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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-23

mans SO fearless and ferocious as the
Red Cross emblem. On the top Of each
of the cars in this train there was q
Red Cross big enough to be seen from
miles In the air. The German. aviators
accepted them merely as excellent tar
gets. Their bombs quickly knocked
three or four cars from the rails and
killed several Of the helplessly wound.
ed men. The rest of the patients, weak:
and nervous from recent shock and in.
Jury, some Of them half delirious and.
nearly all of them absolutely helpless.
and in pain, were thrown into near.
panic.
Two of the nursing: sisters in charge.
of the train were the coolest individe
uals present. They walked calmly up
and down its length urging the par
tients to remain quiet, directing the.
male attendants. how to remove the.
wounded men. safely from the wrecked
cars and paying no attention whatever
to the bombs, which We're still explod-
Ing near the train did not have the
privilege Of witnessing this scene my
self, but l. know that i have accurate
ly descrihed 1t, for the details were.
told in an, official report when the king
decoratedlt the two sisters with the Roy
al Red, Cross for yalor in the face Of
the enemy.
The trip from Contay to Rouer was
Observation-Disclosures hours travel
Ing $50 miles on train which was
forever stopping and starting, its jerky
and uncertuin progress meaning to us
JUST hours and hours of suffering. do
not know whether this part of the sys-
tenn for the removal of wounded has
been improved now. Then, its incon-
venfences and imperfections must have
been inevitable for in every way after
ward the most thoughtful and tender
care was shown us. In the long rows
Of huts which compose the British gen.
eral hospital at Rouen we found our
selves in what seemed like paradise.
In the hut which constituted. the spe-
cial ward for leg wounds was lifted
| from the stretcher on which had trav-
eled all the way from Poizers into a
comfortable: bed with fresh, clean
sheets, and Instantly 1 found myself
surrounded with quiet, trained, efti-
Gent care. ] forgot the pain Of my
! wounds andN the dread Of the coming
operation when tray of delicious food
was plasedlbeside my bed and nurse
prepared ME for the enjoyment of 1t
by bathing my face and hands with
scented water.
On the following morning my leg
was X rayed and photographed. told
the surgeon / thought the business of
operating could very well be put OFF
until had had about three more
square meals. but he couldn't see II
that way. In the afternoon I got my
first sickening dose Of ether, and they
! took the first lot Of iron ont of me. ]
suppose these were just the surface
deposits. for they only got five or six
pieces. However, they continued sys
tematica2ly. had five more opera
| tons. and every time ] came out OF
the ether the row of bullets and shell
scraps at tie foot Of my bed was q
little longer. After the number haG
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-23
No. 9. Decorated For
;'rayery; Home and;
Uncle Sam. 7
By Sergeant Alexander. Mccliutock.
D. c. M, STD Overseas Bat1.,
Canadian, Gren. Guards.
Copyright. 1917. by the Bell Syn
Copyright. 1917. by the Bell Syn
dicate, Inc.

1his Is the concluding article of tho
series OF sAr on Sergeant McClintock.
az american beg of Lexington, Ku..
toho mas seen service in France, ,cas
decorated for bravery and invalided
home. He hos been promised a COM
mission IN one army. The FIRST Hve in
statements TOLD of the fighting IN Bel
gi"m md on che sonmc. Mherc he nas
desperately woundsd. This final in
sfdllmcmt describes his journey to the
rear aflah tlfeabt taco pieces of shrapnel
W one eca tm his meeting qUith the
6a'i9 nv 9 london hospital.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-23

