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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-03
GREAT MILITARY.
 ACTIVITY IN THE
 STATE OF TEXAS

Austin, Texas, June 3-The train ing of hundreds of thousands Of men for military service in great canton
 ments, camps and schools of in- struction within its. borders places Texas among the foremost states of
 the union in military activity since
 the United States entered the war.
 There are approximately 40 camps and schools of military instruction in
 the state.
 Educational institutions of Texas
 are contributing their share in mili- tary activities. The University Of
 Texas is one of six institutions in the United States selected by the gove-
 ernment as training school in mili- tary aeronautics. A reserve officers
 training corps also has been estab-
 hshed at the university and courses in naval architecture are being taught. 1h addition, a school of au- tomobile and radio mechanics with
 capacity of approximately 5000 stu
 dents is being conducted under gov
 ernment supervision.
 Texas has approximately 80,000
 men in military service. Thirty-five
 thousand of these are volunteers and 45,OoO have been drafted. Of the total approximately 76,o00 are in the
 army, 2,500 in the navy and 1,500 are
 marines.
 Upwards of 2,500 Texans have been commissioned in the army. Practically 100000 Texang in the
 selective service are awaiting to be
 called to training camps.
 A new national guard of two bri-
 gades of cavalry of three regiments each and brigade of infantry is be- ing recruited. The new guard will have 12,750 men and 500 officers. When organization is completed the guard may be federalized and placed on the Mexican border to relieve a number of regulars now there. Texas
 has 900 miles of international border. The activities of Texas have not | been confined strictly to a military
 sense, however. Although more than | 50 counties in the state have been drought-stricken for upwards of two years, a campaign for more food and | feed production stimulated activities | to such an extent that many thou sands of war gardens and hundreds
 of acres of previously unproductive ground are being cultivated. Hopes have been raised because of bounte- ous rains in several sections of the | drought area.
 Women of the state have contri-
 buted to war work through every 1 channel open to them.
 | sThe Red Cross in Texas contri-
 buted $1 ,O0o, 900 in the first drive fog
 funds made by that organization. Texas has invested more than 1 s1S8, ,o00,0 900 in Lizerty bonds. The state subscribed $42.305.250 in the first Liberty loan campaign, $66,- | 045,25O in the second campaign, and more than $S0,000,000 in the third campaign.
 In Y. M. c. A. work, Texas because \ of the vast number of men in train- ki ing within it's borders shows unusual
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-03
NEWS AMONG THE BOY SCOUTS OF
 AMERICA-HE HEADQUARTERS NOTES

master, MT. Ferris. Senior Patrol Leader White presided. Owing to the illness of our Scoutmaster we did not transact any business. Deputy Com missioner Maitland presided and spoke to the boys on many different subjects. Louis Abbott and Richard Smith were admitted into the troop. Meeting adjourned at S:So.
 Earl Smith, Scribe.
 Troop 10, John c. B. Storrs, S. M.
 Meeting was called to order at TAO by Scoutmaster Storrs. After salut- ing the flag and having our patrol calls the minutes of the last meeting were read and accepted. We had a very large attendance. There were 32 Scouts, four officials, three visitors and five candidates, making a total of A. Our troop marched with the veterans in the Memorial Day parade. Much was said and many questions were asked concerning our overnight hike held on the 18th. The Scout master gave us some hints on what to bring. MT. Maitland came in fol- lowed by MT. Hull of Troop 21. Mir Storrs distributed the hike maps ob- tained from the geological survey. We had one visitor from Troop 25 of Hartford and another Scout from Troop 2S who will accompany us on the overnight hike. Meeting ad- journed at 9:3O by giving the troop yell.
 Edward Barratt ScrihA.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-03
MAKE SOLDIERS
 LAND OWNERS

Speaking at the public forum in the United church last evening, Dr. Frederick c. Howe, immigration com missioner of the port of New York, in his lecture on After the War; the New Social Order" advocated that the soldier returning from the war should be landowner. He thinks that after the war the big holdings of real estate will be materially re- duced by taxation. It is his belief tha railroads and other public service corporations should be owned by the government if America is to com pete commercially with other /na- tions.
 MT. Howe stated that mobilization
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-03

