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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-09-12
France, Aug. 12, 1918


As today is a very nice day and !
have nothing to do will write few
lines. Everybody is enjoying life
fine now, as the Germans are still re.
treating. The boys over here say ii
il is heaven, hell or Hoboken by
Christmas. 1t will be for some OF
them but not for all of them, for all
can't get'there by that time, don't
think.
What is the matter with "Rookie'
that he don't write any more. He
must have got that furlough. We
don't get anything like that over
here. One day there is an order
that we can take a ten days leave,
next day there is an order that there
be no leaves granted on account OF
railroads. They have got some fine
roads here but nothing but dummy
trains on them. If the French were
to see an American train it would
scare them to death.
The French say that the Ameri
cans are the biggest fighting fools
they ever saw. They don't care for
anything. A German was just fix
ing to run his bayonet into French
man when an American walked up
and put his gun against the Germans
head and blew it off. Good for him.
They say that they believe the
Yanks would walk right into Berlin
and take it, just for fun.
Here is what one artilleryman
said: "Move up? I've travelled
half way round the world, 1t seems
to me. I've counted at least two
dozen times in the last ak days
when | was all set and ready, only
to hear each time that the doughboy
had once more run the Boche back
out of range, so here am all dressed
and nobody to kill. Why l could
blow up a whole regiment of Huns
if they would only let me shoot. If
it keeps on this way much longer,
III have my guns proped outside of
Berlin without d shot fred"
JOE +. THOMAS.
Co ID, Goth Eng, End Bat. A.EF.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-09-12
TWO LETTERS FROM
MARION SOLDIER BOY
France. Aug. IL, 1918.

France, Aug. ii, 1918
Editor News:
As am not on duty today
thought | would write few lines to
the News.
Everything is nice here now, es-
pecially the weather.
Old Fritz asked the allies not to
lombard certain town on the 30th
because of a church festival there.
Then he went on and bombarded
Paris on the same day. That shows
how much he believes in God and
shows also what kind of devil he
is. He'll is too good for man like
the Kaiser. | read dream the 9TH
er day. The Kaiser had said that
he dreamed that he died and went
up to the gate of heaven and knock
ed They would not let him in, but
told him to go to hell where he be-
longed. He went down there and
the devil met him at the door and
gave him some sand, sulphur and
matches and said: "Bill, Pm sorry
for you. but | can't let you in. This
is too decent a place for you. Go
and start up a hell for yourself"
He turned away and said: 81 al
ways knew that | could not get into
heaven, but never thought | would
get kicked out of hell"
l was talking toitwo of the boys
last night and one of them said he
would like to be back home now.
The other said he would give ten
years of his life just to be back in
the states now.
A certain fellow was asked the
other day TO play the part OF the
Kaiser IN show. He said: "That
is too dirty job for decent devil
to play"
Everybody celebrated Memorial
day here Thursday, and everybody
wrote home to mother on Mothers
Day.
| could tell you something about
the war, but it would be cut out of
my letter, so there is no use of writ
ing anything. | am not allowed to
tell the truth about the war, and |
will not tell lie about it.
All of the boys have got them
girl here, a detail as they call them.
The rdeleted by censor is full of
girls now You dou't have. to hunt
for girl here. They come to the
camp and hunt you up.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-09-12
MEN WANTED

By the Chattanooga Rail
way & Light Co. for con
ductors and motormen, be-
tween ages of IS and As.
Good wages, steady work.
Apply in person or address
H. A. LAUTER, Supt. of
Transportation, $40 Mark
ct ST., Chattanooga, Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-09-12

NOTICE-The Semi weekly ST
Louis Globe Democrat and the Sc
qnatchie Valley News, one year each,
81 rs for both papers, 1856 papers.
Can you beat it? Order from News,
Sequatchie, Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-09-12

FOR SALE-Envelopes with your
name and address, postpaid, 100
for soc, News, Sequachee, Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-09-12
Non Resident Notice.
n the Circuit Court of Marion coun.

