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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26

The war service CheVrOnS will be oi
gold worn on the lower half of the
left sleeve by each officer and enlisted
man who has served six months in
the zone of the advance in the war.
There will be an additional chevron
for each additional six months of such
service Officers and enlisted men OF
the aviation service on combat flying
duty in Europe will be credited for
the war service chevrOn with the time
they may he on that duty.
The wound chevron will he identical
in appearance with the war service
chevron, hut it will he worn on the
right sleeve. II may he worn by Off
GERS and enlisted men who receive or
have received a wound in action with
the enemy necessitating treatment ny
Il medical officer. An additional cheV-
ron will be given for each additional
wound, but not more than one chevron
will be worn for two or more wounds
received at the same time. Disable
ment by gas necessitating treatment
by a medical officer will be considered
rs n wound.
Red Tape Is Cut.
In the rules governing the manner
and method of awarding these medals,
rs we'll as the Medal Of Honor, red
tape is conspicuously absent. Time
was when it was a matter of months,
if not years, before candidate for
the highest military or naval honor
within the power of the United States
to bestOw received his coveted prize.
Not so under the generalship of Persh-
ing. "In the present emergency
reads the general order, "whenever a
for the award of the
medal of honor reaches the command
ing general of the American eXpedi-
tiOnary forces in Europe, he is au-
TO cable his recommendation
for immediate action, and to hold the
papers until reply is received" Up /
on the approval by cable Of his recon-
mendatiOn. General Pershing, or some /.
officer whom he may delegate, IS au-
to 20 ahead and award the |
medal as the representative Of the |
president.
1t is even provided that in extreme |
cases, where the candidate for the
honor is severely wounded and in dan
ger of death, the commanding general
may take matters into his own hands
and confer the medal without waiting
for the presidential O. X. The new
system, in short, preserves the form
Of the old, while virtually leaving it
to the judgment of the commanding
general whether a man is entitled to
The medal or not.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Spreading Japanese Language.

One or two universities or colleges
in America have instituted a chair Of
japanese, as has the University Of Ley
den in the Netherlands. The japanese
lectureship was tried in Oxford for
three years there is professOrship of
japanese in Kings college, London,
while japanese is one of the subjects
that receives special attention in the
new British school Of oriental Ian
guages lately established in London.
The teaching Of japanese abroad, so
far, has been confined to special
schools or seminaries, but in New
South Wales japanese is now being es-
tablished in the ordinary schools as
an instrument of cultural discipline
and instruction on precisely the same
footing as what may be characterized
as the great orthodox cultural Ian
guages-French and German.
This we consider to be one Of the
finest practical acknowledgements Of
the Japanese entry into the comfy Of
modern culture that could possibly be
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26

and activity in our premises. Our
printers are working in a room which
is covered with debris; we are writing
on Il corner of table in a room which
is open to the four winds, and as we
pen these lines rapidly we are not yet
certain whether or not the printer will
be able to set even one of our ma
chimes in movement, VIII this num-
Der appear? We do not know. We
hope, just the same, that it will reach
our readers and carry to them, to-
gether with our affectionate greeting,
the assurance that despite the increas-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Knew Him.

Belle-Who is the box of candy
from?
Beulah--I don't know. There is no
card accompanying it.
"Tll bet it's from Freddie He's so
Eyes, but Freddie wouldn't only for
get to send card; he's the kind of a
man who'd forget to send the candy"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26

Poilu, who happened to be lettering in
the vicinity, was questioned by the
marine:
"Have you seen the lieutenant?"
"Oui, monsieur; Oui," replied the
POilu, proud of his newly acquired Ma
rine corps English, "he have-what
you call-pushed over"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26

Among the idiotic terms adopted by
United States marines everywhere, the
expression "Shove off, is more fire.
quently used than any other. In the
sea soldier lingo, if a marine goes home
on furlough, leaves his camp or gar
riSon or goes anywhere he "shOves
on"
A story comes from France of ma
rine who had been acting as orderly
for q lieutenant The officer sent him
on an crrnnd and when he returned
The lieutenant was nowhere about. A
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
The New Bag Apron.

