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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-13

sergeants that they had gotten me-
but to keep going on. was the only
officer so tie sergeants had to con
tlnue the advance. That was about
nine O'Clock in the morning My or
DERBY and another man came to my as
sistance and help to carry me to the
rear. hunting strelcher bearer. We
ran across one, and as ! was an Of
fcer they wanted to put me on ii, but
saw another man more severely
wounded. so | made them carry him in
Shells were falling around us thick
and fast, and ] never expected to get
out but | came to another stretcher
bearer and was carried to the first
aid sation where my wounds were
bandaged From there | was sent in
an ambulance to hospital where
after an Array examination | was op-
Grated on That was four o'clock next
morning. After about day | was
sent on a hospital train to this place,
nearly down to the Mediterranean
Sea, near Bordeaux.
[ have seen the horrors and the
sufferings, and experienced the hard
ships of big battlefield. Fighting
had been going on for days. No time
to bury the dead, il was all they could
Do to carry in the wounded The hills
the woods ard the valleys were GOV
cred with the bodies of dead Germans
and Americans. Dead horses were
lying about, and equipment Of all kinds
strewn around For two days we had
no food no sleep, no rest. Were in
shallow trenches, each man had dug
out for himself 1t was cold and rain
irg Yet not a word of complaint,
each man conscious Of the fact that
ne was doing his part, doing it to the
best OF his ability, and that was all
one could expect. Yet one wonders
il The people back home realize what
we are going through for them.
The artillery was fierce, the fields
presented the appearance of having
been plowed up, not an inch Of ground
but that was pulyerized by the shells.
The woods were being torn to pieces,
and nothing but trunks of tires left,
Every valley and bunch of trees be-
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-13
This man HAS FACE
TO RETIRING HUNS
LIT. WILBUR VINSoN WRITES
MOTHER STIRRING LETTER

A letter which came to Mrs. +. s.
Vinson, of Milledgeyille from her son,
Lieut. Wilbur Vinson, brother of Mr.
e. A. Vinson and Mrs. J, W. Cannon,
here indicates that this brave Geor-
gian has faced the fire in its bitterest
calling moment He belongs to the
Sixty-First Infantry, regulars He
wrote October !. that four out Of six
officers in his detachment had gone
md now they are all out He writes
from a hospital where he lies wound
ed
The letter follows:
France, Oct. 10, 1913
Dear Mama:
You may be somewhat surprised to
know that am wounded and am now
N base hospital down in southern
trance. / was bit by shrapnel in my
ight ankle and left thigh, but ! am
going to get along alright, and hope
20 be out OF the hospital in month
Or So You may have read about our
lighting west of Verdun in the Ar
come, where the resistance has been
most logged, and the fighting fierest
llong the whole front The Germans
have their best troops here, and no
time during the war has the fighting
been harder, and it is the worst the
Americans have been up against. The
Germans are fighting fiercely, but are
being driven back. was in the Ar
gonne only three days before ! was
wounded On the morning of the 14th
4 general advance made. | was iii com
mand Of my company and we had just
gone about two or three kilometers
when the enemy barrage came down
and got me. The shell landed right
by me and killed one of my RUNNERS
1ut only wounded me. The Company
vas advancing and | yelled to my
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-13

taking one small strand at a time.
By morning the gray hair disapears
but what delights the ladies with
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound
in that besides beautifully darkening
the hair after a few applications. it
also brings back the gloss and lustre
and gives it an appearance of abund-
ance.
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-13

: Norwegian scientists are trying to
learn If sounds accompany the aurora
burealis, as is claimed by natives of
far northern ATTITUDES.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-13

pound is delightful toilet requisite
to impart color and youthful appear
ance to the hair 1t is not intend
ed for the cure Of mitigation.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-13

One Of the largest submarine cables
in the world is said to be between
Alden and Honkong, at a cot OF &c.,
100000.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-13

A. A new toasting rack for gas ranges
is curved ii fit the side of another
utensil and permit one burner to
serve both.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-13
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER Is. 1918

Including all of the movements of
the earth, a person travels S2,225
miles in taking a three-mile walk.
buy Bonds
Italy has joined other European ma
tons in prohibiting the manufacture.
importation or sale of absinthe
M9nGSn " ss-"N's ~ ".'' ''ss 49, IA ns0 x1x,
= a. ,~v ~ a-D-4-...siS
The Womens Patriotic Society of
Japan is probably the largest in the
world, having over 100000 members
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-13

