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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-18

had them under me. A night
march or night firing were all the
same to them; they took it as a
necessary part of winning the war
and they had no other thought in
mind than winning, and win 1t has
been.
1t seems strange now to be pre-
pairing for the homeward journey
even IL that journey is not taken for
some little time. l can see now the
dead Germans lying along the road
as we advance. How they were sur
prised at the Americans irresistible
way Of fighting. How they had pre-
pared great cave homes in which
they were prepared to spend months
Of time but their idea OF residence
was suddenly broken when the artil-
lery went into action and were fol-
lowed by the wonderful 'dough-boys'
Those wonderful fighters were al
ways ready for any kind OF hard
work and always pushed 1t through
to success. At one of the charges
the orders were for the boys to be
at certain part Of the line OF ad-
vance within the Hun holdings at a
certain time which was set down as
ten minutes to six O'Clock evening,
and at that time our doughboys were
there and reporting backward to our
headquarters that they were there.
Those huns left everything behind
them on their wild retreat. large and
small arms. ammunition for both,
and quantities of ammunition it was
which they left, clothing also was
left; the place looked as IL they had
just a few minutes ago gone away
for time intending to return.
My present location is a sandy
level part of France not very far
from the sea, and in the southern
part of the country. It is a turpen-
tine bearing section and it is very in
teresting to go out into the woods
and see the workers gathering the
resin. The trees are great high
ones Of the variety known as the
needle pine and to get the resin the
bark of the tree is cut or scored
down to the wood and from the
ground up the tree for about ten
feet, as the bottom of this scoring Is
placed small funnel shaped cur
into which slowly collects the sap oi
the tree, which is the resin. 1t is very
pleasant to ride through these for
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-18
November. II. 1918.

November, IL, lSlo,
Dear Mother
haven't written TO you for quite
a while, so l had better get busy. !
know you will wonder what has hap
pened to me. We have been quite
busy lately and 1t is almost impos-
sible for me to write when camp
Ing out and cold all the time. We
were camped up near the old battle
field and the mud was something
fierce. We had to wade through.
Well. the war is over and every
body feels happy. That doesn't nee
essarily mean that we will sail hack
home very soon. although woull
like to be among the first to get
back. | understand that a lot of
men will be sent into Germany,
would like to go over there for
awhile, but l would much rather
get back home and out of the army.
We are in barracks now and II Is
real warm. II sure was some re-
lief to get out OF those cold bl,lets.
We would never get chance for a
fire.
heard the guns fire right up 10
IL o'clock and then stop. They sure
got loud at the last, too.
We were expecting the war to end
so It didn't surprise us very much
Everybody seemed to be happy and
the French celebrated in good style.
OF course they don't celebrate like
we do. They are rather hard heart
ed and don't have that feeling.
DR.. C. l.. won't have a very long
stay in the army. Well, It would do
: him good for little turn at II. OF
course he would have 1t easier than
Cloyd or /.
| am sure anxious to get back home
and my own opinion Is that we wont
remain over here very long. or iourst
I don't know anything about 1t. Or
ders come in at the last minute some
times.
Well mother, rant think OF moth
ing more, so will close.
With love,
D. LESTER safer,
Co. B. 23rd Eng, A. +. F
France.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-18
SOLDIER LETTERS
American Expeditiohary Force,
France, Nov. "a, 1918.

France, Nov. "a, 1918.
Dear Father
The wind is bowling around my
house, the smoke from my open fire,
which is cheerily cracking and flam-
ing on the hearth, is occasionally
blown out into the room with the
fury of the blast and the weather all
day has been stormy, perhaps in
keeping with the great changes
which have come to the world with
in the past few days and all the
world changes can be summed up
in the words THE Hun and all for
which he stands is defeated" To
realize that there is now an end to
all the nights and days of wet and
cold, of mud and sand, of scorching
shell and gas attack is strange in
deed. They were brave boys and
you Of the States sent to us lover
: here and all the people of the states
may well be proud of them. AS ]
wrote you before I have never heard
one Of them complain of shot and
shell or gas during all of the time
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-18

