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Christian Temperance Union.)
A BY-PRODUCT OF THE WAR.
Alice Carey McKinney, (President Lou
isiana W. C, T. U.)
The government Is making compul-
Bory the tilings the VV. C. T. U. has ad
vocated for forty years, and people
■who did not know the organization op
posed anything but drunkenness, or
helped anybody but drunkards’ fami
lies, are having new revolutions. I be
lieve the best war work we can do Is
to make the world safe for our sol
diers. We ought to knit und sew, but
as I do I hear the Master say “These
things ought ye to do and not to leave
the other undone.”
In times of peace the W. C. T. D.
prepared for war, and now that war is
on we cannot afford to sit down und
spin yarns to make foot covering
while doing nothing to remove the
thorns and briers from the pathway.
There may have been a time when
woman had a sphere; if so this war
has wrecked the boundary lines and
she Is free. The exodus of woman
from the home is one of the by-pro
ducts of Prussian militarism that was
not included in the calculations of
Frederick the Great when he started
the ball to rolling which has landed all
Europe in the trenches,
A little boy said, “Pa, what is a stag
banquet?” “A stag banquet my son, is
a banquet where there are no women.”
“Well, pa, if a banquet where there
are no women is a stag banquet, what
would a nation without women be?’’
And the man had to acknowledge it
would he a stag-nation. I don’t know
what you think about it but I think to
secure “Votes for Women” is a real
war work. I Invested 25 years of my
life in the rearing of throe children,
and while I was doing it I said with St.
Paul, “This one tiling I do.” Now
that they have gone out front the home
and are serving Uncle Sum I want a
voice in the affairs of Uncle Sam’s gov
ernment. I taught them that liquor,
tobacco and immorality were bad
things, anil no man should be allowed
to undo my teaching, while I, who
have spent my life for them, sit and
weep, voiceless and voteless.
One of tlu> arguments against wom
an suffrage is that women do not know
enough about politics to vote. Not
long since our national W. C. T. U.
president wrote and asked me to tell
her how our senators and representa
tives are elected, and for how long. I
phoned a lawyer friend and asked him;
he could not give me “the exact infor
mation." I asked another lawyer who
was also a member of the legislature;
he told me, but told me wrong—had to
look it up and correct his error. I
have asked several prominent men
lately how many electoral votes Lou
isiana Is entitled to, and none lias been
able to tell me. Now if men have been
voting some 30, some GO, and some a
hundred fears, perhnps, without know
ing these tilings, why cannot we do
the same?
INDUSTRIES ENDORSE
WAR-TIME PROHIBITION
The War Prohibition Committee of
Massachusetts sent to the big Indus*
tries of New England these questions:
“Does the management favor prohibi
tion ns n war measure? Do the em
ployees favor it?"
Twelve days from the date of mail
ing 318 replies had come In, 307 of
which were favorable and 11 opposed.
The managements were virtually un
animous for war prohibition and many
insisted that it should be permanent.
Among the employees 22(1 concerns re
ported favorable, 45 doubtful, 35 made
no statement. Some factories had taken
polls which showed about seventy-live
per cent favorable.
This harmonizes with the polls taken
in 20 of (he larger British cities which
showed 100,003 for and 78,000 against
war prohibition. As usual, the larger
and more Important concerns took
special Interest in the letter, many of
the manngers-adding a word of special
emphatic opinion.
ALCOHOL AND MARKSMANSHIP.
A member of the French army medi
cal corps has recently made public the
results of Investigations concerning
the effect of alcohol on marksmanship.
He chose the best shots from among
the non-commissioned officers and sol
diers of his regiment, says the organ
of the American Medical association,
and had them tire a series at 200 me
ters. They were then given a dose of
brandy, approximately 50 gm., after
which they fired a second series similar
to the first. These experiments were
repeated at different times and under
different conditions, always with iden
tical results. It was found that the
efficiency of the marksmen after the
absorption of the alcohol had depreci
ated 30 per cent In rapid firing uud
60 per ceut in slow firing.
REGIMENT BONE-DRY
The 158th infantry, formerly the
First Arizona infantry, now in Frunce,
lays claim to call Itself the driest regi
ment In the army, says an Associated
Press dispatch. The men base this
clnim on the fact that the entire com
missioned personnel of the regiment
soon after being mustered Into federal
service took an oath to drink no Intox
icants until the present war is ended.
“Food will win the war; don't waste
It."
“Booze will lose the war; dan’t taste
It."
IN PRAISE OF COUNTRY
LIFE
| The Progivssivo Fahmer rep*
j lints the following article from
a contributor to one of our
southern country papers. It is
so beautifully expressed as to
1* well worth passing on:
Let me live the years of my
stay upon earth, way out in
the country, close to nature and
to nature’s God.
I want to feel the touch of
the seasons as they come and go,
making up the years.
I want to feel the chill of
Winter in my frame, not too se
vere, but enouglu to make the
blood tingle.
1 want to feel the gentle
warmth of Spring, as with her
touch of magic, she makes
new life in things dead.
I want to feel the heat of
Summer ,as the golden sun
shine ripens the harvest and ma
tures the fruit and flowers.
Lastly, I want to catch the
cool breath of Autumn coming
to fan away the heat and leth
argy of summer.
I want to hear the cry of the
whippoorwill as the twilight
settles o'er the hi I hind hollow.
