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onpiancr ®Tws <Luiiouc ku by tbe National Woman’s 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 Wide Track and Wide Bodies We want you to call and let us show you all the new features on the improved new MIL - BURN WAGON Smith Hardware Company 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. a 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. ORDER ROYSTER’S trade mark X REGISTERED. F. S. ROYSTER GUANO CO. Norfolk, Ya., Richmond, Ya., Tarboro, N. C., Charlotte, N. C., Washington, N. C., Columbia, S. C., Spartanburg, S. C., Atlanta, Ga., Macon, Ga., Columbus. Ga., Montgomery, Ala. Baltimore, Md., Toledo, 0., A TESTIMONIAL. Dear Sirs: YVitii heartfelt thanks to you My bosom thrills; Bv these few lines I hope to show Tlie debt of gratiude I owe Your splendid pills. My uncle caught a cold—he was A millionaire— Your pills he’d noticed adver tised. - * “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 W'ii effects. When used according to directions they \\\ pi Wl jjjll produce almost instant relief. Ask your druggist V 1 '! Mil for DR. MILES’ ANTI-PAIN PILLS-these effect \ IIP if nil/// ive tablets have been growing in favor for more I’II •(I ,|s ; I (P-3) than 30 years. Cost only a few cents a box. And so lie took some as advised, ******** 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.