ests which are very sparsely settled
and see the great trees cut and CIV
ing up their sap for the preparation
OF the turpentine. Very pretty hol-
ly grows also in these forests and it's
a beautiful sight to see the bright
red berries as they stand out through
the woods. l made up box OF the
incest holly could get and sent Il
by mail to Ella and hope she re-
ceives 1t in time for the decoration
OF the home Christmas. like to
i ride off through these silent woods
and see the collecting OF this pro-
duct. The workers live right In the
forests and their homes are to be
seen here and there through the
woods. II this winter seems 10 be
going to be severe. so over into Hon
olulo for the severe weather.
ELLIS.
Major Ellis E. w. Givin, NJ. C.
U. s. Army, A. E. F., France.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-18

tie place and considerable French
history Is woven about the place. I'll
have TO tell YOU all about II when
get home. We buy what We need
here. and lot In the way of eats
that We don't need. Think OF pay
Ing ten cents for one little piece OF
chocolate such as you get for n nick
le at home, Well, we don't buy
many Of them. but that is the way
the stuff costs here.
Well. must ring off Love TO
all.
CHARLES u. AMENT.
a. c. S. Eng'r Sec. A. r. O..
7ii American e. F.. Franco.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-18

folks como over to entertain the A.
L. f. every month, Last Saturday
night there was vaudeville team
here and they were real good. or
cours we haven't seen anything like
that since leaving tho states.
We have been having great wealth
er here the past few days, although
Il has been foggy OF u morning, II
has cleared later In the day Guess
Il was because we were all issued
those hip-length rubber boots; any
way they are real handy when we
are late for reveille and haven't time
to put ON our shoes and leggins,
There is one little Jew here In our
outfit that sure looks comical, He
could fasten them around his neck,
We had quite time here hal
lowe'en night. One OF the boys went
on pass, so we fixed q dummy In his
bed. At first we tried to carry n
fellow In from another room out
he woke before we got MIN there, III
most got us into trouble, for tho fel-
low didn't get back and we left the
dummy In the bed, and the officers
came through to inspect the bar
racks. One OF them went so far. |
believe, as to shake Il, thinking that
the fellow was asleep.
Well, It's time to go to bed so I'll
finish this in hurry, am going to
write Sis a letter in a day or two,
Ted said he had letter from Mar
shall. and he was somewhere In Eng
land, Think I'll write him a letter
In day or so. wish you people
would write oftener. With love to
all. l remain your loving son,
CORPORAL EARL Il. WALLACE
l4lst A. s.. A. p. F.. France.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-18
Swans For tho Christina. Table.

The SWIM M n dinner dish has been
seen ON English tables within com.
paratively reccnt times up till q
century or 80 ago" according TO +. w.
lakewood, Swans were prepared for
tho table In aud around Norwich. The
young birds were put up TO fattcn In
August. given aS much barley ns they
would eat. and by November they
were In prime condition II kept long.
or they began TO fnll on, losing neah
and fat and the meat becoming darker
In color"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-18
DANA AMENT SAYS WORK
IS GRIND

France, Nov. II, 1918.
Dear Sister,
expect you and Edward and Papa
think that / have forgotten you, but
have not, at all. Just naturally
have not had time to write. This
army life is such rush from morn
ing until night.
erhe cessation Of hostilities does
not mean peace for the engineers,
but Just that much more work-and
all of 1t a grind now that the main
object has been accomplished. Sort
of like working for a dollar day
and board.
Fortunately, or unfortunately, |
do not know which, was not there
for the final "cressendo," but from
all reports it was fine one. At any
rate / am mighty glad 1t is over and
/ know one thing sure, and that Is
that there are lot Of dough boys
and engineers at the front are able
to sit by a blazing fire for the first
time during the war, and get
partially thawed out.
or course you are all conjecturing g
as to when we will be home. Well,
so are we, but our hopes arn't very
high for an early return, especially
the engineers. Too much work. The
first Of the boys to reach New York
will sure receive some welcome. I'd
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-18
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The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-01-03
18 At
CALOMEL DYNANITES
4 SLUGGISH LIVER
Crashes into sour bile, making
you sick and you lose
q days work.

