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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-26
Glove and
Hosiery Week

These two deptS. for
women-h o Siery and
gloVeS-are busy counters
nowadays.
Glove and Hosiery Week
continues the balance of
the week.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-26

COrnmeal rolls-These rolls are
made light with baking powder. The
ingredients required are three-quar-
tiers Of cupfuI of cornmeal 10 1 IA
cupfuls OF white wheat flour, three
teaspoonfuls of baking powder. two
tablespOonfuls OF butter, one egg,
half a cupfIl Of milk and a tea
spoonful Of salt. Sift together the
dry ingredients and then cut in the
butter with a knife or rub it in with
the fngertips. Next add the egg
beaten and mixed with the milk IL
necessary add little more milk 10
make soft dough. Roll it on a
Toured board lightly. cut with a
round biscuit cutter. fold over like
parkerhouse rolls and bake.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-26
SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S

Special Passion week services will
be held at ST Paurs NJ. r. church
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday
nights at 7:45 o'clock. The text on
Wednesday night Will be What
Think Ye Of Christ ?'; on Thursday
night The Betrayal OF Christ" and
on Good FRIDAY night "Christ's Last
Words From the Cross"
Try NEWS-TIMES WANT AID
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-26

Salmon loaf-This receipt calls
for four eggs beaten separately and
then mixed together. half a cup of
breadcrumbs moistened with three
spOonfuls Of melted butter chopped
parsley. the contents of "a can of
salmon drained from its own liquor
and generous seasoning. This mix
ture is baked an hour in a buttered
baking dish.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-26

Potato quettes-Potato cro-
quettes are excellent and one of the
incest ways OF serving the vegetable.
Use two cups of mashed potatoes;
warm them and add the yolks of
two eggs we'll beaten. two table
spoonfuls of cream and one tea
spoonful Of onion juice. Season with
salt, cayenne TO taste. a grating OF
nutmeg. a teaspOonful Of butter,
and a tablespoonful of chopped par
sley. Mix cool and proceed as for
chicken crOquettes.
Copyright, 1879
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26
NO SHIPS, NO FOOD. FOR
t DUTCH
United States Tells Netherlands Il
Must Mot Play Into German
Hauds.

| a = ..
Il Wsshnseton. Sept. 10. Hollands
appeal for American supplies to meet
her food shortage, while four hum
bred thousand tons Of Dutch ship
ping continues t lie idle in European
ports, Is the subject of an Official
statement issued by the State Depart.
ment today, expressing the hope that
the Netherlands government would
follow the example of.other nsutrals
and open the way for general fesump.
ton. Of trade by lifting the embargo
upon kke movement of hex ships
Ii effect the department. gives mo-
nee 1hat so long as Holland permits
hesself TO be ineimidated by German
thrxats to destroy even ships plying
ketsteen neutral ports, there can be
no amendments for American food
stnffs Similfr toe those -entesed into
u the. United States with Switxer-
lsnd sweden. Nnsxsy. DenRark and
He staiement d;scioses shas tie
NethStlauds 6overument Aeser has
6a6iled ITSELF Of The offer Of tie Unit-
a States And thu Alliea to PIT ene
6ar1red thousand tons Of hreaA
cenesae Ct the ,disposal Of the BdlIh
oSenle uncondl tiqnally; alter tie oov-
esnlhont hsd failed to approve . tea-'
sS1ive general agreement reached ~
epqdon jasf vinfer. e, 8. 8.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

Senator in Congress-:
Joseph ". Folk
State Superintendent of Schools:
Uel W, Laupsin
Judge Supreme Court, Division No. I;
Waller W, Graves
Representative in Congress, 9th Dist:
Clement {, Dickinson
State Senator 10Th District:
Ross F.. Fcas,er
Representative:
H. Q. Maxey
Presiding Judge County Court:
R. h. Ca,uphell
Judge County Court, North District:
w. J. Aiddle,o.,
Judge County Court, South District:
w. H. Lcwier
Clerk County Court:
Frank Holland
Clerk Circuit Court:
c. c. Swarens
Prosecuting Attorney:
Watt h, Dawson
Recorder of Deeds:
Chas. f. Fortune
Probate Judge:
H, f Sheppard
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26
WITHOUT AN ISSUE.

