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The Adair County news., 1918-07-17
SKETCHES OF ADAIR
COUNTY.
Historical and Biographical that
viii be of Interest 10 all
Readers Of the News.
BY JUDGE n. c. BAKER.
=
No. "a.
BY JUDGE II. C. BAKER.
No. "a.
The "WHANG.DOODLES."

do not remember whether
the "Whang-Doodle" organiza-
ton here was a product of the
civil war, or whether it was or
ganized before the beginning of
hostilities. / am inclined to
think, however, that it wus in
full working order before war
became fragrant in the country.
Anyway, as the saying is, 1T
had its day." and l may add, its
nights, too, and after all. it did
very good work in the community
serving as conservator of the
peace when society at best was
somewhat disorganized. | do
not know that its promoters had
this in view in the beginning of
the organization; indeed | feel
very nearly certain that they did
not. Their purpose originally
was more convivial than other
wise. 1t was made up of the
boys of the town, and they were
seeking fun more than anything
else. They discovered after
awhile that they could have fun
and at the same time assist in
maintaining order, and thus
their work of usefulness came in
rather as an incident than as a
part of their original purpose.
Do not understand that they de-
voted themselves primarially or
altogether to this work. Far
from it. Like our grand-juries
now, they claimed an exemption
for themselves. They could deal
with others with a strong hand,
and hold them to a strict &C.
countability, but this was with
the understanding that they
themselves were to have immu-
nifty for misdeeds. Their princi-
pie was embodied in something
like this:
Saving and excepting ourselves, we
do require that all persons in the com
munity shall behave with proper deco
rum and order, and shall refrain from
appearing on the streets after O'CLOCK
at night. Negroes found there aftel
dark take their lives in their hand.
You can we'll see that with
this enforced, the nights belong
ed very much to them, and they
could do as they pleased, and
they did it. They beca me thu
self-constiuted autocrats of thu
town.
William, the Conqueror, organ
lied the Curfew in England, di
recting that the ringing of a bel
at eight o'clock everyone SHOULD
put out his light and 60 to bed
Another William" the Colone
of the "Whang.Doodles wa
the author of the above require
ment in regard to the streets o
Columbia. 1t made no differenc
to him and his band whethe
they went to bed or not, bu
they must stay in-especially o.
nights when the "Whangs" wer
out. The organization was reg
ularIy differed. 1t had its Cole
mel, Lieutenant Colonel, Captain
and 80 on down to privates. inc
W. Suddarth, known then a
Colonel Mullens." was its chic
officer, while ]. N. Page. unde
the name of "Highdigger," xs
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Avoid Crouch and Live Long.

Writing for the Minneapolis Jour
nal, A. ]. r. notes the demise Of Se-
attic citizen one hundred and three
years old. and suggests that one Of the
reasons why he lived SO long was
that he never grouched at the break
fast table or elsewhere. Discussing
this, A. J. II. writes
'The enjoyment Of breakfast and
Of the sunrise always comes no cas-.
lily to me that I sometimes wall In
charity for persons who. have been
led to believe. start the generous day
wrong by raising hades ut the break.
fast table. I will freely wager 70
cents that the Seattle centena.
rian who lived to be one hun
dred and three never insurged at
breakfast. never complained Of the
food. nor sneered at his wife's cook
Ing"
The aged Scatter ascribed his Ion.
gevity to his own temper; he had not
been angry since he wns twenty. and
had driven yoke Of oxen most Of his
life. Also. loved everybody, and every.
body loved him.
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YANKEES QUAIL AT
PINK DECORATIONS

nose, from every Dutch gun in front
of US. but the boys Jest yelled and
laughed and away they went. Say,
they didn't pay no more attention to
the major when we came to them
rocks than II he hadn't been there at
all.
Il went back to give him a mes
sage from my captain and he was
standing by the rocks and up came
the colonel and the colonel gave the
major blinking hell for not stopping
the battalion where he said, and the
major was madder n q hornet, and he
double damned the colonel right back
again and he said: How the cruci-
fed damnation could stop them
crazy. wild-eyed sons Of perdition? II
that hog-faced crown prince and his
whole damnety damn Dutch army
couldn't stop 'em, what the b could
I dor"
And Those Marines.
asked him II the marines were
good fighters
"Good fighters7" the soldier said f;
"say. every time I see a marine I
want to 60 up and give him kiss.
IF they ever get started again they
will never stop till they get to Ber-
lin. Now, you listen to me, I know.
Say. do you know what saw them
marines dof
"They had taken three trenches and
was stopping in the third to fill their
pockets with grenades and bombs be.
fore tackling the next trench that
was chuck-full Of BOches. The Dutch
was using mustard gas and we was all
wearing our masks. The grenades wuz
passed around.
1.-THE marines filled their pockets
and hung 'em on their belts and then
they seemed to decide that they need.
ed more for the Job than what they
had, so what did those crazy nuts do
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SPOILING HUNS SLEEP

