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The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07
Half Your Living Without Money Cost

We are all at a danger point. On the use of good common sense in our 1918 farm and garden operations de- bends prosperity or our going broke"
 Even at present high prices no one can plant all or nearly all cotton, buy food and grain at present prices from supply merchant on credit and make money. Food and grain is higher in proportion than are present cotton prices.
 It's a time above all others to play safe; to produce all possible food, grain and forage supplies on your own acres; to cut down the store bill.
 A good piece of garden ground, rightly planted, rightly tended and kept planted the year round. can be made to pay nearly half your living. It will save you more money than you made on the best three acres of cotton you ever grew.
 Hastsugs' 1918 Seed Book tells all about the right kind of money say- ing garden and the vegetables to put in it. It tells about the farm crops as we'll and shows you the clear road to real and regular farm prosperity. it's Free. Send for it today to q. Q. HAcTIN0s CO. AtIantas ea.-Advt
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CHAPTER W.
"Into the Trench"

~into me trench.
 The next morning the draft was in- speeted by our general. and We were assigned to different companies. The boys in the brigade had nicknamed this general Old Pepper. and he cer- tainiy earned the sobriquet. I was as- signed to B company with another American named Stewart.
 For the next ten days we rested repairing roads for the Frenehies. drilI- 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 billets--each days march bring Ing the sound of the guns nearer and nearer. At night. way off in the dis tance 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 gazed in awe. The airplane was making wide circles in the air. while little pufrs of white smoke were burst
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CHAPTER III.
Leo to Church.

Upon enlistment we had identity disks issued to us These were small disks of red fiber worn around the necl. by means of string. Most of the Tom mics also used little metal disk which they wore around the left wrist by means of a chain. They had previous ly figured 1t ont that if their heads were blown off the disk on the left wrist would identify them. If they lost their left arm the disk around the necl; would serve the purpose, but if their head and left arm were blown off. no one would care who they were, so it did not matter. On enc side of the disk was inscribed your rank. name, number and battalion, while on the other was stamped your religion.
 c. of E., incoming Church of Eng land; R. C., Roman Catholic; w.. Wes- leyan; F.. Presbyterian; but if you happened to be an atheist they left 1t blank and just handed you pick and shovel. On my disk was stamped c. of F, This is how I got it: The heuten- ant who enlisted me asked my religion. I was not sure of the religion of the British army, so I answered. "Oh, any old thing" and he promptly put down c. of D.
 Now, just imagine my hard luck. Out
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tor of the line. In single file we wend- ca our way through a zigzag com munication trench, six Inches deep with mud. This trench was called Whisky street" On our way up to the front line an occasional flare of bursting shrapnel would light up the sky and we could hear the fragments skipping the ground above us on our right and left. Then a Fritz would traverse back and forth with his "type- writer" or machine gun. The bullets made a sharp cracking noise overhead.
 The boy in front of me named Prem tice crumpled up without a word. A piece of shell had gone through his shrapnel-proof helmet. felt sick and weak.
 In about thirty minutes we reached the front line. It was dark as pitch. Every now and then a German star shell would pierce the blackness out in front with its silvery light. was trembling all over, and felt very lonely and afraid. All orders were given in whispers. The company we relieved filed past us and disappeared into the blackness of the communication trench leading to the rear. As they passed us, they whispered, "The best O luck mates."
 l sat on the fire step of the trench with the rest of the men. In each traverse two of the older men had been put on guard with their heads sticking over the top, and with their eyes try ing to pierce the blackness in "No Mans Land" In this trench there were only two dugouts, and these were used by Lewis and Vickers machine gunners, so 1t was the fire step for ours. Pretty soon it started to rain. We put on our "macks," but they were not much protection. The rain trickled down our backs, and it was not long before we were wet and cold. How ] passed that night I will never know but without any unusual occurrence dawn arrived.
 The word stand down" was passed along the line, and the sentries got down off the fire step Pretty soon the
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07
Diagram Showing Typical Trenches

