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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-24
Election Judges

The judges for the election on
Nov. s are as follows, the first
three being Republicans and the
last Democrats:
Mountain Grove-J.M. Cassill,
John Stephens, Ben Douglas, j..
D. Hull, John Wheeler.
Norwood-S.B. Chadwell, HE.
Bruton, Walter Kempt, N.E.Cau
die, P. B. Sanders, A G. Caudle.
Macomb-U. S. Findley, 0. Fl.
Walker, V. Y. Dahlgreen, George
Shores, Dora Woody, p. p Gold.
Mansfield C. A. Stephens, M.
G Hensley. W.James, Joe Goss,
A. l. Miller, W. H. Tarbutton.
Cedar Gap -J.W. Rippee, Alex
Salisbury,E Matney,T.R. Gaskin,
IT. w. Freeman, f P. Gaskill.
Willow Springs. r, Louden.
Back, Dave Young, Ralph Scott.
Jack Noel, Fred Yocum, Albert
Brooks.
Long-Edgar Allen, Eugene In.
man, Frank Brott, B. r. Absher,
ED. Weathcrman, Levi Raney.
Hart-A. NJ. Curtis, JIM. Crisp,
Ben Moore, E. N. Quillin, John
Pagan, Walter Hensley.
Gasconade w. A. Rosevear, M.
ELatimer,J John Barr, MA. Gas
kill, M. d. Branstetter, David
Richmond.
Van Buren-C.L Lathrom, W. D.
Murrell, Richard Hutsell, Lewis
Freels, N. r. Gresham, James
Worsham.
Brush Creel1-N.M. Jones, Ar
chic Barr, Wade Thompkins, S
E. McDaris, George Garner, T.F'
Rippee.
Boone Bud Pyatt, D. E. Tenn
pie, John Hake, Charles Craig
Jason Young, Jesse Huffstettler
Elk Creek-Dock Jones, W. z
Honeycutt, Jasper Admire, AL
bert Claxton, Y. j. Jordan, Til
Davis.
Union-P.L. Hudson, H p. Hen
derson, John L. Buttram, Charles
league, e. j, Smittle, Osca1
Bramhall.
Montgomery-James Hunter
Wm. Hudson, John F. Crisp, W
P. Broyles, F. E Fletcher, Reu
ben Noble. ..
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-24
TO THE PUBLIC.

The Nugget Theatre is being
scrubbed, renovated and disin-
fected as precaution and pre-
paratory to the opening, which
will be announced later. A snap
py 5-reel feature picture will be
secured for the opening and on
Saturdays the remaining S reels
of "The Woman in the Web" will
be given. The Nugget is the only
amusement house in Mansfield
and with the continued liberal
patronage it has enjoyed since it's
opening we expect to furnish no
thing but high-class, moral pic
lures, Government war reels and
educational reels. Watch for the
opening date.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-24
Obituary

thurman y. CnaQWell, the Old
est son of Rev. g. Chadwell. was
born in Lee county. Virginia,
Nov. 20, 1870, died at his home 8
miles northwest of Norwood Oct.
16, 1918, of Spanish influenza. He
lprofessed religion at the age of
16 years and joined the Pleasant
Grove Baptist church. He was
married to Miss Vice Caudle, and
to this union was born five child.
rem, one dying in infancy and
Haylieth. the youngest daughter
dying the next day after her
fathers death. Thurman was a
successful farmer and business
man and had an interest in the
Citizens Bank of Norwood. He
had many friends and will be
missed from among his friends
as we'll as in his home. Dear
Thurman's baby was laid to rest
in the Jackson cemetery after
funeral services was conducted
by Rev. W.S. Griffith. He is sur
viveil by wife, three children, a
father and one brother and three
sisters. "A Friend.
Miss Chloe Gilleland, age Is
years, 10 months, and "a days
died from influenza Monday at
the home Of her parents, J. R.
Gilleland and wife. near Mans.
field. Rev. W. s. Gaskill con.
Quoted the funeral from the
home that afternoon, interment
in No. S cemetary.
The body of Curtis K. Denney
of the Cloth Engineers, a Doug.
las county boy who died Friday
of bronchial pneumonia at Camp
Funston, Kas., arrived here Mon.
day en- route to his home for in.
terment, accompanied by F. E.
Chandler, of the same company.
James B. Brown of Battery B,
Goth Field Artillery, died Friday
of pneumonia at Camp Funston,
Kas., the body arriving here
Tuesday en- route to his home in
Douglas county for interment.
Lerner Hinshaw of the same
company accompanied the body.
Miss Neva Coble, the 8 or 9
year old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. H. Coble, formerly of
Ava, but recently of "Western
Arkansas, died at their Arkan.
sas home yesterday and will be
shipped to Ava tomorrow for
burial.
The Mountain Grove Journal
reports the death of Bernie Eber
hardt of the navy and of Everett
Leach of the marines in Mary.
land and of Maynard Thorne at
Camp Macarthur, Texas, and of
Yaslav Liska at Camp Dodge, Ia.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-24
D. z. Edwards received d

