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Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-07-04
Lard Sale.
FRANK HORN, ct al

VIRGINIA HORN, ct al
In Chancery Court, at Carthage,
Tennessee.
In obedience to a decree of the
Chancery court at Carthage, Tenn,
made at'the June adjourned Term,
1918, in the above styled case, will
on Saturday, the 18th day of July,
1918. at one O'Clock, on the premises
sell to the highest and best bidder
the property in said decree describ-
ed, being a tract of land known as
the H. l.. Horn tract, lying and
being in 8th civil district of Smith
County, Tennessee, and described
as followsE bounded North by
Cooper; South by Watts; East by
Young; West by Calicutt, contain
ing 100 aeres more or less. Said
land WILDE offered in three tracts
and also as whole and sale made
the way lit brings tlle most money.
TERMS OF SALE.
Said sale will be made on one and
two years time, with cash sufficient
to pay costs and expenses Of the
proceeding, Notes in two equal
instalIments for remainder, due in
one and two years, drawing interest
from date of sale and retaining a
lein on said land, in addition to re-
auiring good personal security.
This 10th day of June, 1918.
J. H. Gardenhire, G. & NJ.
L. A. Lyon, Solicitor.
H. b. McGinness, Cdr. ad Item
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-07-04
FOOD VIOLATERS ARE
BROUGHT TO TERMS
PENALTY IMPOSED ON TENNRe.
SEE MERCHANT WHO SOLD
FLOUR IN VIOLATION OF HIS
AGREEMENT.
MILL CLOSED THIRTY DAYS

Bakery Pays Red Cross $500 For w
Citations Of Food RuIes-owinG To
Loss Of Sugar by Submarines Food
Administrator Issues More Drastic
Regulations Governing Sale Of sugar.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-07-04
farm LOans.J

Farmers, 1 have the latest and
best loan propositiep ever offer
ed to YOU. Can furnish you
money as soon as you fun nish
title. Don't fail to get my terms.
Frank G. Bradford, Carthage,
Tenn,
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-07-04
FOR Sale.

One 1916 model Ford roadster
and one 19f7 model Ford touring
car-both in fEst class condition,
and price reasonable. For fur
Their INFORMATION, call on
II. H. TRAWICK.
At. = Chestnut Mound
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-07-04
For Sale

Three work mules; one buggy
mare; one buggy and harness.
Worth the /mQney. Call on
Cumberland phone>No. As.
William A. jordan, Jr.,
If Dixon Springs, Tenn.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-07-04
VAST INTEREST IS
AROUSED HERE BY
NEW DISCOVERY
People FIOCking from Miles
Around to Obtain Supply
of IrOgen.

the oldest inha bitant has such
widespread interest been aroused
in Carthage and Smith County
as has been manifested here
since the announcement of the
discovery Of Irogen. the new
strength builder.
People from all over this Sec
ton are amazed over the fact
that an element has been found
which, by its action upon the
blood confers strength and vital
powers to the nerves, muscles
and organs of the human body,
and are fiocking by the hundreds
from miles around to obtain
supply.
The same thing is true every
where and the results Of tests
made with are astounding.
Hospital reports from the large
cities, where experiments have
been made, indicate that the
weakness which follows pro-
tracted illness is caused by
weakened or impoverished con-
dition of the blood from which
all the vital organs, as. we'll as
the nerves and muscles, are now
known to draw their nourish-
NEST and strength.
The remarka bic strengthening
effect of Irogen, and the fact
that it supplies the necessary
element for the regeneration of
new blood naturally suggests it
use In the convalescense from
disease of long standing. The
results were prompt and pro-
nounced, as shown by increased
strength, 1apidity of recovery,
and by the increased richness of
the blood as measured by the
microscope.
AUTHORITIES TEST 1T.
Similar tests were made with
walking cases of chronic disease
and with persons of subnormal
vitality or general systemic
weakness. Before starting these
tests with Irogen, the quality of
the blood was tested and noted,
the weight was recorded and the
strength was tested aud noted.
Decided improvement W s
shown within five to twelve days
and compile tie recover of natural
strength, within one and five
weeks. Improvement was first
noted by Increased strength and
endurance; later by improved
color and general appearance,
and last by return to normal
weight. Natural appetite and
normal digestion were re-estab-
lished before the weight showed
any increase, indicating that
Irogen is q natural rather than
an artificial flesh builder.
Those who are in a position to
know claim thai literally mil
liohs Of men, women and chill
dren in this country are suffer-
ing from impoverished blood in
varying degrees, and are there
fore deficient IN strength and
endurance. Such persons will
find that course of Irogen will
prove most beneficial. restoring
the blood to its normal strength
and automatically relieving
physical weaknesses and COM
plants of wide variety.
Irogen should be taken for at
least ten days. The desired re-
suits are easily recognized by
improved color and complexion.
by perfect digestion and by a
general feeling of physical fit
ness, strength, we'll being and
endurance, both metal and ply
steal.
Note-Irogen is sold IN Car
thage by Read Bros; in Difficult
by Copas & Sutton; in Pleasant
Shade by r. 81. Cleveland; in
Lancaster by r. w. Anderson;
in Defeated by w. NJ. Boyd d
Son. in New Middleton by
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-07-04