I want to be near where the
Bob White is calling to bis
mate, when the fields of ripen
ing wheat wave gently to the
passing breeze.
I waul to hear the tinkle of
hells on the distant hillside, ns
the sun is going down and tin"
katydids commence their night
long chatter.
Then, when old Jack Frost
passes by, witli his touch of
white, I want to wander down
the old rail fence and on to
where the muscadines hang in
licit profusion; and there for it
time feast and forget.
Yes, let me live out tin* years
of my stay upon earth in the
fullness of the country, and
then, dying, let me rest in the
(ptiet cluirch-yard near where
father and mother sleep-—where
tin* sunbeams play in the suite
liter, where the snow drifts high
in winter. —L. J. D., in Shelby
Star.
SPKFAD MANCUE WHEN
LAND IS FROZEN.
Whenever stable manure is to
be broadcasted for the coming
truck crop .t his can be done to
advantage by putting ii on dur
ing spare time through the
winter, li is preferable to put
it on land where it cover crop
is growing so that this crop can
make use of I hat port ion of
pfitnt food which may become
immediately available. .1 n
broadcasting the manure, be
e.ireful not to drive over the
ground when i! is wet unless it
is frozen. < )ne of the best possi
ble times for broadcasting the
manure is when the ground is
frozen hard.—The Progressive
Farmer.
Milburn Wagons
With the Old Time
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and
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IIFKKY Fl* WITH THAT DE
BATING SOCIETY'.
Has your school organized
that debating society yet? If
not, then you can speak to your
teacher about this matter and
kindly ask him to look after it
at the earliest possible moment.
There is nothing that will take
the place of a good live debating
society in developing the boys
and in giving thorn self-confi
dence. Let ns have a debating
society in every school this sea
son. —The Progressive Farmer.
Another Auto Device.
An electric light that is switched
on to Illuminate an nutomobile step ns
the door Is opened has been patented
by an English Inventor.
Life
Was a
Misery
Mrs. F. M. Jones, o!
Palmer, Okla., writes:
“From the time 1 en
tered into womanhood
... 1 looked with dread
from one month to the
next. 1 suffered with my
back and bearing-down
pain, until life to me was
a misery. 1 would think
1 could not endure the
pain any longer, and 1
gradually got worse. . .
Nothing seemed to help
me until, one day, . . .
1 decided to
TAKE
“ 1 took four bottles,”
Mrs. Jones goes on to
say, ‘‘and was not only
greatly relieved, but can
truthfully say that 1 have
not a pain. . .
*‘lt has now been two
years since 1 tookCardui,
and 1 am still in good
health. . . 1 would ad
vise any woman or girl
to use Cardui who is a
sufferer from any female
trouble.”
if you sufferpain caused
from womanly trouble, or
if you feel the need of a
good strengthening tonic
to build up yourrun-down
system, take the advice
of Mrs. Jones. Try Car
dui. It helped her. We
believe it will help you.
All Druggists
J. 68
Gadsden Woman
Chosen To Name
“Victory Vessel”
f—m
Mrs. Alexander Greet.
Mrs. Alexander Greet of Gadsden
Ala., will be sponsor at the launching
of one of the vessels of America’s new
merchant marine. Gadsden was one
of ten cities in the Sixth Federal Re
serve District which won the honoi
of selecting the name for a ship bj
its large over-subscription to thf
Fourth Liberty L<oan. Mrs. Greet was
chosen by the committee in apprecia
tion of her work in Liberty Loan cam
paigns. She has been active in al
■*L work and has four sons in the
array. Gadsden expects to live up tc
its record in the Victory Loan.
Bonds For Reconstruction.
Four Liberty Loans have been float
ed by the Government to provide
weapons of destruction. The Victory
has been won; the country is turning
from war to peace. Now the nation is
called upon to subscribe once more;
to buy Victory Bonds to settle the wai
debts and provide the means of carry
ing through the work of reconstruc
tion. Peace must be financed as well
as war.
Muscles of a Bird’s Wings.
It is estimated that the muscles of
i bird's wing are 20 times more pow
irfill, proportionately speaking, than
hose of a man’s arm.
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Silences the Buzzing.
An attachment for telephone receiv
ers which silences all the buzzing,
whirring and jarring noises has been
invented by a Dutch engineer.
NOW
is the time to order Fertilizers if
you want them.
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“Splitting Headaches”
There is no illness that is a source of greater discomfort than
headache. Women, men and children alike are subject to
this unpleasant affliction.
To secure relief from Headaches. Backache, Neuralgia, or
any severe aches or pains, DR. MILES’ ANTI-PAIN PILLS
have no equal..
“There is nothing in the world any better for
Headache than DR. MILES’ ANTI-PAIN PILLS.
I surely advise aii who suffer from any ache cr
pain to take these pills."
i MISS JESSIE McMILLAN, Connelisville, Pa.
i These wonderful little tablets contain no
.*fl ‘liili iinTilSh habit-forming drug—nor produce ill after
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I am his heir!
Idleness and laziness are more
dangerous to the health than
hard work.
Pinch of Poverty.
Next to the proletariat of India and
China, the Russian peasant feels the
pinch of poverty nnd hunger more
keenly nnd more frequently than any
other citizen on earth, says the Nation
al Geographic Magazine.