davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-09
BITS OF
STATE NEWS

sietly speaking the following is
ots west virginia story, but it is
bout wen known West Virginlan
! Ss5d it was printed in the New YORK
World 81 saturday:
Puf6er, Of Charieston, W. va"
rived here several days ago 10 1ill-
~ some business affairs tor thS
F!iSaFleSfon Chamber Of Commerce, OF
. lSich he Is secretary There was an
- scted delay, so, dropping across
80 street from the Empire hotel 70
.ETesteIn Union office, he Tiled a tele'
Eram rs his wife full OF love anc
si1SII see my nan tonight at
5eiocJS1 he wired, and added a hst
"a reasons, concluding with express
IONS oe devotion and the time ne
would be home. .,.
W6en he reached home, thirty-sS
Ilours later, 'eSir, how dare you: sslo
4; 6o5st understand said M Puff
q sse weekly. whats the big idea
IA Eife thrust yellow telegram
- i I shan see mt LOVE tonight" it
The next day Mr. Pufrer lesped OFF
spsfiSaTs Pullman in this city. Ten
5T5Sssiinites later he was ushered into the
7=55ri5Tate Office OF President Carlton OF
~ western Union at 40. 1875 Broad
~. M. Puffer explained his visit
~. Carlton is man Of depth and
n Iarsf andinS-an is married Over
7incheon Mr.. Pufer explained he
3 idn't care for money = he wanted !
= o4line from the Western Union. eX'
cent something that would impress
MRS PuRer. ..
m. Puffer went home with copies
two telegrams. official letters from
he Western Union, and note from
I. Carlton. explaining with true ap-
recitation the delicacy and acuteneSs
y the situation. that The YagaFies OF
.tF1e wire had been to blame and not
Er. PufEer.
Pie Davies NeNs is Responsible for
ne following: Sol Flanagan. pros i
srous farmer OF Canaan Valley. hap
ened with peculiar experience on
farm few days ago. There is
iat1fal well on his farm, through
SIifch q stream flows. 1t is said that
Sh have been caught out OF the Wen. !
few years ago Sol decided to build ;
barn over this well IN which he kept
SoTde machinery and stock A few
IHays ago he was nonplussed upon go
m 10 the barn to find three cows |
md moving machine missing. A
large hole In the floo- OF the barn !
loLd where to look for the stock and !
aehine -one Of the COWS had slid in
EfEst caused by the giving away of
Eiie rotted door and the mower. FOL |
ged BY the other two cows. A team |
z orses was hastily secured and the /!
5eEnpa1ts Of the well removed. It is |
Val the two top COWS were not in !
51Eed mich but that the underneath |
Iones was pretty badly used up.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-02
THE WEARY WAY

Daily becoming less Wearisome to many
in Scotland Neck.
With back that aches all day,
With rest disturbed at night,
Annoying urinary disorders,
IT'S weary way, indeed.
Doan's Kidney Pills are especially
for Kidney Trouble
Are endorsed by Scotland Neck citi
zens.
J. w. Leicester, Scotland Neck, says:
-Four years ago I suffered terribly
with pains in the region of my kidneys.
I sure was in misery. I was nervous
had no appetite and lost in weight. I
had sallow look 90. Finally I began
taking Doan 8 Kidney Pills and two box
es was all that was required to make
me feel a great deal better''
Price 6Oc, at all dealers. Don It sim
ply ask for kidney remedy get Doan 8
Kidney Pills-the same that Mr.. Leices-
ter had Foster Milburn Co., Mfgrs
Buffalo, n. Y.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-02
SPECIAL SERVICES AT BAP-
list CHURCH
O.

At the Baptist Church Sunday
the subjects at the two services
will be as follows:
At the eleven o'clock service
Rev. Thomas will preach on
Paul's Confession of Faith.''
Everyone should hear this ser
This sermon will help every Chris
tan, and others will find much to
cheer them.
At the evening service at 8 80
o'clock the subject will be "Chris1
IN court or proving the Great Wit
ness.''
It will be Of some interest
to lawyers and others interested
in court scenes. Men of sceptical
turn of mind will be interested in
this sermon.
Everybody invited-strangers
Welcomed services short.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-02
PERSONALS

