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Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13
THE HOM NE STACKER

Cashing in Of War Savings Ger.
tificates becomes a public record
to which every county chairman
and other person may have &C
cess. Unexpected and unav oida-
BILE financial reverses and require
ments are the only causes justi.
flying cashing of War Savings
Stamps before maturity.
The worst o. all slackers is the
person who buys War Savings
Stamps merely TO make show Of
his patriotism and then quietly
cashes them in to the postotfice
1t is pleasing thing to say that
not many such have yet come to
light in Kentucky, and there
will be fewer when it is genera
ally known that the history of
their transactions in this respect
are available to the public Keep
your pledge. Buy the stamps
you promised and keep them un
til maturity il you can.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13
CHAMBERLAlN'S COUGH
REMEDY.

This is not only one of the
oest and most efficient medicines
for coughs, colds. Group and
whoopiug cough, but it is also
pleasant to take, which is tim
portant when a medicine must
be gwen to young children
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
has been in use for many years
and has met with much favor
wherever its good qualities have
become known. Many mothers
have given it taeir unqualified
endorsement. VIM. Scuby, Chill
licothe, Mo-, writes, II have
raised three children, have al
ways used Chamberluins Cough
Remedy and found it to be the
best for cough. colds and Group
1t is pleasant to take. Both
adults and children like it. My
wife end / have have always
felt safe from Group with it
in the house" Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy contains no opium
or other narcotic.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13

RoCKCAsTLE County suspended
both fairs this year because there
was a sentiment started, that il
was unpaIriOtic 10 hold fair dur
ing war times The State FAN
has been going on since Monday
and Rockcastle has been well rep
resented al that falr. 1T is righ,
that people should go and tor ouI
part we regret that more people
from the county did not attend.
Some vino have been there since
tn gates opened Monday and will
stay until the close at IL O'Clock
tomorrow night, were strongest in
their opposition to Il fair at nome.
The little fairs held in Rockcastle
county are to the masses of the
people of the county what the
state Fair is to the people of the
state and adjoining states as a
whole, Now the point is, if it rs
unpatriotic to have a little home
fair, because such gathering viii
cause waste of money and food =,
where does the consistency come
about on The big fair" The
coming together of the people
from the rural districts TO the
little country fair means just as
much TO them, and the county
fair means just as much to the
individual county, as the State
fair means to the people who at,
tended it or TO the state as a
whole. Consistency thOulart P
jewel" The economy and con-
servatlon of food which we hear
50 much about, is just as necess
airy with one as il is with another,
and the policy Of enforcing at
home aud encouraging away from
home, is certainly not the war
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13

split oil to-day. The State Fait Is
a great institution sud we trust
that it may long live and pro- pc
that this will be the greatest year
in its history and that more Rock.
castle people may have the priv
lege of attending year to year,
but those who are not fortuna
enough to be a0le to attend IT,
Big fair" th,n we hope they "
have the privilege of enjoying Ii
little one at home.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13

Washington, Sept. Io.-Provost
Marshal General Crowder an
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13

There is more Catarth in this
section of the country than all
other diseases put together, and
for years it was supposed to be
lncurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly
failing to cure with local treat
lnent. pronounced it incurable.
Catarrh is a local disease greatly
influenced by constitutional con.
ditions and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Medicine, manufactured
by f. }. Cheney & Co, Toledo,
Ohio, is constitutional remedy.
IS t@sgM fScgfMatIr and ACTS thru
the Blood on the Mucous sur
faces of the system. One Hun.
bred Dollars reward is offered
for any case that Halls Catarrh
Medicine fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
F.. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo,
Ohio. Sold by all druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills for consti.
patton
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13
FOR SALE

The heirs of John Riddle, de-
ceased, offer at private sale, the
Brodhead Roller Mills located at
Brodhead, Kentucky. This prop.
erty is well located, practically
new and well equipped in every
particular, and now dling a splen-
did business. Terms will be
made to suit purchaser. Title
perfect For particulars address,
MRS. ELIZABETH j. Hail,
Brodhead, Kentucky.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13

