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foiled. Miller is young fellow and
there are some who think he is a deseretr
er from the army. He is evidently Of
draft age. He gave as his reason for
the attempted robbery that he was
hungry ard only wanted something to
eat. He was tried and bound over to
the circuit court. Failing to make
bond, he is now resting in the county
Jail.
Mrs. Molile Barden, wife Of Jno.
Barden, recently received a letter
from her son, Sam S. Barden, written
from Camp Merritt N. j., in which
he states that he is we'll and getting
along fine. He says that he has just
been made corporal and thinks he will
be sent over with his company at an
early date. Sam expresses the belief
that the war will soon be over and
says h xpcts to b back by spring
says he expects to be back home by
spring. The letter was sent us for
publication, but reached this office too
late.
According to dispatch from Nash
vile, under date of September 4, ev-
cry one of the sc counties in Tennes-
see is to be represented at the Tennes-
see State Organization Conference of
the First United War Work Campaign
to be held in Chattanooga next Tues
day and Wednesday, Sept, 10 and II.
This conference, which had been set
for Wednesday and Thursday, Sep
tember IL and IL, has been advanced
one day earlier so as not to conflict
with the governments new 81 to AS
draft registration on Thursday. Sep
tember IL.
Don't forget that the government
has issued an urgent request that all
automobiles be kept in the garage on
Sundays. This applies to all except
doctors and other cases Of urgent ne
cessity. Let's not have any slaekers
in Brownsville and Haywood county.
1t was because of an urgent need that
this request was made and if it is not
complied with, it will be followed by
demand. All garages will be closed
on Sundays and no gasoline will be
sold. Your neighbors and government
representatives are watching you and
are expecting you to set an example
in patriotism by strict compliance with
this request.
Mr.. Newton H. Bond recently of
Memphis, where he was engaged inthe
fancy grocery business, is now with
L. NJ. Short. Mr.. Bond comes highly
recommended as a splendid Christian
gentleman and an expert in the gro
cery business. Mr.. Bond has many ac-
quaintances in Brownsville and in
vites all his friends to call on him at
his new place of business.
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Private 7. G. Bond, Jr., has entered
the offcers training camp at Camp
Pike, Ark.
f. Hunter Collins has received his
commission as second lieutenant at
Camp Pike, and is now at home in
Memphis, with his mother, Mrs. H.
81 d. Collins.
Private Frank Bond has been made
instructor in the machine department
at Knoxville.
Lieut.. Albert Thomas is enjoying a
few days at home this week from
Camp Taylor, Louisville, KY.
Col Robert Thomas has been trans
ferred to Camp Forrest near Chatta-
nooga.
A cable from Lieut.. Ridley Wills as
sured his parents of his safety and
says he is training soldiers over there,
having refused an opportunity to come
back to the states,
Private Woodlef Thomas arrived
home Wednesday for two-days fur
Tough. He retu ned to Indianapolis
Friday.
Milton Langford writes that he has
stood the physical examination and
has been accepted for the officers
training camp at Camp Gordon.
Private Glynard Covington isconfn-
ed to the army hospital in New York.
He was on the transport ready to sail
but owing to some slight disease, he
has been detained for 80 days before
going over.
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL .

Pigs for Sale:-I have twenty nice
pigs from six to ten weeks old. Phone
21O or 119. Charlie Clinton.
Mr.. L. M. Short has engaged the
services of Mr.. W. D. Chapman at the
Short grocery store on the south side
of the square. Mr.. Chapman is splen-
did gentleman of wide business abil-
ity. He has spent his life in this COM
munity where he has a host of friends,
all of whom he will be glad to greet
and serve at this popular stand.
On last Saturday night the store of
L. M. Short was broken into by a
young man who gave his name as
Jack Miller. Night Marshal Lee
Claiborne heard the noise and captur-
ed Miller just after he had broken the
glass to the front door. Investiga-
tion showed that he had torn all the
screen wire from the two back win
dows before going to the front. The
back windows were protected from the
inside by iron bars, and for this rea-
son his attempt to enter there was
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-06