John L. Mitchell, son of the late
 U. $. Senator Mitchell of Wisconsin, was killed in an aero battle in France.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-03

If you are losing weight, are thin, pale and run down you are in danger.
 Father Johns Medicine will build new flesh and strength for you. It is a body builder and strength giver.
 It is safe for children, too, because it does not contain alcohol.
 Begin taking it, today and see how you gain in weight and health. It is guaranteed free from alcohol or dangerous drugs in any form.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-03

Premier Lenine in a speech before the all-Russian Executive Committee declared Russia will continue the war.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-03
Harry Csech, Scribe.
Troop 3, Everett Davis, S. M.

Netting. was called to order by Scoutmaster Davis. The Scoutmaster drilled the candidates on their ten derfoot tests and two boys passed their test very successfully. They were Peter Petrofsky and Nichols Mainiero. Edward O'Leary was voted into the troop. After the busi- ness meeting the regular meeting ad- journed at g.
 George Mosher, Scribe.
 Troop s, William Hilton, S. M.
 The regular meeting was held and was opened by the assistant Scout
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-03

Of labor had already begun in Ameri- ca and trat within few months there will be national clearing houses showing the demand and supply in every community. He spoke of the decadence of farming previous to the opening of the war, that the system of farming by tenants was in prctice a system that kills agriculture and national spirit. He urged that there be somebody to say to every sol dier that he would have better place on his return than that which he left to go to the war.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-03
Troop 1, Fairfield, Mir. Lewis, S. M

Netting was opened by our assistant Scoutmaster, William Burr, at 1880. Minutes of the previous meeting read and accepted. Report of Thrift Stamps was submitted. Motion made and passed that the Scouts of Troop i have olive khaki handkerchiefs. Our Scoutmaster, MT. MacPherson, is about to leave the city and a vote of thanks for his help to the troop was unanimously passed. MT. C.. Saunders of the Y. M. c. A. spoke to the Scouts on some very interest ing subjects. Meeting adjourned at 8:20. Arthur Knight, Scribe.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-03
Edward Barratt, Scribe.
rroop 16, H. J. Wood, S. M.

The meeting was opened at 7:45 by Senior Patrol Leader Kirk, who led us in the Scout oath and law There were 26 peresent. The first, or Flying Eagle Patrol was organized into a First Aid Patrol. Letters were read from the Ecout executive, MT. Argetsinger, MT. Hincks and one from H. A. Chaffee, concerning his presenting our troop with an Ameri- can flag. A troop committee with Patrol Leader Thorpe as chairman was organized to investigate new can didates, of which there were five present Meeting adjourned at 9:15 after some practice in marching.
 Elmore B. Lyford, Scribe.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-03
To Urge Higher
 Pay For Teachers

Some important matters are slated to come before the Common Council at it's regular meeting this evening. It is expected Mayor Wilson will send a message urging that increased pay be granted the teachers of the public schools. who recently petitioned for a raise. There is a considerable quan- tity of routine business to be dis posed of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-03
Headquarters Notes.

