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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-29
Christmas srsstins. Am anxious -
hear from you Ill.
Lovingly your friend.
Margarot KedSie Parker.
AN HONOR ROLL WHICH MUST
BE IIONORED.

AN HONOR ROLL WHICH MUST
BE HONORED.
[Clarion Clipper.1
There Ia one mother In Clarion who
has given three sons to the service OF
the United States.
She Is = widow. Not all Of her sons
were Of draft age. But they were
patriotic. They went into the aviation
branch Of the service. They are hard
at work out in Colorado preparing to
give their best--to make the supreme
sacrifice II necessary-for their coun-
try.
At homo this mother Is making her
sacrifice without complaint. She is
brave. She looks the situation square,
ly in the face without hinching.
There are many other mothers in
Clarion who have given their sons to
the service with equal fortitude. The
enlistments from this vicinity have
been very heavy. But they have done
1t as q matter Of course. my son 70
no better than any ono elses," said one
mother who had two sons who had just
enlisted. That u the spirit Of the
Clarion mother.
But the rest Of VI here at home owe
q duty to this honor roll Of mothers
who are giving up their sons for the
service. We owe 1t to them to be
thoughtful to 90 out Of our way to ex-
tend little kindnesses. These women
have given their own flesh and blood to
defend us. A friendly word, q kind
inquiry will never be amiss. Let US
be ever mindful OF this honor roll Of
Clarion mothers. Let's not forget what
they have done for US and show our
thankfulness.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-29
Yankee Y. M. G. "A. Woman
"Sone,uhere" In a Ca,1tee1,

Kedze Parker To Maud
Mrs in YM ACa Fance1
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-29
A Masonic Meetings
~ Visitors Always Welcome

MARSHALL LODGE No. 'os, A. -
A. M-Special communication fF'o'H ,
Feb. g. 1870 O'Clock. Work N Sec'HU
degree. John w. Wells, secretary; Il
E. English. W. NJ.
slGNET CHAPTER. NJ SO, r 4. NJ
Special convocatiun Monday evening
Jan. IS. at 7:3O o'clock. Past and most
excellent degrees Ira 4. Davenport
II. p: John w. Wells, secretary,
STATED ASSEMBLY, KING Solo
mon Council No. 20, r. & S. NJ, Non
day. Feb. IS. 1918. so p. n. ReSu.a7
business. I. T. Forbes, recorder. George
Gregory. 7. NJ.
SPECIAL coNcLAVE, ST. sIder7ar
Comma ndery, No. 50, x. 7. TUESDAY,
Jan 90, 1918, 80 ?. N. For Wo7h.
nlustrious Order Of the Red Cross. /
T. Forbes recorder: John Z. Frederick
commander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81. 0. :.
s-ReguIar meeting for business We'd
nesday, Feb. l9, 80 ?. n, Mrs. Archer
Walton, secretary; Mrs. Cora Wiley.
". NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-29

Alfttle less politics and a lot more
oatriot3sm on the part Of democrats
ana war matters would run along more
gon1othly, says the Algona Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-29

The Nanchester Press remarks that
.4rhe 70roent tar on oleomargarine 10
eoytsng me American public q pretty
Ses.Ssxp
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-29
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

