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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-05-02
SOMEBODY HLUNDERED:
IT WAS THE PRUSSIANS
Germany Went Wrong In Estimating
the English. French and
Americans

Lack OF understanding OF other ma
tons. ~ other peoples has ever been
the predominant weakness OF the
Prussian militarists. Posing as lead
ers In philosophy and psychology they
have nevertheless failed completely
IN their analysis % human nature IN
any people outside their own bound
AIRY lines OF dominion.
They misunderstood the French
They blundered in their estimate Of
the English They muddled their
dealings with the Russians And the
world 20 large now knows how far
they missed reading as Alright They
thought us a nation o. money grub
bers. OF apologiEts rather than fight
ers. and even yet they are refusing
20 concede their mistake But they
know better IN their own hearts
Uncle Sans FIRST rude disturbance
OF the Prussian serenity was his dec
iaration Of war His second shock 10
Prussian confidence VAS the rapid fire
manner IN which 10 began the up
building OF his armed forces Then
came ths tremendous over subscrip-
AAaA 9A AAe AlNet Liberty AsNAus al a.
together unexpected performance.
And when this was repeated in the
second Liberty Loan drive Il was real
" appalling
Now the Prussian interest Is cen
tered upon what the American people
are going % DO FOR the Third Liberty
Loan in the face % recent events az
the front While the American troops
along The firing line are emphasizing
orr spirit and determination with IS
eentimetsr guns. howitzers. machine
guns hand grenades rifles and auto
matics 10 Il up % as AZ home % do
our Smelling with dollars
ours 10 by far the easier task. Il
has no SAVIOR % danger on the con
trary 90 ~ precaution sgainst the pos
sible msnacs % he future. Il is SOW
Ing seeds Of security where they vii
grow 70 the benefit OF both ourselves
and our country.
Il o. one OF the greatest. the nobiest
the most patriotic opportunities ever
offered the American people.
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FARMERS BACK LIBERTY LOAN
By Alison secor.
Editor. Successful Farming.


There are about 1000. 900 men now
under arms. training 10 fight. and
Il takss q lot Of money 90 feed. clothe.
transport and equip such force OF
con suuors Who previously we're -~if-
supporting Uncle Sam cannot az once
reach into the pockets % those who
stay AZ home and draw out By tax
alton enough money 20 pay the bills
OF such an army and navy. The only
possible source OF ready cash Is 10
borrow from those Who have H.
The farmers have shown their
energy IN producing the largest crops
and have endured hardships due 70 a
shortage OF help and ! believe they
will loan TO Uncle Sam every dollar
they can spare. thus giving fun sup
port &c the farmers sons Who are
ready TO make the supreme sacrifice.
that We may not be conquered oy
such a foe as Germany.
just as your fev bushels OF grain
and pounds OF msat will. when put
With the products Of all the farms.
save a world from starvation. 50 the
amount OF your money, put with all
the money which may be loaned 70
the government for Liberty bonds. Will
prevent this great war from ending
In favor Of the foe liberty bonds
are receipt for the money you lend
Uncle Sam. and they bear ~ per cent
interest
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-05-02
V|NOL REMOVES
THE CAUSE OF
CHRONIC COUGHS
A Constitutional Remedy
That We Guarantee

Lagrange. N. c-"For years !
suffered with a chronic cough, SO !
could not sleep nights and continued
20 lose flesh. Ny druggist asked me
70 Try Vinol. Il cured my eoug \, l
can sleep nights and have gained
twelve pounds. Vinol is the best
tonic and tissue builder ! have ever
taken. w. u. Ftr T. 7g-ange, n I
We guarar.-e was. FER chronic
coughs, colds aut lr- ssh s. Not
patent medicine. F-r--ll on every
bottle. Your money back f il fails.
Helm q Ellison DrukEfsA
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-05-02
Up To THE FARMERS.

