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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-26
WORK OR FIGHT.
riders of Draft Boards H-ye the
Players Jumping Sideways.

THE first White Sox player affected
by the War Departments interpre-
tation of the work or tight" rule as APP
Piled to baseball is Otto Jacobs. assist
ant catcher. Jacobs yesterday was noti-
fed by local board SIS that he will have
70 obtain more useful employment in
thirty days or be reclassihed from Class
TO Class /. Jacobs is married and has
a wife and two children dependent on
him lie is a full fiedgcd bricklayer and
hopes to obtain employment in the con-
struction department of a stock yards
packing company before his period Of
grace has expired.
WALTER MAYER, who caught for the
Sox several years back and who now
Is with Boston. rejoined the Red SoX
here yesterday after a visit to his draft
board at Cincinnati. where he was called
for investigation under the work or
fight rule. Wallie was given permission
to continue to play baseball for an in
definite time The board will let him
know in a couple of days just how long
he has TO obtain another job.
TIE Secretary Of War Baker renders
favorable decision on baseball today,
when the fate of the national pastime
will be decided. Jacobs and Mayer and
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-06-05
Black Walnut Wanted.

The government needs black wal
nut for making guns and aircraft. The
supply is limited and the need is great.
Mr.. II. j. McAlistcr. OF S-Ropcr Co.
has been asked by the government to
take census Of black walnut trees
in this county so that the government
will know where they are. Mr.McAlis-
ter asks every person who has black
walnut trees on their places to write
him postal card concerning it, telling
the number Of trees, their diameter
owners postofIicc and distance from
4 shipping point. The government aft
cr this information is secured, may Of
fer to buy whatever supply is Of
fcrcd but it will not use the informa-
ton given in order to take il without
compensation.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-06-05
". y, Harris IIOnOrrd.

w. p. Harris, the we'll known farmer
Of Young's Township. was signally
honorcd at the Commencement cXer-
ciscs Of Clemson College this year by
being awarded the Saculty's Certificate
Of Merit for mcritorrus work along
agricultural lines. Mr.. Harris won
the distinction particularly because OF
his work in developing fall Irish Po-
tatocs. for which he had already gain
ed wide rcnown. While Mr.. Harris
schooling took place long before Glenn
son college was founded, he Is the ia
thcr Of four graduates and students
Of the college Another South Caro-
linian honorcd at the same time was
J. A. Shanklin. of Columbia. who had
won success in dairyng.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-06-05
Miss ROSa Wright. /.

Miss Rosa Wright sister Of Mr..
Henry NJ. Wright. Of this city, and
Rev. T. r. Wright. of Hartwell, Ga,
died at the hospital here Monday
morning at the aye Of 73 years. death
was due to a general break down in
cident to advanced age hastcncd by
paralysis and dislocation of one Of
her limbs incurred in fall at Chest
CT about a year ago. The funeral SER
vices were held at the a. r. p church
Monday, afternoon, the services be-
ing conducted by her pastor, Rev. I.
n. Kennedy Interment took place in
The Laurens cemetery Immediately ar-
ter the services.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-06-05
Farmers Urged to Save Wheat.

Mr.. ". -. Byrd county food ad-
mnistrator. urges the farmers to use
care in saving the wheat crop lie
states that Mr.. Hoover authorizes tho
statement that liberal treatment will
be given raisers Of wheat in South
Carolina with reference to grinding
and that farmers will be permitted
TO have their own wheat ground to a
liberal extent.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-06-05
the Wednesday Club.

The Wednesday Club closed its
years program with a Reciprocity
meeting at the homo Of Mrs. \. b. Dial
on May oath
The officers Of the other womCn'S
clubs of the city were guests Of the
Wednesday Club on this occasion.
Papers written by our club sisters Of
the State were procured from the
Federation Reciprocity Bureau. All
Of these were most excellent and gem
uncly enjoyed by those present.
Mrs. George Bale read "What is Mu-
sic? Mrs. w. S. Holmes read "Alfrcd
Lord Tcnnyson"; Mrs. NJ. l.. Copeland
as instructive meetings.
Mrs. Lamar Smith, The Individual
Responsibility of Club Members.
This last meeting OF the club was
voted one Of its most pleasant as we'll
as instructive.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-06-05
HIind Evangelist to Preach

