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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1918-03-12

so low could plainly discern the
trfcolor circles on their wings.
One French scout swerved swiftly
down toward the Boche. but that
once reckless worthy saw what was
coming and skidded of toward his
own lines, TO reappoar no more. Later
heard an unofficial report that no
had been brought down crossing the
trenches.
l spent half an hour or 80 with the
battalion commander and more
tranquil and less excited soul could
not have been found In all the world
than he appeared TO be.
7 n Rou G n COMMUNICATION
TRENCHES TO THE FRONT LINE.
The zero hour (moment OF attack
was fast approaching. and with a
youthful (deleted) as guide l started
out through the communication
trenches 90 tho front line.
by this time tho German barrnge
on our firing trenches had increased
80 that II was impossible to Ill Ger
man she'll bursts from Amc .can she'll
bursts, or the reports OF our .....ns
from either. Our preparatory bonn
bardmcnt, mind you, had boen going
on without tho suggestion OF a break
for three hours. for 1t was then about
T.. NJ.
Just before entering the bayou I
namRht SiRlt pf pDn nf OtIr aayRnty-
ftves right out In the open not more
than 500 yards from No Mans Land
The crew were sIlhouctted against the
sun. They looked like ebony demons,
filling the smoking breech with shells
As quickly as q gun could fire. which
liz twenty shots to the minute, the
lanyard was pulled. Gee. but It's
hot" one OF them exclaimed. IT'S
lot hotter for the BOches." another
returned with grin.
Later / learned this gun had been
in position in plain sight OF the
enemy for Ave hours and had es-
capcd everything that came It's way
except some gas shells. and nobody
paid any attention TO gas, once masks
were on.
Ten wards away in our barbed wire
German six inch shells were bursting
with Teutonic precision the Bocho
proiectiles were creeping 10 and FRO
along our lines, feeling with explo-
sive fingers for idiot Yankees occa .
sionally a bit OF our parapet caVed
in. but on the whole the damage done
was slight. 1 found the officer COM
manding the attacking party and OBJ
tained from him my frst compre e
henslve conception OF how the drive
N ha stngpH.
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WORLD MAN SEES THE BOUT
AT CLOSE QUARTERS.

saw the whole show at closer
quarters than any correspondent has
hitherto enjoyed in an affair OF this
kind with the American Army. | OBJ
served the devastating effects OF our
artillery fire during the four hour
from an observation
post behind the lines.
Then from position tfty yards
behind the depart" trenches | saw
our boys go over the top and vanish
in the black mists left by the shells,
was the only non combatant priv
ileged TO witness these things and
describe them by cable Immediately
aftcrward. Save only for the members
OF the attacking parties themselves !
obtained as close a view as any par
tlcipant Of this first and highly sue
cessful programme OF oo-ordinated
offensive action by tho American
troops,
The minute hand OF my watch was
n shade Off the hour OF when 1t be-
gan. First one shell chewed up the
earth over there against the forest
then three, then ten. After that there
was no counting them.
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ENOUGH U. s. ORDNANCE II
BLOW UP GIBRALTAR.

Arriving few minutes later AZ
ro glmentai headquarters, was toiG
to 20 up certain road to the bat-l
talon combat post. Not a Boche she'll
fell within 500 yards 'of me, But there
seemed 10 be enough American ord
nance tucked away alongside that
road to blow down the rock OF Gibral-
tar. and every gun was being fred
the way the Twentieth Century Ia
run.
The din seemed 20 eat into ones
brain. Bang whine boom! bangi
whine! booml One forgot theTs had
been time when the atmosphere
was not auivering with this Babel of
cannon. ! have been at Verdun dur
ing some OF the biggest times In that
biggest Of battles and can testify that
even the artillery frenzy at Verdun,
cxccp, that there were higher calibro
projectiles IN tho air and a wider
area Of noise, did not surpass the in
fernal racket Of our batteries.
Never a return shot came from the
enemy during all the time I spent
threading my way through those guns
As / stumbled toward 1t across the
debris of house dashed TO the
ground halt an hour before by Jacl,
Johnson. German airplane loomed
above, lowering blackly against the
hlup heavens II Wna NOT mora thau
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DIED.

