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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15

or German graves With foxy crosses and fancy writing them When they bury their men they sure do the joh up brown. They have signs on the graves and it looks as if they carry painters around who do nothing but paint signs for the headboards. They always put the dead mans helmet on his grave and almost all of them have a clean-cut hole where a 30-calibre bull let went through and put him to sleep.
 AMERICAN GRAVES
 "I also see few American graves now and then, and they always put the helmet on it, and lots of times stick the poor fellows rife up at one end and put all of his equipment on the grave It makes a fellow fighting mad when he sees grave like that We can hear the shells coming and they make an awful whining noise, and when they hit it seems as of hades had broken loose. A gas shell doesn't make as much noise as an H. F., so it is easy to be on the watch for them. had on my mask quite a number of times since I came up here and I don't like it a bit So far we have not had to wear it more than half an hour at time and then we would find out that it was false alarm
 We are giving the boches all they wont in the way of shells and every time they send us one we send them two We don't care for expenses for we know that the people at home will issue another Liberty Loan when we use up the last one. I have lost most of my equipment but don't care, for 1t lis surprising how little stuff fellow can get along with. Sometimes I get a bath about every < 10 days, and some- times I don't, but that don't worry me l hardly ever take off my clothes now, for work half of every two nights and get to sleep all of the third one.
 BESSEMER COMPANY
 "The night I came lip here I got on the trail of the company from Bes- semer and after hunting for an hour or more found them in the woods eat ing supper. The second one I saw was old Joe Burgin, and I sure was glad to see him. I knew only five or six as some of them had been killed and some wounded and gassed. All the boys looked well, though muddy With their clothes all torn and they were un- shaven We get plenty to eat and it is well cooked. Most all of 1t ~is canned stuff-roast beef, canned beef, peas and tomatoes and best of -all, sweet pota- toes, and unless you have never. eaten any you can't imagine how good they are. We get good bread--it is baked in HuSe iodNeS weighing apoul io PouHus each and as it has an unusually thick crust it keeps long time. I am living in cross between tent and a dugout and three of us sleep .togetherv-or when there isn't too much shelling we sleep Last night shells were falling within half a block of my place and I went to sleep during all of it. It's a fine life if you don't weaken"
 HOLDERS AID RED CROSS
 A Red Cross organization was formed by the holders in their department at the United Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry company this afternoon for the purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15

gation of the Ensley Highlands Meth
 odist church this morning.
 Rev. A. K. Wright of the First Bap-.
 tist church will use for his morning
 topic. My Part in the Kingdom Drive,' :
 and evening, "Wanted--a Boy
 Medals will be presented to Boy Scouts who have won distinction in war work.
 Rev. Thomas N. Lennox of the First Christian church will talk this morn- ing on "To Every Man, His Work"
 Evening, The State of the Righteous Dead'
 Rev A. II. Majors Of the Fairview Methodist church will begin series of services this evening on ''Moses' FAIRFIELD SCHOOLS The Fairfield school will begin work tomorrow morning in the Gate Lodge school building. The rooms have been overhauled during the summer months and the walls tinted soft colors, while new drinking founts have been installed to make drinking sanitary for the put pis Miss Gertrude McLatchey. who has been the efficient principal for several years, will resume charge of the school and will be assisted by Miss Lula May Hardy. first grade; Miss Margaret Arch ibald, second grade: Miss Theo Davis. third grade, with the fourth grade to l be supplied Miss McI4atchey will teach the fifth grade work.
 | An event of the week will be the mar riage of Miss Lucille O'Byrne to MT. Raydon Carter, the ceremony taking place Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at | the home of the brides parents. Mir. and Mrs T. T. O'Byrne on Parkway. Little ' Miss Margaret. O'Byrne will be flower
 girl and the only attendant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15

k. E. Hull has been appointed agent of the Atlanta, Birmingham and At lantic, Frisco, Illinois Central and Sea- board Air Line railroads at Bessemer. J. H. D. Smith resigning. MT. Hull was recently appointed general agent of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic at Talladega, being at that time transferred from Bessemer, and has been recalled to take charge of these lines at this point
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15
BESSEMER BUREAU PHONE BESSEMER 612-J