average hospital are unknown here.
There are soft lights and comfortable
beds and pretty women going about
as visitors. The stage beauties and
comedians come to entertain us. The
food is delicious, and the chief thought
of every one seems to he to show the
inmates what comfortable and CHEEKY
friends. | was there from December
until February. and my recollections
of the stay are so pleasant that some
times l wish was back.
On the Friday before Christmas
there was concert in our ward
Among the artists who entertained us
were Fay Compton, Gertrude Elliott
and other stars of the London stage.
After our protracted stay in the
trenches and our long absence from
all the civilized forms of amusement
the affair seemed to us the most Won
derful show ever given. And in some
ways it was. For instance. in the most
entertaining of dramatic exhibitions
cid you ever see the lad; artist; so
around and reward enthusiastic np-
plause with kisses? Well. that, what
we got And am proud to say that
it was Miss Compton who conferred
this honor upon me.
At about 3 o'clock on that afternoon.
when we were all having good time.
| one OF tho orderlies threw open the
door of the ward and announced in a
loud voice that his majesty the king
was coming in We could not have
been more surprised if some one had
thrown in a Mills bomb. Almost i'm
mediately the king walked in, accom-
panied by number of aids. They
We're all i'll service uniforms, the king
having little in the style of his uni
form to distinguish him from the 9th
ers He walked around presenting
each rntient with a coGy OF Queen
Mary's Gift Book" an artistic little
volume. with pictures AND short stories
by the most famous of English artists
and writer's. When he nearcd my bed
he turned to one of the nurses and in
| CURED:
lis this the one?"
The nurse nodded. Hc came and sat
at the side of the bed and shook hands
With me. He asked us to what part of
the United States | had come from
how had got my wounds and what
the nature of them were. how was
| getting along and what ! particularly
wished done for me. | answered his
| questions and said that everything /
could possibly wish for had already
been done for me-
Thanked by King and Decorated Fo,
Bravery.
II thank you" he said, "for myself
and my people for your services Our
| gratitude cannot be great enough to
ward men who have served as you
have"
| He spoke in very low; voice. and
with no assumption Of royal dignity
There, was nothing in the least thrill
ing about the incident, but there was
much apparent sincerity in the few
words.
After he had gone one of the nurses
asked me what he had said. J !,
"Oh," said, George asked me what
kI thought about the way the war was
being conducted and said I'D drop in
and talk it over with him as soon as
was well enough to be up $3.50.
There happened one Of the great dis
appointments of my life. She didn't
see the joke. She was English. She
gasped and glared at me, candFi4 think
she went out and reported that was
lelirious again.
Really, l wasn't much impressed by
the English king. He seemed pleas
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-23
ALpnA GAMMA chi.

The Alpha Gamma Chi girls
spent a very plea.rrtt--4aetassd
evening together when they were
entertained by the Misses Mable
Rosenbaum and Gertrude Hough-
ton. at the home of the former on
West Erie.
The girls were received on the
porch, which was very prettlly
lighted with Japanese lanterns,
and spent an hoYr in visiting and
q general good time, after which
they were invited into the house
and a flawer contest INDUCED in.
Various articles were arranged on
q table represented the names of
different flowers and after much
hacking of brains and copying.
the time was up and Mrs. Weir
proved herself the most apt
guesser. She was awarded a
very dainty basket of flowers for
her efforts.
Another amusing feature of the
evening was a contest ia which
the girls were bli9dfolded and
given colored, flower petals with
which to. paint the lips, cheeks
and hair of beautiful girl whose
picture was pinned on the wall.
There were some very critical dis
1.
performance, but when each
young lady had displayed her tail
ent, Mrs. Winnifred Bird was de-
clared the most artistic painter
and as prize received beauti-
full ;itle cut glass vase.
Misses Esther Williams and
Helen Hoover favored the guests
with several musical numbers
and later the girls were, invited
into the dining room, where
places were found; at one long
table. $50
The PLACE cards were very pref
thy designed. with tiny colored
flowers and very clever favors
were given in the form of various
cunning little pigs and things"
made from carrots, with raisIes 7
eyes and ears and. funny toets.- }
pick legs.
"A very delicious swo-v
luncheon was servea PN . M oul -
es Helen IL HooNeG. setg ,n ne WI VIZ,
liams. !. 'lsliler VIII
TN ,p2ltqqH. So ,,a..
;:an's MI = .e table having for its
oo old 5e mammoth bowl of
I,a~ glow arranged on a large
.eau. Yellow crepe paper was
araped from the chandelier TO the
corners of the table. The color
scheme was also carried out
beautifully throughout the menu
and when they had fully done
justice to the "eats," slips of
paper were passed to the girls
bearing instructions for stunt
appropriately assigned to each
one. after the proper execution of
which the crowd dispersed, haC-
ing spent most enjoyable eva
ming.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-23