Mrs. A. J. Boscoly left this morn
inc for Weldon on visit.
Mr.. Seba Whitehead was a Wis
itor in Weldon last night.
Mrs. Berry Price, Of Mullins,
was a visitor in town yesterday.
U@0-O
Miss Mamie Wilson left this
morning for Windsor on a visit.
Mrs. w. d. Gallapsy left this
morning for Norfolk on visit.
Miss Irene Barfield left this
morning for Windsor on a visit.
49,
Messrs Robert Allen and James
Johnson, Of Weldon were visitors
in town last night.
O-O-O
Miss Annie Norfleet, Of Roxbel
arrived last night on a visit to
Miss Reba Shields.
Miss Erma Peele left this morn
ing for Aulander after visiting
Mrs Charlie Robertson.
O-O-O
Mrs. George B. Smith, Of Kins-
ton is visiting Mrs. w. N. Steptoe
and Mrs. S. B. Kitchin.
Misses Bessie and Ernestin Cher
~ left this morning for Western
Carolina for an extended visit.
Miss Irene Wright left this morn
ing for Franklin, Va. on visit
to her sister, Mrs. F. R. Williams.
0-OO
Miss Ernestine Raspberry, who
mas been visiting in Weldon fol-
several days returned home las
night.
= Miss Pattie Perry, Of Macon, N
y Is expected here this evening
IN short visit to Miss Ernestin,
Rasberry.
800
Miss Annie Kitchin left thi
moofnlng for her home in Raleigh
AFTER beng the guest for som
''ne OF Miss Mcdowell.
600
9. Mrs. }. I. Riddick, Miss Mar.
quart Rlddick and Mrs. job
Harden, of Spring Hill, were i
'0"n Yesterday shopping.
"e have four hundred bags Q
neld Plaster to arrive about tn
-, ruludle Of this week. If in nee,
'u0ne Edwards & Company.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-02
SUPPER TO COLORED
DRAFTEES
q

~
Last night a supper was served
by the members Of Mary's Chapel
Red Cross Auxiliary, consisting
OF chicken, cake, ice cream, etc to
the boys who leave today for the
camp and also those who will be
called into camp soon.
A contribution Of one dollar
was given to each one Of the draf-
tees.
Those that left this morning
for Weldon, to be indicted into
camp were: Everett Anthony,
Will Webb, Prince Smith, Levi
reynolds, James Reynolds, Jene
Smith and Henry Mitchell.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-02
PERSONALS

Mrs. Worthy, Of Charleston, S.
G. and Mrs. Clay, Of Clinton S. G.
who have been visiting their sis
ter, Mrs. w. L. Harrell, left for
their respective homes last night.
Rev. L. T. Singleton and family
spent the night here on their way
from Mufreesboro, where they
have been visiting, to their home
at Ayden.
The Woodman Of the World will
give an ice cream supper in the
grove on the second Tuesday night
in this month. The Woodman
band will furnish the music.
COAL, COAL
Have you supplied yourself for
the winter? Ii not see us right a.
way as we have several cars now
in transit, and we will hardly get
more after this lot has been receiv-
ed and sold out.
JOSEY HARDWARE co.
900
We have a big stock Of Men 5
Womens and Childrens low cut
shoes that we are offering for the
next thirty days for less than they
can be bought for now at the fac
tory also we will close out our Pa
mama and Summer weight suits at
Factory prices. There prices are
for cash. Edwards & Company.
| 49,
| A correction is necessary to our
notice of Mr.. P. A. Raspberry 60
ing to the Malborne, Durham. Ii
was stated that Mr.. Raspberry was
going there as manager. He does
not want to take credit for exalt-
ed position and we cheerfully now
state that his position there is that
Of clerk. Our best wishes go with
Mr.. Raspberry in his new work.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-02
PROFESSOR AKERS AT
MARY'S CHAPEL

On Friday August Is at three
o'clock Professor A. E. Akers will!
lecture for the Red Cross Auxilli-
airy at Mary's Chapel, and large
crowd is expected to hear him.
At night on the same date, COM
mencing at 8 80 a patriotic concert
will be given in the interest Of the
Red Cross.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-02
NOTICE

This forbids any one hunting
-Coons or any kind Of Game, or
tresspassing in any manner on the
Lands known as the Mike Hardy
and Buzzard Point Property.
Any person caught or proven
will be prosecuted to the full ex-
tent Of the Law.
j. 3. Hancock, Pres.
N. A. Riddick, Sec. & Treas.
Buzzard Point Hunting Club.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-02
The Best Plaster

A piece Of flannel dampened
with Chamberlain s Liniment and
bound on over the seat of pain is
often more effectual for a lame
back than a plaster and does not
cost anything like as much.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-02
Stomach and Liver Healthy

; 4 vigorous Stomach, perfect working
LIVER and regular acting Bowels, if you
will use Dr.. Kings New Life Pills.
They correct Constipation have a
tonic effect on the eliminate
poisons through the Bowels.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-17
FORMER She RIFF
MANGUM COMES
OUT WITH FACTS
Says He Feels 1t His Duty
To Say Good Word for
Medicine That
Helped Him.