In the SlfCulG SUuIb VI Ncuh
ty, Tenn.
Sam Reed
vs..
Lizzie Reed
happening from the allegations in
the plaintiffs Aetition, that the de-
PENDANT, Lizzie Reed, is non resi-
dent of the State % Tennessee, it is
therefore ordered that publication be
M ade for four consecutive weeks in tue
Sequachae Valley Jaws. newspaper
published at Sequach' e, Tenn, notify
ing said defendant to appear at the
October Term of Circuit Court, to be
held in the courthouse at Jasper, Tenn,
ON First Monday of October next, to
make defense to said petition or the
same will be taken for confessed and set
for hearing ex parte as to her.
This Sept. y, 1918,
8. s. TATE,
Circuit Court Clerk.
Printers Fee, $3.50
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-09-12

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE
SO inch Crescent Band Saw Rig
with four saws.
l Saw Mill Husk (arge)
Saw Mill Carriage.
l Steam Engine, about 10 h. p.
l Edger Stand with Carriage and
Iron Brackets for Carriage Track.
F. What have you to offer?
Address: L. w. HOLCOMBE,
Monteagle, Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-09-12

CEMENT--For that repair job, any
quantity. At News office.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-20
WANTED A STEADY JOB.

George Ccheriner of Lamar tells
this one: A man struck farmer
for a steady job. The farmer said
very well, he'd sure give him one, all
right. They worked all day and
then all night. They worked all the
next day, and kept at it until IL
o'clock the next night. Then the
farmer said he guessed they'd knock
of and 60 to bed. At two o'clock he
called his hand and told him to get
up and they'd go back to work. The
hand came downstairs carrying his
grip. The farmer saw it and said !:
whats the matter? Amt going to
leave, are you" "Yep," said the
hand, I'm gonna quit. You prom
ised you'd give me . steady job, and
here you've let me lose two hours. -.
Kansas City Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-20
NOTICE FOR BIDS.

Notice is hereby given that
sealed bids will be received by
the City Council of the City of
laying of pipe for the proposed
Ely, for. the excavation and
sanitary sewer, benefitting
lots in blocks 1a& 2 of Wal
banks Addition and connect
ing with the sanitary sewer
at the intersection of Camp
STREET and Third Ave. West,
work to be done according to
plans and specifications on file
at the office of the City Clerk,
of the City of Ely, Mimi.
Bids to be opened at 8 O.
clock Sept. oath.
All bids to be addressed to
the City Clerk of the City of
Ely and marked IBID for San
itary Sewer"
A certified check or bond
for the amount of 10 per cent.
of the full contract price to &C
company each bid.
The Council reserve the
right to reject any or all bids.
l. Visited, Jr.,
City Clerk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-20

How the mighty have fallen
Eugene V. Debs, erstwhile candi-
date for president of the United
States and idol of those who con-
tinually pate of "plutocracy and
proletariatism" in this free (all
too free) country, now languishes
in the prison at Moundsville, w.
Va. for 10 years on each Of three
counts, the terms to run concur
rently. This will put Mr.. .Debs
out Of circulation for thirty years.
Haywood, Debs, and a hundred
others are now behind the bars.
Next few of the faithful in and
around Ely and the range towns
should be taken care Of.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-20

tainly treason. And treason
should not go unrewarded as it
deserves. Any man who works
the breeching instead of the col
lar these days invites trouble.
President Wilson has asked us to
restrain from reprisal on these
whelps, but there are times we
are sure when the President
would excuse us, knowing our
aggravations. Just why any man
in America can act Like these
brutes have acted and are acting,
is beyond us. With the best old
country, outdoors today to live In,
they seem hell-bent to tear 1t
down and to destroy it, If they
had something better to offer IN
stead, they might interest he bal
ance of us to help them. Small
wonder that at times we let the
old gun 90 off in the right direc-
ton and one less red fagger
shows up at the next meeting OF
the gang.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-20

James A. Peterson, convicted
under the espionage act and SEM
fenced to four years in prison,
has appealed his case to the
United States supreme court.
Peterson is candidate for U. S.
Senator in opposition to Senator
Knute Nelson. In the next four
years he will probably have time
to map out an aggressive cam
paign for the next election, along
with Bentall and others, as it is a
foregone conclusion that the Min
nesota voter is not dippy enough
to elect him to- any position of
trust in the face of his attitude
towards the United States gov
eminent. AS a perpetual candi-
date for something or other, Pc
terson has been most effectively
removed. A man who throws
away his vote for a jail bird
should be compelled to associate
with his candidate for the coming
four years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-20