Rev. J. r. Mann, the blind evangelist
of Anderson county is to rreach al
Poplar Springs church next SUNDAY
morning at 1900 o'clock. at 400 o.
c,rck in the afternoon Of the same day
he will preach at Nit. Gallagher ana
a, night At s 700 p. m. he will preach at
Harmony.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-06-05


is to witness the graduation Of ne
phew at the University Of North Caro-
lima, which takes place this week.
Mr.. land Mrs. BILLY Williams, OF
Montgomery, Ala, arrived in the city
Monday afternoon to visit Mrs. Will
liam's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. n. b.
Dial. They came through the country
by automobile
| Mrs. Y. S. Gilkcrson, Mrs. e. o. An
derson and Misses Aillcne and Martha
Franks motored to Grccnville We'd
nesday and spent the day with Mrs.
Gilkcrson's parents, Mr.. and Mrs II.
l.. Il. Bcntz.
Mr.. r. w. Willis returned last week
from Hot Springs, Ark, considerably
improved in health but not yet possess
ing his usual strength. He was ac-
companicd on the hOmcward trip by
jMr. John Inman and his brother from
IGreenville.
Misses Elizabch Earle, Of Spartan
burg, Freida Fritzgcrald, Of Spartan
burg, and Messrs. Hugh Colclough,
of Bennettsvillc, and Clay Crisp, OF
Mountville, have been visiting Miss
Flora Bennett and Henry Bennett for
several days.
Lieut. Norman Chaudlcr and Bean
Il. Scott, both Of Camp Sewer, spent
the weekend in the city viii Mr. and
Mrs. Harold c. Smith. Mr.. Scott, who
is brother of Mrs. Smith, is taking
the officers training course at Camp
Sewer.
Dick Fuller is at home from johns
Hopkins Medical school, where he re-
Gently took the degree Of Doctor OF
Medicine, and later spent several
months in the hospitals Of New YORK.
He is now a member Of the medical re-
serve corps, and is awaiting the gov
ernments call into service
MIR. II. S. Durdctt, Of IIanford Sta,
who taught in Wesley College, Tex,
IN cpast year, was in the city Monday
TO confer with the exemption board.
Mr.. Burdett has been assigned to the
Coast Artillery and he leaves TO-DAY
for TT. Caswcll, \. c., to begin train
ing.
Lieut.. and Mrs. l.. S. Bolt spent Sun
day in the city with Mrs. Bolts pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. JOS. II. Sullivan.
Mrs. Bolt and Mrs. Rounds are making
thcir home iii Grccnvillc with MIS-.
Richard Sullivan while Licutcnants
Bolt and Rounds arc stationed at
Camp Sewer.
MIR. B. c. Cox, Of Langley, who is
known among his old friends here as
l'Claytc", was a visitor in the clly Il
day or two this week, having been sum
moncd TO the bedside Of his brother
Mr.. Bias Cox, who is sick at MS nome
in ;hc mill village. Mr.. CoN's friends
were glad to see him and to hear thal
he might possibly return TO laurchs
TO make his home.
| Mr.. l.. G. Rolf, linotype operator Tor
The Advertiser, has been confined to
his home on account OF sickness for
several days. His work on the paper
has been done this week by MeSSrS.
iHinson and Briggs, other members OF
thc force, who have stuck close TO the
lob and handled considerable vol
ume of work though handicapped by
lack of speed.
Mr.. EARLY Oglcsby, who has been
studying tclegraphy here under MISS
sue Dean, while acting as messenger
for the Western Union Telegraph Co.
has accepted position as operator III
the Office at McColl and left for mat
nlocc last Saturday. Young OgcisDy
made very rapid progress in ms "ork
and his selection for this place comes
t,o him AS quite compliment.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-06-05
SOCIETY,".
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WilliS-Yeargin.
Miss Nlaude Ycargin and Mr.. Wright
Willis, both of Owings, were happily
married at the home of Rev. j. NJ.
Stcadman Monday afternoon
Mrs. John Bolt will entertain on
Thursday afternoon and again on
Thursday night in honor Of her sister,
Miss Ruth McGce, of Horse Cave. Ky,
who is spending the summer with her
on Sitgreavcs Ave.
Mr.. Theodore Talmage Crews, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Crews of this
city, and Miss Hazel Folk, of Atlanta,
were married last Thursday evening,
May 30th, at the residence Of the
brides mother Mr.. Crews has been
in the drug business in Atlanta for the
past four or five years, but recently he
has been in military service at Camp
Gordon. At last accounts from him
he was expected to leave for France
Sunday.
Folk Crews.
Miss Flora Bennett and Mr.. Henry
Bennett entertained at a weekend
house party this past week. Their
guests were Misses Frcda Fritzgerald
and Elizabeth Earl, Of Spartanburg
and Mcssrs. Anscl Drake, Clatc Crisp
and Raymond Culcoulgh, Of Furman
University On Saturday Mr.. and Mrs
j. S. Bennett honorcd them with par
ty. During the evening refreshing
punch was served by Misses Nancy
Mcng and Beatrice Babb. \ musical
an ice course was served
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-06-05

