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The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-07-12

particulars to protect and safeguard
the peoples rights that It was held up
until the administration could prepare
Just and proper measure. The great
corporation interested in the exploita-
ton of the water power of the country
were behind the Shields bin, and held
him in high e5teem as a great lawyer.
On February 26, 1918. a most i'm
portant bill relating to the United
States shipping was under considera-
ton, and came to vote in the senate.
The junior senator from Tennessee
announced the absence of his colleague
ION public business" Letters Of that
very date, written from his office in
Washington, bearing his own sigma
ture, appealing to voters to take care
of him politically while he was remain
ing valiantly at his post in the senate
looking after the peoples interests
and standing by the president.
Upon this record of doubtful loyal
ty to the government and to its DEM
ocratic president he comes before the
people for the first time asking them
to send him back to the United States
Senate.
And We, with all this record, we hear
the senator's friends crying loudly of
his loyalty to the president. How
/ cheap and feeble is the claim of the
senior senator to monopoly of loyalty
in Tennessee. What a poor record on
which to base such a great claim.
Loyalty is blazing in Tennessee, and
many private citizen has given proof
Of loyalty to his president and his
nation that makes the record of the
senior senator weak by comparison.
| know that in this audience tonight
can lay my hands on the heads of ia
theirs and mothers whose sons have
gone with their blessing to the land
of France, to dedicate their lives to
protect their country and to preserve
our civilization. Such men and such
women have stood a higher test of
loyalty than any senatorial vote ever
called for or ever will call for.
If, as the admiring friends of Sem
ator Shields would have you believe, he
has in fact superseded the attorney
general of the United States as the
presidents adviser upon great legal
and constitutional questions, and the
cabinet on matters Of public policy,
then surely President Wilson will not
hesitate to ask the people to retain
him, as he did in the case of those
who claim no such preeminent stand
| ing.
Until the president shall feel i'm
PEELED to say to the voters of Tennes-
see that he desires the return of Sem
ator Shields / shall prosecute my cam
paign in my own way. But until
that time comes / claim the right to
pursue my candidacy, despite the free
ly expressed and voluntary advice Of
a subsidized press which assumes with
out authority, to interpret the
thoughts of the president.
While ! was attending to my official
duties, giving my time and energies
to the respq nlltiss devolving upon
0hts aerf1Itlss n tifsp e saahi5thh a sess !,
tors political camp were evidenced on
every hand-even while the god OF
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-07-12

4 bf : Cerman-born constituent who
II fonly and needIessly insulted him.
Amy Of the United States senators
Ii been jealous of the president, in
\ n the people would eonfde all the
4 er necessary to win the wal" Sen
atbrs desired 70 create a committee of
congress to supervise the conduct Of
the war. The president made known
to them his serious opposition to a
measure franght with so much disas-
ter. This was in July, 1917, but, not
withstanding the presidents earnest
protest, Senator Shields championed
the measure and voted for it.
This measure was defeated, as il
should have been, bat the Chamber
lain bill, a less vicious measure, was
Utter introduced with the same ends in
lyRw. The senator had heard from
tie people at home meanwhile, and
had learned that the people on whose
votes he must rely for reelection were
standing behind the president. The
senator is not always so deaf that he
cannot hear the voice of the people
when an election approaches.
When the fuel administrator, with
the presidents approval, issued an or
der for business of certain kinds to
close during the severe weather of last
winter in order to save coal needed by
ships to carry supplies to our soldiers
and our allies, and to keep the people
of the country from freezing, resolu-
ton was introduced to suspend and
set aside this order, and the record
Adiscloses that the senior senator sup
ported that resolution. Not only that
but he afterwards gave a voluntary
opinion, a great constitutional lawyer,
that this order was unauthorized and
Illegal, thereby striking another blow
against the president and his own peo-
Iple. Not only did he vote for the res
Nolution above referred to, but Mr.
Garfield, the fuel administrator, was
compelled, because of the resolution, to
disclose the causes that made the or
der imperative, and thereby served
notice on the enemy that those ships
loaded with supplies for our soldiers
and our allies had put out to sea.
N have always prided myself on be-
ing man who obeyed and respected
the law, and / would be loath to take
any action that would change my rec.
ord in this respect.
But when our president, in the face
of great national calamity, when the
lives of our people were at stake, anC
when the poor people of Tennessee, es
pecially, were shivering in their fire
less homes-if l had been in the sen
ate ! would not only have found NJ
legal fault with that order, but
would have supported the presidenr
in his action, even though great consti
tutional lawyers claimed that his or
der broke the laws of the states anC
every city ordinance in the United
States. | deny that it is the constitu
tional duty of our citizens to freeze tt
death.
\, He introduced and championed bill
ulaQwn as the Shields waterpower bill
~ bie naeBDshggt ff6Hieepq nd
Eegfslation evidencing ability Of higl
drder. This measure failed in so many
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-07-12