Washington, Sept. Io.-PrOVoSt
Marshal General CrOwder an
..ss..s~~ Observation-Disclosures
t. the colOrs of men who register
Thursday will include men in the
10. and 2o-year old classes and in
the classes from 81 to SO years,
inclusive. Questionnaires will go
first to registrants and to these
specified age limits, and local
boards will be ordered to classify
them first in readiness for calls
beginning in October
Young men in the 70 and 40
year old classes. Gen. Crowder
said, will be accepted for induction
into the Students Army Training
Corps, W he pointed out that
the authorized strength of this
corps is only $50, 900 men, where
as the total number of registrants
below 20 will be over 100000.
The General refused to discuss
further the educational plans, say
ing they were not within his prov
ince. He pointed out that the
total number of fit men which he
expected to be secured from the
classes over 80 was only COL, 900
and repeated the statement that
Glass of men now registered
wonld be almost completely en-
hausted by October /.
Gen. Crowder also issued today
a general appeal to employers to
assist in the presentation of claims
for Occupational exemption and
declared that this was the Cum
explored field of the new draft
and that no estimates could be
made as to the number of men
who ought to be excluded from
military service in the upper age
limits because of their occupation. .
Emphasizing the Importance to
be attached to exemp ions on the
occupational grounds, Gen. Crow
der appealed to employers and in-
dustrial leaders generally to make
a special study of their field in the
light of the draft requirements
81 address to them the sugges
ton that they charge themselves
more Systematically with this re-
sponsibility," he said in pointing
out that employers should present
their claims for men who might
through mistaken chivalry" fail
to claim exemption for them.
selves. At the same time, he
said, his suggestion had another
phase, in that careful eXamina-
t on of industry might show some
exemption claims t. re unnecessary,
and in this connection he added;
"The needs of the military
forces are known and imperative.
Any given quantity of deferments
will ultimately have to be made
up by the depletion of some other
occuDatiOn.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13
THE GERMAN BEAUTIFUL,

IT Is not known whether I
following creed was composed
a German or by foreign studio
of Germanism. 1t has the ring a.
genuineness 1t is rot far-fetct"d
or overdrawn. The military mat
ers of Germany have acted upon
this creed, and the German Army,
their disciples, have lived up to it;
"You Lave heard how in olden
times it was said, Blessed are the
meek, for they shall inherit the
earth; but | say unto you
Blessed are the vaIient, for they,
shall make the earth their throne
And ye have heard men say,
BLESSED are the poor in spirit
but l say unto you. Blessed are
the great in soul and the free in
spirit, for they shall enter into
Valhalla. And We have heard
men say, BLESSED are the peace
makers; but | say unto you,
Blessed are the war makers, for
they shall be called, If not the
children of Jehovah, the children
of Oiin, who is greater than
Jehovah. ,"
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13
R . A D S

Men inexperienced in road work
will most likely lose money taking
road contracts, besiCes making it
doubly hard on ergiaseIs to get a
good job.
1t makes no difference how little
some men actually know about
road work they ale ready and
eager to criticise aud make fool
lsh suggestions.
Men should be careful to know
that they are correct before
speaking and writing about roads.
else the fruit of their efforts may
not be worth gathering.
1t is easy to find men who know
all about road work, yet it is true
that not single county or state
has yet solved the problem.
Is it necessary for us to be ten
years behiud other states in road
work in Kentucky?
How can you build roads with.
out money?
How many miles of road will
the road fund of your county i'm.
prove?
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13

