davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Robesonian., 1918-09-12
'Y" WORK IN ARMY CAMP.
Wonderful How the Magnificent Y
M. Z. A. Organizations is Helpiny
to Develop Soldiers-No Parent
Need Fear for the Health and Nor.
ais of Boy in Camp.

ais of Boy in Camp.
To the Editor of The Isobesonian:
Dear Mr.. Sharpe:-Just few lines
about Y. M. C. A. work in our army
camps. 1t is certainly wonderful how
thls magnificent organization is helr-
ing develop our soldiers-in- training
into clear, straighout men. A large
percent OF the men in camp are al
ready clean-cut Christian men; it is
the others we of the "Y" force try to
reach in the religious way.
The "Y" hut is open seven days
IN the week to any who will come
within its doors and everything free
all we want is to know that it helps
some soldier or someone dear to him.
They pay for their stamps for letters
! and packages, but writing paper and
envelopes are handed out free, togeth-
er with pens, ink, etc. If boy can
not write he has only to let the "Y"
man know it and the letter is written
for him as he dictates.
Each hut has moving pictures twice
per week. The reels are selected by
the Y. M. C. A. board of censors and
are clean and good.
4 One of the finest sermons I've heard
was delivered in our hut (No. 231)
last Sunday morning by our camp
religious director, DR.. Coburn. At the
Sunday night service, held by our owr
religious secretary, assisted by the
religious secretary from the base hos.
pltal, about 20 men professed conver.
sion. These men in camp are largely
from the country districts of the va.
iious States but you cannot beat then
for hard common sense and knowing
what they need.
We give out between 500 and .OO|
terviews are kept account of by eac]
"Y" man. With the other work t,
I be done the time from a. m. to Il
| p. m. is very fully taken up. Instruc
tive entertainments, lectures, etc
and the midweek religious servic
take up the other nights of the week
The daily war news is read from tn
platform every night at o'clock i
! condensed form.
Several of the Robson county boy
have been to see me from other part
Of the camp since they got the Robe
sonlan announcing my assignment
here-Bryant, Bethune, Power:
Hedgepeth and others, all as happy a
can be. The thing that distresse
them most is the dread that the wa
may be over before they get over an
get into it.
Our boys are we'll fed and we'll cal
ed for, and no father or mother nee
fear for his health. His morals ar
as safe here as they are in the aver
! age community. Now that there az
so many helps and safeguards throw
around them. They hear as good, sir
cere preaching as they can get an
: where. The men who preach in tn
/ camps are less likely to preach ba
The Robesonian., 1918-09-12
MILLIONS OF SOLDIERS
SWARM Y.m.c.A. huTS
Annual Rspe11 ~ 9outheastesn Oo
paPtnssnt Reveals 3o.ese, eco seyo
m Camps Crowded Buildlnas
(By L. Porter Moore.)

(By I. Porter Moore.)
Atlanta, Ga, August 2B.-An attend
ance Of nearly twenty times the pop
ulation Of Atlanta swarmed happily |
In Y. NJ. O. A. huts In the seven
states Of the Southeastern camps dur
ing the fiscal year July /, 1917, to July
1, 1918, according to the annual 70.
port just issued here.
In other words, soldiers In the South
eastern cantonments to the number
Of 38,S66,980 men wrote letters in the
"Y' army and navy huts, read litera,
ture there and Joined In the religious
services and entertainments held in
the Red Triangle buildings which dot
military reservations in Georgia, Ala
bama, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Mis-
sissippi and Florida.
It Is easy to imagine the mountains
Of stationery the Y. M. G. A. provided
in the camps of the Southeast when
it is stated that soldiers wrote 32,-
$4,000 letters in the "Y' huts. The
| $2,463,744 worth of money orders for
the soldiers, most Of the amount be-
ing sent home to relatives.
Educational Work Featured
The "Y' also provided 4.0o5 educar
tional lectures with soldier attend.
ance of 1,291,243. The educational
classes of various kinds aggregated
64,813 and the attendance was 978,
O45. Books circulated by the Y. M.
G. A. numbered 764,710 and educational
clubs formed among the men were
o49. Physical activities when figured
tn statistics amounted to an amazing
amount. It is estimated 8,6S3,35 par.
tioipated in the various physical ac.
tivities such az baseball, track and fleld
meets, baseball, etc.
Tho spectators, the majority Of them
soldiers. at these physical activities,
are estimated for the year at t.6z0s
s1&
The resume Of religious activities
shows that 9.4e4, ,4s1 persons attended
1o,468 religious meetings under "Y''
auspices in the Southeast, that 81, ,2Sa
Bible classes were formed among the
i soldiery With attendanoes ranging 81
ao5.a48, that 223,2S2 Scriptures were
distributed, that ''Y" workers had 167y
633 personal Christian interviews witt
soldiers. that the boys made 1900,
i Christian decisions and that 7z,69a
signed the religious war roll.
The attendance at the social event:
Of the Y. M. G. A. was phenomena
during the year 3,713,6O9 ATTENDING
$3.50 entertainments. The attendance
Al the sY" movie shows was estimated
At 4,67s,53o for 8,222 performances.
The Robesonian., 1918-09-12

