and picture frames" the
amount being 5000 for every county
wherein the agents operate.
He compared the amount of the tax
with the much lower ones imposed
on fortune tellers, dance halls, loan
sharks, horse-traders, junk dealers,
junk dealers. book agents and others,
stating that the highest tax for these
was placed at SIS while sellers of
Bibles are taxed at $780,
Mr.. Ham declared that the Bible
is needed now in Georgia more than
at any other time in the world, and
that to curb its sale by legislative &C
ton will be a blot upon the state.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-31
DIRECTOR GENERAL McADOO
TALKS TO PACIFIC COAST
SHOP WORKERS

The following address was made by
the Director General of Railroads to
the railway shop workers at Hilliard,
State of Washington, July p:
Ladies and Gentlemen, fellow
railroad workers, wish I could make
speech to you but I overstrained
my voice in three Liberty Loan cam
paigns and the doctors have forbid
den me to make any speeches for a
short time, but l do want to tell you
that | am glad to see you, and be
associated with you in doing a very
great work for our country. To US
railroad men has been assigned one
OF the biggest parts in this war. 1t
depends upon us whether or not the
Kaiser will be licked ten times as
quickly as he otherwise will be. 1
know we are going to lick him ten
times as quickly because the railroad
men of the United States are going
to do their duty to Uncle Sam. You
are all Uncle Sans servants now,
no private interests controls the rail-
roads any more, Uncle Sam is in
command. He has his hands on the
| throttle. He is running these rail-
roads and you are going to help him
make success of it. l want to give
you all just as fair treatment as l
know how but we are all servants of
the American people, you and I
alike, and it depends upon the way
in which we discharge our response
bilities whether or not the Ameri-
can people are going to treat us right
The strength of our position must
always rest upon Public Opinion.
What l do for you from time to time
must be done with reference to what
is just, not alone to you but to the
Public, which has got to pay the bill
| want to give you square deal and
the public wants you to give it
square deal as WE'LL When your wages
are raised, how do we get the money
to pay it? We have to put up the
rates on all the American people and
if we do not treat them fairly they
will refuse to sustain me in trying
to help you. l want you to help me
to do the square thing for the Ameri-
can people, while l am trying to do
the square thing for you. That is fair
all around, isn't it? l know that the
machinists and shopmen think they
were not treated fairly in the original
wage commission report. There are
peculiar conditions affecting the ma
chinists and the shopmen of the coun-
try, because recognize that 1 ap-
pointed new commission, the Board
of Railroad wages and Working con-
ditions. They have made a report
to me. ! am working on that report
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-31
FRENCH USE BOMBS
ON HUN AVIATORS

Atlanta, Ga, July 30.-The French
have about abandoned the original
method of sending up aeroplanes to
fight off the Hun machines that bomb
the city of Paris, according to John I.
Latham, an Atlanta man in the en-
ploy of the mail service who has Just
returned from several months service
in the mail division of the American
Expeditionary Force in France.
Instead of sending up aviators to
fight off the Huns" states Mr.. La
than, 'the French use terrible ar
tillery barrage by aircraft guns that
fairly shake the earth when they open
up. 1t is extremely hard for Ger
man aviator to make his way through
that curtain of fire. But when the air
craft guns loosen up the people have
to take to the shelter of houses to es-
cape the shell fragments that come
raining back to the earth with suttl-
cient force to pierce mans skull. l
have witnessed seven air raids over
Paris. In one of the raids hotel
near the place where l was stopping
was severely damaged and several
people killed That was the nearest
they ever came to hitting me-"
People in this country cannot inn
agine the magnitude of the prepare
tons being made for the American
troops, who are pouring across by the
hundreds of thousands, states Mr.. La
than.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-31
LET YOUR LIVER LIVE

JUN
, A sluggish, slow acting Liver is the cause
Of many Ills; for you TO be active and in
GOOD health the liver mus carry offpoisons
Of bod. PLAkkS LlvlR Pulls contain CAL
omelsIsiIlfully combined with other necessa-
rycleansing drugs which quickly and gently
Even up your liver hutdo not sicken rgripe.
Csc Ar DRUG AND GENERAL STORES :.
Made BY the makers Of Plank's Chill Tonic.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-31
FOR REPRESENTATIVES
To the Voters of Ben Hill Countv,

10 the Voters of Ben Hill Cowntv.
l hereby announce myself cam
dldate for the Office of Representative
OF Ben Hill county in the General AS
sembly. If l am honored by the peo-
pie OF this county with this import
ant Office, I will at all times give the
same conscientious and honest efforta
in the discharge of the duties devolv-
ing upon me that l have always tried
to give in the discharge of any dutv
devolving upon me. l will appreciate
the votes and influence of all the peo-
pie.
Respectfully,
IF A. H. THURMOND.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-31

Sell that old car by advertising it In
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-28
NEW NOMINATIONS
. SENT TO SENATE
/. BY THE PRESIDENT
The President today sent to the SEN

The President today sent TO the SEN
ate the following nominations:
To be United States attorneys:
Claude r. Horter, OF CentreviIle,
Southern District OF Iowa; William
Chammer. OF ASHORE. Western Dis
trict OF North Carolina; Francis H.
Weston, OF Charleston, Eastern Dis
trict of South Carolina; John E. Green.
;r-, Of Houston, Southern District OF
Texas: William ". Ray. Of Salt Lake
City, District OF Utah; Francis A. Gar
Fecht, of Spokane, Eastern District OF
Washington: Charles T. Walton, Of
Los Angeles, Southern District Of
california: Nicholas +. Reed, OF OF
tumwa. Southern District OF , Iowa;
Henry NJ. Cox. OF West Liberty, East
Urn District Of Kentucky.
To be United States Marshals: John
q. Newell. of oklahoma City, Western
District Of Oklahoma: James s. Magee,
pr Scranton. Middle District OF Penn
Eylvania: James i. Sims, OF Charles
ton, Eastern District of South Caro-
lima; Aquila Nebeker, of Salt Lake
City, District of Utah; James E. Nc
Govern. OF Spokane, Eastern District
of Washington; John NJ. Boyle, OF Ia
eoma, Western District of Washing
ton; Clarence +. Smith. of Parkers-
burg. Northern District OF West Vir
Einia.
To be a member Of the Aircraft
Board: Harry 3. Thayer. Of New York
kity.