~. Nine-tenths of the inhabitants of
western Siberia are engaged in agri-
culture.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-13
FEW FOLKS HAVE
GRAY HAIR NOW
DRUGGIST SAYS LADIES ARE US
ING RECIPE OF SAGE TEA
AND SULPHUR

Hair that loses its color and lustre
or when it fades turns gray dull and
lifeless, is caused by lack Of sulphur
in the the hair Our granL... -
made up a mixture of Sage Tea and
Sulphur to keep her locks dark and
beautiful, and thousands of women
and men who value that even color,
that beautiful, and dark shade of hair
which is so attractive use only this
old-time recipe.
Nowadays we get this famous mix
ture improved b. the addition of
other ingredients by asking at any
druge store for so cent bottle of
'Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound
which darkens the hair SO naturally
so evenly that nobody can possibly
tell IL mas been applied. You just
dampen a sponge or soft brush with
it an draw this through your hair
ing shelled and gassed. Our masks
we're on and off as we passed through
the paSsed areas.
Our division reached its objective.
saw Frank Binford the first day we
were in the scrap. His battalion
was advancing in assault, my battal-
ion in support. don't know how he
came out | haven't heard.
l could write much more, but will
close. Use my same address and
can have my mail forwarded, as !
do not know how long | will be here
Am enclosing clipping from a paper
telling a little about our advance.
Write soon, with much love,
WILBUR.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-04
At The Theatre
At the Palace Theatre Tonight.
Rehearsal tonight.

1t was fitting that the hole chosen
to introduce Mary Garden to the ST.
lent drama should have been that
which Won her fame as prima DON
ma in Massenet's opera, also founded
on the work of Anatole France, for
she is naturally quite at home in the
part, splendidiy sensuous, tigerish and
tragic by turns, employing all the re-
sources of her art, if the vocal lure
be excepted, in providing the screen
with an extremely elaborate version
Of the familiar love tale of the har-
lot. and the holy man who converted
her and imperiled his own soul in so
doing The photography includes re-
Imarkably clever long shots, the close
ups are well timed and artistically
posed land better lighting effects
have never graced the screen
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-04
AMERICA AND THE GERMAN DRIVE.

The German drive has America all that that first say
ing children by the bombardmen OF uhoe
Tended did for Britain
together never before FROM ohe
end of the country to the other and calls for
energetic possible throw Americas full strength
into hdeous figure German mia1ls bent on tne
the world stripped OF Its last rag o
conceamen know it, hate it, and realize that only
by united action OF 1t be 1na! removed anu "
world made safe.
1t has driven opposition woods In like these, when
the absolutely before the of men, malicious or
mistaken forms tolerated than open o
loyalty with the nation and her heroc Ales
against them There ground There neutrality
freedom the Beast There Is no SOON Tor
ddnp egotistic while the world flames ihefe IS
room for nothing save unaeabe purpose tempered
steel .
# has driven home to American nothing else could
have done labor and free peoples facing the
greatest history that gain registered oy German
mitarism and auocracy fren blow against the
right of the against theory human equality against
the power have definite to what his govern
ent shall against of every country
against the generations yet to come ~
It has driven from the the the opportunic politician
nv idea will tolerate playing with politics. ether IN
Congress in the times that try mems souls
It has driven every doubt the overwhelming sue
Liberty Loan and the answer to me scfe-
ary appeal support before the bonds have a
ally been put upon the market
1t the soul and women VINO Is
true American lingering aacy ease-eVery remnant
the be won by far words and CONFER
ences instead of by hard and ringing blows
1t has workers the hpyards in partcu-
lar the Importance special task they perform
ing for the naonth task which depends the
supplies the mbatted Fresch anu BRUSH
and o brave young soldiers in France ,
little interfere
the Food Administrators political for wheat
has driven nail into the coffin OF kaiserlsm
considerably further and sfne6 resolution ham
down to the head
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-04
At the Topic Theatre Tonight.

