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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15
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The government of the United
States is offering the safest invest
ment in the world and one which is
within the reach of everybody, and
through this investment every man,
woman and child in the United States
will be able to do his part toward
financing the great world war for lib
erty and democracy.
During the last six months the
growth of the United States army has
100000 officers and men to 100000
To maintain this army will require
billions of dollars, which must be sup
piled to the government from every
source. Through the thrift propa-
ganda and war savings plan every per-
son in the United States can aid the
United States in the financing of this
stupendous army. t l' .N'- I"
A single Thrift StampL25 cents
will buy tent pole or five tent pins, a
waist belt or hat cord, shoe laces and
Identification tags; two Thrift Stamps
will buy one trench tool, one pair
woolen gloves; four Thrift Stamps
will buy two pairs canvas leggins; six
Thrift Stamps-$150-will buy five
pairs wooden socks, three pairs sum
mer drawers, summer undershirts; Il
Thrift Stamps will buy a steel helmet
% protect some soldier at the front:
one War Savings Stamp will buy 100
cartridges, another will buy o car.
fridge belt, a scabbard for a bayonet;
four War Savings Stamps will buy a
rifle for some soldier at the front
fighting for the cause of liberty; three
and one-half War Savings Stamps viii!
buy three pairs of wooden blankets for
the comfort of the man in the trench
es, and two and one-half War Savings
Stamps will buy gas mask for the
protection of some mothers boy from
the deadly attack of gas; three War
Savings Stamps will buy an overcoat
OF two wooden service coats. Two Wa.
Savings Stamps will purchase two
pairs of wooden breaches or two flan
rel shirts.
st. Louis and Missouri are already
far in the lead in the sale of Thrift
and War Savings Stamps organization
publicity and advertising. The thrift
propaganda has received the hearty
endorsement and cooperation Of the
city and rural public schools, as well
as the parochial and private schools
in the cities and throughout the state.
Every public school teacher in Mis-
souri, is engaged in propounding the
thrift propaganda to help pupils in a
selling campaign. The stamps are de-
livered to the school teachers by the
mail carriers in both the city and
rural districts.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15
JUDGE DYER

Filled with years and honors, but
bearing them both lightly, as be-
comes one whom age cannot wither
nor custom stale, Judge David Pat
rick Dyer yesterday rounded his S0th
milestone and set forth to make it a
hundred" Members OF the st. Louis
bar, the Pike County Colony and
many others paid appropriate tribute
to the venerable jurist, and he re-
sponded in kind. There has been some
talk of Judge Dyer retiring, as he is
entitled to do under the law govern
ing Federal Judges. Perish the
thought. Not while he is needed on
the bench to punish slackers and put
down treason.-W Wednesdays st. Louis
Rerublic.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15

through long months, and years before
we entered the war. Now we must
win with the cruel WEAPONS chosen by
those who began this war. To win we
must have men; men Of blood, mind,
soul: men strong in body, true in
heart, loyal in spirit; men worthy to
live; men ready to die. These, by the
millions, have laid their lives upon
heir country's altar.
ITO equip and maintain them we
must have money, money by the bill
lions. That money must come from
every quarter, it must come from
every pocket in the land. In the pres
7nce of men who stand before the
cruelest, bloodiest war demons the
world has ever known and say, Here
Is my breast, pierce it if you will; here
is my blood, let it if you will; l dedi-
cate my blood, my heart, my life, my
all, to the democracy of my country
and of the world'-in the presence of
these, say, every man left behind in
the security and comfort of his home
and his office should say, Here's my
pocket, go through it; here's my bank
account, check on 1t. I dedicate my
savings to the democracy of America
and Of the world
War Certificates Explained.
"War Savings Certificates may be
obtained at any bank or postoffice or
at other authorized agencies by any
one who purchases one or more War
Savings Stamps. When you buy q
stamp the certificate, containing
places for 20 stamps, with your name
and address, will be issued to you
Each War Savings Stamp is worth S.
Jan. /, 1928, and costs $4.12 in Janu-
airy, 1918, and / cent more for each
month in 1918, reaching maximum
price Of S4.23 in December, 1918, at
which time the time for purchase ex-
pires. The amount paid the holder
Jan. 1, 1923, will equal the amount
paid, with per cent interest on the
average price for 1918, compounded
quarterly.
ut is provided that not more than
800 worth of such stamps can be
bought by one person at any one time,
and the maximum amount any one
rerson can purchase for the entire
period is $1,000 worth.
THE War Savings Certificates are
not transferable. Hence, in case of
loss by the holder he can protect HIM
self by making application at the post
office where it is registered, but each
stamp thereon must be registered If
a purchaser wishes to surrender his
certificate prior to jan 1. 1928, he will
be repaid the amount paid in, with 8
per cent simple interest thereon.
To-day is the day of the saving that
may make this the day of our saliva.
ton"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15
TEACHING PENNIES
CARE OF SELVES
Is SALIENT MOTIVE BEHIND THE
THRIFT MOVEMENT AND WAR
SAVINGS PLAN.
MAY FORGET VALUE OF PENNY
Stop and Think What the Small Coin
Means in the Saving OF World
d. Must Master Self to
Master World.

