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The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-11-29

STRAYEn-Ope a.yssr Old rsd
qteer, TOO split. ia rish, ssr. one /.
year old red ssess- s%me nass- Lab.
srsi reward isa intormaiioa AZ %
th&ir shreaossss. -Enwy Tidsell,
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The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-11-29

FOR SALE--S5 acre farm, )
room hoase. ahwee miles from osck.
kon. $50 ts,swn sas $50 . yvaf.
q. MARTIN. 2l8 ". 3tsA ~.
Il-2s New foek CIV.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-11-29

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ber Il. lals..~-i)esr t:hasl.. Just
though, would write ysu a iew
.hiuss ,hst ! hare lar sometime
wanted 10 write more IN the se-
coau, N The feeling IL might nsests
NJ home than ios feu n csnsosvhip.
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any means. Al frat thought ! would
aa write shtns until ! came
bone. have q real biz NJ thrilling
s.uif. Abort three times | hsys
se+n practically Itorn ons end 10 tbs
a,hss ~ tbs Westesa front. and
Over The Top" iar~e times. Have
he@s in q punch u chs Hind~pAesa
Line twlcs successfully sna sm ssiII
standing on too legs and eating
enough lcy two. Am nos In . ~.
captured Fvnch tasn. just csptaf.
I'd Eve dsyv ago. and sun living Hks
iolks 10 quarters i,xed by Germans
xho evidently hsd Eo insN6fion u
Leaving before Stvsng. Hui just
nos they ~. a,h rsisis isss ~ ihis
s~ctss. We oaly drove ti,Nsp MI.
teen nailss in three dare u y suoos
,,esins,
The heys have lots nf pistols;
mon.y NJ nsps tiaas. shd every
ssnd "a GestHsn iaGs fm soav~DisA.
viii s~nd you tss,msD b~im@t
ssnI. " | can 81 II through, Tell
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" II they viii Ut me. Pss~onsrs
scald rive ~ t,'s,f teeth II you
souId ass ii ~ thrm. They sss 20
glad to get captured.
Yaur brosh@s.
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The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-11-29

The following letter vac ~siitsn
by Il. V. Sch,aiitan 10 Mr.. e. X,
Wade. Of near cnmhssland FUN.
ACE. The is~snes in 4 brother VI
Mra Made.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-11-29
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The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-11-29
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-23

The motor has not released the
horse from war service. Being in
dispensable, it, too, must be pro-
tected.-Underwood & Underwood
Photo.)
to touch a gas mask, to make a
gas mask, to know that there is
something that has the proper
ties of life and death, to be it's
maker-that is infinite!
There is a psychology about
gas mask manufacture. AS you
pick one up, imagination
glimpses a khaki-clad figure
"out there with gas shell
bursting and gas wave advanc-
ing and a tremor runs through
you. Suppose his gas mask had
a leak?
Never fear. So long as women
make the gas masks there will
never be a leak.
When word went leaping
across the English channel, in
April of 1915, that the Hun had
flooded the British lines with an
insidious green cloud that sent
men "west" in commissions and
agony, British history wrote
into it's romantic pages more
than a new epoch in warfare
it chronicled the age of the
fighting woman. From that mo-
ment woman became a part Of
the Cline"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-23
Society Girls Are
WoTking for u. S.

But I was more interested in
the workers than I was in the
mask, for I had now seen the
masks being made, had actually
held one in my own hands
yes, [ had even slipped it over
my head and wished for a mir
ror to see whether my "boss'
would have recognized me if I
had walked up to the city desk
at that moment.
"But where did you get all
OF these young women?" I
asked the foreman, as [ gazed
down row after row, now and
then hesitating to study a face
that did not seem to be one of
an accustomed worker.
"They come from all walks
of life,'' said the foreman.
"That one, - he continued,
pointing to a young woman,
"had her name in society col
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-23
All in Boomers
the Practical Dress

