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Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-04-18
What Your Bond Purchase
Will Accomplish.

The following figures gives one
a definite idea of what his or her
loan to the Government by the
purchase of Liberty Bonds will
accomplish when used by the
War Department:
One $50 bond will buy trench
Knives for a rifle company, or %
hand grenades, or IA rifle gren-
AIDES, or 81 cases of surgical in
struments for enlisted mems
belts, or 10 cases of surgical in
struments for officers belts.
A $100 bond will clothe a sol
der, or feed a soldier for eight
months, or purchase 5 rifles or
80 rifle grenadee, or AZ hand
grenades, or rs pounds of ether,
or 145 hot-water bags, or 1000
surgical needles.
A $100 and a $50 bond will
clothe and equip an Infantry SOL
der for service overseas, or feed
a soldier for year.
Two $100 bonds will purchase
a horse or mule for Calvary, Ar
tillery, or other service.
Three $100 bonds will clothe a
soldier and feed him for one
year in France, or buy a motor
cycle for a machine-gun COM
pany.
Four 800 bonds will buy an
X-ray outfit.
One $500 bond will supply BIZ
cycles for the headquarters COM
pany of an Infantry regiment.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-04-18
for Tennessee.

As | haven't seen any news
from this part of the world,
thought would write a few
items.
Glad can say all the jackson
county boys have good job and
working every day. | have been
here since February Z, and like
it fine, but | have n wife and 2
babies back in old Jackson Co.
that | like much better than | do
the oilfields.
John Fuquay says if he ever
gets back to the Free State he
would never leave again.
Conner Chaffln says he would
like to see old Roaring river, but
36 hundred miles was too far to
walk.
Jesse Young left for home
yesterday. He said Bessie look
ed better to him than gold and
Come on you Camp Gordon
boys, | sure do like to read your
good letters in the Sentinel.
Murn Murphy has quit work
and bought him kodak and
gone to taking pictures of the
scenery of California. He says
| if he ever gets enough ahead and
a pair of Jack Rabbits ears he
was coming back to old Tennes-
see.
Come on old SlicKer Snake. II
you could be here and crawl thru
this hot sand a few days, your
chills would sure be gone.
Hello, you Gainesboro boys,
how are you getting along max.
ing money by this time.
Wake up Shortie Painter give
us the news from the old caantry,
and we would like to have you
back with US again.
/ Luke Lynn how is Sugar creek,
Hoping this will escape the
waste basket will ring off.
| Conner Chafin.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-04-18

We are alright as long as we can
do that. l guess that | had bet.
ter stop and try the censor on
this much this time.
We had Q speaking last night
OF the Y. N. c. A. by DR.. Van.
dixie. of Princeton University and
Senator Leroy. Of Mississippi,
wbo-is Q member Of the War
Work Council Of the Y. NJ. C. A.
They both delivered good talks
to the boys. DR.. Vrndike will
preach TO night at the Y.
| win close by asking all the
boys to write the paper.
Opt. Wesley P. Flatt.
4s7 Aero Const-, Squadron,
A. E. T. Vis N. Y.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-04-18

Willie Steward who was raised
by Mr.. J. T. Draper a promin-
ent farmer Of the 14th District
Of our county and who went
away A years ago was heard
from the other day. He:reports
that he has been in training in
the u. S. Army in the PHILIPPINES
but is now in a hospital in San
Francisco. Mr.. Draper was ex-
ceedingly glad to hear from him,
this being the first time he has
heard from him in over 2 years.
Mr.. Steward reports he is get
ting alond nicely and hopes to be
out Of the hospital soon. His
many fr!ehds will no doubt be
glad to hear from him again.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-04-18
APPEAL TO WOMEN TO
BUY LIBERTY BONDS
MusI Help Protect Their Homes
From German Infamy.