D.. 2. Edwards received .
message last Thursday. saying
that their son, Glen, who bad
been in Camp only a short time,
was dead; his death resulting
from influenza and pneumonia.
They had the remains sent to
Kansas, their former home and
the family left Friday to attend
the funeral services.
Ezra Dennis, Secretary of
Mansfield Lodge, No. 146, l.. O.
%. F. has received word of the
death of H. G. Shanes in Kans-
as, he being a member here. He
formerly resided near Mansfield
James Alfred Duckworth, s
Douglas county boy, who died
Friday at Fort Brady, Mich. of
pneumonia, was shipped to his
home for burial, the body arriv.
ing here Tuesday.
Lloyd Patterson of near Rem.
bert died Wednesday morning of
last week of diptheria and was
buried at Pleasant Hill that af.
ternoon.
A. L. Brewer of Dry Creek
died Saturday of old age and was
buried Sunday in the Macomb
Cemetery.
VIM. Davis of near Ava died
Tuesday of influenza, interment
yesterday.
The following was reported by
our Norwood correspondent:
Mrs. Tobe Thomas died Tues.
day night of influenza and was
buried yesterday in the Thomas
cemetery.
Miss Maggie Inman, daughter
of Walter Inman, died last week
from infienza. Funeral was
conducted at the residence by
Rev. W. N. Zuvers. after which
burial was at the Thomas GENE.
tary,
The funeral of Morris and
Wallace Jarrett, sons of Will
Jarrett and wife, whose deaths
were reported last week, were
held at the family residence by
Rev. W. N. Znvers; interment in
the Thomas Cemetery.
Clarence Warsham died Friday
from influenza, funeral was held
Saturday by W. N. Zuvers. Bu-
rial at Thomas cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman Hels.
lev died last week of influeza
and were buried on Wolf Creek
Friday.
Joe Caudle died Friday from
influenza, burial was at the eau.
die cemetery Saturday.
A small daughter of Mrs.
Aldrich died yesterday morning
from influenza.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-24
:, Card of Thanks

We desire to express our
thanks to our friends and neigh.
bors for their kindness and sym,
pathy and for the beautiful floral
offerings extended during the
illness and death of our beloved
husband, son and brother-Mrs.
WIG. Reynolds and the Reynolds
family.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-24
Mining News

VIM. Sielaff, field manager OF
The Nebraska Mining & Milling
Co., holders of the lease north of
the Pioneer mill, is expected to
arrive in Mansfield about Thurs.
day, being enroute by auto. Up
on his arrival it is generally ex-
pected that further important
development of their property
will proceed at once. This is the
property which made such ex-
ceptionally rich showing in drill
cuttings from four holes. Zinc
assay showing II per cent.
The rain the past several days
has hampered work on shaft on
the Deaver lease operated by E.
w. Hirst, who reports at 100 feet
thep are in the water course with
very rich jack running from 70
feet level all the way down aver.
aging 4 feet in width. They have
installed pumps and necessary
machinery for further operations
as soon as weather permits.
The Tarbutton lease, under
process of development in charge
of Dr.. TT. Beeler, looks promis
ing, very good drill cuttings hav,
ing been recovered in every drill
hole, and if the same good results
continue, which indications would
warrant, we shall have shortly an
other very good prospective mill
site.
A. H Hirst and wife of Tulsa.
Okla, arrived in Mansfield Mon
dy for few days. visit with E.
w. Hirst and family. Mr.. Hirst
is general foreman of the Cosden
Oil Co. plant at Tulsa. Previous
to his having affiliated himself
with this company he had charge
of the installation of machinery
in various zinc mines in Oklaho-
ma and expressed himself as ex.
ceedingly surprised at the quail.
ty of thu ore in this district,
which would more thanfavorably
compare with the zinc ore in Ok
lahoma.
G. o. Storm, secretary of the
Mansfield Mining development
Go, has been graphing with the
influenza the past week or more,
with him the victor, and having
recovered his customary pep, "
the mining fans look for some.
thing to happen for the intimate
good of the field.
J. p. Ward, in charge of the
work on the Deaver lease, is suf.
fering from an attack of influenza
but late advices state he is doing
nicely and will be on the job in a
few days.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-24
Notice