Noah had his troubles the
same as other men. but he did
not have to contend with the
su bmarines.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-07-04
Comfort Kit Fund

Mrs. w. V. Lee, chairman, reports
the following funds as having been
received:
New Britain herald., 1918-08-10
WHERE TO GET GOOD MEAL

His auditor happened to be satis- factorily fresh from another sort of restaurant. q just now had 8 good dinner at the Y. NJ. C. A." he ven tured.
 "Oh, therel" said Astor. "Of course you did. The Y. NJ. c. As the best eating place in town"
 Mir. Astor ought to know, because that eating place is of his wife's making. She bought and turned over to the association the one really good restaurant that could be found, and she has ever since been personally active in it's arrangements.
 fFYou get real food there" sailor recently told me. Real food. You know what I mean~-tan1- an'-eggs an steak-an' fried onions"
 It is said that Mrs. Astor used to help wait on table when the service was shorthanded, and that one of the first persons upon whom she waited was a newly enlisted man in the United States Navy who, until a month previous, had been the dining room steward on Mrs. Astor's own yacht.
 "Gee,' the steward is reported to have commented, "when I used to wait on her, I had to wear evening clothes
 The sort of msn. then, with which,
New Britain herald., 1918-08-10
FINDING FRITZ OBSERVERS JOB
BY CLARENCE BUD1NGToN IRELAND

wares on his pack-cakes, cookies. canned stuff, cigarettes.
 Moeh s obliged for r4nning over said the lieuten
 That seems to be the attitude of the officers and men at the front towards the Red Triangle. Much obliged and we appreciate it-Say if 1t wasn't for the "" we sure would be up against it."
 I'm going ahead to some of the obssrvation posts, the Y man told me. Want to take chance?"
 We arrived at town and found lieutenant sit ting down in a trench. Before him narrow slit opened into ptle-and into utter biacknesa.
 HOW OBSERVER WORKS
 Conservation post" said my conductor
 The lieutenant was glad to us especially when l told him 1 was so recently from home, and took barely stand upright the paraphernalia by which the Hun is supervised in his goings and comings and by which our artillery is informed if 1t is hitting the mark.
 Facing the Hun narrow horizontal slit across the wall Over this hung curtain because Fritz in that slit through his glasses if light were allowed to pass through 1t and then very shortly there would be observation post. Provided it suited Fritzs huuor to abolish it.
 We looked through the glasses at the beautiful mountain slope opposite, famous in the history of the war, and which is the most formidable bar in the way of troops if they set ake back from Germany city which France claims for her own With the naked eye this mountain slone seems quiet and peaceful There Is no sign of fife not even Of smoke from fire. Through the glasses as they are directed by the lieutenant, barbed wire placements and what not be sharply distin. gufshed.
 WHAT FRITZ IS DOING
 Look along the top of that ridge What do you make out?"
 Nothing"
 Right under the hatr in the glass now. Sharp The hair is touching the top of it."
 Sttn made out nothing.
 "Camouhage."
 Just then 8 shell oa1ne over and burst on top of 8 stone wall behind Maybe 1t was intended for us, and maybe 1t was just warning for us to be- have ourselves. Anyhow was impressed.
 "See' said the lieutenant, ~Thay could get u2 if they wanted to. Say, Wharton" Wharton was the "Y" secretary "Give me can of peaches the strength of that"
 High in the air over our heads VIC could hear the paningniu hum of couple of American aeroptanes taking looksee: They were not fighting planes, but ohserv atton planes. Their duty to get more direct and accurate information than could he had from any listening post
 This morning the Hochs ros one out there" said the lieutenant. "Tney were after h1n with machine guns saw he was in trouble and saw him coming down. His machine was on fra and hs jumped out with his hands up. He hadn't chance. And they came out and got h;r4,"
New Britain herald., 1918-08-10

