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Know 1T WELL.
Familiar Features Well Known to
Hundreds of Hickman Citizens.

a familiar burden in many homes.
The burden of "a bad back"
a lame "a weak OF an aching back
often tells you of kidney ills.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys.
Here in Hickman testimony.
j r. Brown. lumber merchant, main
ST.. says; "A number Of years ago /
strained my back and at different
times since I have suffered with sharp
pains across my Kidneys As / have
known Of Doan's Kidney Pills for
years ] have always used them when
my back has bothered me and / surely
can say good word for this medi-
cine in return for the benefit / have
had"
Price Coo. at an dealers. Don't
rr kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pins-the same that
Mr. Brown had Foster Muburn
Co. Migrs-. buffalo. y. 4. adv
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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

Hickman. Ky. April 10. 1918.
Notice Of dissolution Of Hickman
Ferry Company
Notice. is hereby given that the
Hickman Ferry Company, incorpOrat-
ed. Is closing up its business. and will
De- dissolved by unanimous consent OF
an the stockholders. ON May Il. 1915.
T. -. JOHNSON. Pres.
j. H. PICKETT. Secy. J-9c
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Several leading citizens are on a
some young men of this city and vi
cinity managed to land ia class Of
the draft II would appear that some
81 them received deferred classiiica-
rion on grounds quite umapparent Ia
the public-and some Of the public j.
uow interested ia finding ont few
things
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III III Is CANCELLED.

Some time ago Il was announced the
High school pupils would play ri
ri~ here az a future date. The direc-
tor OF this play. however. was called
into military service and was forced
20 cancel all eugagements-which in
ciuded Hickman. We viii have o.
wait % sce ia III
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FIRST METHODIST CHURCH

Sunday. May 18th.
sunday school az @ 40 "a. m-
Euworth League at 600 @. m-
Sermon 40 s-45 p. m- by Dr. 7. a.
Rae-iaIe. OF Nashville The other CON.
ere-a tious Of the city are cordially ORD.
tited % worship wifh u- and thus help
MS fo do honor to our Distinguished
visitor.
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NOTICE

All persons having accounts against
T. l.. Jones. please Tile same az once
with J. W Thomas. Assignee. 5-9c
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ROY GETS FOOT CRUSHED
WHILE HOPPING TRAIN.

Melvin Fog nine year old son Of Air.
and Mrs john Foy residing IN south
FULTON. WAS iu compuy with a mum
Ter Of other boys hopping a freight
train near the Sew Yard junction last
Thursday afternoon when be- fel from
M. train which u.s---d over his foot
..r,ishine DO ~o badly that it had to Doe
amputatcd
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LOST: Two tickets Tor "The Kais-
err" Bring one % me ami keep the
other. as 1 want you % see 90 az the
Crystal May 2Tth.-Madame II.
The Kaiser. the Beast OF Berlin. win
De shown az the Crystal one day only
Monday, May 27th.
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KENTUCKY WILLS
TO WIN The WAR
PEOPLE DISPLAY TIE Rtck.T
SPIRIT TO HELP BOYs
At FRONT.
E2E WILLING TO SAVE WHEAT

Food Rdu1lnistrstor Delighted WIN
Splendid Enthusiasm Of Biue-crass
State To Give Up Men. Money and
Feed F0r Libertys Czu q.
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Rev. g.. a. Riggs left Friday morn
INK for Hickman. where Dee was called
To- conduct the funeral services of "a
former church member. r N Provow
Fulton Leader
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.The KAISER thc picture that made
New York stand up and cheer like
mad will he shown 900 the Crystal on
MONDAY. M.y 27fL
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-06-27

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came for him to leave his mother he
was seized with a foreboding that he
would not see her again. 1t Is ques-
tionable which suffered the more at
parting, mother or son.
Allan enlisted in time to take part
in of the last battles Of the war.
He saw q dark line of blue or the edge
Of q wood behind carthworks. With
the Confederate line of battle he
moved toward ii. Suddenly Il storm
burst in his face. He felt himself
collapse and sank down on the ground.
His companions in arms went ca,
but were soon driven back and over
him, leaving him there with a stream
OF blood flowing from his side.
Later he was picked up by a federal
ambulance corps and placed on u
stretcher. He believed himself to be
dying, and, oh, how terrible not to
be able to bid his mother good-by!
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-02-07
Amerlcu's
Marzyred
President

