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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-10-23
CTo BE CONTINUED
Wood erappla Saves Work.

The handling of logs by means Of a
crane equipped with a good grapple
is not only more spectacular than the
old method, but it effects an immense
saving in labor and has made 1t pos
sible to pile logs to a great height.
Similar outfits are used in handling
ties, posts, pulp wood, etc. The Crap
pie is made like a clamshell bucket
except that the scoops are replaced by
curved steel tines, in the grasp Of
which large number of logs can be
held at once.-Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-10-23

~ pTlCn SSICFC TITS SdpLuECs Will
Him is His Chunl, Lieutenant Fancy.
scribe my feelings. I thought that
the jig was up-that all had gone
through and all / had escaped would
now avail me nothing, mingled with
the feeling of disgust with my
self because Of the foolish risk
Lad taken in going through the vii
lage, combined to take all the starch
out of me, and I could feel myself
whiting as the soldier advanced to the
spot where I stood rooted in my
tracks.
had a bottle of water in one pocket
and piece of bread in the other, and
as the Hun advanced to search me
held the bottle up in one hand and
the piece of bread in the other so that
he could see that was all / had.
It occurred to me that he would
"frisk" me-that is, feel me over for
arms or other weapons, then place
me under arrest and march me off to
the guardhouse. / had not the slight
est ioea but that I was captured and
there didn't seem to be much use in
resisting, unarmed as was and with
two other German soldiers within a
few feet of us.
Like a flash it suddenly dawned on
me, however, that for all this soldier
could have known was only Bel
gian peasant and that his object in
searching me, which he proceeded to
do, was to ascertain whether / had
committed the common "crime" of
smuggling potatoes.
The Belgians were allowed only
certain amount of potatoes, and it is
against the laws laid down by the
Huns to deal in vegetables of any
kind except under the rigid supervi-
sion of the authorities. Nevertheless,
it was one of the principal vocations
Of the average poor Belgian to buy
potatoes out in the country from
peasants and then smuggle them into
the large cities and sell them clan
destinely at a high price.
To stop this traffic in potatoes, the
German soldiers were in the habit of
subjecting the Belgians to frequent
search, and was being held up by
this soldier for no other reason than
that he thought I might be a potato
smugglerl
He felt of my outside clothes and
pockets, and finding no potatoes
seemed to be quite satisfied. Had he
but known who I was he could have
earned an iron crossl Or, perhaps, in
view of the fact that I had heavy
water bottle in my uplifted hand, it
might have turned out to be wooden
crossi
He said something In German,
which, of course, did not understand,
and then some Belgian peasants came
along and seemed to distract his atten-
ton. Perhaps he had said; 'sIt's all
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-10-23

potatoes and several slices of stale
bread. and he warmed me some milk
on small oil stove.
l ate ravenously and all the time I
was engaged knew that he was eye
ing me closely.
Before was half through he came
over to me, touching me on the Shout
der, and STOPPING over so that his lips
almost touched my ear, he said in
broken English. "You are an Eng
ishman-I know it-and you can hear
and talk if you wish-am not right?''
There was a smile on his face and
friendly attitude about him that told
me instinctively that he could be
trusted, and I replied: "You have
guessed right-only l am an Ameri-
can, not an Englishman."
He looked at me pityingly and filled
my cup again with warm milk.
His kindness and apparent willing
ness to help me almost overcame me-
and felt like warning him of the
consequences he would suffer if the
Huns discovered he had befriended
me. had heard that twenty Belgians
had been shot for helping Belgians
to escape into Holland, and I hated
to think what might happen to this
good old Samaritan if the Huns ever
knew that he had helped an escaped
American prisoner.
After my meal was finished, I told
him in as simple language as I could
command of some of the experiences
l had gone through and I outlined my
future plans.
'You will never be able. to get to
Holland" he declared, without a
passport. The nearer you get to the
frontier the more German soldiers
you will encounter, and without a
passport you will be marked man."
I asked him to suggest way by
which / could overcome the difficulty.
He thought for several moments
and studied me closely all the time
perhaps endeavoring to make abso-
lutely sure that 1 was not a German
spy-and then apparently deciding in
my favor, told me what he thought it
was best for me to do.
eff you will call on this man.
mentioning the name of a Belgian in
, city through which I had to
pass), he advised, you will be able to
make arrangements with him to Sc
cure a passport, and he will do every
thing he can to get you out of Bel
gium."
He told me where the man In ques-
ton could be found and gave me some
useful directions to continue my jour-
ney, and then he led me to the door.
I thanked him a thousand times and
wanted to pay him for his kindness
and help but he would accept nothing.
He did give me his name and you may
be sure I shall never forget it, but to
mention it here might, of course, re-
suit in serious consequences for him.
When the war is over, however, or the
Germans are thrown out of Belgium,
shall make it my duty to find that
kind Belgian if have to go through
again all that have suffered already
to do it.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-10-23
1crF8 WEEKS OF HARDSHIP oBREN MEETS A FRIEND
WHO OFFERS TO HELP HIM ON HIS WAY.