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New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Germans Gave Us
A New Style

After the Civil War little change wa,
made in the regulation dress until after
the Franco -Prussian War, when the
spiked helmet and Prussian uniform
We're first adopted for the mounted arms
of the service and later By all branches
Of the service. Germany for at least
twenty years set the style for our al
most forgotten regular army.
But IN 1885 two unknown Englishmen
developed a fast khaki dye which re-
suited in revolutionizing the dress Of
the Englsh-ap speaking soldier. Khaki an
Indian word, meaning dust color, was
the name applied 10 the yellowsh dye
used in the uniform OF the members
OF the Indian army. Lord Roberts in
1885 issued an order to have the entire
equipment OF the field and mounted
batteries. including even the wheels and
guns themselves, painted khaki. Troops
sent to Egypt and the Sudan to fight
were outfitted with khaki, including
helmets, haversacks and water bottles,
and even the shoes were unblackened
leather.
What if the pageantry of soldiers in
the days past in their brilliant uni
forms of red, green, blue and white
could witness such an expedition on the
march! What a contrast to the plumed
hats of the British soldiers who formed
the squares at Waterloo. What con.
trast to the uniforms which required
hours of pipeclaylng the white parts
and equipment and cleaning the tlnsel
and gold and accoutrement5 preparing
for inspection. And unblackened leath-
er shoes! That was certainly makingss
mollycoddle out of the soldier. for did
not the soldiers before this period use
polish until their own countenancess
were reflected in the brightensd
leather?
How particular were the inspecti'n
officers that the shoes should shimnsf
in the sunlight, and every rookie ss'
told this joke:
ofhcer-The heels of your boosm
rot shined.
Rookie know it. sir. A goois'
der never looks behind.
Uncle Sam Quilted his soldiers Vso
participated in the Spanish-Amertn|
War with khaki. following out an cam
precedent when it copied the Brls'sao
army uniform. The day Of the khsi
uniform is here.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

white facings, white wastcoats and
broeches, full black CATERS or spatter-
dashes, white cross belts and round
leather hats with horse-hair crest
The alliance with France brought
forth new order from Washington.
lie ordered that hats have black cock
AIDES with white centres in honor Of
the French, who adopted white as
their distinctive color in army dress
Blue was the color favored by Wash
ington. His own uniform and that of
bis bodyguard were blue and buff coats,
with buckskln trousers, which We're
color combinations in the British army
during the Yeign OF William III. Buck
Skin and buffalo leather were worn bv
the horsemen Of the guards when
Charles II organized the body of
troops which afterward became the
nucleus Of the British standing army.
The lfe\ guards wore leather under
tneir cuirasscs, and one Of the foot
'egiments adopted buff as the color of
s"cinss, so that it has since been
Known as the BuNs. Washington wore
the buiT and blue, adopted from these
kritish regiments, as a colonel in the
Virginia militia in the service of the
Crown before the Revolution.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Fixing Status Of
Wrinkle and Seam

George " Of England upheld the
reputation of the British army for The
dash and, as it is called to-day, "swank"
Of the army officers in the service of
the Grown. King George was a ,neticu-
lous dresser who delighted in smooth
hitting garments. After Waterloo. ac
cording TO Lieutenant Colonel John
Luard in "A History of the Dress Of
the British Soldier" printed in 1852.
George " issued his dictum of fashion
that I'm any military dress a wrinkle
is objectionable. but seam is admis-
slble." it is related that before the
iancer's uniform was selected he or
dered lancer officer to have the uni
form htted IN his presence. The King
commanded the tailor to cut smooth
every Wlil.~~ and fine draw the seams.
me result was a perfectly fitting gar
ment. but one in which the lancers
and infantryman drilled and manmu.
vred with difficulty. Seams but no
wrinkles" is still a tradition in the
srtish army, and there is no denvinp
mat the English officer has ~swank. 3
Well, rather
Napoleon was on the island of ST
Helena and Europe was once more nj
peace. The United States army drifted
along without change in uniform until
1871. Dark blue was officially naned
as the national color for military dress
west Point Cadets adopted gray, as
worn at the present, in commerora
ton or the victories of the gray-clad
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Regulating Cut
OF Hair and Beard