The following letter is to Mrs. JEFF
Gillian, Whiteville, Tenn, R. 3 from
her brother, Lester Howse, Remount
Depot, Vet. Corps, Camp Sewer, Green
vile, S. c.:
Camp Sewer, Greenville, S. C.
August 8, 1918.
Dear Sister:-How are you all this
time? It is still hot here, but I guess
it will begin to get cool the last of
this month.
We sure had fine game of ball
yesterday. The Base Hospital play
ed the Remount, and we beat tim
seven to nothing. Our boys went to
Hindersonville, N. O., to play this
evening. / hope they will win.
Festus Stoots Of Brownsville is
pitcher, and Paul Cook Of Chattanooga
is catcher. We have not lost but two
or three games this year and we play
two or three every week.
| am not sure, but ] think I will be
ct home during the Harmony meet
ing after all, | hope SO anyway. l
have been gone almost one year, but
it don't seem like three months to me,
Believe me, time sure flies when you
aie in a training camp.
Now, Ora, don't think because I
waited so long to answer your letter
! did not think of you every day, but
sometimes just forget to write.
Oh, yes, the boys do go across from
Florida, and I think Nelson Hill is
gone. They are going from all over
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NOTICE TO REGISTRARS

The registraes of the various dis
tricts are requested to call at the of.
flee of the local board
Saturday, September Z, 1918,
and secure supplies and instructions
for holding the registration in their
respective districts to be held on
Thursday, September 12, 1918.
The following is the list of regis
trars:
No. 1, Eurekaton-R. L. Newson.
No. /, Hillville-Tom Powell.
No. 2, Dancyville-Robert Trip.
No. 2, Shepp-Ernest Wilkorson.
No. 3-Will Tucker.
No. 4-W. H. Curlin.
No. 5, Holly Grove-Tom Castellaw.
No. 5, Aliens Station-Macon Thorn
ton.
No. 6-Jim Hart.
No. I'll. L. Levy.
No. 8-Tom Claiborne.
No. 9-Tom Joyner.
No. 10, Woodville-W. ]. Wilson.
No, 10, Forked Deer-Callie Wesson.
No. IL, Nut Bush--0. L. Jeffries.
No. IL, Tibbs-F. B. Shaw.
No. 12-W. 7. Bond
DIR. T. B. KING,
Chief Registrar. Haywood County.
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WHEN YOUR OWNS IN KHAKI
Army Takes on an Entirey New AS
pect to Relatives and Friends Of
Enlisted men.

1t makes all the difference in the
world when your owns in uniform, OBJ
serves the Columbus Dispatch. You
may think you have proper appre-
citation of the soldiers: you may feel
that you are a patriot; you may sup
pose that you are doing all you can
to help win the war. But you will
know nothing about appreciating
soldier, or about patriotism, or about
sacrifice, until one of your own puts on
a uniform.
All of which is suggested by lit
tie football game at the university,
when the soldiers were drilling. Few
noticed it, for it was not intended to
be noticed-but the few who did no
tice it grew mellow and sympathetic,
and left the grounds feeling that the
world does not realize the human suf-
fering that is endured by the women
in this country at this time.
A woman sat in one of the lower
priced seats. She came unattended.
NO one seemed to pay any atten-
ton to her. She was dressed demure-
ly, with dark veil about her eyes.
She knew nothing about football; that
was not what she went out to the
grounds to see. Her eyes were fas-
tened upon the uniforms; that was her
object-to behold the boys in khaki.
And she sat there while they were 60
ing through their drill and wiped a
tear from her eye occasionally and
her bosom heaved with emotion and
she spoke to no one about her. When
the soldiers left the field, she also left
unnoticed by the throng.
Her own boy wears a uniform
That was the sorrowful secret which
she held. He is somewhere in France
She knows none of those boys before
her, but her own wears uniform;
that was enough. And SO she-sat
there, praying, sympathizing, loving
these lads who are clad as her boy is
clad. 1t was a great game Of foot
ball--perhaps.
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the United States now. They pass
here every day. Answer soon.
Your brother, Lester.
Camp Raritan. N. J., Aug. 30