Taxes due again. have the au
thorized tax list Of PleasantValley
township. Please call and pay
your taxes when convenient.
adv. Ward B. Hitchcock.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-24
Card of Thanks

We desire to express our heart
felt thanks to our neighbors and
friends for their kindness and
sympathy in the illness and
death of our dear wife and moth.
er.-W. O. Wright and family. =
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-24

w. M. Divan's left Tuesday for
Crocker in response to a mess
age announcing the illness OF
their daughter, Miss Mary. Ray
mond Baker took the9 in an au'
to from Y. F. Young's garage.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-16

If an English regiment was to be re- lieved by the wild Irish, Tommy would tell the SaxOns, and immediately a vol ley of "Donner und Blitzens" could be heard and it was Fritz's turn to get crick in his back from stOOping, and the people in Berlin would close their windows.
 Usually when an Irishman takes over a trench, just before stand down" in the morning, he sticks his rifle over the top aimed in the direction of Der lin, and engages in what is known as the mad minute" This consists of firing fifteen shots in a minute. He is not aiming at anything in particular just sends over each shot with prayer, hoping that one of his strays will get some poor unsuspecting Fritz in the napper hundreds of yards be- hind the lines. It generally does; that's the reason the BOches hate the man from Erin's isle.
 The SaxOns, though better than the PruSSians and BavarianS, have a nasty trait of treachery in their makeup.
 At one point of the line where the trenches ere very close, a stake was driven into the ground midway be- tween the hostile lines. At night when 1t was his turn, Tommy would crawl to this stake and attach some London papers to 1t, while at the foot he would place tins of bully beet, flags, sweets, and other delicacies that he had re- ceived from Blighty in the ever looked for parcel. Later on Fritz would come out and get these luxuries.
 The next night Tommy would go out to see what Fritz put Into hls stocking. The donation generally consisted of paper from Berlin, telling who was winning the war, some timed sausages, cigars, and occasionally a little beer, but funny thing, Tommy never re- turned with the beer unless 1t was in- side of him. His platoon got a whiff of his breath one night and the offending Tommy lost his job.
 One night a young English sergeant crawled to the stake and as he tried to detach the German paper a bomb ex- ploded and mangled him horribly. Fritz had set trap and gained another vic tim which was only one more black mark against him in the book of this war. From that time on diplomatic re- lations were severed.
 Returning to Tommy, I think his spirit Is best shown in the questions he asks. It Is never "who Is going to win" but always "how long will it take3"
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-16
CHAPTER xxx,
"Chats With Fritz"

We were swimming In money, from the receipts of our theatrical venture. and had forgotten all about the war, when an order came through that our brigade would again take over their sector of the line.
 The day that these orders were is- sued, our captain assembled the com pany and asked for volunteers to go to the Machine Gun school at St. Omar. l volunteered and was accepted.
 Sixteen men from our brigade left for the course in machine gunnery. This course lasted two weeks and we rejoined our unit and were assigned to the brigade machine gun company. It almost broke my heart to leave my company mates.
 The gun we used was the Vickers, Light 1903, water cooled
 was still a member of the Suicide club. having iumned from tho fru'~~
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-16
About Turn.