There is a new sort Of knitting bag
and apron combined. And when we
are forced to work with rather In
ferior quality of wool, that sheds lint
and even little spllnters as we knit,
we feel the need of some sort of knit
ting apron for our socks. This new
one is made a little differently from
the old kind that had long pocket
on a draw string across the bottom of
the apron. You remember the apron
part was folded down In the pocket
and the strings were drawn taut when
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Domestic

Responsibility for the sinking of the
excursion steamer Columbia on the
Illinois river, between Peoria and Pc
kin, July >, with loss of 81 lives, Is
placed upon Capt. II. +. Mehl and
Pilot George T. Williams in Il report
received by Secretary Of Commerce
Redfield from steamboat inspectors
who investigated the disaster. The in
spectors charged inattentiOn to duty
and incapacity against Captain Mehl
and negligence against Pilot Williams
FOrty-siX thousand men from all
states and the District of Columbia
were called by General Crowder.
Movement to camp will be between
August : and o. The program pro-
cides for entrainment of 100000 men
during August.
Suspected Of having been associated
with DR.. Friedrich K. A. Strensch in
German propaganda. Countess AleXan-
dra Viarda Scheele was arrested in
New York as a dangerous enemy alien
by L. S. agents.
Henry Ford heads a list Of ten prom
inent citizens named by President
Wilson as possible umpires in the set
tlement of labor controversies which
the war labor board fails to adjust.
With pOmp and ceremony as though
1t were a battleship of the line, the
Concrete, the first motor-propelled con-
crete boat ever constructed, was
launched in the MOnongahela river at
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Germans in the United States at one
time contemplated the purchase of 80
American newspapers in as many
cities, to publish matter favorable to
the central powers, it was said at New
York.
An order committing Thomas J.
Mooney to San Quentin penitentiary
to await execution there on Friday,
August %, was given the sheriff of San
Francisco by Judge Franklin A. Griffin
of the superior court.
A petition for a writ of probable
cause, designed to keep Thomas J.
Mooney out of the penitentiary until
his case could be acted on by Governor
Stephens. was denied by the supreme
court at San Francisco.
Fire caused by the explosion of nj
trate destroyed the fertilizer plant of
the American Agricultural Chemical
near Jacksonville, Fla, en-
failing a loss of Il million and quar-
ter dollars.
The widow and mother of Maj. John
PurrOy Mitchell, former mayor of New
York, who was killed in an airplane
accident, are the sole benefciaries
named in his will, which was filed for
probate in New York. Aside from sew
eral large insurance policies, Major
Mitchell owned property Of an estimat-
ed valuation of $4,000.
Fifteen states were called upon by
Crowder for 1000 draft registrants fit
for military service to be sent to
schools for special training. The move
ment will be between August l and Is. |
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
U.S.-TeUtOnic WGrNewS

| Lieut.. Quentin Roosevelt, son Of for
mer President Roosevelt, was shot
down and killed on the Chateau Thier-
ry sector of the Marne front, accord
Ing to an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch TO London from Paris. Philip
Roosevelt, a cousin, saw the aviator
fall victim 70 German air squadron
Provost Marshal General Crowder
was appointed TO command the north
eastern division with headquarters Mt
| Boston. BY executive act Crowder
was made II major general in the line
in order that the transfer could be ac-
complished.
OF the 637,927 American troops
brought TO Europe in the months Of
April, May and June 350.056 were car.
rled I'm British ships, according to
statement made In the house of COM
mons In London by Sir Leo Money.
German aviators at eleven o'clock
Monday night dropped bombs on the
American Red Cross hospital at Jouy,
France Two enlisted men wert
killed and among the personnel nine
persons We're wounded. Miss Jane JEFF
fiery, American Red Cross nurse, was
slightly hurt. The hospital was dclib-
erutely bombed.
American and British troops have
occupied the whole of the Murman
coast, In northern Russia, says dis
patch from Moscow TO the Central
News agency at London by way of
Amsterdam. After capturing KEN the
American and British forces advanced
toward TOrokl. NJ. Tchitcherin, the
Russian foreign minister has addressed
note to Great Britain, demanding
that the British detachments now on
the Murman coast be re-embarked
without delay.
-Four hundred and fifty American
built battleplanes have been sent
abroad or delivered at ports for ship
ment on July ., the date of the latest
complete official report reaching the
war department
On all the American fronts in France
United States soldiers July II joined
their French comrades in enthusias-
tically celebrating Bastile day.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Issue Newspaper Under Difficulties.

Issue Newspaper Under Difficulties.
The Union Republicaine de In
Marne, in recent issue, contained
the following:
"TO our readers: We have no need
to make excuses 10 our readers for the
issue which we are publishing. They
know and they understand, Our OBJ
ject in publishing our paper, despite
everything is not to furnish them
with n newspaper, even incomplete,
hut to avoid interrupting relations be-
tween them and US, and, in so far as
we are able, TO maintain a little life
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
European War News

