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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-23

all III trees lining the road, not one that
had not been hit by shells and most OF
them cut down. Here was a village
with not a building left standing Here
another with an untouched church stce-
pie. the only whole thing there Here
American and French shells had fallen
when the attack started and the Ger
man reply shelling had h4 as well
Caught between two mIllStones OF war
this strip of country was ground TO
ruins. Shell holes were so thick one
could step from one TO another.
Dead Horses and Huns.
Dead horses beside dead Germans
were raising a stink to the heavens and
crying for the presence Of American
turkey buzzardS. There were camionS
with broken wheels, showed aside and
left behind A war-weary Missouri
mule shot in its tracks was showed over
an embankment Piles and piles Of am
munition which cause an involuntary
shrinking when a boohc shell comes
screaming over and lands fifty feet
away from this bottled death throwing
slrcaks of earth and stalks Of ripened
wheat across the roadway packed with
the pagcantry of war Camhns loaded
with faded fighting men made weary by
many miles OF jo'ting over roads worn
rough with ceascless passing; ammuni-
ton wagons their drivers Cursing over
endless delays, field kitchens on their
important way, cannon going along Hun
ward followed by heavily laden caiS-
sons, swift automobiles dartng in and
out with looking officers,
mule carts, horse carts, men on foot
seemingly numbcrlesS ambulanccs load
ed, one going one way and an empty
one going another all covered with a
thick LAYER Of dust Here comes a
hurlng bochc 2lO alighling twenty
Yards from the roadside and a horse
Shes and throws a field kitchen into
the ditch. while a much Soled dough
boy cook >lttcr' maledictions upon the
kaiser.
Dust and More Dust.
Never was such a procession. never
such a setting Let me saw too never
srch dust The brown oi the doughhov
uniforms and blue of the noilu look all
the same On each side Of the road ran
a rayaped field Of wheat, the color #
which almost matched the nearby wood
land Here a shell strikes n tree and
throws the crStwhilc noble foliage
across the procession II is cleared
awav in jiffy. while the raucous horn
It French generals cars ou'docS the
scrccching shells
Back behind il all our guns keep
roaring, the earth seeming 10 shake as
some big piece sends a message Of death
TO the bochcS Aperica knows no such
woods as is here. Beneath noble old
trees stop soldiers and soldiers and
wagons Of war and more war. Here
poilus and doughboys are making them
selves comfortable for a brief respite
before being called on, when a shell
brings down a tree across a pile of
shells All the world knows a fighting
man cuSscS. | didn't understand the
cussing OF the poilus. but there was no
doubt about the douRhboys' cussing,
Unnamed Heroes.
A line OF lads in brown is turning
northcastward Their rifles are on
their backs and their belts are full of
ammunition They have gone to argue
It out with Fritz This battle is never
to be forgotten. nor will the boys who
arc in It be forgotten. The rapidty of
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-23
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(Phone Walnut 57j5). We accept
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ment on new Easy terms on the
rest If you wish.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-23
Scene at Hun Trench.

It was 4 German trench position fifty
yards in length seemingly filled with
dead Huns | started counting and got
to seventeen al ono end and stopped The
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-23

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Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-24

home, the shopper, the dancer, the
foot traveller, the man in the office.
the clerk in the store, the worker in
the shop, have today, in this great
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banana. 1t takes 2 seconds to ap-
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walk with painless joy, even with
tight shoes. You know your corn
will loosen from your toe-peel it off
with your fingers, Try it, corn suf-
ferers, and you'll smile!
"Gets-It'' is sold at all druggists
(you need pay no more than rs
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Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-24
SUMMONS.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Lexington.

County of Lexington.
In the COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
A. j. Sturkie, as administrator Of
the estate of George Ann Williamson
Plaintiff, VS.. Henry Hooker. Thurs
day Courtney, Charles Hooker, Eu-
nice Hooker, Mordie Hooker, Sebe
Hooker, Ida Barre, Frank Can't, Sus-
annah Harsey. George Ann Lewis,
Sarah J. Sturkie, Laura Cooper. Lu-
ther King, Mary Jackson. and Wiley
Jackson, Defendants.
You are hereby Summoned and re-
quired to answer the Complaint, here
in. and to serve a copy of your ans
wer upon the subscriber, at his office
at Lexington, S. C. within Twenty
Days after the service hereof. exclu-
sive Of the day of such service. and
if you fail to answer the Complaint
herein within the time aforesaid. the
Plaintiff in this action will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded in
the Complaint. G. NJ. EFIRD,
Attorney for Plaintiff
NOTICE.
To the Defendant Thursday Court
ney.
Please take Notice that the Com
plant in this action is now on file in
the Office ofthe Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas for said County
and State.
C.. NJ. EFIRD.
Atty for the Plaintiff
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-24