In his attack On Senator Chamber
lin the president, Dr.stliag with IN
q .gaz,lo1. ep1ght 70 prove the i'm
laacula.eness Of governmental proc
esses ~ pDIverlz!ng IL critic. But
ne rnethod ina. would ayaI very well
8, dealing with T. Stone 4 LaFollette
or ,,er,aps q .cw others could not but
rsye u rpersertlons when the sub
sec, 0. attack We Cham oerlaln, says
the Sioux city Journal. Senator
Chamberlain mas not been national
aerJ, Uvt confluence IN ms honor, MS
.,.eg-lty t.s patriotism and Ms SOUND
ness mr. grown up turnout the coun-
Try from year % year. IN particular
s.are rne war began ne has grown re-
.narHa5ly. He has been one OF the
traest nonpartLsans IN the congress. He
mas vnqUestionaDly been. devoted 70
one thlns and that alone-the further
VIZ IT the welfare Of his country in the
var He IS and has been, however,
democrat. His party fealty is distinct
~ second 10 his love u country. But
i i secon5, not third. TO attempt 70
crane such a man by announcement Is
merely 20 wound him: 70 call him dis
honest r. bot 10 offend the sense OF
fairness Of the nation. The president
wsg unfortunate in his violence. An
unfortunate amount Of violence was
provoked 81 return"
" Alntle less politics and lot more
patriotism on the part Of democrats
and war matters would run along more
gnl1o,nly; says the Algona Republican.
wye passeS three ears Of good corn
yesterday which had fallen from a big
load. and We nave been almost
sshanoeS end rhaSrined ever since be-
nsr,se we DIDN'T stop and pick them I'D
and tske them home for our pullets,'
o,n,esYez the Waverly Independent.
"sre you a patron Of the mail order
ho,,,ee How much did the Chicago
ana ether mall order house help tn
wssh,nyton county Red Cross or the
| csuptys apota OF the Y. N. G. A. sub
s<,s ,t,oar" asks the Washington
S.,,,n4y presy. How much did our
bys.ness men hetp tbese organizations
| n t-you dln't know you can ind OUT
| now the tTo sccopnts compare.
The Naachester Press remarks tha'
.Avoe Decent tar on oleomargarine -
esy.soy me American public pretty
J saAss>s@S I
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27
IHlIH r,
LAND OF LOST CIVILIZATION
Abundant Proof That Africa Was AZ
One Time Peopled by Races Of
High Intelligence.

Evidences are multiplying That AT
Hca contains the secrets Of 8 great
civilization. At present 1t is partially
a savage land, given over to savage
animals and equally savage men. and
II Is difficult to conceive that in the
miStS OF antiquity this continent was
peopied by intelligent communities.
In the last century a great deal was
learned about this dark continent. and
the South African company did much
10 add to u store Of knowledge.
The expedition OF this company into
SaShonalan1, in search Of gold. pass
ed the wonderful ruins Of Zlmbaye,
nearly 200 miles due west of Sofala.
on the Indian ocean.
They have been attributed to the
Moors, the ~Phoeniclans and the Per.
sians' and 1t is said by the old chron.
'ciers that there were inscriptions,
which modern psychologists have set
out to declpher.
These structures were reared Of
granite. hewn into small blocks a liz.
Tie larger than a brick. and put to-
gether without mortar. In all the
walls are seen two or three courses
OF masonry, where the granite blocks
are Inserted In zigzag fashion.
There seems to be no doubt that
tney were erected as places of de-.
tense, and also for the smelling, stor-
Ing and protection of gold, copper and
other metals.
On removing n quantity Of the sur.
face rubbish inside. there was found
what was evidently three large circu-
lar roasting floors, formed of burnt
f~ireclay and slightly Soncave. There
We're also remains of Stag, and other
evidences that the place had been used
for smelling metals.
1t Is certain that the last thing civ.
lilZed men would expect to find In this
where the natives belong to
the lower stages of human develop
ment, are these great rock structures
betokening the existence Of a former
civilization amid these wilds.
The natives have not even any fra
1ition us to the origin of the ruins.
There are many facts proving their
great antiquity, and among them the
circumstances that at one Of the great
ruins at Zimbaye an ironwood tree,
which was undoubtedly hundreds OF
years old, had risen through the wall
md split 1t.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27

