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SEES NO REASON TO BE GLOOMY
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Herbert Hoover Says Success in
This War Is a Question of
Resources.
FOOD PROBLEM IS SOLVED
Spontaneous Volunteer Effort on Part
of People Provides Great Stock of
Food—American Women Re
spond Nobly in Great Crisis.
By HERBERT HOOVER.
Washington.—No one can rightly be
gloomy over the outcome for the Amer
ican people in this war. Success in
this war is a question of resources,
and the will and ability of the people
to organize themselves to use their re
sources rightly and to endure. Many
thinking people, in America and
throughout the whole world, have been
watching anxiously the last four
months in the fear that Democratic
America could not organize to meet
autocratic Germany. Germany has
been confident that it could not be done.
Contrary proof is immediately at our
door. Aside from the remarkable as
semblage of our army and financial re
sources, our people have already dem
onstrated their ability to mobilize, or
ganize, endure and prepare voluntarily
and efficiently in many directions and
Upon a mere word of inspiration.
Food Supply Increased.
We entered the war four months
ago, and it was announced by the pres
ident that one of the great problems
of the war would be food; that we
must prepare to increase and to save
our foodstuffs for a year in advance,
not only for ourselves, but for our
allies as well. There has been no con
sequential national or local legislation,
yet the greatest spontaneous volunteer
effort ever made in history has pro
vided us with a larger stock of food
supply as a result of patriotic plant
ing in every quarter, and waste is be
ing eliminated out of every crack and
cranny of our homes, and of our indus
tries. This is being done without com
pulsion of the law, and by spontaneous
effort and self-denial of the people.
There have sprung up over night
throughout the United States, in every
city, county, village and state, defi
nite and positive organizations, prac
tical in their ends and unflagging In
their efforts, which have the will to
solve food-supply questions. No au
tocratic government could accomplish
this. Germany accomplished less in
twelve months than our people have
done In four. The only need of our
legislation and authority is to curb
those who would profit by this volun-
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few days ago, says a dispatch to *
a Berlin newspaper. She was *
operated on and later pro
nounced out of danger, although £
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HOLD COURT DURING AIR RAID
London Judges Hear Evidence While
Bombs Are Exploding in Nearby
Streets.
London. —While bombs rained in the
streets nearby and a hundred guns
roared at the sky, judges, counsel and
witnesses in London courts went right
along with the dull job of boiling down
evidence into justice.
Rose Witten, a pretty girl of seven
teen, stayed in the witness box in one
court and gave her evidence in a lit
tle louder tone to be heard above the
bombs.
“You need not continue if you
are frightened,” said the judge to Miss
Witten.
“I’m not frightened,” she replied.
“Let’s go on with the story.”
Before continuing the case the jus
tice appealed to all in the courtroom
to “die like Englishmen” if they must
die.
New Star Is Discovered.
Cambridge, Mass.—The discovery of
another star, said to be the only new
one found In five years, was announced
to the Harvard Observatory recently
by Prof. W. S. Adams of Mount Wil
son Observatory, California. Credit
for the discovery was given to Prof.
George W. Ritchey of Mount Wilson.
The star was estimated to be of the
fourteenth magnitude.
His Crazy Patch Garden.
Findlay, O. —John A. Sutton, super
intendent of the state experiment sta
tion, south of this city, has added sev
eral more oddities to his crazy patch
garden, which now lias more than 150
different varieties of seed planted. He
has just planted some British Queen
potatoes from California and grain
from the summit of the Himalaya
mountains.
teer movement. The proof of all this
Ues In the fact that our present pros
pects Indicate an Increase of produc
tion of cereals by 850,000,000 bushels. .
Our farmers planted an increased
acreage of wheat, but the weather has
not responded for this product. Liter
ally millions of new gardens have ,
been planted or extended everywhere. ।
We have the largest supply of vegeta- .
bles in our history. |
Women Respond Nobly.
