North Carolina Newspapers

Volume xlyii. . , locisbebg, n. c? fbiday, septembeb 6, 1918 .ntmbeb ?? ? 1 - ^ W.1 GERMANS IN FU.L FLIGHT Wl'fU NO SHOW i>F FIGHT; WOOTKN LINK SHAl'ThlfKll. with TsB'-'uRrnsii ar'mv in FRANCE, ^p,:3.?vlly tbc Asno?i:;t.;d Press.)?4 p. m.-Tu British vl.'nry in the battle of the Drocouri-Queant *iue seems com ?lete. Wunout delivered a single oounter-altuk, and staggering from the blows admin istered to th*;*ii yestciuay ihe Uo;-, mans during-<he night and early this morning were i:i ?ull iligJii lot the ' eastern sid^ oi ti-e Canal Dunord. hiieuiy Tr o lo Niti* Sti.'j' .hhiu' Kioni 1 lie Wi eck. | The eccmy Is' ?r/;r.5 to save wlmii men and m:iler'?*l he can from \ho! wreck in and behind oneof tiie mcst powerful defense yyrt'Ta < ever oev'aed. The much bD;\sioii Drocourt-Unc;iut line, or as the C'.ormau* call it, the Wot an line, is totally scattered. 'flH British are driving tar ihrmigh U. and] the Germans are hurrying eaxi?al, 1 leaving beh'.u'l only pockets of maci.me [ these is gradually melting away. British Fighting Way Down Hlnden- | burg Line. Strong British forces! are now fight ing their way down the Htndenburg line itself and are cleaning it up as they go. Meanwhile, a little south from here, another force is driving on the Hindenburg line frontally. The Hun ? has tastod disaster in the Drocourt line ! battle and now his disorganized and J badly depleted forces are working fast to prevent an even greater cat astro- \ phe overtaking them. Closing In on the Canal Dunord. The Dritish are rapidly approaching rud are close to the Canal Dunord, t..e territory behind which is even . ow under heavy Are from many Bri * h cannon. DAY'S WAR NEWS SUMMARY, om Flanders to Soisaons the Bri ti ? . French and American forces are ke?;,::g up without cessation their strong offensive tactics agninst the i Go-mans, who all along the battle; front are still gaining ground r.ltbough | at certain polntsi not without strong i resistance. Seemingly It 1? the full! realization of the peril he is in that' now 1b prompting the enemy to put forth hfs every effort to avert com 11, tc disaster. ? i H O US AN DS OF ENEV^ SE.VT TO PRISON CAMPS. Additional ar "i of tc ritorv wq? uud been held by the enemy have I jen restored; many thousands of Germans have been sent behind the line- to swell the great throng already ther-j In prison camps and many of the enemy's dead lying upon the bat tle field testify to his heavy rusualty. ,'jiK Retreating columns of the Germans have been cut to pieces by the British artllery from captured vantage points before which the enemy was compell ed to pass unsheltered from the fire of the British gunners?Jroni_ili? r_ugiuu around Arras southward to I'erone the British linfe has move forward every where since the famous Drocourt Queant defense line was overwhelmed ar.d left in the rear. Eastward of the Drocourt line the British are hearing ihc Canal Dunord and Douai. Valen ciennes and Cambrai have been fur ther encroached upon by En g I is h. Can adian and Australian troops. Kast of Peronne the British line has been steadily^ pushed forward. Numerous towns and villages have fallen into the hands of Field Marshal Haig's men, notable among them Queant. at the southern end of the Drocourt Queant line. FRENCH TROOPS GIVE Tli K ENE MY NO REST To the south the French along the Canal DunoVd are giving th?? enemy no rest and gradually are blotting out the remaining portion of the salient north of Noyon. while on the Soissons sector the French and American*.? now arein control of the entire plateau doni inating the Aisne. the Chemin des DamesV an,i the roads to Lhod and La Fere. In Flanders the British have pene trated the outskirts of Lens, the fam ous coal mining city in northern France and farther north in the JLys salient have taken Richebourg St. Vaart and established themselves on the line of La Basse road and between there and Estalres. having raptured the last named plac? Steenwerck and Wulverghem also are in the Bri tish hands anrl thus the great salient is virtually wiped out. RETIRING TO THEIR NEW SWITCH LINE. Unofficial dispatches say thai in the region east and southeast of Arras the Germans are retiring to a new switch line runing from Breblcrea. five miles southeast of Drocourt, southward to Moevres, where it joins the Hinrten hurg line near Grnincoui^l. If thM should prove true the new line already seems menaced as Field Marshal Haig's men virtually are upon It. at Lecluse and Rumaucourt. Southeast of Arras and almost abreast of it at Raralle. three miles north of Moavres British aviators have carried out an Intensive bombing raid on towns In the Rhine Province, dropping large quantities of??uplonivoB?Beuhl = Saarbrucken and Ehrang. Heavy damage is said to have ^>een done by the missile^ dropped fj*Jm the low fly ing planes. s Provisional Sfherlan Ooternment Con trols Krom Volga to Ralkn. -Vladivostok, Thursday, Aug. 29u <By the Asuociated- Press.)