eopssPa OBren, resident of Momence seeing
in the American Flying the in 1916
M o British Royal Flying Canada, train
fod is sent He is assigned a squadron active
& m the in several hot fights German
from which emegges victorious Finally, fight with four
% flyers is shot down. He falls 5000 escaping
stb bv miracle find himself a prisoner German
a hole in his mouth After the
+I he prison at Courtrai After stay
% he is placed upon bound prison camp Germany
desperate chance liberty.
o window the while the train travelling an
His reopened by the fall almost literally
rls through Germany Luxembourg, travelling at night and
ng by living garbage and vegetables
Sns almost desperation by and reaching
detection by going the middle
home family where he obtains the first he
had tasted In Is days.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-10-23

a Belgian peasant, about fifty years of
age. He asked me in Flemish what I
wanted, but I shook my head and
pointing to my ears and mouth init
mated that was deaf and dumb, and
then l opened and closed my mouth
several times to show him that
wanted food.
He showed me inside and sat me at
the table. He apparently lived alone,
for his ill-furnished room had but one
chair, and the plate and knife and
fork he put before me seemed to be all
be had He brought me some cold
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-10-23

O'Brien is promised help in
getting across the frontier to
Holland, but just as he is re-
ioicing over the prospect of
early freedom, he is rudeIy
awakened from his dream.
Read about it in the next install
ment.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-10-23

The Roman catacombs are $50 miles
in extent, and 1t Is estimated that
something like 100000 dead are
there inferred.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10

Somebody sent in notice the other
day to the effect that there will be
Iicn.c at Gaddy mill July A, asking
that leach and every one come and be
with us on that day, let US hold up the
league and stand by it come one come
all with good behavior" Initials
which look like wv. Nc. L." were
signed to it, but that information IS
too scant. If the one who wants tha
announcement made will be SO good
as to write it again and sign his
name. so that we may know who J..
responsible we have no objection to
publishing it. We are not making
this mention as an announcement that
the picnic will be held, for we know
nothing about it and do not know who
said it would be held; we are merely
telling the ore who sent the an
nounceuent that he must give the ed
tor his name if he expects any such
announcement to be made and warn
ing others who might likewise be
careless.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10

1t is to be hoped that it will be de-
cided at the meeting of the county
board Of education 10 be neld Thurs
day of tits week to reestablish tie
farm-life school. It is understood
that the board OF education did not
want to discontinue the school and
only made the order to that effect
because it of course did not think II
wise to attempt TO force the school
upon community that did not want
it. Some other community would be
glad to get the school, no doubt, but
it is to be hoped that the people OF
the Philadelphus community have
come to see the matter in differen,
light and have decided that they want
the school. Certainly it would seen
that it ought to be possible to make
the farm-life school great help, in.
stead of drawback, to the high
school of any community where i,
may be established.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10
Superintendent

Road Superintendent Wishart
rounded up a number of men on the
charge of plowing into the roads,
against the statute made and provid-
ed, but when his fond hopes of stop
ping this practice were blasted by
the course of things in the recorders
court when the men were brought up
for trial, ne threw up his hands and
said he was through, that ne would
not 60 to the trouble of indicting any
more men for this offense. We hope
he will make another try. Mayo De
better luck will attend his commend
able efforts next time. To leave the
master Ike It stands is plain invi-
tation TO men to piow into the roads
as much as they please, being assured
that there is none to hinder or make
afraid. Or maybe it would be better
to indict somebody for violation OF
the law regarding sign boards. He
could start something tnat way, to be
sure, that would wake up the natives
That he has the nerve to do it is
shown by the fact that he had the
chairman of the road board, by which
board he is employed, indicted fo1
plowing into the roads.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10

