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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30

For the story and pictures of the
making and unfurling of the largest
Old Glory in the world we are in
debted to Houseworth & Zimmerman
The flag was conceived and made
by the employees Of the Royal Tail
ors, Chicago and New York. as an
emblem Of gratitude and pride for
their brothers, husbands, sweetheart
and fellow workers who offered
their all in the service of justice,
freedom and humanity.
Five hundred earnest heads and
loyal hearts brought, this glorifed
American Flag into existence in 5
hours and II minutes 1t is 1Go feet
long by 80 feet wide, or a total of
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30
CAMP MEADE STARTS
2so LADS HOMEWARD
Expect 10000 To Be DemobiI-
led Before Christmas.

Camp Meade, Nd, Nov. 30.-Two
hundred and eighty men Of this can
Torment kissed goodby to the army
life at 9 O'Clock Friday afternoon.
after they had pocketed approxie-
mately $4,000 in cash and railroad
tickets and had boarded the cars for
home, sweet homo.
Those $50 men formed really the
first body of Meaditaes to be muster.
ed out of >the service of their coun.
try. They really were the detach
ment that started the demobiliza-
ton ball rolling at this place. That
ball will keep on rolling daily now
for the next few weeks, until the
total soldiers it knocks down from
The military into civilian life will
reach up into the thousands, 1t is
figured that most of the men of the
Development Battalions, the Depot
Brigade, the conscientious directors
colony and the artillery regiments
will be out of here by Christmas,
nearly 10000 in all.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30
FEAST OF TURKEY
FOR SERVICE men
Boys Served With Two Million
Pounds of the Bird.

More than two million pounds of
turkey were served to American sol
diers and sailors as the principal
portion of their Thanksgiving feast.
Some idea of the job of feeding
the fighters is given by the figures
furnished by the department show
ing the purchases made for them
during the past year.
For instance, a trifle less than
half a billion pounds of fresh beef,
costing more than s1O0,000.OO0, was
furnished the Army alone. The larg.
est amount purchased of any one
commodity aside from -four, was the
782,925.OO0 pounds of potatoes which
cost s14,000,OO0 Hore than $4,000, 900
pounds OF bacon, costing s1S,500, 900
was purchased.
Other large purchases We're corn
meal. 24,090,000 pounds. costing ST..
211.OOO; rice. 3O,O60.oOo pounds.
costing s2.15s,ooO, and onions, S..
035.000 pounds, costing s1,49S,0O0
coffee. 61,300,00O pounds, costing 80,
265.o0O: tea, 100000 pounds. cost
ing $3.2oo,ooO; vinegar. 100000 gal
Ions, costing s650,0OO.
Probably one of the greatest pur
chases made during the year was
the s15O00,000 pounds of -four, cost
ing $4,000, 900. 1t is evident that the
men are keen about a dessert OF
some kind with their meals, when
it is noted that 25o.oOo cases of can
ned pineapples, 100000 900 pounds OF
prunes. 21,oo0.00o, pounds of evapor
ated peaches and 100000 pounds
of apples were included in the sup
plies.
Then comes beans. Whomever i
was who said beans were disappear
ing from the menus Of modern arm
les is wrong, 100000 cases of 10t
cans. each. of pork and beans. ant
100000 pounds of dried bean
were in the list of purchases.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30
MARTlNssuRe, sATuR DAY, NOVEMBER 80, 1918.
ABOUT THOSE SEWER COSTS.

