Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-09-18
COLLECT FRIIIT PITs ZOE We Ifl

sent over seas any day.
COLLECT FRUIT PITS FOR WAR USE
Uncle sam asks his people TO save every
fruit pit ard nut shell, for out of these by
products come the carbon and charcoal which
constitute ore of the best absorhants Of pois-
OnoCs gases used BY the Germans IN the war
A letter has beer received from the gas de-
Tense division, chemical welfare service Of the
government. te the Hotel Mems Association
asking that fruit pits and Hnt Bhelis be col
lected and sent 10 the government.
The association has adopted re5olaiie5 Of
fering the services Of every hotel as collection
centers. Department stores viii he asked %
make their stores collection eenters and to cali
attention 20 the fact IN advertisements. u
is also suggested that each horne have a re-
ceptsele for these by-produets.
Mr. and Mrs James NJ Smith are advised
BY their son Gail. ths5 be is nov in Camp
Lewis, near Seattle, going from Montana,
where he registered last year
Ole c. Henson received notice that his son
Tenny had arrived or French roll and ready
for action. Also that his son Henry C. had
been wounded in his right shoulder by the
explosion of German shell.
John Heating and wife Of Woodman, section
foreman en- the St Paul, have probably the
largest number of boys IN service Of any fam
lily in Wisconsin. TEss nave FIVE; John,
Richard, Frank, Thomas and Mark, all in
some branch Of the army.
Ten minutes Of song and then brief prayer
for the success of our armies in France opens
The daily work at a Green BAY dry goods es-
Enlistment. Other stores in the city are
planning to adopt the same program. Among
The songs rendered daily The Star SrzBg-
led Banner" and 'Heep the Home Fires Barn
ing"
Charles E. Woodhouse Of Victory. who was
reported missing in action the battle line
in France, writes his parents from base
hospital that he is alive and hopes 10 be out
soon.
Lieutenant Cad Be-ry. Of Sparta. direct
from the fighting in France. psid his
uncle, L. {. Boyle, brief visit in this city.
He vent over with the Sparta company and
has seen active service, but sent home as
an instructor at different camps. Lieutenant
Berry declares that he is anxious fer the day
when he is ordered 20 France.
Alven Holen. former Cashton boy. was
killed in battle in France during August.
HILLsBoRO BOY KILLED IN ACTION
On Monday a Telegram came from the Ofice
Of the adjutant general at Washington, TO
Charles Burton of Hiisboro, saying that his
son, Lieutenant Eddie Burton, died August g..
from wounds received in action. This IL the
first serious casualty 20 GENE 10 HilsbOre, as
the direct result of boys fighting in the
battles for democracy. Burton was sergeant
in Co. ID. Third Wisconsin National Guard.
when the United States entered the war. Soon
thereafter he advanced to lieutenant for
efficient work done in recruiting new mem
bers for the company. He was in Texas at
ayOung man of sterling qualities and char
acter, and was from the first popular with
his associates in the service.-Sentry.
GOD BE WITH MOTHER"
Dear Mother: / you now, this minute,
although there is world of death and de-
siIuction before me, home ground to dust.
giant trees spiintered into fragments. and
great creyiees in the earth about me. But
when l turn my eyes westward ! see none of
these. | you, mother dear. And because
see you / am strong TO go on and fight, to
fight more courageously than ever so that /
may come back to you to share the victory
you and | have aided country to attain.
For you see as l lock of there into the west
there is the picture of you working, helping
on the goal of hopes. We two. and
strive, you there at home, and / over here
where the bOche at last is beginning to get his
due.
God be with you. my bonnie mother-and
with me-until ! come sailing back again.
And IL | don't, well-GOd be with just the
over THERE" YOUR BOY.
well, how's business p" is a question We all
hear every in a while. The general an
swer is Rotten and don't give a dam" The
plain fact is that most people care less about
personal success now that they ever did All
that most Of want is TO win the War"
We expect to make enough 10 keep body and
soul together and to do share of backing
come marching home. There is just thing
before at this hour and all else pales be-
side tx.
The government has begun a nationwide
campaign against the vampire bride. "
Scores of these INSCRIPTIONS women have al
ready been arrested and will be informed or
sent TO federal prisons. These brides in
numerous instances marry more tran one sol
der, receiving from each SIS monthly from
the soldiers pay and like amount from the
lHaa ia Oh
ried IL men, collecting $3.50 month, while
her husbands were in training camps and
trenches cover there" Each of her husbands
carries her photograph nearest his heart long
ing for the day when he will GENE back C her.
Naturally these vampire war brides are not
anxious for the day when Johnny comes
marching home again." Investigators claim
that country boys fall" most readily for the
vampires and that more than hundred in
dictments have been prepared against the har-
pies. The game is worked quick with -love
at sight eOme-on and marry before sail
ing solution. The boy pays SIS or half his
pay TO his camp widow. The government
will send the women to Jail. annul the mar
risge and see that the soldiers get all their