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The Washington times., 1918-07-03
ENSIGN AsToR pRoMoTEn.

NEW YORK. July s.-Dispatehes
say that Ensign Vincent Astor. Of ths
the United states navy. has been ad-
vanced to the rank OF lieutenant.
junior grade. Astor has been serving
with the United States naval patrols
overseas for nearly a year.
The Washington times., 1918-07-03
WINNERS OF GAMES
ON FOURTH TO GET
W.S.S.AS PRIZES

The Park View Citizens AssoeIa-
ton today assigned thrift stamps to
an important role in the Fourth of
July celebration which will be held
on the Soldiers Home grounds to-
morrow.
The stamps will be offered as
prizes to winners OF athletic con-
tests that viii make up the big part
OF the morning program at the In
dependence Day exercises. John s.
Cole will direct the athletic events
which are scheduled to begin at
1890 o'clock. The events include
fifty-yard races for boys under
twelve. girls under twelve. boys over
twelve, girls over twelve, a potato
three-legged race and scouts relay
race.
school To Sell Stamps.
In order that interest in Thrift
and War Savings Stamps by the
pupils shall not diminish during the
vacation period. Adelaide Davis,
principal of the Emery School. an
nounces that that institution will
remain open on Tuesday and Thurs
day mornings throughout the sum-
mer for the sale of stamps. This
school, which is attended by pupils
living in the Bloomingdale and Eek
ington sections, has been exceeding
ly active in war savings work. q
total of $500 in stamps having been
purchased there during the term.
Twelve of its scholars own 500 GER
tificates.
War Savings Stamps to a total val
ue OF S4.4SO were sold to July ! in
the depot quartermaster's office OF the
War Department, according to a re-
port received by Director Callahan's
office yesterday. During the same Pc
rIod sales of stamps in the Depart
ment OF Agriculture reached a total
OF 32,0S4.07; in the Navy Depart
ment, SOL. .636.42: while the total
amount reported by the United States
Navy Yard reached the high figure
OF SI23.679.64
Guide Buys 5000.
One of the District OF Columbia's
strongest supporters OF the cause of
War Savings Stamps is William +
GUIDE. who has purchased for himself
and the members OF his family stamps
Of a total value Of $4,000. Mr. GUIDE
Is also chairman Of district No. 10.
which was one OF the most efficiently
canvassed sections in the recent W.
S. :. drive.
The latest additions to the mem
bership of THE $1,000 Club" are Mrs.
Belle Andrews and G. II. Kurrin, who
purchased War Stamps Of that value
yesterday.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-06
A WORD ABOUT SHOT

Why, asked the Philadelphia Pub
lie Ledger, are lead shot made by
dropping the hot metal from the top
of high tower? The popular suppo-
sition, it goes on to explain, is that
they acquire the requisite spherical
shape, by falling from a great height ;
but it is not so. The leaden glo-
bules are as perfectly spherical when
they start from the top of the tower
as when they strike the water in a
well at the bottom. The stuff is
held at the top of the tower in a
large iron pan that has a perforated
bottom, and the metal drops that
fall through are the shot.
In falling they cool, hardening suf-
ficiently to suffer no reformation on
striking the water, two hundred feet
below. This, indeed, is the reason
for the" tower-to give the leaden
globules time to cool while passing
through the air. The use of the
water in the well is to furnish soft
cushion for the shot to fall on. Lat
er the shot are scooped out of the
well and are put thrugh series of
sieves to sort them into sizes.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-06
4 NERVOUS WRECK
From Three Years Suffering. Says
Cardui Made Her Well.

Texas City, Tex.-In an interesting
statement, Mrs. @. H. Schill, of this town,
says: "For three years I suffered untold
a-ogy with my head. ! was unable to
do any Of my work.
Just wanted to sleep all the time, for
that was the only ease could get, when
| was asleep. became nervous wreck
just from the awful suffering with my
head.
was so nervous that the least noise
would make me jump out of my bed. !
had no energy, and was unable to do
anything. My son, a young boy, had to
do all my household duties.
Twas not able to do anything until ]
took Cardui. took three bottles In all,
and II surely cured me Of those awful
headaches. That has been three years
ago, and know the cure is permanent,
for have never had any headache since
taking Cardui. =.
Nothing relieved me until took Cardui.
II did wonders for me-"
Try Cardui for your troubles-made
from medicinal ingredients recommended
In medical books as being of benefit In
female troubles, and 40 years of use has
proven that the books are right. Begin
taking Cardui today. NC-i3I
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-06
MERCHANTS WAR SAVINGS DAY