And so the strike of last week
failed to materialize. Perhaps it
was the thought of the cold, hard
point of the Home Guards bayo-
nets and the absence of Hay
wood, ct al which prevented the
strike. Perhaps the thought of
Little had something to do with
the proposed traitorous act
which stayed the fool act. There
were strike bills scattered in Ely,
but no one responded. Had the
one who scattered them been
caught in the act perhaps our To-
cal white way might have been
decorated with a worthless car
cass culled from the corrupt
ranks Of the I. w. w. gang. To
strike for any cause now is GER
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-20
COVERED DEAD RUNKiE.

Private Peat relates in the Ameri-
can Magazine how, one day when he
was lying on the stretcher, after the
first gas attack at Ypres. poor, mis-
cradle soldier came in. He was COW
cred with mud and blood. He was
minus his overcoat and his tunic was
torn by shrapnel. He was soaked to
the bone, for it was raining, and he
was shivering with cold and pain.
The nurse hurried to him and asked
him what had become of his over
coat.
"Oh," he said his teeth chattering,
"my pal was killed back there, and
he looked SO cold, lying there in the
rain, I took off my coat and put it
over him."
eff the men in the trenches, with
their dirt and their filth, their
swearing and fighting, can show such
tenderness and unselfshAess and sac
rifce, I don't believe you here at
home are going to fail below them in
nobility of spirit" says Private Peat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-20

"A fellow named Peter Schaefer
of st. Peter has been fined and
forced to give up 225 pounds of
sugar found in his home. Where
he secured the name or the sugar
is a mystery to us. All the real
Schaefers we have come in con
tact with are not of that kind.
He probably was named some
thing else in his younger days
but found the Schaefer name so
alluring and respectable he an
nexed it in order to be able to
associate with real people. Come
to think of it, there was a breed
Of Schaefers raised in or around
Milwaukee fifty years ago who
are all followers of the red flag,
raise Bolshevik whiskers and be-
lieve in "Me unit Gott". Some of
this tribe escaped into Minnesota
and are even in some cases hold
ing public office. History fails to
prove what their original name
was before they grabbed off the
Schaefer cognomen. They are
not of our kind.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-20

The Ely Miner this week
prints as an item of news some
thing that will be of startling
interest to every reader. 1t is
in shape of a cut made from a
Photographic reproduction of
a letter written by Arthur Lee
Suer, secretary of the Non-Par-
tisan League, to w. D. Hay
wood, the convicted chief of
I. w. WIS.
This letter was identified by
Haywood as absolutely gen.
uine during the trial in Chi
cago and was used as DAM
aging evidence by the prosecu-
ton.
The letter completely estab-
fishes LeSeur's connection with
the higher ups" in the I. w.
w. councils and indicates that
He is in complete sympathy
with /. w. w. methods.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-20
WHAT To SAVE, WHAT TO EAT,
TO BACK OUR BOYS AT FRONT
NATIONAL FOOD PROGRAM FOR The COMING YEAR CALLS ON
EVERY AMERICAN AT HOME TO AID MEN IN
BATTLE THREE TIMES A DAY

With
minisaon Federal Administration
national will
unlike that followed
The suggestions adaptable the
nothing should allowed
Wilson
million
fuel giving
harder
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-20

