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The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-12
Conceived in Georgia Village 1t
Bears Fruit in No Mans
Land.
DEAD FOX AIDS and ABETS
Now Abraham Lincoln Davis Goes
Hungry to Feed Bunch of Ger
man Messenger Dogs Lured
Into Trench.

With the American Army in France.
of the two threads out of which
this yarn is spun one started in lit
tie village situated about 16 miles
inland from Savannah, Ga. and the
other started in the office of the Ger
man high command in Berlin. In the
Georgia village-I don't recall the
name of 1t nova pickaninny devel-
oped the idea that the best kind of a
dog to chase n rabbit was a long
legged dog. Likewise In the Office of
the German high commander there de-
veloped the idea that dog, having
considerable intelligence, would make
better messenger than German
soldier on the battlefield, and also
that If a dog had long legs he would
be faster messenger dog than a mes
senger dog with short legs.
Threads Come Together.
SO the threads of the story started
far apart and stretched long ways
to the French front, where the erst-
while pickaninny is a first-class pri-
vate in the army of his Uncle Samuel,
and where a short ways off the Ger
man military dogs carry messages
back and forth to the Boche pillboxes
and advanced posts. Abraham din
coln) Davis-his pals all call him Ike
has lodged lot of German bullets
and gas grenades.
Ike hadn't been in the trenches long
before he began to hear about the Ger
man messenger dogs. Every now and
then. through peephole In the top of
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-12

Smile on wash day. That's when You use
Red Cross Bag Blue. Clothes whittier than
snow. All grocers. Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-12

True.
Clothes don't make the man" "Oh.
don't know. Uncle Sans uniform IL
making many a man today
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-12
U.S.NEGRO'S IDEA,
BEATSTHETEUT

his trench. he caught sight of one of
the messengers. although they gener-
ally did their work ut night. He de-
veloped respect and an admiration
for these dogs and he could scarcely
choke down fight when snlper pick
ed off one of the animals When one
of the dogs was brought In after n
German raid. Ike made up his mind
that he had to have one of those dogs
to chase rabbits down In Georgia. l
don't believe he realized that he was
to have a kennel of them.
1t was an evening in early spring
when Ike was seated by the edge of a
deep French well on the outskirts of n
dilapidated little village. where he was
billeted during rest period. He saw
something leaping along the top of
hill mile away. A second sight told
him 1t was a fox. and then he forgot
about It, The next night and the day
after Ike saw the fox. and then there
flashed through his mind the remem-
brance that dog that chased rabbit
chased fox when he got chance. To
make this part of the story short, when
he went back to the trenches few
days later Ike had the fox. dead.
On the next two or three nights Ike
volunteered regularly for notroI dntv
in No Mans Land. The third night
he got permission and took rho dead
fox with him
Get. a..u,ts a. net
On the third night after he started
- o., ~. s u 30 nc So
80 'u' 'ne neN. Puit vi 'ns
a., ""e Va
','e"'.on ms ""'i'e
'''e snip 'o'e' ioio 'u'
III was along about o'clock In the
morning. TINS oincer SAID, Just after
one OF our patrols had come In. re-
member II was raining slightly The
palroi reported III had encountered no
Germans ana that things seemed rath'
er quiet was about to go away when
there was scrambiing underneath
our wire ana German messenger dog
popped over the edge OF the trench
and Fight into the arms of one of our
Dig buck privntes' named Davis. The
dog had message around his neck di-
rec'eu 10 one OF the PIN boxes teliihe
the gufhers there that American pm.
'rois were out TOOK the message ana
started 10 iead the dog away to nave
my oruerly tnke care OF IL wben Ike
uesseu LOT II 80 earnestly that toio
''i.. " ""'o" II WINE so' sumo s'eep'
i"rso' hI' apout ,he uog ana was
.iiiiiNins vi nome ana mother some
hours h'ter wnen one OF the lieuten'
ahts reported that during the night six
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-12

When a man Is beside himself with
rage he is foolish to place confidence
in his companion
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-12

The man who marries a widow usu-
ally finds out that he is the successor
to her ideal husband.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-12
A Great Responsibility.

H responsibility attached the preparing remedy and children
undoubtedly greater than that imposed remedies
M adults whose system sufficiently strong for least any
luxurious drug Ills we" observe that Castoa today
What have makers limitations and substitutes are their
10 whom are they anwerab7 They spring today
their nefaious wares broadcast, and disappear tomorrow
Gould each mother the panakng with prescription for
1es Caoa prepared could they read the numerabe from
mothers they would listen the subtle eangs arguments
those who would offer imitation substitute for the tried and tme
Elechers - ~
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-12
Sufficient Reason.

