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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-02-04
begins accordingly on January II.

begins accordingly on January II.
The japanese New Year does, in.
deed, begin on January /, but 1t Is also
celebrated on the Sd and 9th Of that
month.
Then there are the Hindu New Year,
on April 10; the Chinese New Year,
February II to II (Which, by the way,
is legal holiday in n part of the Unit
ed States-Hawai) the Annamite
New Year, February II and IS, and
the Second Annamite New Year, June
10; the Parsi New Year, September
II; the Persian New Year March q
to 81; the Mohammcdan New Year.
December 10 and II, and the Jewish
New Year, September -, 13 and H..
It is surprise to learn that the only
nation on earth making the Jewish
New Year legal holiday is Turkey.
Christmas Day, due to its religious
significance, is not so generally oh.
served as New Years Day. 1t has.
moreover, only three different dates.
The Armenian Church still observes
January G. Countries where the old
style calendar prevails still celebrate
January Z.
From the ancient Olympic games and
DiOnysian festivals down to our own
time holidays have been intimately
connected with the most profound as
well as the most frivolous aspects OF
human nature
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-02-04
NEY "THIRD SEN"

The third sex" according to DR..
Bertha Van Hoosen, of Chicago, has
been evolved. 1t comes from the fem
mime half of the race.
"a great many girls are discovering
that their natures are not at all do
nestle and that they have no spark
Of the normal desire to marry and
rear children said DR.. Van Hoosen
today. "The balance If power which
in their sisters goes ilto the sex life
in these girls seems to have been add
ed instead to their mental makeup.
"The new individual, who will be Of
neuter gender, will have more tin.
to cultivate her or its -- brain than
will the woman who gives up part or
her time to collaborating. She will
be less emotional Romance and So
affection will not influence her"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-02-04
For Sale Ii t; + fam, Mas
Here is a New One Right Off the Reel

Farm of 1856 acres on johnson Creek,
one and half miles from Fairyiew and
one mile from the Lexington Pike.
Has on it three good tenant houses,
two large tobacco barns, one 6Ox12O,
the other I0x72. Pfenty of barn room
backed up with land that will raise
the tobacco TO fill them. go acres in
grass, % acres Of which is blue grass,
10 acres of alfalfa. While this farm is
now off the pike they will build q
turnpike through the lana this year,
however. Here is a money maker.
This is the first time advertised, and
1t won't be on the market long. So
ii you want in get busy, as the price
we have on this land will make it sell.
$3.50 PER ACRE.
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BACkACHE Is 4 WARNING
MayS,ille People Shonid Noi Ncglett
Their Kidneys.

Backache is often natures most ire
Iuent signal Of weakened kidneys. To
cure the pains and aches, to remove
The lameness when it arises from
weakened kidneys, YOU must reacn
the cause.-the kidneys. Ii You nave
pain through the small of your bach,
urinary disorders, headaches, dizzy
spells, or are nervous and depressed
start treating the kidneys with 4 test
ed kidney remedy
Doan's Kidney Pills have been
proved good and are especially i,l
weak kidneys. Doan's have been used
in kidney trouble for over 80 years.
Read Maysville testimony.
Mrs. L. Sphar, L. Second ana Wal
nut Sts., says: Il have never seen
Doan's Kidney Pills fail to help any
one complaining of their kidneys.
have been greatly benefited by them
myself. At times my back has ach-
ed and | have suffered from lameness
through the small of my back. When
| have been in that way, | have USED
box or so of Doans Kidney Pills,
which | procured at ChansIor's Drus
Store They have always kuickly re-
moved the trouble"
Mrs. Sphar is only one of many
Maysville people who have gratefully
endorsed Doan's Kidney Pills. II
your back aches-if your kidneys
bother you, don't simply ask for o
kidney remedy ask distinctly for
DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS, the same
that Mrs. Sphar had - the remedy
backed by home testimony. so cents
at all stores. Foster-Milburn Co.
Props, Buffalo, n. Y. when Your
Back is Lame-Remember the Name. u
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Venetian Holiday Regatta the Grand Canal.

