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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
Why the Leaves Turn Red.

An examination Of the withered
leaves of the autumn foliage at the
time of their turning red shows that
they contain more sugar and less
starch than in midsummer. Leaves of
eyergreens, however, lose their red
tints with the return Of the warm sea-
son. and reasSume their green color.
In these plants. e., the holly and
ivy-the sugar of the leaf is trans
formed into starch in springtime.
From these observations two infer
ences can be drawn-first, that the red
coloring substances are probably OF
the nature of the glucoses, being IN
most cases compounds of fannie sub
stances with sugar; second, the chief
physical conditions for the formation
of the red color are sunshine, which,
on the one hand, enhances the assimi-
lation and production of sugar, and, on
the other hand, quickens the chemical
process that leads to the formation OF
the coloring matter, and, furthermore,
a low temperature, which prevents the
Transformation of the sugar into
starch. In other words, the red tints
Of autumn are the direct product OF
the meteorological conditions prevail
ing during that season. e., sunshine
and low temperature. -----
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
PITH OF THE
w A r N E w S

Premier Lloyd George says all after
the war economic problems must be
settled in agreement with the United
States and that the longer the strug-
gle lasts the harder the economic
terms that must be imposed on Ger
many.
Andrew Bonar Law, government
spokesman in the House of Com
mons, stated in the lower house that
German submarines were being sunk
at a far greater rate than heretofore.
The empiacenent for one Of the Ger
man superguns which bombarded
Paris captured by Americans near
Fere cost 100000.
Many signs indicated that the enemy,
despite his stubborn stand, intends
to give up his line just north of the
Ourcq and retire further from the
Marine salient to new front on the
Vesle or the Aisne, where the line Of
defense is stronger.
French aviators noted great fires be-
hind the German lines. The foe
evidently was destroying material
he could not carry away. On both
TANKS of the American divisions at
the apex Of Foch's advance the en-
envy troops were reported to be Civ
ing way slightly before allied pres
sure.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
The Soldiers Chances

1t Will doubtless be a comfort to
parents and other loved ones whom
our brave BOYS have left behind
in order to serve their country In
this hour of great peril to read the
following statement, which has
been made by the Government
Bureau of Publicity:
Great as the danger and large as
losses in the aggregate, the indivld,
ual soldier has plenty of chances OF
coming out of the war unscathed
or at least not badly injured
Based On The mortality statistics
of the allied armies, soldier
chances are as follows: Twenty
nine-chances of coming home to
one chance of being killed; forty
nine chances of recovering from
wounds to one chance of dying
fcom them; one chance in five
hundred Of losing limb; be will
live five years longer because oil
physical training, he is freer from
disease in the army than in civil
life, and has better medical care
vt the front than at home. In
other wars ten to fifteen men died
from disease to one from bullets;
in his war one, man dies from
disease to every ten from bullets.
For those of our fighting men who
do not escape seathless the govern
ment, under the soldier and sailor
insurance law, gives protection to
the wounded and their dependents
and to the families and dependents
of those who make the supreme
sacrifice for their country.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09

She Knew Better Anyhow.

A certain small town, seven miles
from somewhere else, as the crow flies,
boosted only two physicians, Doctor
Smith and Doctor Brown. There was
considerable rivalry between the two
knights Of the pill and powder and
when Doctor Smith received very
urgent call from young farmer about
four miles in the country, he left an
office full of patients, cranked up what
has to be cranked up and was off.
When he arrived at the farmers
house he found that three-year-old
farmer had cut his finger. The doc.
tor was chagrined when he saw the
"serious" nature of the accident. He
thought of the office full of patients he
had left and had visions Of them walk
Ing In single file to the office of Doctor
Brown.
ut was very, very silly of you to call
me on this case," he said, somewhat
testify, to the farmers wife.
II know it was, but Doctor Brown
was out"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
u, 5. BOYS CRUSH
KAISER'S GUARDS
Choicest Troops of German Army,
Ordered to Hold Seringes, Are
AnnihiIated by Americans.
PRUSSIANS IN FULL RETREAT.
Cot Behind Our Men-Two Companies
That Tried This Maneuver An
initiated by American
Bayonets.