The women of France are
ploughing in the fields that the
men of their Army may be fed.
Will not the women of Jackson
County lend money to their coun-
try that their own fighting men
may be provided for?
The women of England, from
the highest to the humblest, are
toiling in munition factories to
make guns and shells for their
soldiers. Will not the women of
Jackson County do that far
easier thing of merely lending
the money to buy the guns for
equipping the Jackson County
men?
The safety for which these
women of other lands are striv-
ing was won for American wom-
en- long ago by the swords of
American men. To preserve
this safety for you and your
children Jackson County men
are now marching to battle even
as their forefathers marched.
Will Jackson County women
stand shoulder to shoulder with
them? They are offering their
lives as a gift. Will you offer
your dollars as a loan?
To save your home from the
flames destroying France, your
babies from the sword that muir
dered infants in Poland, your
daughters from the hordes that
ravished Belgian women even as
as they fled through the streets,
American men are making the
supreme sacrifice. What sacri-
flee will you make to help equip
these defenders Of your country?
What will you give up that you
may help finance The struggle to
save American freedom?
Not a gTft, but a loan is asked
of you. Not fee loan. but q
loan at interest. Will you with
hold your money while men offer
their blood? Buy a Liberty Bond
for your country's sake. Put it
in your own name. Buy one for
the daughter it may save. Buy
one for the boy too small to
fight.
When you buy a Liberty Bond
you are not giving away your
money. You are merely lending
it to the United States Govern
ment. AS long as it uses your
money the Government will pay
you interest. The Loan itself
will be returned in the specified
number of years. Ifyou want it
back sooner you can get it by
selling your Bond. Safe places
for savings are being sought in
this hour of financial uncertainty.
No vault in the world is as safe
as Uncle Sans promise to pay
his debt to you.
Put your Savings into Bonds
and Bonds may save your Say
idgs for you.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-04-18

Leave your orders for early
Tomato Plants at the post off
ce. | have a fine lot of plants
which will be ready as soon as
the weather win permit setting
in the open. Varieties: Boney
Best and Maule's Earliest of all.
F. L. Tardy.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-04-18

Are you encouraging the chill
dren to be thrifty? They will be
most enthusiastic savers if start
ed in the right way and given
proper encouragement Try it.
Let them have a few quarters to
invest in Thrift Stamps occasion
ally.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-04-18
Seed Corn Needs Testing.

This is not idle gossip. Much
seed corn in Jackson County will
not grow this year. Tests made
in the supply of seed corn on the
farms of men who have been
careful of their seed show fifty
per cent poor seed. The same
story is heard in practically every
part of the State. We have had
an unusual season. Corn went
into the crib too sappy, cold
weather was more severe, the
germs in the kernels could not
stand up under the strain and so
many of them are no good for
planting purposes.
Seed corn testing is simple
work. Take a few kernels from
each ear. Place those kernels in
a square laid off in a shallow box
filled with sawdust or Sand. The
rag doll method in which a towel
or similar piece of cloth is used,
will accomplish the work. One
can test many ears at a time. If
kernels grow under these con-
ditions, one may be assured that
in the field they will do well; if
they do not grow, then there
will be no waste of corn, land,
time or money.
Plant only seed corn that will
grow. You may know, if you
want to. which corn will grow
and which will not bur not by
looking at it. Test it.
Its the patriotic duty of every
farmer in Jackson county to test
their seed corn. Take no chances
in having poor corn crop 1t is
a big loss to you and the boys in
the trenches. Corn will play a
big part in winning the war.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-04-18
Shall We Plant Irish Potatoes
This Year.

