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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-12-26

There is to be an Old Folks Dance
at Grange Hall Tuesday evening,
January 7th, under the auspices OF
the Grange Debt Committee. The
suppet originally planned for this
event has been cancelled
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-12-26
SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS

business YlsltOr IN ShOWhegdn TINS
week
Corp Ralph Morrow has arrived in
town on an eight days furlough from
camp in New Jersey.
Mrs Lettie Pickering who has been
seriously i'll at her home on Jewett
street, is conyalescing rapidly.
Miss Dorothy Elliot is spending the
present week at the home Of her sis
ter Mrs. K. v Stafford Of Hartand.
The Name Spinning factory is shut
down for this week and in the mean
time the interior is being painted
Miss Lillian Swain. chief operator
at the Farmers Telephone office, will
complete her duties in the near future
Arthur Sincyr of Lewiston is
spending the Christmas holidays with
Mr. and Mrs Greenyille Getchell OF
North avenue
Major sherman ShnmBay who re
recently received his commission as
Major is now the youngest Major in
the army overseas
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gone to Springfield. Vermont 10 spend
Christmas with their daughter Mrs.
Albert bowman ana lamlly
yrs Edward S.bin returned tn her
homo in Madison last Monday night
after bnin, tho puest Of her sister,
Mr.. y Dagpatt If North ayenne
her Christmas vacation at the home Of
Miss Hannah II. Page. Miss Marsh
is attending Wheaton College at Nor
ton Mass
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Forrest Eaton. who has been en-
pl0yed for William Fowler painting
during the summer mas dccepteu
position at the 9ko"heeah pumping
Statloh as puihpllah' fierpert iouh6' I
VINO mas been engaged III lhlS capacity
mas become manager Oh the entire
plant
cont,in p,vmo,d = Smith arrived
:, ,a.., lot rrosd,v ,narning from,
Camp Lee. Virginia. His coming
was a complete surprise to his fam
lily Capt Smith belongs to the regu-
lar army. and will remain in town
for some time. as he has not been
home for four years.
A.. I'D M, Alhor, Mir md
.h.i. aono,.ar r,,a n .rrivod bono
last evening, after spending the
Christmas holiday with Mr. Blair's
sister, Mrs Peter Quincy of Water
Vile. The family have spent their
Christmas holiday with Mrs Quincy
for the past twenty years.
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-12-26

Make this experiment sound finance today and present
y you will be regular deposor storing up competence
against the rainy day.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04
Aniericonisn1

-
nv american Fsas
Bile made d very distinctive con-
tTsastlor TO he political thought Of the
ages. They based their work upon
theory OF government and OF the state
which was to preclude he Judgment
Of arbitrary power In any sovereign"
single or collective, abstract or CON
crate. They were solioitous 10 make
an end OF autocracy in every form,
and they meant that OF the mob no less
than that Of the crowd AS DR. Hin
puts it; THE American idea was that
there be certain rights and liberties
which should never be subject to
infringement by law. and that en-
croaehments upon these rights and
liberties by portion--even by a ma
1ority--of the people, or by any gov
ernTnent they might establish. should
be. through q superior and permanent
law, declared Illegal For this there
waa necessary a voluntary renuncia-
ton OF power In accordance with fixed
principles of Justice Accordingly the
Constitution was adopted as the SUI
perlor and enduring law. and in it's
guarantees of liberty was effected the
remuneration for all time OF imperial.
isfn IN it's every form, This was the
Axnerieanisrn OF 1857, This was the
spirit which Edmund Burke described
as n fierce spirit Of liberty" And It is
to the maintenance Of these principles
that we owe the greatness of this ma
tlon Our Americanism is not
mere negation. II is a positive con-
struetive rce.--Constitutoned Re-
view.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04
PERFECTLY GOOD HATE"