The beautiful cup which the Kaise'
awarded to the winner Of his yarhI
race has turned out to be not gold, bui
pewter. The golden prizes with whicl
he dazzles the eyes of the German PEG
pie will all prove to be equally do
ceptive.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-07-12

Show your civic pride and neighbor-
illness by SWATTING THE WEEDS!
Keep 'em down. If your own proper
ty is free from them, stretch a point
and attack them in the highways and
byways and even help your neighbor
conquer his. All for one and one for
all.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-07-12

Eugene V. Debs, three times social
candidate for the presidency, has re-
Gently made speech reafRrming his
opposition to consumption and Liberty
Bonds, and referring to the Bolshev-
Xxi as Comrades" He and the Boil
sheviki may be calling 'Kamrad" yet.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-07-12
POLITICS is ADJOURNED.

Newspapers supporting Senator
Shields are making themselves more
ridiculous by crying in one column
that politics is adjourned" and in the
other three or four columns Of their
editorial pages printing eulogies of
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-07-12

A war savings stamp is the enB
thing you can buy with the utter seI-
tainty that it win be better in Els
years than it was the day you bouglt
it.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-07-12
noMMUNICATIONs-The States
Graphic will print communication

v Graphic will print communications
of interest if they are intelligently
and legibly written and are not too
long. In every case the real name of
the writer must accompany the COM
munincation, not necessarily for pub
LEGATION, but as evidence of good faith.
Manuscripts will never be returned
unless they are accompanied with
stamps.
OBITUARIES, Resolutions, Cards
of Thanks, Resolutions of Respect,
etc, are charged for in the States
Graphic at five cents per line each in
sert:on. There are no exceptions to
this rule and when matter of this char
acter is sent to The States-Graphic,
the person sending it will be held res
ponsible for the payment.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-07-12

Conservation serves the nation,
Extravaganza is bad,
A thrift stamp, tbs true, means mon.
ey for you,
A war stamp backs your lad.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-07-12
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

We are authorized to announce
Aubrey M. Kahn as a candidate for
EoteEis.l Pen RLsessReFFesentative for the oath
counties Of Chester, Haywood ana
Hardeman, subject to the democratic
primary election, August /, 1918.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-07-12

The German generals have .ftea
set dates when they viii dine in iaris.
But it is not reported that the 'st.s
restaurants are laying in any sulpkes
of sausages or sauerkraut. il
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-07-12

The truly patriotic family is cheer
fully raising war garden and joy
fully canning the products.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-07-12

Beans and onions and cabbages are
allies Of the allies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-11
THE GREAT WAR HAS MADE
CIGARETTES A NECESSITY.

"Our boys must have their
smokes. Send them cigarettes!"
This Is a familiar appeal now to
all Of US.
Among those most in demand is
the now famous toasted" ciga.
rette-LUCKY STRIKE. Thou.
sands Of this favorite brand have
been shipped to France. There
as something homclike and friend.
ly to the boys in the sight Of the
familiar green packages with the
ged circle.
This homelike, appetizlng quail
tty Of the LUCKY STRIKE ciga.
rette is largely due to the fact
that the Burley tobacco used In
making it has been toasted. TITS
toasted" was the slogan that
made a great success of LUCKY
STRIKE in less than q year. Now
the American Tobacco Co. is max.
ing Is million LUCKY STRIKE
Cigarettes q day.
A good part Of this immense
production is making its way
across the water to cheer our
D0ys.-Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-11
YOU NEED NOT SUFFER WITH
BACKACHE'AND RHEUMATISM