The wolf is at the door of Europe,
and with all these surpluses, our stock
of foodstuffs would still have been too
little for the demand upon us during 1
the coming year if our people had not '
respqnded to the call for wise and eco- '
nomical use of food and for the ellm- ‘
ination of waste. The response not 1
only in planting, but also in conserva
tion has been of such spontaneous,
magnificent order as to justify confi- '
dent optimism in the ability of our '
people to prepare and to preserve. In
the matter of our great surplus of per- '
lshabl.es, because of our inability to
ship these to our allies, a call was sent
out from Washington asking that our '
people should consume the perishables
during the summer and fall months 1
in substitution for the great staples
which should be held for the winter, '
and for shipment to our allies. They ‘
were asked to substitute corn for 1
wheat and to conserve the waste of
meat and fats by the use of substi
tutes. That this is being done is al- '
ready evidenced by reports of dealers
tn cereals and in meats, which Indi- 1
cate a most remarkable decrease in '
demand for these commodities and an
increased demand for substitutes. A
call also was sent out asking that all ,
perishables that could dot be consumed
should be preserved and stored. This
call, since the arrival of perishables in 1
May. has been met by the response of
millions of women in the country, not 1
only in the matter of preserving in the 1
household, but also by the creation of '
innumerable committees, clubs, demon- '
stration trains and instructors provid
ed by our educational Institutions, 1
making a complete system throughout 1
the country. Although we are only :
half way through the canning season, 1
we can begin, to see magnificent re
sults. It is obvious enough that the
American woman has not lost the 1
household arts of her pioneer mother. !
Will Supply the Deficiency.
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Our American canners will this year ]
produce about 1,700,000,000 cans of ।
fruit and vegetables. Our government ।
and the allies will require about 200,- (
000,000 of these cans. The returns we ,
have from various state organizations .
based upon the results obtained for the j
first half of the season Indicate that
the American women will preserve '
200,000,000 jars and cans of fruit and J
vegetables this year, and will thus >
supply any deficiency called for by J
the armies. •
A few days ago we sent out a call >
to the women of the country that they J
sign a pledge to us to accept our sug- •
gestions as to substitutes and waste- >
elimination in their homes, so far as J
their circumstances would permit. Al- >
ready we have over 2,000,000 home '
pledges en route to Washington, Phil- >
adelphia leading with 250,000. St. J
Louis, for example, has had over 150 •
mass meetings of women in arrange- >
ing the enrollment. There are 2,400 j
organized women in Virginia making >
a house-to-house canvass. We shall ’
have the millions of homes in the >
United States enrolled as members of [
the food administration, joining us in *
I volunteer regulation within sixty days. I
i This in response to a simple request ]
I and with no extended organization on j
ACTIVE IN WAR WORK I
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Marchioness of Londonderry In the
uniform of colonel of England’s Worn
an Volunteer reserves. The members
of the reserves are taught signaling,
dispatch riding, telegraphing, motoring
and camp cooking; to be ready in the
event of an invasion of England from
land, sea, or air.
Lady Londonderry is wife of one of
England’s richest peers. She is one
of the most beautiful women In Eng
land’s court circles, and from the be
ginning of the war has been foremost
in stimulating interest and enthus
lasm in war work to aid the govern
ment, and in charities caring for those
affected by the war.
THE BULLETIN. IRWINTON. GEORGIA.
our part, but In reliance upon the sup
port of the women’s committee of the
council of national defense, state coun
cils of defense, the multitude of exist
ing women’s organizations and the
strong support of all the churches and
fraternal organizations of the country.
As soon as we can formulate the vol
untary regulations we shall ask for
similar pledges from every public eat
ing place and every trade in the coun
try.
The elimination of waste in the
country has been most gratifying. The
best index of this saving Is in garbage
returns from our large cities. We
have returns for the month of June
from cities aggregating a population
of 15,000,000, showing a reduction of
their garbage by 32 per cent below the
month of June last year. These fig
ures are a tribute to the energy of
American women, not only In the work
of their households, but in the organi
zation of public opinion for the elim
ination of waste.
Spella Germany’s Doom.