Under the government rulings farm
ers this year must furnish their own
wheat sacks Heretofore the milicrs
have been leaning the farmers the
sacks in which 10 market their grain.
Sacks are 50 scarce that farmers
should place their orders now. Oilicr-
wise they may be- minus sacks Al
threshing time. The sacks are sky
high this year. costing 35c each "a
wholesale lots of one thousand Sev-
eral farmers in a neighborhood sk'uid
20 In aud buy sacks.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-05-02
ANNOUNCEMENT
GRAND OPENING.

wednesday May Sth. from . 90
10 90 y. m. Everybody Is cordially
invited % attend this opening.
You can afford 20 go forty miles 20
visit this up-to-date plant The only
enterprise Of this kind i'm West Ten
uessee or Southwest Kentucky.
VIII have Government Inspection
after May 1st.
We want this section Of country %
feel an interest In this plant. and help
Us 10 make Il one of the greatest en-
terprises OF Dixie Land"
REYNOLDS PACKING co. Inc.
Union City, Tenn
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-05-02
In FRANCE.
Old Hickman Bo, Writes Of Ills IN
periemee in Europe

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gums o. common experience. az
walking with our -ns masks on ana
steel helmets on b. another.
Whcu sou read the results 81 tins
campaign. just remember So medical
fellows are cl"~e behind aud we are
800 wanting to bring hach b"che Tor
souvenir
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Buy \ BOND AND
BOOST THE BOY.
HANl T. t'htAAr
SIT Evac Hosp. 80. .. A. +. r

our boys are somewhere over there
Amid shot aud shell
For You and me they east their all
Into that battlefield
Their homes were dear to them as ours
Their lives had just begun,
But ont they marched 90 duty's cali
That freedom might be- won
with sons Of suffering bleeding France
our khaki nddies fight
Their life blood flows together
For the cause of just and right.
But forward on. they bravely go
OId Glory floating high
For you and me. somewhere ia France
Our boys must bleed and die.
And while they hold that western
front
In that long unbroken Zine.
We canno play the Stacker game.
This fight Is yours and mine
Though we can't wear the khaki
We All now have our chance
To feed and ciothe these soldier boys
Our lads somewhere in France
Hazel Manley. Union cry
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-05-02
GROWING HOGS.

For "a hog 10 be- profitable he must
be- kept growing from birth 90 market
ing age He cannot be profitable I'M
less he j. healthy. lie can always he
I'm "a profit producing condition II h. Is
fed H. A. Thomas Hog Powder We
positively tell you that this remedy
prevents cholera. removes worms and
cures thumps II the powder does not
make good we will. Sold by r. r.
Case. adv
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-05-02

,na-e- Uara,d aef hy thr war To-
Imrfr.ur niH be- further eViruiai 81
ships fo transport the soldiers eau hr
nhfaiH-i Tile president b. giving tue
matter hi~ personal attention. amt in-
~read of r.~eutiue the "plain talh
tram abroad saturday sent nlt 20 n-Hv
order geo comb the seas fsr o.e.tu tr..u--
Ilarfa rinn.
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FOODS TO FEED The BOYS

Every farmer knows how his boys
like 10 eat Mothers fried chicken
and apple dumplings and pumpkin
pies haven't q chance Ia the world
when the boFs SIT down al table. Lots
OF farmers boys arr 10 France and
the farmer doesn't want them 10 30
hungry over there Liberty Bond
buy food for them
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-05-02

Notice to Horsemen: I am prepared
20 castrafe colts. in either Fulton OF
Obion counties Phone 1868. Weodlann
Muls.-A r. Wheeler.
Steel and copper plate engraving Oh
all kinds-Ihe Courier.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-05-02
Stomach Troubles
Since Childhood
PERUNA Made Me Well

Mr. VIM. W. Everly. 1895 North
Hancock Street, Philadelphia. Pa.
writes.
Il have been troubled with stomach
disorders since childhood. but after
taking six bottles Of your Peruna,
now enjoy the best az health ] also
had catarrh in the head, which prac-
ticaily has disappeared, thanks TO
the Peruna Co for their good work
Those who object 20 liquid n1edi-
cines can procure Peruna Tablets.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-05-02
SHERIFF'S TAX SALE.

18th 1918 that being regular County Court
nuu at oneo D. following
win satisfy
Counts audS
adge Of
Read isl carefully if
BAILEY HUDDIESTON.
lee
ADVERTISED PROPERTY LIST
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-05-02

Mrs Chas. Werner is visiting her
children. II. j. Werner and Mrs. L. H.
Pollock, in Centralia, Ills. this week
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OUR HO>OR ROLL.

