The Allen County Times, 1917-11-23

Uncle thin "Your mother has been telling me how bashful I used to bo She said if u girl s(Hke to me I won blush to my hair roots Well I t minded her of the time your futli first cume to see her uud the Joke ' played on them so I guess thut w hold her for a while" Continuing Uncle Dan said: "J want to talk more about the war do you? Well war methods have under undergone - gone undergone many changes uud they are still changing No two wars are fought alike lu early times the weupous were stones clubs spears bows and arrows swords etc In this kind of warfare victory was with the strong right arm Men of enormous size and streng were the great warriors The iuvi tion of gunpowder however 1 changed all this It has enabled n to kill one another at a considers distance and do It wholesale T war as we know It now Is a comb tion of chemicals machinery tut mntlcal calculations and highly trained men Just think of It! Airplanes submarines armored tanks or cater caterpillars - pillars caterpillars poison gases and curtains of fire are all used for the first lime In this war: and they are destructive be beyond - yond beyond anything heretofore known "The methods followed by the ba ser uud his allies are simply devilish He must answer In history to the kit lug of thoustMids of Innocent wonn and children He has broken eve international law and every rule warfare he hns bombarded husplti and undefended cities sank Red Cro ships on errands of mercy: he hns de- j his Start' for the great interest stroyed cathedrals and priceless treas- ( tley are taking in the soldier ! ures of art that ran never be replaced he hns made slave of his prlsonem : boVS now in camp and in tht he hns tried to get us into war wUh'j trenches Japan: his emmissurtea have blown W T Ti nerves the uin- our ships burned our factories andij 1 ne 1 lmes deSerVeS tlie Slip fired our forests He knows no mercy port of every Allen COUntian at j or honor The most chnrttabie view i home and abroad for the patriot-! ffi'b0'! Iim that it is manifesting in the I "One thing is certnin" continued Un Uncle - cle Uncle Dun with great emphasis " a liberty the safety of our homes i td our country and the security of world demand the speedy and at lute overthrow of the kaiser ' crushing out once and forever reign of Prussian brutality" "How about the German people" said Iilllie Uncle Dan replied : "The splendid German people were happy thrifty prosperous and contented They have been tricked Into war and made to suffer tl'e tortures of the damned they have been cruelly and systematic systematically - ally systematically deceived God grant that the seal fncts may get to them uud if they do Loj-d help the kaiser!" "Of course the allies will win" said I Mrs Graham "Probably so" said Uncle Dan "But If we are to win we must go the limit ' We must check the awful destruction to j shipping by the German submarines or we may not be able to get food and supplies to our own men and to our al- 1 lies we must also put hundreds of j thousands and perhaps millions of j first-class soldiers iu the battle line "Food is the first consideration" Un Uncle - cle Uncle Dan continued "No army can hold out against hunger It has been said that food will win the war and this Is largely true Hence the importance of the farm In the war plans of our country" Sirs Graham interrupted by saying: "In view of the Importance of farming don't you think Daniel that the farm-1 ers ought to be exempted from war service?" "No u thousand times no" said Un Uncle - cle Uncle Dun striking the tuble so hard to emphasize his protest that he tipped over a vase of flowers "We must have no clnss legislation The duty t serve Is the common duly of ull u no class must he relieved of this ligation The question of exemp must be a personal one and deciileu Uj the fucts surrounding each case Inj no other way can we have a square! deal and to Insure this It is the duty ! of congress to puss Immediately the Chamberlain bill or some such meas measure - ure measure which Is fair to ull classes It would settle nil these questions and do It fairly Safety now and safety hereafter demands such legislation and let me suggest that you and your friends get busy with your congress congressman - man congressman and senators and urge them to prompt notion j "It Is time for us to realize that we) are -uot living In a fools' paradise' that tills great country of ours cost oceans of blood nnd treasure and It is I only due to the loyalty sacrifice and! service of our forefathers that we havelj a country and it is our highest duty T 0sT A hlark leather hill- to preserve it unimpaired nnd pass It h i 1 1 mack leatner on to posterity no matter what thej b9°k containing several receipts cost may be Our citizenship and theirT Riven by me and other papers ancestors came from all parts of the which can be of no possible bene bene-world - world bene-world to make this country a horae lit to anyone but myself I will and enjoy its blessings and opportu-'j be very thankful to the finder to nltles hence In the crisis before ns'J return to me it is the duty tf everyone to stnndjl £) F Riherd squarely back of our country aud be prepared to defend the flag Every-

