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W!nct Hera.d T. M. SEAWELL & P- M. DEES Publishers TERMS IN ADVANCE Fo Ar JIont s ...... . -------------------------- -5 One Year .4...--.......... Six _Vonths ............................... -. LIE MILLS ARE ACTIVE. In connection with war operations, a splendi(" plan to adopt is to refuse to believe an.- report that does not come officially from Washington., The ie mills of the enemy are active, and they are located in all parts of the country. It is the policy of the enemy to stir up discontent, appre hension and terror by any and every means in his power, and he will scruple at nothing in or- t der to carry his point. Well he knows that any i cause of anxiety or unrest subtracts from Amer- t ican efficiency. Every loyal citizen of the United States should be assured of one truth-his government will t advise the public freely of every circumstance t in connection with war activities that directly y affects said public. We do not have to depend on c rumor for information, because the Bureau of E Information is in existence for the purpose of supplying the people with the truth in every in- t stance. i: Just a few instances of needless worry over maliciously false reports might be cited. Re cently the report was spread that ground glass b had been fbund in the food of soldiers in some C of the camps. The report was at once investi- I gated b:r the authorities and found to be abso ately fIse and without the shadow of founda tion-a malicious lie, deliberately circulated for U the purpose of sowing alarm and discontent.c When the falseness of the report was proven, the a government reassured the public, and we have a heard no more of the matter. When the report gained currency that .some t of the camps were located in notoriously un healthful localities, and that epidemics of mea sles, meningitis and other diseases were raging. These, too, were given the lie by the government, , and it was plainly shown that not in any camp had the death rates been above the normal for a the country, and in most instances was in fact far below normal, demonstrating the health e t, ficiency of the entire army cantonments. American can win the war; she will win the t war. But she can subtract from her efficiency I and unnecessarily prolong the conflict if she suf-t fers herself .to become alarmed over,.every idle report or malicious lie that is circulated. We * must keep cool and apply every ounce of our en ergy in work that counts in aid of our govern-u ment and the brave boys who are to fight our battles~on the fields of France and on the seas. Trust your government. It is right, and it has a due regard for your peace of mind, and every thing that you should know that is calculated to affect that peace of mind will be duly communi cated to you by those in authority. Bury the products of the lie mills in utter un bOief. That way it will be harmless. Is STAND BY THE PRESIDENT. b There :are still some people in this country li who need -;o ,be reminded that this is not only t< President Wilson's war, or the- Democratic par ty's war, but THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S WAR. There are still some who need to be reminded that there are times when to play politics is criminal, and this is one of those times. !.n President Wilson is Commander-inChief of the TI armed forces of the republic, not because he is a c< Democrat; fqga Repflblican might have jbeen in h I plae atityeahadthe same probjenis to. eHeik f6commander because, having~ c enplaced inidei presidential chair, he came hi lerthe provision of the Constitutio-n that 10 places in th.e hands of that official the leader- o: ship of the nation in times of war. He is asking I: your suport not because you are a Democrat, or u a Republican, or a member of any other party, n but because you are an American, and your b country is in dang%r and in urgent need of your p services. He is asking your loyalty because he is doing his utmost to win YOUR battles for p yo, and safeguard your interests. b The administration does not claim that it has ta made no mistakes. It makes no claim to super- a human wisdom or knowledege. It can, however, p e'nd does claim that the immense tasks that the 1l' war has imposed upon it have been discharged n with a minimum of mistakes. It admits the lim-h itations of human nature, but claims for itself i honest ' of ~purpose and a sincere desire to ad- t ministe~ the affairs of the nation to the lasting 'n rsdof the whole people. t our government needs your support, not your n1 icism. It must have your support, or your o sts will suffer. If for no other reason than/v t afford to obstruct with s If you are not prepared to a a remedy for, the evils a - .