shaken up. We were beginning also
to realize we were by no means out of
the woods surgGally. Our wounds had
merely been dressed. Each of us faced
an extensive and serious operation.
We arrived at Contay silent and pretty.
badly depressed. For twenty -four.
hours in the, Contay casualty clearing.
station they did little except feed uss
and take our temperatures hourly.
Then We Were put into a, hospital ira In
for Rcuen,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-23
The Alarming Cablegram.

AZ WIS VI Iu1S llue lOu NOV. 20, 1910,
ten days after had been wounded)
that my father in Lexington received
the following cablegram from the off,
Ger in charge of the Canadian records
in England:
Sincerely regret to inform you that Ser
geant Alexander McCllntock Is officially
reported dangerously i'll in No. general
hospital from gunshot wound in left thigh.
Further particulars supplied when re-
ceived.
It appears that during the time Of
my adventures with the black dog and
the inattentive nurse my temperature
had assembled to the stage when the
doctors began to admit another method
of treatment might have been success
full. But l didn't pass out. The one
thing l most regret about my close call
| Is that my parents in Lexington We're
In unrclieved suspense about my con-
dition until myself sent them cable
from London on Dee. Is. After the
FIRST official message, seemingly pre-
f>pArea almost as preface to the an
nouncemcnt of my demise, my father
received no news of me whatever.
And, as didn't know that the official
message had gone. cabled nothing to
MIN until l was feeling fairly clipper
! again. You can't have wars, though,
without these little MISUNDERSTANDING
III 1t were possible should say some-
thing here which would be fitting and
adequate about the Englishwomen
who nursed the $500 wounded men in
4 general hospital No at Rouen, but
4 That power isn't given me. All can
90 is TO fall back upon our most pro-
found American expression Of respect
and say that my hat Is off to them.
One nurse in the ward i'll which l lay
\ mad been on her feet for fifty-six hours,
4 with hardly time even to eat She
\ finally tainted from exhaustion, was
\ carried out of the ward and was back
\ again in four hours. assisting at an
operation. And the doctors were do
! ing their bit, too, in living up to the
! obligations which they considered to
|, be theirs. An operating room was in
every ward, with five tables in EACH
After the fight on the Sbmme. in which
\ was wounded, not y table was va
cant any hour in the twenty-four for
days at a time. Outside of each room
was a long line of stretclers contain
ing patients next awaiting surgical at
tention. And in all that stress l did
not hear one word of complaint from
the surgeons who stood hour after
hour, using their skill and training for
\ the petty ppy of English army medical
4 officers. II
\ On Dec 5 was told l was well
II enough to be sent to England, and on
\ the next day / went on hospital train
\ from Rouen to Havre. Here / was
4 placed on hospital ship which every
A medical officer in our army ought to
have chance to inspect. Nothing in
genuity could contrive for convenience
U and comfort was missing. Patients
4 were sent below decks in elevators
and then placed in swinging cradles
Il which hung level no matter what the
\ ships motion might be. AS soon as
/ | had been made comfortable in my
\ particular cradle was given box
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-23
MISSING LOGAN PASTOR
TURNS UP AT WICHITA

Logan, Aug. 16.-According to
Ia dispatch received here this aft
ernoon from the Rev. C. C. Pay
ton, who mysteriously disappear
ed from Logan July 1, he is at
Wichita, Kans., sick.
Mrs. Payton left at once for her
husbands bedside.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-23
Germans Bomb Hospital Train.

