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Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-11-27

Three Arkansans have been ycl1ed for bravery in action and have re- ceived the distinguished service cross, according to the citations re- leased by the Committee on Public Information. They are Sergeant Roy Weigel of Green Forest and Corporal Jesse w. Grisham of Holland, who were killed while performing acts of extraordinary heroism, and Private Andy Keeton of Ozark
 Two important state organizations, the Grand Lodge of Masons and the Arkansas Federation of Womens Clubs, officially pledged their support of flood conservation week for world relief" which is scheduled to be ob- served throughout the United States under the auspices of the United States Food Administration.
 There has been more wheat and other small grains sown in Grant county this fall than ever before, and that which was sown early is the finest that was ever reported for this time of year. The people thought best to make ready to feed themselves and therefore have their food at home on their own farms.
 Adjutant General Lloyd England, in circular addressed to all local boards, urged them to round up all deserters, or those classified as deserters He said that day would be set for drive that had been planned to reach every man of this class in the state
 Governor Brough has received telegram inviting him to attend conference of governors-elect, to be held in Washington or Annapolis December 16-18, to consider recon etruction.
 Governor Brough granted pardons to Clifton Richardson, 16 years old and Andrew zacher, IF years old, con- victed in Sevier county in January last of burglary and sentenced to three years in the Reform School.
 Making eight round trips, or 18 crossings of the Atlantic On a United States transport convoy ship without ever being attacked by or even sight ing an enemy submarine was the ex perience of Mum Jenkind. former Conway boy.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-11-27

A witty girl Is often drug in the matrimonial market.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-11-27

The Grand Lodge, Order of the East ern Star, elected Mrs. Flora Clark Olney of Mena grand worthy matron. Mrs. Will A. Utley of Benton was elect ed grand matron and Mrs. M. A. Me- Crary of Hot Springs associate grand matron.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-11-27

The Arkansas Tax Commission has completed it's biennial report, which shows the total asses ssed valuation of property in the state for 1917 is $411,- 37S,419, an increase of $96, ,190,30 over that of the previous year.
 John H. Parker, United States mar shal for Western Arkansas, was in- structed by the Department of Jus tice to intern Carl H. Scibt, member of the I. w. w., and registered Ger man enemy alien, at Camp Pike, Ark.
 The county Illiteracy Commission organized at Ozark, with H. A. Nickell, chairman. and Mrs. R. w. Wildman, secretary It is the purpose of this commission to organize moonlight school in every district in the county.
 J. F. Nicholson, agriculturist of the Arkansas Profitable Farming Associa- tion. who has resigned his position to become Benton county farmer. MT. Nicholson and family will reside in Bentonville this winter.
 The Pine Bluff Baptist Association met with Ephesus Church, six miles south of Sheridan, for their annual meeting. Rev. W. E. Sherill was re- elected moderator and V. A. Ashcraft of Sheridan as clerk.
 The Grand Prairie Baptist Associa- tion closed three days meeting near Carlisle. w. H. Gregory of DeValls Bluff was moderator and c. O. Lump kin of DeValls Bluff clerk
 The Students Army Training Corps will probably be continued at the Uni versity of Arkansas throughout the present college year according to in- formation just received from the War Department.
 The service flag of the University of Arkansas now has 9S0 stars. Eight , are gold stars in honor ot eight Uni yersity of Arkansas men who have giv- en up their lives for the cause.
 David Ford who was born and rear in Ozark, Ark, Franklin county, writes his wife that he has been promoted to the rank of major and that his division was on the firing line twice.
 Crops in St. Francis county are not more than half harvested and the se- curing of labor is difficult. The in- fiuenza epidemic is largely responsi- bfe for the shortage of labor, although the disease has now very nearly sub sided.
 County Agent w. B. Wolf of Baxter has called meeting of the farmers to be held December 2 to organize a county live stock association. The purpose of the organization will be
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-11-27

Pluck is the stspfather of success.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-11-27

County Agent w. B. Wolf of Baxter has called meeting of the farmers to be held December to organize a county live stock association. The purpose of the organization will be to better rhe gradc of live stock.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-11-27

The Arkansas Tax Commission has completed it's biennial report, which shows the total assessed valuation of property in the state for 1917 is $411,- 37S,419, an increase of $96,190,305 over that of the previous year.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-11-27

