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Oxford eagle., 1918-03-28
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

There VIII be interesting services
at the Baptist Church Sunday. Rev.
Mahoney viii preach The public Is
cordially invited
Mrs Curtis, of Chicago. and M8-
Clarence Sivley, of Memphis. are the
guests Of Mrs. Bem Price
Misses Eva and Frances Chichester
Of the Mississippi Synodieal College,
were the week end guest Of Mrs John
Culley.
The Brownings were delightfully."-
entertained by Mrs. r NJ Lezvell
Tuesday afternoon
Mrs Slough, of Marks. is the guest
Of her daughter, Johnnie.
Miss Clara Lowrance. who has been
teaching in the mountains Of Nerth
Caroloina, stopped over TO visit rel
atives before going to her home in
Iowa Park, Texas.
Mrs c. c. Cook and Mrs Treloar
visited Mrs. James Chambers Sasur-
day.
Mrs J. C. Kincannon and family
motored over to Tupelo Saturday and
returned Sunday, accompanied by
Mrs. Kincannon's mother, Mrs Hold
en-. who will be their guest
DIR. W. w. Phillips and family mo-
.n~al ~ ,.,slo- r.x%L og nwH~~l -
spent Tuesday with Mr.. Harper Math-
is.
Mr.. Robert Sultan and family, Of
Walters, Okla, have returned to their
home.
Mr.. Willie Lewis made a trip to
Clarksdale this wek on business.
Misses Lessie Phillips, Erina Rob-
erts, and Evelyn Cook; Master ]. p.
Karr and Mrs. Rufus Trealor were
guests of Mrs. W W. Phillips Friday
and Saturday.
Mrs. Robert Smith and children, of
Pleasant Ridge, Miss Jessie Mae
Overstreet, Mr.. Berry Smith, of Pine
Flat, Misses Ruth Hale and Bessie
Hodge of Union Grove and Mr.. Nc
Gonagill were guests of Mrs Hughes
on fields day.
Mr.. Thornton Guyton, of Mississip-
pi Heights Academy, at Blue Mount
ain, visited his brother, DIR. Billie
Guyton, for the week end.
Mrs. Jordan Tomlinson and family
left Thursday to join her husband in
Helena. Ark, where they will make
their future home. We are sorry 70
lose this estimable family from our
town.
Mesdames Hill and Hicks, Of Shaw,
and Miss Myrtle Hill, who is attend
ing school in Holly Springs, accom-
panied by their uncle, Mr.. Eek Gra-
ham, of Shaw, were visitors to OK
ford recently.
Oxford eagle., 1918-03-28
FuNkF
MRS. kei6Hses MAKES
APPOINTMENTS.

Mrs. H. NJ Faser, woman chairman
for Lafayette county for the next sale
of Liberty Bonds, has appointed the
following chairmen:
Miss Daisye Plant, Oxford.
Mrs. sgd Good, Abbeville-
Mrs. Duff Ragland, Taylor.
Miss Eugenia Shaw. College Hill
Miss Ruth Trealor. Orwood.
Mrs. Mable Shipp, Burgess.
Mrs E. p. Sneed, Lafayette Springs
Mrs Oakley Lynch, Delay.
Mrs. Lyles, Tula-
Mrs Corrie Rushing. Bay Springs
Oxford eagle., 1918-03-28

Miss Dollie Crouch, Of Earle, Ar
is the guest Of her grand parents, \
and Mrs Crouch r
We are glad to report that Mr. u
Porter seems to be improving.
Oxford eagle., 1918-03-28

Misses Katie and Claire Waldrip
We're week end visitors to Oxford.
Mr.. J. E. Smith, of Florence, Ala,
visited his family Saturday and Sun
day.
Oxford eagle., 1918-03-28
ssus. Rats and sheiIa

! must have slept for two or thres
hours. not the refreshing kind that re-
suits from clean sheets and soft pill
lows. but the sleep that comes from
cold. wet and sheer exhaustion.
Suddenly. the earth seemed to shake
and a thunderclap burst In my ears. 7
opened my eyes-I was splashed all
over with sticky mud. and men were
picking themselves up from the bottom
of the trench. The parapet on my lefr
had toppled into the trench. completely
blocking IL with a wall of tossed-up
earth. The man on my left lay still. I
rubbed the mud from my face. and an
awful sight met my gaze-his head
was smashed TO q pulp. and his steel
helmet was full Of brains and blood
A German Minnie" (trench mortar)
had exploded In the next traverse. Men
were digging into the soft mass Of mud
In frenzy Of haste. Stretcher-bear-
ers came up the trench on the double.
&fter q few Inlnutss 6 6i6ztnx. thxaa
Oxford eagle., 1918-03-28