St. Louis.-Teaching the pennies
of the salient motives behind the
thrift movement and War Savings
propaganda, according to. Hon. Charles
M. Hay of the speakers division of the
war savings campaign for Missouri.
Mr.. Hay represented Galloway County
in the Forty-seventh General Assem-
bly,.
In recent address before the men,
bers CT the st. Louis Chamber of Com
merce, Hay declared there had never
been finer opportunity. afforded to
the people to sacrifice, be patriotic
end save at the same time. He ex-
planned the working of the War Saw
ings Certificate, in which people are
taught thrift and at the same time con-
tribute to one of the important factors
in winning the war.
Forget Value Of Pennies.
During the course of his remarks
Hay asserted the average business
man, such as those who are members
of the Chamber of Commerce, forgets
the value of the penny, the nickel and
the quarter, and advised them to stop
and think a minute of what the small
coin means in the savings of the
world.
IT realize that we rebel against the
doing of small things, suc.l as the saw
ing of pennies, nickels, dimes and
quarters. It's the big thing, the heroic
thing, that grips us, but If we are to
win this war and find ourselves real
masters of the world we must first
master ourselves-our desires, our
ease, our appetites, our passions, our
indulgences. We must eliminate non
essential things, harmful things, in our
personal and business life; we must
organize ourselves for efficiency. So
far our work Of giving in the war has
been somewhat of an ecstasy and we
have been carried away by the excite
ment, the novelty, the fashion of it.
Well soon have to work and give out
of our sorrow, and hardship. and, may
hap, out of our extremities.
But, remember, the more saving we
are now in the midst of plenty the less
heavy the burden in the later days. II
during the year 1918 every man, wom-
an and child of America would save s
cents per day the entire issue Of the
$4,000, 100000 War Savings Certificates
would be taken up. The purchase of a
Thrift Stamp per week by every per
son would make up $t,524,900,000 OF
the issue.
First Step Toward Peace.
"The first step necessary for the
establishing of peace-the sort of
peace the world must have II life on
this earth is to be worth whfleli As alb.
solutely and Internationally to get the,
Kaiser. -
But we can't get the, Kaiser b,
mere words. These we have tired
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15
THE THINGS OF CHANCE

Francis Ledwidge, the English. poet
who was killed in battle last summer,
wrote letter to an American friend
shortly before he fell. He undertook
in the missive to give some idea of
his nature-to tell something of him.
self, by way of accounting for his po-
ems, and in doing so he said:
Il loved all wandering people and
things and several times tried to be-
come part Of gypsy caravan. !.
4 hated gardens where gaudy flowers
were trained in rows, but loved the
wild things and the free, the things Of
chance and circumstance"
The things Of chance and circum-
staEce-aye, they are worth lnxingI
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15

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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15
Late News from
the Local Board
New Ruling on Registrars Married
i Since May 10, 1917.

