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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-09-19

Tor the support and maintenance
OF the Rankin County Agricultur.
81 High Sshool located at Johns.
Miss, for the fiscal year, 1918-'19
Ordered by the board that !
levy of 5 mills on the dollar be
and the same is levied on all tax
able property in Briar Hill school
CONTINUED on page q
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-09-19
lowances be made, to-wit:
Oscar Bilbro, vat work $3.50.
E. L. Jones, live stock inspector

NV 0hSCc UC ul6uSt tOsW1ts
Oscar Bilbro, vat work $3.50.
E. L. Jones, live stock inspector
$75.
A. ]. Grantham, same SIS.
w. P. Thornton, building bridge
and making fill $40.
Ed Chapman, building bridge
and making two fills $115.
G. E. Mckay, vat work So.
Joe Mcfarland, same $3.50.
J. M. Comfort, live stock inspec-
tor for 20 days, $780,
Curtis Right building bridge
and repairs to bridges $1O8.50.
L. D. Smith, wages self and cook.
and extra work $64.05.
A. B. Stubblefield and others,
pension board SERVES two days
per diem $50.
Joe Tucker, vat work So.
w. E. Cofer, repairs to bridge
81.
G. w. Long, building bridge $35.
e. M. Kersh, repairs to Meek's
Ferry $40.
G. w. Smith, repairs to bridge
SIS.
Bette Lewis, pauper support
$3.50.
Patience McLaurin, same $3.50.
Efie Dent, same $3.50.
Bob Williams, same $3.50.
Louisa Harper, same $3.50.
Fannie Myers, same $3.50.
Alfred Myers, same $3.50.
S. B. Burks, salary, 500.
DR.. w. H. Watson, medical SER
vices $25.
Jesse Hemphill, salary $25.
Bill Cheek, salary as ferryman,
$3.50.
Alex Seals, repairs to bridge
$1.5O.
D. c. Burnham, building bridge
$40.
D. 7. Meyers, making fill $40.
Frank Little, making two fills
! 1924.
J. F. Purvis, hauling cement,
1925.
Tucker Printing Co., record for
chancery clerk $3.50.
Jesse H. Wynn, shop bill So.
A. j. Grantham, hauling medi-
cine and freight $1.2O.
Forney Grantham, vat work So.
Guss Weathersby, vat work So.
Medley May, vat work SIS.
Oscar Bilbro, vat work $3.50.
j. w. Fortenberry, same So.
j. w. Wilmington, same $3.50.
G. S. Thrash, same 50.
O. P. Cross, same So.
G. B. Coward, lumber $5.O5.
j. P. Lawrence, repairs to
bridge 81.
j. w. Fortenberry, building
bridge, making fill, lumber anu re-
pairs to bridges $75.15.
O. F. Laird, expense on vat 81.
J. S. Laird, lumber $16.68.
j. D. Jenkins, repairs to bridge
| SO.
w. G. Barnes, S sacks cement
$6.25.
c. c. Rouse, vat work SO.
Tom Grain, same Sc.
S. D. Donnell, conveying lunatic
to asylum and lunacy fees $1,000.
T. ]. Jones, live stock inspec-
tor $45.
Rankin Clack, vat work Sc.
VIM. Riddle, lumber and repairs
to vat 81.
James Writ, vat work Sc.
Will Sutton, vat work rs.
j. M. Jones, rebuilding vat
I s26.25.
S. D. Donnell, postage Sc.
| A. G.. King, live stock inspector,
SIS.
! r. M. HarrelI, same $75.
C. F. Laird, same SIS.
| w. G. Barnes, mdse cuonty farm
! $71.65.
| ]. A. Robinson, postage, cost
in lunacy case $1,000.
S. D. Donnell, victualing pris-
oner, $3.50.
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property in Fannin Separate
School district in Rankin county.
for the support and maintenance
of the said separate school dis
trict for the scholastic year 1913
10.
Be it ordered that IA mills le-
w be made on all the taxable
property IN Rankin county, Miss,
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up reinforcements nor retire. So we
went owe and cleaned them out and
took the trench. But then our guns
had to stop because we were in range,
and the Turks brought up reinforce
ments from other parts OF the line and
we were driven back after holding
their trench all afternoon. It was
about ffty-fifty, though, for when they
reinforced n part Of the line some
Of III troops would break through in
another part.
