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AUSTIN C. WILKERSON
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p - - This paper has enlisted
With the j government in the
cause of America for the
> oeriod of the war.
WHAT LLOYD GEORGE SAID.
—
H Premied Lloyd George, speaking at
V Noath, in Wales, Friday, was opti
1 mistic over the war situation. He
said, "‘the end of the tunnel” through
which the allies have been traveling
| ' for four years was getting nearer.
,i After saying this he admitted some
people had complained that he is too
j'. Optimistic.
1' This statement by the British pre- j
I: mier should be a warning to people
who are inclined to be too optimistic.
Mark what he says. The end of the
v tunnel is getting nearer. The allies
5 have been going through the tunnel
for four years. The end of the tun
nel is not yet in sight, but it is get
y ting nearer.
The last three weeks have been glor
ious weeks for the allies, but it j
might be well for the too optimistic
to stop a moment to consider and re
view. What would the optimistic be
, thinking and saying today if allied
arms had won this year what Ger
man arms have won ? The glorious
days since the middle of July have
■'J "won back for us but a part of the
. K territory taken this year by the
Germans. It must not be understood,
. however, that the importance of the
:: allied victories stops with the terri-1
_ory won. The territory is not near
ly so important as the assault on
German morale.
Great events may come within the
next few weeks, but so far the most
optimistic hopes expressed by mili
tary leaders is that the Germans may
De beaten back before winter stops
the fighting this year to the line
from which they started in March.
If this happens 1918 will go down in
history as a year of great victories
for the allies and as the year which
caused the ending of the war.
We must fight against optimism
' just as we must fight against pessi
mism. We have done well, but we i
have a long and hard road before us.
Meantime we must not lag. We must
not lag. We must do all in our pow- j
;-BE~ln hark nnr i'-nvernment in its won
derful work of recreation.—Gazette. ^
COHIMTION DRAFT
WILL ALLOW NO FURTHER
INVASION OF RUM DEMON
iai to Independent,
attic Rock, Aug. 17.—The consti
tutional convention yesterday recon
sidered the prohibition article that
had been adopted on Ju’y 17, and
adopted a substitute offered bv Clay i
Sloan, chairman of the committee.
The new article is admitted to be
bone-dry, puncture-proof, copper
. 'riveted, absolutely impervious, seal- * j
ing the state hermetically against ,
any invasion of the Demon Rum.
The new proposal follows:
“Section 1—It shall be forever un
lawful for any person, firm, corpora
tion, or association to manufacture
any intoxicating liquor of any kind ; ]
in this state. ,
“Section 2—It shall be forever un
lawful for any person, firm, corpora- (
tion, or association to import into, (
deliver, sell, own, or keep within ■
this state any intoxicating liquors of £
any kind, except wine for sacrament
al purposes, and alcohol for medici- j j
nal, industrial, or scientific purposes.! {
The legislative power of the state t
•hall provide adequate law’s for the .<■
enforcement of this article.” j e
Delegate E. P. Aldredge, of Pu
laski county, the only minister who t
is a member of the body, says: j n
“It is my judgment that the pro-1 f
hibition section of the proposed new t
constitution has been decidedly im-1 f
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War Time Sweeteners
A MERICA has several excellent war time sweet
* eners that will be used largely during the
shortage in the sugar supply.
They are maple sugar, syrups, honey and
molasses and may be used in preparing des
serts and other dishes requiring sweetening.
When a cup of syrup or honey is used
to replace a cup of sugar the liquid in the
recipes should be decreased one-fourth.
One-third of a cupful of sugar is equivalent
to one-third of a cup of honey, about one
half cup of syrup and about one-half cup of com sugar.
• One-fourth of a cup of sugar is equal to about one-half
cup of syrup or one-third cup of corn sugar. One table
spoon of sugar is equal to one tablespoon of honey, about
one and one-half tablespoons of 3yrup and one and one
third tablespoons of corn sugar.
Sugar may be saved by the use of raisins, dates, figs,
dried pears and fruit pastes used on the breakfast cereals.
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! r run III ill Illit lclliC-o, UUttCIO O.X1U JC1X1CO axiuuiu uocu.
to take the place of the ordinary sweetening at a meal and
not as accessories to it. Fruits may be preserved without
sugar. It may be added when sugar is more plentiful.
Preserving demands this year a thin syrup instead of a
heavy syrup.
If sugar is used one-half of the amount may be replaced
by another sweetener.
Drying is a means of preserving (without sugar) ap
ples, cherries, strawberries and black caps.
When ready to use they may have added the needed
sugar in the form of a syrup. When sugar is more plentiful
fruit juices may be made into jellies or may be used as
fruit juices with or without sugar, as beverages, fruit
gelatins and frozen desserts.
Fresh fruits supply the place of sugar in the diet. They
should be used freely. Desserts where sugar is scarce
may be made of gelatins, junkets, custards, puddings and
cakes.
proved from every point of view.