The next evening we were relieved by the tn brigade, and once again returned to rest billets. Upon arriving at these billets we were given twenty four hours in which to clean up. I had just finished getting the mud from my uniform when the orderly sergeant in formed me that my name was in orders to leave, and that I was to report to the orderly room in the morning for or. ders, transportation and rations.
 nearly had fit. hustled about packing up, filling my pack with sou Venirs such as shell heads, dud bombs, nose caps, shrapnel balls, and d Prus- sian guardsmans helmet. Tn fact, be- fore turned in that night, had every thing ready to report at the orderly room at nine the next morning.
 l was the envy of the whole section. swanking around, telling of the good time was going to have the places I would visit, and the real, old English beer l intended to guzzle. Sort of rubbed 1t into them, because they all do 1t, and now that it was my turn, took pains to get my own back.
 At nine reported to the captain, re- ceiYing my travel order and pass. He asked me how much money I wanted to draw. l glibly answered, "Three hundred francs, sir" he just as glibly handed me one hundred.
 Reporting at brigade headquarters, with my pack weighing q ton I waited, with forty others, for the adjutant to inspect us. After an hours wait, he came out; must have been sore because he wasn't going with us.
 The quartermaster sergeant issued us two days rations in a little white canvas ration bag, which we tied to our belts.
 Then two motor lOrrieS came along and We piled in, laughing joking, and In the best of spirits. We even loved the Germans, we were feeling so happy. Our Journey to seven days bliss in bhghty had commenced.
 The ride in the lorry lasted about two hours; by this time we were GOV cred with fine, white dust from the road but didn't mind, even If We were nearly choking.
 At the railroad station at F- we reported to an officer. who had white band around his arm. which read "R. T. O." (Royal Transportation Officer). To us this officer was Santa Claus.
 The sergeant in charge showed him our orders; he glanced through them and said: Make yourselves comfort able on the platform and don't leave the train is liable to be along In five minutes-or five hours"
 (To be Continued)
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-16
"Over the Top" BY An American Soldier
 Who Went
 ARTHUR GUY EMPEY Machine Gunner Ser0ing in FSnnes
Machine Gunner SsrOins in France
Copyright, 1917. by Arthur Guy BmpeD
 SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER Hired by the news of the sinking of the Lusitania by a German submarine. Arthur Guy Empey, an Ameri- can. leaves his office in Jersey City and goes to England where he enlists in the British army.
 CHAPTER IT-After a period of train ing, Empey volunteers for immediate serV- ice and soon finds himself in rest billets somewhere in France" where he first makes the acquaintance of the ever-pres- ent "cooties."
 CHAPTER III-Empey attends his first church services at the front while a Ger CHAPTER IV-Empey's command goes into the front-line trenches and Is under fire for the first time.
 CHAPTER V-Empey learns to adopt the motto of the British Tommy, 'If you are going to get it, you'll get 1t. so never worry"
 CHAPTER VI-Back in rest biilets, Elm pey gets his first experience as mess orderly.
 CHAPTER vII-Empey learns how the British soldiers are fed.
 CHAPTER VIII-Baek in the front-line trench, Empey sees his first friend or the trenches Ego West"
 CHAPTER IX-Empey makes his first visit to a dugout in Suicide Ditch"
 CHAPTER x-Empey learns what con- stitutes a days work in the front-hne trench.
  top" for the first time in 8 charge on the German trenches and is wounded by bayonet thrust.
 CHAPTER XIII-Each Tommy gets an official bath.
 CHAPTER XIV-Empey helps dig an advanced trench under Germaa fire
 CHAPTER XV-On listening post in No Mans Land.
 CHAPTER XVI-Two artillerymen "put one over' on Old Pepper, their regimental commander
 CHAPTER XVII-Empey has mar row escape while on patrol duty in No Mans Land.
 CHAPTER XVIII-Back in rest bill lets Empey writes and stages a farce comedy. 3RBE.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-16

Captain German Army Died -- 1916 Unknown
 k. 1. r. UnterOfhZier German Army Died - 1916 UnEOwn
 R. l. r. CHAPTER XXI.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-16