Friday, September 6, 1918 was
a fair cool day. As we approach
ed Camp Taylor in a car the
picket on duty gave us permits
sion to enter We at once real
lied very forcibly that we were
citizens of country in war. On
every side we're squads of soldiers
drilling new recruits, teaching
them the step. Those farther
advanced marching double file,
breaking into four and eight
abreast The new arrivals who
had not received their uniforms
were beng lectured, preparing
to- take up their work in the De.
pot Brigade. Artillery demon
STATIONS we're gone through
with. A tent was put up by
six soldiers ready to occupy in
three minutes. Heavy trucks
Travelled back and forth. Caval-
rymen cantered by. The ditch
digging squad went cheerfully
on their way with spade and pick
The crack drill squad went thru
the manual of arms keeping per.
feet time with the band. Two
hundred soldiers sang many sold.
Ter songs, such as: "Over There
and "Lizy Jane" without a dis
cord. Twelve thousand Artillery
men passed for review, music be-
ing furnished by six military
bands.
Noticing the system OF every
thing, the matter of fact way
these boys from the mountains,
from pennyroyal and the perches
mingled with the Hoosiers and
those from the Wabash, all eager
to learn every detail of warfare,
strengthens our belief that We
are going to win the war One
isecYey We learned was that In
all the training, our soldiers are
not laugh how to retreat This
accounts for their marching
right on through the Huns at Ar.
ras and every point they get a
chance at them. American Sold
iers do not know how to retreat
and will not learn how. Every
little detail from saluting a SUI
periOr to polishing bayonet
tells of the thoroughness of the
organization. This means last
ing peace, liberty and freedom for
the world.
The silent appeal comes from
all the great cantOnments of this
country to us to do our duty,
put up the money. and keep the
Home fires burning" Leave it
to the military forces to get the
men, take care of them and bring
victory when they come march.
ing back.
After avenging the outrages
perpetrated on Belgium. get re-
venge for our women and child
rem sleeping in watery graves
with the Lusitania, and paid
France the debt We owe her with
100 per. cent. interest, having
paid the tribute due Lafayette
and the brave men who helped
us in our struggle for independ-
ence, and give all America a
chance to see how many of us are
for America. First help to sort
the gold from the dross and real
ize just who are citizens worthy
of that name. You will make
history wien you buy or refuse
to BUY Bonds of the Fourth Lib
actu nan
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13

Mrs.Sherman Owens, of Maret'
burg, this county, has just re
ceived the following letter from
her husband, who has been in
France about two months:
August II, lois.
Dear JESSIE
l am i'll the Hospital slight
ly wounded. Am able to walk
around. getting along tine and
getting the best OF treatment. /
am getting my writing done by
the fellow in the bed next to me.
I cannot use my right arm, but
expect to soon. Had an ice cream
party in our ward the day l ar.
rived, given by one of the nurses
81 wrote you letter last Tues
day, hope you received it. Don't
worry about me. / am sitting
on the side of the bed. l hope
this finds you in the best of
health. With love and best
wishes,
Your husband,
Sherman Owens.
Co. G. 18th Init.
Base Hospital 10
A. p. y. 7s3, A. Z. F.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13

KENruCKY'S part in the great
nation vide war drive to raise
S17o, 100000 for the comfort and
morale of the boys serving the
ntg over there, cover here
and with the battlcships every
where. will be enthusiastically
boosted at big meeting to be
held at the SCclbach Hotel in
Louisville, Friday, September
18th and will be attended by
representatives from all parts of
the State
The great National United
War Work Campaign is To be
carried on jointly by the seven
welfare bodies recognized by the
War Department in Europe.
This is at the suggestion of
President Wilson and the follow.
ss..s --,.,,,s-s~ .'-.>Sc*~r ys.;tsAsr-s~'
ne Y NJ {. A., the Knights of
Columbus, the Jewish Welfare
Board, the American Library
Association, the War Camp Com
munity Service and the Saliva.
ton Army.
As originally planned the week
of Nov 11,h, was to be given
over to the Y NJ. c A, the y.
w. c. a, the War Camp
Community Service and Ameri-
can Library Association to raise
$3.50, 500, 900 for their united
work the coming year. TIE
Knights of Columbus, the Jewish
Welfare BoSa and the Salvation
Army were to stage a similar
drive the eddie of January
AL the recent request OF Presl-
dent Wilson all seven agencies
are now to unite in one big
drive the week of Nov. nth and
the goal has been set at SI7o,-
500, 900, the greatest sum ever
proposed for such a purpose in
the history of the world.
Definite plans for the campaign
will be outlined at a compliment
ary luncheon to be held at the
Seelbach Hotel in Louisville Fri
day noon, Sept. 18th and will be
addressed by the following speak
ers- Sherwood Eddy, New York,
w. p Sidney, Chicago, Leonard
PaulsOn, Chicago, Mrs. Henry p.
Davidson, of New York, and
others. This meeting will be at
tended by representatives of the
seven agencies from all parts OF
the State and will be the largest
conference of its kind ever held
in kentucky.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13
DEPAR TMENT
OF LABOR
U. s. Public Service Reserve
A CALI FOR VOLUNTEERS.

a CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS.
The United States Employ
nent Service is calling for 900,
oDo unSkilled workmen for work
in the essential war industries Of
our Country, and urging that
men already engaged in essential
war work stick To- their jobs and
put in full time.
The man who is not now en-
gagged in essential War work is
urged TO enroll with the Public
Ser vice Reserve and be placed
by the U. S. Employment Ser.
vice where he best fits in.
The man who enrolls is an
swering his Country's call and
besides, he will receive high
wages for his work. You can
fight the Huns this way just as
truly as If you were in the front
line of battle. Get into the fight
by helping to produce the things
necessary to win this war You
owe this to yourself, your home
and your country. This is clear
ly your patriotic duty. See Dr..
NJ. Pennington, County Chair.
man of the Public Service Re.
serve, Mt. Vernon, or one of the
following enrolling agents; f. B.
Cox, Mt. Vernon, Ky, T. G
WEIGH, Livingston; w. H.Jones,
Wilde, X. H. Hamm, Brodhead
and fill out your card.
The quota for Rockcastle Coun.
ty is 81 men. Help raise your
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13
Respectfully,

GOOD FOR BILlOUSNESS
Two years ago suffered
from frequent attacks of stomach
trouble and bi.iousness. Seeing
Chambealain's Tablets advertised
I concluded to try them. l i'm.
proved rapidly miss Emma
Verbryke, Lima, Ohio.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13
1Ss BEREA s s.,,' $,
College, Normal, Vocational
Academy, Foundation

Something Good for Every Conner"
Highest Standards-Best Equip
ments-Lowest Expenses.
All students do manual work and
earn something.
All have Bible lessons-Non-sec-
tarian-Four new buildings.
Berea draws 1900 students from
twenty states.
You can share these good things
if you will.
For full particulars send name
and desires to
MARSHALL E. VAUGHN, Sec'y,
Berea, Kentucky
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13
Your husband,
Sherman Owens.

Berea seems to have solved the
problem OF education for the self-sup
porting student. 1t has simply "cut
out" unnecessary expenses, ano fur
nished a great many things. including
picture shows and other recreations,
free. And having so many students, II
buys food and other supplies at lowest
rates, and thus by superior manage
ment seems to make first class edu,
cation cheaper than staying at homel-
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13

Notice:-The person who Dor
rowed or deliberately carried off
my cross cut saw, will please
bring il home. need it.
K. L. McFRRRoN
Evening star., 1918-08-25

A owHErHE BOMB BFEIIs ToR OVER oB1

have been gained by belligerents who
have developed some innovation
against which no immediate defense
was adequate. The present gigantic
conflict waging In Europe is too near
In perspective and too obscure in de-
tail to grasp it's manifold lesson, but
one OF the great outstanding features
artillery"
Instances to illustrate this state
ment are many; two, perhaps. stand
out from the rest as most notable.
The first is, OF course, the beginning
or the war. when the German siege
guns broke down the defenses of
Ltege. Namur and the French forts,
clearing the way for the drive on
Paris. The second instance is the
defense of Verdun, where the French
heavy guns. hurriedly gathered from
every available source, from the coast
defeases. and even from warships.
were amassed in numbers sufficient
to stop the German advance. Their
arrival was the deciding factor in
this defense.
In order to provide war game
battle-ground. which will turn out
thousands Of practical artillerymen
evsry month for overseas duty, the
construction division of the Army has
Evening star., 1918-08-25