these are national. Acts of Congress
and Presidents pronounccmcntS in
this respect apply only to the District
of Columbia and the territories. The
states usually follow suit, but as Il
matter of custom only and not of law.
Here Is chance to win some bets
from your friends.
American local holidays are rich in
historical significance. OF such are the
commentators of Bunker Hill and
bennington and New Orleans and San
Jacinto the all but forgotten Fast
Day of New England, still surviving in
New Hampshire; Patriots Day in
Maine and Old Defenders Day i'll Bal
timOre, Pioneer Day in Idaho and the
various Admission Days popular with
other Western states. Confederate Me-
mortal Day in the South, together with
the birthdays Of Lee and other heroes
of the Confederacy.
Two states have Independence Days
of their own. Texas observes her sep
aratiOn from Mexico on March ., North
| Carolina commentaries the Halifax
independence resolutions on April II
and the Mecklenburg declaration on
May 20.
1t remains for Frederick county, Md,
to celebrate all alone the reputation
Of the stamp act, one of the most local
| oa1ohratinnc nf on inrnrtanA NATHAN a |
event on record.
Among the favOrite months for holt
days the world over November leads,
with 20 out of its possible 80 days.
May comes next, with - and an addi-
tional Sunday not otherwise celebrat-
ed, thus actually tying November in
the number Of days closed TO business.
March, on the other hand, is the long
est all around business month, having
only 10 holidays.
New Years Day is the only holiday
universally observed. But, alas, 1t falls
on IL different dates In different parts
of the globe, and some countries OBJ
serve more than one of them. Curious
ly enough, one Of our own states, Mas
sachusetts, does not make this a legal
holiday, though her citizens generally
observe II.
January is observed as New Years
Day in every country in all Europe ex-
cept Bulgaria, Greece, Roumania, Rus
sla, Servia and Turkey; in all Euro
pean colonies in Africa and In Liberia
and Morocco; In every country and
colony In North, Central and South
America and in all parts Of Asia ex-
cept Aslatic Turkey and in Australasia.
In Bulgaria, Greece, Roumanla, Rus
STA, Servia and Turkey the old style
calendar prevails and the New Year
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Only "a Days in the Year in Which the
Worlds Business Is Not Inter
rupted Somewhere by Holt
days and Sundays.
X **ttttt*ttttttt*kSS
CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT
THE WORLDS HOLIDAYS.

X There is no national legal hol-
K iday in the United States.
X Massachusetts does not OBJ
X serve New Years Day as legal
K holiday.
X Five Christian countriet do not
X observe Christmas as legal hol
4 iday.
K New Years Day is the only
4 holiday observed throughout the
4 world.
X Eleven different dates are OBJ
4 served as New Years Day in diff
4 ferent parts Of the world.
4 international business will be
4 interfered with by holidays or
K Sundays on 2s1 days in 1918, Of
4 these Pei days being holidays.
4 This leaves only "a days in
4 which universal banking bust
4 ness is possible.
K November, with 26 holidays in
4 different parts Of the world,
+ leads the months.
4 March, with 10, has the fewest
4 holidays.
4 Brazil leads the nations Of the
4 world, with "a holidays.
K The United States comes next,
4 with 81.
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Use the
Telephone

The grocer, the butcher, the mer.
chant-anyOne you wish-they are all
in reach at a moments notice.
Whether weather conditions are
stormy, threatening or fair the tele.
phone is in waiting to save unneces-
sary footsteps.
Everybody is your neighbOr; every.
town, county and state is next door.
Call Contract Department for install.
latiOn information.
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BY GARRETT SMITH.

Y yHILE man plays or prays the
A worlds business will be in
" terfered with on 2Sl days
during 1918. In other words,
there will be only 81 days in this com
Ing year that are not Sundays or spe-
clal holidays in one or more important
commercial regions Of the earth.
The growth of international finance
has made the worlds aggregate of
closed days a serious factor and an
expensive one. Not until now, how
ever, has any attempt been made to
compile an exhaustive list Of holidays
for the guidance Of bankers and mer-
chants. This task has just been com
pleted by the Guaranty Trust Com
: pany Of New York city. The results
have been published In a booklet that
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-02-04
MONDAY, February 4, AT THE OPERA HOUSE
Pauline Frederick in
"Mrs. Danes Defense''
Don't Miss H. Matinee to s. Night and $780, Admission Tic

&. Frank Nash about your Insurance.
&. Frank Nash about your Insurance.
G. Frank Nash about your Insurance.
G. Frank Nash about your Insurance.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLES
l!SES|!5l|Isfi4alSs'1Ta

No. II departs 5:35 a. m, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. . departs 100 p. m. rally ex-
cept Sunday.
No. 10 departs $40 p. m. daily.
No. 10 arrives 9:45 a. m, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. IS arrives 2:O5 p. IN. daily.
No. IA arrives S:45 p. M, daily ex-
cept Sunday
Schedule effective Sunday, Decem-
Der 16, subject to change without no
tice. \
H. s. ELLIS, Agent.
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There is quite an epidemic Of colds
and grip in this city at the present
time.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-12