Those peculiar circumstances gov
erning the handling and consump-
ton of wheat put the farmer at the
very center of war service. Next to
the soldier himself, he is serving the
country and the world and serving
it in way which is absolutely funda
mental to his own future safety and
prosperity. He sees this and can be
relied upon as the soldier can.
Woodrow Wilson.
AMENDED SUMMONS.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Lexington.
In the COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Sarah R. Shuler. Plaintiff. VS.. H.
B. Kesler. j. B. Allen, as Administra-
tor of Estate of W. A. Smith. Aman-
da Smith. Randolph Smith, Anna
Brown. Adeline Hollis, 1della M.
Boozer, James E. Smith, and Clar-
ence G. Smith, Defendants.
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the Complaint,
herein. and to serve a copy of your
answer upon the subscriber at his Of
flee at Lexington, S. C. within Twen-
ty Days after the service hereof, ex-
elusive of the day of such service.
and if you fail to answer the COM
plant herein within the time afore-
said. the Plaintiff in this action will
apply to the Court for the relief de-
manded in the Complaint.
G. NJ. Efird,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
NOTICE.
To the Defendants; Adeline Hol-
lis, James E. Smith, Clarence G. Smith
ad H. B. Kesler:
Please take Notice that the Amend
ed Complaint in this action is now on
file in the Office of the Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas for said
County and State.
c.. NJ. Efird.
Atty fc:-. the Plaintiff.
3t28.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-24
No. SiX-SiXty~SiX

This 10 prescription. prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHlLLS g. FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
I taken then as . tonic the Fever will nc.
return. : 1t acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 2Se
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-24

The Anderson Mail says: "Nine wo
men arrived in Atlanta yesterday
driving nine United States motor
trucks loaded with army supplies. The
trip was made from Flint, Mich, in
eight days of all kinds Of weather"
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-24
T AGE MUST
: BE EXTENDED

hington, April 19.-Members
sSof house military affairs commit
t, 5urned to the Capitol from the
conference with military au-
II es today almost solidly con-
VI that draft age must be ex-
t to from Fl to 40 years of age
describing to the committee its
ct entail news from the Picardy
a. flanders fighting fronts, these
v Department officials laid stress
I o. necessity of more man-power.
ay declare, it is said, that Lloyd
&c e's declaration for Irish con-
t:on showed emphatically that
e: and has done nearly it's utmost.
Representative Kahn, of California
actual leader of the committee, de-
clared on his return that a bill to ex-
tend the draft age surely will be pas
sed this session. He said it would
be approved by both houses, so that
on June 5, when it is proposed to re-
gister the men who have become 81
( the last year, all men up to 40 would
be summoned.
Men Above 81 Peculiarly Eligible.
There was every expectation a.
mong committee members that Secre
tary Baker, when he apepars before
this body Tuesday to outline his poll
cies in executive session, will make
: this one of his leading recommends
tons. Military authorities and con-
grees are agreed that men above 81
years of age who have no depend
ants are peculiarly eligible as fight
ing men. Division of the men above
81 like those below that age will be
into classes one, two, three and four.
While physical reflections of men
above 81 are expected to run higher
as relating to front line duty, it is
thought by the War Department that
men of this age can relieve younger
troops from many routine and more
or less noncombatant assignment.
A democratic member of the COM
mittee pointed out today that, when
the house passed the original draft
act, a year ago itf ixed ages from
21 to 40 and that the present limits
were a concession to the senate.
It developed, too, that when the
house military committee voted down
early this week proposal to raise
the draft age majority of the COM
mittee expressed itslf in favor of the
principle.
Camp Should Be Cantonment.
Committee members were strik-
ingiy agreed, too, that the sixteen
old National Guard encampments;
which were of cnvas should be re-
butt at once into cantonments. No
member would admit that the remark
able agreement had resulted from a
suggestion by the War Department.
But al pointed out that this would in
crease the country's training facili- |
ties from around 10000 men at one
time to million and a quarter
s Representative Kahn said the ad-
yatage oft hiswa not offset by the
lack of shipping to transfer the
troops, once trained. He declared
every week of training on this side
would mean that that much less time
would nave to be spent in European
drilling stations
The conviction of the committee
members that Baker will ask on Tues
day for an army of five million men
was strengthened by today's confer
ence.
To Chairman Dent, who visited
Secretary Baker personally, the lat
ter expressed his complete confiden-
ce in the outcome Of the German Of
fensive.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-24
Stop Corn Agony
In -Four Seconds

Use "Gets-It"-See Corns Peel Off!
The relief that "Gets-It' gives
from corn pains-the way it makes
corns and calluses peel off painlessly
in one piece-is one of the wonders
Of the world. The woman in the
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-06-20
TRAINING FOR LOYAL SERVICE