ana Guillaume, with Balbau's even.
t~een-year-old son; then two men who
had taken refuge In a barn and had
been discovered and blinded; then two
other men whom I had never seen be-
fore.
1T was awful to see the way the
women were c~rying-'Shoot me too.
shoot me with my husband"
The men were lined up on the edge
OF the hollow. which runs from the
nigh road to the bottom Of the village.
one OF them was leaning on the Shout
ders of an old priest, and he was cry
Ing, I am too young-I can't face
death ~bravely.'
4 couldn't bear the sight any longer.
1 turned my back to the road and COW
cred my eyes. l heard the volley and
the bodies falling. Then some one
cried, Look, they're all down. But a
few escaped"
Ihls Belgian had escaped by hiding
he could not remember how MANY
days-in an old cart filed with manure
and rubbish. He had chewed old hides
Tor FOOD, had swan across the river.
and hid In a mud bank for almost n
week longer, and finally got to France.
He took 1t very hard when we talked
about Dixmude, and I told him that
the old church was just shot to pieces.
asked about q painting called the
'Adoratlon of the Magi," and one of
the other prisoners told us 1t had been
and transported to Germany. If
mat Is true, and they do not destroy
It meanwhile, we will &c. It back. don't
My wound was just a clean gunsho,
and not very serious, so, al.
.nough 1t was no completely healed.
-ney let me go after three weeks. But
'efore l went, I saw something that
man OF US will ever forget. Some
4 them took VOWS Just like the men
Il the legion I have told about.
one OF the patients was q German
who had been picked I'D in No
1an's Land, very seriously wounded.
was given the same treatment M
ny OF US, that is, the very best. blu.
nally. the doctors gave him I'D. They
hought he would die slowly, and that
might take several weeks.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27

shot, after the Germans had put out
their eyes and tortured them with
bayonets. Three others were brought
before their wives and children and
sabered.
The Belgian told me he vas at Ma.
mur when the Germans began Smelling
1t. The bombardment lasted the whole
OF August q and %, 1914. They en-.
tered their'fire on the prison. the hos
pital, and the railway station. They
entered the town at four o'clock In the
afternoon Of August %. During the
first twenty-four hours, they behaved
themselves, but on the oath they began
firing at anyone they pleased. and set
nre to different houses on five Of the
principal squares.
Then they ordered every one to leave
his house, and those who did not were
shot. The others, about four hundred
In all, were drawn up In front Of the
church, close to the river bank. The
Belgian said he could never forget how
they all looked.
y can remember just how 1t was"
he said. "There were eight men, whom
l knew very well, standing in a row
with several priests. Next came two
good friends Of mine named Balbau
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27
LOOK AFTER HOME GROUNDS
Farmhouse ls Attractive or the Re-
verse According to the State
Of Its Surroundings.

Farmers just now have plenty of
troubles: they are short of help, and
much Of the little help they are able
to obtain Is poor and unreliable. The
women Of the family are working like
beavers; In fact the women on MANY
OF the farms along the roadside were
helping the men in addition to doing
their homework. The plucky spirit of
the women Is unconquerable.
Where there Is a successful farm
generally, If the real truth can be ar
rived at, very much Of the credit will
be due to the spirit Of q m who
In times of encouragement insists on
another and greater effort and who
sees that the men are up and doing
daily.
II women knew how cheaply and
with what little labor the home
grounds could be improved they would
see that the men made the necessary
effort, or more likely would themselves
do the work.
A mousse In the country, standing out
prominently, surrounded only by broad
nelds, swept by the blasts of winter
winds and consumed by the fire of
summer sun, with the barns and
outbulldings as the only piece of land
Is surely a lonesome place, TO
avoided. There is no comfort there.
Exchange.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27
Watch for Tacks In Pie.

The question as to whether a per-
son who finds a black tack in A niece
of BURBERRY pie is entitled to recover
damages from a restaurant
Tor gross negligence in not detecting
the presence of the tack in the pie.
has beer passed on by the supreme
court of massachusetts In Ask VS..
Childs Dining Hall company, In which
the court ruled for the defendant and
held that the plaintiff had failed to
sustain the burden Of proof in estab-
fishing either direct or inferential evil
dence of negligence. In pointing out
the difficulties confronting the defend.
ant In keeping small black tacks out
OF Its %blueberry pies, the court said:
"The tack was very small. 1t was so
tiny that it readily might have become
Embedded In n BURBERRY. II so, its
color and shape were such that IL
would naturally escape the most care
full scrutiny. It might as readily have
stuck into n BURBERRY before it came
to the possession Of the defendant as
afterward. The carelessness of some
person for whom the defendant In no
way was responsible might have
caused its presence In the pie. The
maker Of the basket, some previous
owner OF the berry, or some other
third person, is as likely to have been
the direct cause Of the tack being in
the pie as the defendant or those for
whose conduct 1t is liable"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27
Beams Made Of Redwood.

