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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-09-12

H. Esch left on Tuesday for a visit
to the Worlds Fair He was accom-
panied by his brother Rev. Walenta
Esch of Brooklyn, who has been visit
ing here for some time.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-09-12

G. b. Bryon Esq, OF Kewaunee was
in the city on Tuesday on his way to
the south Mr.. Byron is giving con
siderable portion of his time at pres
ent to mining business in which he is
interested.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-09-12

The infant child, John Robert, OF
Mr.. and Mrs. James Heffernan. North
9th street, died yesterday He was
one OF the twins and was three months
old. The funeral will be held today.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-09-12

Mrs NJ. r. Guhin and her sister,
Miss Mary Regan, returned last week
from Chicago, after doing" the fair
They were accompanied home by their
cousin, Mrs. j. Mullin.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-09-12

RESULTS or SUNDAYS GAMES.
White SoX, 3; Kosciuskos, 2.
Sheboygan, 3; Mantowoc, 0.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-02-14
Writing School At Stony Fork.

MIR. EDITOR: Mr.. y. II. Watson
of Mcclure, n. c. who has been
taking a correspondence course
in the Ransomerican School OF
Penmanship, Kansas City, Mo-,
and whose services as teacher OF
the fine art, are widely sought;
closed a most successful term OF
two weeks at this place Thurs
day, Jan. 81, 1918.
The patrons and students were
so highly pleased with the i'm.
provement made, and the in
structions given, that they en-
ployed Mr.. Watson to continue
the school for two weeks longer.
A great number of students,
who at the beginning OF the
school were unable to write a
passable hand, at the close of the
term were able to analyse all the
letters, and found that their pen.
manship was greatly improved.
Mr.. Watson has been teaching
penmanship for 26 years, and
since taking the Ransomcrican
Course, has attained a higher de-
gree of proficiency IN the beauti.
full art.
Writing is almostas important
as speaking, as Il medium for
communicating thought. ScrawlS
that cannot bp read may be COM
pared to talking that cannot he
understood, and writing difficult
to read, to stamering speech.
penme1, like poets, are born,
but penmanship, like the ability
to walk, is an aiter-accomplish-
ment which all may acquire il
they begin in time and on right
principles. If the young IN a II
will devote a few hours of his
spare time to intellig gent practice
cutting lines and twirlipg ovals
the results obtained will aston
; ish the poorest scrawler.
PIatt r. Spencer, the famous
= author OF the Spencerian pen
3 manship, said; Our intention
has been to present to the public
t a system,
e "Plain to the eye, aud gracefully
combined,
!, 70 train the muscle and improv,
the mind.
The writer has learned by ob
. servation andexpcrience, by com
pletiDg n course in a business col
lege, that no young lady or gen
. tlemen, can succeed in the busi
ness world without first acquil
= ing a good style OF writing.
., &c. GREEN.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-02-14
CORN WILL Win
DEMOCRACY'SWAR
Americas Greatest Cereal Crop
Is Now Moving to
Market.
MAlNSTAY IN NATIONS CRISIS.
Surplus Wheat Of the United States
Has Been Sent to Famine Threat
sned Europe.
NAlNSTAY IN NATIONS CRISIS.

Americas great corn crop. exceed
Ing 5000, O,OOO,OO0 bushels. will save the
worlds food situation, officials OF the
United States food administration be.
l!eve.
Corn Is the nations best food cereal,
housewives are beginning to realize.
1t contains all the elements needed to
keep the body In q state Of health and
when used according to the scores OF
tried recipes. especially when com.
bincd with an added portion Of oil or
fat, will sustain life indefinitely. In
dian warriors In colonial days lived on
parched corn alone for many days at
time, and at Valley Forge parched
corn was Mt times the sole ration OF
the Continental soldiers.
Owing TO transportation difficulties
caused by the war .e corn crop moved
more slowly to market this year than
ever before. Now, however, the cereal
is reaching the millers and consumers.
wheat has been sent to Europe.
Today there are approximately 81
bushels of corn for every American.
This quantity Is greater by five bush.
els than In former years.
Corn has become the nations main.
stay In the crisis Of war.
Just rs this cereal saved the frst
American cOloniSts from famine on
many occasions. just as 1t serve! as II
staple food during the War Of the Rev
olution and during the Civil War, King
Corn has again come to the front In
the nations battle with autOcrncy.
Corn meal is finding greatly increas-
ed use In the making of ordinary white
bread Hundreds Of housewives and
many of the larger bakers are mixing
20 per cent. corn meal with wheat
flour to make lcavened bread. This
kind Of a mixture Is worked and baked
In the same recipes and with the same
methods that apply to straight wheat
bread.
Corn bread-uslng corn meal entire.
ly-is gaining a greater popularity
than ever before. Housewives arc
coming to realize that every pound Of
wheat saved In America means pound
Of wheat released for shipment to the
nations with which America Is assocl
ated In the war.
There are a score Of corn product,
that today possess unusual importance
for Americans. Corn syrup for sweet
ening corn cakes and buckwheat cake,
and for use In the kitchen instead o
granulatcd sugar Is one Of the leadinl
= products made from corn.
Corn oil. excellent for frying and 70
every other purpose filled by salad oils
Is appearing on the market In larg
\ quantities. 1t comes from the germ o
the corn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-02-14
Carranza Sends Kaiser Message.