DIED.
sT. VRAiN.--JosEPH ST YRArN.
Services OF CAMPBELL FUNERAL.
CHURCH, 1870 Broadway. Thursday,
10 A. M Auspices Actors Fund.
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AMERICAN ARTILLERY
! DROVE GERMANS BACK
London Mentions Raid east Of
Lunevllle," Which Is in Toul
Sector.

LONDON. March l2.-An Ameri-
can raid east OF Luneville yesterday
completely established that the Ger
mans had evacuated their positions
after two days OF American artil-
lsry firs.
This evidently Is the first unalded
American raid reported yesterday.
The dispatches located the raid
north OF Toul," which would bring
II in the same location as east OF
Luneville,"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-14
Pennsylvania.

LANCASTER, IA, June ., 1915.
The local leaf dealers are complain
ing of the extreme dullness of business,
for which there appears to be no good
reason, some say, while others attrib-
ute it to the soaring prices of old goods
which have got to such stage that
small manufacturers cannot buy, and
have shut up shop. 1t is claimed that
there is still plenty of 1916 in Lancas-
ter dealers hands, at least enough of
it to do business with, and yet only a
short time ago it was said that packers
with old tobacco to sell could get al
most any price for it they asked.
There does not seem to have been
anything doing with the 1917. tobacco.
There is still little to be had here and
there in the county, crop held back
by the grower for fancy price. They
are getting just about what they could
have had during the active buying sea-
son, without having had the care of
the crop on their hands all this time
That there is still some frosted tobacco
unsold is evident from the fact that re-
ports were made last week of prices
having dropped to twelve cents a pound
from twenty cents.
While good deal of planting for the
1918 crop has been done, the bulk of
the work is by no means finished, nor
under the most favorable conditions
will it be completed before the middle
of June. Our growers as body do not
favor very early planting for several
reasons. believing the middle of June
to be the best time. Quite a lot of
damage to early planted fields was done
by recent very heavy rains. which
washed out the plants and rendered re-
nlantinp necessary
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-14
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET.
EnGERTnN WIS Inne Ii 1919

EDGERTON, WIS. June Ia, 1918.
This has been the busy week of the
year for tobacco growers, who are
everywhere working late hours trans
planting the crop into the fields. Both
the soil and weather conditions have
been so favorable that it is doubtful if
the planting was ever accomplished so
rapidly. There has been an abundance
of plants ready for the field and plenty
to spare, so the great bulk of the 1918
crop is now safely pitched in the fields
at least two weeks or more in advance
of the ordinary season. The middle of
June has never seen so large percent
age of the Wisconsin crop transplanted
and to all appearances we'll started
toward maturity. There are some re-
ports of damage from cut worms COM
ing in, but the complaint is not unusual
We learn of some effort being made
in the outlying districts mainly to con-
tract for the sale of the prospective
crop. Such opportunities generally fall
upon deaf ears for the farmer is too
busy to talk prices at this time.
There is yet little work to be fin
ishad at the warehouses before closing
up the packing season.
The shipments out of storage reach
400 cases from this market to all points
since last report.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-14
New YORK, June 5, 1918.

While the fact that U-boats, operat-
ing off the Jersey coast, have caused
some damage to American shipping,
inevitably brings to mind that we are
in war, and that the war in a way has
reached the fringes of our shores; new
ertheless, there is not the slightest
quiver of apprehension in the minds of
the people engaged in the tobacco busi-
ness. If this foray was intended to
upset the tobacco markets. it was
not, of course-it is a lamentable fail
ure. Not pound of tobacco changed
hands that would not have changed
hands anyhow. The Carolina, having
left Porto Rico in May while there was
an embargo upon tobacct, did not have
any tobacco on board. About the only
effect the foray had in Water Street
was to deprive prominent packer Of a
bag of coffee that had been sent him
by friend in Porto Rico.-Leaf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-14
Tobacco Notes.