The Republicans seem to be max
ing their campaign this year withou,
a single issue upon which to stand
OF course, they are clamoring for q
more vigorous prosecution OF the
war, bu. the way the administration
is handling things at home and the
way the boys over there" are going
through the NuMS. rather knocks
that cry into i cooked hat, so far as
an issue is concerned. Then, too, we
all remember tina, when war was de-
clared the Republicans wasted no
time in telling Mr., Wilson just what
ought to be done and how much or
rather how little, time he ought to
take to do IL Ne remember also
that long before the time limit they
set on What they conceive cd to be an
efficient war program, had expired,
Mr.. Wilson, and his admimstra-
ton had Just about doubled the pro-
gram that had been SC, up as the
maximum of accomplishment. Since
then they have continued to insist on
4 more vigorous prosecution OF the
war" but have hcSs,atcd to lay out a
program for fear they couldn't de-
mand more than the President could
accomplish.
Locally. the Republican candidates
seem each to be. running for himself,
working without especial organiza-
tiQn in the -vain hope that he can get
some misguided Democrats to
scratch the ticket for personal rea-
sons. They all freely admit they are
good fellows and this seems to be the
sole reason they are able to advance
in support OF their canu,dacy.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26

Several thousand employees OF
ship building firms have served no.
tice that they will 20 on strike UNI
less large number of pugilists, base
ball players and other safety first
patriots" who were driven into the
shipbuilding industry by the work or
tight orders. are not removed from
their jobs as petty overseers and put
to real work. When the order was
issued to secure essential employ
ment or be put in class one many
ball players and cheap pugilists Sc
cured employment with. the ship
building people. They do very little
work. as they are not very familiar
with work of any kind and on Satur-
day afternoons and holidays they re-
ceive big money for playing ball with
the ship building ball team. The real
workers say that they hinder them by
being around in the way.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26

The city papers have found anoth-
er mares nest in the row they have
kicked un over the matter of Secre-
tasy of State John l., Sullivan's let
ting the contract for the purchase Of
automobile number mates. and for
political purposes are doing their best
to leave the impression that there
was something previously wrong
about it., Nobody expects these
sheets to do other than play politics
but they have picked mighty hard
man to hurt With their innaendo and
scare heads Nsssoarians are thor
oushly familiar with John l.. SulIi-
VANS record and 4 viii require .
great deal more thaa the anguished
:wails Of partisan newspapers to con-
vince them that be Is anything but
ahoo1ntely n The square.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26
PARCEL TO EACH MAN OVER
THERE. GIFT LIMIT


Washington. September 2I.-
Christmas packages for the two and
a half million or more American SOL
oilers who will be in, France 1he hpii-
day season will be delivered under al,
arrangement with the Red Cross.
TO control the flood Of gifts that
otherwise would make the handling
of them impracticable, the War De-
paftnient has decided that only one
parcel will be accepted for each man.
Gen. Pershin9 is forwarding coupons
bearing the name and address Of
each member Of the expeditionary
force. to be distributed to the next OF
KIN.
These codpons must BE attached
to- standard containers, ox4x3 inclsss
in size. which will. be provided BY To-
cal Red Cross chapters upon appfica-
lion. sSs
All psckagess must be maileds be.
fore November IS, Is weeks will bt
required to get them to ports of em-
barkation,saeross the Atlantic and to
the Various plSees in France where
men are stationed. e
~
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26

in it and. all Americans, all of their
lives, will be proud Of the part they
had in it or ashamed of their failure
to do their part. ~
The Fourth Loan is fighting least
Every subscriber to the Loan strikes
a blow for Liberty. for Victory.
When Chairman Duvall asked the
people of Bates County for $28I 600
for the third Liberty Loan they re-
sponded with $s5o,ooo. Our quota
for the fourth loan will be much larg-
or and every citizen should do their
part
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26

