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The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-05-23

asked our assistance in meeting. Wall
we fail him? We will not! Ameri-
cans play fair. We do not accept
help when we are in danger, then
shirk when asked to bear our share
of the sacrifice.
When our Atlantic coast was IN
danger of attack we told Uncle Sam
to protect us at any cost. He took
us at our word and built submarine
chasers to patrol our coast. He man
ufactured great quantities of mum.
tions and poison gas, hundreds OF
tanks and ships. These must all be
paid for and the debt is ours. We
can pay it by buying Victory bonds.
Are we fair to our boys if we do
not give all we can to finish the work
they have begun? They have beaten
the Hun but the work is not yet fin
ished. 1t is necessary that an army
of occupation be kept for awhile yet
along the Rhine to hold the territory
that has been won. We want the
boys to whom this unwelcome task
has fallen to have every comfort pos
sible. If your boy has come home
he will help you understand how these
other boys feel. If they are not pro
vided with entertainment their morals
will suffer. The boys who are back
home have been deliberately enter
tanned. Is it fair to forget the thous-
ands of boys who are still at their
post abroad? They deserve just as
much honor as those who are back.
Don't fail them now, their work IS
lust as important as when they were
fighting. How true that, eve must
lend to save what they have won"
Last but not least, be fair with your
self. No one can afford from busl-
ness point of view to let this oppor-
tunity pass. These bonds pay four
and three fourths per cent interest,
they are not taxable except under
the income tax. They are by far the
best investment on the market.
Lets have Victory Loan card IN
every home in Medina. 1t is the only
way to play fair with Uncle. Sam, our
boys and ourselves.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-05-23
ANNOYING KIDNEY ILLS
Make Life Miserable for Many Medina
PeOple

There's nothing more annoying than
kidney weakness or inability to prop
erly control the kidney secretions.
Night and day alike, the sufferer is
tormented and what with the burning
and scalding, the attendant backache,
headache and dizziness, life is indeed
a burden. Doan's Kidney Pills have
given peace and comfort to many
Medina people. Profit by this Medina
residents experience.
J. B. Shafer, painter, 404 Baxter
St., says: "My kidneys were out of
order and the secretions were scanty
and too frequent in passage, causing
me to get up at night and breaking
my rest. was feeling very miserable
when I heard of Doan's Kidney Pills
and bought some from w. ]. Wallis
Drug Store. They regulated my kid
neys and helped me in every way. I
take Doan's occasionally now and they
keep my kidneys in good order"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Shafer had. Foster -Milburn Co.,
Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-05-23

not seem impossible to realize them ?
Yet our boys went through it all, and
those that were left came back with
undaunted American courage.
Then, after those dark years of war,
came peace. In France, the field of
battle, the people could hardly believe.
it. And when they realized at last
the Allies were victorious, their joy
was so great that it knew no bounds.
Strangers embraced each other on the
streets, strong men laughed and wept.
Women walked around with dazed,
happy look on their faces.
In America, also, was excitement
and joy. The war was over! We We're
victorious! In some way we had al
ways known that ours was the side
that would conquer, and after our la
Dor and unselfshness we were at last
rewarded.
America made the victory of De-
mocracy over Autocracy possible.
Had it not been for her, strive as
they might, England, France, and
their Allies, would surely have been
conquered.
The cost of Victory is great. Bill
lions of dollars were spent, but more
precious than gold, billions of lives
were lost. This was the price OF VIC
tory and the cost of Germany's greed.
Although the war is ended, our
work must not stop. There are the
soldiers in France who are anxious
to return to their country once more.
It must be paid for. Gas, perfected
by scientists, more poisonous than any
gas ever known, was ready to be
shipped when the war was ended. 1t
was not used, yet the price must still
be paid.
The desolate and ruined countries
ravaged by the Hun must be aided.
But, most of all, our soldiers who
were wounded, blinded, disfigured, dis
abled for life, must be taken care OF,
and the people of America must do
this by lending more money to their
government.
Can any one who has looked at the
matter in this war dare to hold back
their money when the need is so
urgent? !.
A true patriot will not dare. A
loyal and grateful American will give
to the uttermost for this cause. And
if you consider yourself an American
in every sense of the word, you will
give to and boost this Victory Loan
with all your might so that America
can finish her work as we'll as she
began it.
Leontine Cook.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-05-23
SECOND AND THIRD Prize ESSAYS
IN HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST

Below are given the second and
third prize essays in the high school
contest recently held under the au-
spices of the Woman's Liberty Loan
committee. The first prize essay was
written by Ardie Merrick, class la,
and was reproduced last week. The
second prize was won by Leontlne
Cook, class LA; third prize by
Charles Warren, class 3-A:
Why We Should Buy Liberty Bonds
By Leontine Cook
War! North, south, east, west, the
word was flashed. The president Of
the United States of America had de-
elared war upon the imperial govern
ment of Germany, and joined forces
with the weakening Allies.
In remarkably short time a mil
lion men>had been trained thoroughly
and were sent as quickly as possible
to war stricken Europe. The first
and second Liberty Loans made it
possible for the government to do
that. We had made fine beginning
in this war for Democracy against
the Hun.
The daily newspapers gave account
of the battles that were being fought
far across the sea. Who has not read
or heard of the astonishing victory
our marines won at Chateau Thierry?
It did our hearts good to know that
our bows had turned the tide against
Germany. In almost every battle that
the Americans participated, they dis
tinguished themselves with glory and
brought exclamations of gratitude
and praise from England, France and
the other Allies.
Now, why did our boys go at this
fighting with such vigor? Here's the
reason. They knew that the folks
at home stood back of them, that
we would never cease our efforts for
a single moment in this war against
the evil of autocracy! And we have
stood back of them. Until the day
that, the armistice was signed, we
worked, and gave, and it is to be
way that we could, and it is to be
hoped that every one was glad to 90
his bit.
While the factories in this country
were turning out war supplies, every
thing that was needed for war; and
while Y. M. G. A men, Red Cross
and Salvation workers were asking
and working night and day; our boys
in France were fighting and conquer
ing using up everything that
was supplied to them, and calling
for more. The third and fourth
Liberty Loans paid for the
guns, ammunition, ambulances, aero
planes, food and clothing; in fact for
everything that the war demanded.
What courage and supreme sacrific-
ing did it take for YOU to loan your
money to the government? You gave
with the knowledge that sometime
your money would be returned. Did
it not take a wonderful sacrifice, and
a courageous spirit, for the mothers,
fathers, sweethearts, and wives to
give up their sons, husbands, and
lovers They gave with the know
ledge that their soldier might be the
one that would never return. Do we
not owe the boys and men of America
a debt of gratitude so great that we
can never possibly pay them? What
heroism it must have taken for them
to make the supreme sacrifice of
Death; to be able to enter battle with
a word of song, or grim smile, up
on their lips, though they knew that
some would never return.
Can you imagine what horrors our
soldiers, and all the fighters of this
war, must have undergone? Does it
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-05-23
WHEATFIELD DAY, JUNE 27

Wheatfeld Day, an annual event
scheduled at the Ohio Experiment Sta
tion, Wooster, for Ohio farmers to
demonstrate the benefit of fertilizers
and manures in growing wheat, has
been set for Friday, June 27.
The wheatfeld day meeting will be
preceded by a conference on June "a
and rs of soil specialists from all the
experiment stations in the eastern and
middle western states.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-05-23
Play Fair
BY Charles Warren


We hope and believe there is no
one in our district who needs to be
persuaded that they should buy Vic
tory bonds. If so, we are sure that
with little thought on the subject
and a correct understanding of the
matter they will unanimously forsake
their present view for that of their
townsmen, that to buy Victory bonds
is the only way to play fair.
Surely if there is any one in the
world who is entitled to square deal
it is Uncle Sam. Not one of us can
say we are not indebted to him, so
heavily indebted that we can only
clear ourselves by giving him our
heartiest support in ali matters.
Perhaps our greatest debt is that
for our safety while so many homes
in the world were being visited by
that hellish demon, the Hun. During
that period we trusted Uncle Sam to
protect us and he did; mourning in
our defense debts, which now that the
time for settling has come, he has
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-05-23
WAR DEPARTMENT
! ANNOUNCES LOSSES

The war department announced the
casualties of the combat divisions in
France on Friday last. Medina county
families who had or have sons in the
service will find these figures Of more
than usual interest.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-05-23

Miscellaneous units not included IN
divisions lost 1896 men killed, ana
4462 wounded. These losses includeo
men who went absent without leave
to the front from depot divisions and
were killed or wounded.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-17

