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Milford chronicle., 1918-01-04
JUST TO REMIND THE PUBLIC OF
SOME POLITICAL FACTS.

: Any criticism of the Sussex County
: Levy Court which may appear in
these columns is not prompted by
any partisan thought The proper
business management of the county is
a matter Of especial concern to every
citizen apart from his political or fac .
tional convictions. and certainly the
growing tendency is to divorce, as
far as possible, partisan politics from
the business management of the
County. At the same time. proper
criticism is wholesome. and such crit
icism will be offered even at the risk
Of being called partisan, if circum-
stances justify such criticism.
Every citizen is a stockholder in
the County. The three Commission
ers are directors. We believe this
new system is permanent, unless, in
deed, from the partisan incompetency
Of the Levy Court. the revulsion of
feeling is such that the pendulum of
public opinion will swing back and
force return to the old discredited
system.
We regret TO be compelled to say ]
hat the present Levy Court has done ,
title to endear the new system to the :
ublic. We believe that the new sys- +
EN- OF small governing body elected
large is the correct system, and q
nat the fault lies in the individuality n
the members of the Commission (
or this the voters themselves are to n
anne. At the last election there nj
as a wide spread independency man y,
ested in voting for the commission n.
s. A great many Republicans dis hi
garded party lines and voted for of
illiant and Holloway. 1t has been sv
i'd. and with some truth. that Re- N
blicans elected the two Democrat ro
members and the Democrats elect ri,
the Republican member. The truth pi,
the people wanted a change in bus
IS managements and listened. with mo
willing ear. to Valliant's profess Coz
ls- He campaigned early and late old
his promises pleased the ear. DOS
o Republican who voted for VAL can
t and his associate expected DO riqI
'al favors from him. but they did Of
ect at least partial cessation of Mr.
y politics in county affairs. and rim,
uiu expect the appointment of are
petent public spirited men to re- las
lsible positions, and they did ex- ed
economy not Of the petty, penny spie
ls A'nu' Out real economy, pub after
Milford chronicle., 1918-01-04
SOME FACTS OF POLITICAL
INTEREST TO DELAWAREANS

lie improvement and a dollars wortl
for each dollar spent.
There have been improvement:
made in bookkeeping. and we cheer
fully give credit for it. The new
system itself produced an improve
ment in management. and no great
credit is due because the Commission
ers meet weekly and are in closer
touch necessarily with affairs.
With the really important matters
there has been no improvement. but
there has been the same old incom-
potency and laxity of purpose and
method. We regret the public dis
trust that resulted in the joint COM
mission to take charge of the raising
and spending Of the $1,000 900
bond issue. We believe that a great
mistake was made, but we do know
that public confidence in the Levy
Court has been shaken. For this we
lay the blame at Valliant's door be-
cause he is the chairman of the body,
and because he has, from the beginE
ming, assumed the right to dictate,
and does dictate. Any man who will
advocate a bond issue for the build
ng of dirt roads. as Valiant did. is
Unsafe. However, bonds have not
'een issued. and therefore, the road
money available has not been mater
ally increased. Yet, we find to our
intense surprise that we have an as
istant engineer at $500 a year, an
flee clerk, a stenographer, two auto.
lobiles for inspection purposes, and
isy autos they were last summer on
easant Sundays, all this increased
fce force to spend the small amount
road money. What IS the good in
ring few cents from a Sheriff's 1
H. or taking a telephone out of an !
ice, if $500 year is % be thrown
ray on an assistant engineer. and !
at too. when a great deal of the =
ad surveying is being done, whether a
'htly or wrongly, by the State en-
ieering force. o
We believe the people should know -
re about the workings of the Levy
irt. We did know more under the ST
system than we do now. We pur- oI
e to give publicity whenever we di
. and we do this because it is q. "
1t, and not because of any feeling M
partisanship. We believe that er
Valiant has been too highly es- fal
tied; that his dictatorial methods or
working untold harm, and that ~
We have learned him, his pretend sn,
economy lies in saving at the or
ot and wasting at the bung. for
all he has single track mind ant
Milford chronicle., 1918-01-04