Writing from France, a correspon-
dent expresses amazement over the
consideration for German captives that
has been shown by American soldiers.
In the heat Of battle, he says, there
is short shrift for the German; but
when the shells are heard no longer
and the wounded and captive have
been removed, the German soldiers
are shown every possible kindness.
We waste no perfectly good hate
on captives,' an American officer put
it.
In the language of the Preacher OF
old, there is "a time to hate"
1t Is before and in the action-the
time to hate" When the combat is
ended and the wounded are being
treated and the captured are being
classified, it is time to pour oil and
wine into the wounds and to show
mercy to the prisoners.
Americas hatred in this war is a
holy hatred. There is enough of the
sentimentaIist, enough Of the Chris
tan, in most of us to experience a
shock as we read that the business in
the present war is to kill Germans, and
to kill enough Germans to achieve a
definite victory that will insure an
abiding peace.
We sacrifice some of our sentiulen-
taliam and go forward to this task to
which we have dedicated our lives,
our fortunes and our sacred honor.
But when the enemy is hors du combat
we react to our earlier training and
our finer instincts. We strive then
for the moral conquest.
This is what the officer meant wlsen
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04

always think Of France as going
forth; OF England as standing firm.
Through the centuries the men Of
England have seemed to say; These
are our rights; we will not give them
upi" while France has said: Man
kind deserves new rights and hber-
ties; we will go forth and win them -
The Frenehman's ideal of liberty
as OF fraternity and equality has al
ways been at least few steps in ad-
vance Of the fact, so that he has had
to fight to make 1t a reality.
The Englishman, IN nearly every
case. acquired rights by growth, az a
youth grows into man s estate HAY
ing grown, the EngtisEInaan fought 10
maintain The Frenchman foresaw
HIS rights while they were still ideals
and fought to make them real. The
Englishman, never yielding the
rights he had acquired, pushed his
foot forward inch by inch to cover
new rights. The FrenchHEan pic
tured new rights and leaped forward
to create them.
1t was this readiness OF his to de-
AiI1sAtA anu tklE ABt-~~eAN A0Gdi Liahk
gave us the erroneous theory that the
Frenchman was too emotional to be
steadfast.
Wars, battles and human rights are
won in various ways; the Fpenchman
has won his rights by long series OF
brilliant charges against autOcracy
and the remnants of autocracy After
each charge. each uprising. the
Frenchman has held new ground
maintained new rights for humanity
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04

visited his troops these brave men
were called forward to receive a re-
ward from the royal hands.
Technically they had violated or
ders. Technically they were subject
to the judgment Of the British review
ing authorities.
But what higher reviewing author
try Is there than the King HIMSELF
With characteristic intrepidity the
Americans braved not only the dan
gers of battle but the dangers of the
court-martial.
1t is not so very long since Secre-
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04

Nobody In France wants TO be
called by that name, and nobody here
ought to cali them 'Sananies.'
General Msrch knows the mind Of
the soldier He knows, as Secretary
Baker knows, that there are certain
"eonnotasions" which the soldicr'nind
resents.
II Ia not SO long since Secretary
Baker felt it necessary to order a
change in the name of the Service of
the Rcar' because of the ''shelI-proof
counotation."
Now General March comes forward
with a statement that. counotes the
ally Sammy.
Call him Yank IL you rnust--for the
term u sectional no longer.
Call HIN by better name that 10
abort and that eonnotes strength OF
body and purpose.
CaIl him by any other name bat
Sammy.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04

he said, we waste no perfectly good
hate on captives."
Hatred has been too lightly regard
ed. To some it seems impossible that
there can be any such thing as 'per-
fectly good hate" But hatred can be
perfectly good. And hatred may be
harnessed TO serve a holy purpose.
The good man, the truthful man
hates lie; but yet he may love liar
Hating the lie, the good man viii
fight to sustain truth. His hatred Is
the motive of his warfare. His war
fare serves an ultimate good
Righteousness enlbattlcd is hatred
organized; but it is the hoiicst kind
of hatred, which is but another man.
|, Hesitation of righteousness.
Perfectly good hate" is that kind
OF force which Will show the Prus-
SLAMS the error Of their ways, and will
show them In the only manner that IA
understandable to them.
1t is with us, as the President put IT,
force, force to the utmost, without
stint on limit
1t is the force that the surgeon uses
as he employs his skin and the scsipel
liz SNA 6S@h 10 ActSS~tAASN my WANN
the success of the operation. He cuts
away all the cneer-and then applies
the healing influences.
So with us. We are going 10 apply
our skill and our scalpel and we are
going to cut away until every trace OF
the cancerous growth of Prussianisrn
has been removed from the body Of
civilization Then we are going to
apply such sympathetic treatment as
may be necessary to change the Ger
mans into huulan beings.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04
In The Trenches

