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The Monett times., 1918-10-18
Sergeant Guy Carr Writes to The
Times
Governors Island. N.

Governors Island, N. Y.
The Monet Times: Having been
some time since l wrote the Home
Paper l shall now try to write just
line. This leaves me in prefect
health and enjoying life
At the present there is some sick
ness here at this Post, Spanish In
fluenza seems to prevail in practi-
cally all the country. Never the less
the post Surgeon here seems to think
that this epidemic, will soon be cor
rected.
| still read the daily Times as it
seems to be a real encyclopedia to
me with all the news of interest. At
present the patriotic people of New
York. City are conducting Liberty
Loan Campaign and | must say that
the people here sure are in the war
heart and soul, backing every move
that the government makes with
their money. And l am sure that
every real true American Citizen is
doing the same thing. The Hun is on
the run to make him quicken his pace
we must all do our bit some way.
The small children here sell Thrift
Stamps, the girls secure Red Cross
funds, the old ladies knit ard the men
buy Liberty Bonds and the boys cn
the other side make He'll for the
Dutch. And just at the present l
am helping to send supplies to the
Boys. | have received some pro-
motions since l came here, ! arrived
here May 1st. was then holding the
grade of Corporal, was pi NOTED to
Sergeant in short time vas placed
in charge of a guard detail in New
York City. Shortly afterwards /
was notified by my commander that
l had been promoted to Sergeant 1st.
Class @. M. C. About three weeks
ago was called in the Orderly Room
by the Co. Commander and was told
that / had been promoted to 1st,
Sergeant of the company. There is
only one more rank for me to attain
and l shall be classified among the
highest ranking Non Commissioned
in the Army.
Which rank is Quartermaster Ser
geant Senior Grade. am not
writing this to be boastful but wish
my many friends to know that l am
trying to make good.
I am confident that YOU are one
and all giving your support to help
Win the War, and in my estimation
we have them bested. But we must
all keep the one great object in mind
that there never be any peace until
Germany has been put out of COM
mission and Old Bill and his iron
hand have gone to some place where
it is not so cool as it is in August;
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NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

All creditors and others interested
in the estate of Bridget Clark, de-
ceased, are hereby notified that the
undersigned, executrix of said estate,
intends to make final settlement Of
said estate at the next term of the
Probate Court of Barry county, Mis-
souri,, to be holden at Cassville, in
said county, on Monday, the 4th day
of November, 1918.
. SARAH G. CLARK,
Executrix.
Dated this October 8, 1918.-w5-A
The Monett times., 1918-10-18
ROLLA TIRBETS IS
WOUNDED IN ACTION

Mrs. Frank Rowden received a
message from Washington, Tuesday
informing her that her brother, Rolla
Tibbets, was wounded in action, Sep
tember "a, degree undetermined.
The young man received his trains
ing at Camp Macarthur, Waco, Tex.
He was in Company E., 47th, Infan-
try.
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HELP WIN THE wAR-unele

Sam wants you; prepare for stenog-
raphers, typists, bookkeepers and tel
egraph operators; salaries, one thou
sand and up. Write for particulars.
Aurora Business College, Aurora.
Mo. 51-tt
Woman's Friend is Large Trial
Bottle of Sanul Prescription. Fine
for blackheads, eczema aid all rough
skin and clear complexion. A real
skin tonic. Get 35-cent trial bottle
at the drug store.-Adv.
The Monett times., 1918-10-18

Sanol Eczema Prescription is a
famous old remedy for all forms of
Eczema and skin diseases. Sanol is
a guaranteed remedy. Get S5-cent
bottle at the drug store.-Adv.
The Monett times., 1918-10-18

DR.. Kenneth Kennedy, who is in
training at Fort BARRACKS, Fla, writes
home that he is recovering from an
attack of influenza.
The Monett times., 1918-10-18

Henry Hile has received an honor
able discharge from the army on ac-
count of physical disability. He be-
came i'll soon after going to Camp
Dodge, Ia, and was never able to
drill. He was in the camp hospital
a long time.
The Monett times., 1918-10-18