Many ills come from impure blood.
Can't have pure blood with faulty di-
5est.on. lazy liver, and sluggish bow
3.ood Bitters is recon-
- .rengthening stomach,
., ; 'er and purifying the
\ inod e
The Robesonian., 1918-09-12
Great Faith in Chamberlain Collie
and DiarrhOea Rerl. d..

"Chamberlain's Colic and Iiarrloea
Remedy was used by my father ABOUT
year ago when he hal d'arrhoea. d 1t
relieved him immedia ,e!; and by tax
ing three doses he was aDsoluteiy cur
ed. He has great faith in this reme-
dy," writes Mrs. w. H. Williams,
Stanley, N. Y,
The Robesonian., 1918-09-12
I'M SURE IT'S THE
@ANDEST MEDICI.I;.
EVER SOLD HERE
Greenville Lady Gives Highest
Praise For New Herb Remedy
Was All Run Down and Suffer
ed Terribly.

Any remedy that restores the nat
ural functions of the human body is
matchmaking remedy. The use
Of Dreco, the great herb medicine,
tends to restore the appetite, to pro-
cure natural digestion which is fol-
lowed by an increased circulation and
nutrition OF the whole body. Lean,
haggard, bloodless people be-
gtren gtn 9th 20 and f1esh 70 gam am I'VE weight
ing Dreco, as they themselves declare
in signed testimonials. For instance,
Mrs: Maud Blackwell, the we'll known
resident OF Greenville, says: 81 was
one OF the worst run down women IN
Greenville. My water was always
bloody would hurt and burn. / suffer-
ed from female troubles and when l
would eat there would be lump come
in my stomach. I would have to gasp
for breath. I have taken one bottle
of Dreco I have gained several
pounds already but as I am not en-
tirely well yet l am taking my second
bottle and expect to keep it up for it
], is helping me very much. I'm sure
!, it's the grandest medicine ever sold
in Greenville and Pm telling every
body about it."
/ People who are run down, tired
out, debllltated, no matter what the
cause, are advised to try this simple
little test. Get from any well stock
5 ed drug store bottle Of Dreco Take
a spoonful with each meal for few
} days and watch how the change works
: through the entire body. The appe.
tite increases. Everything you eat
} seems to taste better. There is nc
dyspepsia or gas after every meal
The bowels, kidneys, liver and stom
> ach work in harmony and the rich rec
3 blood goes coursing through the
:. veins. This is what hundreds Of mel
and women of this section say Drec.
has done for them. Isn't it reason
able to expect it can do the same TO-
$ you?
Dreco is sold by progressive iru,
! stores and pharmacists everywher
I and is particularly recommended il
), Lumberton by all leading druggists.
$ doctrine than great many outside
r Jesus Christ and Him crucified-tf
d plain, simple, old, old story we a
have known so long-is the burden {
: every sermon and every personal il
d terview.
e There is so much to tell-its sue
: wonderful work in such a wonderfr
e place-1M close and ask your leav
n to write again.. taking up other phase
l. of camp life as the "Y" man see it.
y Yours truly.
e J. P. RUSSELL,
Y. M. C. A. Hut No. 231
: Camp Hancock, Ga.
Sept. 4, 1918.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-11
Barge Whistle Calls Birds.

A striking example of wildbird in
telligence has been observed on the
Panama canal in connection with the
underwater blasting that is carried on
there. A barge has been especially
equipped for drilling blast holes below
the water and depositing charges in
them. When blast is ready the craft
moves off to a safe distance, and be-
fore setting off the dynamite the barge
whistle Is blown several times TO warn
oil vessels in the vicinity. Instantly
numbers of wild birds may be seen
coming from oil directions, says Popu-
lar Mechanics Magazine, the reason
being they have learned that many
dead and stunned fish rise to the sur
face of the water following each ex-
plosion. To them this particular
whistle Is like dinner gong. More
remarkable still. they readily distin-
guish between this whistle and others.
Canal workmen and natives also share
in the harvest.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-11
Don't Get Tired So Easy.