The Pine Bluff Baptist Association met with Ephesus Church, six miles south of Sheridan, for their annual meeting. Rev. w. E. Sherill was re- elected moderator and V. A. Ashcraft of Sheridan as clerk.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-11-27

John H. Parker, United States mar shal for Western Arkansas. was in- structed by the Department of Jus tice to intern Carl H. Scibt, member of the l. w. w, and registered Ger man enemy alien, at Camp Pike, Ark.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-11-27

The county Illiteracy Commission organized at Ozark, with H. A. Nickell chairman, and Mrs. R. w. Wildman secretary. It is the purpose of this commission to organize moonlight school in every district in the county
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-11-27

J. F. Nicholson, agriculturist of the Arkansas Profitable Warming Associa- tion. who has resigned his position to become Benton county farmer. MT. Nicholson and family will reside in Bentonville this winter.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-11-27

Governor Brough granted pardons to Clifton Richardson, 16 years old and Andrew Zacher, IF years old, con- victed in Sevier county in January last of burglary and sentenced to three years in the Reform School.
The sun., 1918-07-07

But what the 81 may not accomplish
the Yankees will bring about by the use Of
bombs. For it has been found that, like
a turtle, tank can be readily put out Of
action for all time if it can be turned on
its side or on its back. Remembering
this, it is well also to point out that in
most pictures of captured tanks on the
battlefield it is 10 be noted that the tanks
are on their sides.
The Yankees and the British hit upon
the scheme of throwing contact bombs in
their path, and, if an attack was expected,
of placing heavy bombs connected with
underground wires along courses which
because of shell holes it was to be as
sumed a tank would follow. The explo-
sion of a fairly strong bomb will lift the
tank and frequently cause it 10 fall on its
side
However, the 81 can be depended upon
to take care of the tanks. The gun stands
up very well in open field work and sell
dom is attacked by erosion. There is a
record of one of these guns being used in
a quiet sector for more than six months.
In that time it fired 10000 rounds of
shell and at last accounts was as accurate
as the day it first went into action.
But has the United States the men to
handle these guns, it may be asked. 1t is
true that there is a shortage of trained
artillerists, but the deficiency is rapidly
being met.
Up to last February the United States
Army had never had chief of field ar
tillery. Gen. William J. Snow was then
named for the post. Since that time he
has been devoting every effort TO formu-
lating and getting action on plans which
will centralizc the training of our artillery
units.
In its first attempts to hasten the train
ing of war units the army permitted ar
tillery training TO take place at almost
any point where a range was available.
Gen. Snow saw that such a system in
polved great waste in the use Of instruc-
The sun., 1918-07-07

tors, in the use of guns and the shipment
Of supplies.
He has therefore obtained the adop-
ton of plan by which four batteries Of
the latest model of the French rs, to-
gether with the other popular field pieces,
are to be sent to four camps. These
training camps are at Fort Sill, Okla; at
Camp jackson, Columbia, S. c.; Camp
Zachary Taylor, at Louisville, KY, and
another camp yet TO be named, but prob
ably at Admission, Aha.
At all four camps brigade training cen
tres will be established. At three Of the
schools only enlisted men will be trained,
but at Louisville the enlisted man and the
officer will be instructed. The officers
training school opened June 20, with
about $500 men in attendance.
For the most part these men, all of
whom have had experience, will be ready
for field action in about six or eight weeks
A number of them will be given post
graduate courses at Fort Sill. Beginning
in August, or about the time the first
group of men are graduated, new students
will be received, a new class starting
every two weeks for a twelve weeks
course.
Eventually 200 officers will be gradu-
ated every two weeks. 1t is apparent
that the United States Chief of Artillery
realizes that this is man size war and
is making every provision for an ample
supply of officers.
The maximum capacity of the officers
training camp will be 5000 men. Regu-
lations regarding the admission of men in
the service and also civilians with special
qualifications to the officers school will be
announced soon. The training centre at
Louisville will be commanded by Lieut.
Col. Charles S. Blakeley. Its training
range will be at West Point, Ky, about
fifteen miles from louisville.
In addition to the regular officers
camp accommodations have been estab-
lished for 10000 men at Louisville. These
The sun., 1918-07-07
Yaphank Bonnie Plans to Discard Gertie
But Decides Differently After a Cal