Sam Pittman, who was ve1y il
for a few days with pneumonia al
Camp Funston, is convalescing and is
able to do light duty around the hos.
pital.
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With best wishes to all and beg
to remain yours in uniform until the
war is finished.
GUY G. CARR
1st. Sergeant 1st. Glass
The Monett times., 1918-10-18

Sergeant Harry Bird, who accom-
panied the body of Edgar Kaiser here
from Fort Riley, Kansas, returned to
camp Tuesday morning.
The Monett times., 1918-10-18
Missing in Action.

Missing in Action.
Joseph Harper, st. Louis.
The following Missourians are re-
ported in the casualty list of October
Is:
Killed in Action.
Corporal Wallace J. McAdams, Mo-
herly.
Died of Wounds.
Arnold Hodge, Piedmont.
Died of Disease.
Jack Good, Doniphan; Albert F.
Junkerman, Blaclswater.
Wounded Severely.
Sergeant Major Edward F. Norton,
st. Louis; Sergeant John H. Brock
man, Brookficld; Mechanic Henry
Donza, Weingarten; William Bender,
St. Louis; Oscar L. Benson, Coats
vile; Benjamin NJ. Gregory, Steel
vile; Chas. w. Campbell, Sedalia;
Louis Moore, Point Pleasant; Theo-
dore Schneider, St. Louis; Wesley
Farless, GAINESVILLE; Ross Jones, Kan
sas City.
Wounded, Degree Undetermined.
Sergeant Eddie M. Rice, Bolivar;
Corporal William A. Summers, Hunts
vile; Sherman A. Lindsey, Wheat
land; Ernest Goodenough, Mortrose.
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THE CASUALTY LIST.

Killed in action, 1856; missing in ac-
ton, 49,; wounded severely, 267; died
from wounds, rs; died from accident
and other causes, d; died of disease,
95; died from airplane accident, l;
wounded, degree undetermined, "a.
Total, 769.
Those from Missouri are:
Killed in Action.
John w. Jobe, California, Mo.
Robert H. Brandt, Creighton, Mo.
Guy F. Solomon, Huntsville, Mo.
Verne E. Stone, Memphis, Mo.
Died of Wounds.
Bugler Ira N. Kesler, Poplar Bluff,
Mo. y
Emil W.. Oberg, St. Louis.
: George Yunger, st. Louis.
Died of Disease
Chalmer N. Thomas, st. Joseph, Mo.
Wounded Severely
Theodore ]. Bunger, Kansas City,
Mo.
Thomas Cummins, Milan, Mo.
Leo Hauser, St. Louis.
Daniel P. Massengill, Edgarton, Mo.
In the marine corp casualties me
following was reported: Killed in ac-
ton, 2; wounded in action, severely, /;
wounded in action, degree undeter-
mined, /; missing in action, a; in
hands of enemy, 1. Total, 9. The fol-
lowing from Missouri:
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Dated this October 8, 1918.-w5-t4
The mirror., 1918-10-03

where they can find a handful of
soil to tillg And an extinct vol
cano, of all places! For how could
they expect to raise anything in
that waste place of volcanic ash?
At this point another surprise
lay in wait for me. That volcanic
ash is very rich and will grow i'm
mense crops. Year by year, al
most without fertilizers, it turns
out good harvest of grain and
fruit. A few years ago, as the
reader will remember, there was a
tremendous eruption of a volcano
near Kagoshima. only a few miles
south of the region l am describing.
The ground for miles around, was
covered a foot deep with volcanic
ash; and the following year the
fruit trees produced a record
crop!
Any ordinary person would con-
slider it a sufficient handicap to be
compelled to live in volcano era
ter, even an extinct one, with al
most daily earthquake tremors and
occasionally big shake-up. But
this was not by any means all nor
the worst. Over near the eastern
wall of the extinct crater was an
active volcano, not outside the
bowl but INSIDE, and sharing with
the people the hospitality of the
encircling walls. 1t seemed a
strange and uncor Portable bedfel-
low! Yet they a seemed to be
living together ir quite amicable
relations. Constantly over this ac-
tive crater lowered a heavy pail of
smoke, except when strong west
winds blew it away as from a
monster funnel n outh.
When l arrived at the little YADo
The mirror., 1918-10-03
"And having thus chosen our course, without
guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our
trust in God, and 60 forward without fear and
with manly hearts, abraham Lincoln