All the world loves . winner
with the exception Of the loser.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-17
SMALL COMFORT FROM THE COURTS

open for the brewers to prove that
beer OF ATS per cent alcoholic con-
tent Is not Intoxicating.
In the meantime in many districts
they are continuing the manufacture
and sale OF the 2,75, per cent brew,
but the government is gathering evil
dence with view to future prose-
cutions in case the supreme court
holds that they have violated the
terms of the war act In making and
selling this beer.
The brewers are welcome to all the
comfort they can get out of court
proceedings thus far.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-17

l4he brewers have given out state
|D1at In which they profess to believe
they are making progress in
court fight to legalize the manu-
ss and the sale Of ais per cent
They assert that the score in
nl court cases to date is ten to
~ their favor.
" fact Is. no federal court has
3A7S per cent beer TO be non-in-
oting. No federal court has held
rew OF this percentage of alco-
H. not prohibited. On the other
tbs federal court of the Chicago
~ held ATS per cent beer in
4A9. and the federal courts OF
nANsx. Philadelphia and Hart
16txicss declared the war act
1Sd ali beer containing as much
AMlf OF per cent OF alcohol.
gw Orleans, Boston, San Fran
nd Baltimore courts held In
1at the war act prohibited only
beer and left the case
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-17
LET'S GET WISE
Virginia .t.ttizen.l

Everybody that knows the big
hearted fisher folk. hero in Virginia or
elsewhere, always rejoices when luck"
falls their way. The ups and downs OF
their life. the perils at sea, the anxiety
OF their women folks" and others at
home every time the storm brews, the
rnggedness and hardships Of their call
ing where little pleasure (other than
duty well performed) and no Injuries
and pastimes enter in. and worst OF ALL
when a seasons work IL lost to the
storm king or TO poor run OF ash
brings a year Of meagernesHand stint,
even though the fisherman should
escape with his life and his boat-all
find sympathetic cause In the bosom Of
those who know these things. But
their heartfelt sympat hixers are few
In number when compared with the
uninitiated who. perhaps hear only Of
their success when they make q
strike"
Unfortunately eager and undis-
ciplined correspondents tell Of these
Rlorlous ,strikes--few and far between
land With the best OF intentions. Years
AAxA Coma AnAs G1@e sg{1cae NarsWens.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-17

haden fishers have baffled with. not
only the tempests afioat, but also
ashore. Time was when they were
nearly wiped out OF existence by legis-
iation inspired by up country folk who
had been told of fabulous catches"
and wealth boarded by our fishermen,
such as recounted unwisely by near
by correspondent in Richmond papers
last week. Good intentions like that
have time and again brought the in
dus;ry to the verge of extinction, and
have cost untold thousands OF dollars
to the business. II the long seasons
of mo fish" were recounted too the
occasional lucky season or strike
might modify the opinions of the pub
lie IT'S to the boarding OF wealth by the
fishermen and be less bait to the land
sharks that glide through here de-
! frauding our people with oil and min
| ing stocks and such like.
Even more thoughtless and injurious
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-17
III.
Conclusions from These Facts
and Figures.