The following eoui Friends uf THE
..-....i.-r t.a~~ rs-its-v,-d tits-ir .ilis-.rit,
bon since last report
T. ~ Webb
Austin VOORHEES,
pclhcrt Bradley
J. T. McAluluu
Ernest Plant
r. o. jackson
Hoyt Youree
~ McMulIu
Emmett Titt~Worth
Mrs Fannie rrlther
w. "a Prcwitf
Raymond D. Williams
Va H. Benthal
J. " Hutchinson
j. j. Bunch
w. ~ Young
Miss Mahel TRULY
a. a. Halle. Dr.
Marshall Parks
Mrs. Margaret Graves
a. a. Harlan
J. A. Hammond
Hubert Shadwitk
Fred Bouduraut
H. NJ McKelrry
Clarence crisp
Mrs. J a. Patterson
r. L. Jones
J. g. Anderson
Charley shelby
Fannie Brown
g.. NJ Convey
Frank Smith
l. NJ Bushart
y ~. Po~ey
r. g.. Hale. ST..
Lee Heatherly
Murphy Bondurant
john Pyle
a. r. Roach
T.. ". Adams
l.. ID. Brasheld
II. e. Manning
For ludiQe SffOu Consultation o
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-05-02

For Indigestion, Constipation or
BiliouSneSS
Just Try one 5O-cent bottle Of LAx-FOS
WITH PEPSIN. A Liquid Digestive
Laxative pleasant 20 take Made and
recommended TO the public by Paris Medi-
cine Co. manufacturers Of Laxative Bromo
Quinine and Groves Tasteless chill Tonic
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-05-02
Whenever You Need General Tonic
Take Groves.

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic IS equally valuable as a
General Tonic because IL contains the
well Unknown tonic properties ofQUISINE
and IRON. II acts on the Liver. Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds Up the Whole System. 90 cents.
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Smoke spana vista-only &c.
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FOLLOWING THE FLAG

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The following got,d Friends .f THE
s.....i.-r t..,s- r.-,s.-y,cst ti,.-ir .tii.-erit
non since last report
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-21
a HUN BALLOONS FIRED.
Twcnty-Onc Machines Beaten
Down and Fifteen Tons OF
Bombs Dropped by British.

London, Aug. 21.-The official com.
munication on aerial operations, issued
last night, snys:
Early in the morning of Aug. IL some
of our sauadrons combined in very
successful attack on the Phalcmrlm ar
drome, south Of Lille. Many bombs were
dropped from low altitude, and machine
guns were used with good effect on ground
targets. Several airplanc sheds were hit
and big fires started
Some enemy machines which attempted
to interfere with our airplancs were pre-
vented from attacking by our cscor,inR
so,Iadrons. All the machines engaged IN
this rnid returned safely.
The Bruges docks, the railway nj
Roisel. and number OF enemy dumps
were heavily bombed by us. The total
weight of bombs dropped during the
day amounted to fifteen and a hall tons.
good deal Of reconnaissance, pho
Biography, and observation work was
also carried out by our aifmen.
In the fighting, thirteen enemy. ma
chimes were destroyed and six driven
down out Of control. In addition, one
hostile airplane was shot down and an
other brought down out OF control by
fire from the ground. -Four German bal
looms in the Mcrville sector were set on
fire by one Of our airmen. Seven OF our
machines are missing.
Unfavorable weather prevented any
flying at night.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-21
HUN PRISONERS ABUSED.
Sleep in Snow Without Covering,
Given Scant Fare and Com
pellcd to Work Hard.

Washington. Aug. 2f.--The French
High Commission has issued n statement,
based on information obtained from
French soldier recently escaped IRON
German prison camp, picturing some oi
the conditions which confront Entente
prisoners Of war in German camps.
'At Beuf-Brisac," the statement says,
"thc camp had been divided into two
distinct parts, the ordinary camp including
l2O prisoners and the reprisal camp 90.
In the latter the officers were compelled
to do the same work as the men, though
such was not the case in the former.
During the whole month Of January the
prisoners slept out Of doors in the snow,
without anv blankets, an average space
Of one square yard being allowed TO each
man. During the following month they
were interned in hut icleven square
vards) put up in the bitches Of the fortress.
but completely deprived Of any sleeping
equipment The prisoners had TO sleep
on boards, without straw mattresses or
blankets, and in fortress place In
March they were transferred To larger
barracks, bare Of any furniture.
'As to food, il wac quite inferior, as
the following menu will show: One quart
of coffee in the morning, one quart of
coffee ut 5 o'clock, a forty-oIince loaf of
bread for five men, some warm soup
every third day. Later on the warm soup
WINS given out daily.
The prisoners were forced to perform
hard labor on this fare.
Lost some thing7 Try a classified
adverti senent in Every Evening. ADV
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-21
Buy for Quality Alone Today
Curfailment in Production Makes
Quality the Only Economy at Present

