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Connecticut western news., 1919-05-29
SNAP SHOTS

Postmaster General Burleson de. nies that he is a prohibitionist. Still that doesn't entirely account for him Springfield Republican.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-11-21
COUNTRY PAPERS HAVE
A DOUBTFUL FUTURE

The condition Of the news print pa-
per market is such that without 4
change some papers win be forced IA
suspend publication on account of Ne
hiabillty 70 secure bsp& I'M thzl H.
addition to the fact that the price
has scared to almos: prohibitive fig
ures. Paper is now costing us four
times what it formerly did--henee,
publications that continue to exist will
have to advance both subscription and
advertising rates. Our people ought
to be entirely willing to have sub
scription prices of. dollar weeklies
advanced to s1.5O and so far as this
office is concerned, we have already
decided to advance advertising rates
to 10 cents per inch at that time. The
subscription advance will be consider
ed. There is no use running husi-
ness at prices that prevent making
''the ends meet"
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-11-21
THE DREAD PERIL HAS
CHANGED ITS COLOR.

Tons Of paper and almost rivers Of
ink have been consumed by American
writer's in the United States, holding
before the eyes Of the people, BY
means of the Sunday supplements and
otherwise, the menace Of the yellow
PERIL" meaning Japan; but at the
very worst the yellow Peril" has
hardly arisen above the dignity Of
bugaboo--yet all the time red anar-
chy has been reaching out its thous-
and arms and dabbling its bloody fin
gers in the streams from which the
people drink. The most dastardly
outrage yet perpetrated by anarchists
in the United States occurred on the
11th inst, the first anniversary of the
signing of the arnistice which
brought to an end actual hostilities in
the world war. At CentraIlisl, Wash
ington State, the Armistice anniver-
sary or Victory Day was being cele-
brated and feature of the occasion
was parade by returned American
soldiers. When the parade was pass
ing the headquarters of the Industri-
al Workers Of the World, the process
sion was fired upon from the building.
four soldiers killed and others wound
ed. In consequence one /. w. w. lead
er was lynched and since that time
there has been along the Pacific coast
a general round up Of the dirtiest of
all anarchists who masquerade under
the name Of the !. w. w. In this work
the government should proceed with
out cessation until the last "Red' in
the United States shall have been de-
ported or placed behind the bars.
Each and every American citizen wor-
thy Of the name will say amen-so be
ito the seeming determination of
the government to make this coun-
try too hot to hold such worse than
trash as the I. W. w., the Russian
Workers, the "Syndicalists" and 9TH
ers who, would destroy the peace Of |
this country and turn it into bloody |
shambles.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-11-21
LOCAL BANK APPROACHES
THE MILLION MARK.

Deposits in the local Citizens Bank
of Lexington on last Saturday so
nearly approached the million mark
that,that figure did not look to be far
in the future.
The Bank of Lexington was the pi-
oneer bank in Henderson county and
in the recent past was consolidated
with the Citizens Bank which was es-
tablished in l904-hence the present
name.
That the Citizens-B Bank Of Lexing-
ton has a capable force and that IL
has worked for and gained.the conf
dence Of the people is shown by the
magnitude and conservativeness Of its
growing yearly volume Of business.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-11-21
ALL RIGHT-LET EN-
BREAK TIFF THEY CAN.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Now l6,-Re-
publican leaders in this city and dis
trict have started boom for former
t]nitsd statss Senator Nswsll. ssa-
ders as candidate for Governor, and
if he can be prevailed upon to accept,
his name will be presented to the
state convention. The Littleton, or
anti-Sanders faction Of the party, has
joined in the race, seeking a golden
opportunity for the Republican party
in Tennessee.
In view of recent strength shown
by the party nationally, a desperate
fight is to be made in the coming
Presidential campaign to break the
old "solid South" and astute Repub-
licans say that strong candidate for
Governor of Tennessee would gain
votes on this account. All factions, it
is said have agreed to bury the hatch
EFT for this occasion at least in order
to get control of Tennessee.
The G. o. P. intends to make
strenuous fight on Governor Roberts,
charging that he is attempting to ride
into the guberratorial chair again on
an issue that does not exist, and that
he is organizing law and order
leagues in every section of the State
and preaching law and order in every
town and hamlet, all for the purpose
of building up sentiment and an or
ganization that will guarantee victory
in the state election.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-11-21
WILSON SAYS HE WILL.
POCKET THE TREATY.

