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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03
AMER1cAN AIRMEN aARRIYE. !,

The American airmen are coming into
their own For more than year the
American air service in the battle areas
has been negligible as far as participa
tion in actual battle is concerned. The
men were, however, in the training in
Europe, as well as in the United States,
while their machines We're being evolved
from the concentrated good qualities Of
many other kinds of flying machines. In
desultory way the American airmen
have been contributing to the warfare in
scattered instances; but in the present
offensive on the Champagne front they
appear to have broken into the game
with full force and with full impressive
ness. Their success during the last few
days has been remarkable, even far ex,
ceeding the highest expectations of them
To drive down 60 enemy machines and
to destroy a dozen balloons without los.
ing a single machine is a record which
cannot be accounted for merely through
luck. There is something back of the
victory besides luck. The only explana
ton is that the American airmen have
arrived
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

The fourth Liberty loan is making
good progress in those sections Of the
country which are not being ravaged by
the epidemic of influenza, and it is prob
able that the stricken sections, too, will
come up to the mark as soon as condi,
tons of public health improve to such
an extent that it will be safe to conduct
campaigns. The spirit of the people of
the northeastern states is just as strong
for the loan as the spirit Of the other
sections of the country but it has been
temporarily suppressed by the epidemic
The government ought to grant an ex-
tension of time for the completion of the
loan.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

A formal warning to Germany that a
German city win be sacked for every
French or Belgian city destroyed by the
Germans may have tendency to stop
the practice of the Huns in setting the
tirebrand to every sizeable place that
they are compelled to evacuate. The
populous manufacturing cities on the
Rhine like Coblenz and Cologne would
be the first marked for destruction by
the allies, The loss of them would be
seriously felt by Germany as they con
tribute greatly to the industrial life Of
the nation, and hence the threat Of re-
prisal may have some influence with the
war mad leaders of Germany.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

money, which by the way is where he
pays no taxes on it, who pays no pole tax
because he was soldier, has no children
in school, and owns no taxable property
to q very great extent in town, voted
against repairs on Colby street. This
man ought to be rolled the whole length
Of the street three times day after each
rain.--Co lebrook, ~ H., item.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

The German fleet, which after an en-
gagement with the British was heralded
in Germany as world beater, does not
appear to consider the present an op-
perfume time to come out of hiding It is
leaving the German army very much in
the lurch.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

The presence of Won Hindenburg at the
conference during which Prince Maxi
milan of Baden became the imperial
chancellor Of Germany was prima facle
evidence that the war party still is to
control the government of Germany.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

And the batter Of the drums;
Bloody fields are quite forgotten,
Sure no other music has
Half the balming, healing cheering
OF good old peppery Jazz.
Send the Jazz band with the Buddies,
Patriotic zip" ii has,
Never shall tAe Bo1hes triumph
Over Buddie and his Jazz.
Captain Stockdale's frequent use OF
the cognomen, buddy, 4may serve to re-
vive an old discussion as to the deriva-
ton of the term. The captain reports
that it Is much favored by the American
bows over there. Indeed, If his view Of
the matter is to be accepted, our fighting
men very much prefer "Yanks and bud
dies TO "Sammies" In a well known
New York newspaper recently ragged a
somewhat heated controversy over the
propriety Of the closely related appel.
iations, 'buddy. and "butty." No slight
attention was paid, incidentally, to the
derivation, but the conclusions were in
definite. Perhaps some Of the Barre
granite cutters, especially those Of Scot.
tish origin, may be able to settle the
argument. Certainly the audience that
heard Captain Stockdale was not at all
unfamiliar with the word, buddy"
Over in dry New Hampshire promoters
of the Lebanon fair promise Hough's full
band for three days.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

1t is probable that only a comparative
ly small unit Of American forces has
been operating on the Hindenburg line in
the vicinity of Cambria and st. Quentin,
and of late they have almost dropped
out of the newspaper accounts Of the
fighting. Probably the employment Of
such small force there was only feint
TO cover some extensive campaign out
lined for the bulk of the American army
in another sector of the battlefront The
next few days ought to bring out some
interesting developments.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

