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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-12-07
COME 4 MEMBER

Evcly one has a perfectly good dol
lar. The question is have You a per
fccily good heart; II 50. you VIII Join
the Worcester County Chapter Of the
American Red Gross society; and if
you don't JOIN you viii be ashamed 10
show your face during the HoIiia. i.
for you will surely meet one OF tie
solicitors who asked you to join.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-12-07

nice line of Germantown wool
Drted colors. Mrs. j. c. Short.
Ripley County democrat., 1918-01-25
THRIFT STAMPS TO
!. SHOW PATRIOTISM
PURCHASE OF SMALL SECURITIES
SURE SIGN or BUYERS
AMERIcANisM.
BEAR 4 PER CENT INTEREST
official intention 10 to Have These
EvIdsnees Of Loyalty Scattered
Widely Among People
RedeemabIe In Gold.
BEAR 4 PER CENT INTEREST
BY FrsTUs J. WADE.

Director for Missouri War Savings
Committee.
Explanatory statement relative to
War Savings Thrift Stamp and War
Savings Certificates:
A campaign for the sale Of $1,000
100000 OF War Savings Stamps and
War Savings Certificates was inaugu.
rated in the early part Of December.
The primary purpose Of this new Is.
sue Of government securities is to ere.
ate thrift among the people Of the ma
ton and place within the means OF
every man, woman and child Of the
country an opportunity to buy a gov
ernment security In units as low as 25
cents. Therefore, arrangements are
rapidly being made to place on sale at
all postoffices. all banks and trust
companies. all railroad offices and all
business houses. wholesale and retail.
two kinds OF securities:
(s) The Thrift Stamps are sold for
eS cents each, and when the purchaser
has accumulated l6 OF these stamps
be may go to his bank or trust com.
pany, or to postoffice, and by paying
II cents and turning In "a in stamps
he can secure q IS Government War
Savings Certificate Stamp, due five
yaoru affnr Tav I 1910 The sJggfa,.
Ripley County democrat., 1918-01-25

rs cents. The purchase price Of War
Savings Certificate ST amps, being s4.12
in the months o, December. 1917, and
January, 1918. increases at the rate of
cent per month thereafter.
In order> to absolutely secure. the
widest distribution of these Certifl-
cate Stamps, II Ia against the law for
any one person to own more than
81 900 Of them.
In order to avoid Initiation in the
currency Of the country, these stamps
ore made nonnegotiable. payable to
the purchaser and not to the bearer,
and. therefore. are not transferable.
Should purchaser wish to cash them
In before they mature, they will be
redeemed at any postofflce. and inter-
est will be returned at the rate of ap-
proxlmately 3 per cent per annum,
but they cannot be sold from hand to
hand.
1t is the hope and expectation Of the
government that these notes will be
distributed among at least 25,000,000
Inhabitants of the United States OF
America.
The underlying principle behind this
whole Issue is that s2.000,O 900 ,O0C Of
the war loan viii be held by at least
25.000.000 people Of the nation who
have really saved that amount within
the war period. as II is distinctly a
thrift and saving issue and Is known
as the Thrift Stamps and War Saw
ings Certificate Stamps. It has for its
additional object the inducement Of
those who carry pennies. nickels,
dimes. quarters and dollars In cup
boards. safe deposit boxes or other
places to turn in the ready currency
or coin to the government In order
that It might be circulated throughout
the nation and thus strengthen to that
extent the financial power Of the ma
tion.
~ VIII pe seen, therefore, that, aside
from the raising Of a war fund, each
2b cents or $4.12 contributed to this
distinctly Thrift war saving plan will
leave with the people of the nation
these stamps, which will be redeemed
at the end Of five years, thus avoiding
to that extent any initiation and also
putting the people Of the nation. IRE
spective Of their station In life. IN 4
position Of owaing $2.ooo.oo0,Ooo Of the
war loan.
A better security was never issued.
nor can be issued. II Is the MORTGAGE
Of all the United States and Its nos.
sessions. It is guaranteed by the low.
atty. fealty and confidence Of 100 900.
900 people Of the nation. and. there.
fore. It Is expected that II win receive
the unanimous endorsement az the
men. women and children Of the "a.
ton.
These War Savings Certificate
Stamps are bettcr than gold. silver Or
pspnr money. Tor the simple reason
s.st s4ss IN gold. silver Or papel 1t
Ripley County democrat., 1918-01-25
BRITISH PRISONERS STARVED
Men In German Camp Entirely Depend
ent on Food Sent From
England.