their object a rocket rises and bursts
into cluster of red stars.
The machine has been discovered.
At once six or seven searchlights throw
their beams nlOft. The pilot looks ut
his watch; 1t Is time to begin bombing.
He flies stendily on, although bar.
rage OF bursting shells lies now in
front Of him. The observer looks
through the wires of his bomb sight.
He thrusts his lever forward and re.
leases two bombs. A few seconds
later he sees the flash OF their explO-
sions, and hears two duh roars. He
signals to the pilot and the machine
sweeps away from the fiery ring Of
shells and searchli.hts.
A few miles away the airplane flies
to and fro mt top speed. The puzzled
searchlights vainly feel the sky in nll
directions and then. one by one. are
switched of.
Then the pilot quickly returns to-
ward the target. Another bomb is
dropped. As 1t explodes the search.
lights reappear and the barrage Is re-
newed, while through the shell bursts
are threaded the chains Of green finn
ing globes so much used by the Ger.
mans.
Again the machine flies away and
this time to bewilder the soldiers be-
low. the observer fires white Verey
light, which slowly drifts down and
fades out. All the searchlights follow
1t until II dies.
Repeatedly the nirmen return to the
attack. Bombs nre dropped at inter
walls until the end OF the hour. when
the machine departs. iiickcring fires
and clouds OF smoke telling Of the
havoc wrought by the bombs.
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He Hadn't Realized.

The custodian Of an indianapolis
building recently hired a cOlorcd mnn,
George. to work about the building.
George hnd always worked ns n ''house
man" and cnme well recommended.
The first day Of his employment. how
ever. George wns out for lunch the
greater part Of three hours.
The custodian was naturally an
nOyed. "Whcre In thunder hnve you
beeni" he inquired the minute he set
eyes on the crrIng George. "Mc7
Why, Use been home tnkin' mp"
George answered. In II surprised tone.
Il always tnkcs u nap In the middle
Of the dny."
swell, believe me-" the custodian de-
clared. "you don't do TINT any more.
You're needed around here"
Was George aggricvcd7 Not q bit
Of II. A most npprecintIve grin spread
over his fncc.
swell. now" he said slowly, you'll
hive TO excuse me this time. boss.
It's Just TINT ! didn't realize before
how Important / IL around here"
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GOES FAR BACK IN HISTORY
French City Of MontdIdIer Was Of IN.
portanee In First Millennium OF
the Christian Era.

The National Geographic society 10.
sues the following war geography bull
letin on Montdidier. a few miles east
Of Amiens:
'Thls little town, whose history
dates back to the first millennium Of
the Christian era. had a population
Of less than 5000 at the beginning Of
the war. but 1t was rich in historic
associations. 1t is said to have de-
rived its name from the fact that
Didier or Desiderius, the last Of the
Lombard kings. was imprisoned here
in TIA by Charlemagne. 1t will be re-
membered that Charlemagne, having
put aside his first wife, Desiderius'
daughter. took up the quarrel Of Pope
Adrian I with the Lombard monarch.
and after marching an army across
the Alps, captured the erstwhile IA
ther-in-law's capital city, Tcinum.
and took the vanquished ruler back
to France. where he died in captivity.
"Montdidier Is attractively situated
on an eminence on the banks OF the
river Don. 1t is the capital of an ar.
rondissement in the department Of
the Somme, and Is 62 miles north Of
Paris by rail, and % miles southeast
Of Amiens. Its chief industries be-
fore the war were tanneries and the
manufacture Of zinc-white.
"When the tides of war finally re-
cede 1t is probable that the three build
Inn tn lnh thn nj nf
didler took the greatest pride will be
crumbling ruins. These are the church
Of st. Pierre, which was built before
Columbus set sail on his voyage Of
discovery. and which contains a tomb
and font of the eleventh century; the
church Of st. Sepulchre, fifteenth
century edifice. and the Palais de JUS
tice, formerly the city castle. In the
last named building visitors before the
war were shown six unusually hand.
some Brussels tapestries Of the sew
enteenth century. These were un.
doubtedly removed before the Ger
mans entered the city.
"Montdidier's most famous son was
Parmentier. the scientist, who gave
impetus to the culture Of the potato
In France. A statue erected here COM
memorates his gift to the nation.
"FOr number Of years this little
city was governed by Its own lords,
then passed under the dominion Of the
counts Of Creepy and Valois. In the
twelfth century 1t became posses
sion Of the French crown and received
a charter of liberties. In 1896 1t Of
fered gallant and successful resist
ance to the Spanish invaders"
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AMAZE THE ITALIANS