Out of the elite and civilized East
into the rough and primitive West
there comes a little party, which,
judged the desert must be larger than
all New York, and their trail little
longer than the Gay White Way. Ruth
Hardness, who has inherited the Fly
ing w ranch from a deceased rela-
tive, heads the timid little band A
prim and conventional aunt and un-
Gle and Willard Masten, her fianee,
all dolled up according to his Fifth
Avenue tailor's ideas of the West, ac-
company her. Their experiences on
the road and the way in which they
contrive to escape from the meshes
of a plot to deprive the girl from her
estate, form very interesting story
which is portrayed in an unusually
realistic manner. This picture will
be shown at the Topic theatre, for
merly the L. & S., tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-04
TO Be BIGGEST
TREAT OF YEAR

Those who miss the "Camouflagc
Wedding" at the High School tomor-
row night will miss the largest mouth
full of real laughter they ever had an
opportunity to get out of their sys-
tens, say those on the inside of this
remarkable conglomeration Of serious
and excruciatingly funny features. It's
flor the Red Cross.
Yancey McFadden, who has ap-
Ipeared before the crowned heads of
Europe, will come out of retirement
for the first time since his appear
,ance at the Royal theatre, London
Phil Brooks has just returned from a
course in dramatics at New York in
preparation for his stunt. Frank
Reading, who missed his real voca-
ton as an actor and had to go into the
health officer business, will show you
what he can do as nanny" F. B
Fuller, who is credited with having
been quite a minstrel in Lew Dock
stader's time, will display his real
talent
Rehearsal tonight
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-04

What's $4,000 bail to Scott Nearing? He's been out o
long enough to have saved many times that amount.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-04
SAVE WHEAT AND SAVE LIBERTY.

Tb,ogb voluntary cooperation Administrator Hoover
asks the wheat and flour IN o
definite of rules he not only Gals on eating pac
and clubs gocer restrict consumption bu upon
households well
The point reached where by universal agreement Tor
sake and the benefit of our Allies we must carefully nus
band supply the The system Of voluntary a
tonng trial hardship any person II does
require absolute of waste and OF sendugsn o
as a matter of principle and eXpedlency
When millions upon millions people in other countries be-
cause of the exigences carrying bread cards and are
forced to count cay by day number of bread
that everywhere well afford cheeruy 10
aid in cutting down by national consumption Nowhere
else in the plentiful the United States or to
If we DO not save voluntarily the next
step will be compulsion
alton calls the That ought be enough and
the response should be prompt and spontaneous.
With Bugarians fighting on the fiction that
we with Bulgaria at last confronted with fact
What's $4,000 bail to Scott been of work
long enough have saved many times that amount
Dr. Garfield is laying supply Of fuel ad
there's be famine will have to be IN some
thing else.
Sweden declares that she will neutral
policy Mail for the addressed "ya Stockholm
usual.
"The Germans were kind day. paintvely remarks
Russian dispatch gain seestraint since the Bel
gian invasion!
If after the elaborate calculations Hoover lead pencil
appears that ought eat less wheat why wen have to eat
less is better Judgment viii food now than to 20
under the German yoke for a hundred years
There are Metropolitan Opera House al
ter ALL the could be generally credited lnd-
Gates however the artistic of the merchana dra
ma whose temples" every hand
c-uan nropagandss and their Boshevik that
mart of States tins capastIc war President
Conpers of the American Federation Of Labor organization
which knows capitalism when it is workingnans
war In the course will be discovered that both Drawn
and lr,ion are behind and with common purpose
Fprper Asquth says resigned the leadership Of
e Liberal party intention resgmng It, and tnen aads
~ ireland: believe that this moment
british and Irish craftsmanship bankrupt that cannot tnd an
abe solution only British and Irish craftsmanship
mai / on trial and situation Ertish and Sh
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-04

With Bugans fighting the front the fiction that
we are not al Bulgaria last confronted viii fact
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-04

Watch papers for particulars of mu-
sicale at Barbara Worth Hotel on the
evening of April 15.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-04
To WATER USERS IN
CITY OF Il CENTRO

Owing to the making of certain re-
pairs on the Date Canal by Imperial
Water Company No. l the water will
be shut off fro mthecitys ystemfo
be shut off from the city system for
one week from this date. All water
users are therefore requested to be as
sparing as possible in their use Of
water from said water system during
the ensuing week.
Dated this 1st day Of April, 1918.
w. E. VAN WAY,
Water Superintendent.
April 2-3-4-5-6-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-04

