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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-10
SCHOOLS ADD so MINUTES TO
DAILY WORK

The plan for the making up of lost
time was put into effect in the city
graded schools yesterday for the first
time. All of the graded schools will
now dismiss at o'clock instead of
2:10 in the afternoon thus adding so
minutes a -dayto the regular school
room work.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-10
SUFFERS STROKE OF PARALYSIS

Relatives here were advised this
morning that Mr.. John R. Morford, of
Covington, who some time ago was
badly burned with electricity, had suf-
fered stroke of paralysis on Monday
and was in serious condition. Mr.
Morford was a former resident and
has many friends here. His daughter
Mrs. ]. Harry Richardson, has gone
to his bedside
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-10

20 barrels New Crop New Orleans
Molassep jusi arrived and on tap ei,aS
per ualIeu. bring your Jugs. They
are ane. u. LEE. LOykI.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-10

Mr.. George Mcdaniel and family
will move from their home in Third
street to the Miss Anna Traxel prop
erty in East Second street, Fifth Ward
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-10

Have you seen the many pieces of
French" Ivory. We are showing
Toilet Sets and Manicure Sets (very
new). Military Brushes, Clocks, Mani
cure Pieces from 25c and upwards.
MURPHY, The Jeweler and Optician.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-10

The Ladies' Aid Society OF the Soc
ond NJ. 70. Church will meet on We'd
nssday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at
the church.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-10

Nothing is more popular now than
a Cameo Brooch or Lavalliers, Cameo
Ring or Scarf Pin.
MURPHY, The Jeweler and Optician.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-10
XMAS. GIFTS

If you want Victor Talking Ma
chine or Columbia Graphaphone or
Records, or either don't fail to call
as we have the largest and newest re-
cords for both machines to be had in
the city. Call and see our machines
and learn our terms.
MURPHY'S JEWELLERY STORE.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-10

A real Christmas gift-an Edison
William and Mary Model-a phono-
graph with soul, on sale at
9-4t ]. T. KACKLEY & co.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-10

AS a general thing, even after a
bachelor gets to be 80 years old he
thinks ne doesn't look it.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-10

The Dam just East of the city has
procured a large number of laborers
within the past few days but they are
still in need of more men and are
paying them good salaries.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-14

a loud voice, he asked, ''Empey, aren't
you G. of e. ?"
/ answered. "Yep."
In an angry tone, he commanded
Don't you yep me. Say, Yes, ser
geant major"
Il did so. Somewhat notified, he
ordered, Outside for church parade"
L looked up and answered, 81 am
not going to church this morning"
He said, "Oh, yes, you are!"
1 answered, "Oh, no, I'm not !''-But
/ went.
We lined up outside with rifles and
bayonets, 12O rounds of ammunition,
wearing our tin hats, and the march
to church began. After marching about
i've kilos, we turned off the road into
an open field. At one end of this field
the chaplain was standing in a Timber
We formed semicircle around him.
Overhead there was black speck cir
cling round and round in the sky. This
was German Fokker. The chaplain
had book in his left hand-left eye
on the book-right eye on the airplane
We Tommies were lucky, we had no
books, so had both eyes on the air
plane.
After church parade we were
marched back to our billets, and played
football all afternoon.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-14
NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS.

The Jury in the case of Mrs. George
M. Spittle, administrative, against the
Southern Public Utilities Company
Charlotte, awarded the plaintiff 81, SOC
damages. Mrs. Spittle was suing the
company for $4,000 damages for the
death of her husband.
Five members of the same immedf.
ate family bought $1,000 worth of saw
ings stamps each. They were F. II
Farley, Mrs. F. H. Farley, F. H. Fair
ley, Jr., j. M. Farley and Mrs Fair
ley, all of Monroe.
Preparations are being rapidly COM
pleted for the meeting of the Baptist
Woman's Missionary Union, which will
be held at the First Baptist church,
Raleigh, for four days, beginning Tues.
day, March &c. More than 500 dele
gates are expected at the meeting, this
number having attended the Colds
boro meeting a year ago.
Max Levin, of Raleigh, formerly
travelling passenger agent Of the Sea-
board, is now in France
A whole key, containing about 10
gallons Of ink, was received at Camp
Greene, Charlotte, by the Y. III G. A.
to be used by the soldiers.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-14
Appoints Good Roads Delegates.