lIlS11lCIdUic ucSUS VI tlI1S Wal. IL Is
a pleasure for all of US TO know that
our valiant allies have shared with
US there" ~.
Splendid Initiative and Enterprise.
The behavior of the American
troops at Chateau T!2ier-y has der or
strate more 5tan anything thai has
yet happened OF The American fror1:
the splendid initiative ard enterprise
with which the American army is en-
dcued and nothing has aroused the
keener enthusiasm Of commanders,
says the Daily Mail correspondence
with the American army in France
He quotes an unnamed French -en-
eral as saying that the American spir-
it and enterprise a. critical moment
served to maintain the morale of the
French troops around Chateau-Thier-
ry >. p
Among the incidents Ct the engage
ments, the correspondence mentioned
is the steadiness and persistence of
the American machine gun fire in the
streets of Chateau-Thierry. Com
pany after company Of the enemy,
marching four abreast repeatedly
tried to advance, but recoiled sorely
shattered before the fire of the
American gunners. The streets were
strewn with German dead and wound
ed and the American officers estima+ .
they inflicted at least one thousand
casualties.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10
HOW THE AMERICANS FIGHT
Stories From Battle Front Telling
of the Bravery and Spirit of
American Soldiers.

The story Of how an American pa
troll of 40 men ou.numbered 2 to 1,
held its ground il Lorraine on the
night of June fer three-quarters of
an hour and only retired when it's
ammunition became exhausted, is told
in continuance of Gen. Persning's
co:nnunique Of Ju~e received, in
Washington June S. The patrol in
flicted heavy losses on the enemy.
Lieutenants Campbell and Meisner
downed an enemy li-3lane June 5. the
co-.Uun;que said Between April IA
and May 81, it said, Lieut.. Douglass
Campbell shot down six planes.
"A French report Of the work o. an
American machine gun battalion
which has recently been in action at
Chateau EhieT1y, Includes TIE fol-
lowing:
"'On Nay 81 the enemy threatened
TO take Chateau Thierry, attempting
TO flank the town on cur left and a
breach was produced. The machine
gun battalion, United States army,
was Immediately thrown into Chateau
| Th:erry simultaneously with a conoli-
al infantry battalion. Immediately
the Americans reinforced the entire
defense, especially at the ends of the
bridge. Their courage and ability as
marksmen evoked the admiration of
all.
"'Crushed by our fire, the enemy
hesitated and, as result Of counter
attacks vigorously supported by
American machine guns, they were
thrown beyond the edges of the town
Chateau Thierry remained entirely in
cur hands. On the first Of June TO-
wards evening, taking advantage OF
the darkness the Germans stole TO-
wards the large bridge in which direc-
! ticn they penetrated through TIC
| western suburbs to the banks OF the
Marine. In order to mask their move.
'nents they made use of smoke bombs
which made the aim Of the machine
guns very difficult. At the same time
the town underwent an extremely v:,,.
lent bombardment. At the moment
when the Germans arrived on the
large bridge and believed themselves
to be in possession of the same, {
, terrific explosion destroyed the cen
tral pier. Some Germans who had al
ready crossed were taken on the soutl
bank. The American machine gun;
! held. the south bank and gave pro
| SSSIAOA 4O1 CIDS WlCIOIdWd1 OF C1e
troops retiring from the northern
section for the purpose of crossins
the bridge before it was destroyed
Here again the courage of the Amer
leans was beyond all praise. Tn.
colonials themselves though accus
toned to acts of bravery, were strucl
ty the wonderful morale in the face o.
fire, the coolness and the extraordi
nary. steadiness of their allies. The
watchfulness Of the Americans neve1
failed they and with their machine
guns played upon the approaches o:
the destroyed bridges and foot bridg
es they prevented any re-attack by
the enemy. They will be relieved a
the same time as the French troop.
are the side of whom they fought
The French command, knowing thei1
just pride, feared they would hav,
humiliated these valiant troops i
they had offered them rest s.one7
than their French companions in tn,
fight. The episode Of the Chatea,
Thierry will remain one Of the mos
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10

