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Exit Mr. Blueclier.
Marines, Marines, Where the Ma
rines?
That Star Spangled Banner. O long
shall it wave,
O’er the land of the free, and the
home of the brave.
I wonder if any of the members of
the council, in Butler, ever heard that
before. ?
Dainty corn-fed farmerettes
Going out to hoe,
How much of your hoseing
Are vou “lowed” to show?
To J. D. S.—Would you kindly advise
a poor scribe, as to what is the dif
ference (in distance of course) be
tween the fever blister you have, and
the boil that Theda Bara has ?
good
Old “Doc Determination” is
old sort of Scout
When you are in all sorts of trouble
he sure will help you out.
His prescriptions are so simple, no
patent stuff for his,
Its just Grit, Grin and Hustle, and
attend to your own biz.
Here’s hoping that all the new
brides in this town are Hooverites
and not Suffragettes, then their
troubles will only come in “little”
ones at a time.
Would it be admissable to say that
(some one bared the scheme) to catch
a Samrnie in the bear trap?
The Kaiser may not be the greatest
conquerer in history, but for a “con”
man some body' will have to look to
their laurels. Ask the Germans after
the war, if there are any of them left.
There’s lots of things in this old
World,
That do not always “gee”
For instance you will notice
That most “luck” begins with “F.”
You wouldn’t hardly call the dress
maker the “village cut-up.” would
vou ?
And by the way, what has become
of the old-fashioned carpet tack that
had a Tittle leather dofunny like a
washer on it?—Macon Telegraph. A
fellow whose first name is Henry, is
using them all for upholstering pur
poses. Come again.
Why Col. House wasn’t asked to
investigate the work of the Air-craft
Board, is one of the dark mysteries
of the times.—Springfield Union. How
is one expeqted to “House” something
that isn’t?
“Over There “ Over Here.”
Nitric Acid Cream and Peaches
T. N. T. Coffee
Nitro Celloese Bacon
Poison Gas Crackers
Tear Gas Milk
Stink Shells Served in
Sharpnel Your room
Bayonettes ' While you
High power bullets Sit in your
Trench rats Kimona or
Etc. Pajamas
Served in mud As Hinnessey
Up to you knees Would say
Constitute quite a difference. Have
you thot of that?
5,000,000 Ton of Shipping for
America in 1920. Gee, Schwab will
never do it. Do you think he is
Noah ?
That right-of-way sign post in the
center of town, is a fine contrast to the
court house and park.
Have you bumped the bumps yet?
They sure make the garage man smile.
Some of these military uniforms the
ladies wear are not always true to form.
It isn’t the extra hour of daylight we
get, that amounts to so much, it’s what
you do with it that counts.
SPIDER.
HALTING THE HUN
DRIVE.
American soldiers are fighting
the Germans in France; they have
stopped the Huns at Neuilly and
thrown them from Cantigny, they
hold a larger front than the Bel
gians and are brigaded with the
British in Picardy and the French
along the Marne. The allied war
council is confident and thanks
the president for his prompt dis
patch of American reinforcements.
So far, so good, but what of the
Hun! Three times in as many
months he has shattered the al
lied lines. Each time he has gain
ed much ground, captured con
siderable booty, even as it is fig
ured in this vast war and taken
thousands of prisoners. He has
demonstrated clearly his ability to
accomplish that which the allied
armies sought to obtain in the
days of their numerical superior
ity, in short, he has abolished the
war of the trenches and substi
tuted therefor the more promising
battles in the open.
As to the losses inflicted upon
our enemy we have no exact fig
ures, although they must have
been enormous. That in spite of
his losses he can still strike a tre-
menduous blow is not to be ques
tioned, and time alone will show
how soon he will attempt another
advance and many bloody thrusts
he is capable of enduring.
On our own side the people are
confident. America’s unnumber
ed thousands are applauded in
France, Italy and Great Britain.
On the western front military
leaders acknowledge they have
saved the day for the allies, and
the failure of German efforts to
divide the French and British ar-
mes is accepted as the defeat of
Germany.
On all sides is discussed the
question when will Foch use his
reserves, and from a few have
come the querolous, tremulous,
wondering whisper has he any?
Anyone can see that Gen. Foch is
playing an adroit game, taking
risks while the enemy loses ef
fectives in initatives, waiting un
til his depleted reserves render
the Teutons powerless to halt his
big drive.
We think the good side should
be speculated upon once in a while
and we are going to tellfour read
ers how the war may suddenly
collapse at any time in the coming
year. If Gen Foch has husband
ed his reserves he should have a
great mobile army available for
defense or offense as occasion re
quires, and if the Germans wear
down their own strength through
desperate lunges in Picardy, Flan
ders and along the Marne, the
cap of territory, however striking,
cannot prevent allied success.