A London dispatch tells of the
sending of q telegram by Presi-
dent Carranza OF Mexico to the
Emperor OF Germany on the lat
ter's birthday. The message
follows:
"To your majesty, who cele--
brates his anniversary today
with just cause for rejoicing. |
have the honor to send your
majesty my most cordial con,
gratulations and am pleased to
express to you my best wishes
for your personal happiness and
that of your august family, as
well as for the prosperity of this
great iendly nation"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-02-14

London, Feb. THE serge
ants say that the 'l'uscania took
n tremendous list to starboard
almost as soon as she was hit.
Almost all the lifeboats on that
side were either blown into the
air or otherwise rendered useless.
The soldiers were Immediately
lined up and while standing at
attention as one man began to
sing "My Country 'Tis of Thee
and The Star Spanglel Ban.
ner," the crew, which lined up on
the opposite side, sang "God
Save the King
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-02-14
Court.MartiaIIed for Cutting off FIn1ars.

Charged with cutting off three
fingers of his left hand, Private
Lark Triplett of Granite Falls,
stationed at Camp Sewer, has
been tried by court martial, and
sentenced to four years impris-
onment in the Federal peuiten-
tiary at Atlanta.
He is q married man sent away
in the draft, and had already
been recommended by his home
board for an honorable discharge
which no doubt he would have
received within a short time.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-02-14
Important To Voters.
10 Chairmen of County Boards
OF Election

10 Chairmen of County Boards
OF Election.
| beg to'call your attention to
the fact that within a short while
there will be another call made
Tor men to 60 to the training
camps under the selective draft
law.
Many of these men have not
registered. The Absent Voters
Law was enacted primarily to
enable them to register before
going away so that they may be
enabled to vote by mail while in
the service.
| am writing to urge you to
give all possible publicity to the
provisions of this law and to the
facilities offered by it for regis.
tering NOW. Pleass have your
local papers call attention to the
law and urge all persons who ex.
pect to be absent ut the regular
registration period and who ale
not now registered toenroll their
names at once.
You are required by the law to
keep your registration books u-
pen at all times for the registra-
tion of these voters.
Persons otherwise entitled to
vote may send their ballots by
mail if they are registered, but
there must be personal pgistra.
ton by the voter before he leav, s
home. This right of absent vo.
ting applies to the Primary Elec
tion to be held on June |, 1918
as we'll as to the November elec'
ton.
Your prompt attention to this
matter will be appreciated.
WILSON G. LAMB
Chairman State Board OF Elec
tiOns.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-02-14
In Memory OLA Former Watauga Citizen.

The home OF Mr.. IA. j. Hug
gins, at Damascus, Va., was Wis
tied by the invisible messenger
of Death, who claimed for his eS
cort the Immortal part of kind
husband and loving father to
somewhere in the great beyond.
Jack, as he was called by hi
acQuainlances, was much admir-
ed by all who knew him. He was
IL man of great energy, bis whole
life and soul being ,evotp,fto hls
duties. For the past several years
he had lived II very consistent
life as u christian AMI a member
of the Methodist church vt VIM.
tcrsLurg, West Virginia, where
he had lived for u mnmber OF
years
AS II close friend and compan,
ion of Jack for u number of bis
last years on earth, lcould hard
ly imagine a broader field fol
usefulness than his. Ills mission
here has been filled through ma.
ny trying circumstances that sure
ly confronts one who in his strug
giles can feel that in the sweet by
and by there will be time whtr
his f,ail bark that IS Leiug toss
ed to and fro by the angry wa
ters Of this life will anchor safe
ly in the port for which he ha
SO faithfully striveo. Now he ho
at last anchored at the age q
43 years, = months and ) days
and has takea over the duties fo
which hs has been preparinghim
self through all these years.
Roy OSBORNE.
Bristol, Tenn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-02-14
Later News Regarding the Disaster.