"Tanlac has certainly helped
me, and | recommend it to others
for what it has done in my CASE
said Hon. w. G. Mangum, of At
lanta, for four terms sheriff OF
Fulton County.
81 have personally recommend
ed it to a great many people.
know of at least fifteen or twenty
families who have bought it on my
say SO.
Il am 10 years old, and have
most always been pretty strong
and healthy until here lately
have been in a nervous, WORKOUT
rundown condition. My stomach
was upset most of the time, and
digested my food poorly. Most
always after eating | would have
q full, uncomfortable feeling that
would last for several hours.
AFTER taking the second bottle
OF Tanlac the fullness and all the
disagreeable symptoms disappear
ed, and my condition is now that
of we'll man. l now eat hearth
ly without any bad after effects,
and I sleep well at night
"Tanlac seemed to be jus,
what | needed to put my system
In shape, and has toned me right
mp. Under the circu instances,
think it perfectly natural for me
to say a good word for it and
recommend 1t to my friends"
Among the large number oil
prominent men in public life in
the South who have recently given
Tanlac their unqualified indorse-
ment for the specific aid to them
are Hon. Frank v. Evans, former
mayor of Birmingham, Ala; Hon.
Mckenzie Moss, judge of the
Eighth Kentucky judicial district
Hon. Moses r. Glenn, Kentucky
State superintendent Of printing
Col. John b. Gaines, editor and
publisher of the Bowling Greer
Daily News; George w. Hinton
former secretary OF the Warren
County Equity League: President
Pegg, OF the Newport Business
College, and others.
Among those prominent in COM
mercial life, who have more re-
Gently Endorsed Tanlas, are C. G.
Cooper, president OF the Georgia
Cotton Oil Company, Lawrence
vile, Ca; H. w. Hill, bank pres.
ident. OF South Pittsburg, Tenn.
J. f. Carroll, cotton mill superin.
tendent. of Chattahoochee, Ga.
G. M. Conover, manager Of the of.
flee furniture department of Foote
q Davies, Atlanta. Ca, and S. s
Shepard, ex-city councilman, At.
ianta.
Tanlac is sold In Tacoma BY
French Drug Co., under the per.
sonal direction of a special Tan
lac representative. - Advertise
ment.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-17
AUSTRIA MAY
STRIKE NOW!

(Untted Press Leased wire.)
WASHINGTON, D. G., April 10.
The Austrian press, duplicating
the widespread prediction by Ger.
man newspapers Of tho west front
drive, is heralding . vast Italian
defensive.
Operations in the new theatcr
will be SO extensive, says the
Vossische Zeitung, according to
official Rome cables here today,
that Tellton ARMIES will virtually
encircle Switzerland and put that
nations neutrality to the severest
tess."
American troops In Lorraine,
adjoining Switzerland. may be at
tackled at the same time II was
limited.
In view OF the west front often
|sive experience, many believed to-
day, this Austrian press discus
sion is the prelude to the long ex-
pected Italian effort.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-17

infantry anyway
You might notice little black
specks. autos, dashing along q
white road or a company OF Ger
man soldiers passing thru q viii
lage, but that is all
OF course, we often get into
hellish flights with German high
patrols who may break up our
fighting Information.
But we always have a goat
to blame our mistakes upon -
Number One" or our captain In
the two-seater.
WELL I followed the bi-plane. /"
we afterwards explain when called
down for some crazy maneuver.
The squadron engaged on
work lower down have q worse
time.
1t is nothing but sheer luck for
instance, that saves the lives of
the men out "spotting" for the
305's--the big French guns that
can drop a shell in . 100-yard lot
at II miles!
They get shot at all the time
from below. above, the rear and
in front.
Then there is the contact pa
troll.
This work consists OF close CO.
operation with your advancing in
fantry behind . barrage fire.
The pilots trained for this
branch fly very low. Their beat
may not be more than half a mile
long.
They signal back the exact po-
sition Of the advancing troops by
dropping long steamers of paper
as IL they were at a carnival, or
by shooting off Bengal lights.
These are far more reliab BILE
methods Of signalling compare
lively short distances than the
wireless.
This '1iason" work Is the hard
est work a pilot is ever called
upon to perform.
He can't stick It out for more
than an hour at a time. The strain
Is far too great. Then he is re-
placed by another.
All day long during a big bat
tie are the aviators kept busy and
1t is a red letter day when at din
ner at night there are not at least
a couple OF vacant chairs.
The last men out - those who
get home just before shutdown
do the FLASH work." or spotting
the German gun flashes in the
twilight.
TOMORROW Lieut. Pollock will
tell about contact patrol"-fly-
ing low and shooting up the Ger.
mans in their trenches.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-17