"Where all are soldiers, no stigma
attaches to the private's uniform. AL
ready we see new regard for the
man in khaki. The men who have
served in the trenches are now com
ing back to us hallowed by their sac
rifice and pain. No one desecrates
the flag these days. Our army is even
now a citizen army-let us keep it so
by universal military training in the
schools from the primary grades up to
the great university Only in this way,
by building up a vigorous and power,
full reserve force of trained and com.
petent men and women, can we safe
guard the republican form of govern
ment which we have so toilsomely
achieved. "-Hamlin Garland.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-06-20
ESPIONAGE LAWS
QUITE SEVERE

District Attorney James H. Hill has
received copies of the laws, both state
and federal, bearing on espionage VIC
lations, and unless obeyed they mean
fines and imprisonments AS to the
state law no person shall print, pub
lish, edit, issue, or knowingly circulate,
sell distribute or publicly display any
book, paper, document or written or
printed matter in any form, which adj
vocates or attempts to advocate, or adj
vises or teaches that a citizen of this
state of military age should not enlist
in the military or naval forces of the
United States or of this state. Such
advise shall not be given where more
than five persons are assembled and
there shall be no teaching or advising
against the United States prosecuting
or carrying on a war with an enemy.
The fine is not less than 500 nor
more than $1,000, or Imprisonment.
The United States law goes into
more detail against Gripping or him
dering the war work of the United
States, and the fine is not more than
$4,000 nor Imprisonment of not more
than twenty years. Persons who talk
against the United States should be-
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-06-20
THE LIBERTY CHORUS

The Baraboo Liberty chorus has
taken its place in the community and
has been enjoyed on several occasions
AS a stimulant to democracy there is
nothing better than the singing of a
number of patriotic songs. In them
all voices join, breaking down sup
posed barriers. The Liberty chorus
cultivates real friendliness and mutual
understanding between those who are
engaged in the good cause. Not only
the stirring strains of this country
but the national airs of France, Bel
GUM and other countries may be
heard, all serving as a binding int1u
ence to those who sing and those who
hear. With the coming of every speak
er in a patriotic cause, with the com
ing together of a number of persons
for the mutual good of the community
let the Liberty chorus be heard.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-06-20
John SPARGO'S WARNING

John SpargO, noted Socialist leader
who has fought hard against the I'M
American attitude of the Socialists
uttered this warning in speech be.
fore the Economics club of New York
1--WE have less need to fear the Ger.
man legions of war than the whisper
of German monitors suggesting peace.
I am not so much afraid of the Prus-
sian making making war as I am of
the Prussian prating peace. The
peril more to be feared than the sub
marine is the power of the whispered
suggestion that if we can only get
what we want on the western front we
can afford to let Germany have what
she wants on the eastern front, and
so assure ourselves of a hundred years
of peace. There can be no freedom
for us unless that freedom comes of
the peace built on the broken ruins of
the ,Hohenzollen and Hapsburg
dynasties"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-06-20
FEAR OF LIGHTNING

We often hear of people who are
afraid Of lightning. During a thunder
storm they are all in a tremble. They
are looking for bolt to knock them
into eternity at any moment. They
will go into the house, shut all the
windows and sometimes jump into bed
to escape the electric flash. We don't
know that they are any more liable to
be struck for being so scared or eau
tious, but they are certainly no safer.
Lightning is a strange force, but it is
governed by law as sure as the fall of
stone or the blooming of a flower.
1t strikes just where conditions force
it to strike. 1t doesn't go astray par
ticle. It's track is laid out for it be-
fore it starts; and all we can do is to
sit serenely by and hope that we are
no part of the conditions that awaken
or direct it. The best thing is to sit
quietly and enjoy it. 1t is often beau
tiful sight, and that we can always see
and feel if we don't get scared; if we
don't set ourself up for the honor of
being a victim and think that the
Storm King has a bolt ready to para
lyze us. Don't be afraid of lightning.
Have a clean heart and that will give
you sufficient courage to defy the lurid
flashes. If you take the lightning into
your confidence you will enjoy it
Ohio State Journal
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-06-20

there has been error in her trial or
undue severity in her sentence, she
will have full opportunity to establish
the fact. If there are any other per-
sons of Mrs. Stokes opinions who
are disposed to initiate her example,
they have received proper warning.
This is not the right season to spread
disloyalty. The American people are
in no humor to tolerate such teachings
from any quarter, native or alien, and
they will heartily welcome the effect
i've methods of correction applied by
the United States court in Kansas
City. The time for seditious utter
ances is past. For divided allegiance
no sound excuse or good defense can
exist. To Mrs Stokes thanks are at
least due for making the issue plain.
The lesson administered in her case
should be of wide genefit in teaching
prudence where it is most needed
New York World.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-06-20
AT Wan viii ivynSELF !
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Keep up the fight; do not give up
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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-06-20
AN OBJECT LESSON

For Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes there
will be no martyrs crown. She is the
victim of her own Incorporate speech
and distorted views. The espionage
act was intended for the restraint of
just such offenders. Her offense was
so open and palpable that neither jury
nor judge found extenuating circum-
stances in her favor. 1t was not
through lack of intelligence that she
violated the law and invited punish
ment. She has followed for years Ii :
business of agitator, and because in
time Of war she preached discomfort
with the governments course and at
tackled the good faith and honesty OF
it's aims in the war, she is entitled to
no special privileges of immunity. If
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-06-20
''RICH MANS WAR" MYTH

Since pacifish and semi-seditious
agitation have become both unpopu-
lar and risky, the propagandists of
disunion have been at pains in en-
deavoring to insidiously affect public
sentiment by spreading the fiction
that Americas entrance into the war
was fomented by "big business" from
selfish reasons and for the purpose of
gain. They proclaim that this is ga
rich mans war and a poor mans
fight" and that wealth is being taxed
here with undue leniency as compared
to the burden laid upon it in other
countries. These assertions are in fiat
contradiction to the facts. Nothing is
palmer than that business and bust
ness men had everything to gain by
preserving the conditions which exist
ed during the two and a half years
prior to April, 1917, under which many
of them made very large profits by
furnishing supplies, provisions and
financial aid to the allied nations,
taxes were light and this country was
rapidly becoming the great economic
reservoir of the world.
Let us assume for arguments sake
that the allies had been defeated and
had defaulted, for the time being, upon
these foreign debts; let us assume that
the entire amount of allied bonds
placed in America had been held by
rich men in New York and the east,
instead of being distributed, as it is,
throughout the country. Why, is it
not perfectly manifest that a single
years American war taxation and re-
duction of profits would take out of
the pockets of such assumed holders
a vastly greater sum than any possible
loss they could have suffered by de-
fault on their allied bonds, not to men
ton the heavy taxation which is bound
to follow the war for years to come
and the shrinkage of fortunes through
the decline of all American securities
in consequence of our entrance into
the war?-Otto II. Kahn in American
Alliance for Labor and Democracy Bull
letin.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-06-20
FAMILY REUNION
AT MERRIMACK
(From Fridays daily.)

The Astle reunion was held June Is
at Riverside park, Merrimack. The
picnic was held in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman Astle, who have lately
moved to Brooks, Mimi, from Airing
ton. Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Norman. Astle, Mr.. and Mrs. John AS
IL and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson
Swanson and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Rex Swanson and daughter, all Of
Merrimack; Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Doll,
Baraboo; Mrs. Ethel Barsness and two
children of Lodi; Mrs. Fannie Hill
and sons, Glen and Harlan; Mr.. and
Mrs. Dwight WEIGH and family, Bara-
boo; Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Promo and
daughter, Sumpter; Mr.. and Mrs. J.
E. Promo and Mr.. and Mrs. William
Promo and daughter La Ventia, Of
Baraboo.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ Astle expect to
leave next Wednesday in their car for
their home. Mr.. and Mrs. James
Barron and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Noyes
of Brooks, Mimi, will accompany
them.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-06-20

they left their native land to come
here-for always there was reason.
The attitude of the kaiser was
plainly evidenced, however, when he
repeatedly refused to see the Ameri-
can ambassador and upon M. Gerard
forcing an interview, to take up the
submarine question, "He," as Mr..
Gerard related the incident, "shook
his finger in my face and roared, 81
shall take no nonsense from America
after this war, and when the war is
over I shall see that any nonsense is
paid for"
Mr.. Gerard is of the opinion that
there will be no revolution in Ger
many until the war ends. The people
at home are too weak and too close.
ly guarded by the police and military
system. After the men in the
trenches get home and find how they
have been betrayed, they will rise.
He said he believed what Chancellor
Strong had said in introducing him,
as the last ambassador to imperial
Germany.
Mr. Gerard explained that the Ger
man people had not been Influenced
by writings of Nietsche, Trietshe and
Bernhardi; that their influence was
far too limited to be of any conse-
quence, but that they only reflected
the soul of Germany, instead of chang
ing it.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-06-20
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Thursday, June 20, 1918
SOLDIERS FOR DEMOCRACY

1--WE cannot all be soldiers in the
line. We cannot all fly in the battle
plane, but we can at least all walk
like soldiers and be ready and able to
serve in some capacity in our coun-
try's cause. Training of this sort, be-
cause it is universal and democratic,
will not breed tyranny. We need
have no fear of militarism. We shall
all remain citizen soldiers. The spirit
of such training should be with us as
it is in Switzerland, defensive, not ag-
gressive, patriotic and friendly, not
tyrannicaI." -Hamlin Garland.