chnser plane. BY skillfully hnndiing
his own mnchinc. after n few minutes
Of jockcying he put his adversary ut
q disadvantage and Unanswered his
own gunner into such n position that
n burst Of machine gunfrc shot the
nttncker dead and sent his plane to the
ground In flames.
Lieut.. Hurry l.. Holtx Of Burley,
Idaho. showed he could combine great
coolncss In danger with u thorough un.
dcrstnnding Of Italian habits nnd Gus.
toms. On his way bnck over the Aus.
trian lines nftcr u deep rid into en-.
emy territory his plane wns struck By
burst Of shrapnel from nnti.alrcrsft
guns. One fragment lodged in the
body Of Holtx's machine. nn0thcr tore
hole In the right wing. while n third
splintered one Of the left.wing spurs,
ut the same time cutting one Of the
sileron control cables to such IN II.
tent that single strand Of steel wire
Was left.
Lieutenant Holts calmly pointed out
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Especial Information Service United States Department
WAR TIME BREAD MAKING.

dough at once and place in loaf pan.
Brush top Of loaf with melted fat. Let
rise to double the bulk and bake In hot
oven for IN hours.
Housekccpers have been serving
wheatless bread for months In the
form Of quick breads. Many house
wives as we'll as many hOtel-kecpers
pledged themselves to serve no wheat
until next harvest. The need for =
whentless bread that could be kept In
hand and be used for toast or for
sandwiches was felt by all who took
the pledge.
This 1O1per-cent bread will help
meet this need:
100-Per-Cent Bread.
1% cupfuls liquid. 2% cupruls ground
tablespoonful corn rolled oats
sirup. and
4 cake yeast. 2h cupfuls rice flouf
teaspoonfuls snlt. or
l egg. ~ cupfuls corn -four.
~ cupfuls barley or
Make sponge Of first four ingrcdi.
cnts and one-half Of mixture Of sub
stitutes. Follow the directions for the
75-pcr.ccnt loaf.
These breads nrc rcnl victory
breads. Use them for the cause Of lib
erty.
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Women Hero Worshipers "Plumb
FIabbergast" Our Dough-
! boys In Paris
MIGHTY POOR Matinee IDOLS
But Can They FIeht7 Oh, Boy, You
Can't Stop Thsm-Ask the
Major, As knows-Alse
About the Marines.
By RICHARD HENRY LITTLE,

