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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-03-02

3 "you've heard Of linen showers. tin.
wenr'showers and other Affairs Of that
nssSrer'
y ~0f course"
TEL me. did You ever hear OF any.
body being the happy recipient Of a
coal Observation-Disclosures Age-Her'
aid.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-03-02
No Occasion for Worry.

I'm afraid" said the junior mem
Der OF the law firm. "that we are caus.
ing our client unnecessary trouble"
"Oh. that's all right" rejo,ned the Sc
nior member; 'we1l charge lin for
IT,"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-03-02

The author you seem TO be so fond
OF. Maria. murders the kings Eng
iish."
How can you say 50. PAT I think
bis style Is perfectly killing"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-03-02
Grounds foe skspt,eIsrA

81 have no pahsncs with the person
who says he hef6s believes anything
ne reads In q Newspaper"
"Neither have !, as a rule. but I'm
disposed to mako allowances for him
n he's trying to keep up with the sit
nation In Russia"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-03-02
The kENTUCk|AN
WILL BE ISSUED AS A
MORNING DAILY

unavoidable delay has been caused
dnextwe We
daily will will dbv
graphand cable will bring the
publication Only in the delivered
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-03-02

British aviators brought down IS
Geeman airplanes in days.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-03-02

1his thing Of writing jokes each day
Has turned 10 mush our matter gray;
oh. We feel foolish a. can Be.
A-b-c>d-e-f-Gt
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13

days with unsatisfied mother-yearnings
to hear from her boy.
"If he has gone to fight in the war;
the mother said, Il win be proud to hear
from him I'm afraid he may have join
ed under another name and then, if
something happens to him, I'll never
know"
1t is only right and natural that moth
ers should want to Knoxville best or
tho worst.
Earle. If this meets your eye in some
army or navy training camp, we hope you
viii write your mother a letter. telling her
where you are and then write other let
tiers to her. The one person in all the
world most interested and most concern
ed in you and what you do. is your
mother
If this doesn't reach Earle, and is read
by other boys who have not written
their mothers-who ran away from moth
err and home to join the army or navy,
we ask them to take unto themselves the
advice we have just given Earle Ficles.
1t is just possible that you may not be
able to write your mother many more let
ters, and if that happens the most priced
thing she will have in all the rest of her
life will be your last letter.
Write to her
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13
YOUR LITTLE BOY


(Some time ago the author was privi-
legged to have a poem, Dreaming OF
You, published in the Trench and Camp.
When the poem reached home his mother
requested him to write a poem dedicated
to her So after a few hours meditation
the following lines shaped themselves in
verse;
Your little boy has grown SO fast.
1t seems but yesterday
You held him safely on your breast,
Or guided in his play.
1t seems but only yesterday
Your eyes were dim with tears,
As he strobe forth to take his place
In a world OF cares and fears.
You held him closely to your breast
And sealed a kiss of love.
You breathed silent prayer to God
TO guide him from above.
Then came the call for volunteers,
For youths to bravely go
Into land of blood and death
TO fight hostile foe.
Twas then the little boy, whom once
You guided when so small,
Fell in the ranks of marching men,
To answer duty's cali
You bravely gave him to the cause,
Yos brayely babe him go.
Your tears were not for sorrow shed,
But from mothers pride, 1 know.
No greater love has man than this,
That he offer up his life,
TO aid in beating down a foe
A nation bent on strife.
Oh. some day, when the strife is done
Your heart win swell with Joy,
AZ you welcome back into the home,
Your little grown-up boy
ARTHUR D. DAVENPORT,
Third Regiment Band,
Attached to 110th Field Hospital
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13
HYMN TO FATHER