The Lady and the Swivel.-Why are
there no swivel chairs in the home?
II IL conceded by every experienced
person that the swivel chair Is COM
Portable, and furniture makers have
made II at least as decorative az most
period" furniture: but. unless 1t be
in the detached, masculine study, IN"
swivel chair Is not received In IN"
home. The reason for that IL be
cause" The swivel chairs sphere In
the office. II IL not adapted to fe-
minnie uses. A woman In a swivel
chair looks as much out OF place az
a man trimming women's hats. oi
course, in offices the women do occupy
swivel chairs. There are man miili-
ners, too. Not the most thoroughly
trained professional women. though. IL
ever quite at ease In a swivel chair.
There is something SO terrifically mas
culine about 1t that one always secret
ly fears that It may influence the fe-
minnie occupant to "act like man..
To live up to q swivel chair the oc-
cupant should learn to ride It an
cowboy does his broncho. because
centaur of the chair, unified in mood
and action with 1t. What woman can.
by a mere inclination OF the body and
slight, deft kick, send the swivel
chair scooting for several feet In any
given direction? What woman can
loll back in q swivel chair, with her
feet on the desk In q basket OF i'm
portant letters. light her pipe and ap-
pear entirely at ease and admirable?
She can't manage 1t. And until she
does she is an offense in a swivel
chair. She looks better in an airplane.
Chicago News.
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CHAPTER Nv
listeninq Post.

II ..:tS six In TIA" iuOrUIng when w"
arrived at "II rest IIil"t~. and We w"r"
allowed 10 sleep until noon. that -.
tr ~, wanted To pD without OiIi break =
fast. For sixteen days y" remained
in rest bill'tS. digging roads. drilling.
and other f:itign"S. AMI then back INTO
the frUnt-lIn" trench.
Nothing happened that ntSh', hut
the nc.t afternoon | iound ont that -
bomber ~ general uiIiiiI man III u SEQ
iInn
About ii,, "'Clo,k IA III" afternoon
our lieutenant came do"n ia" irene II
and ,.tuIInnr IA front nf Il hUn"h of us'
nu the iIr" step. wi'h i hrOh! Srin "il
hts face. asked
Who - vuInp To- volunteer for list
cnina posi- tonight | need two men. -
II - needless iu say no on" Noliln-
icrT,,i, bc,;ItiS,. u IL anything hut Il
crIshy iub | h"gIu in feel unruIni"rl-
able aS | knew II WaS getting around
for my tun. sur" enough. Mith an.
other grin. h" said
"Euurl. y,,u nu,i Wheeler ar" due.
80 come down into iuS duC"ti for m
SIIurtI"nS AT S.\ H'"loCh.
.IuSi - lac. left Imd WIS going around
u tr.,l"rS". Fritz iuEm"d i""$" with Il
machine gun aud the bullets ripped
ihr SnndImrs rIght over his head. II
gave IA" great pl"dSur" Ia So" hliI
duck against tn" I'IraI'"t IL" waS
getting - tISt" ui what "" w"uii
got later ont ~ front
Then. I'll course. II began 1" ram. !
knew u wI~ Ia" iOr'rUIIn"r of Il mis-
,rnIl" nIuhi f"r uS. Every tim" | h:,d
Ia go out IN front. II just naturally
I.rIm"d old Jupiter hluNIUS must have
had II IN for M.
~ SIN "" r"l"Tt"d for instructions.
They were simple and easy. All ""
had to du WAS tu crawl out into No
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-12
IMPOSING ON THE PRESS
Government Is Unfair Toward The
newspapers.


