The courier-index., December 28, 1917, Image 7

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appreciation for the favors you have ex
tended us during the past year.
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—’’OUR KAISER IN WARTIME’
— FEIGNS ILLNESS.
London.Dec. 15.—Some interesting
inside information concerning actua
conditions and happenings in Ger
many has been received in Londor
by way of Amsterdam. The most in
teresting of this information consists
of a revelation of the methods era
ployed to boost the German emperot
in the eyes of his subjects.
During the past year the work ol
reviving the declining popularity ol
the kaiser among the mass of his
subjects has been carried on with
extraordinary energy and thorough
ness by a branch of the German
secret service that has been estab
lished for that particular purpose.
The department is under the control
of Herr Ledder, a keen business man,
who before the outbreak of the war
was manager of the publicity depart
ment of the Hamburg-American
steamship company.
Recently there has been published
in Berlin for free circulation through
out the entire empire a little book
entitled “Our Kaiser in Wartime.”
The book bears the name of a Social
ist member of the Reichstag as its
author, but in reality, it is said, the
work was written by a subordinate in
Herr Ledder’s department.
The book teems with stories of
the kaiser’s thoughtfulness and af
fection for the German working
people. It relates- how he often,
after a day’s work at army head
quarters. devotes himself to the
study of problems connected with
food and other matters especially
affecting the working classes.
“First feed our soldiers, then our
working people, and from what is
left, however little it may be, we will
be able to take what will suffice for
the larder of the emperor.” This
was reported in the book to be the
emperor's declaration after discuss
ing the food problem on one occasion.
The kaiser was so pleased w'ith
this invention that he ordered the:
«uiub lit- « rt-puneu iu nave said
to lie exhibited at all motion picture
shows under the heading: “What
the King Emperor Has Said About
Our Food.”
This is not the oiriv occasion on
which the motion picture shows
have been used to boom the kaiser’s
popularity. Many of the pictures
displayed on the screen during the
past year have been intended for the
same purpose. One picture shown is
the kaiser kneeling by the bedside
of a dying soldier in a military hos
pital. This picture is said to have
been altogether of the “camouflage”
brand, servants from the imperial
household having played all the
parts.
Secret service agents are continu
ally traveling about Germany investi
gating where and fo what extent any
specially hostile feeling exists to
ward the kaiser, in districts where
such feeling exists special steps are
promptly taken to allay it.
A curious plan is said to have been
adopted some months ago, designed
both to test and boom the kaiser’s
popularity. It was given out that
the kaiser was extremely ill. Every
day for nearly a week bulletins were
issued about his health, which was
described as causing his medical at
tendants great anxiety. Long articles
appeared in all the papers describing
and reviewing all the work which
the kaiser had done since the out
break of the war and the ceaseless
mental strain he had been under.
One drawback to this plan was
that it kept the war lord of Europe,
much against his will, confined in
his rooms. He was at Potsdam at
the time. It was Intended that the
kaiser should remain ill for at least
a week, but after five days confine
ment the emperor gave orders that
his complete recovery should be an
nounced.
Rejoicings in honor of the emeper
or’s recovery were organized by
Herr Ledder's department in differ
ent parts of Germany, but they fell
rather flat. The emperor’s recovery
had been altogether too rapid. Many
people suspected that he had not
been ill at all. As stated by a neu
tral diplomat who is authority for
the story, the emperor spoiled the
chance of a really good boom by his
mpatience.
PREPAREDNES8
This is the slogan of the wise man
Stock are continually exposed to
iuts, wounds, scratches, etc. The
nan who is prepared has his healing
■emedy on hand to stop all chances
>f blood poison. Farris’ Healing
temedy is Highly Antiseptic. It Is
iconomical. One 60c bottle makes
2 worth of healing oil or ointment,
doney refunded if you are not
atisfied. For sale by M. D. Dag
:ett. tf
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HOW OUR SOLDIERS ARE PAID
Grades and pay go together. A
econn lieutenant receives yearly
1,700; a first, $2,000. Captains, ma
ors, lieutenant colonels and colonels
draw, respectively, $2,400, $3,000,
3,600 and $4,000. This is the initial
r base pay; it is increased 10 per
ent for every five years of service,
p to 40 per cent; this increase is
nown in the army as a “fogy.”
lieutenant colonels and colonels,
owever, stop at $4,600 and $6,000
espectively. The pay of a brigadier
< $6,000, that of a major general
8.000. Generals get no “fogys.”
Ifficers receive besides quarters, fuel
nd lights. The pay of enlisted men
epends upon their grades, ratings
nd length of service; it is too com
licated to set out at length here.
