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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-08-09
KAIsER'S TALK TO HE'LL

On the telephone one day.
The girl at central listened
To all they had to say.
"Hello!' she heard the Kaiser say,
is old man Satan home?
Just tell him it Is Kaiser Bill
That wants him on the telephone .
The devil said Hello" to Bill,
And said How are you?"
I'm running a hell here on earth,
Now tell me what to do"
What can do?" the devil said,
My dear old Kaiser Bill,
If there's thing that l can do
To help you, sure / will"
The Kaiser said Now, listen,
And / will try to tell
The way that am running
On earth a modern hell.
Il saved for this for many years,
And I've started out to kill;
That it will be modern job,
You leave to Kaiser Bill.
My army went through Belgium,
Shooting women and children
down;
We tore up all the country
And blew UP every town.
My Zeps dropped bombs on every
city,
Killing both old and young;
And those the Zeppelins didn't get
We're taken out and hung.
Il started out for Paris,
With the aid of poisonous gas.
The Belgians, damn them, stopped us
And would not let us pass.
My submarines are devils;
Why you should see them fight.
They all go sneaking through the sea
And will sink a ship on sight.
Il was running things to suit me
Till year or so ago,
A man named Woodrow Wilson
Wrote me to go SLOW
He says to me: Dear William,
We don't want to make you sore,
But be sure and tell your U boats
To sink our boats no more.
" We've told you for the last time,
So, Dear Bill, it's up to you,
And If you do not stop it,
You'll have to fight us, too
Il did not listen to him,
And he's coming after me
With a million Yankee soldiers
From their home across the sea.
Now that is why called you Satan,
For l want advice from you;
know that you Will tell me
Just what | ought to do"
My dear old Kaiser Wilhelm,
There's not much for me to tell,
For the Yanks will make it hotter
Than l ever could in hell.
I've been a mean old devil,
But not half as mean as you,
And the minute that you get here
I'll give this job to you.
"I'll be ready for your coming,
And I'll keep the fires all bright,
And I'll make your room all ready
When the Yankees start to fight.
For the boys in tan will get you;
I've nothing more to tell.
Hang up the phone and get your hat,
r,oot y,,a horo - han
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-08-09

Go to Duthie's for all kinds of mill
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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-08-09
AUGUST /, 1918
Patents

AUGUST /, 1918
Patents
United States to Dionysius Y.
Smith, eh of swq and lots 6, z, of g.
1899.
Deeds
]. f. Brown ct ux., w. Claude
Renfrew ct ux to Roy L. Hord, lot 5,
blk 1, Pennington, lot II, blk So,
Railroad add, Pennington, 81.
]. r. Brown ct ux to Roy L. Hord
part lots 3, 4, blk 2, Pennington, 81.
". Claude Renfrew ct ux., D. Cool
idge ct ux to Roy l.. Hord, tracts in
Pennington, 81.
Elsie Getchell ct vir to G. r. Rima,
lots 3, 4, blk 10, Pullman, $1,000.
Rosalia Lodge, No. 10, l. o. o. F.,
to E. w. Wagner, part lot II, blk
/, Evergreen cemetery, $25.
Hiram Lodge, No. 81, F. and A.
NJ, to DR.. f. p. Small, lot 10, blk 2,
Masonic cemetery, Colfax, $40.
Sarah f. Small to Elwood P. Small,
nh of nwq 33-15-44, 81.
Mortgages
r. G. Rima ct TX. to Abbie c. Bak-
err, lots 3, 4, blk 10, Pullman, $3.50.
Viola o. and T. l.. Henderson to
Bank of Winona, live stock, machin-
cry, crops in 32-18-40, $4,000.
Melvin A. Crumbaker to w. H.
Lacey, two-thirds crops on nwq of
swQ 2O-17-44, $619.1O.
Release
Holt Mfg. Co. to ]. E. and Ed
Ringel, chattel
Conditional Bills of Sale
Pacific Tank & Silo Co. to F.. ].
tank, $135.45 to Hattie e.
Adams, tank, $135.45; to J. P. Haga-
man, tank, $121.S0.
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FOR SALE-Several secondhand
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DUTHIE'S

For General White Lead-i00
pound in IAN, rs. so or 100 p0u''
lots.
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FOOD PRICES FOR PULLMAN
WEEK OF AUGUST 5-1O

intended grades and
rendered II the highest price entitled high
Remember delivery service expensive Carry goods
cam delivery daily
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INSURANCE Talk with Do"N'
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AUGUST 2, 1918
Deeds

