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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-12-19

through mud or what ever it may be
but mostly mud and rain.
| will just give you little sketch oi
this battle. The next day after the
Boche was shelled out Of the forest,
we were advancing up with the In
iantry. We we're taking the town on
a high hill, where the Crown Prince OF
Germany held his observation head
quarters and viewed the Battle OF
Verdup. This is where the greatest
battle that has ever been was fought.
Before we got into position that morn.
ing the Boche had got new re'entorce.
ments al d our Infantry was about to
come back over the crest Of the hill,
so they gave us orders to get our
pistols in action but our Infantry
proceeded 10 hold them back until we
could get in position. So we got in
to action very quickly and threw 'em
few rounds so as to enable our Infantry
to go forward. Just a short while alter
we opened fire and then they had to
fall back, those who were not captured.
Pretty soon they came marching
number Of prisoners by. So we held
that town aud took another one or two.
This happened on Friday ard on
Sunday we advanced three or four
kjlometers further. The Germans be
ing located in a large forest mountain
gave us pretty hot fight, but we
shelled their positions for several days
and succeeded in rushing them out, /
saw an account Of it in the papers
since then.
You know how we used to read lol
Of how the French and Belgium homes
had been destroyed by the German
army. Aud Uocle it is all true only
lot worse than we heard. ! have stood
on high mountain and looked across
the plains and saw many ruined towns
and villages torn all to pieces. All
the many miles ! have travelled on the |
Front have seen many ruined villa |
ges; the timber, large trees just bloWr |
to splinters. It is a shame, 10 think |
that such beautiful county has beer |
80 brutally torn up.
Well, there is only two OF US boy, |
rom Taney County that I know OF here |
Colonel s. Clayton from south OF For |
syth, and myself. OF course we be-
come great chums. We are both in |
Gun Squads so we get to see all that |
happens at the Front and take a good |
part in rushing the Boche as we call
he Germans.
Well, give the people Of Taney our
pest regards and we think Of them
1f our old friends often, and through
righteousness and obedience 10 our
country we hope to return.
! remain, your nephew.
PVT. c. V. CUMMINGS.
Bat. c, ll3,h F. A, A. E. F.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-12-19

Red Crcss solicitors are er j1ined 10
ask you TO jim the Red Cross only
orce-5ut 10 keep asking until you
do-onee.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-12-19

Only Qns'thlrd Of the worlds popu-
latioI uses bread as a daily food.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-12-19
From Cap and Bob

Somewhere in Farce, Oct. 90 IS,
A, Cummings,
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07
MEANEST MAN IN THE
WORLD.

Another "mcanest man in the
world" has been discovered.
Charles y. White, an Official Il
the Gulf Division Of the Rel
Cross, reports the discovery" n
Lake Charles. The meanest
man" is in jail. His name IS Jas.
Smith, and the charge against him
is stealing two Red Gross tents.
The Red Cross handled the re-
lief work Of the hurricane, and
1000 tents was just one Of the de-
tails. Families whose homes were
damaged or ruined by the wind
and rain were giren tents. food,
clothing and medicine.
Smith. who had hut near
Lake Charles. was one of the
storm victims. Checking up the
relief work. Mr.. White found
Smith missing. He was arrested
by the sheriff Of the parish the
next day on his way 10 Texas
with the tents and what was left
of his home in a wagon.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07
STUDENT ARMY CORPS AT
L. s. u.