| in0Ie IL sKeHesdi AlIlpEooSlOi
throughout the State that th'
potato acreage will be greatly
reduced this year because farm
ers are not satisfied with thu
prices paid for last years crop.
It would be a mistake to de-
crease the acreage. and a blum
der. Ifthis combination of er.
rors is to be made, it is hoped
that Tennessee farmers will moi
be the ones to make it. 1t will
be a mistake because the coun.
try will need all the potatoes we
can grow and it will be a blunder
because it is an accepted fact
that the men who plants the
crops in a year following unsat-
isfactory prices is the man who
gets substantial rewards for his
good judgement.
But were prices low? A White
county farmer grew 800 bushels
of Irish potatoes on a measured
acre last year at a cost of SIS.
He kept careful account of all
expenses and is sure of his fig
ures. At digging time he was
offered SIPS a bushel for his
crop. But he chose to store his
potatoes in the hope of higher
prices during the winter. He
speculated. Chicago grain oper-
ators are not the only spectators
in the country. Men speculate
on wheatand cotton and in pota-
toes.
His judgment did not prove
sound. This spring he was Of
fered 80 centsa bushel.
Is he justified in refusing to
plant potatoes this year? At
ninty cents he will make q net
profit of $1@ on his acre. and
what a smile he would have
smiled at such an opportunity
for money making before the
war.
He is not the sort of farmer to
think more Of the thirty.five
cents a bushel that he lost by
not selling at digging time, than
Of the profit his crop brings him
at present prices.
A whole lot Of farmers eqpect-
ed to get as much per bushel for
their crop as they paid for seed
potatoes, and this was an unrea-
sonsble expectation. Potatoes
were a profitable crop last year
at seventy-fve cents a bushel.
The season WIS favorable and
the yield averaged high.
But the dissatisfaction is gen.
eral, and many a man will reduce
bis acreage. That is why you
should plant.
Another rerson. and a better
one. is because the country will
need a large crop of potatoes
next year. The yield of wheat
promises to be big, but the war
demand for wheat will be so
great that we must use wheat
substitutes in increasing amounts
and the potato is one of the best.
Patriotism and profit both urge
the farmer to increase rather
than decrease his potato acreage.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-04-18

WANTED-A girl to do gen.
eral house wor. for a family of
two. Light wor good wages.
Would Ia one in as member of
the family. Call or see d. A.
Tyree, Defeated, Tenn, r !.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-04-18
No Mealless And Wheatless
Days For Me-

; the Lord has been to her and Il
her children. But at the sam,
time she said: mo meatless ant
wheatless days for me! I've go
wheat enough and I've got mea'
enough laid up in my pantry,
and my children like it, and they
are going to have it as often a:
they want it, and as much of il
as they want. I"
After hearing this well-mean.
ing woman talk. the writer pick.
ed up that night a European pa.
lper that comes to tbs home and
read this paragraph:
1t is said that there is not a
living child in Poland under
eight yeers of age.
Not a living child in Poland
under eight years of age!" With
little bodies unable to endure the
hardships and starvation of a
war-ruined land, they have died
by thousands and tens of thous-
ands. Thousands and tens of
thousands of mothers as good as
good as the woman who made
this thoughtless remark, mothers
who loved her children as much
as this mother loved hers-they
with heart-breaking helplessness
have seen their children slowly
starve before their eyes, while
American mothers say, mo |
will not even vary my diet in a
harmless way, | will not even
make substitutions to Save meat
and wheat, in order that it may
save the lives of starving babies
ana little ones in Europe.
mo, We don't mean that any
American mother is saying this
in words. Certainly the good
woman of whom we write would
not bave said it or thought it,
and yet by her acts. that was
what she was saying. If some
one could have shown her a
photograph of one starving Pol
ish child, with wan, pinched face
and hollow eyes. crying to its
mother for bread she did not
have oh, how quickly this A.
merican mother would have said;
Eyes, ] have plenty of wheat
and | have plenty of meat, and
I'll gladly divide my last crust
to save the lives of little ones
like that" With such picture
before her eyes. how quickly
would this American mother
have called to mind the Last
Judgments awful curse on all
the uncaring and hard of heart,
II was an-hungered and We gave
me no meat"
But she didn't know. And
thus again the Lord she tried to
worship might lament as of old
over His people, Israel doth not
know! my people doth not con-
sider!" To this good woman the
Hoover rules for meatless and
wheatless days were simple Gov
ernment regulations--simply off,
cial red tape. She didn't know
they were meant to save the liv-
es of little ones as fair. as merry
as bright-eyed. as love-inspiriug
as her own dear boys and girls.
Are you encouraging the chill
dren to be thrifty? They will be
most enthusiastic savers if start.
ed in the right way and given
proper encouragement Try it.
Let them have a few quarters tc
invest in Thrift Stamps occasion
ally.
Leave your orders for early
Tomato Plants at the post off.
ce. | have a fine lot of plants
which will be ready as soon as
the weather win permit setting
- kka o1or Ua~so4san, po1a,
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-04-18

The County Board of Educa-
ton meets May the 25th, to let
the schools of the county. The
Advisory Boards are requested
meet the lSt, or End, Saturday in
Nav, select teachers and send
the recommendations to me or to
a member of the county Board.
Most Respectfully.
w. l.. Dixon. Co. Supt.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-04-18
JACKSON COUNTY BOY
WRITES FROM FRANCE
First Of Our Boys to See
Oversee Service.