When the people up to Skowhegan,
Ne, wish to talk shop with their home
monument dealer, they pass under a
gold-letter sign bearing the johnhancock,
"Gerald c. Marble Figure it out your
own way and then let us advise you that
he is heavy buyer of Barre granite.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

Inasmuch as the government has tax
en- practically all the 1918 peach crop,
there is not much chance for the Amer
lean people to build up a supply of fruit
stones for gas masks.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

Visiting days have been suspended in
five static institutions during the cpl
demic of influenza. The same rule ought
to be applied to every home in the state
until the danger is over.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

The coal shortage is being put up as an
argument against a long session Of the
Vermont legislature the coming winter
It's a good argument too.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03
The Shoeman Speaks.

There's divinity shapes our ends
Whereat the shoe clerk rises
He takes the ends divinely shaped
And squeezes them three sizes.
Contributed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

The war Of movement is about to be-
gin in northeastern France and in Bel
GUM.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03
Old Dr.. Geo. w. Stork Flies Too High for
the Weekly Press.

the Weekly Press.
We stand corrected for failing to re.
port the arrival Of young soldier in
town some weeks since. Among the null
tiplicity of small affairs that occupy the
mind Of the reporter, so important an
event as the birth of man child was
entirely overlooked We offer humblest
apologies to Clifford Joseph, second son
of George A. and May Barnes Holmes, for
such an oversight and agree not to do 1t
again.--Langdon, n. H., item.
The human touch, to be found more
often in the composition Of the writer
who actually has lived that which he
puts on paper, may be discerned in the
following verses from the pen OF Capt
Allan A. Stoekdale. when the Jazz
Band Played" furnished one Of the thrills
at the clergyman-ca captains war lecture in
Barre last week.
They were Just bunch of Buddies
they were wounded, they were gassed
They had come from fighting Boches
In the woods where they had massed
They were used to guns of thunder
And the whine of shot and shell;
They had been where men were dying
In bloody battle hell.
But the thoughts of home came quickly
And thousand pictures made,
For America drew nearer
In the tunes the Jazz band played.
Jazz may not be highbrow music,
Some may call it only noise,
But il beats the ancient classics
When you want to cheer the boys.
There's a heart bewitehing power
And stirring spell that comes
In the lifting "pep" and spirit
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

If people would stop the habit OF spit
ting on the sidewalks they would be do
ing great deal to prevent the spread
of influenza Medical men say that the
germs of the disease are transmitted
through sputum. Therefore, spit in the
road, if you must, not on the sidewalk.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03
MABEL SYRUP'S COLYUM
$40 have a lively and not n stolid
couptenanee, Truth of Intercourse.

"The time has come to conquer or sub
nit. For us there is but one cho;te. We
have made it" President Wilson.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03
1.-THE Fighting Fourth"

From this coign Of vantage in The Col.
to adopt and mother for the moment a
phrase that the moths were hetcherizlng
when women fought with spears instead
of hatpins-we desire to put in a word
for the fourth Liberty loan. Man. to be
sure, lives very largely by catch phrases,
but the sponsors for the next big issue OF
Liberty bonds have happily hit upon a
name that must perforce make a strong
appeal TO the women of the land. "The
Fighting Fourth" if for no other reason
than the suggestion it conveys of what
we have always maintained finds woman
ready, /. e., struggle, if for no other
reason, it should enlist the aid and sym
pathy Of every woman in the land
Whether you are a canyasser or q sub
seriber- preferably you should be both
match your energy with that OF, the men
Hammer the Hun!
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

Having captured Damascus, the allies
will certainly have the steel.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03
LINE UP

1t amt the guns nor armament
Nor funds that they can pay
But the close cooperation
That makes them win the day
1t amt the individuals
Nor the army as a whole.
But the everlastin team work
OF every bloomin' soul
Rudyard Kipling
ru0mans Liberty Loan Committee Of VII
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