, private, however, gets a base pay
f $15 a month; a corporal $21 or
24; a sergeant $30 or $36; first
ergeants $45; all with increases for
;ngth of service. In addition be it
aid all non commissioned officers
nd men draw clothing, and of course
re fed. These rates have been ma
srially increased during the present
emergency. ‘'Commencing June 1,
1917. and continuing until the termi
nation of the emergency, all enlisted
men in the army of the United States
in active service whose base pay
does not exceed $21 per month shall
receive an increase of $15 per month
those whose base pay is $24, an in
crease of $12 per month; those,
whose base pay is $30, $36 or $40,
| an increase of $8 per month, and
| those whose base pay is $45 or more
: an increase of $6 per month."’—Col.
C. DeW. Willcox in Harper's Maga
zine for November.
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SURGEONS agree that in cases of
cuts, burns, bruises and wounds, the
FIRST TREATMENT is most import
ant. When an EFFICIENT antiseptic
is applied promptly, there is no dan
ger of infection and the wound be
gins to heal at once. For use on
man or beast. BOR.OZONE is the
IDEAL ANTISEPTIC and HEALING
AGENT. Buy it now and be ready
for an emergency. Price 25c, 50ft,
$1.00 and $1.50. Sold by Harrington
Bros. *31
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FARM DRAINAGE
Lack of proper drainage of farm
lands is far more important than
some believe. Those who have had
drouth this year can handily appre
ciate the need of drainage.
In East Texas, Arkansas, East Ok
lahoma and portions of Louisiana
drainage is of p; .amount importance,
not only for health but for productive
soil.
Commissioner John H. Page of Ark
ansas says as to the importance of
drainage and terracing in Arkansas:
It pays to farm good land. Some
fields produce a bale of cotton to
the acre while others produce less
than a third of a bale per acre. The
breaking, planting and cultivation on
the good soil is just about the same
as on the poor soils. The only ad
ded cost in producing the larger
yields is in tlie picking and market
ing. When cotton is worth $100 per
bale the difference in the earning
capacity of the better land is com
pared with the poor land would be
$66.06 less the cost of additional
picking, etc.
In many parts of the state one
finds fields with big gullies washed
in them. Sometimes a gully is not
formed but a little soil is removed
each year until the hard clay shows
at the surface. A good system of
terracing will hold the water so that
it will run off around the hill slowly
instead of dashing directly down the
steepest slope. This will prevent
washing and at the same time cause
more of the water to soak into the
soil where it will be of use to the
future crop. The broad or Mangum
terrace should be used. The narrow
terrace breaks easily and has the
disadvantage of not being wide
enough so a row of corn or cotton
can be put on it. The cost of ter
racing a field does not usually exceed
$2 per acre.
Lack of drainage is also a cause of
unproductive lands. This winter the
surface dicthes should be opened up
so the water can get away. Breaking
on wet lands should be done in beds
from fifteen to fifty feet wide. If
the dead furrow opens in a ditch at
the end of the field much of the sur
face water will be carried off. .Broad
beds are always better than a bed
for each row. Just a little attention
to terracing, and draining will in
crease the yield next year a great
leal.
TO THE PUBLIC
Having installed machinery and
hired a good workman about a month
ago I am now prepared to solicit a
share of yoitr business, in the way
of Half Solelng, Rebuilding Heels,
furnishing rubber heels complete,
either whole or half heels, flat, Cu
ban or French styles. Also furnish
complete on your heels tips, plates
or anything in the shoe repairing
line at moderate prices, workmanship
considered. This shop is in connec
tion with my pnint and wall paper
shop in Room No. 4, Sutton ft Lesser
Block, rear of new Sutton ft Lesser
building now being erected. I will
esteem your favor* so highly in this
line that I will guarantee satisfaction
in every way or no charge will be
made.
Very respectfully.
*31 A. A. ROBERTS.
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ONE U8E FOR HIM
A policeman with more than usual
avordupols and expanse of shoe
leather, had just passed a little ter
race with a lot of little gardens in
front, when a small boy ran after
him.
“Halloa, kiddle!" said the arm of
the law. genially. 'What can I do
for you?”
"Mother sent me out," answered
the youngster, “to ask if you would
mind walking up and down our path
for a minute or two? It's just been
graveled, and we ain’t got a roller.”
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BETTCl THAN WE HOPED . FOR
THE enormous holiday trade the people of this city and sec
tion bestowed upon us was far in excess of the volume we
had hoped for. We are thankful for the expression of
good will and confidence and we hope to merit your continued
patronage. We are striving to give Marianna a “big town”
jewelry establishment and we feel sure we will succeed in our
ambition with such liberal support from the people.
i Gem Jewelery Co.
Opposite Postoffice H. H. WOLFE In Latta Building