1SO9-Born in Hardin county, Ken
tacky, February IL. He was de-
scendcd from a Quaker family,
Which had emigrated from Vir-
gtaid about 1880.
1S1G-RemoUed witb his family
from Kentucky to Indiana.
1S3O-RemoUed to Illinois, where
during the neat fen gears he fol-
lowed various occupations, includ-
ing those of a farm laborer, a
merchant and a surveyor.
1S36-Admitted to the bar and be-
gan the practice of laW IN Spring
field.
1S4g-Serued as a captain and aft
erward as a private in the Black
Hawk wdr.
1S44-Elected to the Illinois legis-
leture as a Wig and served eight
gears.
lS47-EIected to congress on the
Wing ticket.
1S5S-As Republican candidate for
The United States senate he en-
gagged in a series of joint debates
throughout Illinois Nth the DEM
ocratic candidate, Stephen a.
Douglas.
1S60-Elected president of the Unit
ed States on the Republican ticket,
the disunion of The Democratic
party giving him an easy victory.
fS61-On April Is. t,co days after
the fall of Fort Sumter. he issued
a call for 10000 volunteers, and
the control of erents passed from
the cabinet to the camp.
1S61-April 10. proclaimed a block.
ade Of Southern ports.
1S6g-September Sg, issued a proc
iamation emancipating all slaves
in states or parts of states, which
should be in rebellion on jana
ary 4, 1868.
lS64-Re-clected president By the
Republican party. defeating Geo.
B. Mcclellan, candidate of the
Democratic party.
1S65-Entered Richmond Nth the
Federal army on April l. two
days after that city had been
evacuated By the Confederates.
1S65-Shot By John Wilkes Booth
ON April ~, and died the follow
ing day. Buried at Springfield.
III.
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cHAPTER XIV.
The unhssded Warning.

On the evening Of the same day
k5ondon was stirred by a sensation
which eclipsed even the interest In the
progress or the war. The evening
newspapers contained. IN full, Donald's
narration OF the approaching ruin of
the world.
The second sea lord. receiving DON
AIDS name, came to the conclusion that
matters Of the most pressing moment
must have brought the unknown young
American naval officers He rose from
his desk and shook hands with him
curdially. "Sit down. Mr.. Paget," he
gaid warmly. Then he noticed that
Donald was dressed In q nondescript
diving suit and that his looks were de-
cidedly wild.
Donald sat down and plunged In
stantiy into the story of the world
danger. It did not lose Its dramatic
interest In the ann Of Its telling.
sYou must stop the war at once"
Denald ended. unite all nations OF
khe earth. for that Il the only way to
oeve the human race. 1t Is q matter
u hours. perhaps. Even now these
monsters may be speeding southwark"
Tnc second yea lord had been unable
- tntsrDoss Z WORD By eason Of the
eDerent Of impassloned speech that
voured from Donald's lips. At first he
Ilstened IN Amusement at what he con-
h1dered an fmpudent hoax: then in
anger. then. after \ brief glonce Mt
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landed upon the shores Of Lincolnshir,
and Norfolk, had crossed the Wash,
| which became lrst a swamp, then an
inundation, and was moving along the
river beds toward Cambridge, strip.
ping the land Of vegetation.
by nightfail all communication be-
tween London and the eastern counties
had ceased. The telegraph poles were
washed out Of the sodden ground. The
approach Of the herd was measured
by the haze.
Already poultry and domestic AMI
mails were being devoured. There were
reports that children had been seized
from riverside houses. The docks, the
shores of Essex and the Thames estu-
airy were abandoned. The fats were
n level stretch Of water, above which
the steeples of the churches stood out
as isolated landmarks.
Everywhere the war had been halted
by q short armistice. The governments
of the civilized world devoted their
whole attention to the consideration
and solution Of this new and stunning
problem.
In the meantime there had been a
good deal Of activity on Fair Island.
The tidal surge created by the depar-
ture Of the herd soon subsidized, break
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Mother !" he cried. ooh. mother I"
A tall, spare nan In citizens ap-
parel heard the wall and directed the
carrier to put down the strctcher and.
~kneeling beside 1t, asked tenderly:
"What can / do for you, my boy7"
"You are a Yankee. You will do
nothing for me. I wish to send a
message to my mother, but it will
never reach her."
"Give me your message, and l prom
Use you that I will send 1t for you"
The next morning Mrs. Fitz Hugh
heard Of the battle and knew that her
son had been In 1t. While she was
wondering what might have been his
fate a man rode up to her and gave
her a message stating that 1t had
come by flag of truce.
Starting for the front at once, the
anxious mother succeeded in bringing
her boy home. He lowered for some
time between life and death. then be-
gan slowly to recover. Not long after
this Richmond was evacuated by the
Confederatcs, md President Lincoln
went down there from Washington.
When he was riding through the street
on which the Fitz Hughs lived Allan
was propped up In mn easy chair on pill
lows, md his mother pointed out Mr..
Lincoln to him.
'Oh. mothers" exclaimed the boy.
@Nvhat Is II. Allnn?"
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The Comforter
a Story Of President Lincoln
Founded on Fact
By F. A. mitchell

