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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-26
THE GIRL LEFT BEHIND ME-

Darling, when | am far away.
From you. somewhere In France,
ask you TO always think Of me,
And pray that have a chance.
To leave you, dear. was hard.
The hardest thing OF all.
But ! am no Stacker.
When hear my country call.
To be at home with you, little girl.
Is happiness that IL true,
But cannot see the enemy,
Down the red. white and blue.
| used TO he with you often,
Those beautiful happy days.
But IL makes me blue to think
That We are so far away.
Some day in the near future
This great conflict will end.
And the soldier boy who loves you
viii come back TO you again.
II is the duty OF every girl
Who Is left behind,
To always remember the boy she loves
who Is on the firing line.
lie did not want TO leave you,
For he has gone to risk his life
He Is true American.
And upholds the stars and stripes.
The girls here are beautiful.
Most everywhere you roam:
But are nothing TO compare
With the ones at home.
When the boys go marching by
In step with some national hymn.
II thrills my heart to know
That | am one OF them.
/ told you when ] kissed
Those lips Of yours so sweet.
That | was going to leave you.
And again We may never meet.
Don't give up. my darling,
II we don't meet on earth again,
We will meet at the Golden Gate.
Some girls are not SO patient.
Who will not wait so long,
But will go and love a Stacker
When their soldier boy has gone.
When he comes to fight the battle
For his country and for you.
His thoughts are always resting
On the one he thinks is true.
When he returns in years to come
And finds you false.
His whole life will be ruined.
And his happiness lost.
Don't bear this strain, little girl;
Make your love be true:
Greet the boy in khaki.
When he comes marching back to
Throw your arms about him,
Let him kiss your sweet little lips.
Then he will fully tell you,
All about his wonderful trip.
Don't respect a Stacker.
They deserve not a chance:
The boys you should honor.
Are the boys who 60 to France.
I will close this letter. hoping
You will be mine some day.
As bid you goodbye for this hour,
And goodbye for this day;
II it is goodbye for a month,
He loves you as true as ever,
for year,
And perhaps goodbye forever.
&C. N. s.. Co. N, 1lSth Inf, Camp Sc
vier, Greenyflle.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-26
FARM BANK LOANS
Our Cumbersome Red Tape Makes
Investigate Difficult.

Our Cumbersome Red Tape Makes
investigations Difficult.
TO expedite loans and to overcome.
if possible, the cumbersome process of
Investigations prevalent in this seq
ton, the Federal Lend Bank -Aystss ,
has adopted what is known as the
short term abstract" according to ar
announcement just made by the Co.
lumbia Land Bank. Under this
method, when an application is made
for Il loan, the realty on which the
money is To be secured is To be traced
back for twenty-one years. Should
the applicant who makes the loan
have held the property for that per-
iod or longer then title will be traced
back to the fist transfer beyond that
period. Conversely. should the realty
in question have changed hands once
or several times in the twenty-one
years then the title will be traced
one years.
The great handicap from which
this bank has suffered" said X. IL
Wclch, Of Columbia, general counsel
of the Columbia land bank, recently in
discussing the short term alb
stract. and the same thing is true
of federal land bank districts Nos. one
two, three. four and flve-this distric!
1cing No. three-is the slowness In
which applicants have been able to
furnish abstracts Of their property:
and this in turn has been due in grea,
measure to the old system Of require.
ing an abstract to carry title back to
the grant from the state, or, failing In
that, to some remote period. This
requirement, when applied to titles In
the original thirteen states. which
make up the districts above named
has made the closing Of loans very,
very slow.
The object, therefore of this short
term abstract is to cut out this tedious
process of abstracting over such a
long period and to substitute In lieu
thereof the short period Of twenty-on
years. The period beyond twenty-one
years, and therefore not covered by
the short term abstract Is, that period
on account Of the conditions Of our
records which has been so trouble
some to the abstractors and conse-
qucntly has been such n prolific source
of delay to the applicants in getting
their loans closed.
TO protect this bank against loss.
however, Of any kind by reason OF any
defect in the titles beyond the period
abstracted in our short term abstract
we have bond from the United
States Fidelity and Guaranty Com
pany, of Baltimore. Md, and the FL
deity and Deposit Company Of Mary
land, also Baltimore, completely
saving the bank harmless in case Of
any loss which may arise out OF any
defect in any title upon which a loan
has been made, based upon the short
term abstract.
The western banks are long way
ahead of the eastern banks In the
amount of loans closed, and all be-
cause of the difference in the title sit
uation. The short term abstract WILL
therefore, place this bank on an equal
ity In title matters with the western
banks. This Is only another way OF
saying that it places the farmer In
this section on the same footing with
u farmer out west"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-26
"OVER THE TOP"
By ARTHUR GUY EMPEY
An American Boy Who Got Into the War Two
Years Before His Country.
t,oryright 1914 by Arth Empy.