Two men who arc resting in dougout
to escape tho heavy Smelling OF tho enc
my. for few minutes can not see each
other IN the blacknee but begin to chat.
After exchanging the numbers Of thoir
hattalions, which happen to be both Ca
madam and In the same brigade, one
says;
But you're not q Johnny Canuck you
talk ike an Englishman"
That may be, / was born In England.
Bat ] am Canadian. I've been out
there for seventeen years" the other re-
turned little, more proudly
indeed ! was in Canada only three
years. W'eFe'd you come from in old
Engiaud9w
FaTersham, Kent"
'sFaversham Wei, that's my ONE.
What yer narnsI"
Reggie Roberts"
wy, I'm your brother Bill" Aztec.
tlonatA greetings followed, then explain.
irg.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04

The War Department authorizes
the following statement by the Chief
of Staif:
In connection with the casualties
among the American Expeditionary
Forces in the Marne-Aisne offensive,
It should be stated upon the basis OF
the officialIy attested experience of
cur associates during four years OF
this war that of wounded soldiers
sent to hospitals for treatment fewer
than one In twenty die,
OF all the soldiers sent to the hos
pitfalls only IS IN every 1000 die.
These include those who die of dis
ease as we'll as those who die OF
wounds. OF all soldiers wounded in
action more than four-fifths return
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04
FRANCE
BY ELLIS PARKER BUTLER
OF the VIGILANTES

The Bastfle fell, freedom was won,
Napoleon followed That seemed the
overthrow Of newborn democracy in
France. 1t was but the momentary
pause before the new advance. With
haff the world arrayed against her,
France reformed the iegions Of her
ideals behind the war legions Of Ma
poleon.
1t is amazing to note how through
centuries France has pressed forward
steadily against regimes, autocrats.
customs and systems, protecting her
national life while winning the rights
Of man. Ideals are ragged affairs,
sending out tentacies Of value and Of
error alike; when France has paused
1t has been to consolidate the trenches
she has gained, making permanent all
that was Of valne, discarding the
error.
Who can call France lacking in
steadfastness when a glance shows
her the foremost among free nations
on a continent where autocTacy still
lives in blood and iron? To be stead
fast to such an ideal as France set
herself means to advance to the real
iEation Of that ideal This France
has done. France is a free nation Of
free men.
God grant that tho fight France is
making today may be the last fight
against autocracy and relFogression
the brave nation may be called upon
to make! In such fight, side by
side with such a people, America may
we'll be proud to give her last drop
Of blood, her last ounce OF strength.
and, 10 need be, will givel
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04
5 S S S S S
$ WHAT is FOOD S
S TO BLOOD !? S
$ S S S s S
BY c. Heoker

BY c. Heeker
The United States win share with the
Allies their sacrifice Of food as well as
blood IN the cause Of world democracy,
declared Herbert G. Hoover Federal
Food Administer, upon his return to the
United States from Europe
We sl0ply hsve 10 live with every
economy and waste nothing, Mr. Hoover
declares.
And surety America is ready and Will
INK 10 do thatl
Fer what is food to blood
When on the war-torn fields OF France
hundreds Of American boys are laying
down their lives for democracy, liberty
and humanity certainly the folks back
homo stand ready and willing to do with
. crust Of bread. II necessary that those
brave msn and those Of our Allies may
fight on and on until victory crowns
their efforts.
BGt It win not be necessary for Aneri
ca sven TO stint herself Mr. Hoover has
assured the country, 1t means simply
that not a crunnb must be wasted, that
luxuriRe such az candy and sweetened
drinka must be eliminated from the diet
to save sugar and that we share Of our
abundance with the people Of the other
Allied countries, Then all will have en-
pugh.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04
TO GENERAL MARCH THANKS

"Don't call them Sanrnies"---tfis is
the message Of General Peyton c.
March, Chief 81 sgafF d the United
States Army. to the newspaper men
of the country.
On behalf OF ali the soldiers In the
United States service, we thank you,
General March.
Let us read the reasons for your
statement, General:
why an outstanding, viriie lot of
husky young men should be branded
as 'Sanlmies' I cannot understand, The
British rejected the term Immediately
and caIlsd the American troops
sYanks,'
1.-THE statement In come Of the pa
pers that It was originated by the
French Ia absolutely not 20, becnuse
all this French people want to have il
explained why Il ~ thae these big,
serong men are called 'Sagrnacs'
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04

tary of War Baker In reviewing field
order that made gooseassh down the
back Of every American, said: / am
not sure whether we should court
martial the general first aud then re-
ward him; or just reward him with
out the Formally"
A final word-and this to Englands
King-there are millions Of other
''unseasoned" American men ready to
take their places side by side with the
bravest of the brave, and we are Curl
GUS to know whether Britain IS well
supplied with medals.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04
So, 900, 900 Sent Home
E or BOYS Through "Y''