While was standing in the aisle
watching these busy Goodrich girls
a gong sounded and they bounced
to their feet simultaneously, march
ing just as the Sammies march, to
their lunch.
The foreman and myself fol-
lowed them into the company's big
cafeteria and sat down to a table
with several Of these work girls.
almost forgot to mention that
they were all dressed alike. So
ciety girls, work girls, all of them
wearing the khaki-colored bloomer
suits. They told me that the suits
were more comfortable than dress
es and that they didn't mind the
Clocks"
AS the girls went back to their
work and the foreman and myself
sat alone at the table, I thought it
would be a good opportunity to
learn how well Uncle Sam is
equipped to furnish the raw mate
rails for gas masks.
"See that big, new-looking build
ing across the court" he said,
pointing to a fve-story structure.
'The company finished that build
ing about a year ago." he contin-
ued, "using the first floor as a mod
efn garage for our large fleet of
trucks and employees cars. Sud-
denly, one morning the word came
to clear out all automobiles and
trucks and, before night, this same
floor was crowded with huge rolls
Of fabric and other raw materials
for war products, and these piles
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-23

umns of our local newspapers
almost every day until she came
here. She's only 20 and, since
/ see that you wonder what
brought her here, I'll tell you
and the same story applies to
hundreds Of others. Less thar
two months ago she marched
down to the train with him, foz
he was going to the canton.
ment.
"What could she do to help
bring him back? She had been
a busy Red Cross worker max
ing bandages and other hospital
needs. She had the vision Ct
that work. But there were =
dreds Of other girls and VI
who could do that. why
couldn't she do something that
would reach him before he
needed the Red Cross band
age?
"Why couldn't she work in
a factory and help make some
Of the real sinews of war?
"She determined that she
could, so she came to us and we
put her at the job she is now
working on. She doesn It want
advancement. Many times I
have tried to get her to accept
place as supervisor over a
dozen of her fellow workers,
but her reply always is, Il
would rather do this for it
keeps my hands and my mind
busy and I feel that I am really
doing something to help win
this war; And this seems to be
the feeling Of most Of the
workers.
"Meester, look!''
A dark, glistening face was
turned to me and from an up
raised hand, very cOarse-the
hand Of a woman to whom life
had given a heritage Of work
the hand of a woman whom you
are most apt to meet securing
the halls Of an office building in
the evening, or busting off some
mans desk-dangled a COM
pleted mask.
"My boy Johnnie fight. I
make thees for heem.' There
was a touch of exultation in her
voice-that touch of pride that
goes with motherhood when she
makes anything Especial" for
her boy.
War plays funny pranks
maybe that mask would reach
John. The girl or woman who
makes masks in the Goodrich
plant takes particular pride in
her enlistment. Applications for
employment in this highly i'm
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-23
First Big Order Turned
Out in Ten Days

A prominent Goodrich official
told me he attended a conference
in Washington, shortly after Amer
lea entered the war, at which army
and navy heads discussed gas
mask manufacture on a large scale.
Scarcely two weeks later, he said,
a government official visited the
Goodrich factory and brought with
him a sample mask of which the
government required $4,000 in ten
days.
"And you can bet that the gov
eminent had these masks within
ten days, although we had never
made one BEFORE" said the Off
cial. cit is gratifying to us to
feel that the government believed
that we were capable of this great
emergency"
1t is also a matter of interest
to note that Goodrich made the
first gas mask for Uncle Sam in
the present war.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-23

about the walls telling, in their ST.
lent manner, of the sacrifices that
are being made at the work tables
beneath them. No, there are no
slackers among these girls. At the
top of each list is this inscription:
"This is 100 per cent Third Lib
erty Bond Department" and before
many more months roll by, these
will be replaced with Fourth Lib
erty Bond Honor Rolls Of the 100
per cent kind. And the women and
girls are doing it.
Before leaving the factory, I
learned that the company had re-
ceived orders for gas masks reach
ing a total of 100000 and, in adj
dition to this, orders for small
parts in quantities from 100000 to
100000. And this is only one
Of the big factories making gas
masks.
At the present rate of produc-
ton this factory is building 5000
to 1000 per day, and I am told
that it is possible to turn out 5000
per day.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-23