 l want to go home, want to go home,
 more
 Where sausages and whizz-bangs are ga-
 lore
 Take me over the sea, Where the Ale
 mand can't get at me.
 Oh. my. I don't want to die,
 l want to go home"
 when overhead came "swish" through the air. rapidly followed by three oth- CTS. Then about two hundred yards to our left in a large field. four columns of black earth and smoke rose into the air, and the ground trembled from the report-the explosion of four German five-nine's, or "coalboxes." A sharp whistle blast, immediately followed by two short ones, rang out from the head of our column. This was to take up artillery formation" We divided into small squads and went into the fields on the right and left of the road, and crouched on the ground. No other shells followed this salvo. It was our first baptism by shell fire. From the waist up was all enthusiasm, but from there down, everything was missing. l thought should die with fright.
 After awhile, we reformed Into col- umns of fours, and proceeded on our way.
 About five that night, we reached the ruined village of H., and got my first sight of the awful destruction caused by German Kultur.
 Marching down the main street we came to the heart of the village, and took up quarters in shellproof cellars (shellproof until hit by q shelI). Shells
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of five religions I was unlucky enough to pick the only one where church parade was compulsoryl
 The next morning was Sunday. was sitting in the billet writing home to my sister telling her of my wonder ful exploits while under fire-all re- cruits do this. The sergeant major put his head in the door of the billet and shouted: 70. of E. outside for church parader'
 kept on writing. Turning to me. in loud voice, he asked, "Empey, aren't you 0. of E.3"
 answered. "Yep."
 In an angry tone, he commanded, Don't you yep me. Say, Yes, ser geant major.'"
 q did so. Somewhat modified. he ordered, "Outside for church parade"
 looked up and answered, q am not going to church this morning"
 He said. "Oh. yes. you aref'
 answered, "Oh, no. I'm not i"-But T went
 We lined up outside with rifles and Dayonets, i2O rounds of ammunition, wearing our tin hats, and the march to church began. After marching about five kilos, we turaed off the road Into an open field. At one end of this field the chaplain was standing in 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.
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Execution Sale.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, as Sheriff of Polk County, Arkansas, will, on the End day of March, i9iS, between the hours of nine o'clock in the fore noon and three o'clock in the after noon, sell at public vendue Co the highest bidder. on a credit of three months, at the court house at Mena, Arkansas, the following described lands situate in Polk County Arkan- sas, tO-wit; Lots 10 t0 i3 inclusive of Block 1: and Lots IA, i5, 20 and 2t Of Block ?, all in the original town site of the town of Grannis, Arkan- sas; Lot 2i of East Addition; Lots fl to IS inclusive of West Addition. and Lots i 10 F inclusive. Block i, Lots 1 ?. 3 and i. Block ?. and Lot f Block s, in ThOmpsons addition, all said property being in the town of Grannis, Arkansas. said property having been levied upon by ne as the property of w. E. Clinton to sat- isfy a judgment of the Circuit Court of Polk County, Arkansas, in favor of the Graham Manufacturing Com parlv and against the said WI E. Clinton. et al.
 This February 2S. 1918.
 H. W. Finger. Sheriff. adv. first pub. Feb 28. 1918. Last pub. Mar f4 1918
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LEGAL NOTICES.
Notice of the Filing of Application of Petition To Sell Real PrOpertv


 Notice is hereby given that on the i6th day of March 1918, will file. in the office of the Clerk of the Pro- bate Court of Polk County, Arkan sas, petition to said court praying Tor an order authorizing and direct ing me as Curator of the estate of William L. Corr. an insane person, to sell to the highest and best bid der the following described real estate situated in Polk county, Ar kansas, belonging to said estate: The southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 26; the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 27, less 10 acres of the west side ef said forty; the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 27; and the south east quarter of the southeast quar- ter of Section 27, except 10 acres out of the southwest corner of said forty acres, all in township south, range 3i west of the fifth principal meridian, containing in all fi0 acres. Witness my hand as such curator of the estate of William l.. Corr, an insane person, this February i2, 1918.
 Wright Prickett, Curator of the Estate of William l.. Corr
 Adv. First Pub. Feb. fl 1918 Last Pub. March if, f9f8
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Too Much Emphasis Cannot Be Piae- ed Upon the Importance of
 Early Matching
By H. B. Lansden, Poultry Specialist, Agricultural Extension Division,
 University o" Arkansas.