Tune; Jesus Calls Us Ger the Tumult''
(Jude).
we have thanked Thee for our mothers,
And we thank Thee still again:
Now for fathers and for brothers
Lord, we thank Thee for good men.
For our fathers who begot us,
And who paths of patience trod,
And whose righteous manhood taught us
OF the Fatherhood of God.
Bless the men who face the dangers
OF the battle and the sea;
Guide the men who roam as strangers
Making paths where roads shall be.
Save the manhood of our nation,
Guide us with Thy staff and rod;
Make each coming generation
Know the fatherhood of God.
For our sisters and our mothers
Oft we've prayed and prayed again;
Now for fathers and for brothers,
Father, hear our prayer for men.
William Il. Barton.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13
Views From An
Interview With Mr..
Darlington Branch

after the war, Russia will be open
70 the world, and we shall have some
thing from her besides the ballet.
There is need of stimulus in music.
winch can come from nowhere but
Russia-the modern Russians
should say, that the Russian influence
will be the greatest effect of the war
on music.
"Seriabin expresses better than any
know the spirit of modern Russia.
He is not iconoclastic artistically, and
he is not an extremist,
1.-TWO other artists am Interested in
and with whom I have studied-pian-
ists-one Of them Russian-who are
probably bettr known over here than
Seriabin are brilowitsch and Godow-
sky.
Gabrilowitsch's playing today is full
of vague subliminal beauties, strange
ethereal suggestions. One feels that
his art, influenced by the war has alb
stracted itself. On the other hand,
GodoWsky's art has been much more
directly itself and the. result is a new
lated and intensified by the world con-
flict
ITO repeat" Mr. Branch said in con-
clusion, L think the modern Russians
will have q profound effect on the mu-
sic Of the various countries after the
war. We shall have d different music
from France, England, Italy, perhaps
America.
"And we shall have something quite
new from Germany when things are
normal. think James Hunneker has
spoken of some one of the noderns-
Schonberg-as writing the music Of
hysteria. After the war we shall have
probably the German music of defeati
We shall hear from the Germans and
the unfortunate Austrians great sym
phonies of defeat--naunces- subtleties
the sensations of degradation, of
pique. of spite, and of grief"
"Presupposing, Of course" said,
that the Germans are defeated"
Il always presuppose that" said Mr..
Branch, smilingly, as he rose to go.
linguistic Gentleman-Dear me! Have
you been wounded?
Tommy-Oh no; I was cleaning the
bird cage sir. and the canary kicked me.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13
FROM FATHER TO SON

Dear Son Charles:
Don't think of getting tired or hold
ing up now. You are just beginning
TO enter the real thing. Spit on your
hands and take fresh good hold. I'm
sure you want to succeed and be
true and brave soldier Then whisper
to yourself as you face the whole sit
uatton in America and Europe: I'm
soldier for liberty honor. humanity
Justice, and the faith of my fathers.
Ia rather be dead than see these things
Gle by Teuton hands. With all Che
brave sons of America, I say they shall
not die God watch over ALL [ begin
this day to be a better soldier, more
On the watch, quicker and more careful
IN obeying, and attending to orders;
trying forever to cease forgetting.
flinching at no difficulty"
Son, is the foregoing rather long?
Wen, 1t liz most important and / imag
Inc you realize this. You have
handicap in little education; but if you
carry out old Dads advice you will
surely go as high as you wish before
you return from the war But to do
this you must take what I've written
ito heart" 1t will be more than
pleasure to me if you write and say,
Il have done as you say, / have done
as you suggest, Dad" Now don't do
this unless afetr thought you can say
from your very 'gizzard," Son. don't
forget there is, during this awful up
heaval, but one place a well young man
can live and not be and feel like a dog
THE ARMY. 0 God! it is hard to
be old, and unable to go with you and
add the help of one more. Dear boy,
you may not understand, but l tell you
1t is much harder to remain here, and
look on, than it is to enlist and help
oh Ard io1,f
nered, but every man will ask to be
one of the number to stand between
their loved homes and the wars desc
lation," and much more when such
desolation is Teutonic. But I viii
cease this or go to crying. I wish you
had ]. Estin Cookies Life of Stonewall
Jackson" and you would read it care
fully Ills campaigns are in the Eng
lish Military Course of Study. You
see what English soldiers think of him.
Son, Jackson was, I believe, in some
respects, the greatest soldier Of our
Civil War. He was a fighting ma
chine and a Christian. ] can almost
hear him say at Bull Run, 1--WE will
give them the bayonet (Swinestickers
191D" Excuse me for giving this
caution again. lizard as nails but not
coarse Kind to all, but intimate with
none but your own grade gentle
men Never be coarse or vulgar"
We want to see you, but il coming
home is at all to your detriment re-
main where you are like a man.
Continue, son, to trust and fear. "The
God of your fathers" You and your
brothers are all that Dad has left, and
while in hard camp life or the storm
and death of battle, my soul and pray
ers are continually with you SOD
keep you and your comrades. God
knows I love them every one.
PAPA
w. Lee Getto, D. d. S.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13
LET MOTHER KNOW

