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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-02
DEATH TOLL PAST WEEK
HAS BEEN VERY HEAVY
Terrible Conditions of Roads Make
Travel Impossible for
Doctors.

The death toll the past week has
been the heaviest in the history of
the community, as high as two or
three members of the same family be-
coming victims of influenza and
pneumonia.
1t is likely that the extreme wealth
er is responsible for at least a part
of the fatalities. The roads have
been in such condition that travel for
any distance was out of the question
and this has made it difficult for doc
tors and nurses to get to severe cases.
In the twenty-four years we have
been in the newspaper business we
have no recollection of time when
we were called upon to chronicle such
a number of deaths, and hope we
never again shall be.
1t has been a trying time indeed.
Nurses were almost impossible to Sc
cure and the doctors have braved
seemingly impossible hardships to
save the lives entrusted to their care.
Never has there been so much sor-
row in the community. The ties of
family and friendship have been rent
in twain, and the hearts of almost ev-
eryone is sad at the passing of dear
ones, either within or without their
family. At the season when good
cheer should abound great weight
seems to have fallen upon us as a
community and the terrors of the
great war have been increased a doz-
en- fold by the deadly disease which
is taking greater toll than the bat
tlefelds of Europe.
When will it end?
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-02
ANOTHER BLIZZARD FOLLOWS
THAT OF LAST WEEK CLOSELY
Put the Finishing Touch on Travel,
Paralyzed Business and Train
Service.

Another blizzard lacking but little
of the intensity of that which visited
this section last week came the first
Of the week, and again the city has
been without mail for several days.
While the fall of snow was not as
heavy here as in the first storm it was
sufficient to fill the railroad cuts and
wagon tracks which had been broken
out and completely tied up traffic both
by rail and land.
All along the line trains were tied
up and in several instances the snow
plows sent out to dig them out be-
came stuck in the drifts and had to
have assistance.
Business was just starting to open
up when the second storm struck, but
there has been othing doing since. 1t
is out of the question for people from
the country to get to town and about
the only business being done is the
phone orders for groceries.
AS the paper goes to press the sun
is shining but it is still extremely cold
with no prospect of thaw and it is
hard to tell just how much longer we
shall be shut in.
The railroad has been opened up
and few trains are running but
these are several hours behind
schedule and with a little wind the
condition would be as before.
1t is doubtful if ever before bust
ness has been so completely par
alyzed, yet everyone keeps smiling at
the prospects for the future.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-02
REQUIRES MORE EGGS

" According to the U. S. Food
Administration an urgent ne
cessity exists for a large out
= put of eggs this winter. 'Stor-
. age stock are Fl per cent less
= than a year ago and are rap
idly being consumed.
The United States must
share its egg output and its
" storage eggs with Europe.
= Importation of Chinese dried
= eggs stopped in February and
bakers are now using shell
. eggs, thus adding to demand.
Every farm poultry house
= in the United States should
be made a busy egg factory
this winter. Consult your
county agent, state experiment
. station or the U. S. Depart
ment Of Agriculture for best
methods.
= The needed increased output
' of fresh eggs this winter is a
challenge to the skill and re-
sourcefulness of every farmer
" and poultryman. Even with
maximum production, condi-
tons point to profitable returns
= for every fresh egg marketed.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-02
Hold the Small Hogs

The Food Administration has OBJ
tanned a promise from packers to
keep up the price of hogs through
January at the same level as the
prices as obtained in November and
December.
A request has been made that
farmers keep their small weight hogs.
Toward spring the shortage of meat
will be more acute than ever because
so many farmers are disposing Of
hogs under $50 pounds in weight,
according to the Food Administra-
ton.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-02