During the remaining years OF the
'2Os there was little interest manifest
ed in our army. There were few &C
tlvities for it, except an occasional
brush with the Indians, so that it is
not surprising to find this order:
After January ]. 1890, citizen dress
shall not be worn by an officer in camp,
garrison or on a march"
One notices during this period fre-
quent orders relating to the beard and
the length of the hair. Uncle Sam has
always desired his fighting men to ap-
pear as George Washington said,
meat and tight" and nothing adds to a
we'll groomed appearance so much as a
soldier carefully barbcred. We have
seen that the wig was sheared in 1902.
and in 1882 Order No. 80 issued from
General Headquarters. Washington:
"Mustachios, long whiskers or boards
are not to be worn" Further: "The
hair to be short, or what is generally
termed cropped; the whiskers are not
to extend below the tip of the ear"
and IN 1885 was added: "And in a line
thence with the curve of the mouth"
This order was evidently not strictly
obeyed, for in 1889 We find another or
dor" "mustaches will not be worn bv
o!ncers or men on any pretence what
ever: But the cavalry regiments fight
ing Indians in the West protested that
IT was desirable to protect the upper
up from the blistering sun, so in l841
the order was amended to permit the
mounted branch of the service to wear
mustache If tho individual members
so desired
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

The lowest ranking commissioned Of
ticer, the second lieutenant, wore a
shoulder strap, but no badge of rank;
the first lieutenant, one silver bar; a
captain, two bars; major, leaf; g
lieutenant colonel, two leaves; colonel.
an eagle; brigader general, one star;
major general, two stars. The order
Of 1872 designated which should be
gold and which silver as actually used
to-day. Last year it was ordered that
a second lieutenant wear single gold
bar on his shoulder.
A story told by officers at their mess
relates that the markings are symbol
cal of the promotion of the young Of
ilcer to higher rank. as one climbs a
tree. The first advance from the lieu
tenants rank to a captain represents
the progress from one branch of the
tree to the second limb, which is rep
resented by the two bars. Higher on
the tree is the foliage. which is rep-
resented by the leaves of the major
and the lieutenant colonel. Perc6ed
hlgh on the tree is the eagle. indicat-
lng the rank of the colonel. Then. INTO
the heavens. are the stars of the higher
ranks. Perhaps if the United States
ever names a field marshal he viii
wear a badge representing the sun.
such as Jotfre, field marshal Of France
wears on his red coat.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

peared from the army, but which sur
yves to-day as the dress hat of p
United States admiral. &
The rank and file wore round
leather hats, with bearskin crests. The
swords OF the officers were attached TO
shouIder belts. The epaulettes Of the
infantry officers were of silver and
nose oil the artillery of bullion.
rom lSi0 until 1919 all vestiges
OF the dress oil the Revolution disap-
peared. The cutaway was discarded
iof the modern, close -buttoned, single
breasted coat. For a short time before
the War of 1S12-'14 the enlisted mon
wore high hats, the shape of the mod
ern SIX hat. but the officers still ia
vored the chapeau bras.
frilis and Iurpelows, such as lace
TRIMMINGS, rcd facings and fancy cuffs.
were removed from the United States
soldiers uniform at the outbreak of
the War of 1812-'14. Military raiment
was designed then for rigorous cam
palgns and the battlefield, and not
alone for the ballroom and parade
ground. The coats of the infantrymen
ana artlllerymen were uniformly blue.
and because the long, swallow-tail coat
was the prevailing mode of the dav the
shortened jacket adopted was called
G. eoatee. Illgh mats were exchanged
tor the ba!l-crowned leather shake,
ana Worsted or cotton pompons were
substituted for feathers in the head
apess' d9s Sra Gray uniforms appeared in
1913. The dress of Napoleon's Old
Guard and the haoiliments of the
Ehgllsh warriors were reflected in the
outfit of the American soldier.
England copied from other nations.
as, for example, her lancers operating
in Belgium in 1915 adopted the dress
OF the Polish legionaries. The British
officers exchanged the tight fitting
rantaloons for the Cossack trousers.
which were wide and roomy The high
Prussian plumed hat caught their
fancy and replaced the large yelling
ton hat
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Keeping Ahead of
Charlie Chaplin

However, at the outbreak of the Civil
War this liberal order was issued:
",beards to be worn at the pleasure Of
the individual" Many youthful volun-
teers started and some did raise fairly
good growths OF boards. This order
brings to mind the one issued during
the present war by the British military
authorities that officers must wear their
mustaches wider than nostril width,
Ihls, mainly because Charlie Chaplin
adopted the hirsutic adornment which
Hrltish army officers wore before the
outbreak of the war
Going back to 1847, just after the
American forces under General Scott
mad won California and other Western
states for the United States from Mexi-
co, shoulder strap insignia for commits
sloned officers and chevrons for non
commissioned officers were designated
almost identical with those of TO-DAY.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
By William Henry Nugent