With the American Army In France.
After a slight lull in the fighting be-
tween Sergy and Serinses, with the
gavarian reserve division and the
prussian Guards in front of them, the
Americans in their attack went for
ward at 0 o'clock in the morning. Soon
machine guns concealed along the
crest before Meurcy farm, near Sergy,
on the slopes of Hill 200 and in Flan-
;hette wood opened fire. The artillery
;oined in. and with hail Of bullets
and shells in their faces the Americans
,,auntlessly pressed on for 500 yards.
Here they met ferocious resistance
rom the Prussian Guard. They rush
I'd the machine guns, but the Prussians
Kept on firing. No quarter was given
n either side. Around Meurcy farm
only the boyonet could silence the
i'ruSSlln InAclllue SuLlhcio.
From neighboring slopes and from
the right bullets and shells came thick,
but the Americans held on grimly to
heir gains, which were on the slope
# the hill.
Digging in under fire, they got their
second breath. The Prussians, around
;eringes in particular, attacked In
.reater force than ever. They swarm
d up all along the line. Men went
Town as the Americans, with machine
.uns and rifles, poured lead upon the
Pressing lines.
As the enemy came near the Ameri-
ans assaulted with the boyonet A
errific hand to hand fight ensued. The
russians were driven back. That was
It s O'Clock in the evening. A second
attack followed almost Immediately.
Il was of the same character as the
:irst and as Improbable. A third as
sault was delivered, and the Ameri-
ans allowed the enemy to enter Sc
.inges. In their ardor the Prussians
'alked In unwarily.
\The Americans retired on three
sides Of the village, and when the
.uardsmen entered they surrounded
he place. The Prussians fought des-
Derately to get out-so desperately
hat not one was taken prisoner. The
streets were filed with the dead and
dying. No hands went up. All fought
ike tigers. The ruthless guardsmen
had met the irresistible young men OF
America. When night fell after the
Hloodiest day the Americans have yet
known the Yankees had maintained
Ill Of their positions.
Sergy, twice entered by the enemy,
vas again in American hands, and
rom Hill 1S4, overlooking Seringes, to
Hill 212, dominating Sergy, their line
vas intact.
1t was a great day in American his
tory. Farther south other American
troops had taken the wood below
Clerges.
The handful of German prisoners
who were taken were men Of fine
physique, who stood rigidly at atten-
ZION when questioned. They said that
they had been ordered to hold the line
at any cost.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09

There has been much specula-
ton as to whether "our boys" are
in the present offensive in progress
in France. Most of the home boys
are in the 317 l., SOth division, and
we have sem nothing to indicate
that any of the National Army
units have been at the front so far
Frequently wrong impressions are
made administrator differences drawn
by hasty reading, or by depending
on head lines. While they are no
doubt impatient to get into it, we
have no reason to believe that the
home boys have been on the firing
line up to this time.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09

If variety is the spice of life, I"
and it applies to weather, there's
spice in Highland life. Less than
twenty days ago we were huggine
the King heater and fearful of frost
During the early days of this
week we experienced record hot
weather, momentary relief being
obtained by recalling the four-foot
snow banks that lay along Main
street during January and Febru-
airy. When the mercury gets
above 90 in this section it is unusu-
al, and this it did on Tuesday and
Wednesday. The more remarkable
feature Of the period, however was
the two exceedingly warm nights,
IS at 9 p M, but falling to 70 by
daylight.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
Strained HIS TELESCOPE,