1t was given out last Monday by
Senator Hitchcock that in the event
the Senate should adopt the peace
treaty with the Lodge reservations in
full attached thereto, President Will
son will pocket" the entire treaty
which action will put the thing where
it was when the Senate first took
it up for consideration. President
Wilson says the Lodge measures will
nulify the treaty, destroy the very
intent Of thence, under no circum-
stances can he give them his sanction.
II the President has failed-then let
Lodge ct al be responsible for what
ever may come.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-11-21

Four Democrats deserted President
Wilson last Saturday and went with
all the Republicans when, in the Sem
1a1 1lrD< epplisa.op3 tn
reservations to the peace treaty as It
was written at Versailles were adopt
ed. During the day twelve Democrats
voted for various reservations--but
the four were those who voted for the
amendments which were voted down
before the reservations came up. AS
a matter of fact, one Republican, Nc
Cumber, of North Dakota, broke from
his party during the day. Both DEM
ocrats and Republicans worked for
the application of the cloture rule
and when it came to showdown, the
Republicans took the bit in their
teeth, as it were, and swept every
thing before them. This adoption of
ten reservations within the space of
five hours shows that even the Sem
ate of the United States can do some
thing when it so desires--and without
talking the country to death, if they
would.
The following reservations to the
peace treaty were adopted by the
United States Senate Saturday:
1. Reserving to Congress the right
to decide whether the United States
shall accept any mandate given it by
the league of notions.
2. Reserving freedom of action on
domestic questions, including boun-
Diary disputes affecting the United
States.
3. Reserving complete jurisdiction
over the Monroe Doctrine.
4. Withholding assent to the Shan
tung settlement.
5. Providing the appointment of
American delegates to the league of
commissions authorized under it
must have approval Of the Senate.
6. Providing that the repartations
commission shall not interfere with
trade between Germany and the Unit
ed States.
z. Stipulating that Americas share
Of the leagues expense shall be paid
only through appropriations by Con-
gress.
s. Making clear that limitation of
ornaments shall not apply to the
United States when threatened with
war.
9. Reserving freedom Of intercourse
with nationals Of covenant-breaking
states not living in their own coun-
try.
10. Providing that no article Of
treaty shall make illegal or eontrav-
enc rights Of American citizens.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-11-21
NC-4 BROKE RECORD IN
FLIGHT TO MEMPHIS.

Washington, Nov. iS.-Piloted by
Lieutenant Commander A. C. Read,
the naval seaplane. NC-4, which made
the first transatlantic flight, re-
Gently, established. q new nonstop
record for that type of machine when
carrying IL passengers it flew from
Pensacola, Florida, to Memphis, Ten
nessee, a distance of $50 nautical
miles, the secretary of the navy an
nounced to-day
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-11-21

Mrs. Fannie Mcbride has sold her
home at Sardis and viii move to Lex
ington about Jany. lst. She has q sen
and daughter, the latter, Miss Maggie,
has been employed in the Sardis Bank
and is fine business young woman.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-11-21

"Jonkay" Shields. by his opposition
to the president on the peace treaty.
has become so popular with the Re-
publicans that he ought to come home
and run for the Senate on that ticket.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-11-21
ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL
FUND SUBSCRIPTIONS.

