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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-02

wire, when we walked into Boche
covering party nearly thirty strong.
Then the music started, the fiddler rem
dered his bill, and we paid.
Fighting in the dark with bayonet
is not very pleasant. The Germans
took 1t on the run, but our officer was
no novice at the game and didn't fol.
low them. He gave the order "down
on the ground, hug It close
Just In time, too, because q volley
SKINNED over our heads. Then In low
tones we were told to separate and
crawl back to our trenches, each man
on his own.
We could see the flashes Of their
rifles in the darkness. but the bullets
were going over our heads.
We lost three men killed and one
wounded in the arm. If 1t hadn't been
for our officers quick thinking the
whole patrol would have probably
been wiped out.
After about twenty minutes wait we
went out again and discovered that
the Germans had wiring party work
ing on their barbed wire. We returned
to our trenches unobserved with the
information and our machine guns i'm
mediately got busy.
The next night four men were sent
out to go over and examine the Ger
man barbed wire and see If they had
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-02

The British are Of wood. while IN
German are iron. My heart stopped
beating; by mistake I had crawled
back to the German lines.
/ turned slowly about and my tunis
caught on the wire and made a loud
ripping noise.
A sharp challenge rang out. ]
sprang to my feet, ducking low, and
ran madly back toward our lines. The
Germans started firing. The bullets
were biting all around me, when bang
Iran smash into our wire. and sharp
challenge. "'Alt, who comes thereY'
rang out. / gasped out the password.
and, cropping my way through the lane
In the wire, tearing my hands and
uniform. / tumbled into our trench and
was safe, but / was nervous wreck
for an hour. until drink Of rum
brought me round.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-02
ALCOHOL A DEcEIvER.

The experimenter took three SUBJ
stances for the xperiment-food, al
cOhol and hot water. After taking
the food he found the heat In the in
terror of the body increased as the
food dlgested-the organs of the body
became filled with warm blood, and
the internal temperature became con-
siderably raised. At the same time
he found the surface of the body be-
came cold. Hot water and hot tea
raised the internal temperature and
external temperature. but when he
took alcohol curious thing occurred.
When he took 1t, diluted, of course, it
gave him feeling of warmth. 1t was
the first time he had taken any for
many years, and he felt that feeling
of warmth, with the result that he
asked himself whether they had not
been making mistake all these years,
II there was really an increased tenn
perature within the body7 When the
temperature record was developed,
however, 1t showed that at the very
period he had thought his inside was
being warmed by the alcohol Just the
reverse was taking place. The sur
face temperature had risen consider
ably, but the internal temperature
had gone down. Alcohol was de-
celver. There was no doubt about II
in regard to temperature. The actual
temperature was falling at the time
he thought 1t was rising. This proved
that men taking alcohol before going
into the night air were doing very
unwise thing. and possibly preparing
themselves to be chilled.-Prof. Sim
Woodhead. M. D., University of Cam
bridge. England.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-02
WHAT FARMER THINKS
OF THE COUNTY AGENT.

The states relations service of
the United States department of
agriculture has on file thou
sands of letters from farmers
telling Of help they have re-
ceived from county agents.
The following Is quoted from
letter written by w. HI. Har-
vey, a farmer of Long Beach.
CAL: Il
Farming is no longer a blum
dering Job. 1t Is growing into a
science. To succeed, organiza-
ton, method, system and scien-
tific knowledge are needed.
These steps are developed and
brought about or made possible
by the right kind of a county
agent. He is, therefore, a
trained, skilled man In personal
touch with the farmer to help
solve the thousand and one
farm problems as they come up
and has at his beck and call the
scientific men of this great
country"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-02

cut lanes through IT.; II so, this pres
aged an early morning attack on our
trenches.
OF course had to be one of the four
selected for the job. 1t was Just like
sending a fellow to the undertaker's
to order his own coffin.
At ten o'clock we started out, armed
with three bombs, bayonet and re-
volver. After getting into No Mans
Land we separated. Crawling four or
five feet at time, ducking star shells,
with strays cracking overhead,
reached their wire. I secuted along
this inch by inch, scarcely breathing.
1 could hear them talking In their
trench, my heart was pounding against
my ribs. One false move or the least
noise from me meant discovery and
almost certain death.
After covering my sector ! quietly
crawled back. had gotten about half
way when noticed that my revolver
was missing. 1t was pitch dark.
turned about to see If could find 1t
1t couldn't be far away, because about
three or four minutes previously had
felt the butt in the holster. / crawled
around in circles and at last found it.
then started on my way back to our
trenches, as thought.
Pretty soon reached barbed wire
and was just going to give the pass
word when something told me not to-
put out my hand and touched one Of
the barbed wire stakes. 1t was iron
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-02
THE SALOON THE POOR MANS
WORST ENEMY.