By RICHARD HENRY LITTLE,
Chicago Newspaper Man. Now in 7. II.
c. A. Service on Atlantic)
New York.-American soldiers are
grand fighters but very poor matinee
idols. When women spring from their
seats in the sidewalk cafes in Paris
and thrust flowers in their hands,
they look az ashamed as a dog caught
stealing eggs.
The most awful suffering saw in
Paris was the case Of a big husky from
an infantry outfit. A lady Of great
distinction had stopped her machine
in the middle Of the street while the
soldier was crossing. and, leaning out,
had enthusiastically tied bright pink
ribbon around his neck. Amidst much
rejoicing from the assembled French
spectators the lady went her way and
the big soldier looked as If he was Just
about to choke to death, although 1t
was a very thin ribbon and loosely
tied. saw him an hour later and he
still wore the ribbon and had turned
deathly pale and was evidently In
terrible pain.
The Captains Orders.
'Iisten," said the infantry husky In
a hoarse whisper, ''the captain said
we was to receive any compliments
given us by the French with smile
and show 'em We appreciated 1t and
not hurt their feelings by ditching it,
but II have to wear this pink ribbon
around me neck for another hour I'll
60 nuts and bite myself in the leg. For
the love Of Mike do something"
I removed the ribbon from the suf-
fering soldiers neck and after while
he grew calm and quite rational and
he told me some stories Of the front
regarding the first assault Of the Amer.
leans against Chateau Thierry.
'They can't hold US guys" he said.
when we git started we Jest keep
goin'. All anybody says Is Jest kill
'em. kill 'em, and o boy. you ought
to see our lads go to it!
'-There at Chatty Teery the officers
were making an awful holler about
the boys running too fast and ducking
right through the barrage md not
paying attention to nothing except
spearin' Boches. Our colonel came
over before we started and he was
much particular.like in pointing out n
bunch Of rocks where he wnted our
battalion to halt.
the major said all right. that he
would stop his four companies right
on the line Of them rocks. and then
We started. We got It right In the
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the brcnk TO the Italian mechanic ne.
compnnying him. The mechanic. with.
out Il moments hesitation. climbed out
and fought his wny to the wing against
a tremendous wind pressure. Then.
lying fiat on his face md brpclng his
feet against the strut. he grnsped tn.
damaged cnblc with one hnnd on cnch
side Of the brcnk.
Just when he was getting n grin
on the last strnnd Of the cnblc 4, partr,l
md the vnlue OF his dnring action was
apparent. With the cnbl. gone. IN.
big nirplnne virtually wns useless. but
he coolly clunv there. substituting his
strength for II and enabling LIcui.n.
mt Hol'z 10 bring the mnchInc snfeiy
Into Italian territory.
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In NIL parts Of the country there In
a seriOus economic drain In the de-
struction by rats and mice Of mer>
chnndise held for sale by dealers. Not
only foodstuffs ana forage, but tex
tiles. clothing and leather goods are
often ruined. This loss In due mainly
10 the faulty buildings In which tho
stores are kept. Often II would he n
measure Of economy TO tcnr down the
old structures and replace them by
new ones. However, even the old
buildings may often he repaired M M
to make them practically rnt.proof;
and foodstufrs. ns -four. seeds, and
meats. mny always be protected In
wire cngcs at slight expense. The
public should be protected from In
sanitary stores by n system Of rigid
inspection.
Similnr cnre should he exercised in
tho home to protect household sup
plies from mice and rats. Little prog
rcss In Kidding the premises Of these
nnifnnls cnn De made No long ny they
hnvc access Ia supplies Of food. Gel
lars. Kitchens md pantrics often fur
nish subsistence not only 10 rats that
inhnbit the dwelling, but 10 mnny that
come from outside. Food supplies
may always be kept from rats and
mice n plnccd In inexpensive rniproof
containers covered with wire netting.
Sometimes NIL that In needed to pre-
vent serious wnstc IN the application
Of concrete Ia holes In the bnscrncnt
wnll or the slight repair Of n defective
pnrt Of the building.
The necessity of cooperation and
organization In the work Of rat de-
strucilon In Of the utmost importance.
To destroy all the animals on the
premises Of n single farmer In n com
munity Inns IItlc permanent value.
sine" they nrc soon replaced from
nearby farms. II. however. the firm
"rs Of mn entire township or county
unite In Efforts Ia ret rid of rats. much
NOR" lns'ing results Inhy be nttnincd.
II continued from year 10 year. such
organized Efforts nrc very effective.
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Labor. savlno Harvester.