are spraying death; that monster
shells are being fired and explod-
ed in profligate profusion.
And yet two miles up in the
clouds nothing can be heard but
the roaring music Of the motor
or the jazz, IL she is missing on
two"
Most of the time we are up at
least 1000 meters.
1t is impossible to hear the
bursting of the biggest shell be-
yond 800 meters.
We can see the explosion of a
mine, but cannot hear anything
The mighty eruption below IL
hid from us by flying dirt, smoke
from the barrage fire and from
burning buildings and trees, and
the horrible yellowish-green poi
son gas.
You are too high up to see the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-17

eager for the fight and anxious
only to stick on the job unit 1t
is done.
While refusing to comment on
the present drive, Baker pointed
out that the three armies in
France are filled with the most
tremendous spirit" while the civil
population are quite determined
and confident"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-17

The first thing
that strikes a
pilot on his first
trip over a field
of battle Is the
strange silence,
III he be engaged
on one of the
thigh patrols.
He knows that
/ millions of men
are struggling
lin hand-to-hand
lcombat far be-
How him; that
1 DIS of
machine guns
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-17
Airman Working Above
Battlefield Does Not
Hear the Din of Battle
BY LIEUT. GRANVILLE A. POLLOCK
American Aviator in the Lafayette Flying Corps,
French Foreign Legion
(COPYRIGHT 1881

Little OF the din of a big bat
tie reaches the airman.
l was flying over Flanders dur
ing the sanguinary fighting there
and had many occasions to gaze
down upon the bloody battlefield.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-17
DOWN PLANE
BY ALTMAN
BY AHERN


sUnited Press Leased wirs.D
PARIS, April ia German
battle plane has been brought
down between Creve Couer and
LeGrand-B (about so miles
northwest of Paris), it was Off
cially announced today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-17
good in France"

good in France"
Secvretary of War Baker brot
that message back to the country
today in press interview In
which he declared "the big thing
for America to do. is to support
the war, financially, in sentiment,
in belief and in courage"
The American soldier, he de-
clared, Is healthful and happy,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-17
AMERICAN ESCAPES

ROME, April 16-The first American soldier
captivity has arrived Nuechat Switzerland according
Swiss advces today The American there the dispatch
said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-17
ROB BANK OF $4,000

MEMPHIS Tenn. April 1s-Half a today
the safe of the Bank OF Brinkey Brinky $685.
00O shot travelling probably their
automobile Officers joined
in the searchf he
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1918-02-14

role is filled, then turn in the liquid
part of the tomatoes thickened with
little -four and butter, cover and
20 minutes.
Mock Terrapin.-parbOil a pound of
beef liver, cut in slices for five min.
utes, then drain and brown in bacon
fat. Chop in small pieces put back
into the pan and add quarter Of
teaspoonful Of dry mustard, salt ard
pepper to taste, few drops of wor-
cestershire sauce and boiling water if
needed. Boil up, thicken with flour
blended with butter, using table
spoonful of each. Add hard-cooked
egg, finely chopped and few drops
of lemon juice.
Canned Corn on Toast.-To each
cupful of corn allow a teaspoOnrul of
chopped onion fried in a tablespoonful
Of butter, do not brown; add the corn,
half cupful of milk, salt and pepper
to toast. Cook slowly for five minutes.
Meanwhile toast slice Of bread for
each person and fry two slices of ba-
con for each. Pour the prepared corn
over the toast from which the crusts
have been removed. Serve with the
bacon slices over the top.
Yorkshire Corn Pudding.-Put into
mixing bowl cupful Of canned corn.
three-fourths Of cupful of milk, add
two well-beaten egg yolks. Into another
bowl sift cupful Of -four with three
teaspoonfuls of baking powder and
half teaspoonful of salt, mix together
the -four and corn, add the well-beaten
whites of two eggs. Put into WELL
creased muffin rings and put into each
a teaspoonful Of the juice from the
roast, fill half full with the batter and
bake in moderate oven. Serve around
the meat with meat gravy.
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1918-02-14
A KL0ND|KE TO THE
REAL FARMER
A Western Canada Crop Estimat.
ed at $4,000, Makes
$4,000.