In American Magazine an author
says:
1.-THE thing that makes the tired
business man. tired Is his belief that
he is tired. Believe the contrary.
There have been times when you work
ed all day and all night on stretch.
1t did not kill you.
"Work itself, as the modern busi-
ness world Is organized, cannot pos
sibly tire out the man of average nor
NAL health. If 1t could, Edison would
have been dead at the age of thirty
five, Bell would never have produced
the telephone. Henry Ford would not
be now king of the automobile bust
ness, Herbert C. Hoover would not be
controlling and directing the nations
| food supply today, Woodrow Wilson
would be In a sanitarium, and Gen.
eral Pershing would be taking rest
cure instead of commanding Ameri-
can soldiers In France"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-11
SAYS RISK is EXAGGERATED
Official Of Explosive Factory Denies
That Occupation Is as Danger
Gus as Is Generally Believed.

In q paper read before a medical
association in the east, DR.. W. G. Hud-
son, medical director of e. I. Dupont
de Nemours & Co, manufacturers of
explosives, recently made some in
teresting statements concerning the
risks connected with the manufacture
of powerful explosives. He asserted
that the dangers of that industry were
greatly exaggerated. AS matter Of
fact, railroading shows much higher
injury and death rates than the manu-
facture of explosives. OF the acct
dents which occur in explosive fac
tories only small percentage are ac-
tually caused by explosives. Four
fifths of the accidents are due to care
lessness or negligence of employees
who disregard the precautions neces-
sary wherever men are working with
tools and machinery. BY increasing
the share of work done by machinery
and reducing the number of workers
In proportion to the increased use of
mechanical appliances, the manufac,
turers of explosives are striving to
diminish the hazards connected with
their business, says Popular Science
Monthly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-11
Took the Biscuit.

The Mudcumbe Prevaricating and
Debating society was in session, and
all was proceeding peacefully and har-
moniously, till the rat-story man
spoke.
"Some people," he said. consider
the rat hasn't got much sense; but
they're wrong. For instance, once
saw mother place her year-old babe
in front of the cottage to sun himself.
and, to keep his spirits up. she gave
the little chap big feeding bottle of
milk. AS watched I saw a rat creep
up to the child, and my heart was In
my mouth. I feared for the baby. But,
bless you, the rat was only after the
milk He just slipped the >teat out
of the child's mouth and into his own,
and then thoughtfully put the end of
his tail into the chi1d's mouth by way
of comforter!"
With a great sigh the president
handed him the biscuit.-London Tit.
Bits.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-11
ENDS ONE l,olsE OF CITIES
Invention OF Philadelphia Man Does
Away With Racket When Cars
Gross intersection.

The problem of suppressing the
noise and shock of the street car In
passing over an intersection has been
attacked in novel manner by q Phil
adelphia inventor, Samuel B. Meeker,
who accomplishes the object without
the use Of any of the moving and in
terlocking parts which characterize
most Of the inventions for this pur-
pose, and without making any great
changes in the design of the crossing
itself. The latter is constructed In
one piece or unit, and at point slight
~ in advance of the intersection of the
rail sections.
Each rail section Is formed with the
face of the rail cut away in an incline
which allows the weight Of the vehicle
to pass from the base Of the wheel to
the flange on which 1t continues for a
few feet, until the wheels have passed
entirely over the intersection, when the
weight of the car again passes to the
base of the wheel. This change is so
gradually accomplished that 1t is not
noticeable to the passengers and the
car passes over the crossing without
| jolt or noise. The latter is a matter
of great Importance to persons living
in the vicinity of such intersections
for the pounding of the cars over them
at night comprises a serious annoy
ance.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-11
PLANES IDENTIFIED BY TUNE
Discovery Made by American Proves
Extremely Valuable to British
Aviation Service.