Ninety-four Germans were killed and
"A Germans wounded on the night of
July 1j-1G when five German aviatOrs
bombed a prisoners camp in the re-
gion of Troyes, 30 miles behind the
front, says dispatch from Paris.
Captain Reinhard commander Of the
air squadron Of the late Capt. Baron
Won RichthOfen, has been killed, the
Berlin Lokal Anzeiger says. 1t claims
III aerial victories under Reinhard.
Five Belgian peasants were killed
and - were injured by German sol
diers during Il riot in the city market
at Brussels. The trouble resulted from
German officers rcquisitioning vegeta-
bles.
British forces. after landing on the
Nurman coast, have occupied the port
of KEN, on the White sea, the Frank
furter Zeltung says, according to a
Rotterdam dispatch TO the London
Daily Telegraph.
A military bulletin issued at Rome
DEGREES the retirement, with loss of
rank and pay of Generals CadOrna,
ParrO and Capello. General Diaz has
been decorated with the grand Gordon
of the Military Order Of Savoy.
British airmen brought down 4, ,102
hostile machines during the year end
ing July l, the British press bureau
announced in London.
Turkish troops attacked the British
positions in Palestine commanding the
crossing of the Jordan and on the
ridges north of Jericho. In the ridge
region, the British war Office an
nounced, the British completely re-
stored by counter-attack the positions
that had been penetrated. More than
500 Turks were taken prisoner.
The council of state of Haiti, act
ing in accordance with the legislative
powers given it under the new cOnsti-
tuition, has unanimously voted the dec
laratiOn of war upon Germany de-
by the president of the repub
lie.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Foreign

Baron Won Burian, the Austro-Hun-
garian foreign minister, announced
that Austro-Hungary is ready for
peace on the basis of it's territorial
limits in 1913. The baron in a para
graph of his discourse, made in a re-
port to the Austrian and Hungarian
premiers, but evidently intended for
consideration by the allied powers,
paid a remarkable tribute to President
Wilson.
Fifteen persons were killed and
about so others were injured, 20 seri-
ously, when passenger train was de-
rallied near Vierzon, France.
Emperor Charles, says Vienna tel
egram to Amsterdam, has granted the
request of Field Marshal Conrad Won
Hoetzendorf, former Austrian COM
mander in chief and lately in command
on the Italian mountain front, that he
be relieved of his command.
Thirty-fve Americans, constituting
the crew of the former Great Lakes
steamer George L. Eaton, have arrived
in London. Their steamer foundered
at sea in a storm. They were rescued
by a warship.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Personal

Or. Richard Ratbbun, acting direc-
tor of the Smithsonian Institution at
Washington and noted naturalist, is
dead. He was SiXty-siX years old and
4 native of Buffalo, n. Y.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26

1t served as a bag. Now the new one
has pocket shaped just like half of
one Of those knitting bags that we
wore over our wrists to hold our yarn
bali, only larger Of course. Then there
Is an apron extension that slides down
into the bottom Of the bag when it is
not needed and is pulled up about the
waist when 1t is needed.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Careful of Speech.

as the faculty of your college we'll
organized?" "Very. We haven't a
single professor who would dare to
make a statement of fact without irst
having it approved ny a trust magnate
or corporation yer."-Life.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
MOST IMPORTANT
NEWS Of WORLD
Big HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
CUT TO LAST ANALYSIS.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ITEMS
Kernels Culled From Events Of Mo-
ment In All Parts Of the World
OF Interest to All tho
People Everywhere.
Washington

The house ways and means commit
ice began work ON the complicated
task of drafting the new $S,000,000,0O0
war revenue bill. The measure may
ne ready for presentation TO the house
before September.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Oriental Ruus.

Not only the design but the colors
of the rugs woven in the Orient are
full of significance, They represent
national or individual traditions, and
stand for virtues, vices and social i'm.
pOrtance. ~-. SAL. --,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26

President Wilson shook hands with
% boy scouts from Pittsburgh, Pa,
who rode 10 Washington on bicycles
bearing Il message of greeting from
Mayor BabcOck.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Soruhhinn Machine.

A machine has been invented by a
New York man to scrub ceilings and
catch the water that falls so that II
viii not wet the aoOrs.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26

Contracts for 30 additional steel
cargo ships have been let by the ship
ping board TO japanese yards. Con-
tracts also have been let for building
20 transports to the Bethlehem cor
pOration.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26

ing difficulties we shall continue pub
lication.-E. From the European
Edition of the New York Herald.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26