When the great struggle between
the Northern and Southern states
came on Allan Fltz Hugh, twelve
years old, was at school in Virginia.
He was q boy of delicate physique, but
was full of fire, and, hearing that
Abraham Lincoln was coming south
ward at the head of an armed force,
was much troubled because he was too
young to shoulder q musket and re-
pei the invader. He found il difficult
during those exciting times to attend
to his studies, and had it not been for
the influence of his mother, whom
he dearly loved, he could not have
been kept at school at all.
In those days the passion attending
war ran high on both sides. The
songs, the gibes. the speeches and
what was written concerning the great
struggle were very bitter and usually
far from the truth. In the North ii
was "Werl hang JEFF Davis on a sour
| apple tree" and In the South Presi-
dent Lincoln was called "the baboon."
The Northern scheolboy conceived the
idea that President Davis was an ogre,
not realizing that he was an educated
gentleman, had commanded q regiment
Of United States troops in the war
with Mexico, had been q United States
senator and secretary OF war. The
Southern schoolboy considered Presi-
dent Lincoln q wild man from the
Western woods who delighted In blood
shed. Children whose minds are not
developed must concentrate upon n
head in any movement In which they
are interested. SO Allan's thoughts
dweit upon Mr.. Lincoln, embodying
the great president with his idea of
the hated yankees"
When Allan was fifteen he begged
his mother to let him go to fight for
the Confederacy. Naturally she cling
to her son, and the matter was con
promised between them In this wise /:
If the war was not over In another
year Allan was to enlist with his moth
er's consent. Many boys Of his age,
both In the North and In the South,
broke away from parental restraint
and enlisted without permission. Food
Cor powder was In demand, and the
recruiting officers often winked at the
fact that the recruits were under age.
But Allan was his mothers only child,
and, being of an extremely affection
ate disposition. the bond between them
Was doubly strong.
So Allan continued at his studies,
though he read more about the battles
that were being fought than the sub
jects treated In his textbooks. He
lived In Richmond. and Mt n time
had listened to the roa of the cannon
during the seven days. battles that had
been fought between Lee and McClel-
Ian. His admiration for soldiers o
away some Of his bitterness against
the federal generals. but President
Lincoln was still the embodiment Of
his repvgnance for the Northern peo-
Die. The two heads-Dayis Of the
C~onfederacy and Lincoln Of the fed
erai Union-throughout the war con-
tinued to represent the bitter antag-
onism felt by either side.
In the early spring OF 1865 Allan
Fftz Hugh came TO be sixteen years
az age. and his mother reluctantly con-
sented to his doing his part 70 all the
rnps IN The Southern ranks mndo ~
Northern missiles. Viva ~ I'M
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He Saw the F55 start in Their Wake.
ing into a choppy. turbulent sea. The
F55, tossed and battered as she was
by the waves, nevertheless held tight.
The locked rudder prevented her from
submerging.
Within the messroom the queen Of
the swarm was housed securely.
She was almost invisible, and not
at all visible by daylight. A silent,
phantom figure, she created fear and
awe in each OF them. They did not
know what her connection with the
swarm might be. They knew she had
not human intelligence.
From his position upon the highest
point of Fair island, NacBeard saw
the swarm vanish at sea. He saw
the F53 start In their wake. and threw
up his hands and raved. Coward as he
was. he could not let his last hope slip
from him like that.
He was the loneliest man In the
world, as he had always been. But he
had not known Il or cared. He had
rebelled against the human race. He
was the modern Cain: he had plotted
the ruin of the world. over which he
was to rule. godiike. But that was be-
fore no mad set eyes upon Ida Ken
nedy.
The thought Of her renewed his cour-
age. He found his motorboat upon
the shore. uninjured by the inundation,
since the point of rock had acted as a
breakwater and protected It. Within
q few minutes he had filed his great
gasoline reservoir with n supply sufii-
cient for several days. and set out In
pursuit Of the herd. He knew that he
could easily outdistance the subma-
rine.
Presently he came upon the mon.
sters. Their first wild dash had taken
them In all directions. so that little
vapor had formed, but now they were
beginning to congregate. and a wall Of
black cloud. rising In the distance. In
dlcated their direction.
The monsters made no effort to mo-
lest him. but they would not. at first.
heed his tuning fork. Later. however.
he managed to assemble q small
bodyguard about him.
MacBeard pursued them down the
east coast Of England. His boat, hid
den In the cloud, remained undetected
by the patrol vessels.
It was not until the second morning
that he guessed where the herd would
make its main rendezvous.
It ~ . simple deductive process.
though nobody else had thought Of II.
1t vas the Dogger bank. swarming
with nsh. which would provide the
monsters with food.
He believed that, once the drst dash
Of the monsters wal over, they would
obey his call again. And his first sum-
mons proved successful beyond his ex-
pectations. Exhausted by their dash
southwark. numbers Of the herd con
gregated about the motorboat to the
g sound. which was perceptible to
them for q much greater distance than
the tone carried to the human ear.
From within . radius Of twenty miles
q cloud rolled In upon the motorboat.
until MacBeard. invisible In the heart
Of its blackness. like some arch-devil.
controlled his devil creW.
This cloud was quicl seen BY the
rear-admiral's patrol " sels. while e
ha6 this disadvantages prevented
AiacBeard from discoveries the F65 as
she slipped past on her way south
cro BE ~coNrINuED,
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CHAPTER ~xIII--continued.

