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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-07-19
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Second and fourth Sundays, morn
and night; also Sunday School Sunday
morning and night.
Prayer meeting Wednesday night.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-20
EPH,s HAZE rRouBLEs.

When school begins hear ma say:
.Dat chile mus comb his hair today.
He's gone de blessed summeh, sub,
His head Is jus like cuckle buh. -
An while she looks an peers about,
/ gifts my books an skins right out,
An tho ! g stiller than a mouse,
Ma calls me back into the house.
When Sunday GENES / hear pa say:
Please see Eph combs his hair today
The way it looks it is sin,
His head Is JUS like a settin' hen.
Ma gifts the comb an grabs my head
An pulls jus like the roots wus dead
An if / cry, she says, You hush! -
An cracks me with the comb er brush
When comm my comes 1 hear sis say:
"Brotheh mus comb his maps today. .
She gifts the comb an makes fur me,
I kicks an bites till 1 am free;
Then pa steps in an takes han,
An straps me till / IN glad to STAN;
Sis rakes it till it IS sore m itchin
But neveh teches in the "kitchen.
I've had JUS maps since 1 been born,
Plum long enuff to git my scorn;
we had to comb an part it too,
An "train' it like the grown-ups do;
1t kinks an curls an rolls up hard
Back from the kitchen to my ford
When L grow up great big man,
l III wear my hair close as / can.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-20

fear of punishment, and will not come
until we, the people of this country have
received full and just reward for all
the sacrifices we have made in all these
wars, for they were pledged for the
freedom Of mankind for liberty and jus
tice to all. So he says Great Britain
has as much right to demand that the
Negroes in the south be given the privi-
lege of voting and sitting in church
with white people as an American has
to tell Great Britain what to do with
Ireland.
want to say to my friend it is true
we have some disgruntled and irrespon-
sible among us who would like to sit in
church with white people and do not
care whether we vote or not, but the
well thinking and intelligent Negroes
that know we have churches that cost
from one thusand to one hundred thou
sand dollars that afford him all the com
fort necessary, these are willing and
satisfied to sit in them with their own
people. He knows they are good
enough for him.
Again when he knows he fulfils all OBJ
legations as any other citizen, he is loyal
to the government, pays taxes and is
law abiding and qualities himself and
serves his country and helps to make it
safe for democracy, he knows he should
have the privilege of saying at the bal
lot box with other citizens who shall
legislate laws under which he shall live.
And wish to serve notice on my friend
that he ask for it, and will ask again
and continue to ask till it is awarded
him. S. A. Spencer,
Colfax, Iowa.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-20
CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR

viii mean moro than ever to thoughtful
people, but it will not be a season for
extravaganza; only worthwhile Christ
mas presents will be given.
For nearly one hundred years The
Youth s Companion has been the popu-
lar Christmas present 1t always has
been the best present for SO little
money, because the paper means SO
to come every week throughout the year.
In these serious times The Youth g
Companion is worth more than ever. 1t
costs just the same-$2.O0 for SO issues.
It's the best $500 that can be invested
in family, and when giving The Com
panion you give only the best.
Don't miss Grace Richmond's great
ming December IL.
The following special offer is made to
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1. The Youth 8 Companion--52 issues Of
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2. All the remaining weekly issues of
1918.
8. The Companion Home Calendar for
1919.
All the above for only 5000, or you
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New Subscriptions Received at this
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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-20
ESTABLISH MODEL
FARMS IN FRANCE

A model farm has been establishes
BY the American Red Cross at Courbet,
for 1t mas been found that farm work
is one of the very best means OF hasten
ing the recovery Of those men suffering
from shell shock. One farm OF 6OO
acres has been laid out in the depart
ment of Indre-et-Loire that Is planned
and is to be managed after the meth
DDS pursued in our own great farming
regions Of the West
Since these farms will be worked al
most entirely by the convalescent SOL
diers and those made unfit for active
service, the expense of maintenance
will be very little.
But the saving of human life will be
enormous. And every farmer in this
country who enrolls in the Christmas
Red Cross Roll Call will be helping In
directly to carry on this reconstruction
work among the mutiated soldiers In
France.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-20
THE WAR HAS NOT LEGALLY
ENDED.
Especial to Bystander.