For centuries GOLD MEDAL HARLEM
Oil has been o standard household remedy
for kidney, liver, bladder and stomach
trouble. and all diseases connected with
the urinary organs. The kidneys and
bladder are the most important organs Of
the body. They are the filters, the puri-
sers Of your blood. II the poisons which
enter your system through the blood and
stomach are not entirely thrown out by
the kidneys and bladder you are doomed.
WEAKNESS, sleeplessness, nervousness.
dependency, backache, stomach trouble,
headache, pain in loins, and lower abdo'
men, gallstones. gravel, difficulty when
urinating, cloudy and bloody urine, rheu-
matism, sciatica, lumbago. all warn you
to look after your kidneys and bladder.
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules are
what you need.
They are not . patent medicine" nor
4 new discovery" For 200 years they
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-11

To get to the cemetery, we had to
pass through the little shell-destroyed
village, where troops We're hurrying
to and fro.
AS the funeral procession passed
these troops came to the attention
and smartly saluted the dead.
Poor Pete was receiving the only sa-
Lutte a private is entitled to "some-
where In France"
Now and again a shell from the Ger
man lines would 60 whistling over the
village to burst in our artillery lines
in the rear
When we reached the cemetery we
halted In front Of an open grave, and
laid the stretcher beside 1t. Forming
a hollow square around the opening of
the grave, the chaplain read the burial
service.
German m%achine.gun bullets were
Cracking" In the air above us. but
Pete didn't mind, and neither did we.
When the body vas lowered into the
SAaFC IiC nag having bGSu 1SliIVNSu,
we clicked our heels together and
came to the salute.
/ left before the grave was filled In.
I could not bear to see the dirt thrown
on the blanket-covered face Of my com.
rade. On the western front there are
no collins, and you are lucky to get a
blanket to protect you from the wet
and the worms. Several Of the sec
ton stayed and decorated the grave
with white stones.
! That night, in the light Of a lonely
candle in the machine gunner's dugout
Of the front-line trench l wrote two
letters. One to Pete's mother, the
other to his sweetheart. While doing
this I cursed the Prusslan war god
with NIL my heart, and I think that st.
Peter noted same.
The machine gunners in the dugout
We're laughing and Joking. To them
Pete was unknown. Pretty soon, In the
warmth Of their merriment, my blues
disappeared. One soon forgets IN the
western front.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-11
CHAPTER x.
1.-THE Days Work."

was fast learning that there Is a
regular routine about the work. Of the
trenches, although 1t is badly upset at
times by the Germans.
The real work In the fire trench
commences at shutdown. Tommy Is
like a burglar, he works at night.
Just as 1t begins to get dark the
word stand to" Is passed from trav-
erse to traverse, and the men get busy.
The first relief. consisting OF two men
to a traverse, mount the fire step, one
man looking over the top, while the
other sits at his feet. ready to carry
messages or to inform the platoon Off
Ger OF any report made by fhe sentry
as to his observations in No Mans
Land. The sentry Is not allowed to
relax his watch for q second. If he Is
questioned from the trench or asked
his orders, he replies without turning
around or taking his eyes from the ex-
panse Of dirt in front of him. The re-
mainder of the occupants of his trav-
erse either sit on the fire step, with
bayonetS fixed, ready for any emer
gency, or if lucky, and a dugout hap.
pens to be In the near vicinity of the
traverse. and If the night Is quiet, they
are permitted to 90 to same and try
and snatch u few winks Of sleep. Little
sleeping Is done; generally the men sit
around, smoking flags and seeing who
can tell the biggest lie. Some of them.
perhaps with their feet in water. would
write home sym~pathizins with the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-11
TX.
Suicide Annex.