when will the government come to
realize the power and dignity of ad-
vertising TO convey its message direct
to the people?"
graph from an article by Mr.. William
H. Field, ice-president of the Chicago
Tribune, in recent issue OF Printers
Ink.
Mr.. Field has asked an interesting
question, but we are afraid that II will
be a long time before a satisfactory
answer Is given to 1t.
The United States government has
never recognized the dignity of ad-
vertising properly. but it has persist
entity. through all its various depart
ments. sought to impose upon the
newspapers Of the country by asking
for limitless space provided there is
no charge" The newspapers are con-
stantly receiving from the government
requests for printing this. that and the
other, provided 1t Is done without
charge" which is beneath the dignity
Of the government. and no such re-
quests should be made by any govern
ment department.
1t Is proper that information should
be furnished by the government when
it is Of a character which will Interest
the public. leaving to the individual
newspaper the question as to Its pub
lication, but no department should for
one moment ever send any newspaper
a request that the matter be publish
ed. provided there Is no charge" The
government might just as we'll ask the
maker Of pig-iron to furnish his pro-
duct, provided there Is no charge" "
or to ask the cotton grower, the wheat
grower or the mechanic. or Its clerks,
or it's officials, to furnish their ma
terial or their work without cost as to
ask the same Of the newspapers.
Nevertheless. the newspapers are in
their patriotism constantly giving un-
limited space to the advocacy Of the
things without which the government
could not float Liberty bonds nor
carry on the war. Other patriotic
people are giving their time to the
same work. but they do not give the
product Of their factories or their
farms. For such products as the
government needs 1t pays. and pays
literally, except when 1t comes to
newspaper space. and then 1t expects
the newspapers to give their time,
their money and all Of the space upon
which their existence depends, freely
and literally and without a dollars
expense to the government, and to this
1t adds constant hampering restrictions
which make life almost a burden to
every publisher.
The government is constantly strug-
Cling to strangle the newspapers. It
deals with them, to q large extent AZ
though they were proven criminals.
and should be suppressed. instead Of
recognising that they arc the very life
Of the nation, and that without their
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Mans Land. lie Uu our bellies with nuI
ears to the ground anl listen for ih'
tap. tap uf the German engineers al
tapp"rS who might u" tuin"lnG und"i
No Mans Land IL establish mime
lead beneath our trench.
OF course. in our orders we were
told not tn lee captured by German
patrols or rrCuIInoltCrIn" parties. Lots
al breath IL wasted OH the western
front giving silly cautions.
Ns soon aS II MAS dark. Wheeler and
I Cr;twlcd tu our post which wlS about
halfway hctwr"n the lines. II Was
raining hurkrtfuls. the ground was :,
sea ur sticky mud aud clung Ia us lik"
glue
We took turns IN listening with our
ears tu the ground | would listen for
twenty minutes While Wheeler would
l." IN the uui Wv" for German patrols.
W. each wur,' 4 wrist watch and he
live me, neither one al uS did over
twenty minutes. The rain soaked us
To the skin and our ears were full Of
mud.
Every few minutes u bullet would
crack overhead ur H maChin" gun
would traverse back and forth.
Then I'll firing suddenly ceased. |
WHISPERED to Wheeler. Keep your eye
skinned matr: most likely Fritz has
u patrol uut that's why the RochcS
haN" stopped firing.
W. were each armed with II rifle
and haNunrt and three Mills bombs I"
he used for defense only.
| had my rlr to the ground. MI OF
:, sudden | heard faint. duh thuds.
In a low hut excited voice | whispered
Ia Wheeler. Il think they are mining.
listen"
a, ,,, 49,, ..,, o., ,l,, ,,,,,nJ .nd
in IN unsteady voice spoke INTO my
ear:
"Yank. that's i patr"l and it's head
ing our WAY. For Gods sake Keep
strll.
WAS aS >tIll ~ i mouse and waS
scared Sillf
HARDLY breathing and with eyes try
ing Ia pierce the inky hlaCkncSS. We
waited. would have given thou
sand pounds Ia have been safely IN
my duc"ut.
Then We plainly heard footsteps and
our hearts stood StIll.
\ dark form suddenly doomed up III
front al me. II looked as hlS as the
Wuulworth building. could hear
III. blood rushing through my veins
and II sounded ~ loud ~ Niagara
falls.
~
darkness. There Mere seven Of them
I'm all. | tried 81 wish them away.
never wished h rlsr III my life. They
muttCrrd few lords III German aud
melted into the hlaCknCsS. didn't
stop wishing either
All uf sudden We heard stumble,
a muddy splash. and II muttcred Don
ner und lsliZrn." One OF the RocheS
had tumhlcd into Il shell hole. Neither
Of uS laughed. At that timo~-it didn't
strike us aS funny.
About twenty minutes after the Ger
mans had disappeared something
from the rear grabbed me hy the foot
! nearly tainted with fright. Then 4
welcome Whisper in Il cockney accent
Il s'!. mAte. we've come To relieve
you
Wheeler and | crawlcd back TO our
trench: we looked like wet hens and
felt worse. After 4 Swis of rum w
were soon fast asleep on the fire stel
in our wet clothes.
The next morning l was as stiff as a
poker and every joint ached like u
bad tooth. but l was still alive. so II
did not matter.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-12
heartbeats the nation would soon be

heartbeats the nation would soon be
dead.
The government puts upon the
newspaper business all the hampering
restrictions that petty officials can de-
wise, and now il proposes. unless the
bill is repealed. TO put premium up
on sectionalism by doing its utmost to
destroy nationalism through the less
ening Of the circulation Of national
newspapers Carried TO its logical
conclusion. the newspapers Of broad
national circulation will be destroyed
by this bill or they will Of necessity
have TO put the cost upon their SUBJ
scribers.
In this way the government, while
antagonizing the newspapers with a
strangle hold upon their throats. is At
the same time doing its utmost to Sec
tionalize the country's thinking and to
sectionalize its information. rather
than to nationalize its life.-Manufac-
turer's Record.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-12
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Record of Current Happenings COL
Iected from Various Sources.