Sufficient Reason.
Don't be too hard on poor
Khakiby, lieutenant.
why not?"
We'll, he's just raw recruit"
"Sure-that's why roasted him"
Florida Times-Union.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-12

When Cupid visits Boston he dis
cards his bow and arrow and uses a
bean shooter
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-12

A cynic is man who would make a
fool of himself in the society he satir-
ICES.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1918-07-26
Meat Train Wrecked

An east bound meat train was
wrecked about 7 o'clock Tuesday
evening near the old ballast pond
west of town. Four refrigerator
cars loaded with fresh meat were
demolished. Just what caused the
cars to leave the walls could not be
determined, but they piled up
after running some, distance on the
ties The meat was scattered
about and thousands of pounds so
badly damaged it had to be burned
by the section who were on duty
all night. However, a large num-
ber of patriotic people visited the
scenes of the wreck and did heroic
work in assisting to save and
conserve" and it is said there was
more fresh meat stored in the ice
boxes about town and in homes of
the farmers of the vicinity the next
morning than ever before.
Two refrigerator cars were filled
with salvage. The wrecker crew
arrived early, the track was soon
cleared and traffic resumed with
only q few hours delav.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1918-07-26

church pledged a certain amount
to the endowment fund of the Cam
eron college. To raise funds to
redeem the pledge the society is
giving a home entertainment of
music, readings and a short play at
the opera house on Friday evening
of this week. The admission is Is
and 25 cents, and all are invited.
Ross Nichols, county agent,
will talk to the farmers at the
directors room of the Lomax &
Standby Bank next Saturday even
ing, on the subject Of wheat and
fertilizers. Every farmer interest
ed in increasing wheat yield should
attend this meeting. The present
high price of land and wheat make
it necessary that every grain
possible be produced.
About twenty young ladies spent
a delightful evening at the home Of
Mrs. Mary Garside on Thursday of
last week. They took lunch bas-
kets with them and a lawn supper
was enjoyed. Later in the even
ing they were joined by an equal
number of young men and good
social time followed, Harold
Standby. home from the navy,
being the guest of honor.
The following new names have
been added to our mailing list this
month: T. R. Hoskins, Soldiers
Home, Kans.; Cecil Smith, Los
Angeles, CAL; W. Goodwin,
Centerville, Iowa; M. E. Agin,
Turner. Kans.; Mrs. M. j.
Kessler, Parkville, Mo-; Lee Nc
Coy, route one; E. B. Skulley,
Chas. T. Wilson, L, II. Brunk,
Tripplett, Mo; W. E. Savage,
Hopkins, Mo-, Mrs. Ellis Moore,
Memphis, Mo.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1918-07-26
Laclede in The Movies

John Nelson received a letter
last Saturday from his daughter,
Mrs. Simpson, who lives in
Denver, Col. in which she says
she recently attended a moving
picture show in that city and saw
Laclede celebrating Pershing Day.
1t was a three reel feature and
showed the Governor and others
at the Pershing home, the band
escorting the Governor and party
to the reviewing stand and the
immense crowd as it surged about
the stand to hear the speeches,
the parade as it came down main
street and in fact it showed the
whole proceedings of the day and
was witnessed by a packed house
in one of the largest theatres of
the city. The pictures were taken
by an operator from st. Louis
film company and will be shown
throughout America as we'll as in
foreign countries. The honor and
distinction that has come to La
clede by being the birthplace and
home of General Pershing gives
the town a place in history that
will endure and of which her
people are justly proud.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1918-07-26
Anxiety For Navy Young Man

Considerable anxiety is felt here
over the fate that may have over
taken Kenneth Hoyt who enlisted
in the navy last January and was
assigned to the U. S. S. Garcia.
When last heard from he was
across the sea and his ship was
supposed to be doing patrol duty
along the European coast. A
letter mailed to him by his sister,
Miss Helen Hoyt, June "a was
returned to writer yesterday
marked deceased" Whether
the letter reached the ship and
was returned or whether is was
from New York could
not be determined. His name has
not appeared in the casualty list
and no word has been received
except the cause given for return
ing the letter.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1918-07-26
Spent Pleasant Evening

