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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-10

Thursday, March 14, at the home of Mrs. J. Ed Lynch. MT. and Mrs. Leroy Roberts an- nounce the birth of a little daughter. Messers. Harvey and Bailey Mullins are visiting their brother in Virginia, where he is in training camp MT. and Mrs. J. NJ Riley left Friday to make their home in Oneonta
 Mrs. J. Davis is seriously i'll at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. M. Mays. MT. and Mrs Gus Murphy announce the birth of little son.
 Mrs. M. Sydall and children of Au- gusta, Ga, are the guests of Mrs NJ. H. Rudsille. Miss Lila Russell is visiting friends in Athens, Ala.
 MT. and Mrs. s. Murphy of Inglenook will make their home here on Fourth avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-10

with MT. and Mrs. Al Wilson on Fourth avenue.
 Mrs. M. McMillen of Montgomery Is the guest of Mrs. M A. McCool on Cotton avenue.
 MT. and Mrs. John Schweikert of Akron, O., are the guests of MT. and Mrs. George Schweikert on Hawkins street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-10

Jones and Mrs W. II. Walker.
 MT. Roy Collier of Camp Mcclellan Is visiting his mother, Mrs. Ada Col Her
 The faculty of the teen-age girls department will entertain their moth CTS at St. Patrick's party on Satur. day afternoon at the Treble Clef hall Delightful invitations are being sent
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-08-21
INTERESTING LETTER
FROM TENAS
Bloomin gton Texas

Bloomington Texas
Aug. Sth. 1913.
Editor Hartford Herald,
Hartford, Ky.
Dear Sir: Please find enclosed
check for $1.00 as payment Tor
your newsy Herald, as l can't DO
without it, Through its columns
find so many interesting news Of
happenings in old Kentucky which
are inviting to me to read each week.
| am located in the Gulf-Coast sec
tion of Texas, only 20 miles from
the Bay. This country is quite a
stock and cotton product section,
The crops are medium fair in thi;
part of the coast this year, and the
price are running from 26c per
pound to soc. Some farmers are
getting rich by raising cotton here.
We are in need of rain at present in
this state or at least in this section.
We have plenty of good fish and
oysters in season and l must say
they are of fine quality. We have
in the game line, plenty of squirrels,
quails, rabbits. dalves and ducks
and geese by the thousands. Some
deer and wild hogs which suit the
writer. We have a cool breeze
from the coast here day and night
sleeping is fine. Farmers here
don't work hard like they do in old
Kentucky. They so to bed early
and get up late. Most of them
own a tin "lizzy" (car) to come to
town in and to purchase their pro-
visions. Ii this misses the waste
basket | may write a more desscrip-
tive letter later on. Success to the
Herald and its editor.
Yours,
II. II. PIERCE.
l.. Box 172.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-08-21
PLEASANT VALLEY.

Aug. 2.-The meeting is progress
ing nicely. Three young ladies have
confessed faith in Christ.
Nicholas Hazelrig, a soldier boy,
is visiting his sister, Mrs. Mabel
Bayne. He reports good health
among the boys at New Orleans,
where he is stationed, and he and
one other are the only boys from
Kentucky.
Mr.. w. S. Hoops visited Charlie
Lee after baptizing Friday.
Little Shirley Elliott and her faith
er motored down and visited Mr..
Joe Shuts Wednesday.
Miss Bessie Hazelrig visited Mr..
81 Elliott.
Bro. Warren visited Halle Elliott
Sunday.
Bro. Hays attended Sunday-school
at Cool Springs Sunday.
Miss Mary Kitchens visited Char
lie Lee Friday.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-08-21
FROM OVERSEAS.