For example, the new section will
make it forever impossible to manu
facture liquors in Arkansas, for any
purpose. The original draft allow
ed the manufacture of liquors in
Arkansas for every purpose, except
as a beverage.
“Again, the new draft allows no
liquors to come into the state, except
wine for sacrimental purposes. Beer,
whiskey, brandy, etc., are all out
lawed—no matter for what purpose
it is proposed to use them. The new
draft allows alcohol to be brought
into the state, owned and used for
medicinal, scientific and industri I
purposes only, but no whiskey or
drinkable intoxicants of any form or
nature.
“It will be seen, therefore, that the
new draft conserves and reinforces
all our present splendid statutory
prohibition laws. It also banishes
drinkable booze from Arkansas for
ever. If it is adopted, one cannot
make it, import it, own it, hold it, or
have anything to do with it. It is
to be hoped that this section will be
submitted separately, so that the
people of the state may have a
chance to banish liquor from Arkan- I
sas forever by ratifying this section.”
ONE KILLED, SCORE
HURT BY LIGHTNING.
Mammoth Spring, Aug. 16.—Ro
land Huffman, aged 17, of Koshko
nong, Mo., was instantly killed, two
were seriously injured and a score or
more were knocked down and dazed
about 5 o’clock this afternoon when |
lightning struck an nar.ombly tent at!
the Blue and Gray reunion here dur-!
doing in civil life and a further ex
amination of them and a scrutiny of
the demands often determine the
part they are to take, sometimes on
ly for temporary duty, but in some
cases for an indefinite period.
From this lot are selected the
men who will go into the big repair
shops at once. Men experienced in
electrical work are sent to stations
where their service is most needed.
Orders for automobile experts are
filled and not infreuently the men in
command of the station are called
upon to supply men for following, for
a time at least, exactly the same kind
of work they were doing in the Unit
ed States before their numbers in the
draft were called.
A big hospital is being erected at
one camp. The money for the mate
rial was furnished by the Red
Cross. The work is being done by
the army. The construction of the
buildings is not materially different
from that of war hospitals being
erected in the United States, and the
same class of skilled labor is being
used. Experts in the use of cement
are working there. Plumbers are do
ing the same sort of work they were
paid to do in the United States, car
penters are employed in doing as
high grade labor as could be found
anywhere, and the drawing of the
plans and specifications was done
by architects and engineers. All the
men whose work is going into the
building have been taken from the
rank and file of those who reached
camp on their way from the ports of
debarkation. They will be held there
only so long as their work on the
structure is required and then they
ing a thunderstorm.
There was much confusion among
the large crowd, as all the lights in
the tent were extinguished. The lit
tle daughter of Speck Adams of Har
dy and Mrs. C. S. Evans of Thayer,
Mo., are believed to be the most se
riously injured. Among the large j
lumber who were knocked down and
slightly injured were: Buck Thorn
jurg, Charlie Barnett, Creighton
rhacker and Edgar Stevens, all of
Fulton county. J. R. Bell and D. H.
McFair of Wirth, who were stand
ng about 100 yards from the tent,
vere knocked off their feet.
\:OT ALL SOLDIERS
GO INTO BATTLE.
With the American Army in Eng
and, Aug. 1.—When a soldier leaves ■
he United States he should not feel ,
ertain that he is going to win glory (
n the battlefield in France. Wheth- ,
r officer or enlisted man he is sub- j
ected to further scrutiny in England \
,nd in France and until a little corps
f keen-eyed and careful officers j
iave completed the examination no i
ne can tell into just what part of t
he army machine he is going to fit. i
There are in England camps where f
Very man who passes through is (
trade indexed.” There is especially }
rue of one camp where a large part r
f the airmen and motor transport j
Drees arrive shortly after debarka- ^
on. The records accompanying fc
rem show what the men^have been c
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detailed for other work.
Officers engaged in fixing the
trade index of the army have boasted
that from the ranks of the National
\rmy there may be found men v'
can do any class of work required,
from grinding a diamond to working
on the rifling of a big gun.
MEN BECOMING 21
SINCE JUNE THE FIFTH
MUST REGISTER AUG. 24
Washington, Aug. 16.— Provost
Marshal General Crowder issued a
statement today emphasizing that all
nale citizens who shall have reached
;he 21st birthday since June 5th
ast must appear before the local
joards to register for military ser
vice on August 24, regardless of any
>resumed grounds for exemptio.n.
Jpnortunity to claim for exemption
vill be afforded subsequently in the
illing out of questionnaires by regis
rants.
“Provision will be made for the
egistration by mail of any person
vho expects to be absent on registra
ion day from the jurisdiction of the
oard where he permanently resides,”
ays the statement. “But in such a
ase extreme care should be taken by
im to see that his registration card
eaches hi!} home board on or before
lugust 24/ Such persons are ad
ised to apply at once to a local
oard for instructions as how to pro
eed.”
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also efficiency”—That’s what our
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the kaiser that will “get over.”
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