1t must take lot Of viscera for
q man to live in America for ten
years as a foreigner. One year
is too long without taking out
his first papers. When he lands
at Castle Garden the thought of
citizenship should be suggested to
him. A man of this kind practi-
cally says that he is willing to be-
come a slave of any country that
sees fit to annex him. Any man
in any community should have a
pride in his old home town
enough so that he has an inter
est in it's public affairs. He
should want to vote. He should
want to fight in any manner for
the protection of his home and
family. He should not be al
lowed to become a cream separa-
tor. He should be made to help
provide that cream and to stand
by the test of it. A man without
a country is deadhead. He is
the hole in a .doughnut. When
the pinch comes he is not there.
He is as valuable as a brass band
in a deaf and dumb asylum. He
practically says to us who are
citizens, "to hell with your coun-
try. You carry the gun and I'll
take over your job while you are
gone to fight to save my home
for me. He is leech on our
resources. He never is a leader.
He never makes job but lets
others provide employment for
him. He is a man without a
country and naturally the coun
try he is in has no time for him.
But never mind now until this
war is won and then there is to be
an inquiry committee for him to
60 up against and unless he
comes across, he will go across.
1t would seem that any man
would be more than willing to be-
come a part of America. He
knows in his heart that it is the
best old country in the world,
else why is he here and sending
his earnings across to feed some.
one over there who cannot get
across where they can live like
white men. They should be
ashamed to be here unless they be-
come a part of us and with us for
a still better America.
Surely the wages of today
ought to in few days provide
them with passage money enough
to get tn out of here if they dc
not like us well enough to qualify
as citizens. e.
just why are they holding ou'
against us?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-20

Peace, peace, says the Butcher
of Berlin. All the peace he will
ever see will be pieces. And by
the way he is the only one talk
ing peace. Perhaps he has at last
seen the handwriting and has de-
cided to hedge. After this war
Germany should be fenced and
Germany's people made to stay
within the fence. What does any
country want to do business with
a people whose national honor is
looked at as scrap of paper?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-20


Save Sugar: Two pounds per
person for table and cooking is the
limit If the fighting forces are to
be fully supplied, and the Allies are
to receive their minimum require
ments. Danish the sugar bowl. Re-
member, however, that an addition
al allotment Of sugar is available
for home canning. Waste of fruits
must be prevented.
Save Beef: Strong meat" for
fighters. Ask your butcher for
trimmings, hearts, tongues, livers;
ask for cuts from small beeves.
Our pork supply permits econom-
ical expansion in its use, to relieve
pressure on beef
Save Wheat: The harvest is
large. but so is the need. Only per-
sistent economy will build up the
reserves that military necessity
demands. Wheat saved from last
harvest maintained the Allied
strength and must do so again.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-20

ton. To many, the fall is the
pleasantest Of the year as then
the solid green monotony of land
scape is variegated with all the
colors of the rainbow. To many
it is the saddest of the year, as it
denotes that the summer is gone
and that months of clear, cold,
snow white days are in the near
offing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-20

It's the shots that hit that
count.
Reports from the battle front
state that our boys use their
sights on their guns and that the
dead Huns resulting are hit either
in the head or the heart. O, well,
they asked for it, now give it to
them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-20

Reasonable Fixed
has informed
taon OF the cost of handling
and will be considered violation rule covering
lcense
of butter allowed tn folowing
incurred cold storage butter
butter
in cold ton
Of cub
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-20

Fall is upon us and just now
the woods are taking on the au-
tumn tints which makes us all
wish that we could take brush
and perpetuate them upon can
vas. Jack Frost, that wonderful
artist, has touched, the leaves
with his brush and a gorge of
colors in every variety of grada-
ton stand out for our admira-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-20

Use Fruits. Dry or can all sur
plus. Be economical in the use of
sugar, but remember that special
provision has been made to supply
the necessary amount for home
canning. Raisins, dates, figs and
other dried fruits contain much
sugar. Use these, and honey, maple
products or syrups. Boil down juice
from wind-fall apples to sweeten
canned fruits.
Use Vegetables: Make fullest
USE of local vegetables, thus con-
serving not only meat and wheat,
but labor and transportation. Don't
use canned goods now while fresh
are available.
Use Milk: Children should al.
ways have plenty of milk. Use cot
tage cheese and buttermilk freely.
Use Fish: Supplies are being In
creased and new species popular
lied. Eat this nutritious, but per-
ishable, food several times week
and let the non-perishables go
abroad.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-04-11