I ! counted eighteen dead Germans in
our wire; they were ghastly sight in
their horrible looking respirators.
examined my first smoke helmet.
\ bullet rad gone through it on the
! left side, just grazing my ear. The
saS had penetrated through the hole
made. in the cloth.
out uf our crew Of six We lost two.
killed and two wounded.
That night we buried all Of the dead
excepting those in No Mans Land. In
death there Is not much distinction;
friend and foe are treated alike.
Aftcr the wind had dispersed the
gas the r. \. NJ. G. got busy with their
chemical spraycrs, spraying out the
dugouts and low parts of the trenches
L. diSSiIate any fumes Of the German
gts which may have been lurking in
same.
Two days after the gas attack | was
sent to division headquarters, III an
sNcr To an order requesting that cap
tains OF units should detail man
hom they thought capable uf passing
an examination for the divisional in
telligcncc department
Before leaving for this assignment
/ went along the front-line trench
saying goodbye To my mates and
lurdnng il over them, telling them that
had clicked !, cushy job behind the
lines. and how sorry | felt that they
had To stay IN the front line and argue
out the war with Fritz. They were
cnNIuus but still goud-natured, and aS
| left the trench 10 20 to the rear they
shouted after me:
.,;uud luck. Yank, old boy; don't
forget To send up Il few fags to your
old mates.
promised To do this and left.
reported 1T headquarters with six
teen others and passed the required
examination. Out Of the sixteen ap-
pic;tnts four were selected.
was highly elated because / was. l
thought, lin for Il cushy job back ut
the base.
The next morning the four reported
to division headquarters for instruc-
tions Two of the men were sent TO
large towns in the rear of the lines
with an easy job. When it came our
turn the officer told us we were good
men and had passed very crcditable
examination.
My tin hat began to get too small
for me, and | noted that the other
his chest out more than usual:
The officer continued: Il think can
,,su ,.nii tmn mon To great advantage
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-26

Feet Too Big for the Army.-Pri-
vate Nose Jefferson, the negro who
was honorably discharged from the
national army at Camp Travis, San
Antonio. because tie government
could not find shoes big enough to fit
him, b back in his little log-cabin
home near Goose Creek He Is slesh-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-26

Twenty eight applicants for license
to practice stood the pharmaceutical
examination before the state board al
Florence on Wednesday and Thursday.
Thirteen successfully passed the e1-
animation. and Of these one was
negro.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-26

II did. My name was not included
in the list Of those reported that night
for wasting food during the day.
But the next time l let my friend
the cook fill my kit full Of brains and
eggs. l shall he absolutely sure of my
appetite.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-26