Baton Rouge, La, Aug. 49,
louisiana State University stu
dent of Is years and over will be
permitted to seek voluntary in
sduction into military service, and
be placed under experts for train
ing with a view of becoming CON-
missioned officers, or technical ex-
perts. This was the substance OF
a communication received this
week by Col. T. D. Boyd. presi-
dent of the university, which will
operate as a student army train
ing corps institution. The demand
FOR officers within the next year is
certain to be great, it is de-
clared, and those in the student
army corps will be best qualified
to compete for commissions.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07

One of our friends who has been
out canvassing tells this tale of an
old horny handed farmer whom
he tackled to vote for Overton.
We hope Joe Abv of the L. ..
States does not see it, as it sounds
too much like the Poor Dog Tray
Story. Where that man liver
he enquired. On being told that
he hailed from Alexandria he sud
denly snorted: THAT d-n
townswhere the gravel ring graf
tiers stay, and where every son Of
a gun is out skinning the poor SOL
diers and their relatives who come
to visit them in camp. Where
they charge you $3.50 for -
cent automobile ride. ten cents for
a DC ice cream sayso and 25c a
drink for rot-gut whiskey9 He'll
no, IN agin that d-n town and
that comes out of it. -
Abbeville Meridional.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07

Washington, d. c., Aug. 81
The order Of the Pulp and Paper
section of the War Industries
board, issued to-day makes it nee.
essary for each publisher to put
his paper on paid-in-a advance
basis, to cut out the deadheads
that have preyed upon him for
years, md it is now possible, UNI
der the rules Of the board, for each
publisher to put his paper on a
basis than many papers have ever
been before.
In pace Of asking the individ-
ual paper to make forced reduc-
ton of Is per cent in its circula-
ton, the board has taken the in
-dustry as a whole and is asking
for an average reduc ton Of ID
per cent Of the total tonnage used
by the country weekly press.
This average reduction is to be
secured by the enforcement of
wasteful practices rules. and the
adoption Of these rules by the
newspapers will be Of great value
to every one Of them.
The board has recognized the
eight-page paper as minimum
in size, and does not ask that any
publisher Of a paper Of this, or
smaller size, make any reduction
in size. but that such newspapers
must cut out all unpaid-for circu-
lation, and stop all all other forms
of waste.
Questionnaires will go to all
publishers Of country weekly
at once, and these
must be filled out. sworn to and
to the pulp and paper
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07
CHANCES FOR SURVIVAL OF
SOLDIERS 20 TO /.

Now that our soldier boys have
gone lover there caparisoned
for war and many now being en-
gagged in bloody battles, the ques-
ton is being debated upon by
parents in Lafayette and else
where as to how many chances
have these boys to escape death,
which question weighs heavily
upon parents and kin.
"A prominent war statiStian has
figured it out that soldier has %
chances to return home after the
war to where he has one being
killed, and has 40 chances of re-
covering from wounds to one of
succumbing There is only one
chance out Of 800 that he will los.
a limb. Loss of life through dis
ease in the army has been greatly
reduced.
Every man who goes to war, Of
course, takes a certain risk OF be-
ing killed or manned; and that
risk is greatly increased should
the soldier happen to take part in
a particularly desperate military
operation.
One authority declares that
soldier will live on an average of
five years longer than a civilian
because of the benefits he derives
from the physical training that is
part of army life. This is some
thing not to be overlooked. Not
only will preponderating pro-
portion Of our men return hme.
but thew will do so in better
health than ever ore.-Gazette.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07
War Board Announces Rules
TO Govern Weekly Papers
in Making Paper Saving.
Puts Them on Cash
in Advance Basis.
in Advance Basis

section Of the war industrie
board at once. A second question
naire will be sent to the publish
ers on November 2, which must bt
filled out, sworn to and returned
at that time.
The whole thought Of Mr.. Don
nelley and his associates in issu
ing the order to the publishers OF
the country weekly newspapers III
the form in which it has been is
sued is to accomplish that which
is necessary in the matter Of re
duction in paper consumption to
do it in way that will be 'bene-
fetal rather than harmful to the
industry, and this the order will
undoubtedly accomplish.
There is no question but that
every country weekly newspaper
publisher will give to the war in.
dustries board that full measure
of cooperation they have given
every other department of the
government in it's conduct of the
war and in meeting war problems.
No publisher Of a weekly, semi
weekly or trimonthly newspaper
shall use in its production any
paper except newsprint, and Of a
weight on the basis of not heav-
er than 301ax44-50 pounds Oasis
24x36-32 pounds). All stocks
now on hand may be used whether
newsprint, machine finished or
sized and superintendent, and re-
yardless of weight.
No publisher may continue sub
after three months
after date Of expiration, unless
subscriptions are henewed and
'aid for.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07
Y. ENTERTAINs AT L. s. U.