THE woRKMENs Compensation
Law in Delaware went into effect last
Tuesday, and a short statement of its
provisions will be found in this issue
OF the Chronicle. Every manufactur-
er who employees five or more people
must comply with this law, or take
the chance of expensive litigation
should an accident happen to any of
the employees. Better read this law
over and see how it will affect you.
Milford chronicle., 1918-01-04

MILFORD HAS been fortunate IN
to Christmas of this winter in having
sufficient coal to supply the needs of
the people; but, since Christmas there
has come another story in the fuel
supply question. No coal came to Mil
ford for a week, and it is uncertain
when any more will arrive. The
one dealer who has been supplying
coal has never refused any who came
to his yard for coal-no matter if thew
came from Milton, Harrington. FELTON,
Bowers Beach or other points. so long
as he had the coal it was supplied
Now in the great clammer which has
gone up all over the country for coal.
the fuel directors are scanning the
shipment records and find that Mil
ford has had ample coal for her pop-
llation-which is a fact, if Milford's
population and immediate country
lround her had consumed the coal.
'ut. that is not the case. for coal has !
een hauled from Milford to supply a
eople who should have been supplied S
y Harrington. Milton and other a
'wns' and for that reason, Milford
as deprived Of her apportionment of Ii
'al. This is matter which the fuel Ii
'ntrol who are located in the vari- e.
IS towns, should look after. and D.
ilford in particular. Another duty IL
lich the fuel directors owe to the &C
ople is that they see that those 81
10 sell wood, deliver at least a sem DC
'nce of a square return of wood for sa
money paid to them. When men
mand and sell ten cubic feet of
cd for three dollars. which is at
rate of $86 pei, cord. it is time all
the fuel director to confscate the III
3D. and see that the suffering ge nil
ef. = iliigl
Milford chronicle., 1918-01-04

AT THE Town elections to he bold
in Milford next Monday, there will he
but one issue and that will be between
maintaining peace and good order in
Milford during the next year. or per-
hitting the speakeasy to thrive and
the whiskey element control the gov
ernment of the town. The question
OF raising hogs in the town limits
does not enter into the election in
any form At the Town Meeting held
last Friday night in Armory Hall at
which more than three hundred of !
the voters of Milford were present |
1t was the unanimous opinion that in
view of the recommendation of Mr..
Hoover, the National Director of Food
in the United States. that the smaller
towns permit the raising of hogs
within the town limits. that there
must be no objection to its APPLYING
o Milford; and, of course the loca- I
ion OF pigstys must not be such as
o cause a neighbor annoyance. or en- n
Ianger public health in its condition:
herefore there is no issue as 10 hog !
aising in the Town of Milford 10 he p
ecided at the town election next
londay. The entire question is law I
nd order. OF course there are 9th ~
matters, such as the making of e,
eneral assessment of all the proper-
in the town, which must stand for n n
lie next four years, but that is
after Of small importance to the of
en- who are fighting for more free H.
I'M to do as they please. We rec W
nize the fact, that there are per- fol
nal animosities entering into these
ntests; but, will the people permi, ,,,i Ig
two million dollar proposition to
SIS into inexperienced hands? Can Su
~ afford to do it? We want to see do,
lford improved and made more at Ger
ctiye for everybndy, hut We wan. Nc
see the money expended in praeti- "a
ways, with the greatest amoun. 7
results coming to US for the taxes Chr
d, 1t is a matter in which all the sue
pie are interested and there is N
one way for them to express que
II interest, and that is by voting son
the men Of their choice next Mon PHI n
the
Milford chronicle., 1918-01-04