Several days ago asked the City Council to have
the City Engineer prepare careful and exact statement
for the public Of the cost of the work already done
the Maple avenue sewer.
We realize that there has probably not been time
to do this but hope the Council will not ignore
request because the people would really like know just
Just where their money is going and what their dollars
buy.
When the statement is prepared it should be checked
carefully to that nothing is omitted and then should
be made public
There are May who feel because Of the long drawn
estimates provided and much more than would have cost
had it been done by contract
Whatever the case the facts should be made known
and the cost per foot given exactly And, by the way
this is not IN any way reflection upon the City
Engineer - it is merely request for information
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30

When the Fourth Liberty Loan
drive started, the New York Loan
Committee requisitioned it as pat
riotically impressive aid to help win
The war. 1t was unfurled in the pres
ence of ten thousand people at the
dedicatory exercise October 4th, in
the Main Concourse of the Grand
Central Depot. Close to two million
people saluted it during it's stay
there from October 4th to October
10th.
This monumental symbol of Amer
lea now hangs suspended from the
ceiling Of the New York Hippodorme
where hundreds of thousands of PEG
pie will pay homage to it during the
next two months.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30
RIDcEwAy NOTES

Ridgeway, Nov. 29.-Mr. and Mrs.
John Price, of this place, visited
their son. Luther M. Price, at Camp
Lee, some time ago.
Mr.. George Price spent Tuesday
night with his son and daughter-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. L. F. Price, of 627
West King street, Martinsburg.
Mr.. Walter Swartz, of Hagers.
town, is visiting friends here.
Mr.. James ,Madigan has sold out
10 Mr.. c. E. Rdgeway and will move
to Winchester.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30


1880 square feet. Stripes are feet
wide and tire stars are 5 feet high.
Nearly mile Of bunting was used
in this great expanse of Stars and
Stripes.
The flag was first unfurled the
Fourth of July from the top Of the
seven story building where il was
made.
Labor Day, 1t was viewed by $780,
600 marchers in the great Chicago
Labor Day Parade.
The following days up to septem
Der 18th. it was unfurled twice daily
at the United States Government
War Exhibition, at Grant Park, where
it is estimated Two million people
saw it..
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30
STABBED A WOMAN;
GETS SIX MONTHS.

William Davis, of W,aynesboro,
Pa. was sentenced at Hagerstown to
six months in the Maryland house OF.
correction for stabbing Alta, or.
Scott. The woman was found hang
ing to the iron fence around the Jail
Thursday night bleeding furiously
from five wounds. She had been stab
bed near the heart, once through tie
ear, twice in the head, once in the
left arm and in the upper portion OF
her body. She is in serious condi-s
ton.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30
DIRECTORS MEET. =,
POSTPONED a WEEK

The meeting of the directors Of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com.
pany. at Baltimore, has been post.
poned for a week. One big thing is
hanging fire-the- matter of the con.
tract between the road and the rail.
road administration. When this is
presented to the road it must be ap.
proved by stockholders and direc.
tors. Until it is received number
Of matters are held in abeyance.
principally the matter of dividend
Oh The common stock.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30

exactly doubled. to clear gain in
round numbers of billion and half
dollars annually. Yet he farms in
quite. humble way. too busy "just
farming" to make himself well-to-do.
he got the prize winning habit
when he happened to send two
bushels of the best wheat he had
grown to the New York Land Show
az Madison Square Gardens in 1911.
where ne captured the 81 900 in gold
Mgng up by Lord Shaughnessv for
we best hard spring wheat grown on
me continent. He never studied Tho
s.clence 9f agriculture ,or praduafS4
zen rev Sch NJ hut ne scIssS' ri
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30

advantage that he has the record Of
producing 81 bushels of wheat to the
acre, while the average per acre for
the whole United States is around "a
bushels.
He farms because he loves 1t and
not to make money. He hasn't grown
rich growing prize winning seed. but
he has had good time. He was a
town-bred hoy who happened to re d
born farmer and the whole world OF
agricultural experts. since he has
been working ont his ideas on hi
a9artex see ton fsrr,. has beaten II
'3tEek i kis door " 10 estimated
that sz|san fs:pess followed
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30
AMERICAN SPIRIT
REElED ON TO WIN.