anu Il isuTtS.
/. Governor Davis proposal to
meet the federal aid funds now in.
bank and available July /, 1920
years. was repudlated by the people
in demanding that the legislature con-
vene itself and act Immediately.
g. The legislature was convened to
meet the federal ,aid~funds in full
and build highways now" The Is
cents property tax and the 20 cents
increase In the automobile license tax
| do not do this These taxes for one
year, lack s464,055 of meeting the
federal funds now in bank without
considering surveying, operating and
freight expenses and resurfacing
work. When these are considered,
creas per b. p. in the automobile tax,
for two years each, leave a deficit Of
| $SS3,1s1.s This deficit would be COW
cred by collections from the S cents
tax December 1921, On the roads
built in 1874 with the. money. The
| government and people. say Build
Now This tax will delay construc-
ton work. and fail to satisfy the peo-
pie.
3. The Is cents property tax and 40
centc increase pee h. p. in the auto
mobile license tax will meet the stu
alton In full and satisfy the demands
of the people
A. Ehe satisfactory service OF the
roads constructed with the taxes will
be remembered long after the taxes
tare paid and forgotten--the people
demand roads of service, not of mud,
and not In the future, but Now.
3. The 5 cents property tax, and
the 80 cents autom obiie tax will each
| nh -
fifty fifty from property and automo-
biiea, respectively, for road purposes
which is perhaps about right at this
| time.
! 6. The 100000 property taxpayers
! who do not own automobiles. and who
pay the IS cents tax, will undoubtedly
not approve Of the members Of the
+, legislature making the automobile tax
| so instead OF so cents and thus de-
laying the work another year.
| Z. The automobile taxpayer will
on an average, save more than the
| taxes paid by them. in tire and repair
expenses. due to improved roads, and
they will be willing to pay the 80
| cents to meet the situation sin full
and get roads now.
8. The increase OF the automobile
| license tax from. 40 to SO cents per
/ h. p. or SO per cent, Is not fair ratio
TO the increase In the property tax
from 3 cents to is cents, or 500 per
cent--considering the dement's receiv-
ed by the two classes of taxpayers.
! .. Let the legislatures meet the sit
| uation In full, and set the state for
ward on the road of progress, and in
a few years the highways will be re-
ferred to with pride rather than
apology and condemnation. and those
who now desire to wait and delay
| while holding to their moorings OF
mud roads will see the light ahead
and join the procession of progress
and Virginia will take her rightful
place among the other progressive
states OF America
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-17
AN ARGUMENT THAT MISSES THE POINT

Prohibition. being one OF the reve-
0e problems before the railroads, Ia
As>parably linked with the high cost
E0l living The railroads stand
- lose, because Of prohibition. at
E1en<t $3.50. 100000. Approximately
10 ,nDo, Zoo tons of alcoholic beverages
end the essentials for their nanutac-
ssafe have been carried annually by
Elbe railroads"
Thus laments the most recent out
Elarst OF the Association Opposed to
E1eAticnal Prohibitions" in labored
}Afgument to show that prohibition of
I1hs liquor tran5c will be a national dis
kmster.
Ss,a The association says that Ii con-
nHcted an exhaustive inquiry into the
whole subject of freight tonnage.
y1nen X attempts to give details of
49, quarter billion total loss which 1T
5 oresAes for the railroads, it becomes
KmGu0 after claiming that 800. 900, 900
Usually have been spent for the
OF liquors. It assumes
no ice. sugar. grain. coal, oil,
nnNhtnery. lumber and other com
oo1ttes heretofore absorbed by the
- business WIFI be handled at all
ak9e railroads after the liquor peo-
L - y 20 fatly = contradiction of ex.
ehce that It cannot be sustained
xHd. though the association says /,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-17
Common Sense Facts.

l. The Legislature Is in session for
the express purpose of meeting the
federal aid funds and the state high
way situation generally. SO as to build
state highways at once.
2. The taxpayers expect the legis-
lature to levy sufficient taxes to ac-
complsh this purpose.
3. When the taxpayers pay their
taxes. they Will assume that the legis-
iature has levied sufficient taxes to
meet the situation and build the state
highways without delay.
a. Success needs no ecomfun,s.
and failure cannot be explained"
and the failure of the legislature to
levy sufficient taxes to give satisfac-
tory results during the next two years
means dissatisfaction with the state
highway situation and criticism of the
members OF the legislature.
| s. Assuming that fair RATIO OBJ
tains between the two subjects of tax
alton, the greater the amount raised
by taxation the better satisfaction
may be given.
Q. ''piking" plan will not give
satisfaction-th people demand bet
ter roads right now, and are ready
and willing to pay for them.
| 7. There are 400, 900 taxpayers in
the state. Less than 100000 of them
| own automobiles, and are able to pay
the taxes, and will save more in tires
and repairs. due to improved roads
than they will pay In taxes.
8 The federal government has 81.
773,161 for building state highways
| in Virginia during the next two years
and the United States department Of
labor, by Secretary W. r. Wilson, has
sent thousands of posters throughout
the state urging the people to use
this money and build now the ma
tonal, state and county roads Al hal
are needed" and good roads,, build
them now and see how quickly good
times will roll down the roads"
3. Governor Davis PROPOSES It
match this fund in four years, no,
to build now, but only when the funds
must be used or lost In his lette,
to Senator corbitt. refusing to cal
tho special session. Governor Davi:
would have legislation elected or
the issue. so that the mem Der.
would 70 boldly to the performance
of their duty" The people demanded
acticn now. The legislature convened
Itself, and will I believe, go boldly
to the performance of it's duty
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-17