see the filums and run around with Ma
renes and have a good time looking at
the Liberty Lone posters don't appresuate
what US soldiers is doing for them.
1t is time that the people of America
and espeeily the girls woke up and COM
menced doing there duty by writing every
day to soldiers way over here in Franse
Some of these fine days the danes back
home will wake up and find that they
amt got no more American solder trends
than the queen of Germany has, because
the truth of the matter is that Franse is
full of wimmin who are trying there best
to make hit with us American soldiers
and get US to settle down here after the
war is over and help them run there
farms.
l CUES maybe you have herd about
what beuties these Frensh girls is. Well
nobody can describe them because they
are certainly wonders and lots of them
can talk English and mostly they have
got piles of dow and somehow they think
us Americans is all the heavy artillery.
So don't let this writing business worry
you none after all Gertie and you can
tell other danes the same thing because
we are going to do well in the femail
line over here and if American girls don't
want to spend the extra two sents for a
stamp to write over here with, there wont
be no American soldiers comiting suiside
or nothing like that. BENNIE.
The sun., 1918-07-07

1t is even so bad over there in Irelan
that American sailors don't hardly dare
land in some of the towns because they
get stones throwed at them by the crowds.
Talk about having bone in your head I
CUES the Irish win all the medils.
Well am lerning to talk the natif Ian
wage awful fast Mama and l CUES in a
couple of weeks more l will be able to
talk about most anything right in Frensh.
But it certainly is funny Mama and there
amt single word they say right
And then you take the Frensh words
to, they don't even pronounce them right
but always put some funny twist on the
end. 1t is bad enouf to have to Tern the
words alone even if they would pro-
nounee them naturil. But l am picking
it up about the quickest of anybody that
ever come over here yet I CUES
If you go in 4 store and want anything
Mama you don't say "Give me that banker
chef please" You say, "Da me that ham
kerchef, 81 VII play" and then you always
got to point, because the French are great
little pointers, and make a lot of motions
and then you get what you want
But forgot to tell you Mama that
when you first come in the store that YOU
always got to bow and say, "Bone Jar,
madam which is the French for Good
morning, Misses. And then when YOU
leave you always say that same thing
again becaus that is custim and when
you are Romip you have always got to
do like the Romins do.
Well we got lots of sunshone here Mama
and Sonny Franse is beautiful and
would not have missed coming over here
for nothing in the world. And don't worry
about me Mama becaus | was never in
such fiscal shape in my life. l CUES 1
have gained about 40 kelos over here al
ready-kelos being natif way of waying.
Lots Of love to all,
Your own
SOLDER BOY BENNIE.
The sun., 1918-07-07

a little English lanwage and so we got
somebody to kid with
Most of these natif danes amt much to
get a diforce over Barney because they
run around in wooden shoes and are built
like church from the feet up, but wonst
in a while there is a little Madamwosel
who is regular queen and would knock
you right off the Christmas tree at the first
glanse, Barney.
There is one 1 know here named Mad
amwosel Madeleine and CUES her old man
has got a lot of rocks because they keep
a eople of cows, and every thing around
that part of the town smells like either a
circus or ifery stable. And that is al
ways sure sine that the old man has got
lots of dow and a big farm and is very
welthy.
/ was up there this afternoon after we
come in from our drill field spofing this
little Queen and while she don't talk very
good English lanwage we get along fine.
She is going to lern me how to talk
Frensh Barney and it looks like she had
fell pretty hard for me even if l did not
Encourage her any. There is 500 of us
American soldiers here now and there has
been lot of Tonnes here befor we come
but | CUES l am the first solder that she
ever took any interest in and wanted to
lem the lanwage to.
It looks pretty bad ell Barney when
they want to lern you to talk like that I'M
less they had some pretty Serious inten-
tuons like l was TO go in partnership with
her old man, ell old pal. Oh you Frensh
queen-oh you Madamwosel. Ou7la, la,
Barney, ou-la-la.
But l CUES l am able to take care of
my SEW old pal, and nobody needs to
worry about Bonnie. There is few SOL
ders in any army that has had the ex-
perunce with all kinds of wimmin that
have and l would like to see the color
Of the Frensh girls here that could make
a sucker out of me. But you should
ought to see this danes hare Barney.
0u-la-la.
Bon swor muster, which is one of the
things Madeleine Termed me and means By
by mister. BENNIE.
The sun., 1918-07-07