In the light OF s..cceeding events 1t
Is interesting to 1%call the confidence
with which the United States Food
Administrator viewed the gloomy out
look in July Of 1917. when this coun-
try had been in the war for less than
four months and the Germans were
steadily sending the western front
nearer and nearer TO Pcris.
Even lho:gh the situation in Eu-
rope may be gloomy today" he de-
clared in public statement, mo
American who has knowledge of the
results already obtained in every d.
rection need have one atom of fear
that democracy will not defend itself
in these United States"
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30
KICKED OVER FARE
AND is MURDERED

When David Wallace and David
Llewellyn. Glendale, w. Va, coal
miners late Thursday afternoon re
fused to pay William Gracey, an
Ohio River ferryman, more than ten
cents piece for being ferried from
an alleged Ohio-side speakeasy, Ora
cey felled Llewellyn with an oar,
killing him instantly. He then turn
ed on Wallace and knocking him I'M
conscious but the latter will recov-
er. Gracey fed to Ohio. A posse is in
pursuit.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30
SPECIAL SERMON

In view of the fact-that many are
interested in the doctrine of the i'm.
mortality of the soul and that many
doubt it, DIR. Taylor will preach a
special sermon tomorrow night on
the question Are There any Proofs
of Immortality apart from the
Scriptures" All who are interested
in this question are cordially invited
to be present.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30
WANTS DAUGHTER

Mrs. Eva Burger, of Hagerstown,
has sued out~a writ Of habeas corpus
TO recover her daughter, Dorothy
Burger who, she alleges, was fore
IDLY abducted from her boarding
house last summer by her husband,
Harry c. Burger. from whom she
separated some time ago.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30

For Nthe fifth time, a plain, un-
assuming farmer from Rosthern,
Saskatchewan, captured the worlds
championship for the best bushel Of
spring wheat, at the international
Dry Farming Congress at Kansas
City. Mo-, and walked away with
two $500 cups. The man is Seager
Wheeler, the most famous farmer on
the continent, and winner of more
prizes than you'd take the trouble to
count.
Robert ,. CT Stead in his new,
book. THE Cowppncher,r makes his
hero S95is e ish' mans job that
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30
BALTIMORE CONFERENCE

Fayette Street Methodist Episco-
pal Church, Of Baltimore, will enter
tain the Baltimore Conference, the
sessions Of which begin in this city
April 2, 1918.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30
PRESIDENT WILSON
TO GET PEACE PRIZE

A special cable dispatch to the
Normanden in Grand Forks, from
Christiana indicates that the Nobel
Peace prize for 1918 may be award
cd to President Wilson, who. accord
ing to the dispatch, probably will be
invited to visit the Norwegian CAPT
tai in order to accept personally the
prize. The Danish and Swedish gov
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30
SENDER'S NAME TO
BE ON ENVELOPE

Under instructions issued Friday
by Postmaster-General Burleson, no
letter mail will be accepted by post.
offices in the United States for de-
livery to members of the American
Expeditionary Forces without a re-
turn address on the envelope. The
order was issued at the request of
the War Department, SO that proper
disposition may be made of mail
reaching France for members of the
Expeditionary Forces who have re-
turned to the United States.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30
COAL GAS Is FATAL
TO HAGERSTOWN MAN

Jacob Poet, we'll known retired
stone mason, died at his home in Ha-
gerstown yesterday morning from the
effects of coal gas. He was janitor
at the First Christian Church and was
at work in the CHURCH when over
come. The pastor, Rev. wv. M. Nor
ment, discovered the stricken man.
Mr.. Poet was about ~ years of age.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30
LOYALTY IN LITTLE
THINGS LAST PROOF
OF PATRIOTISM

Americans without murmuring cut
their sugar allowance from four
pounds month to three and then as
long as need be to two pounds for 10y.
alty's sake.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30

Private Arthur Foltz, formerly of
Hagerstown, for some time stationed
III a New York army camp, is spend
ing few days of his furlough with
Mr.. John Wagner West King street.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30
Food Will Win the World.