The $50 Louisiana boys under
going training at L. S. D. in auto
mechanics and other trades were
entertained in fine style Thurs
day night. when the Y. NJ. G. A.
men pulled o. a big sing" in
which the soldiers joined heartily.
A. X. Jones. the state recruiting
secretary for the Army Y. M. G.
A., made brief address. telling
what the Y. is doing for the osl-
diers, inviting the men to make
use Of all Red Triangle service,
and assuring them Of a warm wei
come at all Y. buildings. The
Army Y. M. CA. unit at L. s. U.
is in charge Of s. A. Seegers, who
volunteered for this service.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07

Inc feeling between the French 10
haoitants and the American forces il o.
the utmost cordially. Internal condition.
IN France-crops morale, and population
are very excellant.
The Dutchman are getting a terrific lick
ing from all reports we receive.
with the very best regards to the fam
lily and my Carencro friends.
AS ever sincerely,
1T. D. A. DIMITRY.
Air Service, Reserve Military Aviation
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07
w. s, s. -
People Speak Well of Chamberlain's
Tablets.

Il have been selling Chamberlain's Tab
lets for about two years and hear such
good reports from my customers that 7
concluded to give them trial myself and
can say that I do not believe there 3
another preparation of the kind equal %
them writes G. A. Mcbride, Headford,
Ont If you are troubled with indigestion
or constipation give them trial. They
will do you good.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07
Hardly a Drugstore in the Land
That Does Not Sell This Remedy

appetite, n feeling Of lasgitude and a
general weakening u the system. It
II then that you should promptly take
q few bottles III 8. 3. g., the great
blood purifier and strengthener. It
will cleanse the blood Thoroughly and
build up and strengthen the whole
system. Il. n. Il. Ii sold by all drug
gists. Valuable information about the
blood supply can be had free by writ
ing " the Gwift Specific Co, "a
Swift Laboratory. Atlanta. Ga.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07
Experience the Best Teacher.

1t is generally admitted that experience
is the best teacher, but should we not
make use of the experience of others as
well as our own' The experience of a
thousand persons is more TO be depended
upon than that of one individual. Many
thousands of persons have used Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and
colds with the best results, which shows
it to be thoroughly reliable preparation
for those diseases. Try it. 1t is prompt
and effectual and pleasant to take
(AdyertisementO
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07
Your Wife Can Use It.

If you are away from home and
one Of your horses takes the collie
your wife can treat him if she has
Farris' Collie Remedy in the
house 1t is easy to use. Just
drop it on the horse s tongue and
in thirty minutes he is relieved.
Get it to-day. You may need it
tomorrow. O. RenOudet sells it
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07
No Worms In q Healthy Child

All children troubled with worms have an un-
healthy coIoe. which indicates poor blood. and as
rule there b more or less stomach disturbance.
GROVES TASTELESS chin TONIC given regularly
i1 two q three weeks will enrich the blood. i'm
peovs the digestion. and oct % General Strength
enin1 Touic 70 the whole system Nature will then
threw Oh Of dispel the worms. and the Child will be
In perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle
(Advertisement.)
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07
On the Market Half a Century

When you are in perfect health,
and are enjoying strong and vigor-
GUS vitality, it is then that your blood
Is free from all impurities.
You should be very careful and
give heed to the slightest indication
OF impure blood. A sluggish circula-
ton Is often indicated by an impaired
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07

The editor of an Illinois ex-
change is a public benefactor and
when he dies the people Of this
country ought to erect a monu-
ment to his memory. He has dis
covered new way to get rid of
mosquitoes. He simply tells you
to rub alum on your face and
hands. When the mosquito takes
a bite it Fuckers his gasoople so
it cant sting. Then it sits down
in a damp place. tries to dig the
quicker loose, catches its death of
cold and dies of pnepmonia.-E
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07
GERMAN NEWSPAPERS QUIT;
PUBLISHER ARMY
OFFICER.