All Of a poor mans wealth is in
vested In his children. The poor man
sacrifices his whole life to raise his
children and hopes that when they
grow up they w,ll be a help to him in
his old age. If the rich mans chill
dren go to the bad the rich man still
has money to support him, but when
the poor mans children go to the bad
all his wealth Is lost and he is left In
his old age to life Of misery. The
saloon Is an institution that robs the
poor man of his children and he ought
to be against 1t even more than the
rich man.
The rich men will not live where
there are saloons. They will have
their land deeds fixed up so that no
saloons can be established, or they
will have laws made to bar out sa-
looms. Some Christian people ease
their consciences by having laws made
to keep the saloons away from the
church doors; but when you drive the
saloons away from the rich mans
home and the doors of the church, you
drive them to the homes of the poor
people-the least able of all to with
stand their ravages. The poor man
cannot drive the saloon away from his
door with money, like the rich man,
for he has not the money; but he has
a vote, and with that vote he can, and
should, drive the saloon away from his
door.-John f. Cunneen.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-02
Cities Need Rat pefenses.

The city is the great stronghold Of
the rat, It's permanent refuge and it's
last line of defense. The rodents
might be destroyed in all rural dis
tricts and villages, but If not routed
in the cities the whole country would
soon be repopulated with rats from
these centers of infestation.
Old wooden wharves, brick cellars,
extensive lumber yards, ancient facto-
ries, grain elevators, markets and
many other institutions of cities at
tract and harbor rats. AS a rule the
older the city the more rats are found
in 1t, but even in parts rebuilt after
large fires they are still to be found,
though less abundant. Many large
buildings, rat-proof as to walls and
foundations. have become infested
with rodents through carelessness or
oversight of owners or occupants and
the animals are intrenched behind FIX
lures or merchandise. Fortunately 1t
Is possible to rout the rats from these
hiding places.
The biological survey Of the U. s.
department of agriculture recon-
mends that cities require that all
buildings to be erected shall be made
rat-proof under rigid system Of in
spection; that all existing buildings
with rat-proof walls and foundations
be made really rat-proof by closing or
screening every opening through which
rats might enter; that rat-proofing re-
pairs be applied voluntarily to all
buildings that need them. Use Of dogs.
cats and traps also may bring benefit.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-02

to plant small areas to Rocky Ford
seed. The result--in 1917 farmers of
this section sold 20 cars OF cantaloupes
with gross returns Of over S12,O 900. Re-
ceipts per acre ranged from $3.50 to
$3.50.
The farmers began to appreciate the
value Of their land, started sowing
winter crops, called upon the county
agent concerning silos and began look
ing about for cattle for their farms.
Land that had a slow sale at $25 an
acre jumped in two years to $75 an
acre. according to report to the United
States department Of agriculture. Not
least important through the canta-
loupe enterprise the county agent
gained the confidence OF the farmers
of the entire county In his work for
better farming.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-02
CHAPTER XVII.
out in Front.

After tea Lieutenant Stores Of our
section came into the dugout and In
formed me that was 'sfor" reconnoi-
tering patrol and would carry six Mills
bombs.
1 At IL 80 that night twelve men, our
lieutenant and myself went out In
front on q patrol in No Mans Land.
We cruised around in the dark for
nbout two hours. just knocking about
aoofing for trouble, on the lookout for
Boche working parties to see what
they were doing.
Around two in the morning we were
carsfully picking our way about thirty
snrds in front of the German barbed
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-02
CHAPTER xvI-continued.