Earle Ficke, 16year-old boy of
Springfield. ILL.,. ran away from his moth
er's home the other day. His mother
believes he did this to join the army or
navy because he o.~on expressed the wish
to her that he could fight for his country.
But she doesn't know where he is
That's what makes it SO hard and fills
her nights with sIeeplessaess and her
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13
FROM SON TO FATHER

Here is a fine, manly letter, full
Of heart and free of can't, which
saw the other day in an Isle of
Wight newspaper and would like
to pass ONTO my readers.
Thousands of Americas young
men are now entering upon the
stern realities of army life, and
thousands of fathers are bidding
them good~by with choking threats.
1t may help a bit to read this clean,
strong souled youths last words.
He was killed in action shortly after
inditing them.
THE BUSINESS OF BEING A
FATHER IS QUITE THE MOST
COMPLEX AND DIFFICULT OF
ALL THE TASKS THAT COME
TO MEN, and to get such letter
as this must be to any father
sweet reward.
"To Ny Father:
This is final message for
you to read when | am dead.
There will be so little else--just
the brief official notification,
The Secretary of State for War
regrets -; may be beIated
letter or two, speaking only of
the small happenings Of che
day; perhaps the tale OF
brother officer as to how | fell;
beyond that, nothing. And
therefore now, beforehand,
say farewell.
"There Is no need of MANY
words. But | want first to thank
you as your son. You have
been to me the best father
fellow could wish. want to
thank you for the gift of clean
and strong and vigorous and
healthy body, straight limbs and
thews that could serve England
at her need. For the gift OF
powerful intellect and a dis
corning n1lnd-thank you. For
the long years of self denial
that made my education pos
sible; for the guidance and
teaching that kept me straight
in the days of youth; for the
counsel and help ever free prof
erred when | asked; for all
noble things in your example
again and most earnestly, thank
you.
Secondly, as to my death.
inasmuch as we be men TO-
pether, there is little need for
words. 1t is in good cause
Ihat lay down my life. All the
things that hold dear in life
willingly give up since it Is re-
CURED of me. I am proud and
glad to be one of those whom
England takes, who in their
bodies pay the price of her
honor. And though in your
heart there will be sorrow, you
will also be proud; and you will
not grieve oVermuch.
"Aii good things be unto you!
may the coming years bring
Wder field of service, honor,
and honorable work, STRENGTH
and wisdom to perform Ii; and
IN the end peace, and content.
nIsnt, and quiet rest! Your son,
soldier OF England, salutes
you. Farewell"
(By Permission of DR.. Frank Cranel
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13

linguistic Gentleman-Dear me! Have
you been wounded?
Tommy--Oh, no; / was cleaning the
bird cage, sir and the canary kicked me.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13

Three brothers from NescopeclI Pa, are
enlisted in the United States army-Sergt.
Floyd E. Seeley is in Headquarters Com
rany of the 109th Field Artillery at Camp
Hancock. He served on the border for
the whole period Of the Mexican trouble.
Private Charles q. Seeley finished his
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13

Artillery at this campaigning for wire
less detail
The father of the boys is Mr. Walter T..
SeeIey At home are two brothers, under
draft age, and six sisters all of whom are
anxious to do their share In patrs0tic
service in the present crisis.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13

college course in June and entered the
Aviation Corps in July. He went to
France at the same time as the Rainbow
it.
Private Harold H. Seeley is also in
Headquarters Company Of the 109th Field
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13
WANTED,