I was in my first dugout and looked
| around curlously. Over the door of
| same was a little sign reading "Sui'
eide Annex" One Of the boys told
me that this particular front trench
was called Suicide Ditch" Later on
I learned that machine gunners and
bombers are known as the "SuIcide
Club"
That dugout was muddy. The men
slept in mud, washed in mud, ate mud
and dreamed mud. I had never before
realized that so much discomfort and
misery could be contained in those
three little letters, NJ U d. The floor
Of the dugout was an inch deep in
water. Outside It was raining cats and
dogs, and thin rlvulets were trickline
down the steps. From the air shaft
Immediately above me came a drip,
drip. drip. Suicide Annex was a hole
eight feet wide, ten feet long and SIX
feet high. It was about twenty feet
below the fire trench; at least there
were twenty steps leading down to II.
These steps were cut into the earth,
but ut that time were muddy and slip.
perry. A man had to. be very careful
or else he would "shoot the chutes."
The air was foul, and you could cut
the smoke from Tommy's fags with a
knife. It was cold. The walls and
roof were supported with heavy square
cut tImbers. while the entrance was
strengthened with sandbags. Nails had
been driven into these timbers. On
each nail hung q miscellaneous assert.
ment Of equipment. The lighting ar.
rangements were superb-one candle
in a reflector made from an ammuni.
ton tin. My teeth were chattering
from the cold. and the drip from the
airshnft did not help matters much.
While I was sitting bemoaning my
fate and wishing for the fireslde at
home, the fellow next to me, who was
writing q letter. looked up and limo.
Gently asked, "Say, Yank, how do you
spell 'conNagrntion'"
looked at him In contempt and an.
swered TINT I did not know.
From the darkness in one Of the cor.
ners came q thin, piping voice singing
one Of the popular trench dlttles en-.
titled:
pack up your Troubles n your Old KIT
Bag. and Smile. Smile, Smile"
Every now and then the singer
would stop to cough, cough, cough, but
II was q good illustration Of Tommy..s
checrfulness under such conditions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-11

have been a standard household remedy.
They are the pure, original imported
HARLEM Oil your Great-grandmother
used, and are perfectly harmless. The
healing, soothing oil soaks into the cells
and lining Of the kidneys aud through
tho bladder. driving out tho poisonous
germs. New life. fresh strength and
health will COM - you continue thiA
treatment. When completely restored to
your usual vigor, continue taking . cap
sule or two each day. They will keep
you in condition and prevent Z return Of
the disease.
Do not delay : minute. Delays ar
especially dangerous In kidney and blad.
der trouble. All reliable druggists sen
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules.
They will refund the money Il not As rep
resented. In three sizes. sealed packages.
Ask for tho original imported GOLD
MEDAL. Accept no substitutes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-11

governor" because he was laid up
with a cold, contracted by getting his
feet wet on his way to work in Wool.
wich arsenal. If u "A should manage
to doze off, likely as not he would wake
with a start us the clammy, cold feet
Of a rat passed over his face, or the
next relief stepped on his stomach
while stumbling on their way to relieve
the sentries in the trench.
Just try to sleep with u belt full Of
ammunition around you, your rifle bolt
biting into your ribs, i%ntrenchlng tool
handle sticking into the small Of your
back, with a tin hat for a pillow and
feeling very damp and cold, with
"cooties" boring for oil in your arm
pits, the air foul from the stencil Of
grimy human bodies and smoke from q
juicy pipe being whitfield into your nos
trlls, then you will not wonder why
Tommy occasionally takes a turn In
the trench for a rest.
While in a frOnt-line trench orders
forbid Tommy from removing his
boots, puttces. clothing or equipment.
The "cootics" take advantage Of this
order and mobilize their forces, and
Tommy swears vengeance on them and
mutters to himself, "Just wait until l
hit rest blllets and am able to get my
own back"
Just before daylight the men turn
ia" and tumble out Of the dugouts. man
the fire step until 1t gets light, or the
welcome order "stand down" Is given.
Sometimes before "stand down" 10 or.
dered, the command five rounds rap.
Id" Is passed along the trench. This
means that each man must rest his
rife on the top and fire rs rapidly 90
possible five shots aimed toward the
German trenches. and then duck with
the emphasis on the "duck"). There Ii
n great rivalry between the opposing
forces to get their rapid fire all of
first, because the enrly bird, in this Ia.
stance, catches the w0rm--sort Of gets
the Jump on the other fellow. catching
him unnwares.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-11