men will be trained in the handling of the
artillery pieces and will be used as re-
placement units for the overseas forces.
At the camp at Columbia, S. c., about
$4,000 men for replacement will be gath
cred.
At this camp also the summer training
camp for the men from the officers school
at Yale and the Virginia Military lnsti-
tute will be conducted from August l to
September /, under command of Lieut.
Col Robert NJ. Danfold. The camp will
have facilities for two brigades and will
be under the command of Lleut.-Col.
Thomas ID. Osborne.
Much of the most interesting work IN
preparing the men for the responsible
work of tearing up German Notifications
and halting German tanks will be done ut
the school of fire at Fort Sill. There has
been a school for artillerists at Fort SlA
ever since 1911. Sometimes it has been
going in full force and at other times has
not been very active. Recently Col. Lau-
rim L. Lawson was named as commander
and was told to prepare for l,2oo ar
tilery officers who would take special
advanced course.
This course will run for ten weeks,
about 120 men starting each week. Be
sides the officers camp, a brigade OF artll-
lerv is stationed at Fort Sill and another
is about to move in. The equipment OF
the school includes a number of l55 MILL
meter guns (about 6 inches), several
heavy howitzers and battery OF French
75s. Up to the present Fort Sill Is the
only Government training post where the
French gun has been used.
Lieut.. Col Edmund l.. Gruber will be
in direct charge of the classes. Complete
artillery brigades will be put through
an intensive period of training of from
eight to ten weeks Two brigades will be
handled at one time and when t..ey have
been rounded into shape they will be sent
at once to the firing line in France. Each
brigade will number 100 men.
The sun., 1918-07-07
A Queer Language Is French.
Tuesday night

Tuesday night.
DEAR MAMA: We had our first training
drill to-day Mama and there was a lot
of English officurs and noncums showing
us some of the new rinkles in how to kill
yellow hunns. We got some fine drill
fields about a mile or two from town and
1 CUES they are going to dig a lot of
treushes ont there and have some prac-
tise.
OF corse we had all that stuff back in
the states but CUES just to be polite they
think they have got to show it to us
again and so we wont get up to the
trenshes for little while yet. After all
the knocking you here about these Tom
les and English officurs expected they
would be big nuts but they are pretty nice
fellos and 1 CUES they make about as
good filters as any except Of corse us
Americans.
There is two or three boys in our COM
pany whose old men come from Irelan
and they was always telling how poor the
English was but after seeing these Tom
les here I'll vote for them any old day.
The sun., 1918-07-07

On dead reckoning, however, the gun will
handle the shells at a rate of one every
second. The two gunners, of necessity,
must be highly skilled men to maintain
this rate of speed, for one must shovel in
the shells, while the other operates the
breech and fires the piece.
In appearance the gun is not unusual.
it has extra long trail piece on its mount,
but this makes for solidity. The gun itself
is only about 81 inches over all. Perhaps
its most noticeable feature is the mega
phone like contrivance on the muzzle. This
Is flash hider, and is used in night firing.
The fash hider is now being used gen.
orally on machine guns, and no doubt will
be used generally by snipers in the fu-
ture. The flash of gun is clearly dis
cernible at night, and the flash hider will
do much in preventing the enemy machine
gun experts on the fanks from spotting
The location of the gun and putting its
crew out of action.
The model from which the 81 has been
evolved first won fame when the Germans
developed defensive line made up in
the form of q checkerboard, in which the
various squares were concrete pill boxes.
Within these pill boxes the German ma
chine gunners were practically safe. Then
tie 81 was brought into play and time
after time it was found that high ex-
plosive one pound shell could be sent
through the loopholes at ranges of about
LOO yards, putting both gun and crew
ont of action.
The Americans will depend upon the 81
TO great extent in mastering the German
tank. The German tank is not the strong
engine that the British employ. The
Germans are beginning TO feel the scarcity
of minerals and raw materials by which
iron is hardened to steel. Their tanks
have thin armor plate, sufficient only TO
withstand machine gun fire; in fact, the
easing on the rear of the tank is 134
inches thick
The sun., 1918-07-07