Charleston-Friday, June 2I, has
been designated Merchants War Saw
ings Day by the South Carolina War
Savings Committee. Plans arc bcin,
perfected to the end that the mer-
chants in every town in the STATE
Will agree to invest their total cash
receipts that day in War SAVINGS
Stamps. This will be one Of the fea-
lures of the great intensive War Saw
Ings Campaign which is to be con
Quoted from June Ia to June 28, and
IS expected to be memorable event
of the campaign.
This plan originated in Camden, s.
e., where the merchants patriotically
entered into a similar agreement, and
it is believed that the plan will be
adopted nationally.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-06
NATHAN HALE'S BIRTH
DAY THIS WEEK .uJNE G

In City Hall Park, New Yorl, City.
Is bronze statue of boyish figure
bound for execution, daily remind
er to thousands who hurry by that
our independence was bought by
some of the best blood in the land
Nathan Hale died at the age of twen-
ty-two, hanged as spy; but his
death proved what his life had indi-
Gated. He was born in Coventry.
Connecticut, June 6, I755, and re-
signed to give his life as a sacrifice in
New York, September 22, 1776.
Young Nathan Hale, Yale, class of
l7I3, was teaching school in New
London, Connecticut when the War
OF the Revolution broke out. There
was no Plattsburg in those DAYS, but
ne had qualified as guardsman in
the college militia, and he was of the
stuff of which officers were made. He
got a lieutenacy without any diff
Guilty, and marched away to the col
ors. Within few months he wa
made captain.
Almost at once he came under the
notice of General Washington, and
the harassed General was looking for
such man as Hale for job he had
in view.
IL was not nice job, but it was
job that had to be done by some
one. New York was practically at
the mercy of the enemy. Their guns
on Brooklyn Heights commanded the
city, and the safety of the whole
rebel army depended upon discover
ing what was happening on Long Is
land, how things stood within the
enemy lines.
Disguised as Dutch school teach
er, Hale crossed the Sound at Nor
walk, and took observation of the
enemy camp. Precisely when, where
and under what circumstances Hale
was captured and executed has been
a matter of tradition and uncertain
ty 1t appears, however, that he did
not seek to save his life when he saw
that he had failed in his mission. He
told them who he was and woy he
was there, and then, with the breath
that was left him, came the inborn
spontaneous sentiment which we
now carve in marble and in bronze:
Il only regret that have but one
lie to give for my country"
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-06
/ cannot
Praise
Your
| Wonderful
| Medicine
FARMER ATTAINS EFFICIENCY

To show how farmers Of the chi
ted States are meeting the shcr.a""
Of farm help field agent of the Blu
reau of Crop Estimates in a recent
report told Of seeing farmer in In.
diana driving team of ,iX horses
hitched to disc pillow and leading
three horses drawing harrow. He
was working nine horses and two
modern farming implements, and do.
ing the work of several men and
teams under the old system OF farm
ing.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-06
LIKE AN ELECTRIC
BUTTON ON TOES
Tells why = corn 10 SO painful and
says cutting makes
them grow

Press an electric button and you
form a contact with live wire which
rings the bell. When your shoes
press against your corn it pushes its
sharp root down upon a sensitive
nerve and you get a shock of pain.
Instead Of trimming your corns.
which merely makes them worse, just
step into any drug store end ask for
quarter Of an ounce of freezone
This will cost very little pur is suffi-
cient to remove every hard or soft
corn or callus from ones feet. A few
drops applied directly upon a tender,
aching corn stops the soreness in
stantly, and soon the corn shrivels up
SO it lifts right out, root and all,
without pain. This drug freezone
is harmless and never inflames or
even irritates the surrounding skin
Adv. 2.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-06
GETTING THROUGH ON NERVE