Frank Mcintosh was down from vi
roqua for short stay the latter part
of the week.
Mr.. L. P Sutter, one of the pioneer
leaf dealers of Chicago, was visitor
in this market Saturday.
Mr.. Nathan Blur, of the Rosenwald
firm of leaf dealers, New York, was in
the state for a few days the latter part
of the week He paid visit to this
market on Saturday.
Things are happening pretty fast
these days. We learn of an Edgerton
man who leased three acres of land for
planting tobacco, rented shed for cur
ing it and sold his prospective crop all
IN single day.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-14
New York.
NEW YORK, June 10, 1915

Our cigar output for the first three
months of the current year was re-
corded by the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau as slightly lower than the output
for the same period of last year. Ex-
pectations of larger output were,
therefore, not realized, but considering
the terrific drawbacks the cigar busi-
ness had to suffer during the first three
winter months from exceptionally Sc
we're weather which impeded energetic
push of business and from transporta-
tion difficulties imposed by the war as
freight preference was given to war
material and food shipments so that
the regular course of commercial ex-
change was delayed for weeks and
weeks, the output does not really show
any actual retrogression.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-14
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES

1t may not surprise anyone to see an
early buying movement started to con-
troll the new tobacco crop now being
planted in the fields. Buyers have al
field men located in almost every grow
ing section of the state and if rumors
are to be relied on enough local buyers
have been engaged to place one on
every cross roads of the large produc-
ing townships. Such preparations were
never before made at SO early date
and about the only thing that would
prevent precipitation of a lively cam
paign is for the farmers to absolutely
refuse to entertain any offers to con-
tract their crops until they have pro-
duced something to sell. To those who
are not familiar with the methods of
the tobacco buyers it is hard to under
stand what is to be gained by attempt
ing to purchase something that does
not exist at the time of sale, but TAX
ing options on growing tobacco IS not
an unusual thing in the business The
farmer is SO often disappointed in the
results following such transactions that
it would seem they might learn by ex-
perlence to refuse to enter into any
contracts until such time as they can
confidently expect to deliver tobacco
under the conditions expressly stated
in the contract for sale. That buyers
are foolish enough to take long chances
on the outcome of the crop is no valid
reason why the grower need tie himself
up. The farmers have the situation in
hand if they choose to make the buyers
wait until the proper time for selling
the crop, which is some months ahead
at least.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-14

For the first time in some years the
growers will have plants ready for the
fields far in advance of their needs.
From the very time the seed was sown
the weather conditions have been ideal
for the steady and rapid development
of the plants, until they were ready for
transplanting in many cases even be-
fore the ground was prepared to re-
ceiye them The USE of nitrates to
stimulate the growth has probably also
aided materially in securing early
plants. Having an abundance of strong,
healthy plants, growers have been able
to proceed with transplanting without
interruption, though this condition may
crowd the harvest and thus prove a
detriment rather than benefit if labor
is scarce.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-14


The tobacco industry is understood to
be preparing to bear an increased share
Of the burdens of the war in the form
of taxation under the proposed new
revenue bill. Representatives of the
industry will seek to prevent any dis
elimination against it and to assist in
directing along proper lines the efforts
of the national legislators to obtain
additional revenues. It will be sur
prising to some of them if tobacco
taxes are not increased. The attitude
of the importers and other members of
the tobacco trade toward increased tax
alton was admirably summed up during
the recent convention of the National
Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association. The
trade will not oppose the desire of the
government to secure additional rev.
enue from the tobacco industry, but it
would like to be heard as to the method
by which the taxes are to be collected.
~
We are entering an era of unprece-
dented demand for all tobacco products,
thinks a New York exchange. But
whether the war lasts one year or ten
years, unless some unforeseen event
changes the tide of human desires, to-
bacco is going to enjoy an enormous
demand. The troops returning from
the war will demand cigars, cigarettes
and tobaccos as never before And this
will be the situation in every warning
nation. We, thus far living nation
free from invasion, will be called upon
to export raw materials in whatever
quantities we can, and probably with
out regard to price. And the chances
are that very enormous export busi-
ness may result in manufactured pro-
ducts as WELL Our brands will become
familiar to many of the foreign troops
and there will doubtless be demand
for them long after the war is over.
The tobacco industry of the United
States not only faces great prosperity
at home, but may look with reasonable
hope for share of the worlds trade
with its manufactured products.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-14

An experiment being successfully
tried by tobacco growers to prevent
the ravages of cut worms in recently
planted tobacco fields is the use of pre-
pared sheep dip containing percent
age Of creosote. A small cup of the
dip stirred into each barrel of water
used in machine transplanting gives an
odor to the water and possibly poi
soning that prevents the worms from
attacking the plants. The dip mixes
we'll with the water so the remedy can
easily be applied; neither is the ex-
Of more general use of this preventa-
tive.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-13
Parent. Teachers Association.