may be conferred upon women in the
service Of the army.
To date, no measures have been Ia
ken to make similar provision for the
navy, but this will undoubtedly fol-
! low. As it is, the only war medal
/ open TO the American sailor or naval
officer is the Congressional Medal of
/ Honor. This places the marines in
strangely anomalous position with
respect to hOnOrs. While at sea, the
marines are under the navy and are
| subject to the rules regarding war
medals obtaining in the navy. But
the marines now in France are under
the army and are technically entitled
to receive any of the new army deco
rations.
There can be no doubt that the
institution Of new medals by Presi-
dent Wilson will have a beneficial eff
feet upon the morale of the Ameri-
can troops in France. Acts of hero
ism-Of which we have already had
more than one instance-deserve rec
OgnitiOn, and from the military stand
point such recognition serves better
than anything else as a stimulus and
incentive to all the troops. News OF
the presidents action is said to have
been received with the greatest en-
rhusiasm by our men now serving in
France.
For Extraordinary Heroism.
The Distinguished Service Cross is
to be bronze cross with ribbon. 1t
will be awarded by the president, or
by General Pershing, to any person
who, while serving in any capacity |
with the army, shall hereafter dis
tinguish himself or herself, or who,
since April 6, 1917, has distinguished |
himself or herself, by extraordinary |
heroism in connection with military |
operations against an armed enemy |
Of the United States or under circum-
stances which do not justify the award
of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
The Distinguished Service Medal
will also be of bronze with a ribbon,
and will be awarded by the president
to any person who, while serving in
any capacity in the army, shall here
after distinguish himself or herself or
who since April 6 last, has distin-
guished himself or herself, by excep-
tiOnally meritoriOus service to the gov
ernment in a duty of great RESPONSE
bility in time of war in connection
with military operations against an
armed enemy of the United States.
Thus it will be seen that to win the
D. S. c. 1t will be almost necessary
for a man TO see service in France,
while the Distinguished Service Medal
may be won by a man whose duties
in the army are confined to this side
of the water.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
For rrImmlnn Purnosss.

tut ITININIIUH FUIpu6S0'
Organdle or batiste folds are in gen.
eral use for trimming purposes on cot
ton and silk dresses.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26

Government control of the tobacco
industry of the United States may re-
suit from the heavy requirements of
the allies and the American military
forces abroad, says a dispatch from
Washington. RatiOning of the Ameri-
can population is believed to be a pos
siblity.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26

BY n vote of 4G to 16, the senate
adopted the resolution, already passed
by the house, empowering the presi-
dent TO take over the telegraph and
telephone wires.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Presidents Orders Have
Cut Away Much Red
Tape in the COnferrinS
of Wartime Rewards

,IERICAN soldiers In
France who dlstin-
gulsh themselves by
deeds are now honor
ed by their own gov
ernment in much the
same fashion as are
the heroes Of other
warrin < countries,
From Il nation which
has never gone in
very heavily for hon
y..-... uRI T,...,..,Wg,V,.s
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26

Captain Renhard commander Of the
air squadron Of the late Capt. Baron
Won Richthofen, has been killed, the
Berlin Lokal Anzeiger says. 1t claims
III aerial victories under Reinhard.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
New Decorations.

Briefly. the new war decorations in
stituted by the president are these:
I. The distinguished service cross.
=. The distinguished service medal.
:. War service chevrOns.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Follow French System.

It is the French system that is to
be followed in respect to the awarding
of American honors Courage, hero
ism, bravery, or the signal perform
France-are TO be rewarded without
regard to military rank. All our med
ais, new or old, are offered to officers
and men alike. More than that, they
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26

On all the American fronts in France
United States soldiers July II joined
their French comrades in enthusias-
tically celebrating Bastile day.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-15

expose themselves as if they were on
parade. This sure got up our nose,
sitting there day after day, with fine
targets in front of US but unable to
send over shell. We heartily cussed
Old Pepper, his orders, the govern
ment, the people at home, and every
thing in general. But the Boches
didn't mind cussing, and got very care
less. Blime me, they were bally in
sulting. Used to, when using certain
road, throw their caps into the air as
a taunt at our helplessness.
"Cassell had been telegrapher in
civil life and joined up when war was
declared. AS for me, I knew Morse,
learned it at the signalers' school back
in 1910. With an officer in the obSer-
vation post, we could not carry on the
kind of conversation that's usual be-
tween two mates, so we used the
Morse code. To send. one of US would
tap the transmitter with his finger
nails. and the one on the other emo
would get it through the receiver.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-15
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OFFICE OF COUNTY SUPERVISOR
Newberry County. $. e.

Newberry, S. c., March 12, 1918.
Dear Srs
received by the undersigned until April l.
purchase Newbery
1918 of which 100000
years. $4,000 within years, $4,000
within fifteen twenty
within twenty-five years. interest exceed five
per annum payable annualy principal interest
in lawful money States. New Exchange
cent four and onehalf cent
and five per cent the lowest
received the highest bid
therefor.
opened April first, 1913.
with certified check payable to the
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check be Immediately.
denominations to suit purchaser mui
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Assessed valuation for taxation (19174
ro ho,a indoh+edness fncIu6ng this jssue) 100000
Indebtedness (about} ll3zooVo
Population-census 1910 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1885
Population (esmated) 37,l36
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