Naturally the county commission
ers do not want to increase taxes if
it can be avoided, but in the face Of
the estimate Of the county school
board that an increase is necessary
it is difficult to see what other course
can be pursued. School districts in
Robson rarely, if ever, fail to vote
special taxes for schools whenever
the proposition is put before them,
and The Robesonian does not believe
that any kick worth mentioning will
be raised if the commissioners levy
what the school board shows to be
necessary in order to give 4-months'
term of schools in the county.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10

Some class to that calculation by
which some French and American
mathematicians located one of the big
guns that dropped shells into Paris
from a distance of rs miles. A shell
dropped through two awnings a short
distance apart. BY measuring to the
thousandth part of an inch the size
of the holes made, the distance be-
tween them and the angle, a calcu-
lation was made which traced the
shell back to the exact spot from
which it started. Tall figuring. High
math plays an all-important part in
war.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10
Anything France Wants."

With the American Army in France
June 6-When the American troops
were entering the line at Veuilly La
Poteria, where they fought such gal
liant battle they decorated their steel
helmets with poppis from the fields.
according to details OF the fight given
by the French soldiers. An Anaeri-
can officer told his French comrades
that his battalion would not yield an
inch of ground and it did not.
eve will do anything France
Wants" was the declaration of tie
soldiers into battle.
Almost as soon as the Americans
arrived at their position they were
called upon to receive the shock OF
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10

The Robesonian was inclined to
think that the bond of $500 J. E..
Stubbs was allowed to make to answer
in the Federal court for seditiops re-
marks was entirely too light, that the
bond ought to have been made so
heavy that Stubs would have had to
spend the time in Jail. Perhaps 9TH
ers felt the same way about it. Com
missioner Johnson took into consider
alton the fact that Stubbs has fam
lily to support and they might be left
in want if he had to 60 to Jail, and
his breaks were thought to be the i'm
patient outbreaks of an ignorant man
who had soured on the world in gen.
eral and had an attack of fool rather
than expression of any settled convic-
tions. Of course if he has any more
attacks like that it will go harder with
him. Any man who says, as it was
in evidence at the hearing before Com
missioner Johnson that Stubbs said,
that "the United States Government
is rotten, that he would rather live
under German rule than under the
American Government, that Germany
would whip and he would be glad Of
it." has bad attack of fool and needs
to be made to understand that he can't
remain at liberty and shoot off his
mouth like that. But the excuse of an
attack of fool will not serve.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS a, 49,,
cannot reach the seat of the disease
SSatarrh is e. local disease, greatly in.
Iuenced by constitutional conditions.
ana In order to cure it you must
tanrh az internal remedy. Halls Ca
aaIrn cure is taken internally and
acts a thru the blood on the mucous sur
E, 1aces OF the system. Halls Catafrh
Hnre npre, was prescribed by one of the best
Is composed of some of the best tonics
hmoWh; hns.h combined with some of the
SinatinO Sa piood purifiers. The perfect COM
CtrUn Catarrhn OF the ingredients in Halls
tyon tWyOnderrul results in catarrhal condi.
Eons' send for testimonials. free.
All GEnENEY ErnSEY & CO.. Props, Toledo, o.
Halls Family Pills for construction
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10

First thing anybody knows some
body is going to make these Ameri-
can marines in the thick of the fight
over in France real mad.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10
Great Daring and FortituCe.

uISdt Da1iHS, ana OT LlLGCe.
With the American Army in France
Wednesday, June 6:-Many American
officers and privates) showed great
daring and fortltude in withstanding
the German attacks along the Marne
at Chateau Thierry and JaulgonEe.
Captain John r. Mendenhal, Of
New Rochelle, N. Y, went without
sleep for three days and remained
steadily at the head Of his company
during that time. Corporal Jules
Mangold, Ct Mcdonald, Pa, was sent
out to investigate German snipers un-
der a heavy fire from the American
line. He found the shippers, pointed
them out to his comrades and the
Germans fired no more. TIE first
American to receive the French war
cross for bravery in the present. bat
tie was Lieutenant Walter R. Flan-
merry, of Pittsburgh, who swan across
the Marine and rescued a wounded
French soldier. Lieutenant John T.
Bissel, Of Pittsburgh. has been cited
for the French war cross for leading
his machine gun command to the
north side Of the Marne in an attempt
to stop the German attack. CAPTAIN
George Wakerine, the French officer
with the American unit stood by Tie
Americans in the thick CT the fight
encouraging and cheering them.
The Americans, he said, showed most
wonderful fighting spirit and were
jolly, even laughing and joking while
a perfect hell ragged around them.
n
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10