We have corps Of teachers in our
school this year who are, in my iudg-
ment from what | observe and hear,
putting forth their very best efforts
to give US a good school, and they are
doing SO; they are giving largely and
most generously of themselves over
and above the mere earning of thei,
salaries; they are striving for the fu-
ture as well as the present of the
school, and in view of this fact, it
seems small thing for them to ask
the parents, especially the mothers,
80 meet with them every two weeks
in order that they may get closer to
each other and talk over together
plans for the improvement of the col
lege building, ground, etc., and for
the general benefit of the children at
tending the school.
The Parent-Teachers Association
will meet in the college auditorium
Friday, December l3, 1918, immed :
ately after the close Of the afternoon
session Of the school. Please let us
=. s
encourage our faithful teachers by a
| full attendance.
LAURA WHITEHURsT.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-13

tree, in at the gate, and hear the
screen door slam. He begins to wash
for dinner, and Era and Minnie run
out to tell him if they got letter
from France.
The table is set. My! everything
that's good. Big pones Of hot corn
bread and plates of firm, fresh, real
cow butter. That's where | begin.
There's three whole pumpkin custsrds
and dish of steaming turnips With
three or four real hogs "yertebrae." !"
and there's whole pitcher of butter
milk so thick that you have to chew
it. And look at the pumpkin! I've
not seen such dish since last year.
And there's my big, soft red yam and
my gravy, and last comes the good
old made-at-home molasses. Gee!
you needn't wait on me. Pm used to
going after seconds" aud am not a
| bit bashful. Well, that's enough. |
had to chew my wax to keep from
swallowing il when ! described this.
I'm feeling bully, and hopping along
right well. Guess ID better tell you
that | corked myself in tk left hind
foot yesterday. Not seriously. I'm
just wearing large shoe on it to
keep it from hurting. | was only
trying to learn to climb tree with
telephone pole climbers and stepped
on one foot with the other one and
the claw stuck through my shoe into
my second toe on the side next to the
fence. 1t just bled a little, which
caused me to have to wash my foot
Just a little deeper and it might have
gone through the rust and on into
the quick.
Read both the county papers last
Sunday. All the boys are alright SC
| far as ! know. Well, mamma,
can't think Of anything interesting tt
write you. Hope ! hear from yot
soon. Remember, | am being tht
same boy was when | left, and
mean to oe able to say when | return
that | was true to mother, wife, faith
or and sisters.
With much love,
Your son,
Pvt. W. R. MCCORMACK,
] Hdq. Co. BIG F. A, A. E. F
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-13
SAND BOX

Burglars broke into the depot
one night last week but failed to
get anything of value. ......... The
ex-kaiser is reported to have at
tempted suicide, ......A few hours
at Corinth Tuesday satisfied us
that Selmer merchants have as
good stocks and lower prices than
the Corinth merchants. Sci
mer has more young old men
than any town, and all because it
is a health resort. t.......... Another
week Of pleasant weather has
been ours to enjoy.........Iti is said
that from three to five thousand
experts and others will be at the
peace conference. Too many to
ever agree on anything ........ The
President and party will reach
Paris Saturday if nothing goes
awry. Hogs and corn are
more abundant in McNairy than
ever before. This means a long
stride towards a bumper crop for
next season. ...... ....Our army of
occupation is now moving into the
heart of Germany, but in an or.
derly and high-toned manner.
The citizens are there learning q
lesson on humanity and christian
civilization. ......... Our yearly holi-
day week will be the issue of De
cember 27-one more issue until
Xmas....... Many of our subscri.
bers end their years subscription
January 1. Pay day to such il
then, and to all others in arrears
now. Don't put US to the worl
and expense of mailing state
ments. s.......... The war has devel
oped a spirit of sacrifice and econ
omy that will be Of lasting bene
fit to our people....... ]. E. Pow
ers has traded for a large trac
Of land north of the poorhouse
and will at once put a mill an,
other machinery on Turkey creel
near Bethesda and open up on
lor two farms on the tract,
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-13
Robert A. Stiles
Called to Final Reward.