II almost seerns as If Hudson engi
neers built three years ago with tn.
present situation IN mind
In the wonderful Super-Siz motor
they put power and endurance beyond
anything previously attained
Then they proved the Svper-Siz BY
the most grinding series of tests 10
which an automobile had ever been sub
jected-rsc- -track-rnountsin climbs
cross continent tours-the daily exper-
ience of thousands Of motorists.
The Super-Six is the car which VII
carry on" no matter how long you
must drive IT. Il makes you more ind>-
pendent as far as the scarcity Of SER
vice mechanics IL concerned.
If you want Super-Six, make sure
of il. Order il now. The demand at
present and for some time past has
been so insistent that, even with excep-
ionally high prices offered for uaed
Super-Sixes, there are not enough Eiud-
sons to 90 around. Il u only the part
Of wisdom TO anticipate your needs
even a year distant
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-21
EXIT AWKWARD SQUAD
ENTER LAME BRIGADE
Men Wounded in Legs Quickly
Healed and Restored TO Their
Place Under Flag.

Paris. Aug lJ.-(CorreSpondence OF
The Associated Press The awkward
SQUAD" familiar at the beginning Of all
citizen armies. has now been supplanted
hv the lame battalion, designed 10 re-
establish the men who have gone through
the fire and 10 fit them for future service
30 successful has the idea Of a lame
battalion been. that from 20 TO 50 per
cent OF the soldiers receiving wounds IN
the legs. or suffering from the usual foot
and leg maladieS Of trench warfare, have
been restored to full combat strength
The new course involves instruction OF
the wounded and weakened soldier, IN
the proper posture Of the body and It's use
in walking. running and riding Special
drills have been devised TO overcome the
habits INTO which the invahded soldier
has fallen. instruction Is gwen IN the care
of the feet, while special attention has
been given 10 the foot and leg cases IN the
hospitals
Men with specially troublesome feet,
weak backs. general tad posture or lack
nf endurance are sent to the special tram
jDu battalion. where the fully erect, alert
nosftIou of the BODY Il emphasized -FOUR
COMPANIES have been established IN the
battalion with programs Increasingly
difficult 81 lha, the schedule Of the fourth
company j. only slightly below that re-
oaired for full combat fitness.
United states army medical officers
rerort that experience has shown that
rom nne-third 10 one-half Of the ordinary
dpformjtie- resulting from gunshot wounds
are preventable Surgeons must Tree
themselves from their tendency ID treat
the wounds and forget the function to
make 4 well man, but not working
one
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-21
GARDEN TRUCK FOR
CAMP DIX BOYS
Raised on Cantonmcnt's Own
Farm Under Direction OF
Government.

Camp Dix, Wrightstown, \. j., Aug.
2l-Swect corn on the cob, fresh from
the camps own farm, will feature the
menu of Camp Dix soldiers this week.
II will be the first crop harvested as
result of the novel project adopted here
through cooperation OF the Natonai
War Garden Commission of using sol
diers unfit for overseas duty to farn the
land on the Government reservation not
used for military purposes. There are
40 acres in the camp cornileld ana NJ
an equal number OF acres OF beans VIII
begin bearing next week, the cver-popu-
lar succotash will be natural sequence,
The crops produced on the farm VIII
effect remarkable saving on the ioou
bill for the camps great family About
400 acres are under cultivation WIN
food crops and this can be increased iu
times next year If the Government sees
fit to take over some of the big farms
near the camp which have been offered
for its use thus making the army to
large extent self-supporting in the mat
ter of food while in training One OF
the biggest advantages of the plan, Of
ficcrs believe, will be the ability to sub
stitute fresh for canned vegetables.
Practical farmers selected from among
the draft quota are now aiding officers
of the conservation service, oi when
Captain f. V Champlln IS head, IN
planning the farm crops. The general
farm management is III the hands OF
Lieutenant John +. Bonner, OF Phlla-
delphia, a graduate of Penn state Col
lcgc. Under Lieutenant Bonners dlrec-
ton soldier farmers began today TO har-
vest the onion crop. which, with an aver
age of 120 bushels TO the acre, would
delight the best farmers In the county.
Other food crops are hects, cabbage GU
Cumbers, tomatoes and potatoes In adj
dition 10 these products. the farm was
able to harvest and sell direct to organl-
zations, nearly 300 tons OF hay
Methods Of ''n-fghting' rs now taught
American soldiers here were demon
stratcd Yesterday for the beneht of
Third Assistant Secretary OF war =
NJ keppcl, who paid the camp an OIL
fetal visit The secretary was much
interested and Impressed by the efec-
tivcness Of tho new system, which IS
intended 10 make an American soldier
m effective antagonist, even u dlsarncd-
Secretary kcppcl also inspected thor
oIghl,. The nov system Of educating for
cigncrs drafted into the military service.
lie found 100 non -Enghsh-speaking sol
dicrs in this great school, with so in
structors holding three classes day at
tho various school centres.
since Congress agreed to grant Ameri-
can citizenship 10 foreigners serving, IN
the army. approximately 5000 ahers
here have taken advantage OF the regus
Istion. A bi-wceklv session OF the Nat
uraligation Court was held this after
noon al tho Liberty Theatre. and Federal
Judge Davis administered the oath OF
citizenship to 200 candidates.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-21
BABY SLAYER is INSANE.
Mother Who Killed Her Three
Children Taken 10 Asylum.