That night there was a terrible rain
storm. / guess it was really a cloud
burst. We had all the water we
wanted then, and more, too. A great
many men and mules were drowned,
both of our troops and the Turkish.
Trenches were washed in and most Of
the works ruined. There we're several
Turkish bodies washed into our trench,
and two mules came over together,
though whether they were Turkish or
French or British / do not know.
A few days after the rain stopped
l was going along the road to the
docks at "V" beach when I saw some
examples of the freakishness of shells.
There was a long string of mules go
ing back to the trenches with water
and supplies Of various kinds. We
drew up to n side to let them pass.
Two or three mules away from us
was an old-timer with only one ear,
and that very gray, loaded to the gun
wales with bags Of water. He had had
his troubles, that old boy, but they
were just about over, for there was q
flash and the next instant you could
not see a thing left of Old Missouri.
He just vanished. But two Of the
water bags were not even touched,
and another one had only q little hole
In. 1t. There they lay on the ground,
just as though you had taken the mule
out from under them. The mules next
him, fore and aft, were knocked down
by the conclusion but unframed; but
the third mule behind had one ear
cut to shreds, and the man behind
him was badly shot up and stunned.
A little farther on a shell had struck
the road and plowed a furrow two or
three feet wide, and inst as straight
as an arrow for three of four yards;
It then turned Off at almost a
right angle and continued for a yard
or two more before it burst and made
a big hole. That Turk gunner must
have put a lot Of English on that shell
when he fred 1t. He got somebody's
number with that shot, too, and the
lad paid pretty high, for there was
blood around the hole, not quite dry
when we got to 1t.
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
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But the Turks were not as bad as
Fritz. They were just as good or bet
ter as fighters, and a whole lot whittier.
Often, when we were frying in the
trenches and not q drop of water was
TO be had, something would land on
the ground near us and there would be
a water bottle, full. Sometimes they
almost bombarded us with bottles.
Then, too, they would not fire on the
Red Cross, as the Germans do; they
would hold their fire many times when
we were out picking up u wounded.
Several times they dragged our wound
ed as close as they could to the barbed
wire that We might find them easier.
After Murray died l got to thinking
a lot more than / used to, and though
1 did not have any bunch exactly, still
I felt as though / might get it, too,
thought much about before. I used to
think about my grandmother, too,
when / had time, and about Brown.
l used to wonder what Brown was
doing and wish we were together. But
l could remember my grandmother
smiling, and that helped some. I guess
1 was lonely, to tell the truth. I did
not know the other garbies very we'll,
and the only one left that I WAS
really very friendly with got his soon
afterward, though not as bad as Muir
ray. And then there was no one that
/ was really chummy with. That would
not have bothered me at all before
Murray died.
The other lad 1 spoke of as having
been chummy with was Philippe
Pierre. He was about eighteen and
came from Bordeaux. He was q very
cheerful fellow and he and Murray
and 1 used to be together a lot. He
felt almost as bad about Murray az
I did, and you could see that 1t
changed him a great deal, too. But he
was still cheerful most Of the time.
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ASTHMA
INSTANTLY RELIEVED WITH
ESlIuEN2
OR MONEY REFUNDED ASK ANY DRUGGIST