By H. B. Lansden, Poultry Specialist,
 Agricultural Extension Division,
 University o Arkansas.
 Early matched chickens are best and most profitable because the cock ere1s are ready for the market when prices are highest and early matched bullets lay when eggs are selling for the most.
 Early Chickens More Vigorous.
 Early matched chickens give the best results. They are usually the strongest and most vigorous be- cause they are produced from eggs laid while the hens are in their best breeding condition. After 6 long pe- riod of laying, hens lose something of their vitality and their capacity to transmit vigor to their offspring, and so late matched chicks are, as rule, decidedly inferior to early matched in vigor and constitution.
 Make Better and Cheaper Growth.
 Because they are more thrifty and vigorous, early matched chickens make quicker, better and cheaper growth than late chickens. Weak and under sized chickens often consume as much feed as much larger and better de- veloped birds, and still make no per ceptible growth.
 More Healthy.
 Early chickens develop to the stage where they can withstand extreme heat and the attacks of parasites, which are numerous and troublesome likely to be caught by severe heat just at the stage of their growth where heat is most facilitating to them. In their weakened condition they then become an easy prey to lice and mites, their growth is interrupted, and when the cold, wet weather comes in the fall they are peculiarly sus- ceptible to it and likely to develop colds, while vigorous early chicks find the coolness stimulating and are not injured by the dampness
 Early matching reduces the risks due to the vicissitudes of matching. When eggs do not hatch we'll early in the season there is time to find the reason for poor matching and correct 1t before the season is too far ad- yanced te get reasonably early chicks in the numbers desired. In that case poultry production may not be re- duced at all, and egg production is retarded only a few weeks. When late matching is not satisfactory the crop of poultry is cut short and egg production fails.
 Remember, March, April and May are the best months in which to hatch chickens.
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rum issue came along, and 1t was a Godsend. It warmed our chilled bodies and. put new life into us. Then from the communication trenches came dixies or iron pots, filled with steam ing tea, which had two wooden stakes through their handles, and were car ried by two men. I filled my canteen and drank the hot tea without taking it from my lips. It was not long be fore was asleep in the mud on the fire step.
 My ambition had been attained was in front-line trench on the west ern front, and oh. how I wished were back in Jersey City.
 lTn be continued next weel,
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Hard-working men and women who are burdened with a torpid liver, feel tired, lazy and discourag- d. They know they are lazy and they are ashamed. vet it IS nothing 10 be ashamed Of The thing to do is 'o get the liver started again and to purify the stomach and bowel
 There is no better remedy for this purpose than Prickly Ash Bitters A few doses corrects the trouble and makes work a pleasure. Price si.25 per bottle. Jackson Drug & rurnitura Co. and Gunnels Drug Store. Special Agents. adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07
TN A BAD WAY"
Many Mena Reader Will Feel Grateful for This Information.

Becomes lame, weak or aching;
 If urinary troubles set in,
 Perhaps your kidneys are in a bad way"
 Don't delay-use Doan's Kidney Pills.
 Here is good evidence of their worth.
 c. A. Hendricks, Rose Hill, De- Queen, Ark, says. Deans Kidney Pills brought such good results in my case that am only too glad to tell about my experience. was ir- jured in such a way that my kid- neys were affected and I suffered from gravel. went through many days of misery and I took all kinds of medicine without getting relief. I finally began using Doan's Kid- ney Pills and they acted immediate ly. X few boxes fixed me up in good shape. I believe that Doan's Kid ney Pills are the best kidney medi- cine to be had and I always keep a supply on hand. I take them at different times and they keep me in good shape"
 Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney pills--the same that MT. Hendricks had. Foster-Mil- burn Co, Props, Buffalo, N. Y-- Adv.
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Community CIub at Ransom