Wood Is now rapidly supplanting
steel beams In Industrial plant o n
struction, as may be seen in a large
paper pulp mill which Is now being
erected. What are known as lamlnat.
ed wooden trusses are being put in by
n Chicago construction company hav-
Ing the contract for the mill. The
largest trusses used are 90 feet long.
there being six Of these, and the ma
terial Is a redwood. There are q 20.
foot trusses and eve 64-foot trusses.
Twenty thousand feet of the material
Is redwood and the remainder south.
ern pine. The redwood IS used in the
part Of the cut work that Is directly
above the big vats In the mill. this
wood being considered more adapta-
Bile to stand the action Of the steam
from the watts.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27
Hometown
ALL SHOULD HAVE GARDENS
Cultivated Plots Mean Comparative
Independence as Well as Adding
to Towns Attractlveness.

A friend Of ours who mixes the mu-
Sic of dreams with the rattle and bang
and noise and clamor Of life, so that
the one will soften and thus make
more endurable the other, has q favor.
lie theory of combining smokestacks
with gardens, says a writer In Los An
geles Times.
Ills Idea Is for the wage Garner II
Is an Idea through which the man who
depends on n salary or a days pay
may place himself in a position of In.
dependence. And Ii seems to us that
there can be no bigger or more i'm
portant idea than this In all the philoso-
ply Of life.
What could be more sensible and
practicable than a scheme whereby
the wage Garner raises on a piece of
land near the city all. or nearly all,
mat his family needs in the way OF
rood' especially in this climate. That's
MS greatest item OF expense-fcod.
Why not raise his own food in his own
garden?
by doing this his wages or his salary
from his job soon becomes an income
that he can lay away, put
IN the savings bank, buy Liberty bonds
with, and all that.
VI course, this means that he will
q little extra work to do outside
his Job, but, with Il system, and his
Children to help, the work isn't great.
ana 1t can really be made Il pleasure.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27
GARDEN WITHIN HOME WALLS
Attractive Window Filling Adds Great.
ly to Appearance Of House,
Both Inside and Out.

When winter compels us to bring in
goldfish and water lilies from our
water garden and to tuck our roses in
unde warm overcoats and to mulch
the beds In the regular garden, we do
not cease to garden. For indoors we
nave our window or winter garden.
1t Is part of the life of the home-an
essential part, we hold. IT might well
be named "Everywoman's Conserya-
tory" because there Is nothing in II
but what can be grown by every won.
an, and yet 1t Is satisfying and beau
tlful always. Every country or SUBJ
urban home a have one as good or
better, at small cost and In r~etursaAr
a little care.
Our winter OF window garden Ia
part OF our living room, which faces
south. The room Is lighted by a dou.
Die window, sash dimensions Of the
usual household size. There Is a slight
division between the two sections of
the double window.
A teachable carpenter did the work
readily from u rough ideas. The lit
tie bit of summer that we keep with
US through the winter is contained In
a tiny conservatory, which Is support
ed by strong wooden brackets and so
against the house that 1t inclos,s
the opening made by taking Que the
sash of our double window.-Estelle
M. Gilbert, In House Beautiful.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27
For God end France.

nre was 50 heavythat. when they coun-
0r~er-attacked, we had to retire again,
and this time they kept after us and
Grove us beyond the trench We had
originally occupied.
We left them there. with our artil-
cry taking care Of them, and our ma
mine guns trying to enfilade them. and
znoved to the right. There was a
Huncn OF trees there, about like a small
8oods' and as we passed the Germans
<oncealed in 1t opened fire on us. and
retired to some reserve trenches.
.e were pretty much scattered by this
ne. and badly cut up. We reformed
- ~ were joined by other OF our
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27
CHAPTER TX.