Chancellor Macmillan is facing hard
task.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

ling with italian infuenza,-Hyde Park
item.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03
"out Of the Mouths Of Children"

Sunday the home guard was stationed
at every corner They held up autos.
There were lot Of people in church.
The war will do some good, maybe. p
From the morning mail
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

Dig down into the downy layer of pa
per money in the basement of your old
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

weasel-skin, and be ready for "The
Fighting Fourth" Remember
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

"Freemen buy bonds; slaves wear
them" nj. 5.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

Watson, Will You Call the Police Ma
iron?
Wanted Good girl for side room, good
wages and steady employment. The Ad-
olson. 3Stf.-From the wantads.
A client asks us to read "Potsdam"
backward and then to forward the advice
to the kaiser
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03
The Suspense, Happily, Is Ended.

The reference to the theory OF evolu.
tion in late paper was not understood
by some The idea is, that while there
was an evolution, it did not reach the
high water mark of morals. Consequent
IN the Bible is not affected or detected
in any way from its original design
Evolution may occupy the basement, but
It cannot reach the upper stories of NOR
al and religious forces. The original
car1e of the war was an attempt in Ger
many to create a culture without any
moral foundation. -Cristy district CORE
spondenee.
Are cobblers more susceptible 70 fits
than scriveners Or curriers'? Not SC
much as boot leggers, we should say
And vet shoeman adyertises: "This
customer will have fit that no custom
cobbler can beat"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03
Would You Ever Guess 1T

REAL ESTATE DEALER: Special at,
tention TO buying and selling real estate
From the wantads.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

why Not Elect Him Mayor or Some.
thing?
One man in this town, worth some
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

Over in dry New Hampshire promoters
of the Lebanon fair promise Hough's full
band for three days.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-10
WORLDS NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

NEW YoRK.-The steamship George
Washington was finally selected for
the presidential party and the CORE
spondents Of the press associations.
METZ.-Germany' troops are being
demobilized as fast as they reach their
homes. A report reaching America
says that Hindenburg Is retaining only
the men Of twenty and twenty-one.
WAsHINGToN.-official review Of
the work of the Aircraft Production
Bureau shows the United States had
Just got into full stride when the arms.
tice was signed and that quantity pro-
duction soon would have overwhelmed
the Huns.
PHILADELPHIA.-lt is probable
that William G. McAdoo will be the
president or managing director Of the
great pool which is being formed by
the independent" steel companies for
the purpose of selling their products
in foreign countries under the Webb
Pomerene act.
LoNDoN.-France projects rail-
way across Europe from Bordeaux to
Odessa, the great Russian port on the
Black sea. This would put southern
Russia in direct touch with the At
lantic. Tunnels under the English
channel and the Vosges mountains also
are projected.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-10
The customs Of the French vii,

The customs of the French vilr
layers correspond to our country one
hundred years ago, only instead OF
log houses, one sees concrete of
lime and sand, also much tile and
stone work. The roofs are all flat
tile or rough slate.
have seen many old relics of
past wars, such as pistols, sabers,
spurs etc. I had an old French
man show me the coat he wore in
he war of 1871. Have seen some
ancient clocks, furniture, the pendu-
lum of some of the old clocks, which
are gigantic in size, are from IL to
IA inches in diameter. The old
beds are curtained on three sides and
theposts of them reach to the CELL
ing. The wood is cherry or walnut
V, cd is so scarce here now that
Trey q. ildu't make eds NIL W
! wood
l am seeing many new relics or
| warefare in the form of Browning
and French automatic rifles, hand
and rife grenades, one-pounders and
trench mortars. Gas masks are
modern too you know. We have
been practicing new battle front
formation Of French origin. We ad-
vance by waves, each wave having
in each platoon two squads of bomb
ers and laisons, one squad of auto
rifemen, one of rife grenadiers, and
two squads of riflemen and bayonet-
ers. We are studying musketry in
Guiding ranges, targets, destination
of targets, distribution and superior
ity of fire etc. All of them are not
ancient, but the latest.
You are indeed doing great work
in organizing Councils of Defence in
the community and county. I must
say that Highland county has fur
nished more than her share OF men
and q full supply of Red Cross and
Y. NJ. C. A. money and material. l
don't appreciate these as much here
as l would at the front. I suppose
wo are living in luxury here tho /
must say we work plenty.
A new company came in today--big
l
doing on the drill field tomorrow.
Love to the whole family,
Corporal L. M. CHEW
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-10
SAYS POWER OF PRESS,
NOT GUNS, ENDED WAR