The winner of the Scout axe and sheath offered for the largest amount
 of War Savings Stamps sold by Me
 morial Day was won by Scout Ed
 ward Barratt of Troop 10. His amount is $3s4. The second highest
 amount submitted is $105, sold by
 William Ortlapp of Troop 22. Scout
 headquarters is sure there are other Scouts that have sold much more
 than $105 worth but the reports sub-
 mitted were the only ones to receive
 consideration.
 The Camp Committee meets next
 Tuesday afternoon at p. m. in
 headquarters, when we hope to make
 final arrangements for the summer
 camp which will be larger than ever. i Deputy Commissioner Maitland is planning an intensive drive for the sale of War Savings Stamps some- time in June. Troops will be organ
 ized under captains and reports made
 each evening of amount of sales
 made that day. A circular letter will be sent out soon from headquarters explaining this.
 The Scout executive congratulates the uPOh IhS1I NAA AOUe in the Memorial Day parade. We fell, however, that while the division included only our thousand boys many
 more could have been in line that
 were not.
 | Black Walnut Trees. Any person who can assist the gov ernment in the location of black wal
 nut trees will please notify local Boy Scout headquarters and blank will i be furnished him on which to report i to the Forest Service of the Agricul- ! ture Department. This walnut is ur- l gently needed for propeller blades and rifle stocks.
 | Weather permitting many of the 1 Scout leaders will spend the week.
 end at the Boy Scout camp at Still River.
 1 Attention of the leaders is called l to the fact that the Scoutmasters' Association meeting for June comes
 on the 10th. Meeting will be held
 in headquarters as usual.
 l Troop 1, William Mcclellan, S. M. 1 Meeting was called to order by our 1 Scoutmaster. Our assistant Scout master, MT. Shook, also presided. In i the near future MT Chowenhill is fa-
 miliar with the woods and is willing
 to give us his spare time In teaching
 us to know the woods as well as he i does. MT. Shook is planning to take an overnight hike accompanied by members of our troop. We are plan
 ming to take hike on June 4 to St.
 Mary's by the Sea and we all expect to enjoy a good swim if the weather
 permits. Meeting adjourned follow
 ed by games.
 Harry Csech, Scribe.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-03
Troop 24, John B. Jaroleman, S. M

Troop A, John B. Jaroleman, S. M. Our regular business meeting was registered the first week in May with 12 boys. Our sixth meeting was held on Wednesday in the Hungarian Bap- tist church. Joe Posik passed the tenderfoot examination at this meet ing and is the thirteenth member of our troop. We practiced the sema- phore signalling for 25 minutes. As- sistant Scoutmaster Edward Mrasko went on hike with some of the boys last Saturday to Huntington.
 Stephen Papp, Scribe.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31
ARMY PAY REACHES NEARLY
$1,OOO,OOOyOOO ANNUALLY

Washington, Jan. 10.-The total pay
of the United States army in Deem
Der was approximately $685. 900, the
committee on public information an
nounced today in the second of it's
series of statements on the pay of the
army and navy and the operation Of
the war risk insurance bureau. This
is at the rate of nearly $1,000, 0OO, 900
a year.
The total does not include family
allowances or compensation for disa-
bility of soldiers provided for in the
insurance act and paid through the
war risk bureau.
Base Pay.
The base pay of enlisted men ranges
from the $50 a month received by a
private on enter ing the service TO the
SS1 per month received by senior
grade quartermaster ~sergeants of the
quartermaster. corps, band leaders,
master engineers of the senior grade
and master hospital sergeants.
Service pay for enlisted men, includ-
ing non-commissioned officers, rang
ing from So to $24 a month. is allowed
for continued re-enlistment and in
the coast artillery extra pay ranging
from 50 a month to SO a month is al
lowed men when on special assign
ments. Enlisted men in the signal
corps, while on duty which REQUIRES
them to participate regularly in air
plane flights, if they have the rating
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

of aviation mechanics, receive fifty per
CEN increase in their monthly pay.
Enlisted Men.
Enlisted men, if serving in a foreign
country, receive twenty per cent in
crease in pay computed ON the base
pay and service pay prevailing prior
to June 1, 1917, when an act of con
gress increased for the period of the
war the pay of all enlisted men in
amounts ranging from eight per cent
to fifty per cent. Enlisted men on de-
tached duty where 10 army quarters
are valuable, are allowed SIS amonth
to cover housing expenses, and also
suitable allowances for subsistence
and for heat and light.
Officers pay ranges from the $141.67
initial pay received by a second leu
tenant each month to the $4,000 q
year for a general. Officers Of the
rank UP to and including colonel re-
ceive an increase of ten per cent
known as longevity pay for each
per cd of FIVE years service, provided
that such increase shall not exceed
forty per cent. All officers or foreign
service receive an increase Of ten nor
cent in their base pay and longevity
pay.
Aviation officers of the signal corDs
or attached to that corps while in
duty which renulr Tres them to pratici-
49, ~ognlarIv in aerial flights, a~o on
titled to an increase in the paw nf their
grade ranging FROM TWENTY-FIVE ner
cent for aviation officers tn seventy,
FIVE per cent for military aviato~s.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31
TURKISH A &