For, like a fury. the queen rushed
at him. and Clouts, at first solicitous
about striking a woman. Don found
himself hard put to 1t to maintain the
upper hand, with all his strength and
with the use OF all the wrestling tricks
he knew. He painted as he gfhppled
with her.
"It's all right, marml" he pleaded.
sp1l ask him IL he'll see you. If you'll
only not lose your head. i didn't mean
20 put you outside, but orders was
orders. I'm only obeylng orders,
marin. There amt no need for them
Mysteries. Now-now. marmp
He was still fighting madly when
suddenly her strength seemed to leave
krr. Clouts became aware Of a spec
tator OF the combat. He glanced side
wise hastily. to see Ida standing be-
side him.
HWhat is she, Cloutsr" whispered
Ida.
Clouts scratched his thick head. II
don't rightly know" he answered. "But
ITS all right, marin. / vas just stroll
Ing along. casual like, when I met her.
She aln't no friend of mine, marin.
Nor Of the captains" he added, with
sly emphasis.
BE turned to the queen.
"Tf you'll take my arm, marin, I'll
take you a ways and ask the captain IL
Eeu see you. I can't do no more" he
rnuttered In an audible aside. "Pve
done the best I knew how for the cap
tain, and now he'll have to make his
own excuses. And I can't leave n lady
In this here place alone, with all them
soings on and ju~ggllngs with the water
iike-like Pharaoh"
Five minutes later the little MILDLY,
seated on deck. saw Clouts and Ida,
apparently rearisen from the dead. ap-
Froach the F55. Between them he
fancied he saw n gossamer form that
ecinfillnted in Tho sunlight.
There was a space Of only q hundred
PAGES between them and the boat when
suddenly the ocean appeared con-
snlsed. A wall OF water bore down
upon the tanks of Fair island. 1t
rolled toward the submarine, fifty feet
mgh. its mighty crest upreared.
run! !" shouted Davies.
1t was a frantic race between the
cncomers and the sea. They gained
the submarine with hardly ten seconds
ts spare. Davies drew them aboard
and clasped the matches down. Next
Instant the boat was lifted bodily from
the beach and spun round like Q top.
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since daylight. We've cabled Washing
ton. and they have placed you at our
disposal. You IN the only man who
can advise us. and-the prime minis
ter wants you Immediately. And that's
no Joke this timer
New-York tribune., 1918-06-01
First Moslem Bank
Organized in Tunis