Chas. B. Welsh entertained a
number of his friends from the
Locust neighborhood, together
with few town folk, at his home
last Tuesday evening, the gather
ing numbering more than a half
hundred. The delightful moon
light made visiting for the Older
ones and games for the younger
ones and children on the lawn
very enjoyable. Refreshments of
fruit salad, ice cream and cake
were served by his sister Miss
Marietta, assisted by Mrs. Cecil
Welsh, Mrs. H. n. Halves, Misses
Josephene Welsh and Helen Hoyt,
while Charley busted himself with
seeing that all were taken care of
and made to enjoy the evening,
which they certainly did.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1918-07-26
Two Deaths at MeadviIIe

Judge Thomas D. Evans died at
his home in Meadville last Tues
day evening. He was more than
eighty years of age and one of the
best known men in the county,
having served several terms as
Judge of the county court from
the western district and represent
ed this county one term in the
state legislature. The funeral was
held Thursday afternoon, inter-
ment being made in the MeadvilIe
cemetery,
Hugh Hartshorn, a we'll known
citizen of this county where he has
resided since 1869, died at his home
near Meadville last Friday at the
age of 6s years. The funeral was
held Sunday. the remains being
buried at Linneus.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1918-07-26

We haYe shipped out all the
corn that we had stored in our
coal house and from now on will
carry a full line of Illinois and
Iowa coal on hands at all times.
We have made some large
of coal and it will be to
your interest to see us for prices.
o. A. TALBOT & Co.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1918-07-26
Feed! Feed! Feed

/ will have in a car Of shorts
and bran and will make q very
attractive price to those buying
over FIVE sacks. The price Of
shorts will be 81. 10 and bran $3.50
at the car. j. PAUL JONES, Grain,
feed and Coal.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1918-07-26
Home For Sale

As / expect my family to be in
the South for several winters l
offer my home property tor sale,
Write me or call at Benson Bank.
E. E. BENSON.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1918-07-26
For Sale

My family milch COW. Selling
on account shortage of pasture.
Giving 8 gallon milk per day.
Price $500. ]. PAUL JONES.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1918-07-26
PARAGRAPHS
Brief Mention of Those Who Come
and Go During the Week

Chas A. Berry was here from
Linneus Monday and was visitor
at this office.
Miss Lena Mendenhall of Brook
field was the guest of Miss Esther
Rowland the latter part of last
week.
Joseph D. Lowry. a chiropractOr
who recently located in BrOokfield,
was business visitor in Laclede
Tuesday.
Miss Ruby Walker returned
Tuesday from attending the
Epworth League convention at
Cameron.
R. T. Patterson, wife an two
children are on an automobile
trip to st. Joseph and other places
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Mouser and
three children were dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Cay wood
last Sunday.
Be sure to see and hear the,
lady minstrels at the entertainment
at the opera house on Friday even
ing of this week.
Mrs. Laura Rosworth returned
to her home in Kansas City after
two weeks visit with Mrs. j. E.
Welsh and friends.
Miss Blanche True of Fargo, n.
OAK, who visited in Laclede a few
weeks ago, is spending the summer
at Plandome, Long Island, N. Y.
Miss Tessie Huff and her brother
James of Thompson, Audrain
county, visited their aunt. Mrs. j.
w. Reed and family, the first of
the week.
Senator Whitley of st. Louis and
Congressman Rucker of this
district, were in town Tuesday
seeking democratic support in the
August primary.
J. w. Adams, who has been
working with the bridge gang on
the X. G. for several years, has
been transferred to the car repair
ing department, and moved to
BrookfieId Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Hamilton and
two sons mOtOred to UnioNville
last Saturday and visited there and
at Cincinnati, Iowa, over Sunday,
home Monday evening
just as it began to rain.
Mrs. W. Il. Hall of St. Catherine,
visited her son, II. D. Hall and
wife here the past week. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hall also had as their guests
Mr.. Halls sister, Mrs. j. M.
Miers and two children of Chicago.
Victor Pitney, of Louisiana, Mo-,
travelling salesman for Marshal
Fields of Chicago, returning from
a business trip through the west,
stopped off first of the week and
made a visit here with his uncle,
Postmaster Hetrick, and other
relatives.
Mrs. II. c. Lomax has received
an interesting letter from her son,
Carl Heryford, who is now en-
Dloyed in the government ship
building yards at Long Beach,
Cal. To show how careful the
government is to see that no
enemy gets into the yards, he
states that every employee is
thoroughly searched by soldiers
before he is admitted. His cloth.
ng Is thoroughly searched, his
unch basket gone into, even the
zap to his thermos bottle removed
% see that no explosives are
into the yard. Mr.. and
Mrs. HeryfOrd are comfortably
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1918-07-26
TOWN and COUNTRY.
About Local People and Events and
Other Matters Of Interest