Quite contrast to Wilson was an
other character in our brigade named
Scott; we called him "Old Scotty" on
account of his age. He was fifty-seven,
although looking forty. "Old Scotty"
had been born in the Northwest and
had served In the Northwest Mounted
police. He was typical oowpuncher
and Indian fighter and was dead shot
with the rife, and took no pains to
disguise this fact from us. he used to
take care Of his rife as IL It were
baby. In his spare moments you could
always see him cleaning 1t or polish
ing the stock. Woe betide the man
who by mistake happened to get hold
OF this rife; he soon found out his
error. Scott was as deaf as a mule,
and 1t was amusing at parade to watch
0fm In the manual Of arms, slyly
kiancing out of the corner Of his eye
Ut the man next to him to see what
ne order was. How he passed the
doctor was mystery to US; he must
have bluffed his way through, because
he certainly was independent. Beside
him the Fourth Of July looked like
Good Friday. He wore at the time a
large sombrero, had Mexican stock
saddle over his shoulder, a lariat on
his arm, and a ''forty-fve" hanging
from his hip. Dumping this parapher-
MALTA on the floor he went up to the
recruiting officer and shouted: 'T'm
from America, west of the Rockies,
and want to Join your ID army.
I've got no use for German and can
shoot some. At Scotland Yard they
turned me down; said was deaf and
80 am. don't banker to ship In with
p ID underwriting outfit, but the
cavalry's full, so / guess this regi-
ment's better than none, so trot out
your papers and Til sign EN-" He told
them he was forty and slipped by.
was on recruiting service at the time
he applied for enlistment.
It was Old Scotty's great ambition
10 be a sniper or "body snatcher," as
Mr.. Atkins calls it. The day that he
was detailed as brigade sniper he cele
brated his appointment by blowing the
WnOle, platoon TO rags.
Being Yank, Old Scotty took lik-
ang to me and used to spin some great
yarns about the plains, and the whole
platoon would drink these in and ask
for more. Ananias was rookie COM
pared with him.
The ex-plainsman and discipline
could not agree, but the officers all
liked him, even If he was hard to man
age. so when he was detailed as a
sniper a sigh of relief went up from
the officers mess.
Old Scotty had the freedom of the
brigade. He used to draw two or
three. days rations and disappear with
hlD glass. range finder and rifle, and we
would see or hear no more of him
until suddenly he would reappear
with couple of notches added to
those already on the butt Of his rife.
Every time he got German it meant
another notch. He was proud Of these
notches.
But after a few months Father
rheumatism got him and he was sent
to Bllghty; the air In the wake Of his
stretcher was blue WITH curses. Old
Scotty surely could swear; some of his
outbursts actually burned you.
No doubt, at this writing, he is
,.somewhere In Blighty'' pussy footing
It on q bridge or along the wall Of
some munition plant with the &c. R."
or Home Defense corps.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-02
Keep the Garden Going.

Don't let the garden loaf after the
crops planted in the spring have been
gathered. Plant new crops for fall
harvesting and get the maximum bene-
DIT from your food plot.
In most sections of the United
States nearly all the common garden
vegetables can be planted early in Au-
gust with plenty Of time for their
maturity before the first killing frost
In the autumn. As late garden crops
which may follow others the following
are suggested:
Beets, Brussels sprouts, late cab
bage, caulifower, celery, sweet corn,
kale. peas, spinach and turnips.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-02
Temperance
AaNOfesa
Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)
ISN'T 1T QUEER,

It clubs him while at work and he loses
his job.
1t clubs him on the head and sends him
70 the insane hospital
It clubs him in the stomach and he has
the deliriun tremens.
1t clubs him in the home and his home
% broken up.
1t clubs him In the pocketbook and
leaves nothing there.
1t clubs him in his liberty and throws
him into jail.
With its final blow It throws him into
an early grave.
Certainly the poor mans club.
The Connecticut Citizen.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-02
HOW THE BREWERS "REFoRM"
THE SALOONS,

The breweries control 1852, or 20
per cent, of the licensed saloons Of
Chicago; own 2,232. or "a per cent,
of the licenses, and own the fixtures in
1850 saloons, or 81 per cent of the
total number. Some Of the most no.
torious dives In Chicago have been
under the actual or practical supervi-
sion Of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing
company.
When Mr.. Busch issued his state
ment that the beer interests were go
ing to reform the liquor trade, Federal
Judge Lands was considering cases Of
several brewery agents. When he
was told that the Anheuser-Busch
Brewery association controlled 81 sa-
looms In East st. Louis, Judge Lands
said:
"Here are thirty-two saloons con-
fessedly managed by Mr.. Busch's COM
pany, and they have been steadfastly
breaking the law for at least ten
years." Turning to the clerk. the judge
said: "I want You to make tran
script of the cases have tried In this
court and send it by special delivery
to Mr.. Busch: think 1t will do him
good"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-02
Empey stages hIs play under
difficulties but with great sue
cess. The next instaflment tells
about II.
Gro BE CONTINUED,
Used Vast Amount Of Wire.