An Irish Port, Feb. 1.-THE
ruscania carried u total OF 2397
The saved number 2,29G us fol-
lows:
Troops 2.10G; crew, 100.
Total lost 101, mostly mem
bers of the crew.
Among the American survivors
are rs officers. There are 81
American troops iu the hospital.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-02-14
The Late Elder las. J. |. Sherwood.

On Oct. 20, 1917, this honored
servant of God laid down his
weapons of warfare and passed
from labor to reward.
Brother Sherwood was a faith.
full and cOnsecrated man OF God;
an able and eloquent preacher; a
strong defender OF all the doc
trlnes held dear by,,his denomina-
ton; a true and tireless minister
of Christ, possessing the shep-
herd heart. He was heard to re-
mark during his illness that he
had worn out his life for others.
We are conscious OF the fact that
this is true, remembering as we
do his travels over these noun
tains attending his churches. He
was considered a strong and ear
nest preacher of the Word by all
who heard MIN, and highly re-
spectcd and honole1 as a man
mighty in the Scriptures. Tie was
~ diligent student. For proof in
abundance OF this, only one eve
ming with him at his home was
nece sary. lie kept abreast OF
the times through the papers; he
studied commentaries: he read his
tory; he read books on various
subjects, but PRIMARILY the Bible
was his study; having read il
through 50 times.
He was our beloved pastor fol
over two years, this being his
last flock to shepherd. He re
! signed the care of the church in
: his declining years, but Otter
came back, meeting u conglega
ton anxious to hear him again
Therefore be it
Resolved, |, That we, the mem
, bers of Willowlale b a p t i s
5 church, deei.ly. conscious of TIN
b loss we sustain by his death
, since his devotion to his task AM
| fidelity to the cause of Christ ha
meant so much to us.
h 2, That We extend to his fam
p ly the deepest sympathy OF ou
:. hearts.
+ 3, That while we are cons sciou
d of our loss, we bow with humbl
submission, knowing All-w | s
a Fa her makes nOlnistake an
&c realizing that our loss is lis etc
nal gain.
4, that a copy of these lesol'
tion be spread upon our churc
minutes, and a copy sent to I'll
le Watauga Democrat with n r
Z quest to publish.
H. Tead and adopted ty Willo,
dale Baptist church Feb. 2, 10
W. + DUGGER,
n. Roy DoDsON. Com.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-02-14
How to Prevent Group.

In a child that is subject to at.
tachs OF Group, the first indica-
tion of the disease is hoarseness.
GIVE Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy as soon as the child becomes
hoarse and the attack may be
wardeG off and all danger and
anxiety avoided.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-02-14
War Department Announ.
ces the Landing of
1912 Survivors
SUNK OFFIRlSH COAST
Liner 1uscania Was Carrying Michigan
and Wisconsin Guardsmen to Europe.
No Names are Available. Manned
BY British Sailors and Conveyed by
British War Ships.