Bere c, .artly whistiing over the VII
6ge and burstfn,. our rear, search
Ihg for our artiller,.
These cellars were cold, damp and
nelly. and overrun with large rats
g black fellows. Most Of the Tom
lies slept with their overcoats over
tAeir faces. I did not. In the middle
q the night woke up In terror. The
cDld. clammy feet Of rat had passed
over my face. / Immediately smoth-
cred myself In my overcoat, but could
not sleep for the rest Of that night.
Next evening. we took over our SEE
tor Of the line. In single file we wend-
ed our way through q xigzag COM
munication trench. six inches deep
with mud. This trench was called
-Whisky street" On our way up to
the front line an occasional fare Of
bursting shrapnel would light up the
sky and we could hear the fragments
slapping the ground above us on our
right and lefts Then q Fritz would
traverse back and forth with his -type-
writer" or machine gun The bullets
made a sharp cracking noise overhead.
The boy in front Of me named Prem
tice crumpied up without q word A
piece Of she'll had gops through his
shrapnea-proof helmet I felt dck and
weak
In about thirty minutes we reached
the front line. II was dark a pitch.
Every now and then q German star
shell would pierce the blackne1 out
In front with its silvery light / was
trembling all over. and felt very lonely
and afraid All orders were given In
whispers. The company we relieved
fled past us and disappeared into the
blackness Of the Communication trench
leading 10 the rear. As they passed us.
they whispered, The best q luck
mates"
sat on the IRE step Of the trench
with the rest Of the men In each
traverse two OF the older men had been
put on guard with their heads sticking
over the top. and with their eyes Try
Ing TO pierce the blackness In -No
-14 A4A4- Al h4x8 dS0IM k06f0
were only two dugouts. and these were
used by Lewis and vickers machine
gunners, 50 n was the IRE step for
ours Pretty soon IL started TO rain
We put on our -macks." but they were
not much protection The rain trickled
down our backs. and n was not long
before we were wet and cold How /
passed that night / win never know,
but without any unusual occurrence.
dawn arrived
The word stand down. was passed
along the lire. and the sentries got
down on the IRE step. Pretty soon the
rum issue came along. and II was 4
Godsend- II warmed our chilled bodies
and put new life into Us Then from
the communication trenches came
dixies or iron pots. nIled with steam
ing tea. which had two wooden stakes
through their handles. and were car
red by two men i filed my canteen
and drank the hot tea without taking
II from my lips II was not long be-
fore i was asleep In the mud on the
IRE step.
Ny ambition had been attainedl I
was In q front-line trench on the west
ern front. and oh. how ! wished l were
back in Jersey City
CHAPTER ".
Oxford eagle., 1918-03-28

:; amy terms H.
his consists OF hc'-- srread-sHg gleti
or The vs. ~ = isi4.:ser two hours a
day for iwvniy-nle days. regardless OF
the weather. During this period. your
rations consist Of bully beef. biscuits
and water.
A few months later met this sentry
and he confided TO me that since being
.crucified." he had never failed TO pass
the word down the trench when so or
dered. In view of the offense. the
above punishment was very light. In
that failing TO pass the word down q
trench may mean the loss OF many
lives. and the spelling Of some impor-
tant enterprise In No Mans Land.
To be continued.
Oxford eagle., 1918-03-28

To De continued.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-23
AUTO CLUB HIPS TO
RECOVER TRES STOLEN

N. c. Hart, who is organizing the
FL Paso Automobile club. submits the
following clipping from a trade
journal showing what the automobile
club OF Detroit is doing for members.
as an Indication Of what such a clue
in FL Paso can do for the members
here:
The Detroit Automobile club IS
sending blank to all of its members
for data on tires to aid recovery IN
case of theft This blank lists the
make OF the car. factory number. IL
cense number and the number ami
make Of each OF the tires, together
with the name and address OF the
owner. This will aid cooperation be
tween the club and the police depart
ment in recovering stolen cars. par
ticularly In view OF the fact that an
ordinance recently has been passed
stating that all dealers In used goods
must be licensed. In the last year the
club has handled Is cases Of car theft,
90 cases OF arrest Investigated l3O
cases Of constables reported and 10
miscellaneous cases. II has assisted In
the construction Of good road. con
Quoted a six weeks safety first cam
paign in the schools. assisted in kill
ing pernicious legislation and OBJ
tanned the passage Of equitable traffic
rules. All this is in addition to the
provision Of the usual touring and
road information, in which 1906
queries were answered. Signs were
erected on main roads and poles we're
painted on 81 miles OF road"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-23
FRED MITCHELL
4 GOOD HURLER
Broke Into Game as Mem
Der Of Red Sox Against
Chicago Team.