Tenor and Baritone wanted for
church choir. State salary. Call We'd
nesday or Saturday afternoon o'clock,
at First Christian church, corner
Greene and 7th streets.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13
ANTHONY W, ZELLAl

x, OF Z, BuHUlHB.
Mr.. Geo. B. Lands:
Dear Sir:-Permit me to join with my
brother in all that he has to say in ref
erence to the article in Trench and Camn
We are more than proud Of mother Cod
bless her, and we were proud of her manS
"a day before we donned the uniform that
classes US as soldiers. But far from here.
in what we know as Home. Sweet
Home" she awaits our return and is a
great deal better soldier than the three Of
us put together.
Very truly yours,
JOSEPH A. cellar
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13
SONS PROUD OF MOTHER

K. OF {. Building.
Mr.. Geo. b. Lands:
Dear Sir:--Tn the Trench and Camp Of
Feb. 4th there is an article called REV
cries" In this there was a letter pub
tished entitled "A Mother Her Son Can Be
Proud Of" / am Tony w. mentioned in
this letter and l want to thank you for
that title, because we have many reasons
to be proud of mother and because of the
spirit we inherit from mother we are
here.
Thanking you.
| am
ANTHONY W ZEI LAR
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-01-03
WHAT'S TIE REASON?
Many Belfast People in Poor Health With
out Knowing the Cause.

There are scores of people who kdrag
out miserable existence without realiZ-
ing the cause of their suffering. Day
after day they are racked with backache
and headache; suffer from nervousness,
dizziness, weakness, languor and depres-
sion. Perhaps the kidneys have fallen
behind in their work of filtering the blood
and that may be the root of the trouble.
Look to your kidneys, assist them in
their work-give them the help they
need. You can use no more highly recon-
mended remedy than Doan's Kidney Pills
endorsed by people all over the country
and by your neighbors in Belfast.
Mrs. Anne L. Durham. Is Park street,
Belfast, says: 81 suffered for many years
from kidney trouble and couldn't lind
anything to relieve me until used Doan's
Kidney Pills, which I procured at the
City Drug Store. My feet became swollen
and burned. bathed them in warm
water which gave me only temporary re-
lief. l had dizzy spells at times, when
everything blurred before my eyes, laffect-
lug my sight and had to wear glasses.
Doan's Kidney Pills gave me relief from
the first, and six boxes of this medicine
cured me-"
Price 6Oc. at all dealers. Don't simply
ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs Durham
had. Foster-Milburn Co., Proprietors,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-01-03
New Boomerano Bullet.

The discussion of the war is heard
everywhere. Even negro janitors find
time while shoveling on the coal to
talk about it, says New York news
letter. Two of them were discussing
the wonderful inventions brought about
by the war. 1.-THE man Edison is some
boy" said one of the negroes. Flows
that?" inquired the other. "Why he's
done gone and invented a magnetized
bullet dat can't miss a German, if it
sees his steel helmet" "Thats what l
calls some invention" exclaimed the
other. But dat amt all what that
bullet can do" continued the first
speaker. whenever that bullet don't
hit nOthin' it comes straight back to
the American lines. dat SOP asked
the second janitor, with some doubt.
GLOW do they manage to keep them
there comm back bullets from hittin'
our own menu" swell, nah frien',
didn't 'splain that" answered the first
one, "but you can betcher life that
man Edison has got dem bullets
trained. You doan 'spect he'd let 'em
kill any Americans, do you? No, sir.
He's just got them fixed so dey will
come back and fall around our gun
ners' feet
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-01-03
TRANSFERS IN REAL ESTATE