Columbus, O.-The German
American Publishing company of
Columbus. which publishes the
Daily Express, Der Ohio Son
tagagast, a Sunday paper, and
Der Westbote, a semi-weekly, all
printed in the German language,
has .announced that it will sus-
pend the publication Of the three
newspapers because of patriotic
reasons. Publication will not be
resumed after the war. although
all three papers have been paying
dividends, it is said.
The president of the. company
is Maj. Gustav Hirsch. command
ing the Tenth field battalion of the
United States signal corps.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07
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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07
Wv. s.. 81.

We are all treated fine by the
Y. M. G. A. and Red Cross,
writes Sergt. E. A. Smith of the
18th Co.. End NJ. NJ. Regt., s. G.,
Am. f. F., now in France. AT
our camp we have a recreation
room. canteen furnished by the
Y. M. G. A. and they also send
people from Paris every Monday
night to give us a show. So yon
can realize we have pleasure after
working hours"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-05-30
The Courage Of the Mutilated

Some eight months ago modest
little newspaper put in its appear
ance in Paris. Many have done so
during the war, but the singularity
of La CRETE Generate" is that it is
a funny paper. and its motto is
Laugh Anyway" Heartless as it
sounds. this comic paper is the most
touching and most inspiring OF pub
locations, for it is run entirely by
those whose faces have been mutt
lated in battle. The greatest mira
cles of surgery are practised on these
men. The operations are attended
with torture, and in many cases are
only an expedient. The patients will
test the real politeness of the French,
for the situation will demand that
they shall not be pitied, even by a
glance Their paper, they announce,
is meant Ito communicate to French
men at home a gayety not in the least
feigned, not at all Fictitious, in a
word, real and sincere. We do not
wish to excite the pity of our con-
temporaries, being ourselves very
we'll satisfied with our wounds" The
paper, according to the Foreign
News Bureau of the Woman's Com
mittee, Council of National Defense,
where we find the item, was held up
a day because the editor had to I'M
dergo another operation; he came out
from the anaesthetic and continued
making jokes.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-05-30

their plans for taking Warsaw ana
Brussels. Don't sheer. You sneered
at the Boche as an impotent enemy
months ago. ana you have had to eaC
your words He smashed affairs anG
homes as many and as pure as your
affairs, ard your homes.
Close your eyes. and see what the
Kaiser and his Colt will do if the
struggle is On American soil NO
Liberty Bonds for your cash then.
You will give your all to German
hauptman at a threat. You Will
walk bowed in the street while Prus-
sian lieutenants strut on the side
walk. Your wife or your mother will
be insulted with impunity, and your
protest will mean deportation or jail.
The English language will be Vor-
boten. tanker kultur will regulate
our cities, our factories and our
schools. Enforcement of the law
krieg srecht-will be swift, sure and
bloody. Sweet revenge the cowardly
German spies will have, when they
can betray YOU to the Boche govern
ors. They will be known to Won Hin
denburg. who will despise them, but
spare them. while you will be shot
or hanged for Condemning rape and
baby-killing by the Huns.
Shall America wait until the leu
ton butchers make New England a
No Mans Land, and their battle
planes destroy the Brooklyn bridges
and the Pittsburg mills,
Strike, America, strike! With all
the power of q continent. Strike to
kill the Beast of Berlin!
Our backs are against the wall!
Strike now. ard strike to kill.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-05-30