Who'll be the next? You citizens
of town and county who have admired
Theodore Roosevelt what win you
give to join in the Memorial move
ment?
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-11-21
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS
DESERT PRES. WILSON,

Four Democrats deserted President
Wilson last Saturday and went with
al the Republicms when, in the Sem
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-08-28

she is now. Canadians, hesaid, are
perfectly willing that Canada shall
remain a part Of the British empire
for the protection and other benefits
she may gain thereby, but the au-
thority of London over Canada Will
never be increased. There is wide
spread Canadian doubt as to the
motives of some British politicians
and a decided disinclination to per-
nit Canada to be exploited for the
benefit of England.
THAT is Why we find it difficult to
understand your Mr.. Taft" said the
speaker. when he says that Great
Britain will have five votes in the
league of nations. England will have
one, and Canada one, and so on"
"In America we think that the
Britishers would stick together" he
was reminded.
"Not a bit of it." said he. ut is
more likely that Canadian interests
would jump with those of the United
States than with those Of England.
Canada has been independent
for all practical purposes long
time. ne said. eve have a governor
general, appointed from England,
it is true. But that system has its
advantages. We could not get togeth-
er on a Canadian for this appoint
ment. Anyhow, the governor gener-
al has no authority. He does what
he is told to do. If he tried to inter-
fere with parliament-well, the same
thing would happen to him that
would happen to King George if he
tried to interfere"
There is still another reason why
Canada does not desire closer po-
litical union with the United States,
he said. Canadians are well informed
on matters south of the line through
their newspapers, though few papers
in the states make a speciality Of
Canadian news. That defect is to be
corrected, he hoped, through the es-
tablishment of news distributing
service in the United States.
"But we read our papers" said he,
"and study your public men through
the medium of their speeches. And
our conclusion is that we had best
paddle our own canoe. For it seems
to us that most of your statesmen
could pass through a sand screen
with their wings outspread."
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-08-28
"WE WON THE WAR"
BLOCKS CLOSER UNION
Sentiment for Nearer Relation Be-
tween Canada And U. 5. Hurt
BY Unfortunate Phrase.
(By Herbert Corey)

Montreal, Aug. 12.-Canada is
.-'-ny much like a self respecting
,eting hen. She is perfectly content
with her eggs and she does not want
to be bothered. Interference would
be no more welcome from John Bull
than if it came from Uncle Sam.
There was a sentiment for a
nearer relation to the United States,
but youk illed it by one phrase" and
one of Canada's foremost men'
"What was the phrase?"
1--WE won the war"
am not permitted to quote the
speaker by name, but ne has much
to do with the shaping Of Canadian
thought. He said that when the war
ended Canada was rather sick OF
Great Britain and the continent OIL
Europe. Canadians are Americans.
Those who live on the other side
think differently and more selfishly.
They are expert at preaching and
phrasing.
"An American editor came IN TO
see me-" he chuckled. "He said that
no nation ever foughb with loftier or
more unselfish motives than Great
Britain. But by an odd chance every
loose thing in the world stuck to her
fingers"
He said the caste system OF Eu-
rope and Great Britain repelled the
Canadians, too. And there was the
reflex action of the Canadians on the
caste system to be considered. Born
and bred aristocrats did not love
horn and bred democrats. The Cana
dian troops who were first over
thought undisciplined by the English
officers. They themselves might
acknowledge they were wild and
woody and hard to curry.
~They became eXcellently disci'
piined soldiers" said the gentleman
quoted, largely through the eHortS
of General Curry. He made the Ca
nadians see that they were not goo1
soldiers unle they obeyed orders te
the letter. 1t the end of the war ths
Canadians were regarded as yer!
cocky troops. They tell a story OF
battle between the Australian anc
Canadian troops in an English vii
lage. 1t lasted for two days and dur
ing that time the officers dared no
90 near. The men used only thell
fists.
"At the height of the fight a new
ly arrived Australian officer, at th'
village, walked past barracks IL
which a terrific battle was on. Sud
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-08-28