Governor Beckett appointed eighty
five delegates from North Carolina to
attend the sixth annual session OF
the United States Goods Roads Asso
citation which will be in Little Rock,
Arkansas, April 1919.
The delegates are: Hon. e. r.
Webb, Shelby; w. A. Mauney, Kings
Mountain; r. L. Stowe, Belmont; A.
G. Mangum, Gastonia; A. M. Melon
aid, Charlotte; Col. A. L. Smith, Char
lotte; Thomas H. Webb, Concord;
Hon. J. P. Cook, Concord; Hon. Ar
chibald Boyden, Salisbury; e. E. Grey,
China Grove; W. e. Holt, Lexington;
G. w. Montcastle, Lexington; J. w.
Lambeth, Thomasville; c. M. Van
Story, Greensboro; Glenn Wright,
Greensboro; Robert Brockett, High
Point; A. w. Harper, Elon College;
Ernest Holt, Burlington; R. L. Holt,
Graham; w. s. Crawford, Mebane;
Shepherd Strudwick, Hillsboro; Paul
c. Collins, Hillsboro; s. w. Andrews,
Chapel Hill; e. L. Bugs, Durham:
John Sprunt Hill, Durham; ]. NJ
Broughton, Jr., Raleigh; e. c. Duncan,
J. M. Alien, Louisburg; H: G. Cooper,
Oxford; r. s. McCoin, Henderson: J.
M. Deaton, Statesville; Hon. w. d.
Turner, Statesvi1le; e. III. Yount, New
ton; j. D. Elliott, Hickory; ]. H. Pear
son, MOrganton; j. Ernest Erwin, Nor
canton; w. S. Butler, Glen Alpine;
P. H. Washburn, Old Fort; N. Buck
ner, Asheville; w. E. Johnson, Asae-
Vile; c. P. Amber, Asheville; c. e.
Chambers, Asheville; Gal1atin Rob-
erts,, Asheville; Plato Ebbs, Marshall;
Guy V. Roberts, MARSHALL; E. Rum
bough, Hot Springs; T. L. Gwyn, Can
ton; Kelly T. Bennett, Bryson City;
S. w. Black, Bryson City; T. C. Bowie,
Jefferson; Gov. r. L. DoughtHn. Spar
ia; H. A. Chatham, Elkin; Meriweath-
er Lewis, Mt. Airy; Senator ]. L. Nell
son, Lenoir; w. c. Ruffin, Mayodan;
r. L. Mitchell, Yanceyville; Dr.. E. J.
Tucker, Roxboro; Tasker Polk, War-
renton; Lunsford Long, Roanoke Rap
ids; Frank Wood, Edenton; Francis
d. Winston, Windsor; r. L. Bland,
Rocky Mount; c. M. Parks, Tarboro;
P. M. Pearsall, New Bern; w. D. Pol
lock, KinstOn; Nathan O'Berry, Colds
boro; VIM. Hill, Warsaw: W.. A. Nc
Grit, Wilmington; J. D. Mcneil, Fay
T. Y. McAllister, Fayette-
Vile; Samuel Strange, Fayetteville;
Leonard Tufts, Pinehurst; H. E Stacy:
w. N. Everett, R ,cklng-
ham; W. S. Falls, Raleigh; Alfred
Ellington; Walter Woedard,
Wilson; J. w. Mcqueen, Pinehurst: p
H. Hanes, Winston-Salem; W. D. Nc
MILAN, Wilmington
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-14
State Convention. April 10.

The Democratic State Convention
will be held in Raleigh this year on
April 10, according to a decision Of
the Democratic State Executive Com
mittee in session here recently. The
session itself was a model of brevity,
and except for the adoption of a few
changes in the plan of organization
made necessary. by the primary law,
the meeting was devoted to the rou-
tine of selecting dates for precinct,
county and State conventions. March
30 was determined upon as the date
for the precinct meetings.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-14
ASKS GOnWIN TO SPEAK OUT
Wants to Know Why Shipyards Are
Located in North When We Have
Such Ideal Climate.