AUGUST 2, 1918
Deeds
Jas. Jennings ct ux. to Paschal
Jennings, lots 3, 4, sh Of nwq, seq
3-18-42, 81.
Jess Jennings ct ux. to Paschal
jennings lots 3, 4, sh of nwq, seq g.
1912, 81.
Mortgages
Jas. Neace ct ux. to Elizabeth
Neace. seq 22-16-41, $12,80O.
l. A. Brown ct ux. to Robt. l..
Ragon. live stock, machinery, auto,
hay, crops, swq 5-19-44, neg Ell of
nwQ 8-19-44, $1084.84.
Conditional Bill of Sale
A. c. Mueller to G. A. Prelwitz,
auto, $63S.
The Adair County news., 1918-08-14
trust the Governor and the Pris-
on Board will let him stay where
he is"
Holes in Roads.

A road is the means of trans
portation and uponithe condition
of the surface depends the cost
of transporting materials. A.
great many. people think that
when a road:is once built that it
will stand iforEall time and do
efficient work without any re-
pairs, but such is not the case.
Railroads. rivers: harbors and
canals arelspatrolled, and in as
much as theIhighways are sub
jected to more severe traffic than
either of the above it stands to
reason that theylshould receive
constant attention. Besides, if
the road is not smooth not only
is the cost Of hauling increased
but vehieleslare caused to deter.
iorate most rapidly.
Consider, for example, a large
hole in a road. 3lEveryone knows
that when automobiles, wagons
and buggies pass over holes that
considerable damage is done.
Suppose that thel damage to an
automobile is:only one cent and
that there were one hundred
automobiles over the road in q
day. The damage to the auto
mobiles alone from that one hole
in one day is $1.00. Suppose
there are fifty such holes to the
mile of road. Then the damage
would be $50, 90 per day or 81. 500
per month, and for twelve
months in the year the damage
to the automobiles alone passing
over a mile of such road would
be $1S. 900, which is a sufficient
sum of money to build in its en-
tirely a mile of road and use an
excellent grade OF materials. 1t
might not be necessary to re-
build the roadIand in that event
it certainly sould be maintained.
The Adair County news., 1918-08-14
Protest Against Pardon.

Mrs. Abrelia Turner, of Jack
son, wife of Capt. J.IB. Turner
ane widow of James B. Marcum,
who was assassinated at the
courthouse door lat Jackson in
May. 1903, by Curt Jet, has
sent from Jackson a singing let
ter protesting: against a parole
being granted to..Jett, as Chap
lain w. @. Vreeland, of the State
Reformatory. announces he will
ask.
Mrs. Turner's letter in part
follows: "The majority of the
people have no confidence in
Curtis religion. If he a truly
converted man. why don't he tell
to the world who hired him to
kill Jim Marcum and not 60 on
trying to make the people be-
lieve he killed him for personal
reasons. He took the lives of
Jim Marcum and Jim Cockrill
for hire, and we have no assur-
ance that he would not do the
same thing again:if he were re-
leased" After referring scath-
ingly to the parole of Tom White,
who was paroled for the Marcum
murder two years ago. and to
Beach Hargis, who was paroled
after killing his father. Judge
James Hargis, Mrs. Turner goes
on: "The majority of the peo-
pie here do not want Curt Jett
released from prison. l do not
censure his brothers and friends
for wanting Curt released. We
would do the same thing if we
4
were in their places, no doubt,
but we must not let sympathy
override justice in this case. ]
The Adair County news., 1918-08-14
Camp Shelby Miss

To my many friends in Adair
county.
AS I have been in Camp Shelby
since Nov. 4, 1917, | decided that
l would drop a few lines to the
old home paper. 1t reaches US
every Saturday and l am Sure
glad to read it, as it brings news
to us that we would not receive
from our friends. Most of the
Adair county boys have already
gone to France from this place.
l think there are only twelve
boys from Adair county left at
this camp. Probably our time
will come yet for US to do our
part.
James Vaughn and I spent ten
days out at the snipers school
and l have just started to anoth.
er school here at the camps that
will last four weeks. But the
best of all we spend the night
with a farmer while we were
out at the SHIPPER school, as he
wanted us to see his cotton
field, which was good so he said,
we were no judges of cotton but
sure could tell him about his me-
Ions, peaches, grapes and figs.
He took us to them and told us to
help ourselves. They were
plentiful, and we also saw a
turpentine orchard. The trees
were barked from the ground up
almost four feet, and pans fast
ened to the bottom to catch the
turpentine. 1t is put in barrels
and hauled to the distillery, but
not a Kentucky distillery.
| Our old pal Earnest Stotts was
just in for a chat. he has just re.
turned from school where he was
learning to be blacksmith, Of
which he qualified and SO he il
now our company's mule sheer
Guess I'd better close as it il
about time to go to church. W.
lonly have two sermons a week
The Adair County news., 1918-08-14