New Ruling on Registrars Married
Since May 10, 1917.
Below is given the letter of the Dis
trict Board of Poplar Bluff, Mo-, in
explanation of granting to practical
ly all registrants married ssince May
10, 1917, deferred classification:
Poplar Bluff, Mo-, Feb. IL, 1918.
Local Exemption Board,
Pennington, Mo.
Gentlemen:-We are returning
herewith the questionnaries of the
registrants recently married that had
been previously acted upon by this
board. With reference to our action
upon these claims will say that this
action has been taken after a consul
tation of two members of this Board
with Col. McCord when we met to-
gether with representatives from each
of the other District Boards in the
State last week.
At that conference Col. McCord ex-
pressed himself very strongly in re-
gard to Boards adhering to the rule
laid down directing us to consider all
such marriages where proof showed
that same had not been consummated
for the purpose of evading Selective
Service Law. At that conference we
also found that the other four Boards
of the State had been ;iving up to that
rule and disregarding the marriage
only in such cases where the proof
failed to show that the marriage was
not for the purpose of evading mill
tary service. In our brief conference
Col. McCord very emphatically stated
that the law was not to be disregard
ed in this matter and laid stress upon
the fact that practically all of the
manageable men of the United
States were now registered for mill
tary service and that it was not the
policy or the desire of the Govern
ment to discourage marriage, and
that the only intention was to stop
marriage for the purpose of evading
military service.
1t is not question of what the in
dividual members of this Board may
think the rule should be, but it is
question of our trying to follow, the
rule laid down which we are directed
to follow by the Executive Officer of
the law in this State. 1t is not our
intention to encourage a registrant to
make a claim for deferred classical
ton on this ground, and in all cases
where they fail to make proof that
the marriage was not for the purpose
of evading military service, the mar
riage will be disregarded by the
Board.
We are writing this letter for your
information in order that you may
know our view point.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) ALMON ING, Chairman.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15
Announcements

The Times is authorized to max,
he following announcements, for tn,
'ffices indicated, subject to the actor
# the regular Democratic Primar!
election:
For County Collector 80
OLIN DALE NORWINE. ~
of Flat River. ""'
GEORGE WILSON CLOUD.a
Of Flat River.a
AMOS C. NORWINE.
of Bonnie Terre.
]. ED BREWER.
of Doe Run.
ALBERT LEE MILLER.
of Bonnie Terre.
ESPY E. JACKSON
Of lockwood.
C. /. GARRETT
of Randolph Township.
For County Clerk:
BERT STAPB
of Leadwood.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15

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+ Monies, finance and education. =
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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15

I'VE hereby pledge ourselves to daily
make personal sacrifice that will
permit us to purchase one ascent
Thrift Stamp each day"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15
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= The great worlds war is being >
= waged to secure liberty to pos =
4 terity. The debt of the war will 4
4 fall upon the shoulders Of the =
= youth of today. The. thrift propa- !:
= ganda is the, first exercise toward =
4 training him 70 meet his future 4
4 responsibility. 1.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15
RARE OPPORTUNITY
FOR BOYAND 'sHEP'
HOW COUNTRY LAD MAY SERVE
HIS COMM UNITY AND COUNTRY
AND ENJOY FINE SPORT.
"COTTONTAlLS" AND STAMPS
Two Rabbits Will Buy a Thrift Stamp
Every Thrift Stamp Purchased
Will Buy Five Bullets for
Our Soldiers at Front.