Gen Foch’s policy, unless the
situation is so bad that nothing
rules but necessary defensive
tactics, is simply to wait while the
enemy strikes with the hope that
one.day there will be a w r eak
spot through which allied re
serves can be forced to a great
triumph, the utter defeat of the
great German mass. Once be
yond their reserves and the war
is over—that is the opportunity
we think, that Foch stands waiting
to realize.
Spirit of Girls of Islay Ex
ample to Fair Ones Here.
From The Leader-Tribune, Ft Valley.
A sweet little story, strong
and patriotic and its appeal, has
come direct from Scotland all the
way to Fort Valley.
When the Tuscania was sunk
the suruivors with many of the
dead were landed on the little
island of Islay, just off the
cost of Scotland.
There is not so many people on
this beautiful little place, but
when those American dead were
placed upon their shore the girls
of Islay sat up all night sewing,
making Americrn flags, that each
American soldier might have
wafted by the breezes above his
grave the folds of the red, white
and blue, for which he gave his
life. At the same time the sick
and injured were being provided
for and furnished necessrry cloth
ing.
The beautiful spirit of these
girls of Islay should find its way
into the hearts of all the girls of
America and especially is the sto
ry brought to all the girls and
women of Fort Valley that they
may catch a new vision of need
ed and beautiful service.
When we think of this tender
and loving sacrifice of those far
away girls of Scotland we are
ashamed that, while they are will
ing to sit up all night and sew
for our dead, w’e are indifferent j
toward our living and wounded
boys even while it is day.
The above information came
direct from Scotland to Mrs. Jack
Crandall, in a letter to her sister
there, and with permission the
story is told. Another sister of
Mrs. Crandell’s who lives in
Glasgow Scotland, has given four
sons to the Allied call, one of
which lost his life in the battle of
Ypres. The mother has just com
pleted a course in nursing and is
now giving her service in this
way.
The Fort Valley women and
girls who have given sons and
brothers are always workers at
the Red Cross rooms. Shall they
j doubly give while others whose
I loved ones are not taken sit idly
| by?
j The Red Cross needs you and
i needs you now, and morning af-
jternoon and evening you can
j render service there to our own
: American boys who are fighting
■ and being wounded in the bat-
I tie fronts Gf Europe for your
j safety, liberty and peace.
! The above can be applied the
i same to people of Butler and
| Taylor county as those of our
| neighbor section. Fort Valley. It’s
time to wake up, we think, folks!
cause a popular demand for the
recall of our patrol boats from
European waters. Over there
our navy is doing its work and
throttling the u-boat menace at
the neck of battle; over here it
would, for the most part, be on
the outlook for subs where they
will seldom come in numbers
great enough to affect the war.
Secretary Daniels, and all na
val officials, have the gratitude of
every American for the efficient
transport of soldiers and ships
going abroad. The fact that the
u-boat commander, in our wa
ters for days is. satisfied to sink
costal schooners, and fails to de
stroy a single transport, is a con
fession-of failure and conclusive
testimony that the navy is on the
job. •
THE U-BOAT
RAID.
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy a Far-
oritef or Colds.
J. L. Easley, Macon. 111., in speak
ing of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
says. “During the past fifteen years
it has been my sister’s favorite medi-
cinefo r colds on the lungs. I myself
have taken it a number of times when
suffering with a cold and it always
relieved me promptly.”
However worldly and sinful
people are they want their chil
dren good. How are you going
to have them good? Buy them
few good books? Teach them a
few excellent catechisms? Bring
them to church? That is all very
well, but of little final result un
less you do it with the grace of
God in your heart. Do you rea
lize that your children are start
ed for eternity? Are they on the
right road? Those little forms
that are now so bright and beau
tiful—when they have scattered
in the dust, there will be an im
mortal spirit living on in a mighty
theater of action, and your faith
fulness or your now is deciding
their destiny.
The American people were not
alarmed at the appearance of a
German submarine off the coast
of New Jersey. Such an event
had been expected before thistime
and the remarkable feature of the
expeditionary u-boat is its tardy
presence among our ships.
Our attitude to this sort of an
noyance is, we imagine, much like
the British feeling when German
raiders pop out of the sea, bom
bard a coast town and disappear
before the patrols. Although such
things are to be regretted their
proximity should not cause their
exageration. They have noth
ing to do with the winning or los
ing of the war, unless such wor
risome baiting mislead us into
withdrawing parts of our navy
from its post around the British
Isles.