Tvs VA0s
The following letter from
Wesley P. Flat, the first Jackson
county boy to see service in
France, will be read with much
interest by the Sentinel readers
and his friends in the county.
He is the son of Isaac Flatt of
the 18th district, and is the
youngest of ten boys. He left
home August IL, 1917, going to
TT. Oglethorp, Ga, where he
enlisted in the 1913 Areo Supply
Co., and was sent to Kelly Field,
San Antonio, Tex. After remain
ing there a short time he was
transferred to the 10Th Areo Con-
struction Squadron and sent to
Garden City, Long Island, N. Y,
where he remained until about
Dec. 5, when he sailed for Eng
land. arriving in France several
weeks later. His trip to France
was uneventful.
Mr.. Flatt is not only the first
Jackson county boy to see service
France, but the first in his dis
trict to register and one of the
first from the county to volunteer
his service in defence of his
country. Since arriving in
France he has been promoted to
Corporal and is line for higher
ranks.
Somewhere in France.
March 10. 1913.
Dear Editor:
As / have been in France some
time and haven't written to your
paper yet, | will write just a few
lines today.
have neglected writing just
because the things you would
like to know. and what | would
like to tell you, the censor would
not let it pass. Not that | would
be willing to tell anything that
would be injurious at all, for ]
know a lot of the soldier boys in
the states yet would be glad to
see this war over, as for me l.
am getting along fine.
We were the first American
soldiers to come to this town.
We are in y a town of a.
bout or - thousand in
population. A very nice little
town. We went abcut--miles
from town and started our camp.
We begin to build barracks that
we might have a place to stay.
We have barracks now that we
are staying in, and they are
complete except electric lights.
The barracks are wired SO we
will have lights in a few days.
We will soon have water pipes
running to the camp. then our
bathing facilities will be better.
Up to this time We have been
going to town for our baths.
We came here first. but other
soldiers have continued to come,
until now when night comes and
YOU look around where the men
have worked, YOU can tell that
something has been done.
| am working in tb< supply de-
partmert that supp tools and
material for this CAM. We have
a Lieut. (who is in charge Of
.course) two Sergeants. and !
that work in the same building.
SO you see that its not so bad
after oil.
We are glad to say that our
squadron raised the first Ameri-
can flag on this field.
Conditions are not as bad over
here as you would think, after
war has been going on as long as
=. III -.- - A. &nwnH and
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-01

AUSTIN Nov sO.-A new Wind Or
service flag has just been made for
So Austin'> Chapel n Is for those.
IA the great Asny 81 Peace rs Father
Ross CALLS the Priesthood and sister
hood: rafhce than Tor those r. service
~ the rif-d states ARMY f.aeu stnl
in thc dag repres-nts member u The
Newman Ciup o. ~ -. austin y i'.lr-
ish IN the Priesthood OF Sisferhood
and an except two are University
students Tho flag s. - white satin
WIKI q border OF gold around is Their
are three gold sutrs doen iao ,eDtel
for tiie pca nnd tive bluc STEERS on
each side Of Tho sola ones Tor tho 40.
nicn. The fiag IL ahoat the sixe of
the regular serricc flag The gold
stars are Tor William Moore. Edward
pefers and Wh.lam plakcsiee Jr. the
blue stafs are for Gertrude Exam.
itoasilie McNcny Katherine W'elss
Katherine kasanagc Frances Cirn-d.
Alice iangiora Blanche neoiv Laura
aitfhei silana Martens and Kniaer-
ine fiosenharh. This .sl Is ior TIE
last ave seafs
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-01
ssAa HUNT IN GOTHAM.