Captain Charles Stewart, 59th Ar
tillery, U. S. Army, just returned
to his home in Washington after
commanding his battery at st. Mihiel
and the Argonne, reports that, on
reaching Paris the day the armis-
tice was signed, his first idea Of a
fitting celebration was a bath, the
first In two months, and dinner
which should be a rare relief from
the daily diet Of bully beef on the
fighting line.
"What did you find to eat in
Paris ?" he was asked.
"Well, you can't get any butter,
or sugar, and there's no milk to be
had, and no eggs
eve got eight oysters with green
rims on them, a partridge, and an
other bird, and a steak. The bill
was $50 francs for four Of us, about
$50 in American cash"
When an American army officer,
whom the joyous Partisan populace
dragged from his taxi and carried
along with kisses and salutations on
the greatest festal day in history,
hailing him as a hero and deliverer
Of France, was denied butter and
sugar, milk and eggs on his first
day back from the front, the grim
truth shows plainly that these things
are practically impossible to find.
To children, old people, sick people
and wounded men in hospitals, they
are indispensable foods.
The United States Food Admin
istration says: The need to ship food
overseas is greater than ever today.
Don't stop saving!
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-02

The Red Cross brought
heroic France the first help
from America to turn back
the onrush of democracy's
foes.
Then it provided healing
care and comforts to strength
n America s great democratic
army.
Also it fights now beside
our soldiers over there by
looking after the needs Of their
loved ones over here.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-02

As food control measure in Nor
way to properly distribute the avail
able fat supply, producers are pro-
hibited from selling butter direct to
consumers.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-02
Want Column

FOR SALE-Half section land, A
miles of Liberal, A room house, barn
for IL head stock, good well and
windmill and tank, 70 acres of pas
ture, balance in cultivation. Terms,
$4,000 cash, balance on long time.
See C. W. Finley, phone I'LL or
3148. 29tfc
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-02

Fish sausage is being manufactured
In Sweden. Early in September its
retail price in Helsingborg ranged
from IS to SO cents per pound.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-02

Several thausand pounds of sea
reed are being gathered daily in
Smaaland, Sweden. The reed is be-
ing used as an emergency fodder.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-02

FOR SALE-One quarter section,
miles east 10 south of Liberal, Kan,
100 acres broke, 60 sown to wheat.
Will sell right if taken at once.-R.
L. Hill, owner. 23tf
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-02

CHRISTMAS TRADE exhausted
our stock of talking machines, but we
have more on the road.-Stark Music
House, opposite Post Office. 33t1c
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-02
Topsy Times

"a queer thing is on the cards in
Europe"
"What is that?"
"The deuce is taking all the kings"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-02

FOR SALE-Bundle Kafr corn;
mile east and " mile north of High
School building.-A. Wilson, Lib
eral. 28tfc
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-02
IA Fight for Health

By sending health workers
to Italy and France-by APP
propriating millions for fight
ing tuberculosis both there
and in America. the Red
Cross gives every member a
share in a winning war for
health.
Red Cross funds enable
American tuberculosis asso-
Citations to combat the disease
that most of all kills those
needed as workers and soldiers.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-02

FOR SALE-A good piano. See
J. N. Evans, Peoples State Bank. tip
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-02

STRAYED: From my place a A.
year-old brown horse mule, mealy
nose, Ia 1-2 hands high. Had leather
halter on. Notify e. Hibbs, Owner.
Liberal, Kansas. 31tfc
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-02

FOUND-Gold neck chain, near
Telegraph office. Owner can have
same by calling at this office and pay
ing for ad. 32t1
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-15
lower down.

lower down.
The annual consumption of rice is
enormous in our trade radius 1t
is so large that the grower can MAKE
a tremendous hit with a rice crop. He
can sell for half price and double his
profits as compared with numbers, Of
other crops we are now busily chas-
ing. Think of fifteen cents a pound
for rice! You can make money grow
ing it at five cents a pound.
This is a crop that ought to be de-
veloped so that our local millers will
give us a Iice mill. A husking outfit
is not very costly and if some local
farmers will agree to grow the crop
in even a small way, they can get a
local plant to add the rice mill and
prepare it for consumption here at
home. Rice is a food too generally
user, too easily grown to be permit
ted to mount so high in price. Investi-
gate this crop.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-15
TIE NEGRO PROGRAM