Especial to Bystander.
This is an article printed in the edi-
torial of the Des Moines Capital, dated
Nov. IA, 1918.
1t reads as follows: When fighting
discontinues, wars are not legally over.
Some authority must declare war to
be at an end. 1t took long time Off
cially to declare when the civil war be-
gan and again to declare when it Off
cially ended. It took an official act to
declare the Spanish war end
ed. The present war, officially and le-
gally is still going on. This will be in
teresting information to some who think
the time has arrived when they can
belch forth treason without fear Of pun
ishment. 1t said the Capital has let
ter from citizen Of Iowa who evident
ly thinks that the wa rhaving ended he
can say what he pleases. He pretends
to be a great friend of the little green
| island which we call Ireland. He wants
President Wilson to interfere and com
pei settlement of the Irish question
| by total liberation of that beautiful
| country. He expresses himself in a way
| to indicate that he is such a friend of
Ireland that he is an enemy of the
United States. He says he has read
| malicious utterances from others on the
Irish question, and he says this man
| and all others should know and under
| stand that the American people are not
going to tolerate any treason in this
! country, no matter how it may benefit
| some other country. This is the coun-
| try in which we are interested. This is
the country for which our boys have
| fought and died. If this country hash t
gained something in patriotic spirit at
home then we have not been getting all
out of the wars which we should get.
The freeing of Ireland is proper sub
ject for debate. Ireland ought to be
free, but no man in the United States
ought to be permitted to threaten what
he will do in case the Irish question is
not settled entirely according to his
views.
Great Britain has as much right to
demand that the Negroes in the south
be given the privilege of voting and
sitting in church with white people as
an American has to tell Great Britain
what to do with Ireland.
do not wish to discuss the entire ar
ticle nor even any Of it, because the
time has not arrived when any one in
Iowa can belch forth treason without
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-20

The Rev. r. II. Windsor of Rayville,
La, and the TweIve-Star Service Pin
Presented to Him by the American
Red Cross.
Having the right to and needing a
welve-star service pin, the Rev. r. II.
Windsor of Rayvil]e, La, Jealous
Red Cross worker, has been presented
with a unique decoration by the Amer
lean Red Cross. The father of nine
teen sons, twelve Of whom are with
the colors, this genial colored minister
of the Baptist church probably holds
the record for sons in the military
service of, the United States. If. there
are any others with similar or better
status, they are yet to be heard from.
In the accompanying illustration of
the twelve-star pin, topped with the
Red Cross insignia, it will be noted
that the first bar bears five stars
These represent five individual sons
Bonnie, Robin, jeff, Johnnie and
Archie. The next bar bears two stars
representing twins, George and Lafa-
yette; the next bar is similarly
decorated, representing William and
James, also twins; and the bottom
bar, with it's three stars, represents
the triplets, Matthew Mark and Luke
Eight of the boys are volunteers, and
the other four were called in the draft.
Upon hearing of the remarkable
record of the Windsor family, Presi-
dent Wilson, who is also president of
the American Red Cross, wrote to the
Rev. Mr.. Windsor as follows:
on, xuritiro RI GOV vuifl, V,hok IN
terest and admiration have learned
of the fact that twelve of your sons
are In the. service Of our country, and
the thirteenth impatiently waiting to
follow them in. This is a splendid
record, and I congratulate you from
the bottom Of my heart. The colored
troops have proved themselves fine
soldiers"
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-20
THE FIRST SQUARE MEAL
How Red Cross Has Fed italian
Prisoners.