The Ransom Community Club has arranged for meeting to he held at the Ransom church on Saturday night. March 9. An interesting meet- ing is assured if the people come out and take part.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07

Large Trial Bottle of SanoI for 35c. Sanol is family remedy. Sanol is sold on an absolute guarantee. Re- member if it says Sanol 1t is all right. 35c and Si.00 at the drug store.--Adv.
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were constantly whistling over the viii lage and bursting in our rear, search ing for our artillery.
 These cellars were cold. damp and smelly, and overrun with large rats big black fellows Most of the Tom mics slept with their overcoats over their faces. did not. In the middle of the night I woke up in terror. The cold. clammy feet of rat had passed over my face. I immediately smoth- cred myself in my overcoat, but could not sleep for the rest of that night.
 Next evening. we took over our set-
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Cooperation for community bet terment is a high ideal and is the duty of everyone.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07

Reason disperses illusions and vis- ionary interpretations of things and shows them up in their true charac- ter
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Tn the Chancery Court of Polk
 County, Arkansas. No. 5S0. Nj. A. Stratton. plaintiif, vs. J. P.
 Stone, Defendant.
 The Defendant. J. P. Stone, IS warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the Plaintiff, M. A. Stratton.
 Witness my hand and the seal of said court this 23rd day of Febru- ary, 1918.
 ". L. Parker, Clerk. Adv first pub. Feb. 28. 1918. Last pub. Mar. 2i. 1918.
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SURGEONS agree that in cases of Cuts, Burns, Bruises and Wounds, the FIRST TREATMENT is most important. {. When. an EFFICIENT antiseptic is applied promptly, there is no danger of infection and the wound begins to heal at once. For use on man or beast, BOROZONE is the IDEAL ANTISEPTIC and HEALING AGENT. Buy it now and be ready for an emergency. Price 25c, soc, $i00 and si50. Sold by Jackson Drug Co.-Adv.
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We'll welcome the right peace nd the return of the soldier boys put the first one who comes bacl nd calls street car tram vii et his'n.
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pn vou know sanoI Chill Toni snocks the chills and malaria evers9 Get B cent tria! bottle a. 10 dr1l.s tore -Adt
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FRANK COOK

F ItA1tfh N&Ch of Wickes. Arkansas. who, on 0cto- her ,, 1914, made an adjoining farm homestead entry, serial No 0657l, for the fri WIZ NWH. Section IS, Township &. Aange 30 w.. 5th Principal Meridian. has filed notice of intention to make Final Three Year Proof to establish claim to the land above described, before the Circuit Clerk of Polk County, at Mena, Arkansas. on the Fist day of March. 1918.
 Claimant names as witnesses
 William Hedge. Ben Hedge, Ben Atkinson and John Lusty. all of Wickes, Arkansas.
 R. D. Newton, Register. Adv. First Pub. Feb. if. Last Pub. March f4.
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To Cure a Cold in One nay.

Take LAXATIVE PROMO Quinine. It stops the Cough and Headache and works off the Cold. Druggists refund money If 1t fails to cure. F. V. GROVES signature on each box. BOG.
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We are hearing constantly of the things which alone can't win the war; they should all snuggle up closely to the things that can.
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Department of the Interior. U. s. Land Office at Camden. Arkansas. February 9. 1918.
 NnIien is herahv niNen thai
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TAKE CARE AND FEED THE Pla
 PROPERLY FOR BEST RESULTS
By H. K. Sanders, Pig Club Specialist,
 University of Arkansas.