The Chicago board of trade is try
ing to place 1000 idle negroes of the
north back in southern industries.
Amcng these are negroes who were
drafted out of the south by labor
agents some years ago to fill in the
gaps and increasing needs for labor
in the north and east as the war in
dustries increased. There is room for
these and the Chicago body is getting
ready calls for labor from the old
home section.
The negro would be wise to hear
the call of the south. Industry in this
section known how to use him. In
the north they little know how to
keep him at work and they sym
pathize with him not a bit. He must
stand on his own ability or fall, and
now he is locking for work.
But the trouble now is the return
iEg soldier. The negro is losing his
place to the man who went aw2y to
the war. 1t VIII be hard to place the
negro anywhere and out of necessity
he may have to come back. 1t would
be far better for him to get back
rather than organize to att2!n the
rights" that will rot prove theirs
when a show down comes. The south
is the ncSro's home and the south is
doing more for him than auv othar
part of the country.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-15
CRISP COMES IN TODAY.
From Macon Telegraph:

FROM Macon IelegfaDh.
Next to fall into the front line Of
pioneer good roads counties in Geor-
gle Ciisp today vOt > on a bond in
sue for $350000 to lay, in collaboration
with a share of the Federal fund, per-
manent highways in that community.
Crisp is in the same class with Sum
ter, Thomas and the other larger
counties that have just added good
roads to their practical program of
achievement for this year-it is only
that the bond election was fixed for
a later date
The issue, of course, will pass with
the whoOping majorities every similar
issue has been favored with in Geor-
gia this year Crisp has done, always
far better with her dirt roads than
the average Georgia county Of similar
class; Cordele city is one Of the best
paved towns in the state; and the
progressiyenesS of the county electo-
rate is on d high average plane
Which means, of course, it is only q
question of getting the vote out to
ascertain how high the majorities
will be-
And it is so much fOregOne con
clusion they will pass The Telegraph
extends its Fluctuations in advance on
the simple fact of the election being
called and the program decided on.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-15
FORGETTING RICE

The last allotment of rice which
came tc our house was Il little sack
containing one and three-quarter
pounds of a none too choice grade.
1t cost twenty-five cents. This might
be made the text Tor a little sermon
en- rice growing. We got our rice at
the prevailing price. The farms of
Crisp county in their waste places
are abundantly prolific in rice max,
ing to produce wide profit in rice cul-
ture.
The farms of south Georgia in their
waste places will grow millions of
tons of rice The freight on rice and
the enlarged margins of profit now
taken by the produce sellers puts
it almost out of reach of the con-
sumer, The price removes it from
among the cheaper commodities. 1t
can be grown and carried thirty miles
to mill and then produced at half the
price now charged with a fancy prof.
it 10 the grower There are even
greater possibilities in the counties
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-15
News and Observer:

"WANTED-Colored barber for
white trade in camp town; perma-
nent position. We guarantee $25
per week. Right man can make
$35 per week
'W'ANTED-Teacher of Latin
for the Lumberton High school,
Lumberton, N. C. Salary $40. w.
H. Gale, Superintendent"
A negro barber is guaranteed a
minimum of 500 a month and if
proficient apd alert he might
Make" more than $40, while
the white teacher competent to
teach Latin in a high school is
offered only $40.
Thus the negro barber might
get as much pay for two weeks
work as the high school Latin in
structor could receive in month!
Under those circumstances,
what is the incentive to qualify
as Il teacher?
Is not the incentive more in the
opposite directi0n-for the Latin
teachers to quit teaching and
learn the BARRIERS trade?
And what happened with regard to
the barber is occurring daily in
other lines. The Dispatch is today
running an advertisement for a steer
driver at three dollars per day. That
is a price of $7S per month. There
is not an average grammer grade
school teacher in Crisp county max
ing that much. And it is true in
other counties around us Our ills are
no worse than the ills of others, but
we are trying all the time to argue
that because others are not seeing
the trouble and removing it, we are
little justified in remaining under
The awful handicap for education.
Our boys and girls will be the men
and women Of tomorrow In a degree
they will be men and women accord
ing to the type of school teachers who
train them That's true but many
ii US do not know it. We have much
10 do, even after we get the we'll paid
teacher, before we get proper results
n the most common avenues of
schooling. We ought to be doing
every day.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-15
ATLANTA WOMEN EAGER FOR
CHANCE TO PAY POLL TAX