When Fred Mitchell. manager Of
Il > Cubs, first broke into professional
baseball, he was a pitcher for the
Boston Americans Of 1901, Jimmy Col
Inns being manager at that time
Fred's first start as a big Lacquer
was against the White sox at old
Comiskey park. and this is the way
he tells about It:
u was just a kid and anxious to
make good, so Jimmy Collins gave me
a start at tho old Sex park. I was
scared stiff and the first inning was
awful. I was shaking, with stage
fright and walked two or three guys
and then someone swatted one. Fred
dy Parent chose that time to kick a
couple Of grounders.
Tho result was that when the first
inning was over the White Sox had
five runs and we had nothing. There
was one fellow on the club at that
time who was my friend. and that was
Buck Freeman He came right in
from right field after the inning, and
remember just what he said to jim
ny Collins.
You are not goin to take the kid
out. are you, JimP he said.
Not on your life,' answered jim
u went back and had my head with
ne from then on and stopped the
White Sox- In the fourth inuing Buck
Freeman came up with one on and
drove the ball over the fence. You
know how Buck could hit EN-. In the
eighth inning Buck came Up again
with two on. and once moro he poled
the bail CIT OF the lot, tying the score
Before the inning WAS over we led,
10 5, and / won the game, 10 to s.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-23
BASKETBALL IS
FAV0RITE GAME
Military Teams Form Is
Club League on the Cali
fornia Coast.

San Francisco, Calf, January "a
Basketball has become one Of the IA
vorite sports Of the soldiers in the
military cantonments on the Pacific
coast No less than IS teams already
have been organized at the Preside
reservation, which are practising reg
ularly, and the prospects are still that
more teams shall be formed.
Plans now are being made to get
up some sort OF program Of play
which viii lead up to a basketball
championship. Il has been suggested
that each camp draw up a schedule
in order to determine the best team.
The best team in each camp then to
meet IN an elimination schedule for
the championship.
A conference already has been held
by Joseph Dougherty, organizer of
the Army and Navy Basketball
league; Duffy Lewis, the major
league baseball player now stationed
at Mare Island; R L Haslett, director
OF athletes at the Preside, and Mai.
Pope, OF Camp Fremont, on the mat
ter Of a championship series. It was
determined to draw up a playing
schedule.
Inasmuch az the majority Of the
best players OF the schools, clubs and
colleges are in the various military
and naval organizations. It is ex-
pected that the games will provide a
high quality Of basketball.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-23
TRAYELETTE
By NIKsAH

bAhhElA.
-HE pearl fisheries of Bahreln
are the finest in the world. This
> little island in the Persian Gulf
has been a Mecca for pearl merchants
for over 1000 years. Arabian divers
were plumbing the waters OF the gulf
when julius Caesar ruled in Rome.
Perhaps the pearl Cleopatra drank in
Anthony's honor was a Bahrein pearl.
Some OF the finest pearls in the
world today were first sold in the
markets Of Bahrein- The natives OF
the island say that the pearls are
raindrops caught in the oysters
mouth
The native divers wear a peculiar
costume resembling q pair of white
overalls. The dress is to protect
them against the bites Of sharks, for
these dreaded monsters are supposed
to have a distaste for white flesh.
The costume is a disguise. To COM
plete his outfit the diver wears a
fatam. or clothespin. on his nose and
carries a basket The boats push out
over the water. prayers are said and
the divers go overheard. Besides the
crew the tiny craft carry an extra
man TO say the prayers for the divers.
They are something Of q race of ar
lists. these hunters OF pearls. loving
their work for its own sake. AS a
rule they work for wages and the
profits 80 TO the trader who hires
them.
In the market place the merchants
sit by the side of the narrow streets
judging the Jewels as to their size,
color. shape and briliiancy. They
carry them about twisted In twill.
and thrust in their wide girdles. The
value OF the gems that pass annually
through the Bahrein market is over
q million dollars.
Bahrein is an Arabian word mean
ing "the two seas" The island has
little rainfall. none at all during the
summer. and yet It is dotted with
wells and tiny springs Of fresh water
Not only on shore bit below the tide
level several miles out al sea the ma
tives find these bubblinE wells Of
sparkling water. II Is supposed that
these wells and springs have their
source on the mainland Of Arabia and I
Persia.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-23
News Notes From Movieland ::
By DAISY DEAN.