Co. E. 10 Engineer, -
A. NJ. p. o. 1873 A. E. F. Forces.
Mrs. Coda Tucker,
Hartford, Ky, RI.
Dear Wife:
Will try to write you a few
lines, this leaves me all o. X. and
hope it will find you the same.
l am at the present having a nice
time, am now at the Y. NJ. C. A. 1t
is sure a fine place; with out it /
don't know what we boys would do.
l like this country fine. You know
1 am satisfied anywhere l am. Where
is Joe now? Tell him to write me
soon as he can. l had a big time
crossing over, and think old England,
and France are fine, am now at
Anglers. France. There are so many
pretty things here that are not in
U. S. A. Well l don't think it will
be long until can come back to you
and Mother. Don't you all worry
about me for l am all o. X. The
people over here are so kind to us
boys we can't keep from liking them.
Only wish you were over here with
me. Well Coda l have written
you every chance have had.
guess you have got part of them.
i haven't heard from you or any
one from home since l left Camp
Shelby, the 3rd of June, but have
not been in one place long enough to
get a letter. You write real aften
and when l stop travelling my mail
will be sent on to me. My old friend
Paul. has left me. He left the 3rd.
Have you seen James Crow, or has
he been home. Do you know where
he is now? l would like to have
his address. Well, tell all my old
Kentucky friends to write to me.
havn't time to write very much and
would love to hear from them.
will try to write you once week,
but if | can'tdon't worry for l may
not find time to write as often as l
should. Have you got the policy
papers yet?and have you got your
allotment? Write and tell me all
about it. This is beautiful day
but is sure hot. l weigh 10 pounds
more now than ever did in my
life. Well tell every body hello!
for me and write as aften as you can
for l want to hear from you so bad.
Write me a long cheerful letter
soon. / remain.
Your loving husband,
CHARLIE L. TUCKER.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-08-21

Universe in Europe, yet the interim
has witnessed the rise and fall of
empires, the glory and the shame Of
peoples, the wrecks of matter and
the crush of worlds, marking an age
as changeful and vital as any that
preceded it. And now we stand up
on the border line of a new world.
What may it portend? Who shall
say? The world war will leave none
OF us where we were. Its drums
and tramplings have already made
startling changes. Who could have
forecast an alliance between Eng
land, France, Italy and the United
States against Germany? When
shall it end? 1t can only end with
the overthrow OF Kaiserism.
Nothing short of holocaust for
Potsdam will suffice. Now, and
ever, to hell with autocracy. Now,
and ever, to hell with the Hohen-
zollern and the Hapsburg."
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-08-21
The THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION o.
THE new YORK WORLD,

Practically daily at TIT
price of a weekly. No other
newspaper in the world gives so
much at so low a price.
The value and need of newspa
per in the household was neve,
greater than at the present time
The great war in Europe is nov
halfway into its third year, and,
whether peace be at hand or yet De
far off, 1t and the events to follow Il
are sure to be of absorbing Interest
for many months TO come.
These are Notwithstanding affairs
In which the United States, willing
or unwilling. is compelled to take Q
part. No intelligent person can ig.
more such issues.
The Thrice-A-Week Worlds reg.
ular subscription price is only s1.0O
per year, and this pays for 156 pa.
perspers. We offer this unequalled
newspaper and The Hartford Her.
aid together for one year $1.75.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-08-21
FROM LOVER THERE"

Sunday July 9th, 1918.
Mr.. j. ID. Holbrook.
My Dear Father:
am now in Sambin, France,
and am well and having a very good
time. ! stood the trip over here
very we'll. ] was a little sea sick
for the first two or three days.
Father. can't write you what l
would like to write but am glad that
l have got a chance to write at last.
/ think that will make it through
all right so don't worry about me.
am getting plenty to eat over
here and have fine officers over me.
Father. how are you getting along
farming? and how is Charlie getting
along by now? Fine i hope. !
think l will be back by winter. We
are having fine weather over here,
have not had any rain since we land
ed. l like the French people very
well but can't understand what
they say; but think soon will learn.
Some old looking town here. most
all buildings are made of stone.
Have never seen frame house since
! have been here. Father, did you
receive my card wrote you just be-
fore ! started across? / want you
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-08-21
HERE At HOME
Hartford Citizens Gladly Testify and
Confidently Recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills.

1t is testimony like the following
that has placed Doan's Kidney Pills
so far above competitors. When
people right here at home raise their
voice in praise there is no room for
doubt Read the public statement
of Hartford citizen:
r. l.. Dever. proprietor grocery
store, Union Street. Hartford, says:
Il can recommend Doan's Kidney
Pills rs q sood kidney medicine. Ny
Kidneys have bothered NE and my
back has troubled me with dun
mean ache. Doan'G Kidney Pr's
have always relieved my back and
regulated my kidneys and I am glad
to praise them"
Price Coo at oil dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Dcan's Kiduev Pills--tho same
that Mr.. Dever had. Foster-Milburu
Co.. Props, Buffalo, y. Y.
Advertisement.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-08-21
"TO HE'LL WITH HOHEN-
COLLIER AND HAPBURGS.'