Woodbury.. \. J., Aug 2l.-Mrs,
Gertrude Powell. who killed three Of
her small children Monday and escaped
to a cornfield four miles from her home
near Scwell was taken to the State
Hospital at Trenton today, after County
Physician Clark found that she was
suddenly and temporarily deranged. "
Up to the time Of leaving, Mrs. Powell
had not spoken a single word since
the little ones were killed, presumably
about 3 o'clock Monday morning Three
empty cartridges were found alongside
pool Of blood about 500 yards from the
house 1t is supposed the 2-year-old
bov, who was shot, was carried this
distance. then taken back to the house
and placed in bed The four-months-old
twins were evidently drowned in the pump
box then placed in the coach where they
frequently slept The unfortunate wo-
man had left d note to her husband, and
which is in the hands OF coroner, saying
''Aou will know the reason
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-21
CARUSO, TENOR, WEDS.
New York Girl His Bride; Bach
elor, As, Can't Even Sing His
Happiness, He Says.

New York. Aug. 21.-Enrico Caruso, {,
the Metropolitan Opera tenor, yesterday
afternoon married Miss Dorothy Park
BENJAMIN, daughter Of Park BenJa-
min n New York City lawyer.
The ceremony WAS performed by the
Rev. Oliver +. Barnhill at the Marble
Collegiate Church. :,
From the time the tenor and hls BRIDE
elect went into the License Bureau shortly
after , o'clock until after the ceremony,
secrecy was maintained
To the license clerk Caruso have hls
age as forty-fve Miss Benjamin SAID
she was twenty-five. Caruso gave ms
occupation as an artist and SAID ne IS
the son of Marcellinc Caruso and Annie
Balbini He conhded to the clerk that
he intended to we'd within an hour
The service. he said, was to bc IN the
Little Church Around the Corner
and the Rev DIR. Murphy would oiiiciatc;
Both Caruso and Miss BenIamin saiu
they were single and neither had been
married previously. Aiter the ceremony
Caruso said .
Il am the happicst man in the world
| cannot say could not even sing
nv happiness. have married the sweet
est. most charming girl that ever hvcd
Miss BENJAMIN made her debut IN
society four wears ago Her father is
we'll known as patent lawyer, author
and naval expert.
The romances the great tenor have
filled many pages the world over. Five
times reports of his engagements TO rs
many women have been announced;
Six years ago the Milan courts dismissed
suits brought bv Mime. GIachettl, with
whom he sailed the high seas of tempo
rarv matrimony and who was the mother
of his two children. Later he was sued tor
breach of promise of marriage by Milan
shop girl, and four years ago he settled
a similar suit brought hy Mrs Mildred
Ncffcrt of this city by the payment OF
S. 600
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-21
U-MEN GO TO THEAT RE.
Officer of German Pirate Exhib-
tied Seats Stubs to Victim.

Nantucket, Mass, Aug 21.-The wife
of member of the summer colony
here was among those who rendered
assistance to the fishermen brought to
this island on Aug / after submarine
had destroyed their vessels the previous
dav off Georges Banks A member OF
the crew of the Lena A told her, she
said. that he was questioned by the
German petty officer who boarded the
schooner They talked of New York,
and the fisherman asked the German #
he had ever been there. The officer, he
said. smiled and took from his pocket
two seat checks for a Broadway Theatre,
dated Thursday evening, Aug. $,
two davs before the attack on the FISH
ing fleet"