denly a Canadian soldier was thrown.
through a window and catapulted,
window frame and all, to the feet OF
the Australian officer. He rose to
his feet, recognized an officer, click
ed his heals, snapped a salute-and
then dived through the nearest 200.
into the fight again"
At the end of the war the Cana
dians and the men from the United
States had become good friends.
They were alike willing to avoid
participation in another European
war.
Never again." was the vow OF
the common soldier.
Just as conditions had ripened for
a much better understanding be-
tween Canada and the United States
If for nothing else-we Yankees
killed the chance, said the Canadian
quoted. the one phrase did tive
won the war" Canada had suffered
heavily in men and money. The Unit
ed States, he said, had actually been
a gamer by the war, as compared
with the rest of the world. The Ca
nadians were enraged by what they
believed to be Yankee swank.
1--WE did as much as the fanks
ourselves" they used to say. But
we do not say that 1--WE won the
war"
The speaker went on to say that
most Canadians realize that Amerl-
cans do not mean eve won the war
Just as it sounds. owe know that
YOU understand that combination
of many factors won the war. You
are one factor and we are another
and France another and so on. But
the fact remains that the feeling
aroused in Canada against Ameri-
cans by that unfortunate phrase has
put an end to any demand for a
closer union-of any sort-at pres
ent."
What Canada appears to want
and to be in a fair way to gets a
greater degree of independence than
she has ever had before. The gentle
man quoted is by reason OF his posi-
ton acquainted with the various cur
rents in Canada. A more authorita-
tive interpreter of Canadian thought
could not be found, perhaps. He says
that Canada would welcome any ia
riff change which might promise to
! be beneficial to Canada as well as to
the United St;vc=.
1--WE allow certain British goods
a small preferential" he said. "Bu'
that is not because of any feeling
for the British manufacturer. Hir
be"a 'sc he sells COOS chcape" thar
we wcu.d get them othc'M:sc We
ere I.rHtec+ing our pockets.
Eut he is very certain thai Cana
ia will not be fitted more tightly in
to the British empire schere thar
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-08-28

666 has proven it will cure
Malaria, Chills and Fever, Biz
ious Fever, Colds and Lagrippe.
It kills the parasite that canSe
the fever 1t is splendid laXa-
tive and general Tonic adv
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-08-28

There is still border warfare.
It is in the selection of new parlor
wall paper when there are three
grown girls in the family.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-09-25
RANDOM RECOLLECTIONS
The Perrysburg saengerbund of
Fifty Years Ago.
Continued from last week J

John Bader, the founder of the
Perrysburg Saengerbund, some
time previous to the disbandment
OF this association, was the sponsor
and organizer of a second musical
organization composed entirely of
male voices. AS with the first, so
with the second-the entire men,
bership were either natives of the
fatherland or the direct male de-
scendants of such. This second or
ganization seemed full of promise
of being a successful musical or
ganization as had the original Saen-
gerbund in the beginning. A num-
ber of the members of the first soon
gave up their membership in order
to join No. 2. | do not remember
distinctly the name chosen by Ba-
der for this new organization, but
have a faint idea it was called the
Perrysburg Maennerchor. How
ever that may be, it does not matter
much, for the second organization,
although full of enthusiasm and
promise in the beginning, failed to
become the strong and robust asso-
citation which had been hoped for it
by it's founder. This No. 2 at first
held its meetings and rehearsals in
the same room as had it's predeces-
sor, on the second floor of Bader s
grocery store, corner Louisiana
avenue and Third street. The
name of the musical director also
has escaped my memory. But the
founder, John Bader. had faith,
and believed he could build up in
our town singing society that
would be a permanent institution.
He erected a large hall on the lot
adjoining his place of business on
Third street to be used as the home
of his organization, and in other
ways showed that he had faith in
the ultimate success of his under
taking. But the success so much
hoped for failed to materialize to
any great extent. The newlylbuilt
hall was the home of this singing
society for only a few weeks.
Some wise man of the dim and
distant past once said that every
thing on earth that had beginning
must also sooner or later surely
have an ending. And so it was
with this No. 2 German singing So
ciety. | do not remember at this
time just how long it lasted as an
organization, but it did not extend
over a long period. Its founder,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-09-25
NOTICE OF ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that in pursu-
ance of resolution of the Council OF
the Village or Perrysburg adopted on
the 18th uay of September, 1919, there
Will be submitted to the quaiified cleo
tors of said village at the general cleo
lion IN said village on the ith day of
November, 1919, the question OF issuing
10000 for the purpose Of improving and
repairing the municipal building OF said
village containing the public ottIces and
ton will be held at the regular places
of voting in said village, and those who
vote in favor of the proposition of is
suing the bonds as aforesaid shall have
words For the issue Of bonds" and
those who vote against the same shall
have written or printed on their ballots
the words Against the issue of bonds" "
32d ID. r. CANFIELD, Mayor.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-09-25
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH.