MISUNDERSTANDING to released
Englishmen who have arrived from
the camp for British civilians at Ruh-
leben, Germany, no food had been pro-
vided for them by the Germans In the
last three months. They were entire
ly dependent on the parcels sent out
from Great Britain.
Most of the prisoners at Ruhieben
are suffering from stomach troubles
owing to the fact that they have prin-
cipally had to live on canned food. As
result of the monotonous character
Of the life there all inmates are men,
tally abnormal, say those who have
been released.
Ripley County democrat., 1918-01-25

&$e*@$$%<SANt4
BOY. I
Your mother and your sister Z
are In danger. The Navy that Z
Is protecting them wants you Z
now. Z
Ask your postmaster. He =
knows =
Ripley County democrat., 1918-01-25
waEATLEss BISCUITS.

Parched cornmeal is the feature Of
these excellent whcatless biscuits.
First, the cornmeal--one-half a cup
Ia put In a shallow pan placed In the
oven and stirred frequently until It
Is q delicate brown. The other ingre-
!dients are a teaspoon Of salt cup
of peanut butter and ore and half
cups Of water. Mix the peanut but
ter. water and salt and heat. While
this mixture Is hot stir In the meal
which should also be hot. Beat thor
oughly. The dough should be Of suehl
consistency that 1t can be dropped
from spoon. Bake In small cakes
in an INCREASED pan. This makes 10
biscuits, each Of which contains one
sixth Of al ounce Of protein.
Ripley County democrat., 1918-01-25
Rail Road Time Table.
Doniphsn and Neelyville Branch.

There 10 more Catarrh In this section OF
the country than all other diseases put
together. and until the last few years
was supposed 70 be incurabie. For Q
great many years doctors pronounced II .
local disease and prescribed local reme-
dies, and BY constantly falling TO cure
with local treatment, pronounced II incur
constitutional disease. and therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure. manufactured by r. J.
Cheney q Co.. Toledo. Ohio. IL the only
Constitutional cure on the market. II Il
blood and mucous surfaces Of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any
and testimonials.
address. y. :. CHENEY q CO.. Toledo. o.
gola By Drusgists. 7Sc.
TAKE Hairs Family Pills for sons,ips,iaa.
Ripley County democrat., 1918-01-25
DR. J J Daniels.
Physician and Surgeon
uCNirilAN, NO.

VIII aaswer MI professional calls day
" night. Oniee at resideDcc. Mast I.o-
! nst street.
Ripley County democrat., 1918-01-25

the end Of five year, is worth only
S4.12, whereas If you invest each S4.12
you own In these War Savings Certifi
cate Stamps they viii be worth Sc in
gold at the end OF tiv years
Ripley County democrat., 1918-01-25
A MESSAGE TO YOU.

A MESSAGE TO YOU.
YOUR country needs YOU.
YOUR country Ia calling
YOU.
YOUR Navy needs men now.
YOUR country Is In danger.
YOUR help is needed.
YOUR ships are on the
roads Of the seas protecting
YOUR homes.
YOU are needed to man
these ships and their great
: guns.
The Navy wants you now.
Ask your postmaster today.
He knows.
n a n a 4 a a a a 4 a a a
Ripley County democrat., 1918-01-25
DELICIOUS CORN MuFFlNs.