America earned the gratitude of al
lied nations during war by sharing
food. America under peace may win
the worlds good will by saving to
share.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30
A HARD THuMP

William S. Cross, near Letters
burg, Md, had $50 worth Of turkeys
and ducks. which he had cooped to
bring to city markets here Thursday
stolen from his premises. Several
vaela 80 - ID q Wyandotte pull
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30

DEMOCRACY VS.. AUTocRAcY.

+ "There Is no royal road to i.
+ food conservation. We can only !
+ accomplish this by the voluntary i
!. action Of our whole people, each /
!. element In proportion to its +
/. needs. 1t is matter of equality +
!. OF burden" +
I. The truth of this statement, i
+ made by the United States Food i
!. Administrator soon after we en- +
+ tered the war, has been borne +
+ out by the history of our ex- i
+ ports. Autocratic food control +
i. In the lands of our enemies has +
!. broken down, while democratic !.
i. food sharing has maintained the i
1. health and strength of this coun- !
4. try and of the Allies. i
+ i.
+ ~ +%++ i i + + S4.+:+5f
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-30
SEVERELY INJURED

Reardon Mccardell and Percy
Long. Of Williamsport. were severe
y. injured by being thrown from a
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-05-10
|THE EUROPEAN WAR
Germans In Another Drive West
American Patrol Ambushed
Win With Knives

Allies are driven further back
Ypres region but at all other
points they win. An American
patrol party of 8 was ambushed
by Germans and butts and bayo-
nets were used on our boys. An
American patrol surprised a
German squad at 3 a. M, fought
them with trench knives and
captured all they did not kill,
but one shot being fired.
Half million American soldiers
now in France according to- Sec
retary of War Baker and 1,227,-
600 in the American army.
Kaiser warned neutrals what
they might expect if.they discrm-
mated against Germany. Austral-
ians push enemy back on five
mile front and French and Eng
lish make gains except near
Ypres. A 3 inch shell exploded
neor Ft Worth and killed nine
wiping cut one gun crew entire
ly.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-05-10
Loan Subscription Omission

In the publication Of the 3rd
loan subscription for this district
last week, the copy failed to con-
tain the amount subscribed
for in Cottrell district which
was about $500. The error
'crept into the copy by aggre-
eating the amount of the SUBJ
scriptions and in jotting down
the various districts from which
the amount was received, Cott-
rel, supposed to have been
named was not. 1t should be
understood by all that Cottrell
district is not laggard nor a
dodger when anything laudable
j. up for public action. No
more patriotic nor spirited men
and women in the county than
compose this district next north
of us.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-05-10
Patterson-Closson

Richard E. Patterson SON of
Jas. Patterson of Forrest Green,
Mo-, and Miss Marie Closson
of this city were united in
marriage at Huntsville, Mo-,
Saturday, May A. Rev. j. ].
Smylin officiating at the Court
House, and after the cere-
mony the couple left for Moberly
returning to this city Sunday
morning and remaining the day
with the parents of the bride.
Miss Marie Closson is the
fourth daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. R Closson of this city, a young
woman of unusual fine appear
ance and a graduate of K. HI. s.
at the term just closed. In fact
she received her diploma Thurs
day night at commencement.
spent Friday with her class at
the school, deciding Friday night
in favor of a husband as against
a position as teacher, left with
her sweetheart for Huntsville at
IL, married at IL o'clock, escap-
ed a large crowd of her school
friends who went to the station
here Saturday afternoon to meet
the pair on their return, by go
ing to Moberly, home for a big
Sunday dinner, then to the farm
near Forrest Green where they
will make their home, chiariyar-
led Monday night by big
crowd of friends of the bride
and groom and now lined out
for the future of domestic hap
piness and success which all
their friends heartily wish for
them.
Such a commotion was created
when it was learned by the
graduating class and other pu-
pills of our school that one of
their number had made a dash
for the hymenial alter so quickly
after graduating as has not been
witnessed among the younger
set for a long time and temper
arily there was serious prospect
that a number of country schools
which had engaged teachers
from among our graduates,
would be incontinently disap-
pointed. but the excitement has
abated somewhat except among
other men admirers of the hand
some girl other than the lucky
,ne.
The best wishes of the Courier
extended TO the newly weds.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-05-10