The British met the test; the ad
miralty refused to divide the
grand fleet in order to protect ev
ery town from attack. If such
had been dispersed around the
British Isles to prevent such
harassment the German fleet
would have had a fair chance of
defeating the British fleet in sepa
rate engagements with the va
rious scattered units.
The purpose of German naval
officials in sending submarines
across the Atlantic is to get trans
ports, the sinking of which will
GERMAN VIEWS
ON AMERICA.
The German people are still
being fed on u-boat success dope,
and glowing pictures of how En
gland, France and Italy are being
starved out by the victorious sub
marine campaign are being cir
culated b> rampant speakers.
American participation is discount
ed freely as a hinderance rather
than a help.
Recently, on April 7, Captain
Bruninghaus addressed a Pan-
German Fatherland society at
Munich, and', among other re
marks declared:
The material assistance through
America has not increased owing
to America’s entry into the war,
but rather has diminished; and as
for its military assistance, we can
afford to pass over that altogether
The opinion that America entered
the war because of unrestricted
submarine warfare, which is still
voiced here and there, does not
stand the test of serious criticism.
Far truer is the explanation voic
ed by a New York bank magnate,
who said:
‘Your paper’—that is to say,
for the billion-dollar contracts in
.war materials—‘is of value only
when stamped with victory. We
have taken a mortgage on your
triumph. The shadow of Ameri
can captalism stood behind the
President when he handed Bern-
storff his passports.’
On the other hand, there has
already been an increase in pri
ces in America, amounting in one
year to .$5,000,0000,0000, and the
continuation of the war is grow
ing constantly a worse business
for America.
The material distress of the
Entente has not growm less
through the entry of America in
to the war, but has rather grown
worse, and it will not prevent our
victory.
A story of a German university
graduate, now a lieutenant, who
was captured by the French, has
Deen told by a well-known cor
respondent. As he passed Ameri
can lines of communication on his
way to a French fortress he knows
the falseness of Capt Bruninghaus
chatter and is thus quoted in The
New York Times:
In the first months of the vear
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“Calomel is dangerous and people
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Take a spoonful at night and wake
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Join These Americans
On the Road to Victory
See the crowd! It is a happy crowd ! Why ?
Because it is on the road to Victory. It is an
old road, the Thrift road, the broad highway to
personal success. And as usual, the success of
the individual means the success of the Nation.
The Nation to-day wants Victory. The individ
ual here at home can help best by winning a mil
lion smaller victories over waste and extravagance.
Join the crowd! Take the Thrift pledge!
Raise the W. S. S. flag and keep it flying. Put
your quarters and your dollars behind your sons and
husbands and brothers on the sea and in France.
JOIN THE CROWD!!
Be
a War
Saver
WS.S.
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A. D. CHAPMAN,
Butler, Georgia.
the German people were told that
the war would end this year in
June after a big drive. If the
German people could see what I
have seen in the last two days
they would know that the war
cannot end this year with a Ger
man victory. I believe if the Ger
man people could know what
America is really doing our ar
my leaders would have trouble
and lots of it.
The German people, and even
the officers, have been told how
only a few Americans have ar
rived in France on account of the
U-boats and that the American
statements that hundreds of thou
sands are here are all lies. I
wonder when they will learn the
truth, Poor Germany!”
Another captured officer, upon
being taken to an American field,
asked what airplane was flying
above, and when informed that it
was an American machine, re
plied “oh, no, you are not Atnerir
cans, you are Englishmen dressed
up like Americans.”
We have no way of knowing
what proportion of Germany be
lieves what these captured offi
cers believe, or what effect the
truth would have on captain like
the u-boat praised. Soon the
truth will burst out in an Ameri
can offesive and the German peo
ple will know better.
Despondency Due to Constipation.
Women often become nervous and
despondent. When this is due to
constipation it is easily corrected by
taking an occasional dose of Cham
berlain’s Tablets. These tablets are
easy to ttake and pleasant in effect
McAdoo announces general
wage increase for railroad em
ployes aggregating $300,000,000;
provides for eight hour day, also
equal pay for negro employes
as well as white men.
Congressional leaders abandon
plan for adjournment and preparp
for summer sessions to consider
revenue measures.
One of Our
Best Assets
Demand the genuine—call for
it by full name.
Imitations Are Made
to Deceive You.
When France, England and
Germany were inhabited by sav
ages, and this country unknown,
Italy was a great civilization of
artists, law-makers, great war
riors and statesmen. Italy today
is a greater civilization of * scien
tists and patriots, of courage and
devotion to the world’s democra
cy.—Brisbane.