will be donated by this organization This is the first club of this kind that has been formed in this district and was volunteer movement on the part of the holders. The following officers were elected; D. H. Honeycut chairman Charles Seals, vice chairman; Miss Beu- lah Winters, secretary and treasurer.
 The Wednesday Music club held bus mess meeting at the public library this afternoon at o'clock with good at tendance. It was decided that the club take charge of the War Savings Stamp booths next week. The question of con- tinuing the community sings for the win ter was considered and a decision in favor of continuing the sings given, provided a suitable place can be found. Mrs, l.. L. Vann. was appointed to con- fer with the school board in regard to using the high school auditorium for this purpose.
 The Wenonah Red Cross unit will meet Wednesday afternoon and a full attend ance is requested, as there will be much work to be done. All members will wear aprons, as surgical dressings are to be made to answer the imperative call re- gently issued to the gulf division.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15

sergf George E. Boyd. IT., of Kelly Field. Tex, will talk to the congre-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-24
BIG STONE GAP.

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
Big Stone G y, Va. March "a
Assistant POST ster and Mrs. Wiley
witt. OF Big stone Gap. announce
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-24
What German Victory
Means to- Me

have q son two years old
want him to be a sportsman. / want
him TO be able to win like a gentle
man / want him to grow up In n
world whore a. victory gained by our
tactics is incomprehensibIe. I want
him to feel always. that his word is
50 red, that no advantage, to himself
or others justiftes the violation OF his
oath. want him TO reverence the
memorJ Of his mother, to look upon
all women with ctean eyes [ want
Nun 70 grant, as a natter or fact, the
demands OF weakness upon strength
want him to look upon human be-
ings as Individuals, to accept cheer
tultE annther's rights to a belief CON
traTy 10 his own. I want him TO gain
ms own beliefs through searching his
own soul not by bundly accepting
the dict or others. want him TO
believe IN a generous God, a God Who
il Gentleman, not a demoniac God
who plays tavorites
ON" Judges man by his profosse d
beliefs ny his Acknowledged deeds.
one judges a race in the same man
her BY their professed beliefs. by
| their acknowledged deeds. | Judge the
Germans And | firmly believe that
world ruled by them would be- q
world IN which It would be impossi-
DIE Tor my son 10 grow up to he the
man want him to be
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-24

And nowadays If an author writes
what Happened to Mary another
thousand other imaginary little king
doms
trumps it w1th 'Oh. Maude, How Could
Your" II one writes Tho Real Ad-
venture" another produces The
Great Adventure" II an excellent
Sfiss CoreiIi-who made an early sue
cess by initiating Monte Cristo" in
a volume called sometimes Pablo
Romani' and sometimes Vendetta"
writes in these later days a volume
called Gods Good Man" along comes
some other composer who pipes up
with Gods Man" These by way Of
titles for the onense of imitation is
even more aagrant in othv- ways
10. the doluee produced by the sue
cess OF over tho Top" IT MATTERS
not that The First Hundred Thou
sand" was before IT "Over the Top"
was the first big winner among war
: ,oks. and its limitations are legion,
The publisher ever seeHeth his Fl
Dorado, the realization Of his fondest
dream-not a golden city nor yet a
fountain Of youth, but best seller
which will MI his Golfers with gold.
It was Byron who said: Now
Be-rrahes was a publisher" but he
might have added that he Was an
author, too. And. ar said in the be-
of the making OF many
books there is no end. Much TO the
general edlhcaton of all. For a. good
story is a story whether it be written
on papyrus or rests between the COW
ers Of best seller
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-24
WHY WE MUST WIN.
II, STANLEY WASHRURN