Here's an old fashioned recipe for
corn mullins that has recently been
revived and used with unusual success
In several Of the larger New York ho-
tells TO make three and q half dozen
nlufiins take one quart milk. six ounces
butter substitute, twelve ounces Of
light syrup or honey. four eggs. pinch
Of salt. two ounces baking powder,
one and a half pounds cornmeal and
one and half pounds rye flour. Tho
butter and syrup should be thoroughly
mixed; then add the eggs gradually.
Pour n the milk and ada the rye -four
mixed with cornmeal and baking pow
der.
Ripley County democrat., 1918-01-25

FAnfk5s- ONAL CdHpS
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12

friendly with the men, and while ]
think they liked him they were so
tough they would never admit 1t, and
some of them claimed he was Jonah,
or jinx, or bad luck of some kind. But
they all told him their vows as soon
as they made them and he was sup
posed to be a sort of referee as to
whether they kept them or not.
During my second stunt in the front
lines things got pretty bad. The Ger
mans were five to our one and they
kept pushing back parts Of the line
and cleaning out others. And the
weather was as bad as it could be
and the food Gid not always come reg
ularly. Now, before they took their
vows, every last man in the bunch
would have been kicking and growing
all the time, but, as it was, the only
time they growled was when the Ger
mans pushed us back.
Things kept getting verse and you
could see that the men talked to the
chaplain more and quite few of them
got real chummy with him.
One morning Fritz started in bright
and early to begin his strafe. The
lieutenant was walking up and down
the trench to see that the sentries
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

local applications as they cannot reach
ne diseased portion Of the ear. There is
Jnly one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedy.
HALLS sCATARRH MEDICINE acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
Of the system. Catarrhal Deafness Is
caused by an infiamed condition Of the
When this tube is infiamed you have g
rumbiing sound or imperfect hearing. and
when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the
result. Unless the Inflammation can be re-
duced and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing may be destroyed
forever. Many cases of Deafness are
caused by Catarrh, which is an infiamed
condition of the Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any
be cured by HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE.
All Druggists 75c Circulars free.
r. ]. Cheney G. Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12
CHAPTER vi.
Fritz Does a Little "strafeina."

Fritz Does Little StrdreihQ.
My outfit was one Of those that saw
the Germans place women and chill
dren in front of them as shields
against our fire. More than third of
our men, should say, had been pretty
tough criminals in their own countries.
They always traded their pay against
a handful of cards or a roll of the
bones whenever they got chance.
They had been in most of the dirty
parts of the world. This war was not
such much to them; just one more
job in the list. They could call God
and the saints and the human body
more things than any boss stevedore
that ever lived.
Yet they were religious in a way.
Some Of them were always reading
religious books or saying prayers in
different ways and between them they
believed in every religion and super
stition under the sun, I guess. Yet
they were the toughest bunch ever
saw.
After they saw the Germans using
the Belgian women the way Trey did,
almost every man in my company took
some kind of a vow or other, and
most Of them kept their vows, too, l
believe. And those that were religious
got more so after that.
Our chaplain had always been very
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12

were properly posted and were on the
Gob. A shell whizzed over his head
and landed Just behind the RaT
and the dirt spouted up like i Imagine
a Yellowstone geyser looks.
Another officer came up to the lieu
tenant--a new one who had only
Joined the company about week be-
fore. They had walked about ten
yards when another shell whizzed over
them. They laid to and third one
came. There were three in less than
five minutes, directly over their heads.
Then a shell landed on the left side
Of the trench and poilu yelled that
four men had got it. They were all
wounded ard three died later. The
lieutenant went over to them and just
after he passed me a lad got it square
not far from me and was knocked
over to where I was lying.
The lieutenant came back and
helped me with the first-aid roll and
then the Germans began using shrap-
mel. The lieutenant was swearing
hard about the shrapnel and the Ger.
mans and everything else.
Farther to the right a shell had just
struck near the parados and made a
big crater and across from it, against
the parapet, was a young chap with
deep cash in his head, sitting on
the fire step and next to him a fellow
nursing the place where his arm had
been blown off. Our bread ration lay
all about the trench and some of the
poilus were fishing it out of the mud
and water and wiping the biscuits off
on their sleeves or eating as fast as
they could. Only some Of the biscuits
had fallen In bloody water and they
did not eat these.
A young fellow, hardly more than q
boy, stumbled over the parados and
fell into the trench right near the
lieutenant and the lieutenant dressed
his wounds himself. l think he was
some relation of the boy.
The lieutenant asked him how he
felt, but the boy only asked for waite,
and smiled. But you could see he was
in great pain. Then the boy said
"Oh, the pain is awful. / am going
to die"
"You are all right, old man." the
lieutenant said. "You will be hons
soon. The stretcher bearers are com
ing" So we passed the word for thu
stretcher bearers.
Then he took the water bottle from
| the boys side and sat him up and gave
him some water. He left the water
bottle with the chap and went tC
hurry the stretcher bearers along
When he got around the corner of the
trench the boy was slipping back anG
the water bottle had fallen down. Sc
went over to thim and propped hin
up again and gave him some moro
water.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12

Depew goes "over the top"
and "oets" his first German in a
bayonet fight. Read his story
of this exploit in the next in
stallment.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12
Something Lacking.