4 machine-gun s@cse sseersa ~
ougouf and gave me Q hard look. I
sneaked past him. aiding and slippins,
ana reached my section Of the front.
llne trench. where ] was greeted By
me sergeant. who asked me, "Whers
In - ave you been!"
] made no answer. but sat on the
muddy fire step. shivering with the
cold and with the rain beating in my
face. About half an hour later
teamed up with another fellow and
went on guard with my head sticking
over the top. At ten o'clock I was
relieved and resumed my sitting posi-.
ton On the fire step. The rain sud.
denly stopped and we oil breathed a
sigh OF relief. We prayed for the morn.
Ing and the rum issue.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-11
80SCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

Why use ordinary cough remedies.
when Boschee's German Syrup has
been used so successfully for ffty-one
years In all parts Of the United
States for coughs, bronchitis, colds
settled in the throat, especially lung
troubles. 1t gives the patient a good
nights rest, free from coughing, with
easy c%xpectoration in the morning,
gives nature a chance to soothe the
lnflamed parts, throw of the disease,
helping the patient to regain his
health. Made in America and sold for
more than half a century.-Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-11
NM
MARCH TO VICTORY

Courage IL q matter Of the blood.
Without good red blood a maj has =
weak heart and poor r
In the spring Is the best time IN
take stock OF ones condition. II the
blood Is thin and watery. face pale or
pimply. generally weak, tired and list.
less, q should take q spring tonic.
One that will do the spring house.
cleaning. an Old-fashIOned herbal rem.
-edy that was used by everybody nearly
80 years ago Is still safe and a n be-
cause 1t contains no alcohol or narcot-
&c. 1t Is made up Of Blood root, Gold.
en- Seal root. Oregon Grape root.
Queens root, Stone root, Black Cherry
-bark-extracted with glycerine and
made into liquid or tablets. This blood
tonic was first put out by DIR. Pierce
in re8dy.tO-use form and since then
has been sold by million bottles rs DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. II
druggists do not keep this in tablet
form, send 60 cents for a vial to DIR.
Pierce's Invalids' Hotel. Buffalo, N. Y.
Kidney disease carries away a large
percentage Of our people. What Is to
be done? The answer Is easy. Eat less
meat, eat coarse, plain food. with plenty
of vegetables, drink plenty Of water
between meals. and take an uric acid
solvent after meals for a while, such as
Anurlc double strength), obtainable Mt
almost any drug store. 1t was first
discovered by DR.. Pierce. Most every
one troubled with uric acid finds that
Anuric dissolves the uric acid as hot
water does sugar. You can obtain a
trial package by sending ten cents to
Doctor Picrce's Invalids' Hotel and
SURGICAL 1nStituto In Ruffalo N v '.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-11
What Was the Answer

Simon Kiser tells a story Of n little
boy In his neighborhood who found
fault with a man for cutting down a
tree, almost shedding tears for the
poor tree In its pain.
"Trees have no pain" the little fell
lows mother said. "a tree doesn't
feel 1t when you chop it down at ALL"
The lad thought for II moment, then
asked:
you don't mean to tell me, mamma,
TINT when q wolly worm cruwls up Il
tree In the summer 1t doesn't tickle Its
bark T'--lndianapolis News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-11

what a fool he is until long after his
nelghhors.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-11

One mans word IL as good as an
others until you hear the other mans
story.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-11

What Il delightful old world this
would be II fussy people would only
fiose their tempers for good!
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-11
PImpiy Rashy skins

Plmpiy Rashy Skins
Quickly soothed and healed BY CUT.
cura often when all else fails. The
Soap to cleanse and purify, the Oint.
,ment to soothe and heal. For free
samples address, "Cuticura, Dept. X,
Boston" At druggists and by mail
Soap Is, Ointment rs and 5O.-Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-11

Once In a while 4 woman gets SO an
cry Mt her husband that she refuses
to talk back.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-11

A word from the wise Is generally
laughed at.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-11

When q girl begins to boss a young
,man he might just rs well begin to
save to buy furniture.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-11

Scarcity of cyanide is restricting the
production Of silver, particularly Ia
Mexico.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-11

Occasionally the first to propose n
Is the last to accept It..
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-11
The Reason.

The Reason.
"Are they really going to try to float
chat stock on the market"
'Oh, no; 1t wouldn't hold water"