Edward s. Riker, secretary OF the Y NJ
G, A. Bureau Of Soldiers Remttanees
reports that he receives an average Of
10000 rernittances week from the Parts
effiee for transmission to the soldiers
homes IN the United States The amount
sc far forwarded exceeds 50 600, 600
This service has been so popular with
the soldiers that its scope has grown
tar beyond expectations. TO keep up
with the work It was necessary to en-
gage additional clerks and work in re-
lays during the entire twenty~four hours
Working steadily eight hours n day. Mr.
Riker would have 20 sign more than goo
checks an hour by hand 70 dispose OF
10000 remittanaoes q week, but an in
genieus machine enables him to sign
1000 an hour.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04


ton, Of a letter oy the Jewish SOL
d!ers on the Western front sent TO
the Jewish Leglonaries fighting in
Palestine, The original was written
in Hebrew nd was translated into
English by AIR Weisgai for this &C.
CASTOR.
The letter read in mart.
A .44.- g.. ,-,..t.L a. = z--
O'' - rance
's 9si.t - 0''"''eS
IT,. ,,,...,.., ~ g. ~'s7''''e'
Engaged though we are IN a struggle
against the universal adversary, pre-
parIns 10 o'e every minute, TO fail
sue oy slae o. our beloved American
brethren, VINO nave thrown themselves
s- W .l..S az va u.-st ma ltogI, " ana
s,.,-',5 ~, -, ,-', - 80 y ~
$3.50, 49,. 49, - t'S 5iy..
- -. -, " .5 iSi-ilt ~ IL
p-t.;,, ~ },,,-.ss, $50 Ok ~''e''
--' - 80 w. say 80. .-.-. A.oN
49,. az 80 1--.. IN 1I-l
Ma lys me- ', sl '5T - - ~. Pc o.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04
MONSTER ZIONIST
DEMONSTRATION
At CAMP HANCOCK
lcootlaued from Page onel

tcontlnued from Page One)
led by Leonard Joseph and Joined BY
the whole audience the hartman pre-
scented the British mission In in
troducin- the mission, the chairman
recalled the words Of Or. Thodor
Herzl, the founder Of the Zionist
movement who in 1900 at the fourth
International Zionist Congress. held in
London said
England Mighty England Free
England, World embracing ENGLAND
she will understand US and our as
pirations With England as start
ing point our movement Will soar
higher than ever before"
The rising Of the British mission
as the occasion Of an evasion that
lasted nearly ten minutes. Major Han
on behalf OF the mission, e-.pressa5
his gratitude for the love shown bv
Jewish people TO Great Britain. He
then spoke Of EngIands IT ,itionsl
friendship OF the Jewish people and
said that Great Britain has always
understood the Jewish people ana
their aspirations.
A notable contribution of the eve
ming was reading by Meyer W. Weis-
sal OF the M.~abbean magazine the of
fetal organ of the Zionist organiza-
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04
Our Weekly Fable In Slang
BY BARTON RICHARDS

,ufa vac .,-a,.i4,, q ho,aNottoa ne All Ia
or v,.aS aft,t c1a srsde ,oer y,Cntb asiSe
,o,,, IL 1,as1s he iot6as bjs I6arin
r,c5i,sj atteTt{oo frsnsno-tat ;nn III SCI
Beb ir,Ss ysu i,rDyen 49, lie was n
49, - ~ e,, t',.veS - Nc E,1svS,
attention and salute, he couldn't wear
any cordovan on his shins and as for the
salary. his salary compared 10 a Loot 3
looked Ike a one story barn alongside Of
The Eiffel Tower
Well to come to the crux Of the story
as our amateur Arnold Bennets say. this
lad started In 10 show the President that
as material fer an officer he was A
number l. And to hand him the laurel.
he was He got admitted 20 the next
Officers Training school, and after burn
ing the old midnight oil for about 8
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04
BROTHERHOOD ST. ANDREW