?The first ^ -jt hen tic information received in sev < rial weeks from Irkutsk is that the ? iberlan provisional Government con L.ola the country from the river Volga ? j Lake Baikal and is> In co-operation .1th the Czecho-Slovak forces. Com . .cte or der has been restored in that region. A Russian division has' been : )rmed and it is operating in close conjunction with the Czecho-Slovaks. Operation* along the Ussuri river front on the Manchurlan border have been retarded by the destruction of bridges and tracks by the retreating enemy. The railroads are being re built. The situation is reported to be distinctly favorable for the entente allies. 10,000 Draft Eyaders Herded In New York Armories As Result of Most Vigorous Slacker Hunt, New York, Sept. 3.?More than 10,- j 000 suspected draft evaders had been herded tonight into the armories of New York and nearby cities after the most vigorous slacker hunt since the United States entered the war. It was estimated officially that from 25 to 30 per cent of this numberNrere "willful slackers." ??T' The drive will continue until it is be lieved all draft evaderc have been caught, according to Charles F. De woody, chief of the New York bureau of investigation of the department of Justice. More than 200 prisoners, in whose cases attempts to evade the draft were proved, were summarily ta ken to Fort Jan and Camp Upton, there to immediately don the uniform or in some instances to be court mar tlaled as deserters. TO THE TBADE. Notice to all distributors, converters and users of paper products: DON'T WASTE PAPER. Paper is essential: It has been placed on the priority list only on the express condition that all wastes ba eliminated and every economy be prac tlced. In doing this the government will use its best efforts to provide suf ficient paper for strictly needful pur poses but nothing more. Every dis tributor, convertor or user Of paper is hereby notified that the continuance of his rfupply is dependent entirely upon the strict observance of the rulings of the War Industries Board, one of which is that paper must not be was ted. Failure to comply with this re quirement will lead to the withdrawal of any or all priority privileges.^ with out which the supply cannot be main tained. ' WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD Seven Reasons Why Paper Must Not Be Wasted. Tha government's requirement rapidly and must be supplied. 2. Paper malting requires a large amount of fuel which is essential for war purposes. A pound of paper was ted represents from ono to three Jtflunds of coal wasted. ^ i-aper collUUIIs) ValuiUly UikwI* cals necessary for war purposes. Economy in the use of paper will re lease a large quantity ot these mater ials for making ammunition of pois onous gases. 4. Paper making requires labor and capital, both of which are needed In war service. -H. - Paper making requires transpor tation space. Economy in..lhe use of piiper wUj_ release JhouSandsoT freight cars for war purposes. 6. Greater care in the purchase and use of poper will shve money. Your savings will help finance the war. 7. Strictest economy in the use of papor will prevent a&hortage ? ? WAR IN'DfSTR!KS BOARD. j It "t e.uioi ted that ererr- manufac turer. dealer and consumer of the, products of your industries will hr.r../ j to bear all possible influence ta curtail' output, solas end consumption Mav ?ve w'th C0n;t<!ei:(e expect that vcu v ill whole-hearted'.v and enthusia'stl-I <e!ly co-oper^\i in -l>?Tnnnstratlng that i ' - i3 nation can :.nd ???;il economize in I i"= consumptoT of sji Morals! where such ccurse s naretaary to the natioial warfare? Your; very truly, \ I-DWIN 11. PARKE?, I Washington. D. C? Aug. S. litis. The following ls (he form of .pledge i which is sent out by ull wholesale pa-1 per houses and which mnst he signed by all newspapers and handlers of I paper, and returned lo the wholeAler I to Wo tiled: T? Paper Co., < fry of Slate of The undersigned hereby pled ges itself (1) to co-operate with the C'onsorvation Division and the Pulp and Paper Section of the War Indus trios Board i o economize In the use of pulp, paper, printing ink and print tors.' rolle.rs and all products manu factured therefrom, and in the use of i transportation facilities,; (2) To ^ cause ami procure others, so far as lie within its power, to exercise all possible economy and conservation in the use of such products); (3) Not to furnish such products to any dealer for resale or to any sonstumer for use until such dealer or consumor shall first pledge in wrltlntulta co-onerailrm With the undersigned in carry lag out: the letter and spirit of this pledge, or, thereafter should sucl) dealer or con-l ?timer fall "so to co-oprrat** Till': FRANKI,IN piAIES. I I'leiiso sign and return Ihe pledge promptly, If you wish your nnjers till. < cd. .Be pair In tic?help win the war.