Louisville, KY, Aug. 14.-Henry
Watterson, retired as editor of the
Courier-Journal last week.
Under the new owner of the paper
Mr.. Watterson is editor emeritus
On November s of this year he will
have filled in full so years as edi-
tor. He says in his final editorial:
1T may not be deemed overween-
ing vanity if he takes some pride in
the circumstance that he has served
at the head of leading daily news
paper longer by many years than any
other person connected with the
American press in the larger cities
OF the United States. Mr.. Bennett,
the elder founded the New York
Herald in 1895 and died in 1872
81 years. Mr.. Greeley founded the
New York Tribune in 1S41, dying
in 1S72-3l years. Mr.. Prentiss
established the Louisville Journal in
1880, being succeeded in 1868 by
Mr.. Watterson. who in that year
made the consolidation with the
Courier, creating the Courier-Jour-
nal. That was so years ago.
thine. as Artemus Ward observed
passes-has way of passing. II
seems but a. day of mile between
the great war OF sections in America
and the contemporary War OF the
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-08-21

and send ii to me- | think | am
close to him now Well this is all !
know to write at the present time,
so write me all the news you can
and as soon as possible.
Love to all
From your son,
BRYAN
II. Co. LIST. Inf. Tr. Reg.
st. Afghan, Meyers,
American f. 7.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-08-21
TOTAL VOTE IN PRIMARY.

The vote in the Second Appellate
District, is as follows: Settle, g.
232; Henson. $3.50. Settles ma
jority, 449.
In the Republican Primary, Heav-
rim, 1898; Pentecost, 6,20S. Heav-
rims majority, 80.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-11-05
WHIP GRATING is FAVORED
Method Has Advantage OF Being
Adapted to Small PIants-Can Be
Done During Winter.

P'rom the United States Department of
Agriculture.)
Whip grating is the one almost
universally used in root grating. 1t
has the advantage of being well adapt
ed to small plants only one or two
years of age, as well as the other great
consideration that it can be done in
doors during the comparative leisure
of winter.
The graft is made by cutting the
stock off diagonally-one long, smooth
cut with a sharp knife, leaving about
three-fourths of an inch of cut sur
face. Place the knife about one-third
of the distance from the end of the
cut surface, at right angles to the cut,
and split the stock In the direction of
its long axis. Cut the lower end of
the scion in like manner, and when the
two parts are forced together the cut
surfaces will fit neatly together and
will nearly cover the other if scion and
stock are of the same size. A difference
I'm diameter of the two parts to be
united may be disregarded unless it be
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-11-05

too great. After the scion and stock
have been locked together they should
be wrapped with five or six turns of
waxed cotton to hold the parts firmly
together.
While top grating may be done in
this way, it is in root grating that the
whip graft finds its distinctive field.
When the roots are cut into lengths of
two to five or six inches to be used as
stocks, the operation is known as piece
root grating. Sometimes the entire
root is used.
The roots are dug and the scions
are cut in the fall and stored. The
work of grating may be done during
the winter months. When the opera
ton has been performed, the CRAFTS
are packed away in moss, sawdust or
sand in a cool cellar to remain until
spring. 1t is important that the place
of storage should be cool, else the
CRAFTS may start into growth and be
ruined, or heating and rotting may oc-
cur. If the temperature is kept low
not above 40 degrees F.-there will be
no growth except callusing and the
knitting together of stock and scion.
In ordinary propagation by means of
whip CRAFTS. the scion is cut with about
three buds, and the stock is nearly as
long as the scion. The graft is so
planted as to bring the union of stock
and scion not very far below the surface
of the ground; but where the trees are
required to be especially hardy In or
der to stand severe winters. and the
roots used are not known to be so
hardy as the plants from which the
scions have been cut, different plan
is adopted. The scions are cut much
longer and the roots may be cut short
er, and the graft is planted so deep as
to cause roots to issue from the lower
end of the scion. When taken up to
be set in the orchard, the original root
may be removed entirely, leaving moth
ing but the scion and the roots which
have been put forth from it. This is
a common practice in preparing nur-
sery stock for planting in the north
ern part of the Mississippi valley.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-11-05
No Helmet More Efficient
Than That Being Worn by
American Boys in France