Robert A. Stiles died at the home
of his sister. Mrs. Henry Mccullar,
Monday night, and his remains we're
laid TO rest Wednesday morning in
the Bethesda cemetery. Funeral SER
vices we're conducted by Rev. ]. b.
Maxedon and Elder J. A. Houston.
The deceased was the junior mem
Der Of the firm of Goodrum & Stiles,
for many years one of the leading
grocery firms of Selmer. He was 81
years Of age.
He was born and raised near Selmer
long before the town was located. He
was son Of Evan Stiles, who reared
q large and estimable family. All
have passed away except his sister,
Mrs. McCullar. He never married,
and was a member Of the Presbyte-
rian church at Selmsr since its or
ganization. He was a modest. honest
and sincere christian gentleman. His
death was not unexpected, though it
came suddenly as was predicted
Heart failure was the cause Of his
d.
death, and for a long time he had
been affected with this fatal malady.
To.the large number Of relatives
we extend our condolences for the
loss Of friend of over forty years ac-
quaintance.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-13
WESTERN HOSPITAL FOR
THE INSANE.

0. S. Abernathy, of the Inde-
pendent force, spent Saturday
night and Sunday as the guest of
DR.. Warren w. Wallace at the
Western Hospital for the Insane,
Bolivar. He gave a fine descrip-
tion of the institution where the
State is caring for about a thous-
a i'd patients. DR.. Wallace, who
is one Of McNairy county's boys,
is one of the assistants to DR.. E.
w. Cooke, the Superintendent.
They were classmates in their
preparation for their medical ca
reers. Besides Dr. Wallace, Drs.
Bernard and Lee are assistants
to Dir. Cooke, and together they
present an able and dignified per-
sonnel for this great institution.
The farm is under the manage
ment Of Mr.. Sparkman, and upon
its broad, fertile acres grows
much of the food for the institu-
ton, besides furnishing recre-
alton and employment for the
convalescent. It is a great insti-
tuition, a monument to the hu-
manitarian spirit of our great
Stale, and we congratulate Ten
nassee upon the present efficient
and satisfactory management.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-13
Thank You.

Our hats of to the good people
Of SeImer and Bethel Springs for the
recent pounding" received by the oc-
cupants Of the Methodist parsonage
at Bethel Springs. We express our
thanks not only 10 the Methodists,
but to the representatives Of all the
churches Of Selmer for their tokens
Of kindness on Thanksgiving Day.
May God supply all your needs in
time and eternity.
R. w. NEwsoM.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-13
ScoooI Warrants.

All outstanding school warrants
will be paid upon presentation to F
0. Hamilton. Trustee. This includes
all old warrants and warrants issued
on account Of summer schools. Please
present them at once for payment.
F. o. HAMILTON, Trustee.
TERRY ABERNATHY, Co. Sup't.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-13
Marriage Licenses

Marion Whitten to Sevella Cox.
George Causey to Myrtle Haynes
George Borment yo Eleanor Wade
David Prather to Mora Johnson.
Douglas Meridith to Alice Wike.
J. G. Prsther to Mollie Lewis.
R. H. Barner to Lille Hooper.
D. B. Young to Alice Lee Shea.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-13
Next Teachers Meeting.

The next Teachers Meeting will be
held at Selmer, Saturday, December
IA. Program will appear next week.
All teachers expected to attend.
TEpRY ABERNATHy, Co. Supt,
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-13
FOR SALE

At ], s. Browns mill tie lumber, box
ing plank. scantliig 2 by 4. Closing
mill so come now,
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-13
LOST

Boiler flue between New Hope and j.
s. Browns mill Nov, Ii. Reward for
return or information. Phone, come
or write. j. s. BROWN.