Atlanta, Ca May 15.-Atlanta
women, who were recently given the
right of franchise in city primaries,
are enjoying their privilege very like
much like a small boy does a top
Meetings by the score are being held
and planned, organizations being per-
fected and various and sundry ad-
dresses made to prepare the fair sex
for their baptismal drive into the
sea of politics. 1t hes been mildly
suggested that they he asked to pay
a voting fee" to go toward the free
school book fund. This meets with
favor OF the suffragists.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-15
DOUBLE TREAD TIRES

Ship us by prepaid express or par
eel post an old worn out, blown out,
or rim cut tire, regardless of con-
dition. We will ship you in ex-
change a good PUNcTURE PROOF
DOUBLE TREAD TIRE at following
prices. 3ox3 81; 3o-3 1-2 So; 32x
3 1-2 50; 31x4 $40; 32x4 $10,50;
33x4 SLOTS; 34x4 $11; 35x4 IL $13,
Send money order or check with order
for size wanted. We ship same hour
received.
DOUBLE TREAD TIRE co.
Macon, Georgia.
SOB First ST. Opposite City Hall
4-17-tf.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-15

If Prices of food stuffs keep on
saring, there will be some Ameri-
can problems for Wilson when he re-
turns home. Since the ban has been
lifted the world has never Witnessed
such profiteering as that going on in
this country on food products. 1t
ought to be stopped.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-15
OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY.

An Ohio city council has discuss &
the adyisabiIity Cf an ordnance re
gulating the tight skirts. Th2t body
will soon be discussing the advisa-
bility of an ordinance defining spe-
cities details for safe resumption
of doplCmatic relations with the wo-
men of that town.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-15
ATLANTA GIRL WRITES
SOLDIERS ARE UNBURgED

Atlanta, Ga, May 15.--Miss Helen
Douglas, daughter of Hamilton Doug
las, dean of the Atlanta Law School
and well-known attorneyt who has
been in service with a war auxiliary
organization for some months, has
written her parents that she saw
numbers of soldiers unburied on the
battle fields in a recent tour of north
ern France.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-15

A news items says ten thousand
people are signed to petition in New
York for a five cent bread loaf This
might be taken at a distance to mean
that there are some people hungry
for bread and too poor to buy it. If
that petition comes this way, we will
sign it some few times ourselves
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-15

There is a sort Of make-beliavc Ell
fort atoot designed to make people
believe the price of wheat is going to
be lowered, That may be an honest
effcrt to reduce the cost, but it is not
going to amount to much Of real
reduction in the cost of bread. A real
effective move for cheaper bread will
he welcomed by milliosn Of people.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-15
BARBER OR TEAcHER-wHlcA?

We are indebted to the Atlanta
Constitution for the following little
argument in behalf OF the teachers
pay:
School and Home. published in
Atlanta, in a recent issue carried
letter from an army officer sta
toned at Raleigh, n. c. calling at
tention to the following want
ads" that appeared in The Raleigh
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-15
Members of Associated Press.

Members of Associated Press.
The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication
OF all news dispatches credited to it
or not otherwise credited in this pa
per and also the local news published
herein.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-18

One you. choose from fair sized
table of them of equally delightful ones.
II might be dainty white one with
striped organdie collar with long revers,
or a all white one trimmed with pretty
lace: any you choose will be $3.50 ones
for $1.o0-street floor.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-18