Iher" are number os factors which
make for progress and prosperity In
modern society. Economic. Industrial
and scientific developmert contribute
ID fRelN 70 tr@ forward movement Of
CIVILIZATION Material wealth and the
increase Or trade aud commerce are
important elements In the growth and
devetorms nt OF nations But there are
othNr FACTORS which are moro vital.
hese are not In the same degree con
crHfA and marifest They are the fac
tors ~hiel involve ethics. morals. hui
m7nlfF ana Justice and are rs Totent
ana elemental in the r'ae of nations
"s the law OF graVitaton IN the world
tF thEF'cH RMS ~ not a question of
'o"fHsn' but question Of practical
Foiicy learned through tw enty cen
'pr|ef ~ history The rae" or indi-
''uhl VINO l@r 'res these laws, more
fundamental than the material, IN
doomed
The victory Of Germany n thjs
World war would raear primarily that
the greatest fallacy in world thoush ut
had oeen Wind iested by success That
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-24

mere as no emu a. the preacher
~csers-ed in the very beginning Of the
N, Ard book ms king In those days
..s4o.. 4oA -, ~-t~.a,,s .n,.u,
~, to-. $780,
=" 20 pY'' '
OF chiSeled in stone II TOOK Sofo'
siFne 10 work out q three decker novel
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-24

the marriage OF their daughter. Miss
Arkie Elizabeth TO Mr.. Thomas Will
liams. of Big Stone Gap. which took
place Saturday evening at the Meth
odist church at I o'clock. Irnmedi-
Iately after the ceremony Mr. and
Mrs Williams left in their car for a
short bridal tour
wedding of interest through the
state and Pennsylvania took place
Monday evening, March II, in New
York city at the famous Little
Church Around the Corner" when
Miss Caroline Amy Rhoads, only
daughter of MIR. and Mrs. 3. +.
Rhoads, OF Zig Stone Gap. and the
grand daughter of the late Colonel
James B. Rhoads. Of Wilkes Barre.
Pa. became the bride OF Lieutenant
Frank WEARING Lewis. medical reserve
corps. L. s. A. stationed at the new
hospital on Ellis island. He Ia the
son OF MIR. and Mrs. Warlng Lewis,
Of Morattico. Va. The wedding was
20 have taken place at a tater date,
but was FASTENED by army orders.
Born to Hon. and Mrs. John w.
Chalkley. who have spent several
winters in Richmond guests at the
Jefferson hotel. last Thursdav Tat their
home in Big Stone Gap. Va, little
son. which they viii call Churchill
Chalkley.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-24
futile to minimize tho strength of our

futile to minimize the strength of our
enemy.
II is necessary that every individual
In this country feel personal and
direct responsibility to the issue of
this war. country Is strong and
endures in the direct degree in which
the individuals. composing that coun-
try, feel personally the burden Of pub
lie duty. II the men and women Of
this country appreciate and realize
what is the Issue at stake and under
stand that. only by his or her indi-
vidual and personal willingness to
sacrifice for this cause. victory can be
secured, then and then only is the
outcome Of the war secured II there
Is not in this country this capacity
for individual responsibility, fortitude
and self-sacrifiee, in every way equal
To that shown by the enemy. then we
hre unworthy of success, and II our
country perish the burden and respon-
5ib!lity lies, not on our government
but directly on the men and women
who compose the population of this
country and whose war this is
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-24

guns provided and manned IN prepa-
ration for Just such an attack.
Throughout the allied countries. the
feeling OF steady courage prevailed
The drive had heen looked fer, every
thing had been prepared TO meet It.
and, in spite Of the quite natural
anxiety caused by the knowledge that
the great fight had actually begun.
there was universal confidence In the
ultimate result
The battle IS rot yet ended An
through the spring the contest VIII
wax and wane and grow again into an
inferno
Victory comes. but It must he won.
and the winning involves a long and
bloody task The crisis calls for the
highest endurance. moral and phyri-
cal u which We and our men alarms
arc capable
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-24

In these trying times. when the
whole weird IS in a state OF chaos, az
q result Of the great conflict now In
progress between the nations Of the
earth. many are wondering and ask
sng what viii he the mai result
what wifi endure
The same though; often comes &c
va, az 20 cur own lives When we
reach mature @es and BEGIN 20 mink
more seriously Of THE future. we alzo
begin to wonder what things will On
Surs Of all that ve have done during
eur earthly ne On his deathbed
Sir Waiter SCOTT said 10 his soa-ir-
law BE a good man That Ia the
prime essential Of life Wealth hos
sfts place IN tne world fame Is good.
At honestly obtained Bot these are
sef secondary TN portarce. ~hen the
stros comes for the anal balancing ~
the debit and ogeda books of the sorl'
when eternity fseea ana sc looE
hack over our past, true II IS that we
then heg1n to place values where they
Belong. and see that, after all, our
Aappsest moments have been those in
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-24