My window faces the east, and
the rising sun aroused me early
next morning. Directly before me,
but far away, rose a slow column
of smoke from the active crater
within crater" After breakfast
l asked whether one might ap-
proach and pay his respects to this
strange fellow-citizen, and was as
sured that one might if the direc-
tiun of the wind would permit.
The lip of the active crater is
approachable only from the west
ern side, and unless the wind is
blowing the smoke and sulphur
fumes toward the east one would
require something much more eff
fective than a gas mask. / deter
mined to wait my chance.
The very next day proved aus
picious, for fair breeze was blow
ing from the west. 1t was a nine
mile walk from my inn, and Sc
curing good guide l set out.
When we had covered third of
the distance we dropped the jim
rikishas and proceeded on foot.
asked my guide whether this
volcano did not sometimes make
trouble for the people. He shrug-
ged his shoulders in the fatalistic
oriental manner as if to say, well,
what would you?" but by word of
mouth he told me that sometimes
the volcano would pour out a flood
of ashes that blotted out the sun
and made the fowls go protestingly
to roost. But never within the
memory of living man had there
been anything worse than a few
inches of volcanic ash, which,
though inconvenient, proved a
blessing in disguise, for it fertilized
the land.
After a hard, steep climb up a
path that was crumbly with ashes,
we reached the lip of the crater.
The sight that burst upon US was
almost appalling. The oriice was
about 1.400 feet in diameter. The
dense mass of smoke that poured
over the eastern rim seemed like
something sinister and menacing-
hungry almost. One instinctively
endowed it with q malignant per.
Continued on page 3. column So
The mirror., 1918-10-03

pieces and put it together for them
several times, while all were busily
engaged with their pencils and
note books.
l taught them for an hour; then
l leaned back. They saw l was
through, and pencils and note
books we're stored away. They all
rose as one man, stood in a straight
line, bowed deeply and waited
while their spokesman said Much
-oblige-good-bye." Then with
military precision they wheeled and
marched away. They knew that
they would never see me again,
out they would have walked
twenty miles simply to learn a
single sentence in English.
Why? Was it because they
thought our language or civiliza.
lion was one whit better than
theirsg Not at all. They doubt
less believed that theirs was hun
dred times as good. But they had
been warned that they must get
this thing if they wished to rise in
their calling and secure a better
place and better pay. If they
could get even a smattering OF
English they would be called to
one or another of the open ports
where they would have a far better
chance of preferment and speedy
promotion.
When bed time came the little
waitress appeared with a thick cot
ton mattress and blankets. She
made my bed on the floor, tied the
four corners of the mosquito net to
hooks in the ceiling and then with.
drew, after a polite bow and a few
words which I did not catch but
doubtless meant for goodnight. D
The mirror., 1918-10-03