70 present the case to the Jury and
Att9rney Harry Shaw, representing
the defendant took about thirty five
minutes.
Prosecutor Haggerty dweit chiefly
on the testimony If Cora May and
Charley Moore, emphasizing the fact
that Cora May had sworn that she
was 22 yearr of age when May secured
his marriage license at Ciarksburg
when in fact she was only Is years OF
age. and that Charley Moore mad
made such puzzling statements on the
witness stand that his evidence could
not be taken in good faith. He argued
that Mrs. May had become enraged
because her husband had taken some
OF her clothes and for that reason as
she was alleged to have told Chief
Harr deliberately and willfully killed
her husband.
Attorney Shaw reviewed the case
from the beginning, at all times en-
phasizlng the age of the defendant
and referring to her as Child" He
explained that Mrs. May had not been
the least bit angry and did not shoot
until after May had picked UP large
butcher knife and started after her.
T. w. Bell was foreman Of the Jury
and read the verdict.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-18

This lot embraces children's
white canvas oxfords and putips
actually worth up to $i.50.
broken sizes and lots-choice
CSC.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-18
UNION DISTRICT
BOYS LOOK AT Pigs
Compare Notes at the Sites
on Inspection Trip
Yesterday.

"Pigs is Pigs is the familiar say.
ing, but the seven Union district boys
who accompanied w. e. McComas,
county farm agent. yesterday on an in
spection trip. are certain that the Po-
land Chinas placed by the Fairmont
Trust company are more than ordinary
pigs. Recently the bank placed pigs
with seven young men in Union dis
trict and yesterday Mr.. McComas took
the lads in his auto and they compared
notes at every boys home.
Feeding conditions, the growth since
being placed by the bank and other de.
tails we're carefully noted. The stock
lis reported to be among the very best
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-18

She wore them at summer garden
party and she was so much sought after
that evening that the others there were
green with envy. But as Kipling says.
that is another story. Such lovely beads
ed sizes are temptingly displayed on our
street floor, and their prices are SIC and
$1.10 including war tax
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-18
mi in ONE.

With the Sora.Tone you can enjoy
the worlds best music because the
sona-Tone is designed 70 play better
all records Of all makes. The adapta-
billy OF the Sona.Tone to all records
ID one OF It's special teatures-any
needle may be used. including the
Jewel point, sapphire ball-all without
extra cost.-Van Writ &, Bromley, Cor.
Washington and Jefferson sts.-Adv.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-18

that was pufchaseabie ia Ohio. At the
end Of two years each boy viii have to
return two pigs to the bank after which
he will receive the pedigree papers.
Those who made the trip yesterday
were John Gwyn, Forrest Paterson.
Carl Barbe. Howard Daugherty. Paul
Norris. Glenn Morgan. Ira Bunner and
Mr.. McComas.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-18
INVOLUNTARY
h|ANS[AUGHTER
FOR MRS. MAY
Jury Was Out Only Abou,
One Hour Yesterday
Afternoon.

lnyciuntary manslaughter was the
verdict o. the Jury in the BILLY" May
p1ufder case after the Jury had been
out for about one hour yesterday af-
fern6on. The verdict will mean Jail
sentence not to exceed one year for
Cora May, The motion to set aside
the verdict was made and will be ar
fped later.
Prosecuting Attorney Walter R.
Hatserty took about thirty minutes
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-18
GRAHAM AElaArs INFANr Dies

Charles Russell .rimms aged five
months, little son Of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
2. Tmms died last evening at seven
o'clock at the home Of his parents In
Graham Heights after an illness with
cholera infantum. TIE funeral will
take place Saturday morning at ten
O'Clock and interment will be made in
Meadowdale cemetery by Udertaker
Eli Musgravce and son.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-18

Thrifaness begets niftiness-A War
certificate does It.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-18

Thrills stamps viii stick when 1 fell
low needs q friend.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-18
GREAT SHOP Here the Last Day OF the Week. SATURDAY,
BOYS REGULAR $500 AND $3.50 WASH
SUITS ST so

Sizes 2h to years; made from good
quality percale corded madras. chambray
and Khaki cloth: light and dark colorinss,
monation colors, plain shades and strip
ed effects. In Daddy, Billy Boy. sailor and
Novelty designs; all with short knee pants
second floor.