sought and obtained information
iron, many high railroad officials
presidents, general freight agents.
sta ttsticians and Others" It Is unable
10 quote a single one in support of
its own conclusion The strongest
statement IT obtained was from the
general freight agen, OF the Chicago,
Milwaukee and Western railroad.
which has had an enormous tonnage
of beer; and the strongest point In
his statement is that Prohibition
means the total loss of the alcoholic
beverage revenue to us-I don't be-
iieve that the transportation OF soft
drinks will ever equal it"
The entire argument misses the
point--the issue OF NET tonnage lost
to railroads which are now carrying
and WILL continue to carry after pro-
hibition becomes effective every single
ton that their capacity VIII allow. And
az for the high cost of living, that Is
i largely matter of getting the neaes
stiles OF life moved from the point o.
production to the point OF creates
need. That promises TO he a tasi
sufficient to command the resources
Of all the railroads for years to come
and every ton of beer which intrude
upon the highway of legitimate com
merce will mean delay to ton o
foodstuTs greatly needed by hungr,
people. ..
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-17

3he mothers Of this nation are ask
who Is responsible for the ever
nxing prices OF food stufrs, and what
&M serd the PRICES DOWN.
Cengressionai committees and spe-
0Dmmlssions are wholeheartedly
INVESTIGATING the whole problem IN the
~ that. unless the hungry public
a IN the meantime. some rem edy
- found before tho year 1890 is
over.
Gpthsrs whore children need food
not satisfied with such hngu,d
Aods. They ars likely to consider
more favorahly tho plan to link
~ hU1ns-maksrs Of the country to-
,nsr into an tnvincfble army to tn
k1 drst-hand into the reason for
49, high prices and then remedy
IN.
NJ belief r. growing that the
tehsr. the baker ana the grocer ARE
" men who are putting a premium
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-17
MOVIE INDUSTRY FIGHTS IMMORAL FILMS

Hood morals. courage and sound
GineM sense were displayed by the
p0s1ntion Of motion picture mag
49, at Rochester few days ago
fMAeM the leaders In the newest great
aAdustry declared open and unrelent-
S6E warfare on immoral films.
s Ss Punttive measures against tho.c
Tho put objectionable pictures on the
cFeen were provided for and the
sn2mbers OF the National Association
70 the Motion Picture Industry were
sedged to corporate with the Ma
nuai Board Of Review to keep from
1hfbit1on an saIacious or immora
11sas and all others fnimtcal to public
Aa1cy. The association had. indeed,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-17
Incoutrovertible Figures.

Incoutrovertible Figures.
J. The unmatched fed
eral aid funds In the
treasury TO the credit
OF Virginia now
amount to . S27Sg055 90
2. The $l.s75,0oo to he
collected from the
proposed Is cents
property tax in De-
cember, 1919, and
later, and the $3.50
GOO to be collected
from the proposed
90 cents increase In
the 1920 automobile
tax will amount to-. 2,325,000
3. Leaving federal
funds unmatched
June 30, 1920. 464.055. 100
1. The fed eral aid
available July /,
1929. is .:..... 1,ss4.1oe, 90
5. Total federal aid un-
matched. July l.
1920 ....... 2.45s.ls1.oo
6, The 1920 Is cents
tax and the 1921 20
cents increase in
automobile license
tax TO meet this
will amount to. -. 2.s25.ooo 90
I. Leaving a surplus
Of federal money
June 80, 1921, of. :. 133,161.
). And no money pro-
vided to. meet the
federal aid for 1921.
3. But t n e highway
commissioner must
have for prelimi-
nary surveying ex-
penses, freight on
government ma a
chinery, operating
expenses, and for re-
surfacing work, for
the next two years,
at leaSt ,........ $50 900 90
}. So the total deficit
on July l, 1921. will
De SSS.161 90
}. We propose TO meet
this deficit by in
creasing the auto
mobile license tax
from 40 cents to so
cents finstead of
COZ per h. p, and
the additional 90
&C hts for 1920 and
1921 will cover this
deficit by produce
ing ........ ....... 900. 900. 90
). Thus meeting the
federal funds APP
propriated and the
general situation in
fun. IN two Years.
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