those stiffened joints, that backache, rheu-
matism, lumbago, s~ci2tica, gall stones,
gravel, 'brick DUST" etc. They are an
effective remedy for all diseases of the
bladder, kidney, liver, stomach and allied
organs.
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules
cleanse the kidneys and purify the blood.
They frequently ward off attacks of the
dangerous and fatal diseases of the kid.
neys. They have a beneficial effect, and
often completely cure the diseases of the
bodily organs, allied with the bladder and
kidneys.
If you are troubled with soreness across
the loins or with Simple" aches and pains
in the back take warning, it may be the
preliminary indications Of some dreadful
malady which can be warded off or cured
if tai n in time.
Go to your druggist today and get q box
of GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules.
Money refunded if they do not help you.
Three sizes. GOLD MEDAL are the pure,
original imported HARLEM Oil Capsules.
Accept No Substitutes.-Adv.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04
WEAK KIDNEYS MEAN
A WEAK BODY

When you're fifty, your body begins to
creak a little at the hinges. Motion is
more slow and deliberate. mot so young
as l used to be" is a frequent and unwef-
come thought. Certain bodily functions
upon which good health and good spirits
SO much depend, are impaired. The weak
spot is generally the bladder. Unpleasant
symptoms show themselves. Painful and
annoying complications in other organs
arise. This is particularly true with ell
derby people. If you only know how, this
trouble can be obviated.
For ever 200 years GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil has been relieving the in
convenience. and pain due to advancing
years. 1t is a standard, old-time home
remedy, and needs no introduction. 1t is
now put up in odorless, t~asteless capsules.
These are easier and more pleasant to take
than the oil in bottles.
Each capsule contains about one dose of
Ave drops. Take them just like you would
any pill, with a small swallow of water.
They soak into the system and throw off
the poisons which are making you old be-
fore your time. They will quickly relieve
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04

found lots Of dead Turks under piles
Of rock, where our guns had battered
the walls Of the qusrries down on
them.
We were fighting about this part of
the country one time when we saw
three motor trucks disappear over the
side of a hill going across country.
The detachment from the Cassard was
sent over on the u and we came
upon the Turks from those trucks and
several others just after they had got
out and were starting ahead on foot.
We captured that whole bunch--I do
not know how many in all. They we're
reinfOrcements on their way to q part
Of their line that we were battering
very hard, and by capturing them we
helped the Anzacs a great deal, for
they were able to get through for q
big gain.
We held that position, though they
rained shells on us so hard all that
day and night that we thought they
were placing a barrage for a raid, and
stood to arms until almost moor the
next day. But our guns gave back
shell for shell, and pounded the Turk
ish trenches and broke shrapnel over
them until they had all they could
do to stay in them.
Finally, our guns placed shell after
shell on the enemy's communication
trenches, and they could neither bring
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04
CHAPTER XIII.


One night, while we were expecting
an attack, the word was passed down
the line to have the wire cutters ready
and to use bayonets only for the first
part Of the attack, for we were to try
and take the first enemy trench by
surprise. The first trench was only
about eighty yards away. Our big guns
opened up and at zero we climbed out
and followed the curtain Of fire too
closely, 1t seemed to me.
But the barrage stopped too soon,
as 1t does sometimes, and there were
plenty Of Turks left. We were half
way across when they saw us, and
they began banging away at us very
hard. They pounded at us as we came
on until we were given the order to
retire, almost as we were on them
what was left of us.
AS we turned and started back the
Turks rushed out to counter-attack us,
the first Of them busy with bombs.
Then I tripped over something and
rolled around a while and then saw
it vas Philippe Pierre. His left leg
was dangling, cloth and flesh and all
shot away and the leg hanging to the
rest Of him by a shred. Two or three
Of our men who were on their way
back to our trenches tripped over me
as / tried to get up, and hen a shell
exploded near by and / thought. I had
got 1t sure, but 1t was only the rocks
thrown up by the explosion.
Finally l was able to stand up. So
I slung my rifle over one shoulder
and got Philippe Pierre up on the
other, with his body from the waist
up hanging over my back, so that
/ could hold his wounded leg on, and
started back. There was only one or
two Of our men left between the
trenches. Our machine guns were at
it hard and the Turks were firing and
bombing at full speed.
/ had not gone more than two or
three PAGES when I came across
another Of our men, wounded In sew
eral places and grooming away at a
great rate. Philippe Pierre was not
saying a word. but the other chap
did enough for the two of them. One
wounded man was all I could manage,
with my rifle and pack, over the rough
ground and the barbed wire I had tc
go through. So I told this fellow,
whose name / cannot remember-I
never did know him very well-that /
would come back for him, and went
on. / almost fell several times, but
managed to get through safely and
rolled over our parapet with Philippe
Pierre. They started the lad back In
a stretcher right away. When I saw
him again he gave me a little box as
a souvenir, but / have lost 1t.
The Turks had not got very far with
their counter-attack, because we were
able to get our barrage going In time
to check them. But they were still out
in front of their trenches when ]
started back after the other garby.
I was not exactly afraid as / crawled
along searching for the other man,
but ! was very thirsty and nervous
for fear M barrage would begin
again or the machine guns cut loose.
After what seemed q long time / came
upon a wounded man, but he was not
the one ! was after. j thought about
"a bird In the hand" ETC.. and was just
starting to pick this char up when
y shell burst almost on rs and
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CHAPTER xIl--Continued,