"The helmet worn by American SOL
diers follows the general lines of the
British type of inverted soup plate
rather than the French 'casque' or the
German coal scuttle,'" says Francis
A. Collins In 1.-THE Fighting En-
gineers" Penetration tests show that
no helmet is more efficient than that
of the American type. Every helmet
issued to the American soldier has
passed a severe test and is absolutely
free from cracks or flaws.
To turn out this complicated head
gear by the million, using only the
highest grade of materials, is a big
order but the great manufacturing re-
sources of the United States have
proved equal to the quantitive produc-
ton. Steel helmets had never been
made in the United States; but new
machinery was designed, and the sup
ply has never fallen behind the de-
mand.
The helmets are made by stamping
and punching sheets of steel, so thou
sands may be turned out in a day, with
great saving of labor. Each steel
sheet is one foot square and one
sixth of an inch thick. The pieces
sheared off and other wastage are re-
turne, to the government, so that moth
ing is lost.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-11-05
Good Horses Are Expensive
and Sell for Fancy Prices

When electricity came into use for
street, cars hundreds of thousands Of
horses were released for other pur-
poses, but equine prices did not de-
scend, notes a New York correspond
ent. Then when automol lies came in
to such general use and supplemented
horses again, the natural expectation
was that the price would be- cheaper.
On the contrary, good general purpose
horses are higher today than ever be-
fore. When central New Workers are
required to pay these high figures they
can get little consolation from the
reports of the German horse market at
Hanover. There good cart horses bring
81 1000 to $500; medium size, $500 to
$500; inferior animals, 500 to $3.50,
and horses about to be led to the
slaughter for meat bring $500 to 1915.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-11-05

wire, when we walked into a Boche
covering party nearly thirty strong.
Then the music started, the fiddler rem
dered his BILL and we paid.
Fighting In the dark with a bayonet
is not very pleasant. The Germans
took It on the run, but our officer was
no novice at the game and didn't fol-
low them. He gave the order "down
on the ground hug 1t close"
Just In time, too, because a volIey
skinned over our heads. Then in low
tones we were told to separate and
crawl back to our trenches, each man
on his own.
We could see the flashes of their
rifles in the darkness, but the bullets
were going over our heads.
We lost three men killed and one
wounded in the arm. II 1t hadn't been
for our officers quick thinking the
whole patrol would have probably
been wiped out.
After about twenty minutes wait we
went out again and discovered that
the Germans had wiring party work
ing on their barbed wire. We returned
10 our trenches unobserved with the
information and our machine guns i'm
mediately got busy.
The next night four men were sent
out to go over and examine the Ger
man barbed wire and see If they had
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-11-05

cut lanes through 1t; If so, this pres
aged an early morning attack on our
trenches.
OF course / had to be one of the four
selected for the job. 1t was just like
sending a fellow to the undertaker's
to order his own coffin.
AT ten o'clock we started out, armed
with three bombs. a bayonet and re
volver. After getting into No Mans
Land we separated. Crawling four or
five feet at time, ducking star shells,
with strays cracking overhead, I
reached their wire. 1 secuted along
this inch by inch, scarcely breathing.
could hear them talking In their
trench, my heart was pounding against
my ribs. One false move or the least
noise from me meant discovery and
almost certain death.
After covering my sector / quietly
crawled back. had gotten about half
way when / noticed that my revolver
was missing. 1t was pitch dark. 1
turned about to see If could find it
1t couldn't be far away, because about
three or four minutes previously had
felt the butt In the holster. crawled
around in circles and at last found It,
then started on my way back to our
trenches, as thought.
Pretty soon / reached barbed wire,
and was just going to give the pass
word when something told me not to.
/ put out my hand and touched one of
the barbed wire stakes. 1t was iron
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-11-05

The British are OF wood, while the
German are iron. My heart stopped
beating; by mistake l had crawled
back to the German lines.
1 turned slowly about and my tunic
caught on the wire and made a iopd
ripping noise.
A sharp challenge rang out.
sprang to my feet, ducking low, and
ran madly back toward our lines. The
Germans started firing. The bullets
were biting all around me, when bang
ran smash into our wire, and a sharp
challenge, "'Alt, who comes there?"
rang out. / gasped out the password,
and, cropping my way through the lane
in the wire, tearing my hands and
uniform, tumbled into our trench and
was safe, but i was a nervous wreck
for an hour, until a drink Of rum
brought me round.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-11-05
Siberia.