"The power of the press, not the
power of armies, ended the war;"
said DR.. Eugene A. Crockett of Bos-
ton, now a major in the American
Red Cross at Trieste, according to an
Associated Press dispatch.
He added hat he had INTERCEPTED
hundreds of prisoners of every ma
tionality who had returned from Au=
stria, and that all had agreed that
Austria's death blow was dealt
through the medium of the press by
President Wilson when he announc-
ed that he had recognized Czechox
Slovakia as an Independent belliger-
ent state and power.
The press succeeded in sending the
news of President Wilson's message
through the dual monarcy where it
circulated among the people and SOL
diers. When the message reached
Prague, the Bohemians Immediately
ordered the Austrians to leave and
set up their own government within
twenty-four hours. The Austrians
realized that it was useless to resist.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-10
Praises Country Press Loyalty.

The following article praising the
Loyalty c. the country press OF Amer
lea was given prominence in the cur
rent issue Of Successful Farming pub
lishcd by E. T. Meredith, dollar-a-
year man in Washington and who
fully realizes the problems of the
country press:
Among the many classes Of citi-
zens Who have shown distinct pa
triotisl and bravery in this time OF
crisis. the publishers Of large
nuia,;2l Of small-town newspapers
should not be overlooked. In many
cas- they have thrown into the bal
ancc their very means Of livelihood
and have refused to be bluffed by
dislcyal subscribers or advertisers
Even in communities where the larg-
est numbers Of German sympathiz-
ers are found and consequently the
local publisher is largely dependent
upon them for the existence of his
paper, he has risked the destruc-
ton Of his business through loss of
this support and has done all in his
power to further the cause of true
patriotism and eradicate disloyalty.
The patriotic support given by the
local newspapers to every war prof.
ect has been one of the most impor-
tant factors in their success. The
liberal space given to every worthy
cause costs the publisher real money
and in giving his space he is giving
of his stock in trade in just the
same way that farmer might con-
tribute a hog or ten bushels of corn
to the Red Cross or other funds"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-10

PROVED SPIRIT
OF DEMOCRACY.
Voluntary Basis Of Food Saving
Showed Heart of America
Beat True for Freedom.

To the voluntary service and sacri-
fee Of the American people must be
attributed the continued health,
strength and morale OF the Allied ar
Qaies and the civil populace.
Upon this spirit Of service and sac
rtfes will depend Europe's fate in the
4nonths TO come. In the past year we
have carried out an expert program,
the magnitude Of which La almost be-
yond comprehension. But with the
new demands that have come, with
the liberation Of nations freed from
German oppression, our exports must
be almost doubled Instead Of IL go
600 tons, we must ship twenty million
tons of food to Europe in the coming
year-as much as can be pushed
through our ports.
III the Allies had not been fed BY
America, It would have been inpos'
sfble for them to maintain their de-
Tense against Germany.
Meeting this world need on a purely
voluntary basis, the American people
have cenclusively proved that denoc-
Yacy Ia a SUCCESS ana that In time OF
need It will rise to Its own defense,
II there were no other accomplish.
xnsnt to its credit the very fact that II
has shown the strength Of democracy
has In itself more than justified the
existence Of the Food Administration
In the eyes Of the world.
Less than four months after the
United States declared war the United
States Food Administrator expressed
his determination to meet Americas
food problem on basis Of voluntary
aotioe and reiterated his confidence
That awakened democracy would prove
irresistible.
a.Many thinking Americans" said
Mr.. Hoover, land the whole world
have been watching anxieusly the last
four months in the fear that demo-
cratic America could not organize to
meet autsoratic Germany. Germany
has been confident that it could NOT DO
done. Contrary proof Is Immediately
at our door, and our people have al
ready demonstrated their ability to
mebilize, organize, endure and prepare
voluntarily and efficiently In many d..
rsctions and upon the mere word Of
&naDtrstien aside from the remarkable
sssemblage Of eur Army and Anances."
The history Of the Food Administra-
ton has clearly shown that the trust
OF those who put their faith In deaoc-
sacy has not been misplaced.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-10
Nov. 2, 1918
Dear Mother:

Dear Mother:
Have written a line to Dewey and
now will add line to you.Even tho
I haven't written very often I have
thought very very often Of you and
those good biscuits you make.
haven't had hot biscuit for so long
that to taste one would be real won
derful; any way it wont be so long
before I will once again have the
chance. When Uncle Sam first came
over it was dark prospect of ever
having peace, but in less than four
months the Yanks began their play
and at once the offensive was the
result leading from victory to victory
She has reached to almost decisive
victory. Old Glory shall not suffer
defeat! I am very well and over
coming the stiffness which I con-
tracted while at the front. By de-
grees l have travelled nearly all over
the eastern part of France, begin
ming in the north at Calais andup to
present at Lyon and others can
name. I hope to visit Tours once.
Do you remember Wills chumm-
ed with at school? He is there. I
saw Ebert Gum a while back, the
hospital he is ASSIGNED in was she'll
ed while I saw and was speaking to
him.
With love, Your Son,
J. D. KRAMER
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-10
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LAND.

Pursuant to decree of the Circuit
Court of Highland county, Va, in
the cause of G. A. Robertson etc. vs..
w. T. Gwin and others, will on
Monday. January 7. 1919.
offer for sale at public auction that
tract of land in the Big Valley Of
said county adjoining the land of C.
E. Kelly and others containing 37a
acres more or less. There is a good
dwelling house on this land with all
necessary and convenient outbuild-
ings, fruit trees etc., and is desira-
bic home.
TERMS-Cash sufficient to pay
costs of suit and sale and the remain
der payable in three equal annual
instalments from the day of sale and
bearing interest therefrom for which
the purchaser will be required to ex-
ecute bonds payable to the court,
with personal surety to be approved
by him, and the title will be retain
ed as ultimate security.
EDWIN B. JONES, Conn.
I, w. H. Matheny, Clerk of the Cir
cult Court of Highland county, here
by certify that the commissioner has
executed the bond required of him
by the decree mentioned
W, M, Matheny, Clerk
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-10
IN MEMORIAM

In memory Of my beloved cousin,
Grace Hoover, the wife of William
Hoover. She was born May 10,
1894, and was married June %,
1914, departing this life, at her
home in Allegheny Mountain, Oct.
Is, 1918. She was the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jeff Rexrode, of High
land Co.
Grace leaves to mourn her death,
her husband, one small child, father
and mother, one sister and five bro
theirs. She was a woman OF noble
character, a good neighbor, a loving
wife, a devoted mother and sister.
Weknow she has gone to another
home to meet her two sisters and
one brother. To a home where
there will b no more sorrow or pain
nothing but eternal happiness.
A short service was held by Rev.
Lindamod at Central church, in Crab
bottom, Saturday at IL o'clock, Oct.
10, 1918. Her body was laid to
rest in the Winner cemetery,
A Cousin.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-10

Our attention has been called 10
an anomalous food situation mere II
home by a farmer, who was non
nlussed. and seemed to think that
Mr.. Hoover might have to be calleo
in to solve the problem. The farmer
said he had a big crop of buckwhea'
which the miller refused to buy be-
cause it was so high tt" people
couldn't afford to eat it; tat *
couldn't eat it all himself, couldn
afford to feed it to stock, and-toerl
YOU are: Right here in Eighl%nd-tht
home of the buckwheat cake ane
fountain head of maple syrup! Ihl'
is one year when Highlanders VII
have to make wheat -four the SUD
stitute.