Calomel salivates It's mercury.
Calomel acts like dynamite on
sluggish liver. When calomel comes
into contact with sour bile it crashes
into it, causing cramping and nausea.
/. If you feel bilious, headachy, con-
stipated and all knocked out, just GO
to your druggist and get a bottle of
Dodson's Liver Tone for few cents,
which is a harmless vegetable sub
stitute for dangerous calomel. Take
a spoonful and if it doesn't start
your liver and straighten you up
better and quicker than nasty calomel
and without making you sick, you
just go back and get your money.
If you take calomel today you'll be
sick and nauseated tomorrow; be-
sides, it may salivate you, while if
you take Dodson's Liver Tone you
will wake up feeling great, full Of
ambition and ready for work or play.
1t is harmless, pleasant and safe to
give to children; they like it.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-01-03
A Soldiers Thoughts.


Why didn't / wait to be drafted
And be led to the train by band,
And put in my claim for exemption,
Obi why didn't hold up my hand?
Would | have been given banquet
And would / have been cheered !?
MOI the drafted men get all the
credit;
/: merely volunteered !
Nobody gave me a hand-shake,
Nobody said a kind word,
The puff Of the engine, the grind of
the wheels,
Was all the goodbye that heard.
Then off to the training camp,
To be trained for the next half
year,
And in the shuttle to be forgotten ;
All he was only volunteer
With no loved ones to bid you
farewell,
Not even friend to bid you God
speed.
But for Berlin I'm bound. no dan
gers I'll heed,
But will fight until victory is won and
theworld from autocracy freed.
And perhaps in the future you may
ask me
What / did in this great war
I will have to look back into those
eyes,
That at me SO tryingly ieer,
And say / want drafted,
! was only Volunteer
KELLY OAKS,
Company l, 154th Inf,
Camp Beauregard,
Alexandra, La.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-01-03
How's This :

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine.
Halls Catarrh Medicine has been taken
by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty
five years. and has become known as the
most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on
the Mucous surfaces. expeiling the POI
son from the Blood and healing the dis
eased portions.
After you have taken Halls Catarrh
Medicine for a short time you win see a
great improvement In your general
health. Start taking Halls C..tarrh Medi-
cine at once ana get rid OF catarrh. Send
for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY r. CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by ali Druggists. ssc.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-01-03
Sixty Enlist In Navy At Jack
son During Week.

Following the unprecedented rush
of young men to the Navy Recruit
ing Station at Jackson, Miss, re-
ported previous to the 18th, recruit
ing continues brisk.
Men of draft age are now being
indicted into naval service through
their local boards. Upon presen-
tations of a certificate from then
boards stating that the applicant is
not subject to call on the current
draft he is accepted by the navy re-
cruiting officers if he successfully
passes his physical examination.
Those between the ages Is and
81, and 81 and 35, are accepted
when they prove physically fit and
morally clean.
Firemen are particularly needed.
An inexperienced man viii be rated
3rd. class and receive S36. 20 m onth'
| ly in addition to his living expenses
and clothing. Opportunity for rapid
advancement Is offered. % firemen
are desired from Mississippi before
the first of the year.
A call has been assured for enlist.
ments in the ground personnel Of
the Navy Flying Corps. There
men will not fly, but will erect and
pair tie machines. Enlistments a.:
Apprentice Seaman are being made
as usual.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-01-03
Notice Of Trustees Sale.

], J. T. Whitener, Trustee, under
the provisions of and by virtue OF
the authority conferred upon me in
Deed of Trust made by Mrs. N. G.
Jourdan and J. w. Henley, on the
Oath day Of April, 1917, to secure a
certain indebtedness therein men,
toned, to the First National Bank,
of Corinth. Mississippi, the said
Deed OF Trust is duly recorded in
the office OF the Chaneery Clerk OF
Tisqomingo County, Mississippi, in
Trust Deed Record 8, page 405, de-
fault having been made in the pay
ment thereof, l will, on the
3lst Day of January. 1918,
offer for sale and will sell at public
auction, for cash, to the highest and
best bidder, at the Court House
door in Iuka. Mississippi. during
legal hours, the following described
property in Tishomingo County,
Mississippi, to-wit.
Eighty acres more or less; 4O
acres in the north east fourth Of the
north west fourth of section thirteen
(13) township six go and range
nine (9). Also 40 acres in the
northwest fourth OF the northeast
fourth of section thirteen (13),
township six (d) and range 8. Con
tanning 80acfes more or less.
J. T. Whitener, Trustee.
LIZ 3 d
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-01-03
LOCAL BOARD.
Notice of Trustees Sale.