German propagandsts and their Bosheyk allies insist tha On
m mart of the United tins captastc President
Campers of the Federation Of Labor organization
which knows capitalism it is workingmans
war In the course will be discovered that both bawn
,rd lol,ion are behind H. and with purpose
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-04

M Premier Asquith says resigned the leadership Of
tho @ party and intention Of resgnng it. and then ADDS
a. 70 ireland: believe that at this supreme moment
ana Irish satesmanshp bankrupt that it cannot find an
he solution only British and Irish craftsmanship
at On trial situation British and lrish
natrioli.n Is on trial also
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-04

There movies the Metropolitan Opera House al
ter ALL The report could be generally credited nd-
Gates however artistic of the merchanical da
ma whose temples" tower every hand
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-04
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

FOR SALE-Limited amount very
fine head-selected hand-threshed
feterita seed; price reasonable.
Smith Jackson, west side Eighth
ST., north Holton Interurban r. R.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-04

If after the elaborate calculations Mr. Hoover lead pencil
appeas that we ought wheat why wen have to eat
less wheat 1t Judgment win food than to
under the German yoke for hundred years
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-04

Th Germans the first day. plaintivey remarks
Russian dispatch Remarkable gain seestrain the Bel
invasion.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-04

declares that she will continue to maintain neutral
policy Mail for the should be addressed via Stockholm
as usual
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-04

Dr. Garfield laying in his winters supply Of fuel ad-
nistrators If there's any will have be in some
thing else.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-04
MYSTERY ABOUT
SHOTS FIRED IN
EARLY MORNING

At about ? o'clock this morning
a number OF shots were fired and
man was heard screaming near the
residence OF Mayor W. X. Roberts
on West Broadway.
II. II. Brown heard the shots and
the sound indicated to him that it
was near the mayors house. lie
phoned the mayor who was already
aroused and trying to locate the
trouble. The mayor said he heard
,hree shots from an automatic. fired
rapidly, and then followed a number
more from a single action gun, as he
believed, by reason OF the intervals
!etWeen the shots.
A man was heard screaming and
the mayor caught some OF his words
when he was saying Il am going to
leave here" This morning it was
discovered that one OF the globes on
the White Way lights at the corner
Of f street, northwest and Broad
way. had been shot, and a woman
nat was picked up near the corner
H. II. Brown telephoned the po-
lice. but when they arrived all the
parties had gone.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-04
MARKETS
GRAIN.

Chicago. Ocr. 5.--FreSh retreats
By the Germans together with re-
ports that an anti-militaristic chan
ceIor had been named to succeed
Won tlertling led to new declines to-
day in the corn market. Lack OF
support rather than urgent selling,
however, was 4 feature ot trading.
TO limited extent, commission hous-
es brought on the breaks. Opening
prices which varied from the same
as yesterdays finish to l-S cents
lower. with Nov l.2S - to l.29 and
Dec. l.26 3-S TO l.26 rs cents. were
followed by a sharp setback all
around, and then something OF a
reaction.
Oats reflected changes in corn.
Cash interests were moderate buy
ers. After opening 5-S cent off 10
IA cent advance, with Oct. 6S IA
to 68 3-4, the market underwent a
general sag, and later rallied.
Loves quotations on hogs, made
provisions weak. Pork, especially,
was depressed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-04
LRSONALS