Last spring the Red Cross workers
at Berne were busy arranging to care
for the American soldiers who were
taken prisoners by the Germans, and
now the new exchange agreement
means that Italians from Austria on
their way back to Italy are being
thetic lot, these grand blesses"-the
hopelessly wounded men-but they are
always delighted with the prospect of
going home, even though it may be
going home to die. Nearly all Of them
are tubercular.
The method employed Is this: The
Italian Government sends a train into
Austria through Switzerland to gather
up the men released under the ex-
change agreement. The train crosses
the Swiss border and at Buchs is met
by delegations from the allied Red
Cross organizations, and under the
present plan the food is furnished by
the American Red Cross. To many of
these men this is the first square meal
that they have had for years. Cloth
ing is also furnished them. Each man
Of the $50 which each train carries is
given cigarettes and small American
flag, and many who have been in
America, some Of whom have taken
out their first papers, are overjoyed at
the bit of red, white and blue and most
demonstrative in their delight.
The representatives of the Red Cross
remain on the train until 1t reaches
Zurich, then return to Switzerland
again.
1t Is the food which America has
sent over which gives to these men
their first meal-food which has been
saved by eating smaller portions. and
BY going without.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-20
DAVENPORT ITEMS.
Last Week.

Mrs Sarah Davie passed away last
Wednesday morning after an illness of
= few days. She leaves to mourn her
death four sons and one daughter, Will
liam of Muscatine, Charles of Rock
Island, John and Fred at home, and Mrs.
Mamie Thomas Of Omaha, besides a
host of friends. The funeral was held
Saturday afternoon at Bethel A. M. E.
CharGh, Of which she was faithful
member, also q member of the steward
css board. In compliance with Mrs.
Davie g request Rev. T.. w. Lewis, her
former pastor, preached the sermon.
Rev. s. B. Moore, her present pastor,
spoke briefly in well chosen words.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Shepard spent
Thanksgi and the week end in
Shellsburg, the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bowles. s". $780,.
Mrs. Thompson passed away following
short illness of influenza. She leaves
a husband and relatives. During her
short residence in the city she made
many friends. Funeral at Bethel A. NJ
L. Church, Rev. s. B. Moore officiating
Mrs. Hattie South is seriously ill.
Her mother of Missouri is at her bed
side
The reception that was to have been
given for Rev. s. B.sMoore and family
last Thursday night was called off on
account Of the death Of one Of the stew
ardesses, Mrs. Sarah Davie.
Word has been received of the death
Of Mr.. Lee Roy in Denver, Colo, where
he had gone in search of health. Mr..
Lee Roy was a native African and has
a large number of friends here, where he
had lived for several years at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Green.
All wholesale and retail places of
business, moving picture houses, thea
ters, all places Of amusement, all IL
braries and club rooms are closed on &C
count of the influenza epidemic.
Mr.. S. S. Stevens, who for the past
three years has lived in this city at the
home of Mrs. Bette Galloway, w. 18th
ST., has gone to Detroit, Mich, with a
view of remaining.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-20
RED CROSS SUPPLIES.

The varied character of the supplies
which the American Red Cross pro-
yides for American soldiers and sail
ors is shown in the following list of
articles furnished in one recent month
to our fighting men in Great Britain:
10000 sweaters, 10000 toothbrushes,
$4,000 pairs Of socks, $4,000 pounds of
soap, 100000 boxes Of matches, 800
baseball outfits, 500 mouth organs,
$4,000 packages Of chewing gum,
100000 cigarettes. For handling
these supplies, the Red Cross has sew
en- warehouses in England and six in
Ireland. At the Irish stations there
are stores of clothing, first aid outfits
and other necessaries to provide
amply for any emergency which may
arise through the torpedoing Of ships
carrying American soldiers or sailors.
If necessary, 5000 shipwrecked Amer
leans could be QUILTED from head to
foot at one time from these emergency
depots Advance arrangements have
also been made for billeting, housing
and feeding any number of men who
might unexpectedly be landed at ports
where there are no British military
camps.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-20
BEST cHR1sTMAs GIFT.