Under and by the power vested
in me as Substituted Trustee by the
terms of certain Trust Deed exc
cuted by J. w. Savage, ]. III. Finch,
Trustee, to secure an Indebtedness
due J. w. Nash, which said Deed
of Trust is recorded in the office OF
the Chancery Clerk of Tishomingo
County, State of Mississippi, in Deed
Trust Book 8, Page 1854. The APP
pointment of the undersigned as
Substituted Trustee, being by sep
crate instrument recorded in the Of
fee of the Chancery Clerk of said
| County and State, in Record Book
BIS, Page Asa. The undersigned
having been requested to do so by
the said j. w. Nash, Beneficiary,
will, as such Substituted Trustee,
sell at Tishomingo, Miss, at public
cutlery, for cash, to the highest bid
der. within legal hours, on the
l4th Day Of January, 1918,
the following described property,
to-wit
i Lots Nos. /, 2, 8, a, 5. 6 and Z in
Block No. Eight 80 of the Village
of Tishomingo, Tishomingo County,
State of Mississippi, as shown by
plat of said town now on file in the
office of the Chancery Clerk of said
county at Iuka, said State.
The title to the above described
property is supposed to be good,
but ! sell and convey as such title
as is vested in me as such Substi-
tuted Trustee.
This Dec. the 10th, 1917.
G. L, SMITH,
16-4t] Substituted Trustee.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-01-03
Notice of Trustees Sale.

BY virtue of the authority vested
in me in a certain Deed of Trust, 40
Trustee, executed by w. A. Mar
tain and wife, Sallie Martain, on
18th day of April, 1917, to secure a
certain Indebtedness therein men,
toned, and which Deed of Trust is
duly recorded in Trust Deed Record
9, page 397, of ahe Records of fish
omingo county, Mississippi, now en-
file in the office of the Chancery
Clerk of said County and State, /.
as Trustee in said Instrument, will,
on the
10th Day Of January, 1918,
within legal hours, at Iuka, Miss,
at the Court House, sell at public
cutlery, to the highest bidder, for
cash, the following described lands,
to wit:
Sixty-eight acres off the s. E. Il
of Section six, Township five, Range
ten, East, etc., more particularly
described as follows: Beginning at
the N e corner of said S E quarter,
runningwest seventy-six rods; thence
South one hundred and forty rods
to Jacinto and Russellville road
thence with the meanderings of said
road Southeast to within Is rods OF
the Southeast corner Of said South
East quarter; thence North one
hundred and sixty rods to the point
OF beginning, and known as the Jack
Bryant place. The above described
lands being situated in Tishomingo
County, State of Mississippi.
The Title to the above described
property ia supposed to be good.
but will sell and convey such Tit g
as is vested in me as Trustee.
| Posted this the 22nd day of De-
cember, 1917.
]. F. OAKS,
184t Trustee.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-01-03
Notice Of Commissioners Sale

By virtue of the authority vested
in me as Special Commissioner by
decree of the Chancery Court OF
Tishomingo county, Mississippi, in
the case OF r. K. Long, VS.. d. A.
Trim ct al, rendered on the 18th
day of December, 1917, / will, on the
18th Day Of January, 1918,
during legal hours. in front Of the
courthouse door, in the town OF
Iuka, Tishomingo county, Missis-
sippi, offer for sale and will sell. at
public auction, to the highest bid
der, for cash, the North East fourth
(A) Of the North West fourth w
Of section thirty-one, township five
and range 10, East. In Tishomingo
county, Mississippi.
Z. A. PAYNE,
! 16-4t] Special Commissioner.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-01-03
tn E THRICE-R-
WEEK EDITION OF
THE NEW YORK
WORLD
IN 1918