Mrs. Fred H. Wilson is in the
Won Keller Sanitarium and will un-
dergo an operation tomorrow.
Mrs. !. II. Scruggs and daughter,
22l d Street, southeast went to
Denison, Texas, Yesterday to visit
Mrs. Scruggs nephew, Ed Turn
paugh, who is survivor OF the
San Diego
The condition OF Mrs. d. A.
Homer who underwent an operation
at Hardy Sanitarium yesterday is
much improved. Mrs. W. f. Davis
Of Pauls Valley, a sister OF Mrs.
Homer, is with her,
Tea will be served for the benefit
of the Fatherless Children OF
France at the home OF Mrs. B. A..
Simpson from $50 to 3 o'clock Fri
day afternoon. Music and recep-
tion.
w. |. Cruce has received a mes
sage notifying him of the accidental
shooting of Lieut.. Roy E. Bledsoe,
at Quantuo, Mo. Lieutenant Bled-
soc is son-in-law of A. c. Cruce
who with his family, made his home
in Ardmore before moving to Okla
hoiha City. No further information
concerning the shooting was given,
but it is thought that Lieutenant
Bledsoe's condition is critical.
Miss Clyde Gait of Carterville,
Ga. is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. John
Gait and other relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Kinard have
returned from a several weeks trip
to Cement and Colorado Springs.
The trip was made overland.
c. {. Hatchett, an attorney OF
Durant, spent today in Ardmore.
Mr.. and Mrs. !. X. Benning of
Bonneville, Ark, have come to Ard
more to make their home. For the
present they are visiting at the home
Of their daughter Mrs. d. Z. Fitz-
gerald
Tea will be served for the benefit
of the Fatherless Children of
France at the home Of Mrs. B. A.
Simpson from $50 to 9 o'clock Fri
day afternoon. Music and recep-
tion.
Otis Coffey and brother, f. w.
Coffey OF Lone Grove, have returned
from Oklahoma City where they at
tended a meeting of the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows.
Mrs. Dora !. Dustin and daugh-
ter. Mrs. ]. W. Callahan went TO
Fort Worth. Texas, yesterday where
they will make their home. Mrs. CAL
lahan will return to Ardmore tomor-
row and will motor to Fort Worth.
She will be accompanied by Mrs.
Ed Ringer OF Chickasha who has
been visiting them here and who
after spending a few days in Fort
Worth, will go to San Antonio.
Texas. to visit her daughter. Mrs.
Ringers son-in-law is in military
at Camp Travis.
Tea will be served for the benefit
OF the Fatherless Children OF
France IT the home OF Mrs. b. A.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-04
AFTERNOON TEA FOR
BENEFIT OF FATHER
LESS BELGIAN CHILDREN

Arrangements have been made
for the holding OF an afternoon tea
for the benefit OF the Fatherless
Children of France at the home OF
Mrs. b. a. Simpson on G street.
southwest, Friday afternoon from
$3.50 to o'clock The program will
include musical selections and re-
ception. In view of the intense in
terest that has been taken in this
movement since it was taken up by
Mrs. II. c. Potterf as chairman, it
is probable that the attendance on
this occasion will be large.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-04

Simpson IRON $50 to 6 o'clock FRI
day afternoon. Music and recep-
tion.
Otto Bradford OF the Empire Pipe
Line Co., is in Tulsa on business
trip for this company.
Miss Grace Baker. service OBJ
server OF the Southwestern Bell
Telephone Co., has returned to her
home in Oklahoma City after a visit
to the local office. While in Ard
more. Miss Baker was guest of
Miss Lucy Denton. Miss Benton
returned from Oklahoma City Mon
day.
Tea will be served for the benefit
of the Fatherless Children OF
France at the home of Mrs. B. A..
Simpson from $3.50 to 6 o'clock Fri
day afternoon. Music and recep-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Ritter, 2l6
Fourth avenue southwest, an
nounced the birth of son, Thursday
September 20.
Miss Layne Woods has retured
to Oklahoma City after spending a
fortnight in Ardmorc visiting her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. p. II. Woo-s,
oO2 Mcl.ish avenue.
Mrs. Clinton O. Bum is in Nor
man visiting her son, John X. Bum,
who is attending the State Univer-
sity.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-04
Biggest War Depot In World
Belongs to America In France

high as 5-story buildings-all these
things in countless quantities and
infinitely more of them in kind
into the great funnel top OF the cor
nucopia.
Incidental to this chief function
as an intermediate depot between
our base ports and the front, ---
has a number Of sideshows, OF which
may be mentioned:
Troops Rest There.
Troop regulation. a great many
troops rest here on their way
either to training camps or to the
front. Their rest consists of carry
ing rails for track-laying gangs, car
rying lumber for the carpenters,
clearing land of trees and brush for
new warehouses, and unloading and
loading trains.
Replacement center for army
specialists like butchers, bakers, etc.
Prison camps for Americans SEN
fenced at court martial. Some are
under light sentences and will soon
be bacl, in uniform. Those under
heavy sentences or found morally
unworthy to be in the American
ranks will be returned to America
whenever il is convenient TO move
them. A city the size OF Louisville
has many more men in its jalIS and
st,,tt, an