Rev. Sisson visited his parents
at Baldwin, Kans. last week.
Five room house in north part of
town for rent. See Miss Nellie
Barber.
John Dick was on the st. Joseph
market with car of fat cattle
Monday.
For Sale-Aberdeen Angus bull
and o. I. G. male hog. Phone
50, Lacledey
Come and see "The Man Who
Came Back" at the opera house
Friday evening.
J. II. CIough and A. J. Brady
each took a car of hogs to the
Kansas City market Monday night
from Forker.
For sale Residence property;
81, 200; plenty of fruit; good
location. Write Mrs. l. B.
Thompson, 924 s. 18th ST.,
CenterVille Iowa, or enquire of B.
E. Thurman responded to a call
from the undertaken at Linneus
and used his auto-hearse in a
funeral at that place last Sunday
taking the body there from Mead
vile.
The Dick residence just south
of the cemetery has been reduced
to one stony and otherwise re-
modelled. When the repairs are
completed it will be occupied by
Mr.. and Mr.. d. G.. Dick.
When you have backache the
liver or kidneys are sure to be out
of gear. Try Sanol, it does
wonders for the liver, kidneys,
and bladder. A trial will con-
vince you. Get it at Rexall Store,
Mr.. and Mrs. II. G. Lomax,
Mrs. John T. Lomax and two
children spent Thursday with
Miss Ellen Watson at her home
southwest of town, being taken
out and back in the Watson Elgin
Six.
The community tent meeting at
the Bruner school house north
east of Laclede started off Monday
night with good attendance.
There will be services each even
ing and Sunday morning and
evening.
Moles the worst pests that
get into the lawns and gardens
and they are unusually numerous
this season. Uncle Doc. Lomax
has trapped IA of the varmin in
one runway in his garden and is
still prosecuting the war,
Manager Savage sent a car of
cattle to the st. Joseph market
Tuesday for the following members
of the shipping association:
Shelby Cross, E. R. Barton, WI
H. Glover, Carl Harris, Mack
Farrar and G. E. GoOsey.
Do you get up at night Sanol
is surely the best for all kidney
or bladder troubles. Sanol gives
relief in "a hours from all back
ache and bladder troubles. Sanol
is a guarantee remedy. SOC and
81 GOA bottle at Rexall Store.
There will begin about the first
week in September "a series of
tent meetings at the Parson Creek
Baptist church three miles north
vest of MeadvilIe. The tent will 4
be located two miles north Of the
.hurch in Gene Chapman's pasture. !,
Gladys Cherry, LOuella Ginther
ind Burnice Ogan. committee.
The Ladies Aid o. the NJ. E,
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1918-07-26
ON LOCAL SUBJECTS
Local Items and Interesting Bits Of
News Of All Sorts

On account of the fine rain of
Wednesday morning the Red
Cross picnic scheduled for that
day at Rocky Ford, was postpon-
ed one week and will be held on
Wednesday, July 81. President
Allen invites all who can to pre-
pared to go that day providing the
roads get in condition for, safe
travel.
Chas. K. Hart, chairman of the
Y. M. G. A. war work in this
county, writes us that there re-
mains unpaid a part of the sub
scriptions made to the war fund
last winter. This fund is now
badly needed for relief work and
all who have not paid are urged to
do so at once that the boys at the
front may be properly cared for.
Lists for this township are at the
Lomax & Standby Bank and the
Benson Banking Company and
those who have not yet paid should
do so as soon as possible.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. T. Bassett
received a letter Wednesday from
their son William who is with the
American forces in Europe. The
letter was written from somewhere
in England June %, and they had
landed the day before. He was
we'll and enjoying his trip except
was some seasick on the way
oyer. He says the American boys
are going to get the kaiser and be
back in time forS a Christmas
dinner at home. He said Frank
Weaver was also in England but
he had not seen him up to that
time.
Laclede has other claims to fame
besides being the birthplace of
General Pershing and the home of
fried chicken par-excellent. A
recent issued of the Missouri
Ruralist, the states leading farm
paper, had an extensive write-up
of the town and community and
among the cuts of buildings and
views Herewith is picture of the
Talbot cob pile, Notwithstanding
if not thousands of loads
have been used for fuel, it is said
now to be the largest corn-cob
pile in the state. We'er going to
get an estimate on it and tell you
just how many cubic yards there
are in the pile some of these days.
For several reasons The Blade
appears all home print this week
and will continue so until con-
iitions change and make it
practical and profitable to return
10 the eight page form. In the first
place it is impossible to get weekly
by express; the zone
rate has doubled the amount of
postage we have been paying and
The increase in price of everything
lsed in making a newspaper has
brought it to a point where it was
either raise the price of subscrip-
ion or reduce the size of the
paper, and the delay in weekly
shipments caused us to choose the
after course. The price of sub
Icription will remain at one dollar
Der year and must be paid in
.dvance in every case,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-04-24
Mt. Zion News.