The oldest inhabitant Of Little
Cockleton possesses a telescope which
he never uses.
"Why don't you make use of it some
times, James?" q neighbor asked.
"It used to be a good n" James
said sorrowfully, "but It's broke now
"Broken?" the neighbor asked
SLOWS that?"
"Well," james replied, at was such
q goodn that l could see the old church
steeple five miles away quite plain,
but Joseph, the scoundrel, got the
lena Of it and tried to make out the
steeple of the Methody chapel morn'n
ten miles away. He tried and tried
and couldn't, so that he strained my
glass and it's never been right since!
Drat Joseph"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09

The Kaiser has sent a letter to
the mother of nine sons who per-
ished in battle, saying he was high
" gratifed to hear it, and present
ed her with an autographed photo
graph of himself by way of COM
pensation for her loss The be-
reaved mother is evidently expect,
ed to be equally highly gratlted
at the continuing safety OF the
Kaiser's six sons. -EX.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
Letters from our Soldier Boys

Letters IrO1n our SOlulsf Buys
July 2, 1918
Somewhere in France
Dear Dad,
| will try to answer your letter
which came to-day, but the news
was quite old, as it was about 40
days on the road. 1t found me
we'll and getting along the best. l
like it fine over here.
We can't understand the French,
but there are lots of English and
Scotch here. so we talk to them. |
haven't had any ch anee to talk
to many Germans yet, AMI | don't
look to talk to them, but am 60,
ing to show them who l am by the
way we fs hit.
| don't Think it is going to take
long to putthe cleaner on the Ger
mans by the looks of things, but
they are hard ones to deal with
You wrote for me to be careful and
not let them capture me; | am 60
ing to watch that, for do not
want to be in a German prison. |
don't think they capture many
Americans, as they haven't the
nerve to face the Americans; they
are shy of US, and don't like the
idea of facing the Sammies, they
know we II can to kill when we
start. l am expecting to be home
Xmas, if not sooner. ! could give
you lots of news but we are not
allowed to write much and can t
tell where we are, and it is best not
to give away any information that
would be any good to Kaiser Bill.
SO | am careful what | write. IT
is cool here toni hit. | haven t
seen ahot day since | arrived in
France.
Your son,
Robert H. Gutshall
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
Germans In Flight.

With the fall of darkness fighting
continued between the allies and the
Germans on the western side Of the
scissors Rheims salient. Allied OBJ
servers reported that bodies of Ger
mans were fleeing precipitately north
ward along the road leading from
Launoy, which lies about midway be-
tween Scissors and Fere-en-Tardenois.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
ThreShing

We have decided to thresh grain
this season, and will charge same
cid price Work not satisfactory
will not charge any toll. VIII be
glad to receive your patronage.
Very truly,
Hiner & Gum,
ct Mill Gap, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
July 7, 1918.
To the dear ones at home,