Knitting, as a handicraft, almost
universal among our grandmOthers,
and now being revived by women all
over the world received its death
blow from the invention of Isaac Wix-
an Lamb, who was born in Salem,
Mich, about IS years ago.
Lambs invention of the knitting
machine, the first perfected anparat-
us of its kind, transformed the art of
knitting from a home occupation to
great manufacturing industry. His
machine is capable of producing more
than 80 varieties of knit goods and
makes 1000 loops minute ut ordi-
nary speed turning out both fiat and
tubular work. Later inventors have
worked improvements in the process.
As one result of the war knitting
needles are again in vogue, and their
click may now be heard IN the homes,
in the theaters, in the street cars and
every other place. In all probability,
however, home knitting will pass with
the years.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-05-30
HlEO NjJR1E WHEAT &c WIN !
HOOVER ISSUES APPEAL

ut is imperative that all those
whose circumstances permit shall alb
stain from wheat in any form until
the next harvest" That Is the key
note of Mr.. Hoover's appeal issued
from the pulpits on Sunday to the
free American people. There is no
blinking the truth; the call Is clear.
In the past, presentation of the facts
has been enough to rouse the nation
to meet all necessary requests. To-
day, although the need is more acute,
there is still no compulsion.
That would be the Punishment
the American-way.
The fact is thus put by Mr.. Hoover:
eff we are to satisfy the minimum
wheat requirements of our armies and
the Allies and the suffering millions
IN the Allied countries, our consump-
ton until the next harvest must be
reduced to one-third of normal For
each of us who can personally contri-
butte to the relief of human suffering
1t is a privilege, not sacrifice"
The Maryland Food Administration
does not need to plead MI. Hoover's
case. 1t is confident that the citi-
zenry, in face Of a direct and unequi-
vocal appeal for even greater wheat
thrift, will vouchsafe a response
measuring fully UP TO the traditions
and ideals of this State. The phrase,
wheat is the Test" Is no mere catch
word 1t is a vital truth that should
burn its way into each individual con-
science. 1T is inccnceivable that we
should fail in this crisis" declares
Herbert Hoover. at is inconceivable,"
adds State Administrator Baetjer,
that Marylanders, men, women and
children, could be so enslaved to Gus
tom or convenience that they should
make unneeded inrCads on that scanty
store of wheat upon which our Allies
and our own fighting flesh and blood
depend not for mere comfort, but for
very existence.
The public eating places have been
urged to practice wheat-saving to an
extent that will satisfy not only the
law of the land, but also the con.
science of their proprietors. Their re-
Spouse shows a willingness to go the
limit" But it is in the homes that
seyen-eighths of the country's food
stuffs are consumed; and with full
faith in the active loyalty of all true
citizens, the Maryland Food Admin
fstration makes appeal for mani
festation of patriotism to bridge a
crisis which will end with this sum-
mer.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-05-30
Our Backs Against the Wall
(By ALVIN M. Higgins.

Your heart chilled when the Brit
ish leader told the Anglo lines that
their backs were against the wall. 1t
seemed to spell the end of strategy.
It meant that muscle and steel must
clash and win. or clash and die.
But, the Allies have had their
backs against the wall for months.
And Americas millions of men and
billions of money should have put
their backs against the wall four
years ago, when tiny Belgium was
outraged and anti-Christ began his
bloody march.
If Ludendorf's wolves, swelled by
the million loosed from debauched
Russia, break through the few
French miles to the sea (and the
trenches are only as far from Calais
as Chicago is from Joliet, or Wash
ington from Baltimore); if Ger
man U-boat base on the open ocean,
rivetted by rails to Kiel, stops the
flow of armies into France; il
Krupps and Skodas, by sheer over
weight, push the Allies from Paris
and cut our supply lines so that our
Atlantic and Gulf coast is the front,
have you stopped to think what
might happen?
This war might end on the Hud-
son, If America fails to win it on the
Rhine. The Kaiser's whelp might
be crowned in Chicago, if not beaten
back to Berlin. Not an Allied SOL
der stands as near to Potsdam today
as the Allied armies stood two years
ago. Plans for the subiugation of
Boston and Charleston, of Detroit
and New Orleans, the Selling of our
rulers, the footing of our treasures,
the imposition of staggering billions
Of indemnities are as much in the
files of the German general staff as