In warfare, at least, audacity is a
virtue that wins admiration and sue
cess for its posesssor, as id did for Col
Morgan, the celebrated Confederate
fighter, in an adventure that Mr..
p. A. Bruce describes in Brave Deeds
of Confederates Soldiers.
Morgan, accompanied by Confed-
crate officer, both of whom had dis
tluised themselves in Federal una.
forms, was making, with a dozen pri-
soners, for the protection of the Con-
federate lines. Suddenly he found
himself facing a body of two thou
sand bluecoats.
Halt" cried the commander as
he rode forward. "Give the counter
signv
"Countersignw exclaimed Morgan
assuming an air of indignation
What do you mean by demanding
the countersign of an officer of my
rank? Order your companies to fal
apart so as to give room for the pas
sage of my men"
Instead of informing on him al
once, the Federal prisoners with Nor.
gan silently entered into the spirit
to see how far his ingenuity coulc
assist him to escape. They did not
look upon their conduct as treasonable
because they were sure that thew
could stop him should there be an,
prospect Of his really getting away
Just as if they were acting as hi.
! escort, they followed him and hi.
Confederate comrade, without a
word, between the two long files OF
Federal soldiers. At one point ir
he path of the little cavalcade sew
eral of the Federal officers stood SC
tar out as to block their progress.
Move up" cried Morgn, impa
tiently. "You are no better than de-
serters. Morgan will catch you vet!
! So soon as he and his fellow Con
| federate had reached the last sol
der in their passage between the
files, they turned and waved Their
hands to the prisoners; and before
they could be either stopped or fired
upon they leaped fence and van.
ished in the thick woods that grew
| close at hand.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-06
THE FRENCH TANKS"

The curiously MIXED characteristic
les of that Ans ing novelty of war.
fare, the tanks" are indicated in
their Official Classification in the
French and in The English army. The
English "tanks" are officially His
Majesty's land shios: those Of France
are artiller;es d'asaunt-ar;iilery of
assault. NJ whatever name the non
descript monsters are called, how
'@r, both Frenchmer ard English
zen recognize their unique blending
cf the comic with the terrible. The
English tanks" are cheered and
laughed at by the Tommies with
eq"al heartiness, and even their
crews, who take the geratest pride
in ,Ecia, name. them always in a
snnit Of burlesbue; while the Eng
lish correspondents compare them to
ridiculous and gigantic armadillos." )"
giant piglings, roofing genially in
mud holcs," and "ovcrgrown steel
puppies at the staggering and tum-
bling age"
The French treat their assaulting
artillery with equal levity. Thew
compare it to a playful young rhinoc-
eros rather than to pigs, puppies or
,:r:!,adillos; and this is natural, for
The French tanks" besides their in
dnbitably thick hides, carry in front
a projecting bowsprit or horn. The
fr'"chmen, too, name their tanks.
and often with studied inappropriate-
ness. Mounette and Maleche suggest
neither assault nor artillery; Pour
quoi Pas (Why Not?) is perhaps a
rhIiiergc, but scarcely sounds belli-
'e;cAt; and Patte de Velours Velvet
Fh") is Tie very anthithesis of the
ernsSian eagles falcon or the Kai-
ser's mailed first. Maleche has been
photographed, with her smiling crew
swarming over the outside, and her
alert mascot, an alert TERROR. very
much in evidence. He is reported
net to be the only mascot in this
new arm of service; there is said
to be another tank" the name of
winch might perhaps be rendered in
English as Pretty Pussy, abroad
which a small, black kitten, with an
unusually loud purr, makes herself
very much at home.
Only when these ridiculous "tanks"
get into action do they show that
they are cut out for serious work
Ihelr crews are picked for skill and
daring. At the attack of Juvincourt
which they largely helped to cap-
ture, Com. Bossut was slain while
leading squadron of tanks; and
one tank" caught fire and another
broke down. The crews had to aban-
don them, but succeeded in DESTROY
ing or carrying off all their guns and
munitions, and getting back to their
OVID lines.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-06
ACTS OF KINDNESS

, Might we not all resolve that every
day we will do at least one act of
kindness? Let us write a letter in
such terms that the post will bring
pleasure next day to some house
make call just to let friend know
that he has been in our heart; send a
gift on some ones birthday, malri-
age day or any day we can invent.
Let us make children glad with
things which they long for and can
not obtain, and a thousand other
things which we could do within a
year if we had eyes to see and a
heart to feel and had the will to take
some trouble. Ian Maclauren.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-06
GIRLS. WHITEN SKlN
WITH LEMON JUICE
Make a Beauty Lotion for a Few
Cents to Remove Tan, Freekles
and Sallowness.

Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply you with three ounces of or
chard white for few cents. Squeeze
the juice of two fresh lemons into a
bottle, then put in the orchard and
shake well. This makes a quarter
pint of the very best lemon skin
whitener and complexion beautifier
known. Massage this fragrant
creamy lotion daily into the face
neck, arms and hands and just see
how freckles, tan, sallowness, red
ness and roughness disappear anc
soft and clear the skin becomes. Yes
1t is harmless, and the beautiful re.
suits will surprise you. Adv.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-06
RHEUMATISM

Why will you suffer from this
most dreadful disease when L-Rheu-
mo has proven the greatest Remedy
Tor the past 25 years? Thousands
of people testify to it's wonderful
cures. This famous prescription
should be in your home. Have it
ready when you feel that first Shoot
ing pain. Take it according to direc.
tions, and when old disease knocks
he will see the sign in rosy check
and clear eye: NOBODY HOME.
Price $1.00 and GUARANTEED.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-06
LOOKING AHEAD.

In the minds Of the citizens Of de-
mocracy the idea that service is due
to the government from every one
must he firmly implanted or the en-
franchised cease to be representative
Of such a government.
The. .selective draft answers the pur-
pose Of this service, from a military
standpoint, during the war we are at
present engaged In. but largely be-
Cause Of the fact that we have time to
prepare while our allies combat the
enemy. We must look to the future
and the possibilities Of q war declared
upon US when we will have no ally.
Should this occur selective conscrip-
tion would be OF no avail. Accepting
the fac' that the citizen Of q deDOc-
racy owSs his service to the govern
ment. IL 1t not logical that we should
organize this service, which shall be
trained and equipped for an emergen-
cy and able to act Immediately as q
perfect machine when the necessity
arises7 Few citizens but believe that
universal military training 10 absolute
ly necessary to the future safety Of
this country and that this system
should be adopted by the government
at the first opportune moment.
II The speeding up Of our plans to win
this war should In no way be inter
fered with. and future policies must
be held in check that they may not In.
terfere with the winning Of this war.
But when our legislators feel that the
speeding up Of the war IL accomplish.
cd q bill should be passed creating q
system Of universal military training
and service which will amply provide
for our country's defense in the fu.
ture. thereby assuring US against the
disaster Of an attack which would find
us unprepared and completely at the
nercy Of an organized foe.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-06
Lend,
not
give

In asking people to invest
in War Savings Stamps. the
Government 10 not asking
them to contribute money.
1t Is merely asking for the
use of money, and willing to
pay literally for 1t.
The Government simply
wishes to employ your money
- and pay for it's services just
as 1t would employ you and
pay you for your services.
You will get your money
back with interest COM
pound interest at the rate of
4 per cent per annum. The
stamps mature In FIVE years,
but you can cash them any
time you wish before the
date Of maturity and still get
interest-at three per cent.
II you need the services of
your money before five years.
the savings stamp handed to
the postmaster will be the
letter Of resignation. and
you'll get your money back
with additional payment for
the time the Government has
used 1t.
There 10 no red tape, no
bother. no uncertainty. no
worry. It is the simplest,
safest. and most satisfactory
investment you can mako.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-06
A ZERO OF FOURTEEN YEARS

Perhaps the most dramatic and
heroic act of this world was the no.
Ole self-sacrifice of mere child Of
fourteen years. An Alsatian Boy
Sec 1T whose father mad hcen kiiied in
Ais zee offered his services near Alt
;irca. kn"w.'g every path. y. un-
ain ttail ard road, brave and inteili-
gent, he was accepted.
i.it:; many weei,S re rendered
H"1b'e services bringing informa-
ION enabling French Hrcg. eys ~,
capture Of prisoners. orc daY ;hc
81 nei rs. ed hm to ;rai :: !oagc1
and more rcrilous quest tran usual.
)ur young EoTO started fun &C yea
nd hope and was allowed to take
rs dog "Fide!c." i!a ;irc 20 : c>p
out for two nights ne knew his dog
You'd not 5etray him.
All went well for while, tn uy;,
ne Journey was full of per IS. Sad.
a7iy two burly Prussirns b IRE. hi
path, and he was taken before TIE
enemy officers in charge Of the near
est post.
Asked his name, "Karl Deblcr," he
replied. where do you live?" with
my mother at Altkirch." "Your ia
!her?" "Killed" You bear a Ger
man name and speak German. WHY
are you helping the enemy?" al am
Alsatian and love France, my Mo-
'herland." Stupid young fool" said
the officer, "do you know your fate
spy?" eyes, sir" ''Do YOU love
your mother?" "With all NV heart "
Very well. You love your mother
and you would like to live. will le;
you go and give you one hundred
fracs if you will tell me how MANY
regiments and how many batteries
are defending Altkirch." "No, sir.
cannot" Why" Because / pro-
missed never to betray my country"
Idiot" The officer then said. "I
viii give you five minutes. Accent
my generous offer or you die" The
fateful minutes finished. "Wcll?"
Sir, cannot and will not betrav
my country"
A few minutes after the little hero
md his faithful dog were dead.
The story was related by a prison.
er who witnessed the scene.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-06
AMERICAN INFANTRYMAN
II A S ADJ v ANT AGE IN
AMMUNITION EQUIPMENT