~ 1 .accept affairs as +-* Orward witn a loyal and wholehearted support nd conditions will be rnuch more apt to change or the better. .Stancl by yo ru i)V~ byOUl'~u:~ %7o!Ur own homes. "NON-ESSENTIAL INDUSTRIES." A great deal is sai,d and writen thee dan: Ye ube of "non-essential industr'ie'' V n any people are vociferous in their asseLien: hat all will have to be cut out if we are to avoi unning on the rocks. Ninety per cent of thi; alk is the sheerest bosh, for the reason tha hose indulging in it have not the faintest con eptior of what the results would be were theii .dvice taken. American business interests are,so inextrica 1y interwoven that it is a practical imposibility o arbitrarily declare this one essential and that ne non-essential. Our government has encoun ered just this difficulty. Some time ago, when it ecame apparent that we must conserve on thE oal supply, government officials cast about fox hese "non-essentials," but right there their roubles began. It was not difficult to locate a umber of lines, the finished products of which ould safely be classed as non-essential. But in very case it was found that the usefulness or selessness of the article produced or manufac ured was the smallest consideration in weigh ag the importance of the business. In every ase it was found that the industry itself had ecome so vitally a part of the great American usiness fabric that its elimination or even its rippling would work irreparable injury to num ers of other lines and thoroughly unsettle bus ess conditions generally. As a case in point, the officials first of all were p against the automobile industry. The auto ould in no sense be deemed an essential. Up to decade ago the country had managed to scrape long very comfortably without it. American fe could still go on without it. But its elimina ion would do more to paralyze business than erha an.- other one industry, unless that of ailroad transportation. And thus it went, in varying degrees, through most the entire list of American industries. he general prosperity of the country would not dmit of the suppresion of scarcely a single one. In this emergency the government has adopted ae only logical course. While it was impractical > eliminate any one line or number of lines en rely, it was found that many lines could be cur iled. The tremendous expansion of all to meet hie demands of a luxury loving people, could, hen luxury was forced into the background, be asily contracted to meet only the sternest ne essities. Plants in various lines that had been sing stated amounts of fuel, raw material and bor, could with perfect safety be put on a short r allowance of each. This in the aggregate ould wvork the required conservation. This the government has done, and will contin e to do as occasion requires. THE BUSINESS WOMAN. Until recently the business woman was the sception. Now she is everywhere. What with ffrage prevailing in many states and likely to e universal, she is taking a position in public fe never before -accorded her sex, so far as his >ry records. The world war has been responsible for the oman in business, and doubtless has had its Tect in bringing about suffrage. There can be no doubt that, to a large extent, oman is in business to stay. It is up to her to ake good, and she can do this if she so wills. o succeed, however, she must of necessity re struct her views of life. Not only this, but er education must be radically changed. Heretofore the boy has been educated for a treer. He has been trained for the work that e has chosen. His whole life has been built up a and around this career. Not so with the girl, r if so, the careers have been widely different. every age of the world up to the present, the Itimate object of w<anan's existence has been iarriage and maternity. True there have always een exceptions, but they merely sufficed to em hasize the rule. Henceforth, however, if woman is to take her lace beside man iri the business world, this must e wholly changed. She must beeducated and rained for business FIRST and matrimony as n alternative. There will, of course, be many ositions where she can continue to gain a live hood while awaiting the important event of iatrimony, but ifs matrimony continues to be er ultimate goal, business will always be a side ~sue, a secondary consideration, and her success aerein will be negligible. And perhaps, contrary to the age-long con mtion of lordly man, this business training will ot unfit her for that more important vocation f matrimony. We confess our inability to see herein a sound business training can be con dered objectionable in a wife and mother. And s intellect is frequently the offspring of intel. st, who can tell but.the new departure may be .+ the++ete dvopnment of the race after all? CONFUSING BUSINESS T ne a erage nA.m erican is likeli eb th Krn lines of ad 1 s he is toi ntr,Ut tha'the su- cce e--: C. T '0 nitte O1n the other hand, he i a save. This for the purpo: his government. There is a ho tlat "one can't eat his cake and' icans would seem to be up agai roposition-they cannot save a and the same time. There mu: medium somewhere. We mus' mving, of that there can be no very naturally presupposes som mal habits of life. On the othei also save, to meet the many ca there is a Solomon among us, time he should come to judgme LEND-NOT GIV In asking people to invest in 1 war thrift stamps thy governme them to contribute money. It is merely asking for the us is willing to pay liberally for it. 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