 tues ne opened his ey6s-and Olinked in the glare of the candles.
 The pair had evidently been drink ing heavily, for the alcohol fumes were sickening and completely pervaded the dugOut. I turned away in disgust, hating to see a man cross the Great Di- vide full of booze.
 One of our officers could speak Ger man and he questioned the dying man. In faint voice, interrupted by ire quent hlcCOughs, the unteroffizier told his story.
 There had been a drinking bout among the officers in one of the Ger man dugouts, the main beverage being champagne. With a drunken leer he informed us that champagne was plen- | tiful on their side and that 1t did not cost them anything either About seven | that night the conversation had turned | to the "contemptible" English. and the l captain had made a wager that he would hang his cap on the English 1 barbed wire to show his contempt for the English sentries. The wager was | u'NFpIVhs At eight O NAONh AHC AhHAblA and he had crept out into No Mans Land to carry out this wager.
 They had gotten about halfway across when the drink took effect and the captain fell asleep. After about two hours of vain attempts the unteF- Offizier had at last succeeded in walk ing the captain, remindeds him of his b ,4 k the laughing stock of the officers mess if he did not accomplish his object, but the captain was trembling all over and insisted on returning to the German lines. In the darkness they lost their bearings and crawled toward the Eng fish trenches. They reached the barbed wire and were suddenly challenged by our sentry. Being too drunk to realize that the challenge was In English, the captain refused to crawl back. Finally the unterOffizier convinced his superior that they were In front of the English wire. Realizing this too late, the cap tain drew his revolver and with nut tered curse fired blindly toward our trench. His bullet no doubt killed our captain.
 Then the bomb came over and there he was, dying-and good job too, we thought. The captain dead? Well, his men wouldn't weep at the news.
 Without giving us any further infor- nation the unteTOffizier died.
 We searched the bodies for identifi- cation disks but they had left every thing behind before starting on their fOOIhardy errand.
 Next afternoon we buried them In our little cemetery apart from the graves of the TOmmies. If you ever go into that cemetery you will see two little wooden crosses in the corner Oi the cemetery set away from the rest.
 They read:
 Captain
 German Army
 Died - 1916 Unknown R. 1. r. Unteroffizier
 German Army
 Died - 1916 Unl9own R. l. r.
 CHAPTER XXI.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-16

If you want to keep posted on the war read the Daily Times.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-26
Humor Over the Wires.

Much has been heard of late concern
Ing cipher messages ; but If you were In
mid-Atlantlc and wished to send u
wireless" to your husband and tell
hini--with all respect to economy
that the weather was perfect, your
health good, food satisfactory, cabin
comfortable, passengers congenial,
what cipher would you invent? Could
1t be packed into two words?
A lady who crossed from New York
lately, on some war mission, did the
trick. The husband she had left be-
hind she knew would be playing poker
every evening at the club, so she chose
a time when he would just be in the
thick of 1t to send him the all-inclusive
message of perfect satisfaction: Roy.
al Flush" which is the best hand a
poker player can hold.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-26
MUCH IN LITTLE

The navy department announced re-
Gently that armament Of merchant ves-
sells under the American flag has been
completed and gun crew Of from TO
to 80 men for each ship has been pro-
vided. The men were available, but
they had to be trained when the arma-
ment went into effect, the guns were
wanting and had to be provided.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-26

The tobacco industry Is one of the
most important In Algeria. In 1915 49,
100000 packages Of cigarettes were
manufactured for interior consumption
and 66,000,000 packages for export, es-
pecially TO French Indo-Chlna. The
production Of cigarettes has increased
from 593 metric tons in 1901 to 1874
in 1916. The Algerian market, there
fore, offers quite extensive field for
cigarette machinery.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-23
Is the American Public "UninformedY

The general feeling will be that he 1.-THE
PRESIDENT must be trusted to answer this last
illumination from Berlin without any pressure
OF uniformed public opinion upon him, one
way or the other.-Philadelp Ledger.
What are we to infer from ths-that the
American public is not informed as to the
causes, the progress and the aims of the war?
The president has told the country and the
world that he esteems the leaders of Germany
as without honor, wholly untrustworthy and
unable to speak our language of agreement He
has declared himself in favor of force to the
utmost.
Since August, 1914, the world has had de-
tailed information of continued atrocities out
RACES on decency, violation of all laws of hu-
mainly and rules of civilized warfare, the
charges amply substantiated by competent testi-
mony of eye-witnesses and victims. This has
come through official as we'll as private channels
Are we to withhold judgment now, assuming
to believe that overnight the Hun has changed
his nature, that by the operation of some hocus-
pocus unknown to US the same German govern
ment has suddenly ceased to be an arbitrary
despotism and become responsible to the peo-
pie, and therefore worthy of our confidence and
fellowship?
Will it not be far better for the world if Mr..
Wilson~return to his declaration at Baltimore
and give vitality to his words uttered at New
York? Mr.. Lansing said at Syracuse: 1--WE
will give them war, and war; and more war, until
Germany will sicken at the very name of war"
Those were brave words and we'll spoken, and
received the endorsement of the whole Amer
lean people. Will we now let up, just because
the dose we are administering is beginning to
have the effect intended?
Mr.. Wilson may have some information as
to the military situation of which the public is
unadvised, but he can we'll afford to heed the
universal sentiment of his people in dealing
with Germany