Messrs. Harris, formerly Of Audi
bon, Iowa, wrote the audubon Advo-
cate" expressing their satisfaction of
things in Western Canada. They To-
Gated at Makepeace, Alberta. They
say there are those who make good,
and those who fail. The former are
those that land agents refer to when
advertising their land. But" contin-
ues the letter, "a great many of the
farmers in this vicinity pay for their
land with their first crop. A man
near here bought a section of land in
the year 1915 for $23 per acre. He
broke 800 acres Of the land during the
summer of 1915. In the fall of 1916
he threshed 10000 bushels of wheat,
which paid for his land, all expenses
and had balance of $4,000. In the
fall of 1917 he threshed nearly as
much off the other half Of the section.
At the present time he would not take
$50 per acre for his land.
1--WE have had five crops in Alberta.
The two dry years (1914-1917) our
wheat made 20 and 80 bushels to the
acre respectively. In 1916 we raised
SO bushels Of wheat to the acre on
summer fallow. The best results are
obtained by blowing or breaking in
the summer, working it down in the
fall so that it will retain the moisture.
Thus farming one-half your ground
each year.
persons owning land here and still
living in the States should, If they
don't feel themselves able to come up
here and finance themselves until they
could get their first crop, get some of
their land broken and worked down
In the fall before they come. The
next spring they could come and put
in the crop, fence and put up their
buildings. This way they have to
wait only one summer for their first
crop.
1T Is not advisable for person to
come here in the spring, break out
land and put 1t in crop the first year,
because the moisture is not In the
ground and failure is almost GER
tain unless it is an exceptionally wet
year.
zone Of the boys from that locality,
Mr.. Peder M. Jensen came to Alberta
last spring. He bought 5000 Rum
ely Oil-Pull engine on the Sth day Of
June, 1917. After that date he broke
LOO acres Of prairie sod for which
he received an average of $500 per
acre.
"Mr. Hansen from your community,
was up here last fall with several
prospective land buyers from that
neighborhood. At that time he In
CURED the value Of the crop on the
section we were farming. We told
him that it would probably make in
the neighborhood of $4,000. This
same crop when sold brought nearly
$4,000. The most Of it being sold
when prices were low for the year,
Advertisement. q
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1918-02-14

ing dish in layers with a cupful and
q half of rich white sauce, alternat-
ing until all Is used. Cover with but
tered crumbs and grated cheese, bake
until the crumbs are brown.
Rich Oyster Stew.-Rub the inside
of the stew pan with Il cut Glove OF
garlic and a slice of onion, do not al
low shred of either to remain. Melt
three tablespoonful of butter add one
and half tablespoonfuls of flour, stir
and cook until smooth, then add one
and Il half cupfuls of thick cream, and
one and three-fourths pint of milk.
When 1t is boiling hot add the oysters
Which have been parboiled three min
utes, boil up and serve at once with
seasoning Of salt and pepper to taste.
Stewed Beans With Vegetables
Soak cupful of beans over night and
in the morning add pinch of soda and
scald them. Simmer for three hours
In saltcd water. Add fourth of a
pound of sliced salt pork and boil for
an hour longer. Then add two cupfuls
of diced potatoes, two sliced onions.
one cupful each of diced carrots and
turnips. Cook until the vegetables
are tender then add half cupful of
barley, which has been soaked and
cooked until soft. Season to taste with
salt and pepper and in the seasoning
add a cupful of fresh corn cut from
the cob.
OId-Fashioned Welsh Rarebit.-Slice
a half pound Of bacon and fry on one
side. then turn them and lay on slice
of cheese to cover the bacon well.
Sprinkle with paprika, cover the fry
ing pan and cook gently until the turn
ed side of the bacon is done. The
cheese will then be melted and crisp
at the edges. Serve with buttered toast
at once.
Add a handful of dates and raisins
with few nuts to chopped apple, and
celery, with French dressing. which
makes a most delightful salad.
A most tasty way of serving boiled
cabbage was discovered by adding a
little of the vinegar in which dill
pickles had been put up. Butter. salt
and pepper were added. but the vim
egar gave d new aDd most appetizing
flavor.