Camp Raritan, N. j., Aug. 20.
Mr.. Henry lay
Dear Father:-I will write you all
a few lines this morning. This letter
leaves me in good health and feeling
fine and hope it will find you all the
same. l have left Camp Gordon and
am at Camp Raritan, New Jersey, and
/ like here fine so far, for it is just a
small camp. / heard just few min
utes ago that we were going to leave
here today. / don't know how true it
is-going back over some Of the same
roads that we came over on our way
hereto a camp somewhere in Mary
land. Newt and / are still together.
We sure did have a nice journey up
her. The Red Cross ladies were cer-
tainly nice TO US, gave us lunch at
Charlotte, N. c.. 1t was at night when
we came through Washington, but |
got to see the Capitol. / hadn't been
here but little while before / ran up
on Will Mann. Sure was surprised
and gladt see him. We worked
nearly all night last night loading am
munition on the boat. This camp is
on the Raritan River. We loaded
enough to kill several Germans-ha,
hal Well, as that is about. all the
news and | must write few lines to
the rest, will close with love to all.
Don't worry about me, for will be
all right. Your son,
TRUMAN.
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Monday was busy day at the court
house, as it marked the change in
county officials, which was preceded
by the administration Of official oaths.
Following are the changes in the
official family:
E. B. Drake succeeds w. 7. Davis as
Sheriff; w. T. Davis succeeds N. B.
Keathley as county court clerk; w.
s. Lea succeeds John L. Dupree as
register; E. c. King and B. L. Capell
were reelected and trustee and circuit
court clerk respectively. On the
county school board. R. L. Joyner sue
ceeds E. B. Boren as representative
from the third school district and T.
p. Stuart succeeds w. s. Tucker as
representative from the first school
district. Neither Boren nor Tucker
stood for reelection.
New magistrates were elected in
the following districts: F. r. Jones
succeeds F. 7. Sweet in the second
district; G. F. Jones succeeds w. H.
Maxwell in the third district; Robert
Sturdivant and 7. A. Cobb succeed T.
j. Castellaw and E. B. Boren in the
fifth district; D. z. Suddith succeeds
W. H. Matthews in the sixth district;
r. G. Evans succeeds H. ]. Smith from
the seventh district; W. d. Whitehurst
succeeds G. A. Richardson from the
ninth district; r. F. Hathcock and
- Hendron succeed Tom Chapman and
J. H. McKinnon from the tenth dis
trict; 0. L. Jeffries succeeds 7. o. Hol-
1oway from the eleventh district and
III. B. Winburn succeeds T. E. Proctor
from the twelfth district All other
old magistrates were elcted as follows:
S. E. MCGEE and r. L. Newsom in
district No. /; J. B. Powell in district
2; ] w. Bourne in district no. 8; w, H.
curIn and W II. Joynef IL district
No. A; James MulIigan in District No.
6; James Upton, w. T. Currie and
"A. H. Kinney in district No. I; T. B.
Claiborne and Tom Christie in district
No. s; J. H. Estes in district No. 8; L.
G. Graves in district No. IL and j..
w. Medford in district No. IL.
E. L.. Allen, S. 7. Humphreys and
W.D. Whitehurst were reelected the
school board.
Only two mmbers of the court house
officials retire to private life. These
are John L. Dupree and N. B. Keath-
ley. Both have made splendid records
as county officials and leave public
office with the good wishes and friend
ship of host of loyal friends. N. B.
Keathley will continue in the insur-
ance business in Brownsville. Mr..
Dupree has not yet indicated what
business he will enter, but being
young, capable and efficient, he will
doubtless succeed in any business
he may undertake.
The new officials are all popular
men and will doubtless give good
account in their new positions. None
of them are subject to army draft and
hence there will be no breaking up Of
the official family for this cause.
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FROM SOLDIERS

The following letter has been re-
ceived by Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Morris
from their son, Charles, who is with
Tho Marines:
Miami Flying Fields, Miami, Fla,
August "a, 1918.
Dear Mother:-Arrived here two
days ago after spending thirty-three
days on an old tanker coming across,
and then landing US in Port Arthur,
Tex, and we came to Miami on the
train. Am sure glad to get back to
the States once more, for things are
not so convenient over there as they
are here. All the same we had >
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Lee Taylor, Gates, Tenn, RI, Will
Stephens.
William Anthony, Brownsville, D.
D. Shaw.
Jessie Emerson, Bells, R. 2, Farraw
& Connolly.
jeff Pinnix, Ripley, R. l, C Will Rice,
Sim Taylor, Erie Ba., 528 W. 18th st.
Brownsville, Tenn.)
VIM. 0dell Read, Jacksonville, Tenn,
C Dupont Engineering Co.
LOCAL BOARD FOR THE
COUNTY OF HAYWOOD,
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
BROWNSVILLE, TENN.
BY Jno. O. bonner, Secretary.
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II WHITE men LEAVE
FOR TRAINING CAMP
VIII Entrain for Camp wadsworth,
Spartansburg, s. c., on the 2:46
Train This Afternoon: List Of AL
ternates and Regulars.
Regulars.