Used Vast Amount Of Wire.
1t has been estimated thst the VIII
in the cores and sheathing Of ~
worlds submarine cables that haps
been made since they were first pssd
in 1857, would reasA from the eas n
to the moon.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-02
EFFICIENCY.

Abstinence is necessary for the high
est eficiency.--Admiral Sir John Jelii-
coe.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-02
EMPEY HAS NARROW ESCAPE WHILE ON PATROL DUTY
IN NO MANS LAND

synopsis-Ffred sinking
Arthur Empey American living City
England ensts the British After
recruiting officer
of Coolies" After brief period of
the fronne trenches
fire while the bullets whix overhead Empey
falls that death in the trenches
Chaplain
pick a digger
No Mans Land Exciting experience listening detail Ex
citing observation post duty.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-02
eARLEv AS FOOD or wAsTEi

"When barley Is taken to the miller,
90 per cent becomes flour for human
food; 40 per cent becomes offal for
cattle food.
"when barley is taken to the brew
er, 25 per cent only becomes offal for
cattle food; rs per cent is wasted In
making a deieterious drink. Lord
Davenport.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-27
END OF DAY.

Der me like regal tent.
Cloudy-ibbcd, tho sunset bent:
Purple curtained. frinsed with gold,
Looked III many a wing Swing fold:
While for music came the play
OF tho pied frogs orchestra;
And to light tho noisy choir,
Let the faSots of fire.
was monarch pornp and JOY.
Waited on the barefoot boy
r, WHITTIER.
ing aiorS the road came a farmer, he
Was carrying his hoe and rake
re was ScTy tired when he left his
hald. almost All hour before
When he came to spring he dranp
some water He sat down TO resi- =
moment. but while he was resting ha
EEL asleep. -
He awoke In about an hour. He aid
not know where he was. He reflected
a. moment and then remembered ali
that had happened.
lie then cot up and went on his
way: That ii why he is so lac ~.
ing home.
Tic is now passing "a pond Il, the
pond the frogs arc singing. Right bv
the pond is q very large tree: IL 4,
possibly the largest tree In Va This
pond Is not very far from his home.
In tho summer the man puts hero
sene in the pond to keep from hay-
Ing mosquitoes.
Can anyone guess who this man is,
lie is Abraham Lincoln.
MARY FRANCES ROGERS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-27
A TnIP TO BELFAST.

the mountains with about thirty or or
forty boys and 4 half a dozen young
men Tor leaders. pr. Cook, the camp
doctor proposed a trip TO Belfast. a
place in the mountains. a trip to which
which We were staying was situated
between four mountains. whose names
were. Thunder Ridge. The Meadows,
1anther Knob and Wild Cat Mountain
The trip TO Belfast was about eight
or ten miles which we walked. We
US. to set about camp. We started
carly in the morning and stopped, to
eat dinner about halfway, by a creek.
AtScr dinner VIC went on till we got
about At the foot OF Belfast, when my
prother followed TO inc 10 watcn Out.
kept on. Pretty soon l butted into a
hornets nest. About three EtunE me,
but ] ran away from the nest and ba ok
70 the crowd. Belfast was on n noun
tain about a half mile long and a
quarter OF mile wide. 1t was moth
which were as big as a house There
VAS not drop OF water on it. Thcl.
was also nothing living on it except
little clunp OF trees. The only
thing that helped me ont was buckle
berries: My father and I got separated
We started climbing Belfast about
o'clock. and came off at 3. From
until ) We did not find any water
When NC finally came TO creek. VIC
couldn't get enough water. II took us
about a half an hour to walk back to
The camp. We got to camp about $50
When We got back to camp supper
was ready. We ate supper and had
still more hucEleberries
JOSEPH PLEASANTS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-27
SEND ORIGINAL WORK.
My Dear Girls and Boys:

My Dear Girls and Boys:
want you to get down your d!ction-
airy and look up tho word original. I
have tried SO many times to explain it
TO you, and ] want you to understand
Why many times your stories and poems
are not printed. In our rules We are
allowed to rewrite in our own words a
story We have heard or read, but when
we have so many fine stories that chill
dren have made UP themselves we don't
want TO MI up our page with those.
And please sign your name to your
drawings. ] had to throw away eleven
tine pictures to-day because the mem
bers had left their names OF the bot
tom OF the drawings. AS soon as
can possibly squeeze room, am going
to print the rules, for / think VIC all
need our minds refreshed on the sub
5ect. YOUR EDITOR.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-27
HOW A TYRoL MAIDEN SAVED HER
COUNTRY.

Once there was poor Tyroi maiden.
whose name do not know. Her home
was in Rregcnz little town in Ger
many. She was sent away from her
nome to serve in the Swiss vail.vs
her masters we're kind and gentle. ana
she had lot OF friends. She stayed
there SO lonS that their speech did not
seem strange, and when she led he.
cattle to the pasturc in the morning.
she oidn't even look to see which
SIDE OF ner BreSenz was. Her home
seemed faded in a deep mist of GEARS.
Her masters children would stand
around her. She would sing to them
ballads of her own native land.
Every morning and eTeninE she
would kneel before Gods throne and
pray. One day she noticed that the
farmers did not seem to be gathering
IN their corn. but everybody was talk
ing, and she came to ind out that
they we're talking about capturing her
her own land. SO she went to the
stable in the night ard got her white
horse and went forth in the darkness
10 her country and told the pcoplc
and 10 that way she saved her coua {.
try.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-27
TIE BIRTHDAY OK WASHINGTON

Tho birthday Of the Father OF IN.
country may II ever bc freshly i,
membered by American hearts.
His memory is first and most eucr.o
IN our love; and ever hereafter till the
last drop of blood shall freeze in the
last American heart. his namc shall
be a spell of power and of might.
1t was the daily beauty and match
less glory OF his life which enabled
him to create mis- country. and a, In.
aHle time secure An undying love and
regard from the whole american poo
rle. Inc hrst In the hearts OF his
brave and wise men before his day.
In every colony. But the American ma.
ton. as nation. ] do not reckon to
nave begun before 1174. and the first
love CT that young America was wash.
!nStcn.
MARY HUNT
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-27
WHEN pa WAS A BOY.

When Ia was A little boy,
| guess he never played
J 'SEose he never made baby suucsl
Or pulled the old cats tail.
] 'sposc his face was always clean,
Ard he never stole any sugar.
Nor played with boys that said ha
words
Or disobeved his mother
lie says he always knew his lessons.
And never missed his spelling,
But how many words Pa did miss
There a!n't = bit of telling.
IIe never bought any candy.
o. went with any boys,
lie never went TO "A picture SHOW
Or broke any OF his toys.
VIVA, boys cid in ra's day..
| couldn't begin 10 tell,
But | bet Pa had as much sport
As any body else.
Cause when want little candy,
Or 30 out with other boys,
Pa never sccrus to remember that
lie was once boy.
BESSIE JOHNSTON.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-27
Editorial and Literary Department

told her IL she wished for a companion
TO SO 10 certain place in the wood.
and aho would find what she uishca
Tor. So tho next day she went to this
very spot, and found a little girl apou,
three years old. and She told her sh.
iiYcd with her uncle, who treated her
SO cruel that she ran away from him
90 Mabel took her to her parents and
ihcN were very pleased with her and
named her Ann. So Mabel lived hap.
py ever afterwards. And about ,wc
or three weeks after. they found out
II was their little girl who had been
kidnapped when she was ono year old
MARY NJ. IOYNES
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-27
A WAR SAVING STAMP.

Four dollars and twelve cents gets
YOU stamp,
It's value falling there is no chance
tour per cent INTEREST is mighty fine,
When nineteen twcnty-three comes
there may be hard times.
In five years time
Five dollars you get.
Rut you better had keep ii,
for in nineteen twenty-thrcc there
may be hard times.
siay you he Keeping Your money somc-
wnerc else,
But why mol invest for the best?
icr Uncle sam is just and trre,
Why not save under the colors who
are true?
MANEELY c. FITcu