- . GASOLINE OK DE K OBSERVED In Loulsbarp By Garage*. and Most Citizens ?Many Ignored It. The gasoline order issued by the Fuel Administration the past week requesting all owners, of motor vehi cles motor boats, etc., to discontinue the use of them on Sundays, except for urgent business that could not be postponed, was generally observed in I Louisburg Sunday. Several of flie< garages closed their places of busi ness to the sale of gasoline and many automobile owners kept their cars in the garage in compliance with the re quest. There were several however, who for some reason disregarded the order and continued to enjoy the us ual Sunday joy rides. It is expected that the people of Franklin County will observe this re quest and not make it necessary that the Fuel Administration issue a man datory order. QUARANTINE REPORT. The'following report of the quaran tine department was handed* us for publicatipn Tuesday by Dr. J. E. Ma lone Health Officer: Mr. Editor?Please put in this re port of the quarantine for August: Whooping cough 35 cases. Measles 1 case. Typhoid fever 14 case9. Infantile paralysis 1 case. Vaccination against typhoid fever lias progressed nicely. The campaign will close on the 15th of this month No new cases of typhoid fever recent ly. Hope It has been headed. Dr. J. E. Malone, C O H Doctors Volunteer. The Doctors of Franklin County met in Louisburg on Monday in the interest of War Work and a ieature of the meeting, so we learn, was that each of them volunteered for Army Work. BOARD OF EDUCATION. The Board of Education met in reg lar session on Monday with all mem bers present. After approving the minutes of the previous meeting bus iness was disposed of as follows:* Upon recommendation of the com mittee C. R. Sandling and J. C. Win ston the order passed -tho first Mon day in July was not rescinded. I Matthew Ayscue wad appointed Com mitteeman for Haysvllle township. I The Copeland Hill school house and 'sight was Sold to M. D. Wilder for $25.00. i After allowing a number of accounts the Board adjourned to its next reg* ular meeting. I Young' Woman's Missionary Society. The Young Woman's MiSiionary So jBest September 3, 1918. in a business meeting. | In abstence of the President. Mrs. O. Y. Yarboro, the meeting was presided over by the vice president, Mrs. J. Al ? lon Wafr-i^-Uxe-program. -was fp] , lows': | Scripture lesson. Isiah. 58tli Chapter Mrs. J. A. Harris. Prayer. Mrs. J. Al lien Harris. Minute*. Recording Sec retary. Chinese students at Junalus ka, Mrs. M. C. Pleasants. China's Dire Plight, Miss Sue Alston. . Oh, God make China like the United States. Missf Marguerite Harris. A Chinese girl who left her home rather than re nounce her Lord, Miss Cowelt. A pull at the Life Line, Mrs. O J. Hale, This concluding the program the dues were then taken. In behalf o? the So ciety I want to welcome our new mem ber^. who are Misses Cowell. Dorset!. Marguerite Harris. Those present at j the meeting were Me.sdame. O. J. Hale. I M. C. Pleasants. E. L. Bes!. J. Allen I Harris. Misses Sue Alston Dorsett, Cow I ell. Marguerite Harris. Neva Rowland. At an early hour the Society ad- j journed to meet on Tuesday evening | Sept. 10. 1918, at the home of Mrs. J. | Alien Harris. 8:30 p. m. in a study circle. RECORDING SECRETARY. List of Jurors. ,The following is . a 1M of jurors j drawn, for October term Franklin Su perior Court. Dunns?R. V. Harris. W, H. Linas. O. B. Gay. W O. Griffin. J. 11 Ray. S I B. Mullin. Harris?J. S. Harris. J. II. King. E. Richards. S. S. Strickland. Youngsville?W. C. Young. Thos Young. Franklinton -J. C. Sandling. C. K. Ransdell, Geo. T. Whitaker. J. R. Jones. Hayesville?H. L. Stokes. J. M. Finch. Sandy Creek?R. G. Person. W. A Debnam. W. S. Pernell. L. T. Inscoe Gold Mine- H. L. Denton. F. S. Leon ard. Cedar Rork W. D. Edwards. Jr.. W. A. Stallings. Joe T. Tnscoe. T W. | Stokes. W. L. Daniel. J. H. Ilottom. J. j H. Medlln. Jr.. J. R. Glasgow. Cypress Creek?W. C. Vlck. W. F. ; Gay. J. C. Stallings. Louisfeurg? A. A. Dement Red Cross Work Room. The Red Cross Work Room was a j scene of unusual activity Wednesday " There had Pone out an urgent call for fifty workers, and forty-five respond ed to the call, *he following working all,or part of th? day: Mcsdaine* F 11. McKinne. T. jV. Watson C. K. Cooke G. A. Craffe, J.'M. Allen, \\\King. 1 J. E. Malone, E. II. Malone. S. .VrraT- 1 ham, D. F. McKinne. T. D. Collins, K. P. Hill, Jas. Collier, D. T. Smlthwlck. B. Thomas, Spauldlng. Malcolm Mc Kinn?. 8. P. Boddie. S. P. Burt, B. N. Williamson, J. L .Palmer, L. E. Scog gin.