Air raids on London are no longer
the sure-fire stuff for heartening the
German people that they, once were.
Lately the raiders usually find that
they can raid up tofthe English coast
and then have to raid right back home
again. A young American is given
credit for the success of the British In
surrounding their capital with shrap-
mel barrage wheneversthe German fly
ers approach.
A Brooklyn youth who had enlisted
In the British aviation. service was as
signed to test out an airplane detector
which was expected to discover the APP
proach of airplanes before they could
be heard. so to speak. with the naked
eye. No one expected sthat the device
would make 1t possibleito tell whether
the approaching plane were German
or British. 8
His musical studies had trained the
Americans hearing to a high degree
however. He listened through the in
strument for several days while only
British planes flew within Its range
Then he heard different note A Ger
man raiding squadron was approach
ing.
The American had discovered tina
British planes hum in G-minor H.
| found that the German raiders ar,
tuned in B-flat. Now the British avia
ton service keeps men about the CAPT
| tai with their ears close to detectors
and whenever airplanes are hears
vibrating in B-fiat a barrage is imme
| diately ordered.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-11
WEST BRATTLEBOR0

Miss Ida B. Fox of Springfield, Mass,
came Monday to spend few days here.
Mrs. w. w. Holton of Athol Mass, is
visiting here in the home of her brother,
+. III. Winchester, and family, and uncle,
Charles 5. Higley.
William Brayman and family will
move soon from South street to Mari
boro. Mr.. Brayman has been employed
there several weeks.
A short Verse of poetry which appeared
recently in the Boston and in The Re
former was written by Miss Margaret
Hill of this town.
Mrs f. J. Ainsworth and infant son OF
Cambridge, Mass, were discharged yes
terday from the Melrose hospital and re-
turned to their home.
Mr. and Mrs Wesley Taylor and Mr.
and Mrs. George II. Elliott and Edward
Underwood of Brooklyn, who had beer
boarding at the McVeigh farm, left Mon
day for their homes.
Mrs. c. F. Parvin of Bradentown, Fla.
who is spending the summer in West
Minister with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
j. +. Ward. was a guest yesterday o
Mrs Harold p. White.
Harlan Amidon is making a slow re
covery in the Melrose hospital. following
the amputation of one leg. Mr.. Amidon
who was injured in an automobile an,
motorcycle accident at Spofford lake am
was brought to the hospital has bee
suffering much pain since that time bu
is more comfortable.
Miss Florence Thrower has taken
position in Springfield, Mass, as stenog
rapher and bookkeeper in the Office 0
Meekins Packard & Wheat. Miss Throw
err, who has just graduated from the Ba
Path Institute. has visited here ofte
with her aunt, Mrs. Helena ID. Mat
thews, and attended the Brattleboro hig
/ school last year, z.s.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-11
Yesterdays Wreck.
CSpringfeld Republican

The sad wreck yesterday at Dunn
merston, VT. of Springfield bound train
affords another illustration of the dis
crepancy between system that is theo-
retically perfect and the same system
when it is applied in every day business.
1t illustrates also the deadly possibilities
of the old wooden passenger coach. The
line is single tracked, but is protected by
automatic block signals. Assuming that
the signals were working perfectly, one Is
obliged to set down the accident to hui
man lapse. Some lapses Of attention are
probably unavoidable, but when there is
a wreck on the railroad question always
arises as to whether or not there has
been sufficient discipline and whether the
discipline is Of the right kind. Happily
the record of the Boston & Maine, and
particularly of the Connecticut & Pas
sumpsie division, has been such in recent
years as to give the public confidence il
the operating officials
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-11
CARED LITTLE FOR POLITICS
President Cleveland, However, Had
Real Liking for the Lew, and
Loved to Fish.

president Cleveland loved the law
better than he did politics." remarked
R. o. Brown, formeriresident of Buff
falo, to a reporter Of the Washington
Post. Had he considered his own de-
sires he would never have left his prac-
tice for political Office. doubt if even
the prospect of becoming president
would have induced him,to enter poll
tics.
SIT was my privilege to know Mr..
Cleveland when he was practicing his
profession before he entered politics.
He was not what might be termed a
glittering success as lawyer. He had
no business instinct so far as the law
was concerned, but he delighted in
intricate legal problems, and much pre-
ferred to take case that involved ap-
parently hopeless questions. 1t could
not be said he was good pleader, and
while the average person was not at.
tracted by his addresses in court
judges on the bench had the greatest
respect for them, because they were
profound and logical.
when he was not engaged in law
Cleveland delighted In utter abandon
mept of all things that required
thought; above everything else he
loved to fish. / recall that when some
| of his Democratic friends wanted hin
TO become a candidate for mayor h,
| said: i don't want any more of poll
| tics. I want TO STAY right here in Fri,
| county, where can go fishing occa
sionally. I do not care If never ge
| outside the borders of Erie"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-11
Americas First Steel Rails.