~ ORRINE GRIFFITH, who has re-
Gently been signed by Vitagraph
- and is 10 be featured with Earle
Williams. will be remembered by
many for the parts she played in The
Yellow Girl" The Last Nan" and
Through the Wall"
Miss Griffith was for some while
celebrated as a society beauty in her
home town Of New orleans before She
started her career in the movies
Dancing in the tableaux Of the Mardi
Gras interested Miss Griffith in stage
work and brought her opportunity.
Director Sturgeon Of Vitigraph first
singled Miss Griffith out as a young
woman of quite exceptional abilities
and charms when he saw her at a
dance where she was awarded the
beauty prize. That was little more
than a year and a half ago. Miss
Griffith has been with Vitagraaa ever
since and expects to stay with the
company as she works her way on to
greater popularity and distinction.
Geraldine Farrar. the noted diva.
is very temperamental When work
ing in the studio she develops atmos-
phere by retiring TO her dressing room
and singing an opera in harmony
with the scene about to be taken.
This obvlates much rehearsing.
Clara Eimball Young narrowly es-
capped serious injury IN an automobile
accident a few days ago. While try
ing out q new machine On upper
Broadway en- route TO the New Ro-
chelle studios. Miss Young collided
with q street car. The machine was
wrecked. but the star and chauffeur
escaped without injury.
Marguerite Clark is about to start I
q movie production OF the fantasy |
''Prunella." That win be remembered /
BY theatergoers as a charming piece, [
In which she won her best fame on 4
the stage.
Albert Roscoe IS leading man for
Constance Talmadge in The Shuttle"
AS stock actor. he gained his first ex-
perience with Essanay and appeared
with Theda Bara in CLEOPATRA and
Camille"
Eugene O'Brien has left the stage
10 appear as leading man in Norma
lalmadge's newest picture. by Right Il
u Purchase !,
Olive Tell has contracted a new
-ad- Il is none other than the gath
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-23
Olympic ClubberS
Will Train Hard

San Francisco. Cal, Jan 23.-Many
OF the older members OF the Olympic
club OF this city who have never been
seen except in evening business or
evening suits by the fellow members
now are regularly donning jerseys
and running drawers and taking
systematic course OF training in the
club gymnasium under instructors
With the formation of a regiment
Of home guards. scores OF club mem
bers too old for active duty at the
front enrolled in the guard and their
gymnasium work Is Supplemental to
their regular drills in the armory. In
the event j. becomes necessary TO
call them ont for service in the state,
the men not only want to have mill
tary knowledge. but be physically
prepared as well.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-23

would learn Just how fair his mother
was in her Judgment OF me, and how
deep was her devotion for her son
Would Il be deep enough to keep her
silent a out Harry Lester7 Time alone
could tell.
nothing TO Jack about the invitation
had received and accepted, an II
happened that he was too busy that
week to run in and see his mother
before the day set for the luncheon
No Plans Mentioned.
So when Wednesday morning came.
I let my husband go down to the Of
flee without mentioning my plans for
the day. Ny conscience did not prick
me, for I was going to make a clean
breast OF the matter later-when
had tested Mrs. HamptOn's discretion
Harry Lester met me just outside
the door Of the restaurant promptly
at 1870. He held out his hand with a
It's awfully good Of you. Louise"
he said, TO come down here to eat
q am glad to come" I said truth
fully.
knew that I looked nice, and this
certainly added to my enjoyment OF
the occasion We chatted as We had al
ways chatted, freely and merrily.
Harry was always good company.
I did not drink with him l have
never cared for liquor, and l had an
Idea that Jack would not want me to
drink in a public restaurant even In
the broad day light with any man TO
whom 1 was not bound by ties OF
blood or marriage. Harry himself took
a cocktails singer cocktail" he
called It Perhaps 1t made him talk
a bit more freely than he would other
wise have done. For, when the meal
was over, he leaned across the table
and spoke earnestly and confidential
~.
howg rateful I am to you for coming
today. And when I think OF Jacks
being perfectly willing to have you
come I am very deeply touched"
Ny eyes fell before his gaze. He saw
my embarrassment I wondered II he
attributed IL to self consciousness or
gratified vanity. I was certain that
he did not put the true construction
upon Il, which was that I was en-
barrassed by his speech because I had
not told my husband about this lunch
con engagement for today.
To Be Continued.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-23