Cy III MS UUSI1cSS. AS Iu6Te
were no banks in the county dur
ing the civil war. it was neces-
sary to keep his money at his
home. The county was unset
tied and unsafe because of ma
rauding bands, and he made one
of his negro men his banker.
This occurred about the time the
government commenced to en-
list negroes in the army.
Calling the negro to him, he
said in substance, "You know
you can leave me and join the
army if you desire to do 80, and
| have no power to prevent it,
but have confidence in you to
take my money and keep it for
me. | may be robbed, but no
one will disturb you. If at any
time you conclude to enter the
army, you can return it to nae.
The negro man accepted the
trust and received the money.
Concluding later to join the
army, he came to his old master,
told him his purpose to leave
him, and returned the money
which had been placed in his
care.
Aunt Rachel" a servant in
my sisters family, in the same
way was often custodian of hun
dreds of dollars. Those who
trusted her knew that she would
guard it as sacredIy as she would
her life. for her attachment te
the whites of the family in
which she was reared was hard.
ly less than that for her own
childrena and after freedom came,
the same strong tie, next to that
of kindred, continued till bel
death.
| We have always carried in oul
heart warm place for the ole
family negro and a kind senti
ment for the self respecting ne
gro of to-day. We owe thi'
much to him for what his father
did for our father and for us il
the old time,
: To be continued next week.
The Adair County news., 1918-08-14
Historical and Biographical that
viii be Of Interest TO all
Readers Of the News.
BY JUDGE II. c. BAKER.
No. %.


lima, and many of them were
doubtless acquainted with each
other back in the old States.
They had marched together,
camped, and fought together in
the war of the revolution. The
coming of one brought others,
sometimes, individuals, and Of
ten whole families, and when
they arrived here, they faced
similar conditions. The country
was a vast forest. The supplies
of life were scant, and as &C.
cessible to one as to another.
The dangers which faced them
were common to all. In many
ways they were brought togeth-
er like one large family, and
made to realize their mutual de-
pendence upon each other.
Cabins had to be built for
shelter as well as for protection;
trees felled, rails made, and
ground cleared and enclosed for
cultivation; pathways and roads
had to be opened from one set
Element to another, and these
things made cooperation abso.
lutely necessary. 1t was work
that one man could not do by
himself.
If a house was to be erected,
the neighbors gathered in and
assisted in cutting the logs, hew-
ing and notching them, and car
rying up the corners, and fitting
them until they were all in place,
rafters on and roofing completed.
So in like manner they came to-
gether to the logrollings when a
field was to be cleared. They
regarded it as much their duty
to do this, as to rush to the de.
tense with rifle in hand at the
report of an Indian invasion.
Our older citizens can yet re.
member the survival of this Gus.
tom in the corn-shcuking, log.
rollings, barn, buildings, anc
cuttings of later days.
Who, that was ever present OF
such an occasion, can forget it
The master, his servants and biz
sons were there, in fact, it was {
time of the in.gathering of al
the neighborhood. For the log
rollings, the hand-spikes were
prepared in advance, of ever
length for lifting as we'll as roll
ing, and the strength of eacl
one would be put to the test be
fore the day ended. While tn,
work progressed in the clearing
the best cooks of the neighbor
hood were engaged in the prepa
ration of the dinner and suppe
which divided and closed the Ia
Dor of the day. At such time
the old brown jug also had it
place, and was not forgotten. A
the corn stockings, the sam
custom prevailed. but the wor
was usually done in the late al
ternoon and night-sometime
running until the midnight hour
1t was at such a time that IA
rica' was at his best. and it Wa
then that one could hear the gil
rious old songs of slavery times
songs which are lost to the gel
GRAFTON of today-lost to the N
gro, as well as to the white mai
for we hear them no more.
It was one of the great event
The Adair County news., 1918-08-14