INARLY in the Revolutionary War
when the Colonial troops under
George Washington were en-
camped before Boston, several com
panics of ridemcn from Virginia
Maryland and Western Pennsylvania
arrived in camp. Conspicuous among
them were "Morgan's riflemen," from
Virginia. Attircd in coonskin caps
moccaslns and fringcd hunting dress
and armed with long squirrel rifles
and hunting knives stuck in their belts
they looked like the formidable fight
ers they proved themselves to be later
upon many glorious battleiields of the
Revolution.
Watching with amused interest the
arrival were miscellaneous units of
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

fore the outbreak Of the Civil r..
introduced in its Italian campaign -.
Zouave uniform, which thc ndeuenasas.
militia companies III the United Sts,,.
adopted. 1t was the ultimate sirb =
military dress III the few years beto,.
the Rebellion. When the war brot.
out, among the first New York units y
leave for the front was the Firem.s
Zouaves, or, as they were nicknameS
the "Zoo-Zoos." France also gave ~,
new skirted coat known as the cb,.'
sour uniform, which the little IeguI,,
army wore before the war between tbs
states.
When Lincoln called for 90 900 vc,uo.
teers the regular army OF less than Il.
900 regulars dissolved into the food o.
volunteers just as the "Old Contempt.
bles" did in England and as our recu.
lars are diluting IN the food Of soldier,
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

indeed, our khaki uniform is Of British
origin, being derived from tho ones
which were first worn by the British
Indian army. Germany left its stamp
on the dress Of the United States SOL
der for the two decades following ihc
tranco-Prussian War, when tho War De
partment adopted the spiked helmet
and Prussian coat as regulation habi!i-
lnents. But except for this brief time
France and England almost exclusively
9f foreign nations have set our mill
tary fashions.
1t is interesting to trace the changes
in the uniform from the period Of the
cockaded Minute Man of the Revolution
ary War down to the steel helmeted
"doushboy" of the present day. After
George Washington had retired TO the
life of gentleman farmer at Mount
Vernon and his men had returned to
the life of peace, small force of SOL
diers was retained. This standing
army, to which even the most tranquil
pacitist could certainly not object, was
composed of twenty-five men at Fort
Pitt and ffty-tive men at West Point
to guard stores. Captain John Doughty,
with the pay and cmoluments of a
major, was the commander Of the little
army.
Subsequently force of 700 men was
raised, of which there were eight COM
panies Of infantry and two of artillery.
The uniform was an exact copy Of the
French military costume of the period
blue coats and white breeches, white
facings, Innings, trimmings, even white
epaulettes, buttons and sword belts.
What Job for the infantryman to pipe
clay his regimentals for parade and in
spection. The artillery wore red and
yellow facngs, SO that the gunners
escaped the tedious job of keeping their
uniforms snow-white for the critical
eye of the inspection officer. Shoulder
straps were substituted for shoulder
knots, and musicians were ordered to
wear bright red coats under an order
issued in 1896.
Passing Of the
French Cockadc
French influence wancd in 1899, When
Napoleon and Talleyrand ordered the
French warships to prey on our mer-
chantmer, so that war between the
United States and France seemed in
evitable. The nation was aroused and
French military fashions went out of
season. Congress authorized an army
OF 10000 men, over which George Wash
lngton was placed in supreme COM
mand, with Alexander Hamilton as his
chief aid. Officers and men, who had
worn the combined white and black
cockade of the American and French
services. tore the white cockade, SYM
tolical of France, from their hats, re.
placed ii with an eagle. and changed
ihe trappings somewhat, so as not to
duplicate those worn BY the French
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
The Felt Hat
Is American

The War Department after the Cr;-
mean War made important changes in
the composition OF the army. The
world learned when the Light
Brigade" charged at Balaklava thar
light mounted troops were formidabie
lighters. In the United States the
Dragons were replaced by four new
regiments of cavalry. The first men
non OF cavalry in general orders was
m 1904, when yellow was named as its
ohIcia! coicr. With the cavalry came
.he sloucn nat, which was first worn by
the mounted forces, and which wa
later worn by officers in the Civil war
bby our Indian lighters campaigning IN
the West, by our soldiers in the Snan-
lsh-Amcsican War, and by our war
riors of to-day. 1t was a felt black
hat turned up on the side and fast
ehed with an eagle. France just be-