If we make a broad survey of the
country, we find every state spontane
ously creating a definite and active
food organization presided over by
capable and devoted men and women
who are sacrificing every interest in
this national service. We find a well
considered and well-defined organiza
tion of subcommittees (on the various
phases of food production and con
servation), and we see these re-dupli
cated by sub-organizations in counties
and municipalities. This is the or
ganization of democracy, and this is
positive proof that at the call of na
tional duty our people will rise, and
rise overnight, to the real defense of
their faith. I feel sure that the su
perior intelligence of our people, their
capacity for self-denial and their will
to persevere, will prove a wall that
will withstand the best efforts of the
Germans for the next five years, if it
be necessary.
Even though the situation in Europe
may be gloomy today, no American
who has knowledge of the results al
ready obtained in every direction need
have one atom of fear that democracy
will not defend itself in these United
States.
I recall that shortly before we Joined
the war, I had a conversation with a
prominent German official who had
spent some time in the United States,
and who hall a much deeper apprecia
tion than most Germans of what
America’s entry in the war would
mean. His final ^mark to me after a
long discussion was: “I do not fear
the American soldiers because they
cannot arrive in time; what I fear is
the intelligence and devotion of 100,-
000,000 of original minds and people
trained to a faith in individual initia
tive. The day that these people, now
so materialistic in outward appear
ance, are stirred spiritually, that day is
the day of Germany’s doom.”
F HOOSIERS PLAN TO AID $
$ SOLDIERS BY BIG FUND $
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’♦* Richmond, Ind.—The citizens ’♦}
»♦< of Wayne county, through the ,J
$ county council of defense, ex- ’♦*
►J pect to raise a large fund for ij
X the benefit of the soldiers called $
’J to the colors of the United'
X States. Under plans being de- X
veloped financial aid will be giv-
►J en in meeting premiums on in- A
surance, that may not have been
>*< invalidated by reason of military $
X service; payment of taxes owed
►J by soldiers, and other financial
A assistance that will be needed. $
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A tie luxuries and the like. A
COLLEGE GIRLS AS GUARDS
Government Finds They Give Capable
Service in America’s Na-
tional Parks.
Estes Park, Colo. —Women “nature
guards” is the latest innovation in the
administration of America's national
parks. The guards are cultured col
lege girls, whose duty it is to accom
pany camping parties through the
great natural playgrounds and give
interesting talks on the trees and flow
ers, as well as the birds and animals
of the region. Any camper may ob
tain the services of these girl teachers
of nature lore for a nominal charge.
The first park to have such guards
is the Rocky Mountain National park,
of which Estes Park village is the prin
cipal gateway. Four young women al
ready have passed the rigid federal
examinations and have been appointed
by Supervisor L. G. Way of the park.
They have been swamped with appli
cations for their services.
Girl Wears Overalls.
Evansville, Ind. —Evansville women
are interested In the case of Mrs. Hat
tie Mlskell of Danville, 111,, because
she wore overalls when at work in her
garden. Many women in Evansville
during the last year have adopted the
overalls, among them being Miss Marie
Messick, daughter of Albert R. Mes
sick, nominee for mayor. Miss Mes
sick drives her father’s car and keeps
it in repair. When working about the
machine she always wears overalls.
Northcliffe Hears Oceans Roar.
New York. —Lord Northcliffe, while
the guest so Theodore N. Vail, presi
dent of the American Telegraph and
Telephone company in New York city,
heard the roar of the Atlantic and Pa
cific oceans at the same time through
long distance connections.
NOTATIONAL
Lesson
(By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D.,
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute ot Chicago.)
(Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR AUGUST 26.
THE CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH.
LESSON TEXT-II Kings 25:1-21.
GOLDEN TEXT—As I live, saith the
Lord God, I have no pleasure in the
death of the wicked.—Ezekiel 33:11.
Many years after the kingdom of
Israel was taken captive by the As
syrians, Judah was carried away to
Babylon. Judah’s captivity was in
three stages, covering about twenty
years. The first deportation was while
Jehoiakim was king. Daniel and his
friends went into captivity at this
time (Dan. 1:1-6). The seventy years
captivity dates from this time. The
second deportation was while Jehoia
kim reigned. Most likely Ezekiel was
carried away with this second com
pany (Ezekiel 1:1-2). The third de
portation, some twelve years after the
second, is the one described in our les
son. At this time the greater part of
the nation was removed to Babylon.