London, Jan,-Free passage of tn
Dardenelles for Russian ships. Rnsoia"
evacuation of Turkish TERRITORY an
the rehabilitation of the Rnssiaa
Black sea feet are provided for. in tba
draft OF Turkish peace terms presented
to Russia, according to an EXCHANGE
Telegraph dispatch from PetrograJ
Turkey, it is provided, is to retain hor
active army in consequence of tba
continuation of war against the en-
.tente.
The main points in the draft nre-
scented by the Turkish delegates arc
given in the dispatch as follows:
Frontier lines to remain as he
fore the war.
"2-Within two years of the conelu-
sion of peace the contracting parties
shall conclude a convention respecting
sea trade and consulates.
"3-War losses incurred by indiyid-
uals to be refunded.
"4-Guarantees to be give for tho
territorial integrity and development
of Persia on the basis of her entire
independence.
"5-Free passage to be granted
Russian ships passing through the
Dardanelles and the Bosphorus.
"6-Mobilizatfon within limits to be
permitted for national defense.
Russia to undertake to remove
her armies to territory within the pre-
vious Russian borders in six to eight
weeks after signing the peace agree
ment, leaving only on division to safe
guard her frontier.
"8-Russia to demobiIize her army
of special Armenian units and also to
demobilize the Black sea navy.
"9-Turkey to retain her active
army in consequence of continuance of
war against the entente"
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

Calome1 loses you a day! You
know what calomel is. It's mer'
curry; quicksilver. Calomel is dan
gerous. It crashes into sour bile
like dynamite, cramping and sick
ening you. Calomel attacks the
bones and should never be put into
your system.
When. you feel bilious, sluggish,
constipated and all knocked out and
believe you need a dose of dangerous
calomel just remember that your
druggist sells for a few cents a large
bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone, which
is entirely vegetable and pleasant to
take and is a perfect substitute for
calomel. Il is guaranteed to start
your liver without stirring you up
inside, and can not salivate.
Don't take calomel! It makes you
sick the next day it loses you a days
work. Dodson's Liver Tone straight
ems you right up and you feel great
Give it to the children because it IS
perfectly harmless and doesn't grippe
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31
EVER WATCHFUL
A Little Care May Save Many Hen
jacksonville Readers Future Trouble.

A Little Care May Save Many Hen
Jacksonville Readers Future Trouble.
Watch the kidney secretions.
See that they have the amber hue
of health.
The discharge not excessive or in
frequent; ! ni
Contain no "brick-dust like" sedi-
ment.
Doan's Kidney Pills are especial
ly for weak kidneys.
Let a Marion citizen tell you how
they work.
J. M. Clay, Marion, N. c., says:
"My kidneys were weak and the kid
ney secretions were unnatural and
irregular in passage. My back and
kidneys panied me. I was never
much of a hand to take medicine but
used Deans Kidney Pills. They
soon cured me and my back and kid
neys have been strong ever since"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney PfTls-the same that
Mr.. Clay had. Foster-Milburn Co..
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

in sustaining a soldier or saves from
starvation a woman, chif0 or man, be-
cause the marketing of a hog in our
towns and cities releases for export
the Central Western hog which would
have been imported by the town in
which the local hog was sold.
..The cities and towns of North Car
DINA have to depend for their pork
and beef supplies largely upon the
Central West instead Of upon the
farmers in their own STATE. The Food
Administration, of course, is going to
see that all of the people at home are
supplied with food products before any
is exported and this Deans that solid
cars Of meat which might be saving
innocent people in Europe from actual
starvation are being brought into
North Carolina and other Southern
States to supply the markets which
should be supplied by our own
farmers.
"Not one pei cent Of the people Of
America have any conception Of the
horror of the situation hat c~onfronts
the civilian population of England,
France and Italy, and the still o
pitiful plight of the people of Finland,
Switzerland and other neutral coun-
tries of Europe. Any surplus that we
have is first divided with our Allies
and the neutrals Ear get only what is
left. Whether they get any at all de-
ponds upon the degree in which our
people substitute other products which
we have for the products which, be-
cause of their concentrated nature
and keeping qualities are best adapted
for export.
"Our normal surplus of wheat and
meat has already been exported. What
the people of Europe get from now
on can come only from what we save
out of our normal consumptin of food
products. Even at the best, tens Of
thousands of men, women and chill
dren will starve during the next four
months; but every particle of food
that is saved or marketed by any
American will find its way over &C
tually or by proxy to feed some sol
der or to help save the life Of some
child, some woman, or some man in
Europe. :,
Facing these facts, can any normal
human being, blessed as we in Amer
lea are blessed, refuse to economize
in the use of all foodstuffs and to sub
stitute for wheat, beef and pork prod
ucts other things that we have in
abundance? We r sure that no
North Carolina family which is &C
quainted with these facts will refrain
from doing its utmost to save life and
suffering on the other side" -
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31
DANA
Miss Plank Opens Subscription
School at Ebenezer; III. nj. Lamb to
Grow Hogs at Spartanburg.