Every country boy has rare oppor
tunity of having fine sport and serv
ing his community and his country at
the same time, during the snowstorm
and the present high price of rabbits
Two rabbits will more than buy a
Thrift Stamp. Where is the country
boy who, with the aid of snare and
his farm dog and snow-cOvered
ground, cannot catch at least two raD.
bits day?
In months time, at odd moments,
an industrious boy who loves the sport
of rabbit-hunting could be the posses.
sor of War Stamp which would cost
him SAP, and in January, 1928, this
same stamp will bring him S..
Every boy knows that in killing
rabbits he is doing the farmers in his
vicinity a service by protecting the
young fruit trees in his neighborho0d,
The tender bark Of the young fruit
trees is a most tempting morsel lor
the "cottontail." Often during heavy
SLONSluilu every tlct III an oi|odIu -
"riGged" by bunny, whose supply OF
green food is covered with snow.
To the country boy alone belongs
the science and woodcraft of trapping
the "cottontail" He is past master in
the art of snare-making and batting,
Only the country lad can know the
exhilarating joy of rabbit hunt.
What greater sport is afforded the
country boy than a rabbit hunt with
Shop and what greater opportunity
is given him to serve his country
through acquiring the habit of Thrift
and lending his money to his country?
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: If every man, woman and child 4.
+ in the United States would save i
= cents each day the entire issue !.
= of $2,000,O0O,00O War Savings +
i Stamps during the year OF 1918 =
.swould be purchased, and the =
+ American people would have ac- +
!. quired the habit of thrift. !.
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All girls sing like birds. Still there
are many kinds of birds.
Child-T"Dad, what does T. R. stand
fort"
Dad-"Tain't right"
p The Germans need not fear we shall
take everything when we get to Ger
many. We will never take the Ger
mans word. fte y
Somebody having quoted Tacitus on
the Germans, we are asked who Taci-
tus was. He was the man that put
"tacit" in taciturn.
President Carranza follows win
ming tactics against Villa. He keeps
the bandit chief at as great a dis
lance as possible. I'll
Well, anyway, there has been no
embalmed beef in this wal. And no
typhoid camps. Take 1t san in all, q
very. healthy condition. I ,.s-..-~s.rs4ss-
4
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15

The classification of these regis
trants by the District Board at Pop
lar Bluff is as follows:
John Franklin Miller, class two.
James Augustin Ballard, class four.
Carless Province, class four. l.
John Franklin O'Bannon, class four.
Percy Allen Swink, class 2. 90
Ohio Elmer Mayberry, class al
Robert Emery Marks, class. Az
Loss Halle Cash, class 4. fl.
Frank Rice, class 4.
Louis A. Perrett, class A.
John Dana Jose, class a.
Elva RECTOR Dyer, class A.
John Frederick For, class A.
Firman Jules Pratte, class A.
Maurie j. Morgolis, class A.
James Lawrence Copeland, class A.
Geo: Jennings, class A.
VIM. Henry Herbst, class 4.
Stanley Lee Hewlett, class A.
Lionel Gay Tetley, class 2, agricul-
tural claim.
Harry Richard Croke, class A.
Jesse Clarence Flannery, class /.
William Sullivan, class a,
Thos. Hunt, STAN, Jr., class A.
John Wesley Kells, class A.
Lynn A. Horton, class A.
Edwin Joseph Murphy, class 2.
John Clark McDavid, class /. 4,.
Robert Walter Barber, class A.
Willard Lee Rariden, class A.
John Harris Wigger, class 4.
John Lewis Meyer, class 2.
William Edw. Dreier, class 4.
William Arthur CALDWELL class a.
Noah Robert Hibbitts, class a.
Frank E. Watson, class 2.
Thos. A. Gibson, class A.,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15

A subscription to The Times
will help you thro the year
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15

This classification applies to the
papers returned to the Local Board.
Some cases are yet pending with the
District Board at Poplar Bluff. The
Local Board feels that in view Of the
fact that this action has been taken
by the District Board that every reg
istrant who has the same claim for
deferred classification should have the
right to file it if he has not already
done so. Therefore, the Local Board
feels free to reopen any case and per-
mitsit to go to the District Board for
it's action on a similar claim. Any
registrant wishing to take advantage
of this new ruling should file his
claim Immediately. A number of the
above named registrants received de-
ferred classification had been certified
for service, andswere being held to fill
the present deferred quota until a
sufficient number Of registrants had
been finally placed in class one and
certified for service under the new
regulations, before the date of their
marriage, but the Local Board is not
in position to tate that registrants
now placed in class one would be ac-
corded the same treatment by the
District Board in case of their mar
rage after receiving notice of their
classification.
131 Men to be Sent to Camp the
Latter Part of this Month.
The Local Board received notice on
ftonday, the 18th, that at this time
Missouri was required to send but
1924 men, of which number St. Fran
co.'s county was to send 1871. Conse-
quently the number of men to be sent
out on the 23rd or within the five
days following will be but 131 instead
of 230 as originally called for. The
Board is not in position to state this
week just what men will be called
but it can state that these men will be
supplied from those whose order num-
beEs are below 1400 and probably it
viii have sufficient number under
1890 provided all are, in position to
appear on the day OF entrainment.
1xhk .nNyssl-, nnn~.J -
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15