John Taylor. a 12-year-old negro
boy. was killed by an Atlantic Coast
Line train at Cheraw, Thursday. The
boy jumped a freight train, rode 2oo
yards, jumped on cinder bed ard was
thrown back under the wheels.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-26
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. rrencnes.
Our guns crew were busy mounting
the machine gun ON the parapct ana
bringing extra ammunition from
the dugnut.
German gas is heavier than air and
soon fills the trenches and duSoutS'
where il has been known 10 lurk Tor
two OF three days. until the air IL p"ri-
fled hy means Of large chemical spray
crs
Wc had tn work quickly, as Ftit%
,.u,r;,,lv follows the gas with an in
fantry attack.
\ company man Oh our right was
too slow in getting on his helmet ne
sank to the ground, clutchinS at ms
throat. and after few sphsmodic
twistings went West (di"dl. 1t Was
horriblr to soc him die. hut We were
uuwcrlesS To help him. In the corner
or a traverse. Il little muddy cur dog,
one of the company's pets, was lying
dead. with his paws over his nose.
lis the animals that suffer the most
the horses mules, cattle, dogs, cats
and rats-they have no helmets L"
save them. Tommy does not sympa-
thizc with rats III Il Gas attack.
Al times gas has been known TO
travel. with dire results, fifteen mlleS
behind the lines.
\ g;is. or smoke helmet. as II j.
called. at the best is Nlle-smellihs
thing. and il is not long before one
gets a violent headache from wearing
II.
cur eighteen FOUNDERS were burst
ing in NJ Mans Land in an effort, by
the artillery, to dispcrse the gas
clouds.
The fire step was lined with crouch
inr men, bayuncts fixed, and bonus
near at hand tu repel the expected at
tack
cur artillery had put Il barrage oil
curtain lire on the German. lines. to
try and break up their attack and
keep back rrinfnrccmcnts.
| trained my machine gun on their
trench and its bullets were raking the
ptrapCt.
Then over they came. bayonets glis-
tcnmg. In their respirators. which
have. "A large Snuut in front, they look
eL like some horrible nightmare.
All along our trench. rifles and ma
chine guns spoke. our Shrapncl was
bursting over their heads. They went
down i'll heaps but new ones took the
places of the fallen. Nothing could
stop that mad rush. The Germans
reached our harbrd wire. which had
previously been demolished hy their
shells then 1t VAS bomb against bomb,
and the devil FOR all.
suddenly my head seemed TO burst
from loud crack" in my ear. Then
my head began to swim, throat got
dry. and u heavy pressure on the
lungs warned me that my helmet was
leaking. Turning my gun over to No.
>. changed helmets.
The trench started to wind like
snake. and Sandbags appeared to be
noatiug in the air. The noise Was hor-
rihle: ! sank onto the fire step, need
les seemed to be pricking my flesh,
then blackneSs.
was awakened by one of my mates
removing my smoke helmet. How de-
licious that cool, fresh air felt in my
lungs.
\ strong wind had arisen and dis
persed the gas.
They told me that l had been out
for three hours: they thought I was
dead.
The attack had been repulsed after
a hard fight. Twice the Germans had
gained a foothold in our trench. but
had been driven out by counter-at-
tacks. The trench was filled with their
dead and ours. Through q periseope
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-26
CHAPTER ENlli.
Gas Attacks and Spies.

Three days after wc had slienced
FrItz. the Germans sent over las II
did not catch US unIwarca, because
the wind had been made 10 orGef, tha'
~, II w;ts blowing from the 'eriii;'ii
trenches toward ours at the rate "l
about i've miles an hour.
WARNINGS had been PASSED down thr
trench To Keep Il sharp lookout l"f gas
Wc had u new man II the peiIscope
nu tins Afternoon III question: Was
sittmIg OH the tire step. cleaning ms
riilc u hen he called out 10 me:
There's II sort Ut Srccnish yriio"
cloud rullng along the ground ont ih
front, its cUiIInS
Iut waited Tor no nIOic. grabbing
ms bayonct. which Mas detached from
the IIlic, 1 gave the alarm by banging
an empty shell cilSc, which was hahs-
INK near the pcrISvupc. Vt The same
instant. gUngs started ringing down inc
trench, the signal Iur TUmm! to don
hIs rcspIrht"r. ur smoke helmet. as
Nc call II.
,;aa travels quI"kly. 80 You must not
lose any time. You generally have
.,buut eighteen or twenty seconds III
vhvn to ADJUST your gas helmet.
\ sas helmet Is made oi CLOTH
treated wiih vhrIuI":,ls. There are tw"
windows. or glass eyes, III 1t, through
winch YOU can see. Inside there iS 4
rubber covered tube, which goes III
the mouth. You breathe through your
nus,., th, gaS. passing through III"
cloth helmet. H. n"utrdlIHcd 10y inc ''-
tton ui the chemicals. The foul AR
is cXhalcd through the tube III IN"
mouth. tins tube being =" constructed
that IT prevents the inh;tlinS oi inc
outside air or the strongest SaS. f'tcl
Tommy carries two of them SluhS
around his shoulder III Il Waterproof
rnu,as hag. He must wear tins iaS
at all times, even while sleeping. To
change a defective helmet. you take
out the new one. hold your breath,
null the old one of. placing the new
one over your hcld.. tucking III the
loose ends under the collar oi your
tunic.
For a minut" pandcmonium reishen
IN our trench rummicS adjusting
their helmets. bumbers running hcr"
and there. and men turning out OF tn"
duruuts with liked bayoncts to man
the fire step.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-26

the OIncer contlHueu' tHIIIh e"rI
use you two men to great advantage
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-08-17

hold guard
the back let
juxtapoion
occupied by a
shopping Of the afternoon
he told
tables would be turned.
ladies'" thought twill what difficulty having
thing will Surely Of them will be sport
enough to and offer her seat"
looked for the sport"
looking the windows.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-08-17

seeing that neither like
Immortality matter
whether be Columbus founded continent Pomo
provided fruibut
rs the wellknown millennium
Of
prominent Of the North frankly
THE big balls like grapes"
realizes the robbng literally
ca1 the fruit his have things like
Also tastes better pomelo
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-08-17
SALESW0MAN "SHIPS"
NORTH AS STEWARDESS