the targets for the light field guns
. These big guns are not used for bar
rage or curtain Of fire work. They are
chiefly used against points far behind
the enemy lines. villages, concentra-
tions of troops. crossroads, ammuni-
ton dumps. enemy fortiications, cave
teries.
During the early part of the war II
was attempted to fire the heavy guns
by more or less approximate methods.
The range and direction of the target
was determined to a fair degree OF ac-
curacy, the effects of q few elements.
such as wind, drift of projectile In
flight and difference Of level of gun
and target, were estimated and firing
begun and adjusted according to the
fall OF the shots as reported by the
balloon or. airplane observers. The
system broke down. Ammunition was
being wasted. much time lost and the
targets were not destroyed.
heavy guns both the American and
the French artilleri3ts take into ac-
count practically everything that
may appreciably affect the gun pow
der charge or projectile in Its flight,
in calculating the data for aiming
and laying the gun. First of all. the
position OF the gun and target must
be very accurately determined. 1t is
done In the case of the heayies by
typographical methods and mans
for maps are issued by the inteiii-
gence section fresh every morning
on which the position OF German bat
teries are plainly marked.
Using the transit In connection with
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cause the cost Of firing is enormous.
SO great. In fact. that the heavy artil-
lerymen must always endeavor to hit
the target the first shot.
Here the hundreds of officers who
are sent for field firing. the aspirants
for commissions In the candidates
course and the various training
schools at Fort Monroe will put to
use their training in surveying,
mapping and gunnery as applied to
field shooting.
Training will be given the men in
the handling of guns ranging In type
from the high-powered six-inch sea-
coast gun, which shoots fifteen
miles, to the giant sixteen.inch arm,
which at an elevation of forty-five de-
grees can shoot forty-five miles. The
viii also be given practice in the
handling of antl-aircraft guns. as
all artillery used against aircraft in
the future will be handled by the
American heavy artillerymen.
The heavy artillery firing methods
are altogether different from those Of
the field artillery before the war, and
radically different even from present
field artillery methods The field artil-
lery. which uses guns of three-inch
caliber mostly, and limited number
of six-inch pieces of short range and
power as compared with the high
powered weapons Of the same caliber
used by the heavy artillery, Is chiefly
used for putting down barrages or
curtains of fire In front of their own
troops and between the enemy's front
lines and his reserves, and also on
Evening star., 1918-08-25
Boys of the Civil War.

THE ages of soldiers In the civil war
has been a matter Of long discuss
sion and many Engagements. though
why this should be Is not very clear
because the figures are available from
the official records and an examina-
tion Of those figures ought to set at
rest any contention. Soon after the
breaking out Of the world war man
who was presumably familiar with
the records Of the War Department
said:
The conscription OF youth or boys in the
the breath OF life into the story that the
has been . great deal Of fiction written and
spoken about the extreme youth Of the soldiers
Of the north In the civil war. There were In.
stances OF mere boys fighting In the ranks.
but these instances were exceptional and were
so far apart that they attracted considerable
attention even at that time. The records do
not bear out the abatement that the American
civil war was fought by boys. The statement
" popular because II L. picturesque and has SO
often been repeated. There Is a very plausible
reason for the frequent repetition Of this
fable. 4 man who enlisted at twenty years
or age did not at that time consider himself q
boy. He considered himself as much n not
more OF man than any fellow Of thirty. .hye
or forty.
Another man. discussing the matter
OF tho youth of the Union soldiers
during the civil war, wrote that "1n
that struggle there were two million.
seven hundred thousand enlistments
In the Union Army. OF this number
more than two million were under
twenty-five years Of age-2,159,79s,
TO be exact. He wrote that I'VE had
more than 500. 900 OF these children in
our war between tho states, more
than one hundred thousand Of them
being under fifteen years Of age. and
they determined the result OF tho
struggle. 1t was not the 10000 men
or forty-five who enlisted that did 40.
nor the 10000 between the ages OF
twenty and forty-fve that found
their way into the service"
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the firing Of the exact results OBJ
tained and the exact errors made.
Firing will be going on practically
continuously In connection with the
elaborate war games and artillery
duels which will be carried out just
as they are between the opposing
forces in France. The believing
roar of the big guns and the inten-
sive fire of the medium caliber cam
non will become as familiar to the
fisher folk and farmers on the lower
reaches of the James river as they
are to the dwellers along the embat-
tied Marne.
\ y
Hitherto practically all the firing
in this country has been with solid
projectiles-stuff that doesn't ex-
plode-but the firing at Eustis will be
with shells loaded with II. N. T. In
order that the artillerymen may
study the destructive effects Of the
shells.
Officers and men at Camp Eustis
will go through the process of sur
veying the ground to determine the
exact location and range Of the tar
gets with the utmost precision. be-