The best Christmas gift is something
useful and valuable. Such a gift is a
book We have few new books en-
titled History and Views Of Colored
Officers Training Camp at Des Moines
last year left over. They are a beauti-
fully bound and highly illustrated with
the pictures Of all our colored officers
that were commissioned at TT. Des
Moines and are now the officers over in
France. The price, postage paid, is
$3.50. Send in your order at once.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-20
THE RED CROSS
BY HENRY VAN DYKE.

Sign of the Love Divine :.
That bends to bear the load
OF all who suffer, all who bleed,
Along lifes thorny road.
Sign of the Heart Humane,
That through the darkest fight
Would bring to wounded friend and
foe ~.
A ministry of light.
Oh Gear and holy sign,
Lead onward like a star!
The armies Of the just are thine,
And all we have and are.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-20
Children Of France.

Some one has said of the children Of
the devastated regions: "They are too
sad, they must laugh or they cannot
live" 1t Is not enough to found hos
pitfalls and to provide food. They must
be given wholesome recreation and
their natural Joy In life restored. This
IL what the American Red Cross is do
ing for the children of France.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-20
Mrs. Isley's Letter.

In a recent letter Mrs. D. w. Isley of
Litchield, H., says, 81 have used
Chamberlain s Tablets for disorders of
the stomach and as laxative, and have
found them a quick and sure relief. Y
f you are troubled with Indigestion or
onstipation these tablets will 90 you
good. -
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-08
Boys and Children's

nobby suits from $3.50 up.
S. LARSEN.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-08

move only such old structures as inter-
fere with the new construction. No
filling will be included in these con-
tracts.
5. Bids to be received for bridges ac-
cording to plans on file, also specify
per yard for extra concrete and less
concrete as per section 3 paragraph 2,
of the Iowa State Highway Commits
sion Standard Specification for High
way Bridge Construction, series 1917.
6. Bids on foundation piling per foot
and place are desired, same to be
placed at the option of the County
Engineer Measurement to be in
leads.
Z. Plans and specifications on file at
the Office of the County Engineer.
s. The Contractor will be paid in
County Warrants bearing five per cent
interest.
9. The standard specifications of the
Iowa Highway Commission will gov
ern this construction. The county re-
serves the right to waive defects and
to reject any or all bids.
10. State time of commencing and
finishing work.
OSCAR WINGER, County Auditor.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, this 29th
day of April, 1918.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-08
REJECTED.

There were sobs of CONSERVATION
In the regions Of damnation
When they got a wireless message
from Berlin,
All it said was, Keep things hum
ming,
A-aiser Bill is shortly coming,
Be prepared to open wide and let
him in
satan called >the imps together
For vote to find out whether
Old Hades would tolerate this
frightful guest.
Every face was blanched with ter
All declared 'twould be an error
To defile the place with such rot
ton pest.
Orators began to holler
AS they foamed beneath the col
lar,
And the gang with De accord began
to groan.
There will be revolution
If you load this institution
With the fiend that occupies the
Hunnish throne"
Crooks and thugs are here abound
ing
Scroundrels, cutthroats most as
founding
All the worst this old world ever
heard or saw,
But with Belgium's case before us
Don't you ever dare to bore us
With a lobster whose vile murders
are so raw"
"All that's good and clean and clev-
er
Has ben lost to us forever;
Here eternal birthstone has no
chance to quell,
But please keep from us the vulture
Who distributes Prussian knltur,
For there's still spark of self re-
spect in He'll
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-08
PUPILS BURN HUN BOOKS.
School Board Would Continue Ger
man But Scholars Object.

Algona, Ia, May CAS- re-
suit of the school board passing a
resolution to the effect that the
teaching of the German language
in the public schools of Algona be
discontinued at the close of the
present school year, the high school
pupils gathered Last night by ap-
pointment and marched over the
principal streets, winding up at
the high school building, where
all the German text books of the
school were burned.
The high school orchestra fur
nished patriotic music for the oc-
casion. The pupils sang the "Star
Spangled Banner" and America"
and the usual school yells brought
large crowd to the school yard
to witness the burning. The kaiser
and Won Hindenburg were also
burned in effigy amid cheers.
Some of the board did not ap-
prove of the action and have held
a number of sessions since, but just
what they propose in the matter
has not been given out.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-08
IOWA HOGS ENRICH
RED CROSS FUND
Grinnell Sends Second Carload to
Chicago Market to be AuctiOned.
ONE DUROC BROUGHT
$500 PER POUND
The Sale of the Sixty-nine Hogs
Brought the Big Sum of So,
961.91.