An interesting experiment in the
financial world of Tunisia is the es-
tablishment in the Sioux Ell Grana.
Tunls, of the first Moslem bank in the
Regency, the Compton of Commercial
Arabe, whose capital of 100000 francs
(S77,2O0 at normal exchange) is en-
tirely subscribed and managed by
Arabs, according to the American Con-
sui at Tunis. For the present the
banks activities are limited to mer-
camille transactions, the capital be-
ing too small for general banking
business. The Koranic prohibition Of
lnterest Is also delicate matter in
Moslem community so conservative
as Tunis, where Moslem depositors
sometimes waive the interest on their
deposits IN the French banks of the
city.
The establishment of this bank is
also OF interest as showing the result
OF contact with the French in develop-
ing the often-denied ability of the Arab
70 organize. This ability has already
been shown in the chain of wholesale
and retail grocery stores managed en-
tirely by Djerbians (the Lotus Eaters
Oh Homer), who maintain a successful
monopoly of the native trade and are
even taking a considerable share of
the European trade in spite of keen
competition from the city's French.
ltallan and Jewish grocers.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-01
The Non-Essential
Problem in Canada

There is shortage at the present
time both of men and of the things
which men can produce; in other words,
limited supply of labor and materials
Out of this the needs of the govern
ment for the prosecution of the war
supply must be maintained and the es-
sential business of the country carried
on. Disaster would evidently follow
competition between the
government and ordinary business for
the use of this limited supply, and
when such competition exists an in
crease in the cost of labor and material
and consequent rise in prices is in
evitable. In such a struggle a govern
ment must necessarily win out be-
cause its needs are imperative, and
also because it possesses almost mex
haustible supplies of credit, or at least
the means of creating credit, by the
use of which it is able to obtain what
it requires. Much can be done by or
ganized and intelligent effort, by the
methods, and by assigning the avail
able supply of men to that work which
is of the most Importance. The gov
ernment can aid in the elimination of
non-essential work by arranging for
the transfer of labor and materials to
those industries which are essential.
Some steps in this direction have al
ready been taken, such as the require
ment that every man under the age oe
sixty must be engaged in some useful
employment, and the system of licens-
ing dealers in certain lines of bust
ness.-Camadian Bank of Commerce.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-01
Famine in Goods
For Civilians Feared
War Needs Force Non-EssentiaI
Industries to Curtail
Operations

Current trade conditions reflect the
increasing extent of the concentration
of the nations industrial forces on
war activities. According to BRAD
streets Review" there is growing re-
preston of purely civilian outputs and
widespread complaints Of scarcity of
goods.
"Willingness to buy" says this au-
thority, "as distinguished from ability
to get staple commodities creates an
air of activity, but the situation in this
regard evidences fears of a famine in
goods, rather than real present neces-
sity, and merchants in parts of the
country are requesting that shipments
of products scheduled for fall delivery
be hastened. Yet in such an important
quarter as textiles. current operations
for civilian account have receded, fol-
lowing rise, on the impression that
price fixing by the government is not
far distant. In word, progress tow
ard attaining the highest degree of ac-
tivity for the purpose of getting on
which the war is making such strides
stitute non-essential lines are likely,
and in consequence of the adjustments
thus foreshadowed, some factors may
have to suspend their accustomed eff
forts for the period of the war.
Numerous centres report exception
ally good demand for female wearing
apparel, reflection of the fact that
women are finding increasingly wider
employment at high wages. Incl
dentally railroad workers are to benefit
from increased wages, and this develop
ment, with record compensation in the
general field of employment, makes for
a remarkable increase in the purchas-
ing power of the masses"
R. G. Dun & Co. say
with the increased amount of money
needed to finance business at the high
prices, and with the greater safeguards
in the matter of credits, there is
clear check on speculative tendencies
and overexpansion, and while there is
evident inclination to purchase largely
in anticipation of forward require
ments, commitments are more gen
orally limited by the growing paucity
civilian uses. Not only is a larger
proportion of the outputs of the lead
ing industries being taken for war
purposes, but the government is con-
stantly seeking new sources of supply
and stocks of raw materials and prod
ucts already in hand are in some cases
being requisitiofed. The obvious eff
feet of this is to still further reduce
both the number and magnitude of
ordinary transactions, and the unparal-
leled bank clearings at many centres
must be considered in the light of the
extreme commodity prices and special
financial operations"