july 1, 1910
To the dear ones at home,
This lonely Sunday morning !
shall take the pleasure to drop you
I'll a few lines to let yov know |
am we'll and getting along all right
We are confined to company area
today. l don't know what its for.
| am at the most beautiful place
now | have seen since came to
France. We had been sleeping on
the ground with one blanket under
us and one on top of US, but we
came to this place the fourth of
July, and never slept . wink, you
might say, for two nights. Slept a
little on the train. We got here
Yesterday about four o'clock.
Never got any breakfast, just ate
breakfast and dinner together.
We are staying in a house now,
sleeping on the floor. 1t is much
oetter than sleeping on the ground,
isn't a very good bed yet.
| saw General Pershing the first
day of July. He is a fine looking
| fellow.
| have been drilling real hard
his last week; hiked abhut Gig BIT
miles yesterday to a parade.
There were lots of big officers to
see us parade.
would love to be home on this
beautiful Sunday morning to go
with you all to Sunday School: l
havn't been at church for four
months, have never had the oppor-
tunity to 60; don't guess I'll get to
20 to church any more until | ret
back to the U S. A.
It has been awful cold over here,
our over coats feel good in the
mornings. It is real dry, hasn't
rained but very little since l have
been here,
They have good roads over here.
Everything looks real nice, but |
don't know how things grow as
cold as tits. They don't raise any
corn over here or at least | have
never seen any. Wheat looks fine,
also oats. They are making hay
over here now; they NOW it all with
Tho scvthe Ihelped shock some
the other evening, seemed like |
was at home when | got out in the
meadow. How does everything
look over there? l guess the wheat
is about ripe. is it not? only wish |
could be there to help cut it.
They have fine horses over here,
also have good cows. They hayn't
any fences, four or five differ
ent people make hay in the same
meadow.
| only pray how soon the war
will be over. | don't believe it
can last much longer than this
year. I saw in the paper where
they brought down a hundred
twenty-six German aeroplanes.
That is getting few of them, isn't
it?
have never gotten any mail
since | left Camp Lee. [ guess
YOU all have got some of the letters
| wrote you.
guess one of our Sgt. is either
killed or captured, and one of our
.corporals went to the firing line;
the corporal came back but the
sergeant has never come back yet,
have hever heard anything from
him. They didn't 60 to the same
place on the firing line. One OF
Lieuts. went, too, he got over in
the German trenches, thew fired at
him with machine gun but he got
back sefe. Well, as it is dinner
time and have told all the news
will close, ans. soon, best love to
ALL Fred Corbett.
June %, 1918.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
MONTEREY. VA. AUGUST 9, 1918

ANYHOW the weather man hush
ed our complaints about the cool
weather.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09

Hindenburg says the German S
will "learn to face the Americans.
Wonder?
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
Notice Settlement

INOtIOC DCILICIIICIII
All old blacksmith accounts due
E X. Samples, will please settle
with me in the next sky days, and
if not paid by that time, the same
will be placed in an officers hands
for collection. Respectfully,
July IL Z I Heyener
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
Dear Dick,

Lear LICK,
1t has been some time since
I received your last letter tho 1T
was very interesting and some OF
the things you said brought me as
you expressed it "to my boyhood
days again.. l. can easily imagine
the good time you had on the
mountain during Eester the dis
comfort of getting a good ducking
on your way home from the chapel,
etc, but | shall get away from this
forI know it does not interest
you any. To know what is going
on over here and some of my ex-
periences are what you want to
hear. I have news galore, but I'm
not going to write SO much. You
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09

We are not responsible for express
sions or views of correspondents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02
Try Crushed Oats Bread

1t is possible to give up the use Of
wheat flour and still enjoy hot bis
cult for breakfast made from corn
flour. Corn makes a beautiful white
flour, delicate enough for perfect
sponge cake or for fine biscuit flour,
1T browns like French pastry Corn
flour combines well with any of the
substitutes in making hot cakes, muf-
fins, and biscuit. Here are three tried
biscuit recipes:
Corn Flour and Wheat-Two cups
corn flour. three-fourths cup wheat
flour. six teaspoons baking powder. one
teaspoon salt, three tablespoons fat,
one cup milk NJ,
Corn Flour and Buckwheat-One and
one-third cups corn flour one and one
fourth cups buckwheat, six teaspoons
baking powder, one teaspoon salt, three
tablespoons fat one cup milk.
Corn Flour and Rolled Oats-One
and one-third cups corn flour. one cup
ground oats. six teaspoons baking pow
der, one teaspoon salt, three table,
spoons fat, one cup milk
Sift the dry materials together. Work
in the fat well. Combine liquid and
dry material, handling lightly Roll
or pat one-half inch thick and cut as
biscuit. Bake in hot oven. The ground
oats in the last recipe are prepared
by putting rolled oats through the food
chopper. All measures are level. In
measuring the baking powder level
the spoons with knife. Drop biscuit
require less baking powder than rolled
biscuit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02
Accounts for Shippers