~W? H. Yarborough, F. H. Allen, Bob Williams. Gus Cooke, W. E. White, El S. Foster, A W. Alston. E. W. Fur gurson, B. H. Meadows. Ben Saunders. J. A. Turner, and Mlsfees Frances Bar Irow, Beatrice Turner, Dorcas McKin kne, Mary Yarborough. Lucy Foster, jStuart,! Couell. Williams, Draughan ibcley, Vr.d Lillie Crudup. | Twer "full cases/ of 420 large cotton pad* and a case of 2100 small gause .sponges were shipped to headquar ters at Atlanta yesterday. This Chap ' ter has received an emergency call I for 180 operating robes that will have to ba?e immediate attention a^ spon as the material arrives. It 1? earn estly hoped that every lady in Louis burg is going to give as much of her time ag possible to this great work of mercy each Wednesday. Just one day out of seven, when our soldiers are gladly giving their all. LOl'ISBIRG TOBACCO MARKET. Sales have been light on the local tobacco market the past week owing to the fact that but little of the weed has been gotten in shape for the mar ket. Prices have been especially good and everybody seemed to be ex ceedingly well satisfied. KING?AYCOCKE. Marries by the Rev. T. W. O'Kelly, pastor First Baptist church of Ral eigh at his home on August 31st, Miss Pattle Aycocke, of Louisburg, to Mr. James E. King, of Burlington. They will reside In Hopewell, Va. List of Letters. The following is a list of letters re maining in the d jot office at Louisburg. N. C., not called for Sept. 6, 19H: Mrs. Sarah P.ucknrr, Miss Hazel Burch, (2)r Mrs. Melie BrodD, Mr. J. M. Dickerson. Miss Etta Lee Fulle-, Miss Mary W. Hai r.s. Mrs. Seinno Maye. Mr. J. M. May. :\liss Mattie Per ry, Miss Lucy Powpll. Persons calling for anv of the abo/e letters will please state that they sasv them advertised R. H DAVIS, P. M. i. ii. t. innner. Tb? Jos. J. Davis Chapter U. D. C. will give their annual dinner to the Confederate Veterans of Franklin Couiity in the Court House, Tuestiay. Sept. 17th. The exercises will begin at 11 o'clock. We hope to have a large number of the Veterans present. mmmmmm minn mnndrnf ? MRS. J. A. TURNER, Secretary. | Breakfast Bacon. Up to March, 1914, we took a fatal ist's view of hog cholera. The annual ?m ntftjjirrlrfii K"*- Wft rilrin't think of preventing it. Then the Agrcultural Department went after it. The loss in 1914 was estimated at 7,000,000 animals. In March 1918 It was around 3,000,000. The former figure represents the total consump tion throughout the country for 37 days; the latter for 16 days, In two or thre^ years at this rate the loss will bo negligible, if not zero. Carry~tfc4?4 kind of crusade against c'.l the microbes, grubs, bugs and bacilli that rob us of foodstuffs, and Old Man H. C. of L. will be looking for a place to hide. Feel Chesty, Hiram I And now Mr. Hoover announces that the U. S. can feed itself and the allies all through the winter. The food situation in Germany is re ported to be bad. Report about Ger many's internal affairs are rarely de pendable, but there is no doubbt about Hoover. Our old friend Foch may feel some pride at the chain of recent victories which have wiped hclf of Germany's 1918 gains on the entire Western front. But Hiram Hayseed (Heaven help the city folks who invented that name!) has handed the Kaiser a hea vier wallop than Foch. In Indiana an a*ent of the bureau of crop estimates lately saw a farmer driving Bix horses hitched to a disk plow and leading three drawing a har row. He was dong work that would have employed a gang of mr ~ short time ago. At big city theatres they like to bring down the final curtain on a pa triotic spectacle?Columbus- Trium phant?or some other symbolical con ception. They would strike a truer note if they gave a spotlighted por trayal of that. lone farmer with his | tram of nine ^ For I.fmrt Support. Among nonessential citizens \?e would like to see listed the collector *nd the subscription renewal sollcl !or. They are not. unfortunately, non essential. but tliey ought to Le made 10. At a time liko this It Is a pity to inr.lon ;hn nulls nr exhaust enorgy n canvassing for subscription renew ?U. Even a Ticws paper deserves a ittle sympathy from-its supporting ?lientele. and we are sure that our eaders will f;ivq..UR all the assistance n their power, now that*- wo have, ?rought our difficulty to thplr ndttco. 1! COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. .,] The Board of County Commission-1 ers met on Monday with all members i present. The minutes of the previous ! meeting were read and appvpved and ? the following business was disposed ( of: Upon order Jeff Brown was relieved of paying poll tax permanently, on ac count of infirmity. J. D. Alston was instructed to meet the old Soldiers in Louisburg and pro vide, them with return trip tickets and Sleeping accommodations to Tulsa, Oklahoma to attend the Confederate Veterans Reunion. The report of Dr. J. E. Malone. County Health Officer, was received and filed. ' Report of J. J. Holden, Supernten dent of County Home, was received and filed. Ho reports 12 white and 7 colored inmates. With the assistance of the Sheriff: the Board drew the Jury for the Oc tober term of court. The following resolution "was pass-1 ed: Whereas, it has been brought to the attention of the Board of County Com missioners that inmates of the County Home, who have been treated and nursed bac to strength at the expense of the county, have, when they become able to work, even a little, been charg ing the county for what they do in ad dition to the expense of keeping them, and where such pay is not made they refuse to do anything at the Home, but go out and hire themselves to oth- i ers in the neighborhood, and that i Whereas!, it has been reported to. the Board that in some cases where I a person became so aged and enfee-1 bled that their friends or family so-1 cured their entrance into the County | Home, having been improved in health I by the attentions and expense of the county to such an extent that they not only can do some work, but that such is advisable, under proper care and attention for their continued health and strength; they are being induced to leave the home, and Whereas, the possibility is that these inmates will soon give way in health again, not having the proper care and attention, and will have to be sent back to the Home to become a burden again upon the County. Therefore be it resolved: tha(,tli? UQard of Commis sioners of Fcarfklin CoiJtKtf look upon conditions of this kind in a'H^jry un favorable light in so far as the ticular inmates are concerned, and that they will observe special care in this particular In the admission of new inmates, and that in any case where an Inmate leaves the Home with out the cohsent of the Board of Com missioners of Franklin County, for purposes alike or akin to those above referred to. then he or she shall "not six months and shall receive no aa slstance whatever from the County. After allowing a number of accounts the Board adjourned to its next regular meeting. Teucher Training In Country Sunday Schools. By E. L. Middleton. Our schools and colleges are opening or planning to open at an early date. The schools for religious education are planning too. "The Sunday School Council of Evangelical Detfoinations" is putting on a Teacher Training drive covering the United States and Canada. This organization is made up of repre sentatvo publishers, secretaries and other leading workers of thirty denom inations. ^ The "council" i? pressing this move ment through every denominational Sunday School agency in America. The time is at hand when pastors, superin tendents, teachers and prospective workers must be trained if we meet the conditions we face now and must face during the reconstruction days follow ing the war. In compact centers community train ing schools are held but the local church is the best unit for doing this work. Mow to Begin. Secure from your denominational Sunday School secretary or publishing house, literature on teacher training. Distribute this among your workers, (let your pastor to preach a special sermon on the "Function of Teaching in the Christian Religion" or some kin dred theme. After you have your people Interest ed and informed, order your training books and go to work during tho fall and winter to complete your task. It is a hard task but one worth doing. Your Sunday School will never be what it ought to be until your workers are ati'-ared for their tasks. Teacher Training Pays. Teaching is an art. It has its laws and principlas. The teacher, learns these by atudy. "Thou therefore which teachest another teachest thou not thy self?Rom. 2:21. Organization is a necessity. Every worker must learn ho^much is neofl ed and.how to secure Jt. Enlargement of membership is se cured by learning how: Equipment is desirable. The trained teacher will