THE GOVERNMENT has requested
all persons to observe. Sundays and
thursdays Of each Week as "lightless
misn's',' !, mat is. not to burn any
nght other than the ones absolutely
necessary on either night. This will
save coal, coal oil, or whatever form
Of lighting you use.
Milford chronicle., 1918-01-04

THE EFFECT Of the saloon on the
man power Of the nation is so we'll
known as TO scarcely need comment.
Or course we know that men do not
have to drink, but they will. The
only remedy, therefore. is to stop
absolutely, the manufacture and sale
Of booze.
Milford chronicle., 1918-01-04
NO Way TO EVADE
The INCOME TAX
All Earning Fair Living will
Help Pay War Expenses.
RETURNS DUE BEFORE MARCH

Heavy Penalties Provided For Fail.
ure to File Them-eovernmen OF.
fieials viii be in Every County to
Assist the Taxpayers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-07-11
CHAPTER xxW.

An Quiet ~ on the Western Front
At brigade headquarters happened
TO overhear conversation between our
G. O. c. general officer commanding)
and the divisional commander. From
this conversation I learned that we
were to lombard the German lines for
eight days, and on the first Of July the
"big push" was to commence.
In a few days orders were issued to
that effect, and it was common prop
erty all along the line.
On the afternoon Of the eighth day OF
our "srafeing," Atwell and were sit
ting in the front-line trench smoking
fags and making out our reports Of the
previous nights tour Of the trenches,
which we had to turn in to headquar-
ters the following day, when an order
was passed down the trenchthat Old
Pepper requested twenty volunteers to
20 over on trench raid that night to
try and get few German prisoners for
information purposes. Immediately
volunteered for this Job, and shook
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AN AN[ERICAN SOLDIER
WHO WENT " *
ARI1lUQ GUY NENIpFY
MACHINE GUNNER SERVING M FRANCE
I @Is7 81 !
{NThuR GUY EfipEYl