Regulars.
Gussie Monroe Parks.
George Bond Sampns
Alsew Williams.
Marvin WeaDs y
sClt is..
Johnnie Thomas Harrell,
George Calvin Hood. sl
Richard David Escue.
Joe Helton.
!. Eddie Williams.
Elmer Lee Harwell
VIM. v. Written.
VIM. Thos. Kinney.
7. o. Covington.
Lonnie B. Sherrod.
Bryan Arthur Norvell.
Glenn Kerr Hill.
Alternates.
Cecil Osborne.
Wilbur Daniels.
Paul Leroy Jones.
John Read Taylor.
Lonnie Wilder Pearson.
Leslie Bachcrig.
LOCAL BOARD FOR THE
COUNTY OF HAYWOOD,
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
BROWNSVILLE, TENN.
Jno. o. bonner, Secretary.
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OUR COUNTY SOLDIERS

Private Ernie Douglas spent last
week in town shaking hands with
friends.
Corporal Stanley Bauman will ar
rive home Friday from Camp Pike,
Ark, on a ten days furlough.
Clyde Walker left on September 2
for Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ca, where
he has been assigned for limited serv-
ice.
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good time, and did good work and had
good luck. We drove the U-boats
away from their bases around the
small islands off the west coast OF
Portugal and Africa, where they had
been doing lot of damage before the
marines appeared on the scene. We
used hydroplanes altogether and did
all our work over the water, and as
| said, we had good luck all the way
through.
We only lost five or six machines,
and not one man killed. Our compa-
ny was small one, only sixty men
in all and we had fifteen machines in
operation at all times. The company
was composed of the best bunch OF
men ever saw. It was just like one
large family. We were ell friendly
and pulled together. We always had
the very best of food and plenty of
it, but we did not get much mail. We
were over four months getting any
mail at all one time, and l have only
received two letters from you, and
am sure you have written more than
that. But we were always on the
Jump and stationed in some out-of-the-
way place where a ship from the
States never reached US with nail
And when ship would reach us with
mail we would declare it a. national
holiday end take day off, for we
sure were a happy bunch Of men.
We were stationed most of the time
on the Azores Islands, but we went
from there to the Cannry Islands, and
to Portugal. I could not send any
thing home from over there, but did
manage to bring you Q linen dress,
which bought in Africa. and some
little souvenirs from the Islands. which
y t:ara alseadv nc ;!ef: :sfE;s :'. 10 | h9ne
YOU wilIseet them al right and they
will please you. ! don't expect ! will
get to come home soon, as ony few
Of us came back, and was one Of
the lucky ones, and we came back to
get new machines and form new
company, and then go back But
this time we will see real fighting fol
we have got a land machine company
this time. Before we had only sea.
planes and did all our work over the
seas.
received two cards from Louis
and / also wrote to him, but / don't
know if he got my letters or not. He
is somewhere in the interior of France
and l didn't get that far. / was only
in a couple of seaport towns on the
coast Of France, and then was on the
oil ship and on my way home. Well
! am very anxious to hear from yol
and all of the news from home. lik,
this little city Of Miami fine. 1t is {
beautiful place and there are three
aviation fields here-the army, navy
and the marines, so the machines from
all three stations keep the air darl
most all the time. The people her,
like the marines best, and they ar
real good to us. In my next letter
will tell you of the landing of the ma
rines in the Azores, where a subma
rine had shot up the town before W,
got there, and how delighted the peo
pie were to see up.
Write me long letter and tell M
of all Brownsville news, for I an
anxious to hear from you and from tn
town. ! will write real often.
Lovingly, your son,
CHAS. /. MORRIS,
Marine Aero Co., Miami, Fla.
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PIGEONS AT THE FRONT.

\ Sixty pigeons housed in London
motor omnibus from Piccadilly! In
a sketch published in the San Francis
CO Arganaut, a British chaplain in
France describes the strange pigeon
loft. The outside top part of the om-
nibus, he says, is rooted in to form
cage, while the men occupy the inside
--or rather, three-quarters of the in
side, because the front part of the in
side is also part of the cage, which you
enter by a door from the mems room,
and also by door at the top of the
back stairway.
There is an opening in the front part
Of the cage, cleverly arranged to let
the birds enter when they return from
their fights, but Tot to let them escape
whsS. they are inside A board is
N naised past inside the,opening,
;Te "a II on slsez
Il riags inside the omnibus 70
tell khe men that a pigeon has come
nome. Two arrived while / was there;
they had come from the trenches five
miles away in twelve minutes. The
pigeons are taken out in baskets to the
trenches, to bring messages back in
case the wire communications should
be cut by the enemys fire. If not
wanted for this purpose, they are sent
flying back after twenty-four hours
with some message, just for practice.
Each pigeon has a ring put on its leg
when quite young, and is known by
the number on the ring.
AS soon as the bird arrives at the
loft man creeps into the cage, catch
es it, reads the message, writes itdown
in duplicate, and sends an orderly at
once with copy to the signal officer
whence it is sent forth like an ordi-
nary telegram to its destination. The
birds are always sent out in couples
each with the same message, in case
one should be shot by the enemy. Two
males or two females are sent together
never a male and female, lest they
loiter on the way, or Eve tempt Ad'
am to wander from the path of duty
The crew of the loft consists OF 9
chauffeur to drive the motor, an ex'
pert pigeon tanner, who also acts as
cook, an orderly to run with the mes
sages.
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Dupont BUILDS "Y" BUILDINGS