One thousand improved whcnt-hnr.
vesting machines, known ns combines.
will be used In Washington stnte md
other stntes Of the Northwest this
year. according to fnrm.hclp special.
lists Of the United Stnscs department Of
agriculture, and will effect srcnt snv.
Ing In lnbor. Thcs. machines. which
cut the heads from whcnt nnd thrash
the grim M they travel ncross the
field. can be opcrntcd by two persons.
and each machine will hnrvcst from
no TO 400 ncres of whcni during n
senson. They nre marked lnbor smvers
over the old type combine. which 70.
quIred shout 70 men.
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Yankee Flyers Credited With
Great Heroism.
gxe,eIts Quickly Win Honees oIvsn b
King Victor Emmanuel
Almeslf.

italian Army Headquarters.-The
Italian commsndant under whose dI.
rection the American flyers are work.
ins on the Italian front has only one
fault 10 nnd with them. They never
vant 10 remain on the ground.
Tue exploits which brought avs Of
the American xirmen decorations can.
not yet be published. but the value Of
thsir services may be judged from the
fact that King Victor Emmanuel trav.
elsd to the section held BY the Amer.
leans TO make the presentation.
4 few days ago Lieut.. Alexander G.
Crais At New York. while hyinx over
Austrian territory. was attacked By Q
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BREAD WITHOUT WHEAT.

II wns long thought by most
people that bread could not b0
mnde light with yenst unless u
lnrge proportion Of wheat -four
wns used In II.
Tint Inns been found TO be, In
large measure, erroneous.
Breads made of cereal ma
terinls other than wheat flour
. can he made light with yeast.
The discovery IL one Of the
necessary wartime achlcve-
mcnts Of science.
II IL available to the house.
, keeper and to the professional
baker.
No one who has to do with
brcnd making can perform bis
) full patriotic duty without apply.
!, Ing II to as great an extent as
possible.
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Smoky City Sees Snakes.

Pittsburgh.-Chnrined by IN. ginr.
Ing headlight of II standing nu'ornobIi.
= hvc.foOt shnke. eight inches In cir.
conference startled pedestrians In
the downtown section recently. po
llcemen were summoned and the rep
tile was dispatched. It's nrrirnl In IN"
business district remains n mystery y"
the police department.
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DesuItory Bombing Distracts
Antiaircraft Gunnefs.
Drop Two and Fit Away; When Fritz
Settles Down, Wake Him
Up Again.

Behind the British Lines In France.
One Of the most exciting tasks to
which airmen are assigned Is "desul-
tory bombing" over one spot for an
hour or more. The object Is to dis.
tract the attention Of the antiaircraft
defenders of a given district.
A machine carrying u dozen or more
bombs is employed for the work. The
airman, pilot and an observer ap-
proach their target cautiously. With
engines throttled down, the craft glidea
nearer and nearer.
Below all Is quiet. No German
searchlights are sweeping the sky.
When the attackers are almost over
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IN WATER 10 HOURS
IS SAVED By COFFIN

Indiana. Pain the water for
10 hours and II portion Of the
time clinging to u rough box
which contained the cnskct Of
mn American soldier who hnd
died nt sen was the experience
Of Frank $. kepplc Of Advance.
near here. following the sinking
of the steamer President Lin
coin. according to u letter from
kepple to his folks here.
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Ne Chance 10, u. Old Man.

II was the first time that Richards
father had seen "her" and they were
talking things over.
40 my son has proposed 10 you" he
said. "Gnd you've accepted hlmf ]
think you might have seen mo Ars'."
Bhs blushcd swceiiy M she replied !:
d. but ] think I prefer Richard"
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II you sprinkl" little sait on your
cofY"" h"for" pouring on the boiling
wnt'r II viii b. wonderfully improved.
Always warm the coffcc pot before
mixing coffee.
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Ink spots mny b" removed by snt.
urntIng N" spot with lemon Juice md
rubbing plcntifuliy with table nsit.
Apply before wishing. md In 0rtii.
nary cases n0 trncc nf the spot will
remain aftcr the wnsh.
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tn prevent cheese from m0lding
wrnp IN n cloth Tint has been dipped
In vinrgnr ssa wrunx dry. kssp u o
cool place.
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but whip off their gas masks and fill
'em up with grenndes and then, carry
ing their masks like they was market
baskets, up they jumped and down
they comes on the Dutch In the next
trench nll spruddled out, and they
bombed 'em till there wasn't nothing
but jest grease spots left.
"Oh, you marines. boys, my hat Is
certainly OFF to you"
And likewise you infantry and you
artillery.
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An adept ut tackling. Howard Barry
once a captain Of football and now IL
lieutenant Of war. Lieutenant Bury
was last years captain OF the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvnnia's football ."um
and is now a lieutenant at Camp Cor.
don, Ga.
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Food Waste From Rats,

Observation-Disclosures