Boston. - Resourceful Mrs.
Marie Cowan of Chicago is back
in the United States and happy.
She makes" the big towns of
South America for a Western
corset manufacturing company.
Passenger ships are few and far
between on the South American
run now. She waited around a
Chilean port for 80 days and
then, because her firm was yell
ing by wire, she shipped north
as q "stewardess."
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-08-17

better "Beter
him. He
= dandy"
The responded with
considered when Lis being passed
Tets look"
Henng nonchalance he
"Your other coat-huh."
t
enough enough. There other
foolish
and that all there it, mesnless
crawling
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-08-17

nice, lie Drought the woman Dag OF
fruit the other day.
1t was bulgy bag filled with yell
low balls that the woman accepted as
grapefruit. But it wasn't grapefruit.
The man said so, and he knew.
"DOwn home, where this fruit
grows, we call it pomelo, in honor Of
the man who introduced it into this
country from the far East. We have
always called 1t pomelo, and we al
ways shall, because pomelo is It's
proper name." And you couldn't ask
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-08-17

Camp Crane, Allentown, Pa.-It
took two sergeants and first lieuten.
,ant to convince Mollie King, motion
picture actress. that women are not
wanted to drive ambulances for Uncle
Sam in France when she tried to en-
list in the "Usaacs" here.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-08-17
Bible and Education.

Men cannot be well educated with
out the Bible. 1t ought, therefore, to
hold the chief place Of learning
throughout Christendom; and I do not
know of higher service that could be
rendered to this republic than the
bringing about Of this desirable result,
-E. Mott.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-08-17
Short but Not Merry.

An ethnologist says the natives OF
New Guinea are the shortest-lived pe0-
pie in the world because they eat
beetles and drink seawater. Not every
short iife's a merry one.-Louisyills
Courier Journal
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-08-17

you Will. Inc car was one OF these
middoor affairs in which innocent pas
Aengers are packed to the tune Of
"Plenty Of room up 'front.'"
He was an Notwithstanding
man with large bundle in his arms.
The bundle, wrapped in paper and tied
with string, had all the seeming Of
windmill. In reality it was an electric
fan, as was apparent to prying eyes
from the fact that bit of the brass
blade had penetrated the wrapper.
>A.ln L.. L. 49,
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-08-17

Military Aeronautics at the University
of Illinois, he was commissioned .
| first lieutenant and was ordered to
duty in Washington with the
schools division. On October % he
was promoted to captain, and on De
cember II he was ordered to Talfa
ferro Field, Fort Worth, Eek, where
he remained until his death.
Post Field, Fort Sill, Okla, named
in honor of Second Lieutenant Henry
B. Post, 25th infantry; reported for
aeronautical duty at Signal Corps
Aviation School, San Diego, CAL, May
26, 1913. On December IS, 1913, he
made an altitude record for the army,
attaining n height of 10000 feet. Or
February 8, 1914, at San Diego, while
attempting to make an American altt
tude record, he was killed. having
flown up 1910 feet.
Rich Field, Waco, Tex, named In
honor Of Second Lieutenant Perry G.
Rich, Philadelphia Scouts; reported
for aeronautical duty at Fort William
Mckinley, p. l., March, 1913, and was
killed by q fall into Manila Bay, No
vember 10, 1913. '....
Rockwell Field. San Diego, CAL.
named in honor Of Second Lieutenant
Lewis G. Rockwell, 10th infantry; re
ported for aeronautic duty at College
Park, Nd, July 5, 1912, and was killed
at that place September %, 1912.
Scott Field, Bellevue, ILL.,, named for
Corporal Scott, who was killed at Col
lege Park, Md, on September %, 1912,
while flying as passenger.
Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens,
Mich, named in honor Of First Lieu
tenant Thomas Selfridge, F. A. On
September II, 1908, he was killed while
flying as a passenger with Orville
Wright at Fort Myer, Va.
| Souther Field, Americas, Ca, named
after Henry Souther, U. s. R., of Hart
ford and Boston. He was head of the
Aircraft Engineering Division Of the
Army Air Service when he died, in
August, 1917. He died in line of duty
at Fort Monroe, Va.
Camp Taliaferro, Fort Worth, Tex.
named for First Lieutenant Walter Fl.
Taliaferro; detailed for aeronautical
duty from the infantry March Is,
1918; held certificates as pilot, expert
aviator, military aviator. and Junior
military aviator. On September II,
1915, he made an American duration
record for pilot alone, remaining in the
air hours 4S minutes. He was killed
at San Diego on October II, 1915.
Taylor Field, Montgomery, Ala,
named after Capt. Ralph L. Taylor,
who was commissioned a captain in
the s. R. c., A. S., May 3, 1917, and
ordered to active duty at Mineola on
May %, 1917. He was killed In an
accident at Mineola on August 2, 1917.
Wilbur Wright Field, Fairfield, (Day.
ten), Ohio, named after Wilbur Wright
and was made by the government to
include the pasture where during those
years of experimentation from 1904 to
1907, inclusive, Wilbur and Orville
Wright made numerous flights.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-08-17
Read This and Learn Proper Name for Grapefruit