The following transfers of real estate
were recorded in Waldo County Registry
of Deeds for the week ending Dec. II,
1917:
Lorraine V. Preble, Islesboro, to Will
liam H. Morrison, Stockton Springs, ct.
ais; land in Islesboro.
Brooks Grain Company, Brooks, to
William B. Swan, Belfast; land and
buildings in Brooks.
George F. Overlook, Stockton Springs,
to Calvin W. Elliott, do; land and build
ings in Stockton Springs.
Tolman H. Fernald, Lebanon, ct. ais,
to Henry Brakeman, Belfast; land and
buildings in Belfast.
Jennie E. York, Brooks, to Betsey j.
Colson, Monroe; land in Monroe.
Orrin j. Dickey and M. R. Knowlton,
Belfast. to Fannie Rhodes Bowden. North
port; land and buildings in Northport.
Levi D. George, Prospect, to Lemuel H..
Dickev. Stockton Springs; land and build
ings in Searsport.
Marcellus Veazie, Islesboro, to Angie
NJ Miller, do; land and buildings IN
Islesboro.
Lucius A. and Harry B. Walton, Bel
fast, to Emma B. Walton, do; land and
buildings in Belfast
Fannie L. Bowden, Northport, to Chas.
" Crockett, Edo.; land and buildings in
Northport.
Lila M. Miller, Searsmont, to Abbie
M. Ordway, do; land and buildings IN
Searsmont.
Frank C. Tibado, Belfast. to Ida M.
Hatch, do; land and buildings in Belfast.
Sarah j. McCambridge, Frankfort, to
Frank O. McCambridge, do; land and
! buildings in Frankfort.
Natalie M. Pottle estate, Cranston, R.
l., to Percy S. Edgecomb, Belfast; land in
Belfast.
Sarah E. Edgecomb ct. ais, Belfast, to
Percy S. Edgecomb, do; land in Belfast.
Ernest L. White, Brockton, Mass, to
Walter G. and Willis S. Hatch, Belfast;
| land and buildings in Belfast.
| Lizzie H. Smalley, Chelsea, Mass, to
Edwin j. Tilley ct al, Belfast; land and
buildings in Belfast.
Estate of Albert B. Otis, Belfast, etc.
ais, to Amariah Trim, Islesboro; land in
| Islesboro.
Knowles Bangs, Freedom, to Calvin
W. Bangs. do; land and buildings in
Freedom two deeds).
Ephraim Knight, Troy, to Gertrude M.
Bennett, do land and buildings in Troy.
Annie M. Cole, Winterport, to Charles
A. Mckinney, do; land and buildings in
Winterport
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-01-03
TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT.

The government is to take over the
steamer Governor Dingley and without
doubt that steamer will not be seen in
Maine waters again. The Governor
Cobb is to come on the line and so far as
is known will continue to run on the
Boston and Portland night line. This
will prevent the COBB going South this
winter but it will also serve to keep the
old reliable Portland State Packet line
open on its three trips week schedule
Fears have been expressed that the with
drawal of the Dingley would close down
the line, but it is held to be more i'm
portant to keep this line open than it is
to have the Governor Cobb running
down South. The Eastern Steamship
people have had the assurance of the
federal shipping board that one ship will
be left for service on the Portland line
and one on the Bangor line, if all of the
rest of the fleet has to be taken over.
This will evidently mean the Belfast and
the Governor Cobb to be retained in ser
vice and all of the rest taken for war
purposes.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-01-03
RgrERHNDuM PETITION FAILS.

Not one of the four measures passed by
the last Legislature upon which referen-
dunn petitions were circulated will be sub
mitted to a popular vote. This was the
decision announced by Governor Carl e.
Milliken Thursday. In very lengthy
opinion upon each of the four questions
he decides that not in any case did 10, 600
legal electors petition for popular vote.
+ On the Act to Provide Police Com
mission for the City of Lewiston and to
Promote the Efficiency of the Police De-
partment thereof" the petitions filed con-
tanned signatures aggregating Is 220.
Governor Milliken finds that actually
only 9,279 electors affixed their names to
these signatures and that even this num-
Der might be still further reduced.
On the "Act to Establish State Paper"
the number of names on the petitions
was II, 484 and this is reduced to OATS
On the "Act to Abolish the Commits
sioner of Sea and Shore Fisheries and to
Create the. Commissioners of Sea and
Shore Fisheries" the petitions bore names
and this number is reduced from IL, 800
to 9,672.
In the referendum petitions on the
"Act to Abolish the Commissioners of In
land Fisheries and Game and to Ests blish
a Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and
Came" the number of names on the pc
titions is reduced from Ii, 600 to $3.50.
The referendum law should be repealed
or amended so that it shall no longer be
farce. 1t is no secret that solicitors are
hired to fill up these petitions, that many
signatures are illegal and that hundreds
sign them who have no interest in or
knowledge of the merits of the matter
for which they petition.