Nobody seems to object to prohibit
ton" said the visitor at Crimson
Gulch.
"Well," replied Broncho Bob, "Three-
Finger Sam is right rnsentful. He's
gettin' to feel lonesome an neglected.
It's been near six months now since
anyone come around givin' him heart
to-heart talks an tellin' him what a
great man he'd be If he'd let liquor
alone"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12

Gro BE coNTINUEn,
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12

"And what are these poor fellows
doing?'' asked the would-be social work.
err who was being shown through the
prison by an attendant.
"Oh, they are making break for
liberty" answered the guard.
"Why, they seem perfectly docile,
sitting around with their hammers and
cracking rocks. How can you say they
are breaking for liberty?"
"Well, you see, ma'am, they know
they gotta break these stones up or
we won't let 'em out"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12

and you would be surprised to see how
quickly our corps established COM
Daunication from a newly won trench
TO headquarters for instance. They
were asking for our casualties before
we had finished having them, almost.
Artillery fire was directed by men
whose duty it was to dope out the
range from the information sent them
by the observers in the air. Two men
were stationed at the switchboard,
one man to receive the message and
the other to operate the board AS
soon as the range was plotted out it
was telephoneG to the gunners and
they did the rest.
The naval guns at Dixmude were
hrgrind IN fiat cars and these were
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12
EspeciaIIy in the Parlor.

"Where there is so much smoke in
the house there is bound to be a good
deal Of ire,' observed the almost cynic
as he bit down on wartime butter
bean, causing his new false teeth to
list heavily to port.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12


For this purpose there are balloons
and airplanes attached to each artil-
lery unit The airplanes are equipped
with wireless, but also signal by
smoke and direction of flight, while
the balloons use telephones. The OBJ
servers have maps and powerful
glasses and cameras. Their maps are
marked off in zones to correspond with
the maps used by the artillery officers.
The observations are signaled to a
receiving station on the ground and
are then telephoned to the batteries.
All our troops We're equipped with
telephone signal corps detachments
and this was a very important arm
Of the service, The enemy position is
shelled before an attack, either en-
harrage or otherwise, and communion
ton between the waves of attack and
the artillery Is absolutely necessary.
BOmbardments are directed toward
certain parts OF the enemy position
almost as accurately as you would use
q searchlight. The field telephones are
very light and are portable to the last
degree. They can be rugged up or
knocked down in very short time.
The wire is wound on drums or reels
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12
DICTIONARIES VOW VENGEANCE WHEN GERMANS HIDE
BEHIND BELGIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN

synopsbert Depew author the tells of his service
which he attained the rank of chief
The world after he
discharge the he leaves for
determination enlist He joins the Foreign Legion and
assigned his craftsmanship wins
him high to
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12
At Current Rates.

rs she very richY'
"She must be. She takes a glass OF
milk at every meal"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12

Granulated Eyelids. Sites, Infiamed Eyes
relieved over night by Roman Eye Balsam-
One trial proves Its merit. Adv.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12

A man can make his wife believe
almost anything during their court
ship.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12
CHAPTER V-Continued.