Miss Plank Opens Subscription
School at Ebenezer: H. MI. Lamb to
Grow Hogs at Sp%artanburg.
HENDERSONVILLE, r. Miss
Virga Plank opened a subscription
school at Ebenezer Monday morning.
Miss Plank has a good number of stu
dents. She has held assistants place
at Ebenezer for the past two years
and has done excellent work.
S. V. Corn spent Saturday night and
Sunday with his family here and re-
turned to his work at SpartanburG
Monday.
H. N. Lamb, formerly of Route 1,
recently purchased a number of nice
hogs and shipped them to Spartan
burg, where he expects to stay for a
while and make hog raising his occu-
patton. Mr.. Lambs family now re-
sides in Hendersonville.
The children of this section who
have been practicing skating seem to
miss their play fields very much since
the rain came and turned a portion of
the ice to mud.
R. Duncan has been on the sick list
the past week, but is improving some.
M. Shipman returned home Satur-
day from Spartanburg.
I Mrs. M. Shipman returned Sunday
after an extended visit with relatives
in Asheville.
G. W. Jackson and family of Route
1, moved to Flat Rock last week.
The farmers of this community are
doing their part this year towards
supplying the birds with food, as there
is plenty Of corn yet in the fields not
gathered.
Since the ice has disappeared there
has been a great. deal of travel from
all parts of thesGountry on oursDana
road, despite. the rain and mud.
PAPA'S PET.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31
WHAT THE FOOD SITUATION IS

The men Of England, Scotland, Ireland, France,
Italy and Belgium are fighting; they are not on the
farms. The food production of these countries has
therefore been greatly reduced. Even before the war
it was much less than the amount consumed. The diff
ference was supplied by the United States, Canada,
and other countries, including Russia, Roumania,
South America, India and Australia.
The difference between production and consumption
is now greater than ever, and, at the same time, food
can no longer be obtained from most of the outside
countries.
- Therefore, our Associates: in the war for Democracy
depend upon North America for food as they have
never depended before, and they ask US for it with a
right which they have never had before. For today
they are our companions in a great war against a COM
mon enemy. For the present Is is THEY who are doing
the fighting, the suffering, the dying-inNOUR war.
One million of the finest Young Men of the United
States will soon be fighting side by side with the mil
lions of brave soldiers of France, Great Britain, Bel
GUM and Italy.
Millions OF the men, women and children of the
United States cannot go abroad and fight the enemy
face to face. But they can fight by
HELPING The FIGHTERS FIGHT
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

Raleigh.-"How will the meat I
save reach a soldier or a needy per-
son in Europe?"
This inquiry has been received by
the Food Administration from scores
of patriotic country people in North
Carolina who have not been able to
figure out just how pork which they
save can be made to do war service
or prevent death from starvation in
the Allied or neutral countries of Eu-
rope
The people who have been making
this inquiry can use poultry, rabbits
and other substitutes for meat and are
in better position TO swell the supply
of pork available for export than any
other class Of people in the State, be-
cause the substitutes for pork and
beef on the market cost more in most
instances than these products do them
selves.
; In the course Of a letter to Mr.. e.
N. Lindsay, a Wayne county farmer,
Mr.. John Paul Lucas, Of the Food
Administration, stated emphatically
that: "Every hog marketed by the
farmers. Of North Carolina finds its
way by proxy to Europe where it aids