The regular weekly meeting Of the
Military Chapter of the Brotherhood
Of st Andrew will be held on Satur-
day. September TIN. at p. m. at the
St Paurs Rectory. 723 Greene Street
Supper win be served Immediately
after the meeting
All members OF the brotherhood and
others who are interested in the
Spread OF Christs Kingdom among
men are most cordially urged to at
tend. 1t would be appreciated If those
who are able 70 attend this meeting
would communicate with Chaplain G..
Sherwood Whitney
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04

Things are not always what thew seem
to be For Instance. remember when you
were a shaver in knee pants and YOU used
to see Uncle Dudley drag out the old
whalehone razor every Saturday a. m.
whether he needed 70 or not and give the
spinach on his chin the raz2. Member
how sou used 10 sit back and hear the
razor plowing up his front yard like a
carpenter sandpapering an new plank and
You used % wish you had enough fuzz
on your upper lip 20 have an excuse for
stTetehing ONT IN NE BARRIERS chair and
Looked Ike lot 81 fun didn't it? And
than enc gay You noticed you had enough
whtskers TO require slight attention and
razor 10 shear EN- of Fine. About the
first month You used 10 look forward 10
that weekly shave With great Gobs Of
pleasure. Then about the attn month
after all and about years later you
decided Il was all wrong Hortense all
wrong.
AS one Of our great philosophers once
said. all Is NOT gold that glitters. Sure
it isn't. but at the same time it isn't
always mud either.
Mentioning the remark Of our saeebrush
philosopher friend leads me to believe that
the fun Of getting a thing Is a lot better
than after you set it,
To hear some OF these Buck Privates
tell il. the one thing TO be desired in this
army game is a III ole chuk Of metal on
the shoulder, You get me, one Of those
shiny little bars on the shoulder, a pair
of pigskins from the knee down and an
1t. for a hA~de TO their name This war
would be a Christmas pudding il they
could induce the government to see 1t
their way.
At that some Of their reasoning is all
TO the mustard, il takes q real man TO
wear enc Of Uncle Sans officer uniforms
and the dude that knocks on a cornish
has something that he can pat himself
between the shoulders for But YOU never
heard Of an officer breaking hts arm do
ing it did you ?--No9 AS the al SAYS,
there's reason.
There's one Loot whom know that
has changed his mind n little on the
subject, Six months ago he was a Sarg.
To hear him tell It he had had a hard
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04

was for sanging the American salute To
the Buck, the salute seems TO be a bore
but on boy it's picnic to what the Offl-
GER gets.
His invitation was only started with the
salute however He soon discovered that
about the only time an Officer has the
euige Is IN appearance at a private bail.
AS 10 that matter Of salary. after orr
friend got through paying his expenses
every month. the fifty one beans he used
70 garner sounded ike the balance OF a
healthy savings bank
lie has about decided that the only way
TO improve things is to he a Major Cen
er9l. Here'Se hoping
Moral; See the first line Of this little
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04

to service, many Of them in less than
two months. 1t is necessary to dis
charge for physical disability only
14.5 per cent
These figures are based on an av-
erage of both British and French
official figures, including both officers
and men. The Two are averaged to-
gether since American troops are
fighting with both the French and
the British under conditions which
vary. They show:
Returned to service, 81 per ceat, or
$40 per 1000.
Discharged from service because
OF physical disability or other causes,
las per cent, or 145 per Loco.
Died from woBnds, rs per cent, or
as per 1000.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-04
THE AMERICAN ANzAcs

In o list of recent Brieish awurda for
conapieaoua gniiaatry under fire wore
the nau1su Of a number OF American
RcsaIeEs.
How thair natlca csfaa 60 BE- in tho
Rse waa something OF G mystery us
gSss, for no American TROOPS were
suppuaed 60 he Sighting IN that pRrsie-
ular ssetcs.
i Sou1e American soidlega had been
bFiga6ed wiEh the British trcope--
AnsscR--bGt as sise word to enter the
engagement yves received q message
was also received saying that the
American troops wefe 90 DO With
drawn % they wore not RHifieIeneiF
>sAnaa2ad Ter a hsstqs aHaaslys.