In 1860, as an experiment, the North
Chicago Rolling Mill company manu-
featured six Bessemer steel rails from
steel produced at Wyandotte, Mich.
They We're the first made in America,
the modest beginning of a great in
dustry. A New York mill, using ma
terial turned out at Troy, made fur
Their experiments, and In 1867 the
Cambria company began to roll Bes-
semer steel rails as regular business.
says an exchange. The first rails of
this type were made and used in Eng
land. They were introduced into
America by the Pennsylvania railroad,
which, in 1853, imported and put into
service 100 tons of steel rails. The
price paid was $3.50 gold per ton,
equivalent in Civil war times to 5000
| in American currency. These rails
were made of crucible steel and con-
tanned high percentage of carbon,
rendering them brittle. For this rea-
son many broke during the next win
ter, but despite this fact the railway
company placed orders for large guam.
tiles in Great Britain, paying from
t35 to S162.50 gold per ton.
AnUERTTCE v0TID xyANrC
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-11

Major T. W. Childs, HAYES Bigelow,
Harry L. Emerson, Carl S. Hopkins, Roll
lin 5. Childs and Robert G. Clark.
Local Food Administrator Jean J.
Vanderveer announced today that there
was enough~sugar left from the allot-
ment made to this town for canning so
that those who still require sugar for
that purpose may have up TO 25 pounds
IL they have mot already received it. A
placard to this effect was placed outside
the administrator Office on Main street
Mrs. Lillian Pike of Green street has
this week received letters from her
three sons, all of whom are in the serv-
ice of Uncle Sam. Lauren II, who went
overseas 0 year. ago and is a private
in Company l, 103d infantry, writes of
having been at the front several times
and has been over the top once. Lee
f, rs private in Company l., 332d in
fantry and went to Italy last June
| Lewis w, who is with United States
transport is back in port after making
eight successful trips. He tells OF
bringing back 1876 wounded men. AL
three boys were well and feeling fine
Mrs Pike also has one son-in-law, Ed
ward Schultz. who is in France and g
member of Company |, 103d infantry
States service in France.
Hats off Red, white, blue asters, Is,
4 n
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-11
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Loretta, Ave months old, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Bousquet of $40
South Main street, died this morning at
o'clock after an illness with cholera
infantum. Mr.. Bousquet Is In the United
The woman's Mission circle Of the
Baptist church will hold its September
meeting in the chapel tomorrow after
noon at 3 o'clock. A large attendance is
desired. All the women-in the church are
invited. -
In the list of candidates sent to the
central officers training camp at Camp
Grant, ILL.,, from Camp Devens, Aver,
Mass, appears the name of Regimental
Sergeant Major Iolur'A. Brew. He is a
brother of Mrs Nv. r.. Daley and Miss
Jane Brew of this town.
II. r. C.s,watson of Brandon has re-
newed his offer Of previous years to
give $50 in prizes to the best colts
sired by REWARD shown az the Valley
fair. The money Is 20 be divided into
-four prizes: 500, SIS, $40 and IS. This
offer was accidentally omitted from the
premium list.
Mrs. G. II. Thompson will be present
at the annual meeting of the Woman,
association of the Centre Congregations
church tomorrow D. afternoon at 3.3t
o'clock. She will speak on the worl
which she has been doing this summer fol
the Vermont branch and Woman's Home
Missionary union in the interest of IL,
Conquest Campaign program in Yer
mont
Between 30 and 40 members Of tn,
Daughters of the American Revolution
from the Bellows Falls chapter will
about as many members of Brattleboro
chapter are being entertained this after
noon in the home Of Mrs. j. G.. Day o
North street Mrs Richards NJ Bradle!
will read some letters from her daugh
ter, Miss Amy Bradley, who is doing wa
work in France, and Fred G. Adams ant
Mrs. William II. Bond will sing.
The annual meeting Of the stockhold
ers Of the Morningside Cemetery associa
ton was held yesterday afternoon a
4 o'clock in the Vermont National ban
and these officers were elected: Pres
DR. S. +. Lawtop; vice pres. Harry
Emerson; sec, Miss Susan T.. Clark
treas, Robert G.. Clark; auditor, Carl
Hopkins; directors, DR.. S. L. Lawtoi
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-11
Coming OF Might.

Shadow creeps over lawns toward
the lake, still radiant with day.
Black and twittering, bird picks its
little path. delleately, near the border.
The stiffness of twilight reaches
through the trees and seizes at length
this small object. The immobility of
its tiny organism is more wonderful
than the immense stretching quiet OF
water and sky. From its glossy bird
back the sun withdraws his pale fin
gers lingeringly and reluctant yields
Ii to the night.-Exchange