Wilmington.-In an open letter to
Congressman Hannibal L. Goodwin,
copies of which were furnished the
press, Walter H. Blair, former city
tax collector, a successful student at
the Oglethorpe training camp and n
former campaign manager of Mr.. Cod
win, has asked Goodwin to come out
fat-footedly and say so without con-
tlnuing to beat about the bush if there
is any particular reason why Whining
ton and North Carolina generally has
been passed up whenever government
appropriations were to be expended.
Mr.. Goodwin is told that North Carolina
has been considered mere strip of
land lying between Virginia and South
Carolina sufficiently long and it is
either UP to him to do something or
come out and say why he hasn't, hint
ing at a possible reckoning in time to
come. Mr.. Goodwin is told that there
has been only six days during the win
ter too cold to permit outdoor work
while government shipbuilding in the
east and north has been dead1ocked
because of the extremely cold wealth
er that forbade outdoor activities.
Added to this, are statements con-
t1nually emanating from Morehead
City relative to the activities going
on there in the government shipyards
while the states chief port gets moth
ing but $4,000 bales Of cotton moved
through the port
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-14
On Way Seventeen Years.

Kinston.-It took a postcard mailed
at Dover, rine miles from here, nearly
seventeen years to reach Mr.. Lovft
Hines, whose street address is not
necessary on his mail. Where the
card was all those years is not certain.
Apparently it was lost in some crack
or crevice of a postoffice or mail car.
The writer did not live to get a reply.
He was Seth West. The card con-
tanned terms in minor business deal
in which the two men were interested.
It was written March rs, 1901, and de-
uvered to Mr.. Hines few days ago
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-14
CHAPTER II.-Continued.

The greatest shock q recruit gets
when he arrives at his battalion In
france is to see the men engaging in a
"cootie" hunt. With an air of con-
tempt and disgust he avoids the com
pany Of the older men, until q couple
of days later, in a torment Of itching,
he also has to resort to shirt hunt,
or spend many sleepless night of
misery During these hunts there are
lots of pertinent remarks banded back
and forth among the explorers, such
as, "Say, Bill, I'll swap you two little
ones for a big One." or, give got a
Bill"
One sunny day in the front-line
trench, saw three officers sitting out
side of their dugOut ("cOoties' are no
respecters of rank; have even noticed
a suspicious uneaSiness about a certain
wel-knOwn generally, one Of them was
a major, two of them were exploring
their shirts, paying no attention to the
occasional shells which passed over
head. The major was writing a letter {;
every now and then he would lay aside
his writing-pad, search his shirt for a
few minutes, get an inspiration, and
then resume writing. At last he fin
ished his letter and gave it to his ''run-
ner" was curious to see whether he
was writing to an insect firm, so when
the runner passed me engaged him
in conversation and got a glimpse at
the address on the envelope. It was
addressed to Miss Alice Somebody, in
London. The runner" informed me
that Miss Somebody was the majors
sweetheart and that he wrote to her
every day. Just imagine it, writing
love letter during 'cootie" hunt; but
such is the creed Of the trenches.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-14
LIST OF CASUAL TIES
NO LONGER ISSUED
INFORMATION COMMITTEE DIS
CONTINUES PRACTICE ON
WAR DEPARTMENT ORDERS
REQUESTED BY GEN. PERSHING
Enemy Able Through This Source to
Gain Valuable incarnation as to
Units in France.

| shington.-Issuance of daily lists
| of casualties among the American ex-
peditionary forces was discontinued by
the public information committee as
the result of an order of the war de-
partment under which the names Of
next of kin and the emergency adj
dresses of soldiers whose names ap-
pear on the lists hereafter will be
withheld. The official explanation is
that the purpose of the order is to keep
information of value from the enemy.
On being informed of the order the
committee took the position that long
lists of men killed or wounded would
be worthless to the newspaper CORE
spOndents without the addresses and
notice was issued advising the press
that in future all information regard
ing casualties must be obtained from
the war department. At the adjutant
generals office it was stated that the
lists would continue to be sent to the
committee and would be available
there.
While the disagreement between
the committee and the department
probably will be Strengthened out soon
so that the "expurgated" lists may
be made available to all who desire
them, the purpose of the department
to withhold the addresses apparently
is unalterable. Acting Secretary
CroweN said the order was issued at
tho urgent recommendation of Gen.
eral Pershing and that it would be
permanent Both Mr.. Crowell and Maj.
General Barch, acting chief of staff,
declared that the purpose was to close
up a channel through which the enemy
might obtain valuable information, and
both disclaimed any intention of seek
ing to conceal heavy casualty reports.
"You may say for me-" said General
March, that the war department has
not and will not hold up a single name
for an instant longer than it takes to
get 1t out.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-14
CHAPTER ~.
S6Into the Trench -