The biggest and loneliest land on
the globe is Siberia, of which at the
present moment there is so much talk.
Anyone who would set about its con-
quest by invasion would find the task
an herculean one, for it contains near
ly 100000 square miles, and is about
As times as big as the British isles. In
these vast spaces there is population
less than London contains by couple
OF millions, and there are hundreds of
thousands of square miles of territory
where no human being is to be seen.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-11-05
WHERE TO GET
INFORMATION
Red Cross Tells families Of
Soldiers Address Of Bureaus

Where to write, and when, and what
to say when asking information con-
corning men in the army or navy, is
explained by the Red Cross home serv-
Ice department.
In cases of claims for insurance
communications should be addressed
to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance,
Compensation and Insurance Claims
section, Treasury Department, Wash
ingtOn.
If no letter has been received from
a soldier or sailor for an unreasonable
length of time, the inquiry should be
addressed to the Bureau of Communi-
cation, American Red Cross, Washing
ton, d. c.
Inquiries concerning men wounded
or Killed in service, or authenticity
reported wounded or killed should be
addressed to the same bureau.
In asking for information of any
kind, the full name of the soldier or
sailor, his serial number, his company
and regiment or other unit, his rank,
age and the date of this entry In the
service, should all be written at the
top of the letter.
To disregard rumors, which in many
cases are enemy propaganda, is adj
vised by the Red Cross. Except in a
few rare instances, families have been
notified promptly of casualties.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-11-05
Platinum Is Absolutely
Necessary to Aid America
in Fighting the Germans

For war purposes the United States
must possess or control every ounce
of platinum in the country, says New
York Times, because, as Represent
alive Henry II. Rainey of Illinois
pointed out in his speech in the house
recently, Explosives cannot be manu-
featured without the use of sulphuric
acid and nitric acid, and sulphuric and
nitric acids cannot be manufactured
without ample supplies of platinum"
Platinum is also essential for the man.
ufacture of ignition points in. air
planes; and guns cannot be made with
out the use of promoters, and in turn
promoters cannot be made without
platinum. A pyrometer is an instru-
ment for measuring very high degrees
of temperature.
All this being so, no patriotic
makers of, or dealers In, articles of
luxury into which platinum enters,
only because it has become more ex-
pensive than gold, would stand in
the path of action by congress to give
the war department control of the
available supply of platinum in this
country.
Germany now has its hands on the
greater part of the worlds store Of
platinum, which is to be found in the
Ural mountains. Colombia, which Ger
man propaganda is seeking to iniu-
ence, produces 10 per cent of the
whole; the United States only / per
cent. Iridium and palladium must
not be forgotten; they occur with
platinum and are used in hardening 1t.
The jewelers., manufacturers and deal
ers can get along without platinum. If
necessary, though some of their arti-
sans would have to seek other work
but the American army cannot fight
without platinum.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-11-05

by sinking the Lutana of
Jersey
a
while bullets whlz
in
o observation
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-11-05
Wild Burro as a Food, and .
Value as a Beast of Burden

DR.. G. @. Young, an Arizona sheep
breeder, wants wild burros of the
southwest utilized as food. He says
he has eaten burro meat himself and
likes it. In their wild state the burros
are pests, he says, but when fat and
about year old can be converted into
dishes tempting to our best epicures.
This is only one side of the matter,
however. The burro is of more worth
as beast of burden than as an article
of food. Why not utilize him to a
greater degree, at least during the
war?-Detroit Free Press.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-11-05
CHAPTER XVII.
Out In Front

After tea Lieutenant Stores Of our
section came into the dugout and in
formed me that was 'sfor" a reconnoi-
tering patrol and would carry six Mills
bombs.
At IL 80 that night twelve men, our
lieutenant and myself went out in
front on a patrol in No Mans Land.
We cruised around in the dark for
about two hours, just knocking about
looking for trouble, on the lookout for
Boche working parties to see what
they were doing.
Around two in the morning we were
carefully picking our way about thirty
yards In front Of the German barbed