Guns. lou nave your choice OF TWO
weapons-you may carry your per.
suaders' or your knuckle knives, and
each man will arm himself with four
Mills bombs, these to be used only in
case of emergency"
A persuader is Tommy's nickname
for q club carried by the bombers. 1t
IS about two feet long, thin at one end
end very thick at the other. The thick
end is studded with sharp steel spikes,
while through the center Of the clut
there is nine-inch lead bar, to give
4 weight and balance. When you get
a prisoner all you have to do is just
stick this club up in front Of him, anc
believe me, the prisoners patriotism
for deutschland ueber Allies" fades
away and he very willingly obeys the
orders of his captor. If, however, the
prisoner gets high-toned and refuses tc
follow you, simply persuade" him by
first removing his tin hat, and then
veil, the use IF the lead weight Il the
persuader is demonstrated, and Tom
my looks for another prisoner.
The knuckle knife is dagger affair,
the blade of which is about eight
fnnL os 1onp with 8 hoavv c+oa1 o1Iord
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our Drearn, ana waited the voney mat
generally ensues when the Germans
have heard q noise In No Mans Land.
Nothing happened. We received two
taps and crawled forward slowly for
five yards; no doubt the officer be-
ueved what Old Pepper had said, "Per-
sonally believe that that part Of the
German trench is unoccupied." By be-
ing careful and remaining motionless
when the star shells fell behind us, we
reached the German barbed wire With
out mishap. Then the fun began.
was scared stiff as it Is tcklish work
cutting your way through wire when
about thirty feet In front Of you there
Is q line Of Boches looking out into No
Mans Land with their rifles lying
across the parapet, straining every
sense to see or hear what is going on
in No Mans Land; because at night,
Fritz never knows when bomb with
his name and number on it will come
hurtling through the air aimed In the
direction Of Berlin. The man on the
right, one man in the center and my
self on the extreme left were equipped
with wire cutters. These are insulated
with soft rubber not because the Ger
man wires are charged with electricity,
! but to prevent the cutters rubbing
against the barbed wire stakes, which
are Of iron, and making a noise
which may warn the inmates Of the
trench that someone is getting fresh
In their front yard. There is only one
way to cut barbed wire without noise
and through costly experience Tommy
has become an expert in doing this.
You must grasp the wire about two
inches from the stake in your right
hand and cut between the stake and
your hand.
If you cut a wire improperly, a
loud twang will ring out on the night
air like the swapping Of a banjo
string. Perhaps this noise can be
heard only for fifty or seventy-fve
yards, but in Tommy's mind 1t makes
a loud noise in Berlin.
We had cut a lane about halfway
through the wire when, down the CEN
ter of our line, twang! went an i'm
properly cut wire. We crouched down.
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In Charge.
over rne grip. InlS guard is studdeo
with steel projections. At night in a.
trench, which is only about three to
four feet wide, it makes very handy
weapon. One punch in the face gen.
orally skaters mans jaw and you
can get him with the knife as he goes
down.
Then we had what we called our
"come-alongs." These are strands OF
barbed wire about three feet long,
made into moose at one end; at the
other end, the barbs are cut off and
Tommy slips his wrist through locp
to get a good grip on the wire. If TIE
prisoner wants to argue the point, why
Just place the large, loop around his
neck and no matter If Tommy wishes
to return to his trenches at the walk,
trot, or gallop, Fritz is perfectly agree
able to maintain Tommy's rate OF
speed.
We were ordered to black our faces
and hands. For this reason; At night,
the English and Germans use what
they call star shells, sort Of rocket
affair. They are fired from large
pistol about twenty inches long, which
is held over the sandbag parapet of the
trench, and discharged into the air.
These star shells attain a height OF
about sixty feet, and range OF from
fifty to seventy-ive yards. When they
hit the ground they explode, throwing
out a strong calcium light which lights
up the ground in circle Of q radius OF
between ten to fifteen yards. They
also have parachute star shell which,
after reaching a height Of about sixty
feet, explodes. A parachute unfolds
and slowly floats to the ground, light
ing up large circle in No Mans Land.
The official name of the star shell Is
a "Very-nght." Very-lights are used
to prevent night surprise attacks on
the trenches. IF a star shell falls In
front Of you, or between you and the
! German lines, you are safe from detec-
ton, as the enemy cannot see you
through the bright curtain Of light
But If it falls behind you and, as Tom
my says, "you get in the star shell
zone," then the fun begins; you have
to lie fiat on your stomach and remain
absolutely motionless until the light OF
the shell dies out. This takes any,
where from forty to seventy seconds
If you haven't time to fall to the
ground you must remain absolutely
still in whatever position you were IN
when the light exploded; it is adVis'
able not to breathe, as Fritz has an
eye like an eagle when he thinks you
are knocking at his door. When star
shell is burning in Tommy's rear ne
can hold his breath for week.
You blacken your face and hands SO
that the light from the star shells Will
not reflect on your pale face. In a
trench raid there Is quite sufficient
reason for your face to be pale. If you
don't believe me, try 1t just once.
Then another reason for blacken1ng
YOUR face and hands Is that, after you
have entered the German trench at
night. "white face" means Germans
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hands with Atwell, and went to tn.
rear to give my name to the officers Id
charge of the raiding party.
4. was accepted, worse luck.
At t9:45 that night we reported to the
brigade headquarters dugout to receive
instructions from Old Pepper.
After reaching this dugout we lined
up in semicircle around him, and he
addressed US as follows:
"All want you boys to do is - go
over to the German lines tonight, s1r-
prise them, secure a couple Of prison
ers, and return Immediately. Our ar
tillery has bombarded that section OF
the line for two days and personally I
believe that that part Of the German
trench is unoccupied, so just get cou-
pie of prisoners and return as quickly
as possible" =
The sergeant on my right in an un.
dertone, whispered to me:
"Say, Xank, how are we going to get
q couple of prisoners if the old fool
thinks personally that that part OF the
trench is. .unoccupied,'-sounds kind OF
fshy, doesn't it mater
=. I had a funny sinking sensation In
my stomach, and my tin hat felt as If
it weighed about ton and my enthusi-
asm was melting away. Old Pepper
must have heard the sergeant speak
because he turned in his direction and
in a laundering voice asked:
"What did you sayT"
The sergeant with scarlet look on
his face and his knees trembling,
smartly saluted and answered:
Nothing, sir"
Old Pepper said:
"WeIl, don't say it so loudly the next
time"
Then Old Pepper continued:
sIn this section Of the German
trenches there are two or three ma
chine guns which our artillery, In the
last two or three days, has been un'
able to tape. These guns command the
sector where two Of our communica.
!tion trenches join the front line, and
las the brigade Is to 60 over the top to-
morrow morning want to capture two
ior three men from these guns crews
and from them I may be able to obtain
valuable Information as to the exact
location Of the guns, and our artillery
will therefore be able to demolish then
before the attack, and thus prevent
our losing a lot Of men while using
these communication trenches to bring
up re-enforcements."
These were the instructions he gave
us:
'Take off your Identification disks
strip your uniforms Of all numerals
insignia, etc., leave your papers will
your captains, because don't want th'
'Boches to know what regiments ar
against them as this would be valuable
:information to them in our attack to
morrow and I don't want any Of yo'
to be taken alive. What I want Is tw'
prisoners and If get them 1 have
way which will make them dfvulg
all necessary information as to thei
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cursing under our breath, trembling all
over, our knees lacerated from the
strands Of the cut barbed wire on the
ground, waiting for a challenge and
the inevitable volley Of rifle fire. Moth.
ing happened. I suppose the fellow
who cut the barbed wire improperly
wes the one who had sneezed about
half an hour previously. What we
wished him would never make his new
year q happy one.
(To be continued next week.
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-10-11