President Carranza follows win.
ming. tactics against Villa. He keeps
the bandit chief at as great dis
lance as possible. I'll
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15

Well, anyway, there has been n,
embalmed beef in this wal! And nj
typhoid camps. Take 1t san in all, !
very. healthy condition. E,,.,-..-+,.s,..s,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15

p The Germans need not fear we shall
take everything when we get to Ger.
many. We will never take the Ger.
mans word. fts
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15

All girls sing like birds. Still there
are many kinds of birds.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15

Child-T"Dad, what does T. R. stand
for?"
Dad-"Tain't right"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15

Somebody having quoted Tacitus or
the Germans, we are asked who Taci-
tus was. He was the man that put
"tacit" in taciturn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-28
SACKED JEWISH CITY
POlos' Victims Numbered Several
Thousand in Raids.
(By the Associated Press.l


:. Berlin. Nov. 27.-The. charge that
the Poles, after capturing Lemberg,
the Galician capital sacked the Jewish
quarter, where the victims umbered
several thousand is made by the Lem
berg correspondent of the Berlin ,Tage-
blatt, who says he left the Galician
city November "a. He telegraphs his
newspa per from Breslau as follows:
''Since Friday Lemberg which has
been the scene of desperate street
fighting is again in the hands of Poles
after having been stubbornly defend
ed by the Ukrainians. The casualties
among the soldiers and civilians are
estimated as in excess of one thousand.
A large section of the inner city was
completely destroyed. The postoffice
is a heap of smouldering ruinS
Immediately upon entering the city
the Poles proceeded to sack and burn
the Ghetto district, whose victims
numbered several thousand. The
streets were filled with the charred
bodies of murdered Jews. many of
whom, in the frenzy of despair had
leaped from the burning buildings
which were surrounded by Polish
troops The Polish authorities were
indifferent and. declined to take meas
ures to halt the slaughter.
1.-The Polish authorities are attempt
ing to blame uniformed bandits for
the pogroms, altho it is commonly
known that the terrorists are not only
amply supplied with arms and muni-
Jews in the event Iiemberg was cap
| t.,r
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-28
A THANKSGIVING PRAYER
As Suggested by Right Rev. Samuel
E'allows.

Chicago. Nov. 2S.-The Right Rev
Samuel Fallows. Reformed Episcopal
today offered the following Thanks
giving day prayer, recommending its
general use:
20 God. the ruler of the nations,
we devoutly thank thee for the
splendid victory thou hast given US
who have been contending for the
right over the arch enemies of man
kind.
"rhe peoples who sat In darkness
have seen a great light, the light of
liberty. Songs of unutterable joy have
broken from their lips. Tears Of glad
ness bedewed their cheeks. The
prisoners have leaned exultantly from
their chains.
"Despotic rulers are fleeing in
hottest haste The reign Of the Lords
anrointed has begun.
Confusion may exist before the
foundations of justice and righteous
ness are fully established. But thou
who didst crown our arms with
triumph will ever rule all for lasting
good.
"Give US the grace to rearrange
speedily for the best all our Industrial
and economic affairs. Unite more
closely together all our varied ma
tionalities at home and our faithful
allies abroad
Bring into one great unity of
| brotherhood all diversified believers
| of every faith and creed. And as our
| brave boys come back, we thank Thee
that we can - joyously sing:
| Let all the nations know. to earth's
remotest bounds.
| The year of jubilee has come; re-
turn We glorious heroes home.
And to Thee be all the praise for
e.er. Amen"