Set for q Hun onslaught. French
and American forces in Picardy
waiting for a gas wave to pass, the
ternational News Photo.)
has been modelled after a
sample mask which had been
received from Pershing's head
quarters two days before. It
was designed to successfully
combat the newest gas the Huns
are using.
I should tell you first Of all
that a gas mask is not easy to
make, but that I found the sys-
tenn Of building them in this one
factory to have reached a state
Of speed and efficiency that
would outrival the so-called
German efficiency. Our Ameri-
can girls are better and more
thorough workers. These are,
at least.
The woven fabric, from which
the masks are made, passes
through three distinct and i'm
portant operations before it
reaches the big machines which
perfectly cut it into the Is diff
ferent designs and pieces,
But perhaps, thus far, the
most important operation was
the rubberizing Of the fabric.
This fortifes the fabric so that
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-23
Many Operations
Needed for Safety

| From the cutting or stamp.
ing machines, thousands Of each
individual piece are loaded
upon small electric driven
trucks and their trailers and
these pass down the aisles
among the girl workers, dis
tributing great quantities of
each piece to the groups which
use them in assembling the
masks.
For instance, in the very be-
ginning, the girls who begin the
assembly of the masks are
given two pieces which have
been cut and marked so that
errors are almost impossible.
These are assembled with rub
Der cement. The mask then
passes rapidly to the next group
where another part is added.
Inspection between operations
safeguard against the POSSIBLE
ity of any defective masks
reaching the Sammies in
France.
After seeing all this, the re-
naming operations (for there
are 20 in all, in making a gas
mask) appeared to be nothing
unusual for I had become ac-
customed to seeing each detail
carefully and quickly carried
out.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-23
All Goes Back
to Uncle Sam

But these patriotic young women
are doing more than working for
Uncle Sam. They are saving for
him and loaning their money ia
help win the war. Great, long
Liberty Bond Honor Rolls hang
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-23

it will resist the Huns gas. You
would readily think so if you
saw the huge steel rolls forcing
the almost liquid rubber into
the pores of the fabric.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-23

portant branch of the service
come from all parts of the
country. Women are willing to
give up the comforts of their
front porch for a place in this
field. Knitting needles and
socks become prosaic things
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-23
BY r. n. T.

. @ III AN4 1LCLc 10 see HOW Tie
Z gas masks for the Amer
lean army are being
made" I said to the doorman
as I entered The B. T. Goodrich
Rubber Co. factory, at Akron,
Ohio. "But-" he began, and
before he had gone further, I
had supplied him with my Gre
dentials and in a few moments
a guide appeared.
The doorman was evidently
accustomed to greeting people
who wanted to see what I had
come to see, for, as we dis
appeared down the long cor
ridor [ could feel him looking
doubtfully after me, even tho
the "big chiefs" upstairs had
.. KID my presence.
l soon learned that my guide
knew little or nothing about
gas masks, except that he did
know where they were made.
AS we entered one of the long
rooms on a high floor Of one Of
the factory buildings, the fore
man accepted my passport"
with a hearty hand-clasp and a
smile.
cit is good to be able to talk
to someone about what we are
doing here" he said, "for it is
very seldom that visitors are
admitted. You see, we are kept
very busy, and shall have to
hurry through he continued
in an apologize tone.
The moment I had entered
the room I detected the clean,
fresh odor of the khaki-colored
rubberized fabric and the hun
dreds Of cement pots which
stood at attention before the
workers. The hum of the big
stitching machines reminded me
Of a huge clock that was tick
ing at the rate of a thousand
seconds a minute.
"Here is one that has just
passed the final inspection,'' the
foreman advised, holding up
one Of the finished masks. cit
is the very latest model
Masks Change Often
Just Like Fashions
"But aren't they all alike9"
1 inquired.
emo, these are quite different
= from the first ones which we
made,' he continued.
I soon learned that General
Pershing, on the outskirts of
Paris, is the real dictator of the
type Of the Sammies' gas head
gear. The one I was holding
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-23

Thousands of Women
Who Never Worked
Before Are Toiling i'm
Akron Factory MakinG
Gas TASKS for Sam
mics.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-08-29

destroys the maiariaI germs which are transmitted
to the blood BY the Malaria Mosquito Price eocL
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-08-29
Success of Americas War Opera
tions Actually Imperiled by
Deficiency in Labor
Supply