And some way to secure bonrd. suitable seats, etc. Evangelizr.tlon is the main purpose of the Sunday1 school An entire book |s offered to tell you how to win the lost. Efficiency along all lines s attainable by the worker who knows ?how/ You call learn how. Teacher Training Is Practical. Growth in the work proves our peo ple believe in it. Show your apprecia tion of it by beginning to wor-C. H Pastors can plan for classes in their ,'3 churches. Let them teach their classed or plan for the work and supervise it in ' ? a general way. Country Sunday Schools can have succesful classes if they will. Many country pastors have training classes in fheir churches. Bookj adapted to our needs have been selected. They give Just what the worker needs in the shortest and clearest way possible. Supply Teachers are guaranteed in a Sunday School where young people not yet teachers are trained for the work in special classes. Experts are not required to do the work. People of consecration and com mon sense can teach normal classes. PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. F. B. McKlnne returned the past week from Nashville, Tenn. Rev. F. S. Love and bride arrived, the past week from their bridal tour. Mr. T. T. Hicks, of Henderson, was in attendance at Court here Tuesday. Messrs. George Holder an^ O. J. Hale, of the TIMES force, s/pent Sat urdav in Raleigh. i Misses Eleanor and Camilla Yarbor ough returned the - past week from a visit to Abbeville. Mr. Davis Egerton returned the past week from a visit to big sister at Pedro Miguel, Canal Zone. I Messrs. W. F. Beasley, George Wil |son. Ellis Ramey and Paul Beasley visited Raleigh on Friday. Mrs. D. F, McKinne, who has been on an extended visit at Nashville, Ten nessee, has returned home. ? Miss Lillie Mae Aycock, who has been spending the summer in Western North Carolina, returned home the past week. I Dr. H. G. Perry accompanied Mr. E. S. Ford to Baltimore the past week, where he will receive treatment at a local hospital. Miss Camilla Yarborough left Mon day for Statesville, Ga? where she takes a position as expression teacher | in the college there. ! Dr. S. P. Burt returned Friday from j Rocky Mount, where he went to ac company Mr. C. C. Inscoe to the hos 1 pital for an operation. L i? Jam. .... Certain "(Ttseasea are the peculiar j privilege of armies. They attack the I digestive organs. Civilans are less ? vulnerable because it is easy fox them. I to get fresh vegetables. They depend I less on ranted foodstuffs. I The antidote is jam. <) mMirr [of his rine as cut out his preserves. I Read a doughboy's daily ration, and listed with his/ one and a half ounce !of this and his two ounces of tjiat you j will find his steady standby?Jam. You girls get plenty of fun in the jus?t as much this fall preserving black berries. And you might as well/start the fun right now by picking the black I berries. i? The community jam-kitchen is al ready an institution in some neigh borhoods, Don't all speak at once. We '.earn that the Kaiser has called an imperial council to consider plan*. for the future. We don't Mame him Tor disliking to think about the presen*.. . The call "Dinner up* come and get it" meets with fully as enthusiastic a recepton as does the announcement "Dinner is served, sir." It is said t'hat a "river of whiskey'* | whose estimated value was nearly $3, 000.000 was burned in Kentucky. la that particular case it appears not ! to have been a difficult matter to "set the' river on fire." The presidency of the United States has many advantages and some disad vantages. One of the disadvantages is that the pressident can only take his summer vacation under the protec tion of a guard of soldiers. "Good King Arthur" was one of the original c-onservers. but in these days ! he would not be put to the necessity (of "stealing three pecks of barley meal 'to make a bag pudding." He would .only have to take barley meal as his rfloirr substitute, and in a short time he would have enough accumulated for 'innumerable bag puddings*. Wartimes are wonderfully develop ing. Which of us has now the samo mental attitude that he had a year and a half ago? And which of u? would willingly go back to his former one? Uncle Sam has built several thous and miles of railroads and miles of docks and wharves Iri France for the uses of his new army. In ono city he has established a bakery mat turna out a million loaves of bread a day; In another the largest refrigerator plant In the world. There Is pothlng too good for Uncle Sam's boys. "The little red schoolhouse" ?rery where has opened Ita doorg again. , THE FRANKLINi. TI Only $1.60 Per Year, In I