uc lOllON uiS 10 'uhCI IlOiu U
Washington dispatch of Feb. 6:
The Cunard liner Tuscania,
carrying 2,179 American troops,
has b'en torpedoed and sunk off
the Irish Coast, but late Official
reports said tonight that 1912
OF the officers and men had been
saved and indicated that the list
OF rescued might prove even lar
ger. The troops, composed Chief
ly OF detachments OF Michigan
and Wisconsin guardsmen were
travelling on the Tuscania, a
British vessel, under Convoy of
British warships.
A brief dispatch to the war de-
partment from London early this
evening announced the disaster
and reported the landing OF only
1,lOO survivors. This was made
public shortly after 10 O'Clock,
and for more than two hours it
was feared that probably 1,400
men, including members of the
liners crew, had gone down.
When a message came to the
state department from the en-
bassy at London saying at II
O'Clock tonight 1912 OF the Am
orleans had been accounted for,
the Joy OF officials almost swept
away the distress occasioned by
the earlier news. The first |, :, 100
survivors were landed at Larne
and Buncrana, two widely sepa.
rated Irish ports, and this cou-
pied with the evident fact that
rescue ships were at hand quick
ly, gave rise to the hope that
nearly everybody on board the
Tuscanla except those injured by
the explosion might have beer
saved.
All official Washington was W
late waiting for further news
Only the briefest dispatches wei,
received, and none gave detail
of the attack on the liner. 1t
the meantime the war. navy ant
state department had sent III
gent messages by wireless an'
cable instrncting their represen.
tatives in England and lrelan'
to forward every available lac
Immediately.
The Tuscania was the first shi
carrying American troops to Ell
rope to be sunk by German sui
marines. The position of II
vessel when she was sunk is tai
en- to Indicate that she was boun
to England.
Her sinking disclosed the f,l'
that British ships are being use
to carry troops abroad suppl
lnenting American tonnage. 81
is the first ship carrying trool
to France to be attacked by
submarine since last June, whit
submarine attacks were twl
fought off by American warshiE
The same regulations as to Il
life saving apparatus govern t
movement of American troo
on q British vessel as would go
ern their passage on an AneI
can craft. Those regulation
which are rigidIy enforced, pr
vide for sufficient life boats |
every man aboard the ship. ev
II one half of the boats are II
dered useless through the listi
OF the ship when she is struck.
The Tuscania during her da
as a passenger liner, was one
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-02-14

the best equipped vessels in the
transatlantic service SA" was
567 feet long with a G6 foot
beam and was equipped to carry
$500 passengers in cabin and
stepraGe Accommodations
The Tuscania was a British
passenger and freight steamship
OF 14,34S tons gross register.
She was built at Glasgow in 1914
and was owned by the Cunard
line.
The last report of the Tnscania
Was her arrival at an Atlantic
port January II last.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-02-14
Chnmberlain's Tablets.

Chamherlain's Tablets are in.
tended especially for stomach
troubles, biliousness and consti-
patton, aud have met with much
success in the treatment OF those
diseases. People who have snf.
fered for years with stomach
trouble and aud have been IN.
able tn Obtain any permanent re-
lief, have been completely cured
hy the use Of these tablets. Cham,
brrlnin's Tablets ore also nf
great vaIur for h,liOnsness. Com
sti,atinn may be- permanently
cured ny taking Chamberlain =
TABLETS and observing the PLAIN
printe | directions on each bottle
The sun., 1918-10-27

of what the Scotch call fey, the knowledge
some men have that they are going to die.
1 have seen it myself-they seem touched
by a strange light. Most men get the
wind up" (the English army expression
for plain scared), "but there are some in
o trench before an attack whose faces
are unearthly. have never seen it that
the man did not get killed. Some day ]
am going to write poem about it.
macintosh was a Scotchman with a
dry wit that was the delight Of all that
knew him. His men worshipped him.
When they were on the march they used
to sing songs which Macintosh wrote for
them.
"He was wounded early In the war,
came back to England half blind and with
@ bad arm, and went to Oxford to train
officers. He became engaged, and it wa
thought that he had done his part and
would be left to US. But the call was too
much for him, he wanted to get back to
his men, the men he had fought and been
wounded with, and he went back and was
killed this spring.
"Sorley was in a company Of the com
mand of my brother, Brigade Major Philip
Nichols. He is %, and the youngest Bri-
gade Major in the army-if he is still
there" and Mr.. Nicholas eyes wandered
off for a moment "They tried to take
the Hnllueh redoubt, two companies Of
the Seventh Suffolks, on October Is, 1915,
the last day of the Loos battle. There
wasn't chance Of doing It, they knew
it, and they were wiped out before they
got going. Sorley was killed instantly as
be got over the top. -. --
"These men have told you Of are the
best Of the poets, the ones / am Of course
most interested in. There have been
other poets, many of them men of prom
ise, but these are the best known
Of Nichols, the Second Lieutenant Mich
The sun., 1918-10-27