Il decidedly critical-a almost
desperate situation exists in
regard to the labor supply.
Advices from Washington are
that the present shortage of
common labor in Essential War
Industries amounts to ONE MIL
LION MEN.
AS result of this condition
vitally important war-work is
being retarded all over the
country.
The Midvale Steel Plant at
Coatesville, Pa, manufacturing
munitions for our Army, has
been forced to close down part
of the plant for lack of labor.
Unless 5000 laborers are i'm
mediately forthcoming, construc-
ton work on the vitally import
ant Picric Acid Plant at Bruins
wick, Ga, will cease.
Part of the construction work
at Muscle Shoals, Ala, Though
not the Air Nitrates plant
proper has been ordered discon-
tinued for the time being.
y A similar condition prevails
with other Essential War In
dustries. All this because of
a lack of labor while many men,
rich and poor, white and black,
are still idling and loafing; and
thousands of others are frittering
away their time in non-essential
work.
The condition is a shameful
one for the American people to
face. 1t must be changed I'M
mediately.
Unless we speed up the work
of production in this country,
the American army in France.
whose glorious achievements
have thrilled the Nation, will
face the coming winter with in
sufficient supplies; our progress
toward victory over the hun re-
tarded, and eventually wide
spread want will confront our
people.
Labor slackers cannot ease
their consciences by purchasing
Liberty Bonds and War Savings
Stamps at a per cent interest!
-Depaftment of Labor u. S.
Employment Service.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-08-29
Cruelty to Animals
Mr.. Editor:

Mr.. Editor:
Has Mississippi a law for the
prevention of cruelty to animals? +?
If not, why not?
don't propose to get into a
newspaper controversy, but
would like to ask the question
for the benefit of the poor horses
and mules that are being in
humanity treated right on the
public highway. Worked to
wagons with sores on their necks
and shoulders as large as a tea
cup, whipped along with a wire
whip or lash; some of them per-
haps with just a piece of a collar
on and in some instances a wire
bride. Some of them driven to
the limit Of their speed with
loads.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-08-29
General Pershing Says 900 Men
Plus Y Equal 1000

To the offices of the. National
War Work Council of the Y, M
.. A. their came in May an en-
Iirely unsolicited letter from the
Headquarters Of General Perish
ng. Contained in it were these
quotations:
"Give us nine men and the
K. M. G. A., and we will have a
more effective fighting force
han as though we had ten men
without the Y. M. G. A."
If their estimate is correct
md headquarters surely ough
10 know then the Y. M. c. A.
S at this moment adding 10 per
.ent 1000 men to the fight
hg power of our armies in
Trance.
Lieut.. Colonel E. S. Wheeler,
IN letter to General Pershing,
said:
"There is no one factor con-
ributing more to the morale of
he American army in France
than the Y. M. C. A. The value
pf this organization cannot be
over estimated. When come
to the Y. M. G. A. huts and see
Dur men night after night and
.pne day after another in their
spare moments enjoying the
privileges created by a corps Of
self-sacrificing Red Triangle
workers. / know that they are
better men and better fighters
for so doing. Give me nine
hundred men who have a Y. M.
C. A. rather than one thousand
who have none, and will have
better fighters every time"
General Pershing directed that
Colonel Wheeler's letter be sent
to the Y. M. c. A. officials, and
himself added this comment:
"The conclusions and opinions
Iof Lieut.. Colonel Wheeler are
Iconcurred in by these head
quarters"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-08-29
Shower to be Given at Presbyter.
ian Church

The Missionary Society of the
Presbyterian church will give a
shower for the benefit of the
French Camp School during the
first week in September.
The ladies hope to be able to
give an entire set of dishes for
the dining room Of the girls
dormitory. This building was
recently destroyed by fire and
everything lost. Unless friends
come to the rescue, it will be i'm
possible to open the school in
September.
Come to the shower and do
nate something to this worthy
cause. Any piece of good, SUBJ
stantial china will be greatly ap-
preciated.
The shower will be held at the
Presbyterian church; exact date
to be announced later. There
will be refreshments and a
musical program.
Mrs. Rutledge,
Secretary.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-08-29