Up at the front with the American army two jobs closely related they are one-the artillery mans and the observers The first delivers the goods the second tells him what doorstep to leave on, and corrects any misapprehensions he may have as to where he is leaving it. During the night there had been 8 tremendous bar rage Hundreds of guns of all sizes and voices had made it exceedingly uncomfortable for Fritzie, who is perched on famous mountain which seems only a stones throw away The guns had hred TOT two hours and our fellows had gone over the top and come back with prisoners and captured machine guns. In the morning went back to the nearest bat tery to ask how they went about 1t.
 The battery consisted of French ntneties and seventy-fves. They hidden away in bomb proof emplacements of interesting construction The construction had to be interesting because Fritz knew the battery there, and paid 1t consider able attention. Every once in a while he would drop shell by.
 general showed us his wall map of the vicinity on which was marked every German trench and post, every stone and blade of grass, 1t seemed and then explained the barrage.
 PURPOSES OF eARRAeE
 "rhe theory was to wall in that section Of trenches, he said. Part of the guns enclosed the locality fin @ bsrrage while others of us played on the communicating trenches to keep endorsements from coming up. The idea is to keep in the all the men who are there and to let nobody come in to help them"
 "But you can't see those trenches. How do you know you are hitting the1n?"
 Observers" was the curt answer. rWe know the location of the trench and then register it. The observers correct our fire until we have the range exactly, and then wait for the time. Orders that there will be such and such barrage "J" day and zero hour. And we are ready"
 The thing that tapped the shoulder about these boys was their attitude toward the guns. They seemed to feel toward them as person might feel toward B splendid fighting bull dog.
 The seventyhves called out the highest esteem. The ninetes good they did the business, but the seventy aves! Now there were guns.
 They won't let us fire but six times 8 minute" 8 sergeant said with the air of man who had been personally offended.
 TORN BY HUN stiELLs
 All around the emplacements the ground was torn and upheaved by Hun shells which had been gent over as compliment to this battery. Out in the field were two great craters sharply visible tho rest
 Hey called man from the other end of the line of bomb proofs, There comes Y. M. c. A. with aata."
 Boys oozed out of caves and bomb proofs with their tongues fairly hanging out. Their station is with tneir guns, and their mess IA on the spot so they "Y man. being competent to fill his iob knew this and made frequent tripH over with pack of his
New Britain herald., 1918-08-10

quartermaster leaned against the starboard rail.
 That boy" he said, as he nodded to 8 blackened, barefoot lad emerging from 8 hatchway, "got honors in French at Harvard last spring"
 And he's here as a common sea- mani" I wondered.
 "As a coal heaver," the quarter master corrected me. We've got a
New Britain herald., 1918-08-10

lot of college men aboard. They're volunteers. Of course, they've all had yachting experience, but the bred-to- -the-service fellows laughed at them till g. certain htle thing hap. pened on the voyage over,
 "A fire started i'll our port coal bunkers when we were three days out of the port we were bound for. A hatch d been left open and there d
New Britain herald., 1918-08-10

at our navy's ports in France, tho Y. M. c. A. has to deal, is all sorts. They are of the two extremes and every grade between, but once they are in Uncle Sam's navy there is no distinction. Each man is offering all he has to his country; that makes them kin. Let me exemplify:
 l WAS just coming in from my first cruise with the Mosquito Fleet, The
New Britain herald., 1918-08-10
Boys of Mosquito Fleet, Who Find French Ports Dreary and Full of "Homesickness Germs," Go Back to Their Ships Cheerful and Ready for Anything after Meeting the Women Workers Who have Gone 'Over There" to Make France Look as Much Like Home as Possible.
 BY REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFMAN
BY REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFMAN

goodbye and cried little and todd you to send home all your socks for mending, and your father'd shaken hands with you and cleared his throat and said you'd be coming back to put him out of business, and you'd held. your head high and joked-if you remember that, you will agreD with me that to be homesick is t. be as miserable as it is possible for the human being to become. But t be homesick and yet to give a home to the homeless is to be something very nearly heroic. Of that I saw, in this port, a recent instance:
 l came across three little children -boys-standing in S doorway on quiet street, the eldest perhaps twelve years old, the youngest not a day over five. They would have been remarkable among the other children of this somewhat rowdy port if only for their cleanliness and for the cleanliness of the elderly woman that was manifestly caring for them. They were the more remarkable be- cause each wore 8 sailors cap, on the band of which was inscribed the name of a certain boat in the Mos quito Fleet, and because they were all dressed in an infantile replica of the uniform of able seamen in the United States Navy.
 They were shy little boys, but the woman in charge of them explained their ha abilimentst
New Britain herald., 1918-08-10
PICK UP SURVIVORS

"Tast trip" she was informed, "we picked up three small boats with fifty-nine men in them. About half of those men were from ship that had been torpedoed the day before. They got away and were taken on a passing steamer, and they hadn't been aboard her for twelve hours be- fore she was torpedoed, too. We got those fellows into the drum-room and laid them over the boilers. When ever we sight life boat the com missary steward starts supplies of soup and coffee, so we had plenty of the warm stuff ready for them, and we lent them our clothes while their own were drying"
 His companion laughed.
 "Why don't you tell the rest 7'' he asked.
 "Oh, what's the use!" grumbled the first sailor.
 "Then I'll tell it." persisted the second. "Our crew's clothes were 90 much better than the slops the rescued men had come aboard in that some of the rescued forgot to change back to their own duds before they went ashore If you see any stray uniforms walking around this town, they're ours"
 However, if good company is a moral force not to be neglected, so is good food, and in that partieulor the Y. M. c, A. has thus far been fortunate. There is & story told in one port, where Vincent Astor has been staying when on shore leave, to the effect that he was complaining of the restaurant in his hotel.
 ffYou can't get 8 really good meal there" said Astor.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-10

bringing are formed, under maternal chaperonage, to meet sailors of their own sort that have some knowledge of the French language. It is at these gatherings that the sailor talks most freely, and most lightly, of his work
 Looking for subsT" I heard one say to his newly met companion. "I am going blind doing it' There is the sub that makes up to look like sail ing vessel, and the one that hides it's periscope behind an imitation shark fin, and now they've got one that spouts water like whale. The DOT poises drive us crazy: something came dashing at our boat the other day; it's track was exactly like tor pedo's. Humphrey saw it first. He pointed it out to me. We're gone this timel' he yelled. Then it jumped, and we saw 1t was 8 porpoise. We call porpoises Humphrey torpedoes' now"
 The French girl wanted to know about rescues at sea.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-10

oonr want to seem to 4 '
 putting on side" eN- - l other:
 To an orderly entertainment xA r. M; Q. A. building came one nirhf. brilliantly illuminated boatswa7n's mate. He was & splendid speeiu,en of physical manhood, six feet three inches, and as hard as nails. But ha was intent on Starting somethins" :" lie stopped, with one bellowina command, the singer on the stage, lie knocked down two of his protest ing friends, spilled g crowded bercb and swaggered up to the secretary in charge with the majesty Of 9 breaker sweeping toward the beach. I'm going to break up this show" he said.
 It looked very much ss if he would, too.
 Now, the secretary in charge was a qu1et and unassuming man. He had done wonders fin his work among our fleet in French waters, but he epoka m small voice and moved gently
 "If I were you" said the sscre. tary, T wouldn't interfere
 The hell you wouldn't" said the boatswsin's ma$s and shook a mighty fist.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-10
soATsWAfN's APOLOGY,

Every man in the room fell silent. The Sostswatn's mate addressed them:
 1T want to. Yell you fellows" he said, "that was a fool last night, and got what WIS comin' to me; but I'm not such 8 fool but what I can learn B. lesson. I'm cuttin' out the booze. That man there treated me square, and saved ms from trouble aboard ship, and after tonight if any slob tries to get fresh around this place, why any such guys got to tackle the two of us"
 Some college men and some men thab have hardly been to school at all, @ group of mil1ionaires and a scattering of rough -necks, but evary one sound at heart and~hrave Tn aotion-these make up tho Moudu;to Fleet. Tho worst aren't bad, they are only lonely. Tho best are enduriaa a dangerous and, what Is more, a hscsously monotonous, life aHoas and one beset with Che temptation Of emotional 1enat;oT ashore, For both sorts the choice lies solely between the sordiduess of foreign port snd the Y. N. c. A,
 Which ITS you ;or-the I, Nj. c. A. e. tae po-s?
New Britain herald., 1918-08-10
WHY SAILORS ARE WORTHY.