or inn, where l was to spend the
night, l took off my shoes instead
of my hat, according to japanese
custom. The punctiliously polite
host bowed low and showed me to
my room upstairs. l say MY room,
but as the reader probably knows,
the whole second story was one
big room that could be divided off
into compartments by movable pa
per partitions. Immediately a pretty
little waitress brought me the cere-
monial teapot and poured out a
cupful about as large as my thumb.
When / had slipped a little of it
and indicated that it was enough.
she left me. Then l was surprised
to hear the tramp of many feet
coming up the stairs, for l had un-
derstood l was the only guest.
In minute in filed five japanese
policemen! They stood in line be-
fore me. their faces as impassive
as a mask. You can never tell
what a japanese is thinking about;
and I held my breath till l should
hear what crime l had committed.
| have been in some rather tight
places in my life, but never was /
in greater doubt as to what would
happen during the next five min
utes.
The five policemen stood straight
and still; then the spokesman said
in broken English:
"You-teach-Inglish -pleace. -
I confess l never enjoyed such a
pleasant revulsion of feeling! The
change from CONSERVATION to self
congratulation was so sudden and
complete that ] waxed enthusiastic.
Sit down." l said, with con-
spicuous hospitality. ''That is just
what 1 came for" They all sat
down before me, ilor-fashion,
drew out their note books and PEN
ellis. and looked at me eagerly. /
began.
kURUMAYA NAN JEE MARINA
sHoKA2 KURMAYA means jinriki-
shaman; NAN JEE means what time:
MAIRIMASHOKA means will arrive.
So the entire sentence reads in the
AMERICANA KoToBA (American
language) When will the jinrikisha
man arrive9" Then I picked it to
The mirror., 1918-10-03
by Homer B. Hubert, in "Trauel'