The second load of Red Cross
hogs shipped from Grinnell was
sold on the market in Chicago, Fri
day for the sum of $4,000 There
were siXty-nine hogs in the load
and a cripple weighing 100 pounds
sold at Is cents a pound. Just
when the stage was all set for the
big auction a trainload of boys in
uniform pulled thru the stockyards
on level with the floor where the
sale was to take place. The soldier
boys leaned out of the windows
shouting Goodbye, we're off for
France" and singing the stirring
songs of the day as car after car
passed along. The Chicago traders
proceeded to work off some of their
patriotic feeling on Grinnell's Red
Cross hogs. The boys at the yards
gave as much as the boys here at
home.
The Traders Live Stock Exchange
went over the top when they paid 50
a pound for a Duroc barrow from
this second load.
The prices at the sale ranged from
81 cents to 50 a pound, the lowest
price being paid be the Traders Elk
change for a parcel of thirty-six
hogs.
One hog Of the batch of five
bought by j. Mooney e Sons, specu-
lators, sold to Felix Gehrmann at
so cents a pound, on account of Ed
: son of Buffalo. This hog will be
shipped there and auctioned off
again for the Red Cross.
At first the hogs were sold in
parcels of five. The initial bid on
the batch was 25 cents a pound,
made by Mr.. Gehrmann. 1t was
quickly raised by Harry Booth, of
Wilson & Co., who was an active
bidder throughout the sale, to 35
cents. Then Mr.. Mooney topped
the bid with an offer of As cents,
which stood
The sale netted $5,961.91 for the
|entire load. No commission was
charged and the stock yards COM
pany donated the feed and yardage
charges, as it did the previous load.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-08
SAY BOY KILLED HORSES.
Negro i'm Jail at AIgOna Charged
With Series of Crimes.

Algona, Ia, May 6.-Harold Sin
gleton, 10 years old, Negro, adopted.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Link Singleton
of this city is in the county Jail
charged with a series of crimes
which have been committed during
several years, resulting in the
deaths of numerous horses. Young
Singleton's arrest was the direct
result of the death of two horses
belonging to S. H. McNutt, who
employed the boy.
A post norton revealed that each
of the horses had been poked in
ternally with stick which punctur-
ed portion of the intestines or
other private parts of such a severe
nature that death to the animals
came from blood poisoning. The
stick was found and suspicion was
at once directed against Singleton.
The boy doggedly protested his
innocence and was heidi to the
grand jury by Justice Crowell UNI
der $500 bonds. Monday morning
the boy is said to have admitted
the deed and at the same time
confessed himself the author OF a
long series of similar outrages
which have resulted in the death
of eight or ten horses owned by his
foster father.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-08
TAKING LIBERTY LOAN BONDS IN
TRADE.

Il hope that the merchants of the
country, upon more careful consid-
Grafton of the subject, will discon-
tinue their efforts to sell merchan-
disc and take Liberty Loan Bonds in
payment" says Secretary McAdoo.
The Secretary states that he has nc
doubt that merchants offering to take
Liberty Loan Bonds in exchange for
merchandise are actuated by patrio-
tic motives, but that such transac-
tions tend to defeat a primary object
of the bond sales, as they discourage
thrift and increase expenditures.
Bonds so taken in exchange in most
cases are Immediately sold in the
open market, which tends to suppress
the market price and adversely af-
fects sales of future issues.
The strongest efforts are made by
the Treasury Department to have
these Government bonds purchased
for permanent investment by the peo-
pie and paid for out of savings, thus
not only providing funds for the Gov
eminent but effecting conservation of
labor and material; exchanging them
for merchandise therefore defeats
this purpose.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-08

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