LIE IS from down south
II the
with kindly houghtfuness which
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-08-17

as he breezed his car toward the CAPT.
tol the other afternoon.
The yellow of it caught the inter-
est Of an oldish couple, who smiled at
each other, the way comrades do when
some trifle recalls associations that
belong to both. Also, the sprig passed
Its talk-value on to a couple Of young
fellows, one Of whom must have had
experiences to go by:
"His girl gave him that"
His companion, being a trife
younger and therefore whole lot
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-08-17
And the Women Simply Couldn't See Him at All

RE Washington galantf Now don't that
~
street
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-08-17
Motorman's Go|denrod Almost Caused Trouble

WAsHINGTON-t
blossom,
bloom ahead of official fall weddings
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-08-17

making life raspy for friends who pr +
fer to ride.
ut is so much healthier, don't yG q
know, and look at what we save. lf
you would only take the trouble to ris |.
a bit earlier-all it requires Is will,
power and-all that and more.
But there are always others. One
Of them Is MIN in the same office,
whom the crusaders have known years
enough to nag into salvation, regard
less of the world-Old fact that people
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-08-17
Zeal May Be 0verdone, but the World Needs A


with tie
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-08-17

patterns
fully their reformatory raids buu about that
which
considered original ahead of him. and tell
others IL
anyway
brothers al
+.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-10-16
ENGINEER HERO HERE FROM BATTLE FRONT
 TO HELP IN LOAN
Corporal Johnson Was One cf Yankee, Who Stepped Gap for British
 Army.

Corporal Ralph ]. Johnson ot Gwinn
 Mich, was in Alaska when he came down to Seattle to enlist. He though, himself in fine physical condition, bu, was rejected by the examining officia. because of heart trouble. He wen
 back and was examined lv three 0. the leading physicians jn Seattle whC pronounced him in perfect physica. condition and was accepted and placed in Company B Of the Ninth Engineers
 Corporal Johnson Was ten day.
 under artillery fire and five days ant nights in the front line trenches. This was last March, during rte Somme of
 fensiye, when the rapid retreat of the Fifth British army took place Tn Third British army held intact A gal Of eight miles was formed between the two companies .o' tlere were r-
The Prescott daily news., 1918-10-16
TENNIS OF TnE FOURTH
 LIBERTY LOAN BONDS
 4l-2 PER CENT INTEREST

Official advices from Washington announce that all terms of the Fourth Liberty Loan have been settled upon except the size and the maturity, The amount, probably near S6,000, ,000, has been decided on, but announce ment is withheld
 The interest rate will be A. per cent. Bonds will be dated Oct 24, five days after the close of the sub scription period, and the first interest payment will be made next April 16, and will be for the l73 days lnteryen- ing Thereafter semi-annual payments Will be made Oct l5 and April 15. On a $50 bond the first interest coupon will be worth $101, on $100 $202 and higher multiples accordingly.
 Both coupon and registered bonds will be issued in denominations of $50, S100, $500, $1,000 5000 and $100O0 The $50,000 and $100,000 bonds will b., registered only.
 Since the latest maturity periods of the first. second and third loans were 30, $ and l0 year,. respectively, it i> oons,d ,dered probable that the maturity of the fourth loan will be 15 or 20 years
 Ten per cent of the subscription wiN be recured as the initial payment on the fourth loan Twenty per cent will be due as installments Nov. 21, Dec 19 and Jan. 16 and % per cent Jan 80.