No one man can see all Of an attack,
which may extend over miles of
ground, but during the three weeks
i was In the trenches on the GallipOli
peninsula we made -four grand attacks
and many minor ones, so l know in a
general way what they are like. Each
wave is organized like the others.
First come three lines Of what you
might call g%renadiers, though they are
not picked for size as the old kings
grenadiers used TO be. They are de-
ployed in skirmish formation, which
means that every man is three yards
from the next. They were armed only
with grenades, but, you car take 1t
from me, that Is enough! Behind them
come two lines, also In skirmish for
nation, and armed with machine guns
and grenade rifles. The first men on
the left carry machine guns, then come
three rifle ~grenadiers, and then anoth-
er machine gun and so on down the
length of the line. After these come
two lines Of rifemen with fixed bay
onets.
Then come the trench cleaners, or
were some gang, believe NE. Imagine
team Of rugby players spread out In
two lines-only with hundreds of men
on the team instead of eleven, and
each man a husky, capable of ham
ding a baby grand piano single
randa1 Thaca fallou,o uyara orn,ad
with everything you could think of,
and u whole lot more that you could
not dream about In a nightmare. 1t
used to remind me of a trial / saw
In New York once, where the police
had raided a yeggmen's flop and had
all their weapons In the courtroom al
exhibits.
The moppers-up were heeled with
sticks, clubs, s~hillelahs, black-jacks,
,two-handed cleavers, axes, trench
knives, poniards, up-to-date toma- !
hawks, brass knuckles, slung shots
anything that was ever invented for
crashing a man with, I guess, except
firearms. These knock-down, drag-out |
artists follow the riflemen very closely. |
Their job was to take care Of all the
Turks who could not escape and would
not surrender.
There are lots Of men In any army
who will not surrender, but / think
probably there were more Turks Of
that gameness than men In most other
armies. l have heard that IL Is a part
OF their religion that a man, IL he
dies fighting, goes to a very specially
fancy heaven, with plenty to eat and
smoke. And l suppose If he surren-
Hers they believe he will be put In
the black gang, stocking for eternity
down below. 1t was awfully hot at the
Dardanelles and / guess the Turks
Did not want Ii any hotter, for very
Few Of them ever surrendered, and the
trench cleaners had a lot to do. Their
Job is really important, for 1t is danger
Gus to lave groups Of the enemy alive
and kicking around in their trenches
hfter you have passed. Almost every
prisoner we took was wounded.
The n thing / do not like to have
people ask me is, "How does 1t feel to
Kill a man?" and 1 think the other
boys feel the same way about 1t. 1t
Is not a thing you like to talk about
or think about either. But this time,
at "" beach. when we got past the
first and second Turk trenches and
were at work on the third. I do not
mind saying that l was glad whenever
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04
Old English Holidays.

In the list Of old English holidays
Candlemas was February 2, the date
on which we now look for the ground
hog to forecast the weather, and Old
Candlemas, February IA, which Is now
observed at st. Valentines day.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04
Should Say Not.

"It's all right to pay as you CO." OBJ
served the almost philosopher, "but II
you have to pay % tents street car
fare to get there and back, the chances
are you won't GO"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04
Unusual Candor.

Ire following marriage notice,
clipped from an English newspaper, is
delightfully."- frank In it's climax:
Married-On the 18th inst, at Stoke
upon-Trent, Mr.. Joseph Farmer to
Eliz. Walklate, both of Cobridge, In
the Pottery, after Il tedious courtship
Of about twelve years.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04

I slipped my bayonet into a Turk and
more glad when l saw another one
coming. 1 guess l saw red all right.
Each time I thought, maybe you are
the n who did poor old Murray"
And ! could e Murray as he looked
when they took him down from the
~eforehouse wall. Then ! would stick
another one.
The others from the Cassard were
sSoSnots TOO, and they went at the
xutks - great style. There was
2stnine z 9 'somplain about In the way
~ fought. but I wished that We hs1
~ mere boys from the Foreign
xhirk We would have
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04

Millions of particular women now use
and recommend Red Cross Ball Blue. AID
grocers. Adv.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04
His View.