Wet newspapers are specializing on
What might happen to Governor Whit
man, Of New York. IL he should be a
candidate for once right now. when
he is UNFOLDING the temperance cause
with all his might They forget tina,
women are voters IN that state these
days--something which Governor
Whitman, candidate for third term.
has not overlooked
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-24

Baseball interest doesn't seem to be
dead, in the opinion Of Brooklyn man
aging editors. for Ave newspaper men,
from as many Brooklyn publications,
accomoa MED the Dodgers on their
training trip to Hot Springs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-24

Mike Hogan Is the good Irish name
or a pitching recruit who Is at Marlin
with, the Giants. He comes from Co
hoes n. Y. where he has made some
reputation az a Remi-pro. Mana ger
McGraw thinks he has great possibil-
tiles.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-24

Berger now rivals the brewers for
the dubious distinction Of having
made Milwaukee infamous.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-24

HAZEIGROvT & co. car handle
your produce OF all kinds 70 advantage,
as the market is very active, especial
ly on Eggs, Calves and all kinds of
Fowl Except Hens, which the gov
eminent forbtds seTfTng)- Write for
tags and quotations.
HAZErGROyE & co,
1910 II. Gary. Commission Mercha nts.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-19
HOW CORN IS UTILIZED
Numerous Products Are Manufactured From
the Raw Material

In food production all other pounds
produced exceeded
dairy Industries the country based largely the
also important industries OIL
and related products various food alcoholic beverages
Corn the the Fed with egumes
unequaed economical material for production meat
and butter Because its high starch makes primarily fat
producing feed finishing
has been due the high abundant yields the
OF all
with the crop
OF the So the small
percentage m human feeding The extent
the dependence of the feeding industry yields indicated by
m W consistent relationship maintained between corn ana livestock
prices BY far the feeding fed
corn with the dry stalks and blades rougha either pasturage in
~ u or as cut o To less extent the grain is fed in the form OF
shee m fedufs Another
form in which Snage present of
Importance the but its
use fatenng rapidly extensive found
ue sections where ag leading of farming While the so
mas become more less familiar sight almost section where corn
is used extensively Michigan Indiana Ohio
New York and New England 1t is largely other states of the
belt and in the
among the common cornmea dishes eaten In the South are hoecaK
mixture Of cornmea and with without cooked In frying pan
grdde bread with the addition of baking powder
Its equivalent and baked in the dde cakes prepared from thin
batter with addition differing
cooked wit" either vegetables Cnmea used in puddng wa
files, poultry dressing and fish dishes
In the North the
preference usually although the
called hominy it made white breakfast cereal.
asy pudding mu Johnny Corresponding to the hoe
cake of the So have been made New England households colonial
days Indian pudding popular prepared from conmea milk and
England Thanksgiving dinner.
Other forms which the hard
portions of the kernels but not mied so finely meal breakfast
a honny grits
coarsey and e hom hued
removal of the hull with The
dinner dishes and largely replace vegetables
material from which products
ucts include articles both suitable and not suitable for food
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-19

Owners Of back yards in cities and
towns are asked to do everything in
their power to help the meat and egg
supply by raising small fiocks of poul-
try in back yards. Farmers are re-
quested greatly to increase their farm
floeks Of hens so that 100 on every
farm will be the average for the ma
ton.
The following statement regarding
the poultry needs is taken from the
official agricultural program for 1918
issued recently by the United States
department of agriculture:
Poultry production should be in
creased greatly, especially in back
yards and on farms, where waste ma
terial is available and the purchase of
expensive grains and other material Is
not required.
Increased poultry production may
be attained most economically by early
Matching; by confning mother hens at
least ten days after the chicks are
hatched; by reducing losses on ac-
count of rats, weasels and thieves, and
from cold, damp conditions; by thor
ough sanitation; by discouraging the
marketing of early-hatched pullets as
broilers; by eliminating nOn-producing
hens and keeping good layers through
at least two laying seasons; and by
the poultryman raising his own feed
as far as possible"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-19
Sudden Retreat Of an Army
Is Often Reduced to Chaos
And the Resultant Disorder