The American infantryman in the
Expeditionary Forces carries 22O
rounds of ammunition in the pockets
of his light canvas webb belt and his
bandoleers. The German soldier has
only l20 rounds, and 80 of these arc
in his knapsac!i. To secure them at
Il critical moment he must loss valu
able time.
The American webb belts, accord
ing to the War Department, are far
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-06
"lET Us HAVE PEACE"

monster 10 slowly raising it's head
throughout this country which, unless
beaten down Immediately. will become
the most dangerous enemy that the
cause Of civilization has yet been
called upon to face. This evil that
threatens 10 to be found in the desire
for peace at whatever cost. 1t is the
old "peace at any price" canksr raised
to the Nth power.
1t is easy to dispose Of this. as vet
furtive but steadily increasing. desire
for peace by pinning to 1t the label Of
German propaganda. But this will not
suffice.
That the world IL war weary Is only
too true. France and England have
had this blood sickness on the part of
their people to contend with for a long
time. Its effect on Russia has been
demonstrated.
We, in America, have but COM
menced our share Of suffering and sac
rince. II this revulsion Of feeling is
allowed to spread before the road Ia
half travelled there can he no doubt as
to our destination. Open hostility to
England. frank sympathy with Ger
many, conscientious" or other objec-
tiOns to war, are as nothing in their
effect upon our part In the struggle
and the destiny Of the world-which
now admittedly rests upon our shOul-
ders-compared to this desire for the
wars ending simply that peace may
reign. Peace today. with Germany un-
defeated, would be living menace to
America a. a nation and to every man,
woman and child who wish to continue
to be known as Americana.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-06
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There
10 only one way to cure catarrhal deafness.
and that IL by constitutional remedy.
named condition of the mucous lining Of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube 10
tnnamed you have rumbiing sound or
closed, Deafness is the result. Unless tho
innammatio can be reduced and this tube
restored TO its normal condition. hearing
will BE- destroyed forever. Many cases Of
deafness are caused by catarrh. which 10
an innamed condition Of the mucous sur
faoss Haips catarrh Cure acts thru the
blood on the mucous surfaces OF the sys-
tenn.
We will give Ono Hundred Dollars for
any case Of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured By Hairs cstarrh Cure. Circulars
~ = IJAssk JAsskrl' "a : Co. rs,.ss. O.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-06

Buy War Savings Stamps and
Thrift Stamps and save this country
not only from the vice of extrava-
gance, but save for it the greatest
heritage of all times-the priceless
treasure Of liberty and democracy.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-06
Stomach Trouble

Mrs. Sophie Bauer, SCI First Ave-,
North, Faribault. Minnesota, writes:
II cannot praise your wonderful
medicine, Peruna. enough. 1t has
done much for me during the past
ten years and / keep 1t in the house
continually. I was In such condi-
tion that i could eat nothing but
bread "4d milk, and even that was too
heavy FOR me at times. Now, ! can
cat anything. ! will recommend Pc
runa to all my friends"
Those who object to liquid medi-
oines can procure Peruna Tablets.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-06
Total Sales

dOleers. They are not affected by pro-
i"ngcd rains nor torrid weather. The
manufacture of these belts is one Of
the most intricate of the operations
in the textile field. U. S. Army belts
are made entirely Of cotton.
The exact weight of the 22O rounds
carried by the American soldier in
France is II pounds. With the
Springfield rifle 23 aimed shots can
be fired each minute. Firing from
the hip 40 shots can be fired min
ute. The new United States model
1917 (modified Enfed) does even
better.