The next morning the draft was in
spected by our general, and we were
assigned to different companies. The
boys in the brigade had nicknamed
this general Old Pepper, and he Ger
tainly earned the sobriQuet. was as
signed to B company with another
American named Stewart.
For the next ten days we "rested,'
repairing roads for the Trenches, drill.
ing, and digging bombing trenches.
One morning we were informed that
we were going up the line, and our
march began.
It took US three days to reach re.
serve bil1ets-each days march bring
ing the sound of the guns nearer and
nearer. At night, way off in the dis
lance we could see their flashes, which
lighted up the sky with red glare.
Against the horizon we could see
numerous observation balloons or "sau-
sages" as they are called.
On the afternoon of the third days
march I witnessed my first airplane
being shelled. A thrill ran through me
and I gazed in awe. The airplane was
making wide circles in the air, while
little puffs of white smoke were burst
ing all around it. These puffs appeared
like tiny balls of cotton while after
each burst could be heard a dull
'plop." The sergeant of my platoon
informed US that it was German air.
plane and / wondered how he could tell
from such a distance because the plane
seemed like little black speck in the
sky. I expressed my doubt as to
whether it was English, French or Ger
man. With look of contempt he fur
Their informed US that the allied anti
aircraft shells when exploding emitted
white smoke while the German shells
gave forth black smoke, and, as he ex-
pressed it, ''It must be an Allemand be-
cause our pom-poms are Smelling, and
I know our batteries are not off their
bally nappers and are certainly not
strafeing our own planes, and another
piece of advice-don't chuck your
weight about until you've been up the
line and learnt something"
/ Immediately quit ''chucking my
weight about from that time on.
Just before reaching reserve billets
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-14
PLENTY OF "BRAINLESS"
DAYS SAYS SENATOR REED
Says We viii Soon Come to Bread
Cards If We Leave it to Hoover.

says We viii Soon Come to Bread
Cards If We Leave it to Hoover.
Washington.-Strict on govern
ment price-fixing and the activities of
the food administration monopolized
one days session of the senate.
Led by Senator Reed, of Missouri,
Democrat, group of senators of both
parties made the attack. Charges that
a general policy of fixing prices for
farm products, not authorized by the
food control law, is being instituted,
were made by Senators Reed and b.
rah, who said the licensing power of
the law was being so used that its
actual result is an unauthorized price
fixing program.
In a four-hour speech teeming with
bitter criticism, Senator Reed also de-
nounced the fuel administration, as.
sorting that Administrator Garfield
had not told the truth regarding re-
suits of the coalless days order,
which he described as lockout" of
certain eastern industries.
Senator Wolcott, Democrat, Of Della
ware, said Mr. Hoover had denied
adoption Of a farm produce price
fixing plan, disclaiming authority, but
he and other senators insisted that
acts of the food administrative, par
ticularly under it's wholesale and re-
tail dealers licensing power, was hav-
ing that effect in actual practice.
1--WE would not have had so many
meatless days if there had not been
S~a1~ =
tor Reed declared. ga few more acts
of the fod administration, and we
will have bread tickets. I believe the
efficiency Of the United States has
been reduced 20 per cent by
ignorant interference with business
methods"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-14
CHAPTER 40.
] Go to Church.

Upon enlistment we had identity
disks issued to US. These were small
disks of red fiber worn around the neck
by means of string. Most of the Tom
mics also used a little metal disk which
they wore around the left wrist by
means of chain. They had previous
ly figured it out that If their heads
we're blown off, the disk on the left
wrist would identify them. II they lost
their left arm the disk around the neck
would serve the purpose, but If their
head and left arm were blown off, no
one would care who they we're, so it
did not matter. On one side of the
disk was inscribed your rank, name.
number and battalion, while on the
other was stamped your religion.
G. Of E., meaning Church of Eng
land; r. c., Roman Catholic; W., Wes-
leyan; P, Presbyterian; but II you
happened to be an atheist they left 1t
blank, and just handed you pick and
shovel. On my disk was stamped G. OF
Z. This is how I got it: The l1euten-
ant who enlisted me asked my religion.
[ was not sure Of the religion OF the
British army, so I answered, "Oh, any
old thing" and he promptly put down
c. of e.
Now, just imagine my hard luck. Out
OF five religions I was unlucky enough
TO pick the only one where church
parade was compulsory!
The next morning was Sunday.
was sitting in the billet writing home
10 my sister telling her Of my wonder
ruI exploits while under f1re-an re-
cruits do this. The sergeant major put
MS head in the door of the billet and
shouted: &c. of e. outside for church
paradem
kept on writing. Turning to me, In
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-14
RETAIL PRICE OF COAL
80 CENTS TON LOWER