Moving Il great army is an affair
of timetables. There Is room for only
a certain amount of men and mate
rial on the roads and railways at one
time, and every man and every
wagon above that maximum becomes
factor Of confusion and retards the
movement Of the whole mass to a
dangerous degree" writes G.. Ward
Price in the Century. "The sudden
retreat Of an army Is often reduced
to chaos, first, because a thoroughly
worked out plan of general retirement
exists but rarely In the strong-boxes
of any general staff, and, secondly,
because In the absence of timetable
drawn up In detail and strictly en-
forced, the elementary principle of
self-preservation leads every unit Of
the army to put itself on the road
just as quickly as 1t can get trans
portation. This Is not to say that
confusion is an invariable indication
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-19

of personal panic; but 1t is very nat
ural, and even very proper, that every
battery commander, the director of
every military store and depot, and
the leader of every body Of troops
which is not definitely ordered to re-
main, should have the individual de-
termination that his particular COM
mand shall not fall into the hands of
the enemy.
"I'he artillery officer firmly resolves
that he will save his guns at all
costs; the heads of the supply depart
ments are in charge of valuable stores
which their army needs for its very
existence and which would be of great
aid to the enemy If captured, and the
troop leader naturally argues that 1t
would be futile to allow his men to
be cut off when general retreat has
been ordered. So If the organization
of withdrawal Is left to the discre-
tion of the people involved in it, as
1t has to be when the whole thing has
not been deliberately arranged before
hand, confusion Is almost inevitable"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-19
FoCh'S Name Not Teutonic;
Almost Rhymes With Flush"

Numerous Inquiries have been re-
ceived regarding the correct pronuncia-
tion of the name of the new generals
simo of the allied armies.
On paper Foch seems Teutonic, says
the Chicago Herald, and suggests
throaty gutturals Of the kind that are
no longer popular In the civilized
world. But the name Is pronounced
as IL 1t We're spelled Fosh, with short
Co." like "uh," and almost rhymes with
hush" This is on the authority Of
lie Courier des Etats Unts, a French
daily newspaper published In New
York.
General Foch Is Basque from the
Pyrenees, not an Alsatian All BASQUE
names terminating in "ch' have the
soft "sh" sound instead of the Ger
manic cultural.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-19
Benefit OF SHADE TREES
In Wisconsin Owner Is Given Annual
Bounty Of Three Cents for Each
Rod of Highway.

The Wisconsin law provides that
financial consideration may be given
by the state to people who plant and
cultivate trees by the roadside. Ev-
cry person along or through whose
lands highway passes may plant and
cultivate on one or both sides Of the
road where he shall own land, trees
Of such varieties as commonly grow at
least 40 feet high. These must be
set two rods or less apart and in a
row within eight feet Of the outer line
Of the highway.
When such trees reach 12 feet In
height the superintendent Of highways
shall give the owner upon request
certificate accepting the trees as pub
lie shade trees. Thereafter they be-
long to the public and are protected as
public property, but the title to them
or to the fruit they bear belongs to
the owner as long as he maintains
the trees and replaces such as die.
The owner shall receive an annual
bounty of three cents for each rod Of
highway along which such trees are
planted on one side and six cents If
planted on both sides, to be credited
on his highway taxes.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-19
Remembered His Arithmetic.

Another thing that will puzzle our
soldiers is English money. One time
an American who was the worse for
drink was travelling in a railway car
riage when the guard asked for his
ticket.
Got none! Lemme lionel" maun-
dered the Yank.
The guard took out his ticket sched-
ule
give and six, please" repeated the
tersely.
"Whzat?" queried the tipsy one.
give and six, please, repeated the
guard
Eleven" said the Yank. Nov
move long to re next boy"