Practically a Daily at the Price ola
weekly. No other Newspaper in
the world gives SO much at SO low
o price.
The value and need of a news
paper in the household was never
greater than at the present time.
We have been forced to enter the
great world war, and a large army
Of o IFS is already in France. You
will want to have all the news from
our troops on the European bat
tleGelds, and 1918 promises to be
the most momentons year in the
history of our universe.
No other newspaper at so small a
price will furnish such prompt and
accurate news of these world 81 Ak
ing events. 1t is not necessary to
say more.
THETHRICE.A-WEE WORLD
regular subscription price is only
@1.C0 q year, and this pays fol
1876 papers. We offer this unequal.
led newspaper and The Vidette to
& Their for &1.75.
The regular subscription price
of he two papers is $500
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-01-03
18th Day Of January, 1918,

NOTICE. Registrars for mill
tary service should notify Local
Boards at once Of any change in adj
dress since Registering and be pre-
pared to get your QUESTIONABLE back
in the seven days time, otherwise
you forfeit your deferred classified
ton.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-01-03
Byron Mitchell, Opt. D,

Graduate of 1900 N. I'll. College
of Ophthallrology and Otology of
Chicago, I'll.
Office Over Corinth Drug Co.
Will be in my Corinth office every
Monday and Saturday.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-09
THE sFLUn

when your back is broke and your
eyes are blurred,
And your shin bones knock and Won,
tongue is furreG,
And your tonsils squeak and your
hair gets dry,
And you're doggone sure you're going
to die,
And you're skeered you won't and
afraid you will,
Just drag to bed and have your chill.
Ana pray the Lord to see You through
For you've got the flu, boy.
You've got the fiue.
When your toes curl up and your holt
goes fiat,
And you're twice as mean as a Thorn
as cat,
Ana life is long and dismal curse,
ana your food all tastes like a hard
boiled hearse,
When your lattice aches and vour
heads a-buzz,
And nothing is as it ever was
Here are my sad regrets to YOU
You've got the flu, boy,
You've got the flu.
what is it like, this Spanish flu
Ask me, brother, for I've been
through.
It is Misery out of Despair;
II pulls your teeth and curls vour
hair,
1t Trims your blood and Draws your
bones,
II fills your craw with means and
groans,
AND some times, maybe, you get we'll
Some call it flu call it hell.
J. P McEvoy.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-09
AFTER SCHOOL HOURS
AS CHARACTER BUILDERS

Give me a sketch of how YOUR chill
spends his daylight hours. evening,
after school, and | will give YOU 8
suggestion as to his probable future
as manager of his own affairs, anf
more than suggestion of your pres
ent ability as manager of child.
training" writes William A. McKeev,
er, one of the nations best-known So
Geological writer's, in the Atlanta
Georgian.
The parting of the ways in charac-
ter development and in life's serious
business, he continues, "often has its
beginning at point between four and
SIX p. M, after the dismissal of the
daily school session. Watch this pc
Rod sharply in the career Of your
child, as 1t probably means far more
for the future than the arithmetic or
English lesson, about which YOU per
NIT yourself to be so deeply con-
cerned."
The writer then discusses the nab
Its of some children as to their uss
its OF some children as to their
use Of the after school hours.
Some children, he notes. al
ways go directly home; others "may
be found almost anywhere after
school. And his plea is for greater
and more intelligent attention to the
Importance of rightly-spent out of
school hours.
Children, he thinks, should be re-
quired to come directly home from
school without lettering and that they
should find at home something inter-
esting, and something useful TO do.
This means that parents would have
to plan something to occupy their
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-09

children's time, and sensibly enough,
he recommends that this something
be composed of enough outdoor play
to keep the children we'll and happy
The advice is as old as the hills
and will not find any greater response
than it found, perhaps, when the hills
were young. But it is actually worth
while for parents to ask occasionally
where and how their children spend
their after school hours. 1t is even
worth while to inquire into the char
acter and quality of their childrens
friends and their children's books and
their childrens day dreams and air.
castles. Nineteen-eighteen has been
soemwhat magnifcently styled the
"Children's Year" Before it winds
up, it might be well to see just what
the children are getting out of life as
It speeds along Miami Metropolis.