= HAVE placed so much stress on the
incident u our going to church
= or not going.-With my husbands
mother, because looking back, 1t
seems as IL some Of the happenings
that caused me many regrets and
heart burnings, and that introduced
the first discordant note into my
married life. started from that point
OF course Jack and had had our
little differences before then sucn
differences, for instance, as had
arisen when his mother had provided
one dinner when had ordered an
other for the evening Of our return
from our wedding trip. But none OF
these little squalls had been sufficient
to make more than a passing disturb
ance. Beneath, the current Of our
united lives had run on smoothly and
naturally.
Most young wives are foolish. and
1 was no exception to this rule. When
my motherinlaW left me on the after
noon on which had received Harry
Testers telephone communication, /
sat still for some time pondering on
what had occurred
As L have said, she had asked me
no questions. On the contrary. when
I mad begun TO talk Of ordinary topics,
she had taken her part in the CONVEX
sation cheerfuliy and readily. When
she DaQe me goodbye a half hour
later, she kissed me, and, holding my
hand for an instant. looked wistfully
into my eyes. It was, I fancied. as II
she were trying TO read my thoughts
or as II she were trying to move me
to talk to her OF the message 1 had
Just received
None of Her Business.
Had she hoped ! would confide in
her? I wondered now that I was
alone The idea did not please me. L
was doing nothing wrong that 1
should confess It And, knowing how
strict we're some Of her ideas, SHY
should l risk a painful discussion BY
throwing down the gauntlet to her?
Moreover, I reminded myself. It was
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-23
Hank O'Day an
Umpire Batter Also

New York. Jan 2s--The ancient
files OF long ago have yielded up their
dead, and a paper dated back almost
30 years tells US that Hank O'Day
was an umpire fighter
Just look at these few lines:
pitcher O'Day's continued objections
to the umpirinE kept the game in an
uproar. Apparently the officials eye
sight was good and his judgment ac-
curate, but O'Day demanded every
thing. and roared with rage when the
decisions went against him. Toward
the last O'Day grew so obstreperous
that his own players interfered to
prevent fight between the angry
pitcher and the umpire. who was evil
IDENTIFY quite willing to do battle
After the game ODay said that
the umpiring was the worst he had
ever seen; that il was no use for n
man to pitch good ball when a blind
or cross eyed bat was behind the
plate"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-23

none Of her business. Why need she
carer
I Immediately answered that ques-
ton for myself. She cared on her son s
account I was his wife, therefore 1
must be careful to do nothing that
could cast a shadow upon his name o.
his happiness. Had I confided in her,
she would doubtless have urged me
to break my engagement with Harry
Lester. She would also have asked me
If my husband knew OF this engage
menL
As II I would accept Harry,s invita-
ton without telling my husband that
had done sol Doubtless his mother
would think that IL was my duty to
ask my husbands permission before
promising to lunch with anyone. She
was hopeleSsly old fashioned
Ny sense Of the injustice OF her IN
expressed opinion increased She
might even think that I was not
going to tell Jack of what had done
II did not tell him, would she feel
indignant at the idea. Would she go
so far as to talk to my husband OF
this thing2
And then came the swift determin-
alton that was evidence of my folly.
] would put my motherinlaw to the
test! For while I would say Moth
ing to Jack OF my luncheon engage
ment with Harry, but would wait and
see II his mother told him Of It If so.
would know that her love for him
was not strong enough to make her
hesitate to mar his happiness in me by
complaining Of me.
I wanted JACK to know that I was
going to luncheon with Harry, and
later. when I had discovered what his
mothers code was, ! would tell him
all about It. But II she told him be-
lore 1 did, the time had come for me
to stand on my own rights as Jacks
wife ana show her that she could not
come between my husband and me.
While I though this cut, knew IN
my heart that 1 would never quarrel
with my HUSBANDS mother about this
affair-not because I was afraid Of
hurting her, but because I could not
wound her without wOunding Jack
And I loved Jack dearly. StiH, |