OF the year-this corn-shucking
night. The corn, as it was gath
cred and hauled from the fields,
was thrown into a shed adjacent
to the crib in two lots of as near
ly the same size as possible. A
time was fixed and invitations
sent cut inviting the neighbors
to be present on a designated
evening. Preparations were
made by the killing of chickens,
turkey, shoats, the baking OF
pies, cakes and the like. On the
appointed evening they would
come, fathers and mothers, boys
and girls, and the negro men of
the farms Leaders were Sc
lected for the two piles of corn,
who chose their assistants from
the men and boys present, and
then the contest commenced. At
once the walls of the crib would
clatter with the falling ears as
they were thrown in their place;
shouts of encouragement would
go up from the leaders. handy
ing of words back and forth, and
as the work advanced, the ne
groes would commence in a low
tone singing their corn-feld
songs; louder and louder it would
grow as the corn flew from their
hands, until the hills and valleys
around were resonant with the
melody.
When the last ear of corn had
fallen into the crib, and the
shucks were rolled away, two of
the most stalwart of the negro
men would catch up one of the
boys of the family on their shout,
ders, and leading the company,
they would march around the
house, the negroes singing one
of their soul stirring songs. Then
would follow the supper, ample
in its provisions for all, black
and white. 1t is we'll that slav-
cry is gone, but what a pity that
the old plantation songs went
with it? Who, that ever heard
them, can forget them, or would
wish to forget them? They are
a part of the memory of the old
farm. and the old home life, sa-
cred by reason of its hallowed
associations, and their melody,
not entirely lost to those of us
who heard it, fingers in the
mind as a pleasant and half for
gotten dream.
If not free in fact, the negro
then on the average Kentucky
farm was, at least, free of heart,
and happy. His wants were few
and his cares were fewer. anc
all in the keeping of "old mas SO
and ole mis'sus," and he trusted
to them to provide for him and
protect him.
The people of the north side Of
the river never understood, anC
could not appreciate the bond o.
sympathy and the attachment
which existed between the mas
ter and his slave on the ordinar
lily well conducted farm of thos'
} days. The generation of toda!
does not understand 1t as it real
ly was-a strong tie that bourne
: them to each other in persona
: friendship and cooperation. Tn
: negro was a part of the famil.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
k.E.F.'S BIRTHDAY
COMES TOMORROW:
NOW A YEAR old

A year ago tomorrow (June s. the
vanguard of the A. f. F. landed at Liv-
erpool.
On June 8, 1917, General Pershing and
his staff set foot on English soil. Late
in the afternoon of June 13 they werc
welcomed at the gates of Paris by such
q moving, spontaneous, tumultuous greet
ing from the people of the city as they
will remember all the days cf their lives,
such welcome, probably, as they cannot
know again till the war is done and the
A. E. +. goes home.
Even as the crowds were cheering in
the streets of Paris, the piers Of the
North River on the other side of the At
janIlc were astir with the silent, hurry
ing prepa ations of the nrst contingent
for depa cure, for it was the next day
that <he first, convoy set sail for France.
On Tuesday of last week General
Pershing was entitled to sew on his Sec
ond service chevron.
1t was on May %, 1917, that the gen.
eral and his staff, with as little fuss and
feathers and as much secrecy as an ex-
cited and immensely curious country
would permit, set sail from the harbor
of New York. They were crossing the
sea to prepare the way, the ports, the
camps, the bases, the system for the hun
dreds of thousands of troops that were to
follow them within year. The anniver-
sary of that sailing was celebrated by the
Battle Of Cantigny, for it was just year
to the day later that the A. E. F. made
it's first attack in force.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30

"ayp eyeful of war"-and also a double
eyeful of admiration for the way the
French, even the children of France,
stand up under all that war has done
to them in the way of separation, and
loss, and anguish of body and soul.
-. You see hatless women, with children
clutchlng at their skirts, Juggling in
their arms the little remains of their
household goods that they were able to
snatch up in a. hurry-kettles, pans,
even pictures, objects that would seem
grotesque were it not for the tragedy
that lies in the eyes Of their possessors.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30