Right here l would like to tell a Eft.
tie story about hospital train len wing.
Contay for Rouen-not the ont. VIZ
We're on, but one which Ind left a, few
days before. The train, when il was:
Just ready to depart with full quota.
of wounded men, was attacked, by
German aeroplanesafrom iwkialf. Bombs.
Were dropped upon It. Tham. Is, moth.
ing apparently that makes, the Ger.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-23

reached twenty-five they told me that
perhaps there were aaAfew more In
there, but they thought they'd better
let them stay.
My wounds had become septic, and 1t
was necessary to give all attention to
drainagesand cure. It was about this
time that everything for awhile seem
ed to become hazy and my memories
got all queerly mixed up and confused.
I recollect I conceived violent dis
like for black dog that appeared
from nowhere now and then and be-
gan chewing at my leg, and believe
I gave the nurse severe talking to
because she insisted on going to look
on at the ball game when she ought to
be sitting by to chase that dog away.
And was perfectly certain about her
being at the ball game, because saw
her there when / was playing third
base.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-01-18
How It's Done ID Bedford.

Last weeks Bedford Gazette
says that the first Sunday in the
New Year marked the beginning
of a big contest for new members
at the Reformed Sunday School
in that town. The school was
divided into sides-the Reds and
the Blues. The Gazette says
that the line of men and women
going up the Hill to the Reform.
ed church on that Sunday morn.
ing and squeezing their way into
the Sunday School room was a
most unusual sight. 1t proved
that somebody had been work.
ing. No one will ever know ex-
actly how many were present as
it was impossible to make an ex-
act count of such a crowd. 1t is
known however that more than
400 were there. And this was
only the first Sunday of the con-
test. H. G. Robson and S. r..
Sell are the captains of the Blues
while H. c, Heckerman and j.
P. Cuppett are the captains of
the Reds. TO hear the captains
talk of what they are going
to do for next Sunday it
would seem that some will have
to stay out side and wait until
the others come out to make room
for them.
What McConnellsburg needs is
Captains.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-01-18
Sour Sell and tle Wheat Crop.

With the exception of barley,
wheat suffers more from sour
lands than any of our common
cereals. 1t is especially impor-
tant to test all lands to be seeded
to wheat and apply lime if sour,
because you not only get a larg-
er yield of grain but timothy and
clover are usually seeded in
wheat. and one or both may fail
on sour soils.
The Ohio experiments show
that lime does not take the place
of fertilizer or manure, but it
supplements them. The expert
ments further show very strik-
ingly that when lime and ferti-
lizers are used on the same land
the yield of crops is greater than
the sum Of the YIELDS from the
two used separately. However,
if lime is used alone and no pro-
vision is made for maintaining
the supply of organic matter and
p'ant.food in the soil, the crop
yields cannot he maintained, and
the yields from the use of lime
in such a system fall off rapidly
and may finally drop below that
OF unlimed land. Manures, both
green and stock manure, and
fertilizers should be used with
lime. Lime is lest applied with
a lime and fertilizer distributor
Just after the land is plowed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-01-18
One Spud Every Three Days?

One potato every three days to
each person in the United States
instead of one potato every day,
is the limit allowed by the 1916
potato crop, according to Eugene
H. Grub, the Potato King"
and owner of extensive potato
lands near Carbonate, Colo.
His figures are based upon an
average of 100 potatoes per
bushel and a total production of
250, 900, 600 bushels which means
only a bushel and a peck or 12S
potatoes this year for each
American.
In knowledge of potato cul-
ture and fertility of the soil,
farmers in the United States are
from forty to fifty years behind
the farmers of Europe.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-01-18
Cat License Before Penna. Legislature.

Harrisburg, Jan. 9-Whether
a bill to license cats will be pre-
sented to the Legislature this
winter will be decided within a
few days by Chief State Game
Protector Kalbfus and the gener-
al committee appointed by last
weeks open conferemceof sports
men.
The sportsmen have nothing
against the we'll behaved home
loving cat. They declare, how
ever, that the homeless, outlaw
ed, half-wild domestic cat does
more harm to small game than
probably any other single cause.
They want a bill to license cats
and to place a bounty on unli-
censed ones. That will protect
the pet.
Men who have studied the
question say that cat license bills
will be before thirty-fve legislat-
ures this winter.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-01-18
President Wilson TO the Changers