Col Robert Pulliam has just received letters from the state of Washington in regard to the death of his neice Mrs Cain who was formerly Miss Grace Pulliam daughter of Clay Pul Pulliam - liam Pulliam of this county These letters state that it was altogether a mistake about Mrs Cain's having committed suicide and state that the physicians agree that Mrs Cain died with heart disease The regretable false s to r y doubtedless was started from the fact that a brother Harry Pul liam did commit suicide and from the fact that Mrs Cain died suddenly the papers started this false story Mrs Cain is well-remembered by a very large uUmber of Allen county people as Miss Grace Pul Pulliam - liam Pulliam the beautiful and ac accomplished - complished accomplished daughter of the H C Pulliam of this county Health Is As Good Now As Ever Before Kentucky Woman Comes Oat Strong for Tanlac and Describes Benefits "I have taken four bottles Tanlac and I feel as well now as I ever did in my life" said Mrs Jarses Snell 1048 Barrett avenue Louisville Ky "My system was run down all over before 1 took Tanlac I felt so tired and weak that I just hated to move "1 was nervous too and couldn't sleep right I'd seem to be sleepy at night but when I went to bed Pd be wide-awake and it would be three or four hours before I could get to sleep ''My appetite was poor also and nothing I ate tasted right "I had been told that Tanlac was a fine medicine and so I final finally - ly finally tried it I took four bottles in all and it's a fact that my health is as good now as it ever was in my life I have a fine appetite now and I've improved in every way "Tanlac is the best medicine I ever tried and I recommend it' I When a Kentuckian recom mends Tanlac you know it is all right Tanlac doesn't ask you to take the word of a man from Maine or a woman from Califor California - nia California for its merit Tanlac testi monials used in' Kentucky are from Kentucky people so you know Tanlac is just the thing for you if you are feeling weak and run down You can get Tanlac at the Carpenter-Dent Drug Co '4 of i GILEAD Mrs Francis Hogue and son George were guests of Clarence Foster Sunday Mr and Mrs Wesley Calvert and children spent Sunday at Less Shields Mrs Herschel Brunson and son Lorin Allen and Miss Bettie Dillard spent Saturday at George Calverts Miss Beatrice Pulliam spent Saturday night and Sunday with Anna Calvert Mrs Hollis of Rocky Hill Sta spent last week with her daugh daughter - ter daughter Mrs John Haines Misses Katherine Calvert and Elizabeth Brunson spent Sunday with Miss Bess Calvert Miss Blanche Jameson spent Saturday night and Sunday with the Misses' Greene Mr Samuel Weaver of this place was at the bedside of his wife who is in the hospital at Hopkinsville Saturday and he very bad and that her recovery is not ex expected - pected expected Mr Sam White received a tele telegram - gram telegram last week stating that his brother Mr Adam White of Indianapolis Ind had been kil killed - led killed by a hand ear on tne railroad His remains were shipped here

Meeting Was Held Mon Monday - day Monday Night--Work To Begin At Once v! The Red Cross Chapter met Monday night at the courthouse and did some valuable work The knitting yarn has arrived and is ready to be worked into the much needed articles for the soldier boys Mrs J L Dixon has charge of this department and all those who will do this work wiil please call on her at once so the work may be finished as soon as possible A large number of ready cut pajamas and gowns will soon be here and ready for the making Let every good woman of the town and country take a fctmd in this work as it is to provide for the actual needs of the boys Remember that winter is at hand and let the Red Cross leave nothing undone that will be for the comfort of those that are to go to the front Do your bit CEDAR SPRINGS tx-r Those on the sick list are Miss Montford Hurt and Little Miss Jessie Claypool -Mr J Y Centers' family and Mr and Mrs Billie Riddle visit visited - ed visited Mr and Mrs Jim Nuckols of Princeton Saturday Mrs Mary Pulliam was the guest of Mr Wesley Calvert's family last week Misses Magnola Jones Genie Hogue and Eunice Centers were the pleasant guests of Miss Katy Sikes Saturday and Sunday Mr and Mrs J B Centers spent Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Shields The sudden death of Mr Wal Walter - ter Walter Hogue was a shock to the many friends and relatives He was buried a t Hopewell b y Undertaker Crowe A wife and two children sur survive - vive survive Little Miss Mildred Claypool was thd guest of her grand grandparents - parents grandparents Mr and Mrs E M Mc Mc-Clary - Clary Mc-Clary last week Mrs J T Ashford and Miss Zora Ashford were guests of R L Shields' family Sunday Mr Elmer Houchen's family visited Jim Hogue's family Sun Sunday - day Sunday night Mr John Haines' family visit visited - ed visited W C Centers' family Satur Saturday - day Saturday night and Sunday Misses Mary Cestors and Lilly Emberton entertained quite a number of young folks Saturday night Blue Eyes for burial and the interment took place Tuesday i n Green Hill cemetery Miss Fiotila Foster is visiting Mrs Sallie Calvert near Brown's Ford School is progressing nicely at this place under the management of Miss Boucher who is an ex excellent - cellent excellent teacher Mr and Mrs Jerry Foster spent Sunday with their daugh daughter - ter daughter Mrs Jesse Brunson Mr and Mrs Wm Calvert spent Friday night at Guy Lewis' Gypsy Girl MOVED We have moved to the Gardner building "Old Wholesale House" and will continue the produce business as before and will also handle a full line of Feed Field Seeds Coal Flour Salt ' Lime Cement and other things Thanking you for past favors and asking you to trade with in the future we are Yours verv truly SCOTTSVILLE PRODUCE COMPANY Gus E Payne Mgr