"But, yes, monsieur. They were all that was left of family. The father was killed at Verdun, the mother died in an accident at & fac tory of munitions; 80 that good sall- ors upon one of your country's little ships have adopted them, and are keeping them, and will educate them. They have rented for them rooms in this house, and they have employed me to keep them, and, whenever their ship is In port, these sailors, they fail not to come here and receive word of their wards, and they give them chocolates till the little ones are ill."
 What do the chocolates matter ? There Is something worth doing for men who will take upon themselves such obligations as this.
 Something worth doins-and the Y. M c. A. is trying to do it. There are headquarters and other build ings in every French port that is used by our navy-ffty buildings in an--conducted by workers whose pav does not quite meet their expenses and whose tasks continue from sun to sun.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-10
A Nefss AND A MT.

Va
 The big fist shot sorward--
 It didn't hit anything. It was shunted aside &s ltttle twist of the slim switch shunts & train of coal cars. It dragged the boatswain'g mate after 1t into vacant space-and. as the boatsmain's mate went bv. something caught him-something uncommonly like an express engine on the point of the jaw, and sent him smashing to the floor.
 Then the quiet secretary picked the giant up in his arms and carried him to 6 back room, of which the two were the oslly occupants.
 T hope haven't hurt you," said the secretary. 'T tried not to-
 The secretary was Presbyterian minister, He was also a Colorado rancher. And also he had been the best boxer in Princeton during his day there hss name is o. v. Gardner.
 He nursed that boatswain's n1ate back to sobriety and got him on his ship in time to escape reprimand. The next night the sailor turned up again at the Y. M. c. A. building.
 'T've come hera to apologize he said
 That's Ell right" said the seere- tary.
 'fNo, it air't," the sailor persisted. TT made & nuisance of myself b@fo.s all this crowd, and it's before tho whole crowd that I've got to apolo- gize. Here, you swipesl" he bel- lowed.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-10
MEETING FRENCH GIRLS,

If l heard those comments once during an afternoon that I passed in 8 naval Y. M. c. A., I heard them a dozen times. Unbelievable quantities of chocolate are sold in 8 form that may be easily heated and drunk during night-watches at sea, and the millionaire that wants to do effective work against alcoholism could do none more effective than to donate soda fountains and hot chocolate mo- chimes to the association in these ports.
 One innovation introduced recently is thus far working well: parties of young French women of the best up.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-10
MANY DIFFICULTIES,


 At no one place are there often more than three hundred men ashore at time, and 80 ib is easier to establish the personal relationship between the association worker and the sailor than between worker and soldier In the soldier huts at the American camp. But the ports are cities, whereas the camp stretches among mere villages, so that the forces against which the naval branch of the Y. NJ. c. A. has to contend are the stronger.
 l went to an evening entertain ment given by the British Y. M. c. A. for the American Y. M. C. As patrons in the rooms of the French equivalent of the association. There was g. reading room full of magazines and growing library, free writing materials, a piano around which was grouped day-long chorus of sailor l men, moving picture shows, 8 hall for basket ball, a baseball grounds. fifty clean beds at a franc apiece 8 night-and 8 clean bed is a luxury as we'll as 9 moral force-an apart nent house for seventeen petty officers permanently employed ashore, photograph over which I've seen & lonely lad sit all afternoon running off songs reminiscent of his child hood, a canteen that sold chewing gum, and candy. These may sound like trifies torAmericans at home, but to the American sailor abroad, to whom only the Y. M. c. A. provides them, they become something large and vital, They become America. There's good grub on our tub, but not enough that's sweet. Gimme some more of those gum-drops''
 Whats this? Lemonade' Yes, but what's it made off Citron- syrup and seltzer! And you call that Lemonade? Oh. we'll. give us another glass of it; it's as close as 8 fellow can come to it over here. When are yn17 ooins +o be q h1a &o afford o