Rev. w. H. Pheley, Minister.
Services for Sunday, Sept. 28th
Sunday school at $3.50. Lesson
"Jesus Our Saviour and King. .
Matt. 81 :1-9.
Rally Day Sunday, October 5th
Begin next Sunday. Every one
present with new interest and a
will to help.
Morning worship and sermon at
1890. DR.. Pheley will preach.
The New Era slogan for the Aut-
umn Attendance Campaign is
"Loyalty." Loyalty to God,
Church, Self. Our special rally
day Sunday is October 5th. We
look for the interest of every mem-
ber Of our congregation and we
hope for new friends to join us in
our work and worship.
Christian Endeavor meeting at
$50. Topic, "The Christian Ath-
lete and His Training. u Cor. Q /:
1927. Lawrence Wiser, leader.
Our summers G. E. work was
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-09-25

marked by splendid meetings, de-
lightful social gatherings, and real
progress in Christian fellowship
and service. 1t will be hard to
better it this fall but that must be
our aim.
The mid-week fellowship meet
ing, Thursday evening at 7:30.
Subject for consideration, "Johan-
nine Snap Shots" These are
vivid word-pictures of great
thoughts. You will appreciate the
hour if you can meet with us.
The Choral Union will meet for
practice Saturday evening at :00
o'clock. It's especially important
that every member shall be pres
ent.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-09-25

at first full Of faith and hope,
gradually began to realize that his
fond hopes of permanent sing
! ing society of his creating would
never be realized. He met with fin
ancial reverses in several of un-
dertakings in which he was. deep
ly interested, and in short time
his newly-built hall and his other
real estate passed into the hands
of the late Clemens Leaf. "Bad-
er's Hail. was used for public
gatherings of various kinds, polit-
ical meetings, dances, etc., for a
long time. Also used as lecture
room by several travelling doctors,
and on one occasion mes
merist held forth there for a
week or so, giving amusement
! of this kind to those who would
appreciate. His was great show
I for the boys, most of whom wanted
to be mesmerized. But there were
a few of the "kids' on whom mes
.merism would not take, and these
the Professor" termed "bull-
headed only he used strong ad-
jective to emphasize his meaning.
This hall was also at one time used
as a printing office, when N. III.
Callard & Son started a weekly
publication called the Buckeye
Granger. They had the distinc-
tion of bringing the first drum
cylinder printing press into the
town. Our old friend, Jerry Crane,
acted as the motive power for this
press each week when working off
the edition of several hundred
copies. 1t was in this office that
Walter scott, Johnnie Powers, and
the late Isaac d. Casebeer received
their first instructions in the cart
preservative of arts" from John
w. Callard. After the building
had been owned by Mr.. Leaf for
several years it was entirely re-
modelled and used as a hotel. Geo.
Hoffman also conducted hotel
in this building for some time, sue.
ceeding Mr.. Leaf, and he was in
turn succeeded by the late George
w. Pfsterer, who conducted the
place as hotel and restaurant. On
my last visit to the Burg the build
ing was vacant and deserted, much
different in appearance than it was
on the night when it was dedicated
and thrown open to the public.
John Bader, founder of the two
German singing societies, at one
time perhaps fully as prominent
and popular as any one in the town.
when he met with his reverses and
disappointments, left the Burg and
went to Louisville, KY, where, [
have been informed, he met with
financial success in several business
enterprises with which he became
interested. j. G. III.