I'm the future we have got to
bring more Of the area of the
United States under cultivation
now. We have got to increase
the product at every point where
it is susceptible of being increas-
ed. We have got to study how
to assist nature, or at any rate
u ,derstand nature by making
the most suitable use of our
several and varied Soils" said
President Wilson before t h e
National Grange.
"One of the things that has
Interested most, for example, is
that what we have called the
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-01-18

pine barrens of our southern
coast need not be barrens at all,
that if we add a single additional
chemical element we can make
the sand blossom and produce
crops, and that if nature is only
questioned closely she will yield
US her richest products for our
own assistance of the rest of the
world. We have got to look
closely into these secrets and we
have got to realize that there
must 90 forth from the United
States the best agricultural in
telligence of all the world. We
have got the means; we have
got the purpose; we have started
along the right llnes!"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-01-18
Birthday Party.

To call attention to the fact
that Stillwell Truax of Pleasant
Ridge had been moving to and
fro upon the face of the earth for
a period of half a hundred years,
a number of his friends assem-
bled at his home last Sunday,
bearing useful presents in their
hands and congratulations upon
their lips. Of course everybody
staid for dinner, and later went
home wishing that Stillwell might
live fifty more years. Those
present were Sheridan Ham and
wife; Charlie Garland and wife,
Scott Mellott and wife, Rev. John
Mellott and wife; Mrs. James
Mellott, Mrs. Reuben Hollens-
head, Mrs. Jennie Hill Eta Ham,
Alta and Mamie Hill, John Gar
land, Henry Ham, Elmer Lake,
Clemmie Truax, Carl Garland;
Don, Jessie, Marshall and Sheri-
dan Garland; Ulysses, Ruth and
Willie Mellott; Maudaline Hol-
lenshead and Webster Mellott.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-01-18
Educational HE ii ~.

The eighth local institute of
Ayr township was held at Con-
ner's school last Friday evening.
Four teachers were present:
NJ Uses Mellott and Kendall;
MessrsK eefer and Humbert. The
questions discussed were:-
School Sentiment" and What
the Teacher Stands for"
The literary work rendered by
the school was entertaining and
instructive and showed careful
preparation. : Martha G. Kendall,
Secretary,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-01-18
Program.

The program for the Parent
Teachers meeting for January
18th is as follows:
Devotional Exercises-Rev. J.
l.. Grove.
Song-God is Love.
Recitation Helen Mace.
Exercise Good Resolutions, &"
by membersof the Primar School.
Recitation Nelson Comerer.
Instrumental Solo Blanche
Peck.
Address-Subject "The i'm
portance of parents Visiting
School. "-B. c. Lamberson.
Song-The Aeroplane.
Address Subject-The Value
of a School Library to the School
and to the Public. John P.
Sipes.
Song-Some Folks.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-01-18
History of State Police.

Every Pennsylvania will feel
a thrill of pride in reading Theo-
dore Roosevelt's introduction to
Justice to ALL" the story of the
Pennsylvania State Police, now
written for the first time and is
sued this week by a we'll known
publishing house.
This is a volume so interest
ing" says Colonel Roosevelt,
and from the standpoint of
sound American citizenship, so
valuable that it should be in ev-
cry public library in the land"
After reviewing some of the
achievements of the force during
the past ten years and comment
ing on the v~ividness, interest and
accuracy of the work of the au-
thor, Miss Katherine Mayo, he
speaks of his personal acquaint-
ance with the rank and file of the
force and concludes with excep-
tional praise of the entire person.
mel.
In Justice to All" the author
has made the presentation of the
facts relating to the organization
and service of this alert and hard
working department of our State
government as interesting as the
most thrilling detective story.
W. have heard of the acts of
courage and heroism which have
made a similar organization, the
Northwestern Mounted Police of
Canada, so well and favorably
known, but few people realize
that within our own borders we
have a force with an equally
splendid record of dangerous
work we'll done. The book will
prove not alone entertaining but
enlightening to thousandsof these
quiet business. like men going
about their duty Of upholding the
law.
Major John c. Groome, Super
intendent of the Department,
says Of the book, THE general
public knows so little of the or.
ganization and daily work of the
State Police Force that | am
grateful to Miss Mayo for having
presented the fact in such an &C.
curate and interesting manner"