One hundred thousand selective
service registrants have changed
from nonproductive occupations since
the pronunciation. of the work-or-
fight regulations, Provost Marshal
General Crowder has announced.
The figures were obtained from local
draft boards. the Federal. Employ
ment Service, the Emergency Fleet
Corporation and retail merchants as
isociations.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26

President Wilson was asked to ex-
tend the recognition of the United
States to the republic OF Poland
and to pledge this country to the dis
solution OF the Austrian empire as
one of its war aims, by the committee
on oppressed peoples at White
House conference Friday. The COM
mittee is headed by DR.. Masarayk
and lgnace Paderewski.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26

The name of the German surgeon
who looted the hospital, which was
established and managed by Mile.
Courton, near Sessions, is known to
the officers of the allied army, and If
he should chance to fail into their
hands he will agree that General
Sherman knew exactly what war was.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26

What is thought by Capt X. w
Schroeder OF Chicago to be new
record i'll altitude was made by him
Friday in an airplane flight from
Dayton Aviation Field to Canton.
He ascended more than $4,000 feet,
his records show. He found tenn
perature OF 81 degrees below zero
centigrade. His finger tips were
frozen
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26

"Paranoia, with special reference to
the paranojd tendencies OF the
Kaiser or in other words. Just
what kind oi nut is the Kaiser. any
way" was the chief topic OF discus
sion at the tilirty-first annual conven-
ton of the. Missouri Valley Medical
Society convention, which opened in
Omaha last week.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26

$4,000. ooo, 600 taxes for the current
fiscal year. This is the amount pro-
posed in the pending revenue bill,
and Mr.: McAdoo. expressed the opin-
ion that it would be unwisc to levy
heavier taxes at this time. He said
conditions may develop in the future
which will determine the. question of
further increases.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26

Director General McAdoo has ap-
proved the application of the Ameri-
can Railway Express Company for
further rate increases expected to
yield S2s,67o,ooo, and has sent the
proposal to the l. c. c. for final ac-
ton. Public hearings will begin
Tuesday, October 8.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26

The Germans are poisoning the
wells in towns that they are forced
to abandon, according to the news
paper La France Du Nord of Bou-
logne. The paper says French en-
gineer from that city and seven COM
panions died from ~oison after drink
ing. water in town they had just en-
tered.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26

AS an excuse for disseminating ser
vice on one of their lines the Kansas
City. Kansas, street railway company
said they are losing money and that
they would be glad to turn the system
over to some one to run for the dur
alton of the war. The city is about
to call the bluff and its attorneys are
trying to find law under which the
city can run the cars.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26

A big detachment of German SOL
diers refused to leave AK La
Chapelle for the front last week, ac-
cording to an Amsterdam report.
The escort is reported to have fired
on the mutineers, killing eight. and
woupding many. The remainder
were driven aboard trains. but are
said to have thrown their rifles out
the window.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26

of the uncertainty of the situation, he
said. the cotton market is at stand
still and this will eventually result in.
greater shortages as the mills use up
their available supplies.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26
TO FIX PRICE OF COTTON
The Prestdent Also to Order Govern.
meat Coatrol Of Dmtribution,

Washington, Sept. zo-Senators
from cotton growing states disclosed
today At their recent White House
conference President Wilson made 4
clear It was bis intention not only to
FAX price for this years cotton crop
but alao 20 order government control
of its distribution.
The Hresidemt gave 40 intimatiou
OF what be would consider q fair
price. It was said, and any action win
await the report Of the special COM
mittee wAieh the President an.
noanced last Week would inquire into
the geAesnl ssbject, inciuding produc-
uo0seoot2. -
S cessrspent esatrol Of distribueio...
= & e2Q1ne1 = 9lnde necessary 81
Tie elel1eGe II - tssseat croc -
@ i.le sspDly meet e
80 - ~ ae9aads wk}(
tets So 1l19 tao1se1ted 81 o.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26
GENERAL NOTES