NEW WORK. Sow 3D. An Hnuremn
hesf .i4uaf S. Central Pack wss fHe
most fhrilus rttHf ~ ThlntsgigIus
iaf "a Sew lorf in gHr e. sfemeui
( tna ciafe an sfie'an. arelts 81 sac
.oo dfsppal dead ~ heart d.sns Of
affeauHn haH q .fae sas Aliftl
tut ~ nif llEit eff 1Hs Is solaie hafi
part pf a ihumn niars4 urf white
'ursuine hfe.l un "a f.fe
There Is every rea4on 90 iftieYr inat
be- bear ragi@ nate erealt acc b.
~ inadsi tfnfy s.t in ~ iafa oi o
ufamohile
n Nas swefEffius %frqhs road lH
he direction ~ fhr iopmoaf fiea n
be- inF when ihe motor rsIlaitt e3fA
= fHf ear ~r4 esrAdstanis dau44e.l
ma iHs cun's spirit was hroksn THE
.eef was nl44iig iaseoed ns Doanfaa
.piirepan vito oncc Hat r14llt
iamblfd the arifnal a4s dr3veea harf
fhf ~ % iAe 100 lfsm utiN s.
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Ths e4h ts.F nHHn0i in iht I~ertg-
efpnd E1.tea ~fat infautil ustii i
.ee9me 30 nois,efaus frr hf oafrea 3.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-01
WOMAN IN INDUSTRY HAS
NO EASY TASK DECLARES
STATE LABOR EXECUTIVE


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nee =. ''n"'.'3s, 1870
'on 'i''N..on't' n~fs ~ ~. "n'i"'. ..
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since ~. war reva,, Y, ~,
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liv vriiad EXCUSE for nroe;,oa.i,. ,,.,t
exn1oltaflon ~ h.ini..s .rer ara
women
rhe ~bi.f ,e...r,,,,..,.t...t.,. ST., 90.
lmlaaiunaf fapnfnea nre.
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liz Travin County, - ven - IN ~.
county where tho .ef.r.,. 4, ,o,n,,,t,.
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That corrnisstoner ~ ,.,.o- n.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-01

iffase owen penne IL ln the city
uom foss sem houston. ior sisss
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-01

That dollar you gaIs 30 are Ped
w te,~ lcps way lrs pgoA-
abiy IN Russia now.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-01

Where Is my soldier boy tonight p
ASK IT. American TED Cross
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riea Cross weather forecast: al
ways fair
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RED Cross doilafH work Whlle Yoa
deep.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-22
Kaiser Must Make Sacrifices,
Declares Macmillan Harden

AMSTERDAM. oct. ga re-
marhabie speech was delivered In
Berlin sunday by Macmillan iiar'
den who. IN HIS newspaper. Die Iu'
kunft. has shown sensational bold
ness, thruout the war. In oritioising
the pan. 0er-nanistH and exposing the
Iunkcra,
Harden reviewed the military situ'
alton. pointed out that bulgaria was
occupied. that Turkeys fate was
sealed. and that Austria Hungary
was out Of the fight Then he said
we are alone. when fortress
can no LONGER hold. " In no dishonor
OF the commander surrcnderH The
kaiser must take up his cross Of con
Guiding quickly necessary peace and
accepting whatever IN hard Let the
kaiser declare himself ready and let
him NJ himself with new Germany ms
her first clifton"
This utterance wnh received by an
outburst OF loud applause.
Harden proceeded
1t IN one OF the most cruel ironics
that this war. which was begun 90
maintain an impossible Austria,
should be ended by the declaration Of
that self same Austria that u cannot
exist. We must shoulder the conse.
auonoeA OF the step taken October 3.
There IL no sham. In accepting
the consequences Of acts which ono
has committed. We must make sac
rific.a The emperor also must makec
riflocH. The emperor also must make
self To tho new Germany and content
himself to represent the nation.
lie must remove from his sue
ceass,ru all possibility that they viii
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-22
JOURNAL READY
FOR HAIC'S MEN
By LOWELL MEiI.ETT

United frens Staff Correspondent
WITH THE british ARMIES
IN FRANCE. Oct. 81 --tNight) -
British troops arr rapidly enclosing
Journal. both TO the north and
south.
Deep wedges have been driven
into the German lines on both
sides Of this important city. and
Its fall app-arH Imminent
The enemy ~ stublpornly defend
ing tho approaches. with artillery
and machine EunA
Tho Germans heavily sh.ilcd Seu-
willie tonight. from which saw
wet and b~dragxied. bu; happy
women. children and old men cscap-
ing this afternoon. They were be-
ing escorted by Tommi.n. who were
carrying chickens. household goods
and other vufuahieA