Washington-An average reduction
of 80 cents a ton in the retail price
of all anthracite coal sold for domes-
tic use between April 1 and Septem-
Der 1, was announced by the fuel ad-
ministration, together with regulations
governing the retail distribution of all
coal for the year beginning the first
of next month The rules are designed
particularly to prevent boarding and
insure the filling of all domestic needs
for next winter during the summer.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-14
GEN. PERSHING WILL GET
SUPPLIES OUT OF SPAIN

Washington.-Under the commercial
agreement between the United States
and Spain, the formal signing of which
in Madrid was announced at the state
department not only will Gen. Perish
ing get the supplies from Spain which
he desires for his troops, but French
credit in Spain is arranged and the
Spanish government permits free ex-
port to the allies of pyrites. minerals
and manufactured wool.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-14
Never Misses Sunday School.

Gastonia.-Miss Madge Hanna,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs J. N. Hanna,
of Chester street, has made a record
of having not missed a single meet
ing Of the First Associate Reformed
Presbyterian Sabbath school for more
than II years.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-14

Empey takes his first turn on
the firing step Of the trench
while the machine gun bullets
wFiz over his head. He soon
learns why Tommy has adopted
the motto, aft you're going to
get it, you'll get it, so never
worry" Don't miss the next
instaIlment.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-14
EMPEY GETS INTO THE FRONT LINE TRENcH-AMn
WISHES HE WERE BACK IN JERSEY CITY

synopsFred by the sinking usitania with the loss Of
lives Arthur
England and enists
experience
France where
and makes the of - 80 e~A"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-14
(TO BE CONTINUED

No one can kill time in these strenu-
GUS days without also Staying his OVID
opportunities
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-19
PRICES OF WHAT TIE FARMER
BUYS AND SELLS COMPARED

aud Youths. 60. Gut mems cotton
soc6S advanced Ito peer cent.
Refined petroleum es,r e. per cent
more. Gasoline re-. ~IeraI GG per cent.
White household plates went up 81
per cent while cup aud Sgucers in
creased 80 per cent. Cutlery showed
sharper rise with lOT per cent.
Saap revealed a 3 per cent in
crease.
Weighted average based On prices
assembled from lst of about 1000
county buyers SHOW that on July l.
,9lf. the price OF wheat rs sold by
the farmer had Increased 1854 per cent
over the price for the same day of
1918 Corn. accorduC 10 the data sup
r'.ed by the same county crop report
er>, increased within he same period
flA per cent in price. Oats showed
'@I; hay. II; and cotton 131. Hogs
advanced 100: be- CATTLE 6j: and
lambs. 132 per cent within the four
Years.
The tables showing the detailed
price variations Of what the farmer
tryS and Of what he sells are as fol-
.2Ws:
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-19
Notice OF Application for Sale OF
Real Estate Of Minors.

TO All Persons Concerned.
Notice is hereby given that the
m lersigneI. Z. D. Robinson, Guar
dian Of Leo Bel len. Stanley Be,den
Berrica d Wallace formerly Bernice
Be,denl and Ruth Esther Mason
formerly Ruth Beldenl Minors, will
make application to the Probate Court
Of La Sale County, Illinois, at reg
ular term thereof, to be begun and
he'd at the County Court House in the
City OF Ottawa, in said County on the
first Monday OF November, A. d. 1918,
being the fourth day thereof, to-Wit,
at the session of said Court on the
first Wednesday of said term. being
The sixth day OF November. A. D..
1918. at 10 O'Clock A. NJ OF said day
Court directing him, as such guardian,
to sell Che following described real
estate belonging to said minors, or
as much thereof as shall seem 20 the
Court to be fer the best interests Of
said minors. to-wit:
The undivided one-sixth tl-6) in
terest OF said minors in lots twelve
(l2) ana thir cen Q3) in block fifty
one (51) in Rowe's Second Addition
to the Village Of Sheridan. in the
County Of La Sale and State of Hi
nois, to invest the proceeds thereof
in other real estate or for the purpose
of otherwise investing the same, pur.
guant to the statute in such case made
and provided
Dated this 18th day of October,
A. ID. 1915
f d. ROBINSON, Guardian.
ELMER L. ROBERTS,
Attorney for Guardian.