According to Dame Rumor Nat
Goodwin. the much married actor, is
to pull new stunt. He has been d.
vorced by his fifth wife and is plan
ming to remarry number four.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26

Nine Ernestine Schumann- Heink,
contralto opera singer, is confined in
Chicago hospital. Physicians said
the singer was exhausted and suffer-
ing from exposure in singing at var
ious environments, and that a COM
plete rest probably would restore her
to health.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26

President Wilson has appointed
JOHN w. Davis, formerly solicitor
general of the United States, ambas-
sador to England to take the place
made vacant by the. resignation Of
Walter Hines Page
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26

The Serbian governments It is
learned, is in possession of proof
that the Turkish government sold
prisoners of war as slaves to Bull
garia, Austria Hungary and Ger
many. :.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26

Mems straw hats are the subject of
the War industries Boards latest
conservation order. Manufacturers
have been ordered to introduce no
new styles next season, to turn out no
more than enough to meet the esti-
mated demand and to restrict the
height OF crown, width of brim and
trimming.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26

Officials ri sthe St. Losis Mer-
[chaafas ExcAAnee and the Nissonri
|Ssete Gtdin 1Nleection Bufesu Friday
|reRQeted tha1 Wore than zznoa,pop
bu1Ae1 Ct Wheat tAe. greatest amount
IN The hiseofy ef Tie ciey, Had arrived
In S4.SloeiA betweea July I aud Sept.
|3I, an& tka& 4of tkie tmount. fuiiy
zSbpa No. lesAeaa hid heea bouaht
~ ~ U611o1 Shteo Z o1ernnscuf
G1fn <E1en6ln(nn e1s 50 Red tie
|pedQleSd& - q6ie41 SeakkE ~ fos
|e1Ieea - (,eal
|044e& f4ef sk1ef ex{f kn1lwn
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-26

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-27
AMERICAS OIL co.

Perhaps the leading. and certainly
one of the most important manufac-
turing industries Of Americas, is the
large establishment of the Americas
Oil Company, of which R, L. McMath
is president and manager; l.. W.
Brown, vice-Lresident and general
manager and general superintendent;
H. E. Mc2lath, president; L. +.
McClesky, secretary and treasurer; RI
and treasurer. lis company is To-
Gated in the heart of Americus' in
dustrial district, railroad connections
with botn Seaboard and Central Vi
Georgia, within half mile OF the
business section o. tie city, and the
first manufacturing industry to be
viewed by visitors coming here from
Montgomery and Albany. This big
plant is we'll calculated to give any
traveller a pleasant impression of Am
CIRCUS and its industrial importance.
The plant was first established i'll
1891, by local capitalists, and later on
was old to the kentucky Refining
Company, who rebuilt the plant. The
present officers pun chased the plant
from the Kentucky Refining Company
in 1908. The plant, at the time it was
purchased from the Kentucky Refining
Company. was far from the modern,
sanitary and we'll equipped oil mill
that it is now The mill, even at that
time, constituted an imoortant unit
in the commercial life of Americas.
The plant al this time is one of the
rlCst complete in the state of Georgia,
and represents an investment Of sew
eral hundred thousand dollars, with
all Of the stock owned by the officers
of the company.
There is now in poeration five mod
ern steam cotton presses, with a capa-
city of seventy-fve tons of cotton seed
daily. This means an oil Yield OF
over five hundred thousand gallons
of cotton seed oil per season. This
oil, after being pressed out of the seed
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-27