The wind storm at 4 a. m.
Thursday morning was some.
thing which upset a number Of
stationary things in this berg.
Trees were blown down. chairs
whisked from porches. tin roofs
tapped like lingerie on a line
and dreams dispelled as are
mems cruedulity arising from
women's smiles. Yes. it was
some blow to the town and
sleepers. Mind you it was 4 by
the advanced clock. 8 by the
Old Sol, and in at least one
household in town, the wind
blew spooks under the downy
couch of young lady and she
raised the burglar alarm, It
was the scrapine Of the twigs
on q tree against the house Just
under her window which alarm
ed her because itall sounded
ike 3 mar craving around IN
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-05-10
How To Be Patriotic

District l32 (RichardsOn) Of
Missouri. t. p. will show you as
it did others last Saturday night
at the pie supper. Whyl there
were pies of all kinds. not only
pleasing to the taste but also
to the sight, even the strings
with which they were tied show
ed patriotism for they were
made of red white and blue. The
good ladies had previously work.
ed the district asking for a few
good fat hens to help swell the
money bag and they don't need
the fowl to lay the golden egg
for Mrs. Walter Richardson brot
one egg. Of course i was q big
brown one, ef no special breed
for she had all kinds, and
it brot the neat little sum
of SLIPS. 1t might have been
the egg but it was in the lit
tie yellow sack and no body saw
it or it might have been the per-
sistent way Milt Bennett cried
the sale but we guess it was for
the Red Cross that it looked so
good to folks. The egg has not
done its work yet. Harvey Rem
nehan finally bought it and said
he was going to take it home
and hatch a chicken and sell it
for the Red Cross Soft Harvey
has luck that will mean another
dollar.
The women of Richardson Dis.
have an eye to business for. if
the men did not bid up they
fearlessly cried out a higher bid
then. either to keep from being
out done by the women or else
for the sake Of the cause they
kept bidding. When the amount
was counted it was found it had
- ~ II IL, :, ,,,,,, <,f PEE M .v1a.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-05-10
Red Cross Drive

Washington D. C.,, May 7.--President
Wilson today issued proclamation
designating the week beginning May
20 as Red Cross Week and calling
upon the American people to contri-
butte generously To the second $780,
100000 war fund.- the American
Red Cross for the alienation of suf-
fering among the American troops in
France and their dependants at
home and among the fighting forces and civilian
populations Of the Allied countries,
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-05-10
Mothers Day At NJ. E. Church

Mothers Day At NJ. E. Church
There will be a special Moth.
ers Day service at the Methodist
church Sunday morning. The
order of service will be as fol.
lows:
Organ Prelude Mrs. R. W.
Rucker.
Hymn
Apostles Greed
Prayer, Led by the pastor
Solo, Mother o. Mine, kip.
ling Tours Miss Lucy Collet
Psalm
Gloria Patri
Scripture Lesson
Offertory. Violin Solo Miss
Jessie Hlcnardson
Hymn
Sermon, by the Pastor
Hymn
Benediction
Organ Postlude
AT 500 p. m. the Epworth
League will render a special An
niyersary Day program, with
special music and other features
of interest. You are cordially
invited to these services.
Milton c. Davis, Pastor.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-05-10
Presbyterian Church

Sunday School at $50.
Mothers Day win be observed
at HOO a. M, special music viii
be rendered for the occasion.
At 7:30 p. m. The stereopticon
will be used Introducing the
Life OF Christ, and appropriate
music.
R. T Mathews pastor.
Chas. Shire the big Salisbury
merchant was il town Wednes-
|si44 and accepted 4 seaf ii. uur
Ps1kali fof the <sl6Is .sif