Some billet in Franse
Monday
n EAR BARNEY: Well old pal this Is
IL sure some land over here in Franse
and l CUES maybe us soldiers are not TAX
ing advantage of it. In the first place right
now they got about as fine climate as
YOU would find anywhere in the world and
I know now why they always say Sonny
Franse.
They got another name for Franse to
and that is Lay bel Franse but l amt
found out yet just what that means yet.
1 CUES tho that it has something TO do
with bells because they got lot of them
over here and you cant hardly look around
and not see some church spire loming up
above everything else.
Churches is different over here to Bar
ney because they only got one to town
and | CUES that was built about the time
Bryen begun running for President in 10
hundred and something. Take this billet
where we are, CUES there is about thou
sand people here when they amt got any
war going on, and insted of having about
six churches they only got one SO L CUES
they must be able to pay pretty good
salry and not have to starve the precher
like they do in them little towns back
home.
Most of the inhabitants Of these towns
near the battle front have gone away but
they is still some of them left. You see
Barney they don't have farm houses over
here in Franse like they do at home but all
the farmers get together and live in lit
tie town and then beat it out to there
farms every morning and go to work.
So pretty near every body here keeps
horses and cows and chickens in the barn
part of his house, or you might say he
lives in the part of his barn that the ami
mails don't take. And what is left after
the animals and the farmers get through
goes TO us solder boys that has come over
to save there country for them. Some gay
life eh old pal.
But was just spoffiing Barney because
we all got pretty good places to sleep in
and we get plenty of good chow so why
should We worry what the kiser had for
breakfast Then we have a lot of fun
here to becaus they is some danes still left
in this town and the Tonnes who is Brit
ISL soldiers and lived around here for three
or four years Termed lot of them to talk
The sun., 1918-07-07
Gertie Had Better Look Out.
Ymca hut
Wednesday

Ymca hut
Wednesday
DEAR BARNEY: Well old pal 1 CUES
it is all off between and Gertie now and
she certainly has not got anybody to
blaim but herself. 1 have not got one
single letter from her yet and if she
prefurs to run around with any Merene
or Blue Jackit insted of staying at home
at least once in awhile and writing to me
in Franse then she can suffer the conce-
quences and that is all there is about that.
Now that know how Gertie feals about
The sun., 1918-07-07
He Hasn't Heard From Gertie.
Ymca hut
Tuesday
Somewhere in Franse

IoUIHtWHUTt III rdnSe
DEAR GERTTE: Well we been here three
weeks now Gertic and l have not got a
single word from You yet. cues people
who sit around back home and don't do
nothing but ride the subway and 60 to
The sun., 1918-07-07
By FRAZIER HUNT,

Author of Blown In by the Draft"
Some billet in Franse
Monday
The Benson signal., 1918-01-05
COULD HARDLY
STAND ALONE
Terrible Suffering From Headache,
Sideache, Backache, and Weak
ness, Relieved by Cardui,
Says This Texas Lady.

Gonzales. Tex Mrs. Minnie Phil
pot, Of this place, writes: give years
ago was taken with pain In my
left side. It was right under my
lift rib. It would commence with an
aching and extend up into my left
shoulder and on down into my back
BY that time the pain would be SO
severe would have to take to bed,
and suffered usually about three days
III suffered this way for three years,
and got to be a mere skeleton and was
so weak I could hardly stand alone.
Was not able to go anywhere aAd had
to let my house work 60. L suffered
awful with a pain in my back and I
had the headache all the time. / just
was unable to do q thing. My life
was misery, my stomach got In an
awful condition, caused from taking
so much medicine. ! suffered so much
pain. had just about given up all
hopes Of our getting anything to help
me.
One day a Birthday Almanac was
thrown in my yard. After reading
its testimonials decided to try Car
dui, and am so thankful that I did,
for I began to improve when on the
second bottle. II am now a well
woman and feeling fine and the cure
has been permanent for it has been
two years since my awful bad health.
1 will always praise and recommend
Cagdui." Try Cardut today. p "a
The Benson signal., 1918-01-05

Every day brings the war
closer home to all of us. The
first act of federal operation
of railroads will doubtless be
the cutting of passengers on
all roads to the minimum. 1t
is estimated that more than
half of the travellers on rail-
roads travel for pleasure and
not from necessity. Freight
shipments of food and fuel
and war munitions are to
have the right of way over
everything.-Bisbee Review.