On last Thursday three hundred
soldiers marched through COM
munity en- route to Camp Hancock,
after having taken hike to Aiken.
Little Mary Weeks is with her
grand parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. G..
Whitlock.
Mrs. Ruth Quarles is visiting her
sister Mrs. MllIedge Strom.
Mrs. E. NJ. Padgett, Miss Lila
Mae and Mr.. Dewey Padgett visited
Mr., and Mrs. w. r. Zimmerman
Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. 7. 9. Carpenter and family.
and Mr.. Lenard Woodward of
Aiken and Mr.. Marion Carpenter
and children, of Trenton, were visi.
tors at Mr.. NJ. W. Carpenters Sun.
day.
The friends of Miss Gladys Whit
lock, the affectlonate daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Butler Whitlock of
Trenton, wto vas formerly ofEtnis
community, will regret to learn OF
her continued illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Padgett spent
. short while Sunday afternoon
with Mr.. and Mrs. Dolph Walker.
We arc now having Sunday
school only on first ead third Sun
days. Beginning in the afternoon
at 1880 by the new time.
MIR. T.. NJ. Padgett has added a
great Improvement to his home, by
building a large porch on the front
of his house.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-04-24

the hospitable home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Pickens Bailey last Sunady.
Miss Lulie Zimmerman is quite
sick with measles. Her friends
anxiously hope for her speedy re-
covery.
Mr.. Yates Quarles, training at
Camp Seyier, is at home on a fur
lough.
We regret to learn of the declin-
ing health of our young friend and
kinsman, DR.. E. G. Walker, who
belongs to the Dental Corps sta
toned at Camp Gordon.
Uncle" Iv Morgan's friends
deeply sympathize with him in the
death of his daughter, ''rs. Gordon
Bussey, who died suddenly, leaving
five small children.
Mrs. James Hamilton is at Edge
field with her daughter, Mrs. Till
man Busy, who has measles, hav-
ing five other cases in the family.
Mr.. Gerge Gilchrist was a guest
at dinner of MIR. Perry Hamilton
last sunday.
Misses Kathleen Kenrick and
Maggie and Clela Agner were with
Miss Deadis Dow last Sunday.
Modoc, S. y.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-04-24
Red Cross Activities.

We are glad to announce tie full
organization of the Episcopal ladies
into Red Cross Auxiliary, the first
to be formally organized. Their
chairman is Miss Virginia Simkins;
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Kate
Butler.
Several other auxiiiaries are in
a formative stage. the U. D. c. and
old 80 District Chapter D. A. R.
These have asked for permission to
organize from the local chapter, but
their officers are not yet announc-
ed. The Episcopal ladies meet in the
work rooms every Friday afternoon.
The Red Cross chairman said he was
very much pleased to see this move
on the part of the organization. 1t
will make for a more concentrated
effort for war relief work.
Miss Collett and Miss Clisby, men,
bers of the executive committee,
went out to the Red Hill school last
Thursday to plan for the organiZa-
ton of Junior Red Cross at the
school. This was left in the hands
of Miss. Hortense Woodson, who
writes that their money has been
raised. They go today (Tuesday)
to Antioch school for the same pur-
pose. 1t is to be hoped that all of
the country schools will organize. 1t
will give the children something to
do during the summer months. Work
is progressing slowly, but surely in
the work rooms. Mrs. Nicholson is
at work on garments for the needy,
babies of Belgium and France, the
women of Mrs. Woodson's depart
ment have as much as they can do
working on the underclothing asked
of us and the sweaters and socks are
coming on famously. We need
more steady workers, women who
can give at least three afternoons a
week to the work rooms.