I never saw a battery better con-
cealed than this one. Up on the ground
you couldn't see the muzzle twenty
yards away--and that was all there
was to see at any distance. There
was a ruined garden just outside the
gun quarters, and while the gunners
were there picking apples there would
be hiss and an explosion, and over
would go some Of the trees, or maybe
man or two, but never a shell struck
nearer the guns than that. The poilus
used to thank Fritz IJr helping them
pick the apples, because the explosions
would bring them down in great style.
Shells from our heavy artillery passed
just over the garden, too, making an
awful racket. But they were not in it
with the "75's."
They gave me q little practice with
a "75" undQr the direction of expert
French gunAers before / went to my
14-inch naval gun, and, believe me, it
was a fine little piece. Just picture
TO yourself a little beauty that can
send a 3S-pound shell every two sec
onds for five miles and more, if you
want it to, and land on Fritz vest
button every time. There is nothing
like better than a gun, anyway, and
I have never since been entirely satis7
fed with anything less than "75.'
AS you probably know, the opposing
artillery in this war is so widely sepa-
rated that the gunners never see their
targets unless these happen to be
buildings, and even then it is rare. So,
since an artillery officer never sees the
enemy artillery or infantry, he must
depend on others to give him the range
and dirnetion
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-27
FARMERS WEEK AT UNIVERSITY
OF KENTUCKY.

An interesting feature of Farm
ers' Week at the University of Ken
lucky the last week of January will
be a live stock judging contest in
which those in attendance will be
allowed to engage. This contest will
be conducted by Mr.. T. G. Patterson,
Manager of Hereford Farms at Yer
sailles, KY. Col. T. G. Taylor, Jr.,
proprietor of Hereford Farms, has
kindly consented to send some of his
fine specimens of Hereford cattle to
the Experiment Station to be used in
this connection. After the contest
ans have placed the animals, giving
their reasons, Mr.. Patterson will
grade their papers, after which he
will place the animals according to
his judgment, giving his reasons for
so doing.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-27
SICK SOLDIERS WILL BE IN HOS
PITAIS NEAR HOME.

Plans perfected by the hospital
division Of the War Department pro-
vide that wounded and sick soldiers
returned from the Expeditionary
Forces will be placed in hospitals
in the section from which they were
indicted. These hospitals are so 10
Gated that the maximum distance a
relative will have to travel to visit a
patient will be three hundred miles.
The only exception will be in the
cases of men whose injuries would
require that they be sent to special
hospitals where facilities for treat
ment have been provided.
The decision of the General Staff
was announced by the Surgeon Gen.
eral of the army to turn over the base
hospital at Camp Taylor and those of
each of fifteen other environments.
Along with the other general hos
pitfalls their accommodations will give
the Hospital Division a total of seven
ty-nve hospitals, with a capacity Of
104,231 beds. These do not include
the hospitals located at the ports of
debarkation at New York and New
port News that number fifteen with a
bed capacity of 22s06S.
These hospitals have been located
in sixteen districts, Louisville being
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-27
Fire, Wind and lightning
Insurance.
Thomas, Woodford & Bryan
GOVERNMENT WILL RETAIN Alb
ERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS

Retention of the proving ground
at Aberdeen, Md, and gradual de-
velOpment of the government ord
nance plant at Neville Island, Pa, is
the full scope of the plans laid for it
during the War Department. Assist
ant Secretary Corwell, who is in di-
rect charge of the disposal of all sur
plus war material, said there is no
disposition to abandon either of these
establishments.
The Neville Island project contem-
plated the expediture of 1000, 900
in order to furnish new facilities for
big gun manufacture and the plant is
to be equipped to produce 1S-inch or
larger rifles if necessary, although
the maximum now in process are the
several 16-inch types. The new plant
will turn out big guns of all calibers,
however, including the forgings, all
of which the government has here
tofore obtained from private con-
Germs
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-27
RELIGIOUS.


The influenza ban having been
lifted the Sunday schools of the vari-
GUS churches will resume the even
tenor of their way on next Sunday
at the usual hours.
The pulpit at st. Peters Epis-
copal church, in this city, will be
filled next Sunday morning by Judge
Lyman Chalkley, of the Transy.va-
mia University, at Lexington. There
will be no Sunday school. Church
services at 10:45. Everybody in
vited to attend.
The Christian Endeavor Society
of the Christian church will meet in
the church parlors at 500 O'Clock
next Sunday evening. This will be
in the nature of New Years meet
ing. Subject: "The New Year."
leader, Mrs. John Duvall At this
meeting announcement will be made
concerning the Watch Party which
will be held on Tuesday night. Off,
GERS for the new year 1919 will be
elected at this meeting.