You see little boys tugging manfully
at bulky and unwieldy parcels contain
ing you know not what-all that could
be salvaged from the threatened home.
You see old men ambling, with rheu-
matte joints, painfully along, their sole
belongings encased in a knotted table
cloth tied to stick. And at one time
there came to the Care poor woman
carrying in her arms a full size GOAT
the goat which provided milk for her
seven children, who followed after her.
For the assistance of these unfortu-
mates. these dazed. innocent victims Of
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30

the French and the American Red Cross
work, day and night, aided by volunteer
workers from the Y. M. C. A., the So
ciety Of Friends, and other philanthropic
organizations. From sun-up to sunset
on each of the early days Of the great
rush of refugee traffic they fed, and
clothed when thdre was need, an average
of more than 5000 people. Itwas no un-
common thing for the clothing depart
ment to be cleaned out of its store twice
in. the course Of q day, so hastily had the
refugees hustled out of their homes, so
pitiable was the plight Of the children. .
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
Crandpa's Story

Gather, my children, come to my knee:
What is this object which you can see
Standing SO close to Granddad's canteen?
Aren't you surprised? It's only beanl
Only bean, but, my, what a lot,
Trillions, guess, which Uncle Sam got
Cheap for his Army over in France,
Paree and Alsace, Tours and in Nantes.
Beans for the Army, Navy beans, too,
Beans in the potage, beans in the stew,
Beans on the transport, beans on the
shore,
None of us hoped to get any more.
All Of the beans weren't such as you sec
Here as a relic (dished out to me
Once in chow line, far. far from here.
Search in your "jogfry," look near
"Anjeer'O.
Some of the beans were white, like the
snow,
Many were brown and tasted like dough:
Others were red, but none that knew
Ended the cheer of Red, White and Blue.
Then there were round beans, lima beans.
too.
Beans from Brazil and beans from Peru,
String beans in cans, baked beans in
pans,
Beans on the docks and beans in big vans.
Only this bean have found the bunch
Sent TO the trenches, sent as my lunch;
That little bean was picked from my tin,
Put in my gun and shot to Berlin.
Bill, the big Kaiser, slept in his bed.
Bing! went the bean--and Willie was
dead,
Hit in the head), and no German bean
Ever shall shatter peace SO serene.
FRANCIS x. COUGHLIN. M.A.A.B.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30

war not of their choosing, there is es-
tablished, just outside the train shed,
canteen-the Canteen of the Two Flags,
as the Tricolor and Stars and Stripes
painted on it go to show. It is a low,
wooden building Of considerable length,
with kitchen and food counter at one
end and a clothing counter at the other.
All along up and down the centre are
wooden tables and benches where, as
fast as they come in, the refugees are
fed, many of them for the first time in
many hours.
In the canteen the representatives of
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
OUR SERVICE FLAG

We wanted place for our Service Flag,
For the Service Flag of America,
We looked in vain to find place,
In all the world there wasn't space.
So we borrowed the sky and hung it vide
Over the world from side to side,
And when the world is dark at night
Our stars are shining clear and bright
They tell the world as they glow and
CLEAN,
While other nations may pause to dream,
That America sends from her treasure
store
Millions Of men and will send more.
So many are going is why
For our Service Flag we borrowed tha
sky
Placed it on hight never shall drag,
God made Americas Service Flag.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
MY GIRL OVER THERE

/ remember you, dear friend,
When homeward did wend
My way, with you, through overhane1nf
trees;
And / don't forget the talks
We had on those homeward walks,
Even though am far off across the ses&
And on many of those nights.
AS we passed beneath the lights,
/ would glance at you, and could plainu
see
But I couldn't quite get started,
Before at last we parted,
To speak more plainly, dear, Of you sna
me.
This much I'll tell to you
And, believe me, it is true
That life is not worth living out--vc,s
You have some thing, or some one.
To protect from sun to sun,
And to fight for ere you gain your nAR
piness.
That is what I'm doing now,
And it makes me feel, somehow,
AS If all love is menaced by the huns #
For it's just such girls as you
Who will make us stick it through,
And keep it up until the ight is wa
IRWIN SALM, - Tank Ceae
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
IN THE ENGINEERS

If it's work you would be doin'
Such as ties in need O. hewin',
Till yer back is jes' one ruin,
Join tn Engineers.
Fell the trees an get from under,
Chute tn logs without blunder,
Work tn whole day jes' like thunder,
In tn Engineers.
Work like hell a-diggin' bitches,
Layin' track or settin' switches
Can per pay sure amt no riches),
In tn Engineers.
Even when tn rain is pourin'
An you hear the big guns roarin',
Jes' go right on with yer chorin',
In tn Engineers.
If you hear tn motor hummin'
On Boche plane that is comm,
Don't stop work for fear O. bombin',
In tn Engineers.
Night time comes an things that's creepy
In a tent that's sort O. seepy-
Amt no bother, you're so sleepy,
In tn Engineers.