"Wives are sold in the FIJI Islands
for S. EACH"
"Ughl"
SHANE, isn't itf"
Eyes" growled the grouchy bache-
lor; "more NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Courier-Journal.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04

Pliers have been patented by an ILL.,
nois inventor to split insulation and re-
move It from wires neatly.
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Quite True.

"Why is 1t that wisdom teeth give
people such trouble?"
II suppose it is because they are
wise-achers."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04

Philadelphia %entertains q dozen con-
ventions this year.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04

Two hundred thousand women In
England are engaged in agricultural
pursuits.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04
One Exception.

One Exception.
II believe In handling all things
without gloves"
How about live wires"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-04
The BuiIdinu of Life.

Life is a building. 1t rises slowly
day by day, through the years. Every
new lesson we learn lays a block on
the edifce which is rising silently with
in us. Every experience, every touch
Of another life on ours, every influence
that impresses u.s., every book we read,
every conversation we have, every act
Of u commonest days, adds some
thing to the invisible building.J. R
Miller.
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DCFoR YOUR sTOMAcH'S SAKE

Is positively guaranteed to clear the excess
acid out OF your stomach and bowels.
1t Is made In the form of pleasant-tasting
t~ablets-handy TO carry around with you.
Get q big box OF EATONIO at any drug
store and see how quickly 1t banishes the i'm
mediate effects OF a~cid-stomach. Away with
heartburn. belching. food repeating. indiges-
ton .etc.- and then see how your generalhealth
improves.
SO again we tell you-ipaist upon tiff You
Az ar.ns get dig box rom youf
You have faith in your druggist. We authorize
nim TO absolutely guarantee EArOEIO to you
and you can trust your own druggist TO make
way. take 10 back--he win refund your money.
" your druggist does not keep EATONIC. drop
- . postal card and we will eend 10 TO you %
Qnce; you can send as the Soc after you get -
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There IL satisfaction in the thought
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What is Castoria

~ASTORIA is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Psregorc,
Drops and Soothing Syrups. 1t is pleasant. 1t contains neither
Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guar.
antee. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief
Of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Collie and Diarrhna; alaying Feveish-
ness arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels,
aids the assimilation Of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep.
TIE Chldren's Panacea-The Mothers Friend.
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over
Soyears. has borne the signature ofChas. II. Fletcher, and has been made under
All Counterfeits, limitations and 'Just-as-GoOd' are but Experiments that
trhe with and endanger the health Of Infants and -
Chldren-Experience against Experiment. NTI~
Genuine Castoria always bears the signature OF CA<V ~LAM
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Daily Thouaht.

TO be nameless In worthy deeds, ex-
cceds an Infamous history.-Sir Thorn
as Browne.
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Don't Get HUNG Up
With an Acid Stomach
It's just Acidity
That Makes Millions
Sick and Suffer

It's true. There are millions Of
people all ove the land who are weak,
nervous, all tired and dragged out,
who are trying to build up their jaded
nerves and weakened bodies with drugs
and stimulants; and many of them
also EAT and EAT-but fail to get anywhere
near the full amount of strength and nourish-
ment out OF their food. Why3 Simply because
OF too much acid In the stomach-superacidity.
Get rid Of the excess acid. Your stomach ~
oil right-just give IL o chance to work easily
and naturally. Thenseehow good you will feel
your pep comes back. and your bloodwarmsu pl
new method-truly q wonderful discov.
arv aallah
The Holly chieftain., 1918-01-04
Noties for Publieation


Notes for Publication
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office 1T Lamar. Colorado
December 10. 1917
Notice is hereby given that Oman
Mckinney, of Holly, Colorado, who,
on August IL. 1914, made Home
stead entry, No. Ol46S4. for the Lots
3, 4. S1sNWA and SWA of, Section
5, Township % s., Range Al W., 9th
P. NJ. has filed notice of intention
to make Final three year proof, to
establish claim to the land above
described. before the Register and
Receiver, U. s. Land Office, at Lamar,
Colorado, on the 9th day Of Feb,
1918.
Claimant names as witnesses:
George Herran, Albert Herran, Ed
Sunnyfrank, C. A. Pinkham, all, of
Holly, Colorado.
A. L. Beavers Register.
Dec. 14-Jan. Is.