was schoolboy in Marlborough when
The war started, and as good an athlete as
ne was poet.
"That is one thing l would ike to i'm
press on you," said Mr.. Nichols, "the
strength, the virihty, the manliness Of all
these men. In the nineties a poet was a
man who wore flowing tie and drank
absinthe. The change had begun before
our ime-Masefeld, who is the greatest
poet now writing, began it, perhaps-but
in these men it would have grown still
more marked.
"They thought more Of life than of the
artificial prettiness Of their style, they
we're honest with themselves and with their
art. They were strong men, every one OF
them an athlete, with the exception Of
myself, and tried hard enough to be one.
"Graves was a boxer; he knocked out
three men in one afternoon" and Mr..
Nichols, the man who wrote of fauns and
Pan in his early college days and later of
the blood lust Of battle, seemed as proud
Of that as Of anything Graves had ever
done. Truly here was a departure from
poetical type as it is known in the haunts
of the wonld-be scribblers. "Hodgson
was runner. Sassoon was master of
fox hounds. Grenfell was polo player
and boxer, the son of Lord Desborough,
the sporting peer.
"Rather unusual material for poets, you
are thinking. Perhaps, and yet Kiphng
in speaking of Grenfell's Into Battle a
magnificent thing, said, This mans lips
were touched when he wrote that
"He was an army man and was killed
early in the war, just after the Marine,
during the extension Of the line to The
coast. Hodgson was killed at the SOM {
The morning after writing wonderful
poem in which he showed that he had a
premonition Of his death.
'You know / am convinced of the truth
The sun., 1918-10-27

n Oslo was in the hospital because OF
N a street accident. Now there was
one thing which DR.. R., the ambulance
surgeon who brought her there, never
could treat merely as Cease" and that
was little child MANNED for life. So a
few days after the accident he went into
the child's ward to see Rosie, for whom
he had secured the cot next to the win
dow, from which she could look out over
the courtyard and watch Uncle Sans
tars who are not quite so fit as they
might be pass the hours playing ball:
"Hello, Rosie, hows the girls"
Her thin, pale lips stretched a little
wider and her brown eyes rolled feeble
welcome.
"who gave You those fowersf
"a lady" a fat voice responded.
"Pretty, aren't they? Smell lice, don't
theyf" continued the doctor, trying to
arouse some INTEREST,"
An unsympathetic nod followed.
"Would you rather have dollF" asked
the doctor brightly, as if an inspiration
had flashed upon him.
The negative shake Of che dark head
answering this proposal was almost Wig
The sun., 1918-10-27
Live Sailors Better Than Dolls

orouS. Even smart American doctors are
stupid at times. Had not Rosie reached
the advanced age Of 9 and was she not
quite beyond dolls, having mothered three
little brothers?
"What would you like to havef I'll see
if I Gun get it. Tell me-" And the doctor
with a confidential air slipped down on
the little stool beside the white cot and let
his finger trace vein In the thin arm.
This time he got real smile and from
the brown eye nearest to him shone a
twinkle which seemed to challenge his
offer. -''--'' . 7-' -
"Shoot," he laughed, bending closer.
Rosie glanced to the other side of the
room, then craned her tiny chin so as to
bring her mouth closer to his ear.
SECT one of those beautiful sailors to
come up and talk to me-"
"Good Lord!" gasped the doctor, and
then he added. "Oh, very well, III go
right down and ask for volunteers"
Daily now Rosie holds court and is
gaining weight and color. Her Leg SLa
will miss that soon enough. 1t is gor-
from Just below the knee. But sufficient
unto the present day is the lure Of the Uni
form. '''i
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-04-16
WORK GOING ON
Rev. Joseph VI. Evans Now In Charge
Of u Splendid Church at
Houston, Texas.

Rev. Joseph NJ. Evans, who left
here some time ago and took up his
residence in Houston, Texas, now has
charge of Presbyterian Church
there. He reports that since he took
charge of the church the membership
Of both the church and Sunday School
has quadrupled, while all branches of
the work under his care have greatly
increased.
To those who know the Rev. Mr..
Evans here this news is no surprise,
as he was one of the strongest
evangelists in the Presbyterian field
in this state, born orator and a
worker who knew how, and his great
accomplishments in the eastern part
of this state are the best commen-
taries on the great good he has
wrought in that section.
Still active at an advanced age, he
bids fair to become to the great state
of Texas what he was to the greater
state of Kentucky.