Joseph E. Johnson, whom every
body knows as "Joe," is the manager
of the Americas Lighting Company,
and it is his responsibility to furnish
Americas with gas and electricity
a pN'iic service job that is difficult to
+ i and one that nobody wants. eYt
it REQUIRES high-class man to hold
it down man who doesn't mind
work, man who won't lose his tenn
per, and a man. after all, in whom
both the public and the stockholders
have confidence Joe Johnson is that
kind of man.
Born and raised in Sumter county,
the son of Henry Johnson, one of
the leading men of this section, Joe
Johnson acquired his mechanical and
engineering training at Stevens In
stitute, Hoboken, N. j., one of the
leading schools of it's kind in the
country. He succeeded Emory Mathis
as manager of the Americas Lighting
Company in June, 1915, and ever since
has been steadily on the pob. Re-
Gently he was elected a member of
the American Institute of Electrical
Engineers, in recognition of his abil-
ity as an engineer. During his super
vision fthe local company, it has
made many rapid strides, and has
gained greater favor with the people.
improvements costing more than
100000 have been installed under
his administration, and both the cleo
trio and The gas plants are now high
class in every respect, with a capa
city to meet the growing needs of
Americas.
Mr.. Johnson is secretary of the
Americus Rotary club, a member of
he directing board of the Chamber
of Commerce, and a citizen ready at
all times to help in public matters.
He married Miss Alice hCapman, and
has two lovely children, both daugh
ters.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-27

George o. Marshall, the man who
first organized cooperative hog sales
in Sumter county and established
grading pens here, is one-of the most
progressive county demonstration
agents in all Georgia. A native of
Acme, North Carolina. the son of
Thomas w Marshall and Mrs. Han
nah \ narshall, he has been engag,
ed in agricultural and farm life pro-
motion work during the past five
years, three of these having been in
the service of his native state, where
his work was cOnspicuously success
full. So progressive, indeed, were the
methods used by Mr. Marshall in
North Carolina that widespread at
tention was drawn to him and there
regan to be lively bidding for his
services throughout the South. He
was among the first to encourage the
raising Of pure-bred and high grade
livestock in Georgia and recently he
brought into the state a solid train
load of pure bred beet type cattle in
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-27
THE FARMERS COTTON OIL COMPANY

The Farmers Cotton Oil Company is
a stock company composed o. famers
and business people, of which the
name aplies. The company was or
gained and built i'll the year 1904 and
has been successfully operated for
fourteen years, crushing cotton seed
and manufacturing cotton seed oil,
cotton seed meal cotton seed bulls
and linters.
Their capacity is sixty to seventy
five tons of crushed seed day and
from Is to 100 bales of cotton ginned
a day. They have a five-press mill
of eighteen linters and other equip
ment for doing the very best work
chat possibly can be done; and have
three of the most up-to-date gins in
the state, equipped with the very
latest improved machinery that can
be had giving the farmers the most
efficient and prompt service.
The company is under the same
management as when it was organiz-
ed, without the slightest friction in
any way during the entire fourteen
years, of which the company is just
ly proud.
The officers of the company are: c.
NJ Council, president; L. G.. Coun-
Gil, vice-president; G. w. Riley, treas
urer and general manager, and W, NJ.
Riley, secretary ]. c. Bynum, who
has been the company's head book
keeper since its organization, has
never been absent from his duties for
a single day, except on vacation, and
is one of the company's most able and
trusted employees; w. d. Ivey, super
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-27

intendent Of the plant, has been in
that position during many years, and
IS Il me hanical geniu of the first.
class, whose services are we'll appre-
ciated as they re valuable, and Miss
Arbie Harrison is assistant bookkeep-
r and stenographer at the plant.
Willis p. Macarthur, former chief of
the Americas fire department, is seed
weigher and checker for the company,
and in his capacity has proven himself
most efficient Mr. j. Hf Vorus, GIN
nar for the company, has been gin
superintendent for ten years and is
one of the most competent and most
efficient gin operators in the state.
Mr.. Frank Hall, who has been with
the company for number of years,
is very valuable employee,
DR.. w. M. Riley. secretary of the
company, and one of the ablest oil
mill men in Georgia. volunteered re-
Gently for army service, and was
rendered a commission as a first lieu
tenant in the medical corps. He is
now at Camp Greenleaf, taking pre-
paratory training before going over
seas to give of his skill and medical
knowledge to his country. He is one
Of Americas best known young men
and son of G. w. Riley, with whom
he has ben long associated in the
management Of the mill here.
They have also won the entire con-
fidence of the people with whom they
do business by giving square deal
to everyone, which is their speciality.
The company extends their entire
thanks to friends and patrons.