Only the poor and unimportant were
left. Jerusalem itself was destroyed
at this time.
I. Jerusalem Besieged (vv. 1-3).
Zedekiah owed his kingship to the king
of Babylon (chapter 24:17), who ap
pointed him to the throne after the re
moval of Jehoiakim. His name was
changed frtmi Mattaniah to Zedekiah.
He was not a good man (24:19).
Though having his position by the will
of the king of Babylon, he rebelled
against that king. He thought that by
the aid of the surrounding nations,
especially Egypt, he could throw off
the yoke of Babylon. Jeremiah coun
seled submission, but the king refused.
Nebuchadnezzar came In person with
all his host and laid siege to Jerusalem,
even building forts against it (v. 1).
This siege lasted for about a year and
a half. For a while during that period
the Chaldean army withdrew because
of the appearance of Pharaoh’s army
(Jer. 37:5). Shut off from help from
without, the Jews soon were famish
ing for want of bread. The horrors of
this famine were awful. For a descrip
tion of it one should read the book of
Lamentations. Mothers ate their own
children (Lam. 4:10). The richest, even
ladies in silken robes, wandered about
searching for scraps in the dung heaps
(Lam. 4:5-10). Their tongues clave
to the roofs of their mouths, and their
skins were dried up. Added to these
horrors were murderous fights between
parties among the Jews. Some wanted
to surrender; others insisted upon
holding out.
11. Zedekiah’s Flight (w. 4-7). At
length the city was broken up, and the
king and his warriors fled by night. His
thought was to escape to the country
beyond the Jordan. The Chaldean
army overtook him, scattered his army,
and carried Zedekiah to Riblah, where
Nebuchadnezzar had his headquarters.
Here judgment was passed upon him.
In his trial It was shown that his
solemn oath of allegiance to the Chal
deans had been broken, thus showing
himself a traitor (II Chron. 36:13). As
a punishment for his treachery his own
sons were slain before him, his eyes
put out (v. 7), and he himself carried
to Babylon, where he remained a pris
oner till his death (Jer. 52:11). In this
we have a marvelous fulfillment of
prophecy (Ezekiel 12:3). which says
that Zedekiah shall be taken to Baby
lon and die there and yet not see the
city. He could not see it because his
eyes were out. Let us learn from this
that that which God says will surely
come to pass, even though we cannot
explain its details.
111. The Destruction of the City (vv.
8-10). Not only were the people taken
captive, but the city Itself was sub
jected to the utmost rigors of war.
They plundered the house of the Lord,
the palace and the houses of the rich,
and then consigned them to the flames
(v. 9). They even broke down the
walls of Jerusalem (v. 10) and mas
sacred many of the people (Lam.
2:3, 4).
IV. Disposition of the Inhabitants
and the Contents of the Temple (vv.
11-21). 1. The Inhabitants (vv. 11,12).
They were divided into two classes,
those who had deserted to the Baby
lonians during the siege and those who
were found inside of the city at the
time It was taken. Many doubtless de
serted to the Babylonians during this
siege, as even Jeremiah was arrested
on this charge (Jer. 38:13). The poor
of the land were left to be vine dress
ers and husbandmen. The wealthy
and influential were taken away, as
they would be of value to the conquer
ing nation; besides they would be a
menace if left behind. The poor were
left because pauper captives would be
a burden.
Besides It was very undesirable
for the land to He in waste, as then
they could not exact tribute from it.
To that end encouragement was given
by the Babylonians as “vineyards aud
fields” were given to the poor.
2. The contents of the temple (vv.
13-21). From the temple which had
been twice plundered before (II Chron.
36:7, 10), such of gold, silver and
bronze vessels as still remained were
taken, even the great pillars of the
molten sea. The captives and the treas
ure were delivered to Nebuchadnezzar
at Roblah, where more than threescore
of men were killed (vv. 19-21).
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ous calomel, because it makes you
sick and you may lose a day’s work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver,
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking it up. That’s
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Sufficient.
Mrs. Megson (not pleased with sup
plies)—Have you any of the sugar you
sold me on Monday left?
The Grocer —Oh. yes, mum; plenty.