tainers, who had been among the
most influential in placing the
Mikado back upon the Imperial
throne of Japan, retired to their
ancestral fef and sulked. The
Imperial armies marched down
from Tokyo and drove the rebel
lious Daimyo into his huge wooden
castle in Kagoshima, where. &C
cording to immemorial custom and
etiquette, he and his followers
committed sEPPUKU (hara-kiri) and
fell among the ashes of their feudal
hold.
During the day we had to cross
an arm of Kagoshima Bay which
deeply indents the Island of XII
ushiu. 1t was necessary to com.
NIT oneself to a wheezy little
steamer of perhaps 100 tons. not
at all sanitary, crowded to the gun
wales with mass of humanity en-
tirely beyond the normal capacity
of the crazy craft. We crossed
our fingers and kept them crossed
until we bumped the pier on the
other side.
AS we sped eastward in our
overgrown baby-carriages the fol-
lowing morning, there slowly rose
upon the horizon a great es-
carpment of rock, broken down
here and there, and in some places
assuming the shape of an ordinary
mountain range. This was the OBJ
ject of my search, for it was the
crater of an immense extinct vol
cano, Aso-san. Through one of
the breaks in this wall our road
led. winding through a deep cut
into the crater itself, which is fif-
teen miles broad.
Under such circumstances the
imagination always runs ahead of
the body. What is one expecting
to find in the crater of an extinct
volcano? Surely ashes and lava
and all the debris of burnt-up ma
ture! When l mounted that last
crest and looked down into the
mighty bowl, I experienced one of
the supreme surprises of my life.
On the floor of that great circle,
trimmed with towering heights like
a Cyclopean amphitheater, 1 looked
down upon countless japanese
villages and hamlets, fields, groves,
gardens, streams and all other
evidences of a thriving agricultural
community! Verify. it was a birds
nest in the mouth of a cannon.
Two things were forcibly i'm
pressed upon me. First, the dar-
ing, the adventuresomeness of those
people; in region notorious for
its volcanic and seismic activity,
directly on the Worlds ''line of
least resistance" which, starting at
Cape Horn. passes up the western
coast of South, Central and North
America and when curving toward
the west passes through the Aleu-
tian Islands, Kamtchatka and the
Kuriles, goes down that long line
of islands that fringe the coast of
Asia, of which Japan forms the
most important part. In such a
precarious region they still car
ried on'' in seeming ignorance or
contempt of danger.
The second thing that impressed
me was the density of population,
and the economic pressure that
could impel people to build their
houses and live their lives thus, in
the very jaws of death. Imagine
a land smaller than Montana and
so mountainous that less than six
teen per cent of its area is arabic.
yet containing a population of over
so, 600, 900. 1t would be like put
ting half the people of this country
into a piece of territory as noun
famous as West Virginia and only
a little more than three times as
large. Is it any wonder that they
crawl into every crack and Granny
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uuO EXCUSE IOf cnaIKlng GOWN only
one error against the visitors. He
allowed six scattered hits, passed
one on balls and issued two wild
pitches-the latter coming at
time when they were not disastrous.
Lee pitched winning ball but the
errors his team mates made were
responsible for his defeat. He
struck out seven men, allowed
seven scattered hits and hit one
batsman.
PLAY BY INNINGS
FIRST
Visitors-Donahue gets a three
bagger. Shell gets on by Helms
wild throw to Jam. Peulen out,
fly to Brad. Berg gets a base hit
scoring Donahue and Shell. Nc
Pherson out, fly to Add. Huels-
man gets on by Jams error. Ca
you out, Bran to Jam. Two runs,
two hits, two errors.
NJ. S. Past struck out. Brad
out, Berg to Shell. Bran struck
out. No runs. no hits, no errors.
SECOND
Visitors - Nelson gets on by
Burns error. Carlson struck out.
Donahue out, fly to Helm. Shell
out. Helm to Jam. No runs, no
hits, no errors.
M. S. Plush out, fly to Berg.
Jam out, fly to Shell. Burn out,
Shell unassisted. No runs, no hits,
no errors.
THIRD
Visitors Peulen gets on by
Bran's error. Berg gets pass by
being hit with a pitched ball. Nc
Pherson gets a base hit, filling the
bases. Huelsman drives out a
grounder to Jam and on a felder's
choice Peulen is thrown out at
home, Jam to Helm. Cayou drives
one right back at the pitcher and
Berg is thrown out at home, Lee
to Helm. Cayou gets on by Jams
error and Mcpherson scores on the
same. Nelson out, Brad to Jam.
One run. one hit. two errors.
M. S. P.-Hein struck out. Add
out, Donahue to Shell. Lee gets
a safe hit and steals second but is
thrown out trying to steal third,
Huelsman to Mcpherson. No runs,
one hit. no errors.
FOURTH
Visitors = Carlson struck out.
Donahue and Shell get on by safe
base hits. Peulen drives one to
Bran but on a fielder's choice
Donahue is thrown out at third.
Berg out, Helm to Jam. No runs,
two hits, no errors.
M. S. P.-Brad gets a three
base hit and scores on McPherson's
error. Bran out, Cayou to Shell.
Bush gets safe hit and steals Sec
ond. Jam out. fly to Peulen.
Burn struck out. One run, two
hits, one error.
FIFTH
Visitors out, Add
to Jam. Huelsman gets on by
Helms error. Cayou out. Add to
jam. Nelson out, Add to Jam.
No runs. no hits. no errors.
M. S. P.-Burn and Add struck
out. Lee gets a base hit. East
gets base hit, but Lee is out at
second when he over runs the bag.
Peulen to Berg. No runs, two hits,
no errors.
Sixth
Visitors = Carlson struck out.
Donahue out, fly to Bush. Shell
gets two-base hit. Peulen struck
out. No runs, one hit, no errors.
M. S. P.-Brad struck out Bran
out, fly to Donahue. Bush struck
out. No runs, no hits, no errors.
SEVENTH
Visitors Berg out, Bran to
jam. Mcpherson out. Add to
jam. Huelsman out, fly to Add.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-02-05
"A SPLENDID TONIC !"
Says Hixson Lady Who, On Doc
tors Advice, Took cardui
And Is Now Well.

Hixson, nn.-"About 10 years ago
I was. =" says Mrs. j. B. Gadd, OF
this place Il suffered with a pain In
my left~side. could not sleep at night
with this pain. always in the left
side...
Ny doctor told me to use Cardui.
took one bottle, which helped me aud
after my baby came, was stronger
and better, but the pain was still
there
I at first let it go. but began TO get
weak and in a rundown condition,
SO I decided to try some more Cardui.
which | did.
This last Cardui which / took made
me much better, in fact, cured me. It
has been a number of years, stiTl
have no return Of this trouble.
/ feel it was Cardui that cured me,
and I recommend IT as a eBlendid fe-
male tonic
Don't allow yourself to become
weak and rundown from womanly
troubles. Take Cardui 1t should sure
ly help you, as It has so many thou
sands 3r other won1en in the past 40
years. Headache. backache, sideache,
nervousness, sleeplessness, tired-out
feeling. are all signs Of womanly trou-
BILE. Other women get relief by taking
Cardui. Why not you? AL druggists.
NC-132
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-02-05
0CALA WOMAN DOING HER BIT