MEADOR The farmers are busy harvest harvesting - ing harvesting the corn stripping tobacco cutting winter wood Some tobacco has been sold at a high price some corn at® six dollars per barrel There is a great deal of ex excitement - citement excitement in this community over the oil industry Several new machines are expected in this neighborhood soon Hurrah for Allen county Our roads have been greatly improv improved - ed improved this time all over the county The revival meeting closed at Clifton Sunday Mr Will Spencer is erecting a new house near Meador Misses Leurial and Mammie Tabor entered the Normal at Bowling Green last Monday Mr Will Tabor was in Smith's Grove last Saturday Miss Minnie Freeman visited her parents from Friday until Monday Miss Loice Spencer was in Scottsville last Saturday Mr and Mrs Dan Ewing visit visited - ed visited in Bowling Green last Satur Saturday - day Saturday and Sunday Mr and Mrs Willie Hinton at attended - tended attended church at Friendship last Sunday Duke Guy and Gertrude Slate spent Saturday night with Mrs Edgar Richey Mrs Arthur Welch spent last week with her sister Mrs Fay Stark and other relatives here Recorder "n ly 20cr I will pay 20cxj5r barrel and feed for ten teams to gather and put in pens the corn off of 500 acres of land Good corn and short haul Come at once if terms suit Do not wait to write or call up over the phone Corn now ready E H Woods Glasgow or Wood-Hall Ranch

THOUSAND STENOGRAPHERS Nashville Tenn Hon John 1 A Mcllheuny President of the j Civil-Service Commission Wash Washington - ington Washington D C recently wrote to jDraughn's College Nashville 1 urging that College to help the United States Government to se secure - cure secure more stenographers both men and women the Govern Government - ment Government now being in need of ten thousand stenographers and many book-keepers at salaries ranging from one thousand dol dollars - lars dollars to twelve hundred dollars a I year to begin on In his letter McIIhenny urges young men and young women who are not trained for Govern- ment office positions to begin now I to take the necessary training I as the prospect is that the de demand - mand demand will continue indefinitely Draughon's Nashville College is now receiving from business I men more than one hundred calls i a month for bookkeepers and I ! stenographers To show its patriotism Drau- j ghon's Nashville College is offer offering - ing offering special terms to all who de- sire to prepare at college or by mail for tnese good positions NOTICE Any and all parties having claims against the estate of J W Martin Dec'd will pre present - sent present same for settlement on or before December 1 P T Martin ( Ad M B Crowe I Aamrs- EXPRESSES THANKS

There were some interesting exercises at the Flag Raising at Bellwood sehoolhouse last Satur Saturday - day Saturday evening The published program was carried out in the presence of a large gathering of the people of the community Mr W D Gilliam made an excellent speech on the "Causes spoke jof the War" Elder Towe on the subject "Your Flag and My Flag" as Mr T B Dixon jo had been assigned to this bject was absent The Hag was taken from the maker's stand by Clarence Bur Bur-n - n Bur-n one of the regular army Doys and raised to the top of the tall Hag-pole which had been rais raised - ed raised in front of the sehoolhouse "America" was sung as the flag was being raised on high It certainly Speaks well of a "immunity to have the patriotism j aise the flag at their school-1 ise as it tends to make the yple more patriotic and that i what we need these strenuous mes We hope the time will come when the flag will float over every sehoolhouse in the county j Which district will be the next jto raise old glory? OLD BILL To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine It stop the Cough aud Headache and works oft the Cold Druggists refund money if it f&ila to cure H w GROVB s signature on each box 30c

F THE BOYS Dear Ed Will j little potritt ase publish this the Times I found it in a paper the other day and think that it expresses very j forcibly the feelings of a soldier before and after he has exper-j ienced carnn life r M Stone (4th Co i 159th I) Brg Taylor Ky bOKIE THINKS s ain't the finest' mess ain't extra' WH Oh our and out good And our beds they ain't the soft softest - est softest and don't lay just like they shpuld And our clothes don't seem to fit us and our shoes don't touch our feet And our dishes are the darndest - and we ain't burnt up with heat And our drillin' is the hardest and our guns is just like lead ' And our officers talk the est- makes us wisht was dead And if they's anything I'm miss missing - ing missing and it's bad and won't quite do Why it's for Uncle Sammy s rookies and just add it right in too (AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS) 1 I rough-1 1 all !

JEFFERSON 13 Blanche Hurt spent Saturday with Dolly May Gibbs Gertie Young spent Saturday night and Sunday with Lottie and Era Stone Mrs Mary Frances Harston spent Friday with Mrs Edward Hogue Mr and Mrs Sam Harston and son Tibbis spent Sunday with Willie Atwood and family Misses Clara House and Lillie Barton spent Saturday night with Jess Hurt and family Myrt Griffin Cara and Karl Hurt visited Jack Williams and family Saturday night and Sun Sunday - day Sunday We are glad to see Jim At Atwood - wood Atwood out again after a severe attack of erysipelas of the foot Jake and Sallie Harston and George and Genie Hogue motor motored - ed motored to Glasgow Sunday afternoon Jess Hurt and Jamily spent Sunday afternoon with George Harston and family Busy Bee