Paris.-An armistice has been cen
Guided between the Allies and Bulgaria
on the Allies own terms.
The armistice was signed Sunday
night Saloniki dispatch states.
General Franchet d'Esperey, the AL
lied commander-in-chief in Macedonia
signed for the Allied and the Bulgarian
delegates for their government. In
structions have been given by the gov
eminent to General d'Esperey to pro-
coed Immediately to the execution of
the conditions of the armistice.
The armistice La Liberte declares
editorially was signed with the full
consent of King Ferdinand. 1t prints
denial of report that he had taken
refuge in Vienna. The King, it de-
clares, has not left Sofia.
The Paris Bourse quickly showed
the effect of the announcement of the
armistice Balkan securities were gen.
orally sought after
Bulgaria Accepts Quickly.
The announcement that an armistice
has been signed with Bulgaria after
that country had accepted all the con
ditions of the Allies aroused the keen
est interest in Paris and the statement
was widely commented upon as soon
as it became generally known.
The announcement followed the re-
turn of Premier Clemenceau from the
front where he inspected the troops
and had an opportunity of talking with
General Petain and General Pershlng
on the military situation.
The actual suspension Of hostilities
Immediately followed the signing Of
the armistice but it is noted that this
suspension applies only to Macedonian
hostilities against Bulgaria and that
it in no way affects Macedonian hos.
tilities which the Allies armies will
continue against Austria-Hungary, Tur
key and the German contingents sent
to that locality.
Terms OF The Armistice.
The armistice concluded with Bull
garian staff. The armistice concluded
with Bulgaria by the Entente Allies
is purely military convention and
contains no provisions of political
character.
Bulgaria agrees to evacuate all the
territory she now occupies in Greece
and Serbia, to demobilize her army
Immediately, and surrender all means
of transport to the Allies.
Bulgaria also will surrender her
boats and control of navigation on the
Danube and concede to the Allies free
passage thorugh Bulgaria for the de.
velopment of military operations.
All Bulgarian arms and ammunition
are to be stored under the control OF
the Allies, to whom is conceded the
right to occupy all important strategic
points.