Building-up for the Spring Attack at
the Front is a good deal like putting
the body in condition for an invasion
pf n germs of grip, pneumonia or
Spring fever" here at home.
At this time of the year most people
suffer from a condition often called
Spring Fever. They feel tired. worn
out, before the day is half thru. They
may have frequent headaches and
sometimes "pimply" or pale skin and
White lips. The reason for this is that
during the wintertime, shut up with
IN doors. eating too much meat and
too little green vegetables, one heaps
fuel into the system which is not burned
up and the clinkers remain to poison
the system-a clogging up of the circu.
lation-with inactive liver and kidneys.
Time to put your house in order.
For IN invigorating tonic which will
clarity the blood. put new life in the
body, sparkle to the eyes, and a
wholesome skin, nothing does so well
as a glyceric herb extract made from
Golden Seal root, Blood and Stone
root, Oregon grape root and Wild
Cherry bark. This can be had in con-
venient, ready-to-use tablet form at all
drug stores, sixty cents, and has been
sold for the past fifty years as DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. By
reason of the nerves feeding on the
blood, when the blood is pure the
nerves feel the effect, and neuralgia or
other. nerve pains disappear because
such pain is the cry of the starved
nerves for food. When suffering from
b%ackache, frequent or scanty urine,
rheumatic pains here or there, or that
constant tired feeling, the simple way
to overcome these disorders is merely
to obtain DR.. Pierce's Anuric from
your druggist. In tablets. sixty cents.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-04-11
WITH VOICE OF EXPERIENCE
Possibly Mamma Spoke Of What She
Understood to Be General Habit
of Married Men.

The two girls were walking along a
suburban avenue, talking about their
best young men, Of course. At least,
n Of them was.
Charley was up to see me last
night" she said.
That's twice in a week, isn't it," in
CURED the other.
YES" and she blushed and giggled.
II suppose he'll come three times in
the next week."
Il suppose So"
"And four times the next?"
THAT'S what brother says"
"And five times the next?"
THAT'S what sister says"
"And six times the next?"
That's what auntie says"
"And seven times the next"
That's what papa says"
"That's about all he can do; what
them"
"Then We'll get married; that's what
everybody says"
"And then what?"
"Then I won't see him any more of
an evening; that's what mamma says"
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-04-11
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

Has been used for all ailments that
are caused by a disordered stomach
and inactive liver, such as sick head
ache, constipation, sour stomach,
nervous indigestion, fermentation of
food, palpitation of the heart caused by
gases In the stomach. August Flower
is a gentle laxative, regulates digestion
both in stomach and intestines, cleans
and sweetens the stomach and alimen-
tary canal, stimulates the liver to Sc
crete the bile and impurities from the
blood. Sold in all civilized countries.
Give it a trial.-Adv.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-04-11
Gets Bio Wolf,

j. w. Fountain, n rancher of the Nc
Kenzie Valley, living ear Walterville.
Ore, recently brought to Eugene the
pelt Of a huge black wolf trapped by
him.
He caught it in two traps, set close
to each other, and the animal had both
broken and would have escaped soon
had Mr.. Fountain not arrived when he
did. There are several of these ami
mails in that vicinity, and the ranchers
have been losing cattle and sheep as a
result of their depredations.
This wolf was one of the largest
ever seen in this county, measuring
Over eight feet from tip to tip.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-04-11
War and the Weather.

The Almighty makes the weather,
not man, and if the weather doesn't
suit us, we have to wait. The farm
er knows what a days rain will do in
the way Of upsetting plans. One can't
pillow in the mud and a cutting of hay
or wheat may be damaged or ruined
by one nights downpour.
The wal department, too, is up
against the weather in France. Three
inches rainfall may make the country
impossible for half a million men and
horses and motortrucks and ruin the
chances Of victory or bring defeat.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-04-11
Full of Emotion.

Little Elsie had been told by her
mother that a dog wags his tail to
show that he is pleased, while a cat
switches his tail when he is angry. A
few days later Elsie discovered her
favorite pussy purring c%ontentedly be-
fore the open fire while her tail
swayed luNuriously back and forth
over the. rug behind her. The little girl,
her eyes wide with wonder, ran to her
mother.
ooh, mamma" she cried, II don't
see how Silver Belle can be so glad at
one end and mad at the other at the
same time!"