Mr.. G. F. Humphrey and nephew,
Master Daniel Hedgepeth, of R. 1
from St. Pauls, are Lumberton visi-
tors today.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10
FIGHTING IN EUROPE

self-preservaon well patriotism demands that our
farmers shall plentifully feed our fighters
wien germany proclaimed the closed to American
merchant vessels and entered her program of whole
SAFE ocean tonnage destruction she aiming blow
rectly at the American farmer ..-
For lack OF proper marketing and shipping facilities Aus
traa today has three crops unsod millions of tons
OF grain spoiled destroyed either by weather or rodents
Upon in this depends not only life and lib
erty but livelihood
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10

German assault and according to the
71e.-ca displayed masnificent cuali-
ties cf tena,i--y and bravery. The
American I-s.c i-e gaD,1e1s c: used
eno-%nou loss=s IN tle ranks o. the
oz1e~-2E ard ~ their veil sustained
lie greatly a1:-5i Il defeating tn at
rac::s. !: :1a-2 - F-erz:. counter at
tackled the enemy, tie Americans
again assisted until what remained Of
the German column retreated !, dis
order. :E.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-07-20

Miss Kate Childs spent Thursday here in the interest of Galloway Col lege.
 Mir. and Mrs Tom Hit and family of TeXarkana, are visiting relatives here
 Gee Whiz, What a Farm" by Ed Howe in this weeks Country Gentle man.
 Dr. J. E. Cox of Emmet, was at tending to business in Prescott this morning.
 Rev. w. A. Forbes will preach at the Baptist church tomorrow morning at II o'clock
 Pete Duke, who is holding a posi- tion with Ike Kempner Shoe Store in Little Rock.s is visiting relatives in the city.
 F. B. Chidister of Camden, repre- senting the J. B. Colt Lighting system is among the business visitors here today.
 MT. and Mrs. Chas. Dillon of Tex arkana, who have been in Prescott and vicinity visiting for several days, returned to their home at Texarkana this morning
 The kind for making that home made light-bread, E. Fleschman's Yeast. We have fresh shipment. II. A. Hamilton X Co. 19d2 Sank Callicott was called to his home at Laneburg yesterday after noon on account of the illness of hI father, T. P. Callicott. He is reported improved today, we are glad to state. The August Ladies Home Journal IS the best issue of the year. "A City of Fighting Men," "It's Better Than Camping Out" "The Wagon Trans port at Camp Hancack," Under Cali fornia Skies" Turning Muscles Into Steel" "These will be Guns of Vic tory" and other pictures are ones that should be framed Call 242 and get one.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-07-20
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

A campltet line of Melba Goods at Guthrie's.
 Perry R. Warmack of Rosston, was in the city today
 We do all kinds of shoe repairing. F. N. Daniel & Son, phone 268. l8d3
 The many friends of Mrs. H. A, Hamilton will regret to learn of her serious illness. Grave fears are en- tertained for her recovery.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-07-20
THEY WOULD NOT COME

The kingdom of heaven is like unto certain king, who made a marriage Tor his son, and sent forth his ser wants to call them that were bidden to the wedding; and they would not come.-Matt. 22:2-3.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-07-20
NOTICE

Carload new Ford cars for sale. Also other automobiles and trucks of various kinds. Would like to cores pond with any one who would likely be in the market in the future.
 Mendenhall & Fairchild,
 Rosston, Ark.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-07-20
KEEP THE BLOOD STREAM PURE

Rheumatic pains, backaches, swoll- en joints and sore muscles often are the results of impurities in the blood gathering in the region affected, re- suit of failure of the kidneys to elim- mate waste products from the blood stream. Foley Kidney Pills heal, strengthen and invigorate weak, dis eased kidneys and bladder. w. H. Hill, Justice of the Peace, Detroit, Tex, writes: "I used Foley Kidney Pills and say unhesitatingly that of all l have used they are the best, and have done the work where the rest failed" Sold everywhere. 1
 A new shipment of Ivory Good; at