More than year ago / took q
course of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy
for gall stones, severe collie and
stomach trouble and have been en-
tirely well ever since. have recon-
mended it to many other stomach
sufferers, as felt it was my duty to
tell them just how much good it has
done" 1t is a simple, harmless prep
aration that removes the catarrhal
mucus from the intestinal tract and
allays the inflammation which causes
practically all stomach, liver and in
testinaI ailments. including appendi-
citis. One dose viii convince or money
refunded. The Court Pharmacy. AID. 8
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-02-05
GAA SOCIAL AFFAIRS
Confined from Third Page)

Miss Victoria Raysor has been in
town the last two days, the guest of
her brother, Mr. Clifford Raysor, and
family, at their home on South Third
street.
The Temple picture show viii be In
evidence tomorrow afternoon and eve
ming, with an installment of "The
Fighting Trail" and other fine sub
jects.
Mrs. Jack Camp returned yester-
day from visit to Jacksonville. Mr.:
Camp has gone on to Virginia, where
he viii look after business affairs for
the next few days.
Mrs. C. w. Hudson and pretty little
daughter from Townsville, Ca, ar
rived this afternoon for visit to
Mrs. R. L. Bridges.
Mrs. o. w. Weaver is charming
visitor to the city, and is the guest
of Mrs. J. R. Moorhead. Mrs. Weaver
is the competent city demonstration
agent or urban worker for Alachua
and Marion counties. She is, conse-
quently, engaged in the same useful
calling as Mrs. Moorhead, and will
probably be a frequent visitor to the
city and county.
Mrs. n. Fl. Hunter and her pretty
little daughter, Caroline, of Fort My
ers, who have been visiting Mrs.
Hunters mother and sister, Mrs. and
Miss Borland, at Citra, expect to re-
turn in few days. Mrs. Borland,
both her daughters and her grand
daughter were in town this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Young of New
York, are guests today of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Peyser. They are on
their way home from several months
visit on the east coast. Mr.. Young is
head of the large mems hat manu-
facturers bearing his name in New
York, and also conducts number of
retail stores in the metropolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. Hooper viii ar
rive this afternoon from Baltimore,
to make 0cala their home. They lived
| in Ocala several years ago and Mr..
Hooper was connected with the A. e.
Burnett jewelry establishment in the
repair department. Mr.. Hooper has
accepted a position with Mr.. ]. c.
Smith, the jeweler, and the family
will begin housekeeping as soon as
they can locate suitable cottage.
For the present they will reside with
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith at their home on
East Second street.
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New Glass Industry.

The commercial. spinning Of glass
has been lately reported as new VEN
ice industry. The straight fbers, IN
hanks, are supplied as glass cotton (;
the curled fbers are known as glass
wool; and white felt pads one quarter
to one-half inch thick are made Dy
COMPRISING either The spun glass
is chiefly used in electrical insulation.
The glass wool is suggested for wigs
and various other purposes; and the
pads may serve as hIters.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-02-05

Mr.. Welsh Dewey, who is in the
quartermaster's corps at Camp john
ston, Jacksonville, has been assigned
to duty in the 9Th division supply
train.
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WANTED-OId False Teeth-Don't
Matter if Broken. I pay 50 to SIS per
set. Also cash for old gold, silver and
broken jewelry. Send by parcel post
and receive check by return mail. VIII
hold goods ten days for sender's ap-
proval of my offer. L. Mazer, 2007 So.
5th ST., Philadelphia, Pa. 17-1st