Twenty-fi five citizens OF Kings
Mountain. y. c.. have purchased thrift
STAMPS TO the amount of $1,000 each.
4 threatened strike Of 1900 ma
chinists at Lowell. Mass. has been
averted by an agreement granting a
wage increase Of three cents an hour.
The house has passed an amend
ment to the espionage act by Repre-
sentative Cannon. making II a crime
TO conspire to foment strikes in war
plants with the intent OF impeding
war work." The vote was 255 to 6l.
The house banking and currency
committee on last Thursday declined
to report q bill to exempt United
States bonds in the hands Of national
banks from state taxation. The comp
troller OF the currency favored the
bill.
Nearly 400 men arrested In Pitts
burgh, Pa, in the last few days by
police and Federal authorities. chars-
cd with seeking to evade military ser
vice. have been mobilized and started
on a course in military training pre-
paratory to being taken TO Camp Lee.
Petersburg. Va.
Eour men were killed and four in
jured, one probably fatally. Thursda!
night, when n big automobile truck
owned by William f. Headley Of Phi
adclphia, sidcwiped United states
iitncy on it's way to Philadelphia with
workmen from the Eddystone muni-
tions plants. The truck was loaded
with workmen going to work.
The third Liberty loan. which will
open on April 6, is to have n distinct
i've flag Of its own. Red border. white
interior field, with three vertical blue
stripes-this is the design for the hon
or emblem which will he bestowed
on each city exceeding its quota OF
sales OF Liberty bonds. II city
doubles its quota star will be added
to its flag, and tripling Of the quota
will he recognized by two stars.
John Huffstetlcr. alias John T. Dun
can, who was arrested at Gastonia, y.
c., a few days ago on a charge OF
counterfeiting, was given a prelimi-
nary hearing before United States
Commissioners Morris last week and
was held in bond of $1,000 for his ap-
pearance at the next term Of Federal
court which convenes In Charlotte
next month. In default OF bond he
was committed to the county Jail to
await trial.
A dismantled wireless apparatus,
which had not been sealed in accord
ance with orders issued by the gov
crnment several months ago. was
found by officers OF the army intelli-
gence bureau who made another
search OF Bethel Home. the headquar-
ters in Brooklyn of the Watch Tower
Bible and Tract society and of the In
ternational Bible Students association
u -.rrrvunced- iiIurydAy: Botir or
ganizations formerly were headed by
Pastor" Russell.
Charged with embezZlement OF sew
eral million dollars from the French
government in dealing with American
motortruck manufacturers, Frank j.
Goldsoll, wealthy retired French SOL
dicr. is held I'm jail at Washington
awaiting extradition proceedings,
which will begin March 20. Goldsoll
is accused by the French embassy OF
having appropriated to his own use
huge commissions on war contracts
which he was sent 10 the United
States to execute for the French gov
ernment.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-12

no timber or concrete re-enforcements.
lust walls of sandbaGs. From IT
splendid view of the German lines
could be obtained. This post WASH
exactly safe Ii was a hot corner.
shells plunking all around. and the
bullets cutting leaves on the trees.
Many time when relieving the sig
mailer ut the phone, ] had TO crawl OH
my belly like a worm to keep from
being hit.
1T was an observation post sure
enough. That's all the use II was. Just
observe all day. but never a message
back for our battery to open up. You
see. at this point Of the line there
were strict orders not to fire shell,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-12

Messrs. A. Clifford Thompson.
member Of the International Typo
graphical union and president Of the
State Federation Of Labor: J. ]. A.
Wade. Of Florence. Of the Black
smiths and Helpers union and Alvin
Hook. of Columbia, president Of the
Columbia union Of Brotherhood OF
Railway carmen, are recommended by
the executive committee Of the State
Federation for appointment on the
State Council Of Defense under the re-
cent act of the legislature. increasing
the membership Of that body and pro-
viding for three additional labor rep
resentatiyes.