Care and feed are two great factors in producing pigs; consequently how tofeed thepigs before weaning should be well understood It is true that if pigs are given an opportunity they will begin to eat when about three weeks old. For these young animals nothing is superior to skim milk mix ed with shorts. Many farmers have no skim milk, and in this case a thin slop of shorts will be the best thing to feed until the pigs are from four to six weeks old, after which time the ra- tion should be made up of equal parts of corn meal and shorts. These young animals should not be fed on corn alone. They should be given such feeds as skim milk, shorts, pas ture, cowpeas. soy beans, meal and peanuts. because they make bone and muscle
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07

If you don't sleep we'll at night from nervousness, indigestion or urinary troubles, you need Prickly Ash Bitters. It purifies the system and relieves the kidneys and blad- der. Price si.25 per bottle Jackson Drug X Furniture Co. and Gunnels Drug Store, Special Agents. adv.
 The decision to impose the in come tax on congressmen's salaries is the first portentious movement against nonessential industries.
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Georqe wiIIiams Home on Furlouuh

George B. Williams, nephew of w. l.. Ward of the Holly Springs neigh borhood arrived in Mena Thurs day for visit of few days with Mir, and Mrs. Ward and family and other Polk county relatives. He is in the U. s. Naval service, and had just returned to New York from q cruise of eight months, after which he was granted a furlough. His father and mother were former res idents of this county, the father, George Williams. having been a teacher in the county, living in the Holly Springs community.
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weanino the Pigs.

Don't wean under eight weeks of age Ii Is better not to wean until Ia or 12 weeks of age. The mothers feed at weaning time should be re- duced so that the flow of milk will be checked. If full feed is continued when the pigs are weancd. the moth ers teats and udders are apt to be ruined. Gains on Young sucking pigs can be made as cheap by feeding a given amount of feed to the mother as feeding directly to the pigs, yet the pigs should he accustomed to feeds before they are taken from the moth CTS. If not they are sure to be ser iously checked in their growth. Feed what they will readily clean up of five parts corn meal. five parts of shorts and one part of tankage or nine parts of corn meal to one part of tankage, bran or middlings for young pigs and for adult pigs one part tank age to II parts of corn. bran or mid dlings will balance the rations in the proper proportion of each to build up the bone and muscle or the pig. Pigs eight to nine weeks old should weigh from 35 to 40 pounds each.
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Warming Order

Adv. First Pub. Feb. 1 Last Pub. March fl.
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Early matched chickens are best and most profitable because the cock ere1s are ready for the market when prices are highest and early matched bullets lay when eggs are selling for the most.
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IT. - " ' T TT FF7 VI ! F7FIF7 ' TT adv first pub. Feb. 28. 1918. Last pub. Mar fl 1918
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-02-15
Shopping Made Easy.

No longer must the married mon
spend frenzied hours trying to match
silks over the counters Of the depart
ment stores. The government has de-
cided that the sufferings of the silk
matching husband are just too horri-
BILE and is planning to alleviate them
by Standardization. Soon Henry Will
be able to order E-67S5 and carry 1t
home to Jane with the absolute ceT-
tainty that there will be no comeback.
The magic mechanism is the cOlorime
ter, device which is being perfected
by the United States bureau of stand
ards. The vibrations of light-which
determine color-will be thrown onto
one plane by the colorimeter and split
up. Definite color standards so de-
termined will be used In grading crude
oil and paints as well as color fabrics.
Milestone.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-02-15

where the husband was engaged in
ship-building ct the Charleston Navy
yards. After the war they moved
Ito Michigan and settled ct Glendale
where he operated q lumber mill for
about fifteen years. AT the eni Of
that period they came to Paw Paw.
Here Mr.. jones' was engaged in the
furniture business until the time Of
his death. Since then Mrs. Jones
has maintained the home in which
she resided in all about thirty-hve
years.
Mrs. Jones in her early years be-
came member of the Congregational
church but when she came to M:chi-
gan and found no nearby church of
that faith, she never transferred her
membership, but was always interest
ed in the work of the churches of her
community. She was fond of Bible.
study and loved to converse on that
subject.
The deceased was an artist of no
mean ability as evidenced by the
paintings now to be found in her late
home and elsewhere. She was good
neighbor and genial friend. Her
heart was always tender and affection
ate toward little children and to many
of them in her community she was a
veritable God-mother. By these as
by all who knew her she will ever be
held in sacred memory.
The funeral services were held
from the house last Thursday after
noon. Rev. c. H. Heaton officiating
and burial was made at Prospect Hill.