How much would you like?
Mrs. Megson—None!
IMITATION IS SINCEREST FLATTERY
but like counterfeit money the imita
tion has not the worth of the original.
Insist on “La Creole” Hair Dressing—
it’s the original. Darkens your hair in
the natural way, but contains no dye.
Price sl.oo.—Adv.
Most in Demand.
“What do we need for dinner, Mag
gie?” asked the mistress as the maid
appeared at the door of the room.
“A new set av dishes, mum,” an
swered Maggie, lugubriously. “Oi’ve
jest tripped over the edge av th’ rug.”
Lemon Juice H
For Freckles
Girls! Make beauty lotion at
home for a few cents. Try It!
Squeeze the juice of two lemons into
a bottle containing three ounces of
orchard white, shake well, and you
have a quarter pint of the best freckle
and tan lotion, and complexion beau
tifier, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply i
three ounces of orchard white for a
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra- i
grant lotion into the face, neck, arms
and hands each day and see how
freckles and blemishes disappear and
how clear, soft and white the skin be
comes. Yes! It is harmless. Adv.
A Reasonable Supposition.
The farmer alleged a freight train
of the defendant company had hit one
of his mules.
“Now, Mr. Jones,” said the attor
ney for the corporation to the ag
grieved party, who occupied the wit
ness stand, “will you kindly tell the
court whether or not your mule was
on the track, the property of the de
fendant, when hit by the train?”
“Well, sir,” replied Mr. Jones, “I
didn’t witness the occurrence, but I
suppose things must have been about
as you say. This was a pretty bright
mule and I reckon if that train had
took out after him in the woods which
fringe the track there where he was
killed he would have got behind a
tree.” —Macon Telegraph.
Thick.
A teacher asked her class to write
an essay on London. She was sur
prised to read the following in one
attempt:
“The people of London are noted
for their stupidity.”
The young author was asked how
he got that idea.
“Please, miss,” was the reply, “It
says in the text-books the population
of London is very dense." —New York
Globe.
Got His.
“What got you into jail?”
“I had dodged taxes so successfully,”
explained the millionaire, “that I got
overconfident.”
“Huh?”
“And imagined I could dodge ali
mony.”—Louisville Courier-Journal.
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ing, because you will wake up feel
ing fine, your liver will be working,
your headache and dizziness gone,
your stomach will be aweet and your
bowels regular.
Dodson’s Liver Tone is entirely
vegetable, therefore harmless and
cannot salivate. Give it to your chil
dren. Millions of people are using
Dodson’s Liver Tone instead of dan
gerous calomel now. Your druggist
will tell you that the sale of calomel
Is almost stopped entirely here. —Adv.
A Smart Man.
Brown—Banks takes a great deal of
interest in his business.
Green—Never less than 10 per cent.
One bottle of Dr. Peery’s “Dead Shot”
will save you money, -time, anxiety and
health. One dose sufficient, without Castor
OH in addition. Adv.
Test a man’s professions by his prac
tice.
IN BED FOR WEEKS
Nr. Smith Was in a Bad Way,
But Doan’s Restored Him to
the Best of Health.
In April, 1916, Louis Smith, 90 Naw
St., Hackensack, N. J., said: “Words
fail to describe the misery I endured
from kidney complaint. In my work I
have to do a lot of heavy lifting and
this weakened my kidneys.
At first 1 only suffered
from a slight backache,
but almost before I knew
it, I was all bent over like
a man a hundred years
old.
“I began to grow worse
as the days passed and
finally I had to take ‘tir
Mr. Smith, my bed where I re
mained for weeks. My head pained ter
ribly and my back just throbbed. I
was always dizzy and it seemed as if
everything was whirling. Little black
specks came before my eyes and I also
| suffered from painful and scanty pas
sages of the kidney secretions. Every
thing seemed dark and dreary.
“Doan’s Kidney Pills completely
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“Sworn to before me.”
E. M. Johnson, Justice Peace.
On March 19, 1917, Mr. Smith added:
“I will never forget what Doan’s have
I done for me. Whenever I catch cold
on my kidneys, I can depend on Doan’s
to fix me up all right.”
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