LAO UP Tor Repairs.
One night, after / had been at Dix
nude for about three weeks, we mad,
a charge in the face of a very heav,
fire. Our captain always stood at tn,
parapet when we were going over, ant
made the sign Of the cross and shouted
For God and France" Then we would
go over. Our officers always led us
but / have never seen a German officer
lead a charge. They always were be,
hind their men, driving instead of lead.
Ing. l do not believe they are as brave
as they are said to be.
Well, we went over this time. and
the machine guns were certainly going
1t strong. We were pretty sore about
the chaplain and the Swiss and all
that, and we put up an awful fight, but
we could not make 1t and had to come
back. Only n company reached the
Boche trenches and not a man of 1t
came back who had not been wounded
on the way and did not reach the
trench. They were just wiped out,
The captain was missing, too. We.
thought he was done for, but about
two o'clock in the morning, he came
back. He simply fell over into the
trench. all in. He had been wounded
-FOUR times, and had lain in a shell
crater full of water for several hours.
He would not 60 back for treatment
then, and when daylight came, it was
too late, because we were practically
cut off by al dllery fire behind the front
line trenches.
When daylight came, the artillery
nre opened up right on us, and the
Germans had advanced their lines into
some trenches formerly held by us and
hardly forty-ive yards away. We re-
'ceived bombs and shells right In our
faces. A Tunisian in our company got
crazy, and ran back over the parados.
~ ran a few yards, then stopped and
looked back at us. I think he was
coming to his senses. and would have
started back to US. Then the SPOT
wnere ne q been was empty, and a
second later his body from the chest
down fell not three yards from the
parados. / do not know where the
top part went. That same shell cut q
groove In the low hilltop before It ex-
pioded. He had been hit BY a big
shell, and absolutely cut in two. I
seer this happen to four men, but
was the only one In France.
About seven o'clock, we received re-
Endorsements, and poured fresh troops
and retook the trench. No sooner
had we entered it. however, than the
Germans turned their artillery on us,
not even waiting for their own troops
o retire safely. They killed numbers
'f their own men in this way. But the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27
Protect Fruit Trees From Rodents

thousands of young fruit trees are
annually injured and many are killed
by mice and rabbits that gnaw the
trees just above the ground. Frequent
" young trees are completely girdled.
This trouble can be largely avoided by
protecting the lower part of the tree
trunk by banking it with earth late In
the fall or by wrapping the trunk with
building paper or even old ewspape
Wooi veneer and wire mesh tree
guards may be purchased in the mar
ket. One or more of these precautions
ought by all means to be taken MS n
means of protecting the young tree.
a 80 or $40 tree al be protected and
saved by the use of only a little labor
and the expenditure Of only a few
cents Tor material.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27
Uncle Sam Doesn't FIatter.

The persons employed in Washing
ton to make out passports for eager
young ladies' bound for Red Cross sery-
Ice In France must have soured dlspo.
sitions. That is what a Kansas civ
girl says, and she has proof Of It.
"She has q large mouth, a prominent
NOSE and sallow complexion" runs the
official description On her passport, and
now the girl says she doesn't know
whether she wants to go 20 France or
not.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27

did you forgive Willie Blimmer for
throwing a stone at you?" asked tho
solicitous mother.
"Oh, yes, mother" replied the oncel.
faced child. 81 threw n stone much
straighter than he did and now Willie
has some forgivlng to do his ownself"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27
DEPEW IS WOUNDED IN FIERCE FIGHT WITH GERMANS
AND GOES TO HOSPITAL

synopda-ADert n. Depew, author Of the story, tells of his service
IN me United States navy. during which he attained the rank of chief
petty omcer, nrstclass gunner. The world war starts soon after he
receives his honorable discharge from the navy. and he leaves for
france with a determination to enlist He joins the Foreign Legion and
= assigned to the dreadnaught Cassard, where his Workmanship wins
Lin high honors. Later be is transferred to the land forces and N n
me Flanders 'front.' he gets his first experience in a front line trench
u Dfxmuoe. DE goes "over the top" and gets his first German in a
oayonet light While on runner service, Depew is caught in a Zepneun
raid and has an exciting experience.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27

"See how Bits wife is stamping her
loot at him for wearing out the car.
pet by not wlping his feet"
Yes; those are regular thrift
stamps"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27
While In the hospital Depew

""Io TT inc hospital DepeW
witnesses a scene that con-
v'nces him that II 10 not only
the kaiser and his system, OUT
the German soldiers them.
selves. that are responsible for
much OF the friohtfulness that
has marked the war. Read
about this scene In the next In.
staIIment.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27
(To BE CONTINUED

Experiments with powdered peat fou
fuel have been so successful In Sweden
that a plant for its productior on
large scale has been established.