~. to-wit:
Fractional part Of Lot No. 1888.
Block 48 according to the TIL survey
of the City Of Okolopa. County Of
Chickasaw, State Of Mississippi. TO-
gether with all the appurlenances
thereto belonging, and more psriicu,
larly described as follows: --!}eqin,
ming at a point east on Whee er Street
$50 feet from School Street. ruaoipe
thence East l733 feet, thcp.., Noah.
290 leet. thence West l135 Ieet.
thence South 290 feet 10 The poiAt If
beginning. said property oe;ng also
described as Lots 8 and 8 IL Block
IL according to the Randolph su-yey
and map of the City OF OkoIoaa
Mississippi.
The title to the above described
property is believed to be good. bat1
will convey only such title as is vested
in me as Trustee.
Witness my hand this August 2Gih.
1918.
q C. HOLLY Trustee
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-08-29
The Strong Withstand tire Heat of
Summer Better Than the Weak
Payne Field to Play Base Ball in
OkolOna Monday Afternoon

Monday afternoon, Sept. End,
Payne Field base ball team
will play team composed Okolo-
ma and two or three out of town
players. The game will start
promptly at $3.50. The Payne
Field players are coming up in
,airplanes, arriving about three
O'Clock Monday afternoon.
This game will be for the
benefit of the Payne Field Ath-
letic Association and as this is
the first chacce that the Flyers"
have had to make any money, a
big crowd is expected to turn
out, not only to see, the game,
but to help the Flyers
The team from the Field will
be in charge Of Lieut.. Arthur
Dufee, world champion sprinter.
Lieut.. Duffee is the man who
ran hundred yards in 93 5 and
this record has never been beat
en-. An effort is being made to
have Lieut.. Duffee do some
sprinting for US. 1t is expected
that he will race a local runner,
giving the local man about Is
yards handicap in a hundred
yard dash.
Admission: Men SOC, Women
and children 25c.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-08-29
TRUSTEES SALE

Whereas. on the End day of March,
1911. D. w. Turner and L. P. Turner
executed and delivered to G. w. Bean
certain trust deed conveying the
property hereinafter described to the
undersigned as Trustee. which trust
deed was executed to secure certain
indebtedness OF D. w. Turner and
l.. P, Turner to said G. w. Bean;
which trust deed is duly recorded in
Book 107 at Page 55 Of the records
Of Trust Deeds of Chickasaw County;
and whereas said Trust Deed has
been transferred OF record. and the
Indebtedness there secured duly as
signed toll. E. DeMovile; and de.
fault having been made in the pay
ment OF said Indebtedness, and the
undersigned Trustee having been re-
quested by The holder Of said indebt-
edness to execute said trust, Now.
therefore
!. c. c. Jolly. Trustee, will on
Monday. the 9Th day of October,
1918, within legal hours. in> front Of
the Court House door in the City cf
Okolona. offer for sale at public out
cry and sell to the highest bidder tor
cash, the following described proper
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-08-29
C. C. JOLLY. Trustee.

For Indigestion, Constipation o.
q BiIi0usneSS
Just try one 5O-cent bottle of LAX-FOS
WITH PEPSIN. A Liquid Digestive
Laxative pleasant to take. Made and
recommended to the public by Paris Medi-
cine Co., manufacturers ofLaxative Bromo
Quinine and Groves Tasteless chill Tonic.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-08-29
a.oy.n., Palot.

70 resaeYe paint from chairs ane
,'her painted articles. mix thoroughly
equal parts Of common baking soda
snd slaked lime. Moisten With ~ater
"a the consistency Of paint and apply,
gl,~n 10 remain On for several min
ates. ash o. &c paint will
,AGe 5.h IT, + old and hard.
e,c@ preparation. -laain on a little
rn.a err Good Housekeeping Magaztna
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-08-29
TO Stop a tiolc.

II using plaster OF paris to I'LL 9
val crack fnoisten with vinegar in
stoad Of water. which win make 1t
more Ike putty. WCrk It in the gap
and smooth With an old knife. It
wiil not then hardfn before you have
iiine to apclg i; as when water II
dee1