A new system of accounting Tor lrui'
shipping organizations particularly those
opera ling under the procedure which now
exists in the Pacific northwest, mas peeh
devised by specialists of the bureau OF
markets, United States department OF
agriculture. The system, Installed ana
tested in eight representative concerns
is described and illustrated in a new
publication of the department, Bulletin
$780, 1t is hoped that it's adoption Will
enable a standardization of the many
methods and forms now common among
fruit shippings organizations.
The system outlined in the bulletin IS
intended to cover all operations incident
to the handling of growers supplies ana
of the growers fruit from the time it is
received at the packing house until final
returns have been made for it. The ann
has been to avoid duplication and to re-
duce clerical work. Care has been used
to porvide a method applicable to the
not too favorable working conditions OF
the local association and to allow for a
proper division of labor The benefits to
be derived from the adoption of a uni
form system of accounting are obvious,
the specialists say, particularly the posi-
bilities of the interchange of informa-
tion between organizations. In respect
ing-house costs information gathered in
one concern is now of little or value
to another on account of the different
methods of keeping accounts in the va
rious organizations.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02
Advertising Milk Products

As the price of milk products increases,
their consumption decreases, such is the
condition today That such condition
exists is due to a lack of knowledge of
the food value of milk, butter and
cheese. In many of the large cities where
the price of milk has advanced from L
to cents quart, the consumption has
materially decreased. which would ordi
narily result in an over production if
large amounts of condensed milk were
not being shipped abroad. If the food
value of milk products was universally
understood, the demand would cause an
increase in price that would be in
fair ratio to the food value. At the
same time the producer would receive a
CORRESPONDENCE better figure for his
product and the dairy industry would
receive a stimulus. How are the people
to be educated about the real, value of
milk products? Why not follow the plan
of the citrus growers of California and
through a national organization launch
ar advertising campaign? BY bringing
the different breed associations together,
the foundation for a strong organization
could be laid. 1 think the plan of ID. ID.
Aitken, president of the Holstein-triesia
association, a good one as far as it goes,
that of obtaining money for publicity by
fee for each COW. 1 belive that the
creameries should also contribute to this
common advertising fund as they would
be benefited by increased prices and pro-
duction.
Never before was so much oleomarga-
rine sold as during the past season, due
primarily to the high cost of butter and
the common belief that the one is as
good as the other. They may be OF equal
food value as far as the energy they pro-
duce is concerned, but oleomargarlne
lacks the growth producing and disease
resisting properties that Butter contains
as shown by recent Investigations How
many mothers would feed Their children
oleolnargarne if they were aware OF the
fact that it was incapable of producing
growth? Yet the deluding Advertisements
of the oleomargarine manufacturers lead
them to believe that leo is butter SUD
stituteH The dairy industry is paying
dearly for its silence. Advertisements
calling the attention of these people to
the true merits of butter would have
lasting influence on the dairy industry.
Most people think of milk the same as
they think of coffee, sort or ad1uhct
to the meal. If they understood that 1t
is one of the most nourishing of FOODS,
they would increase their daily allow
ance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02
Farm Briefs
There always is a place for manure.

There always is a place for manure.
Eternal vigilance is the price of clean
land.
If a man saves the pigs, he is pretty
sure to raise them.
Breeding down and out the outcome
of a poor bull.
If yo,, do your part the old eve will
never leave the farm in debt to you.
Good farming does moi, depend so much
on expensive equipment as on inexpen-
sve precautions.
busy mother on the farm generally
has enough exercise without running n
washing machine.
A quick maturing corn like an early
flint is necessary for the economic grow
ing of hogs. 1t is ready for hogging OF
in August.
1t would be hard to find two farmers
to agree on just what thorough culti-
walton is. But most farmers agree that
thorough cultivation is necessary II the
best crop results are to be obtained. One
system works we'll on one farm, another
on another farm-there are dinerences
in farming methods and also in SOILS.
But whatever the systems, thoroughness
is essential.