Two Red Triangle buildings, one
for white men and one for colored men,
estimated to cost $4,000 each, will
be erected for Dupont Powder Com
pany employees at Panama, Near Will
liamsburg, Va.
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new HAYWOOD COUNTY OFFICERS
ARE NOW ON their JOBS

MONDAY WAS BUSY DAY AT THE COURT HOUSE, ALL COUNTY
OFFICERS INCLUDING MAGISTRATES CONsTABLEs AND
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TAKE OATH OF OFFICE: MANY
CHANGES IN OFFICIAL FAMILY: NONE OF NEW COUNTY Of
FICIALS SUBJECT TO DRAFT
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-06
HUNS STILL IN FLIGHT
LATE WAR news SUMMARIZED

GERMANS GIVING GROUND OVER FRONT OF HUNDRED AND
FIFTY MILES: FRENCH BRITISH AND AMERICANS IN CLOSE
PURSUIT: GERMANS ARE BURNING BRIDGES AND DESTROY
PROPERTY LENS EvACUATED ALLIES WILL OCCUPY CITY
AS SOON AS GAS FUMES ARE DIsSIPATED.
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REGISTRANTS FAIL TO
RETURN QUESTIONNAIRES

Registrars Who Registered August
24th1 1918, and -Faied to Return
Questionnnaires.
Williston graphic., 1918-06-20

In accordance with the declaration
of President Wilson, Williston will
celebrate the Fourth of July in grand
style. The day will be in charge of
the Williams County Red Cross and
all proceeds of the day will 60 to the
County Chapter. The day will start
off with a monster parade at 10
o'clock in the morning. 1t is the in
tentions of the parade committee to
make this the best and largest parade
that Williston ever witnessed. The
parade is going to be different and
more attractive than any other parade
that was ever held here. After lunch
at noon the real sport stunts at the
Fair Grounds will take place and will
be composed of horse racing, auto
racing, home guard drills, and other
attractions, such as bucking contests
and hurdle races. All Red Cross
chapters throughout the county are
invited to take part in the celebra-
ton and be represented in the pro-
gram of the day. There will probably
be large display of daylight fire.
works such as is being put on at the
Williston graphic., 1918-06-20
Farewell For Boys
At ArmOry Monday

A farewell patriotic meeting for
the draft boys who leave here June
25th. will be held at the Armory Mon
day evening at 7 P. NJ. E. c. Carney
chairman of the Red Cross urges that
all persons who can attend this meet
ing. 1t seems that of late since there
have been so many Of these meetings
that the people have been losing in
terest in them and have neglected at
tending them. 1t is the duty of all
the citizens to make it point to be
present at these meetings and give
the home boys the best possible send
off before they leave to face the Hun.
The meeting Monday will be address
ed by Sgt. J. F. Down of the Canadian
Army, who has seen several years Of
service at the front and was wounded
twice. He has a message that will
interest all and it is hoped that the
Armory will be packed to capacity.
Williston graphic., 1918-06-20
MONSTER RED CROSS FOURTH
IS PLANNED FOR W|Ll|ST0N
Parade Auto and Horse Races at Fair Grounds
Home Guard Manouvers, and Fireworks Planned For
July 4-Red Cross In Charge

large army camps of the country
There will also be large dance in
the evening and other attractions of
note. After the parade in the morn
! ing there will be a short program at
the Armory and prominent speaker
will be secured for the day. L. D.
Rodman is acting as chairman of the
committees and any out of town Red
Cross chapters that intend to take
part should notify him as soon as
possible.
The other committees Of the day
are as follows: Mrs. Hedderich, Mrs
Hogan and Mrs. Christensen, Red
Cross Committee. S. D. Scott and
Thos. Hogan parade and dancing.
Capt. jeffrey Home Guard and Fair
Grounds. Judge A. L. Butler, adver-
tising and Armory program. r. C.
Gilmer, auto races, George Newton
horse races. T. C. Hutchinson fire.
works. George Leonhardy auto trans
fer. Prof. Ohnstad music.
The gate charges at the fair
grounds for the entire program of
the day that will be held there is only
25c.