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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-10-24
Pershing's Birthday
Victory Over Huns
Lieut.. Francis s. Harmon Gives
Vivid Account CT the Battle.

A letter received last week by
Nev. and Mrs. G. S. Harmon,
from their son, Lieut.. Francis
s Harmon, Battery f, Hath
Field Artillery, American Ex-
peditlonary Forces, France. gives
an interesting description of the
great battle the American forces
started on General Pershing S
| birthday.
The letter follows.
Or Active Service with the
American EApeditionary
Forces.
France, Sept. Is, 1918
| Ny dearest Mother:- Before / got
| Andrews letter off, written a
| week ago. was ordered back to
my battery in bury and at one
D'clocS a. M, the morning of
| Sept. 18th, we started some
thing .
| | was eager to write about the
prospects the other dav, but OF
course could not. Now that
Black jack Pershing bias his
birthday present, there's little
secret to it. 1t was the best sort
Of party and ended in the best
sort of way. IN spite of rain and
mud,
! shall neyer forget the sensa-
ton ! experienced, standing half
/ way up to my knees in mud in Il
| trench leading to the dugout,
! wal. hing the artillery in action.
| Guns of all callbre we're massed
salmoSt wheel TO wheel, and al
lone O'Clock sharp the whole front
BURST Into lurld inferno with
he fash OF the cannon lighting
Ethe earth as if with continuous
! flashes of lightning while the
roar was that of ten thousand
! irums. The bark Of the rs s
the whip l;ke crack Of the '90'S
land the los S was d Kettle drum
| accompaniment to deep throated
| oass Of the "heavieSt while the
/ machine gun barrage. 10000
-hotS per mirute. sounC.ed like a
gale Of wind whiatling through
,1e trees. 1t was positively un-
canny and gave the impression
| 81 some awful force coming, from
/ strange univer, to effect the
| Instruction of orr own. To the
ears of an artleryman it sjgni-
ned that indeed la jour de
| loire est arrve," (the day of
glory has arrived).
AS technlcIan tor the battery
II .oent the fr.,tbree bo,,re
rhe mans fgu,ino the data for,
the guns as new targets were
assigned by 'phone By five
io,c1ocl when the barraoe started
II was with the guns. The
/ dougbboys were oft. We backed
them TO the limit. WORKING the
tguns until almost TOO hot TO
handle While the rest of 2be men
/ struggled through the slinoe,y
| mnd with shells to feed the
guns.
4 AT SIX O'Clock tn. sky clear I'd
land immediately the air was fri,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-10-24

% IhCil . n yOuhS hd1 OOI l.
and educated in Mississippi can
go into one of these states and
there his ability may be recog-
nized and opportunity be given
him to serve the. people of his
adopted state as governor or lieu
tenant governor nearly ten years
before he can be so hoaored by
the people cf his native state.
Massachusetts,, Kansas, Ohio,
Wisconsin, Florida, and other
progressive states have opened
the field. and they have suffered
! none of the dire evils predicted
for Mississippi by some.
Human experience is rich with
abundant proof that a man 5
ability is NOT measured by HOW
LONG he has lived, but simply
HOW. Napoleon esta bllshed the
Ligurlan Republic at %, and
wrote d new constitution for
France before he was 80. Wm.
Pitt was cabinet minister at %,
and had served as Prime Minis
ter OF the Great British Empire
for six years before he reached
nis 30th birthday. Robert Peel
was governor Of Ireland at "a.
and good one. Alexander Ham
llton, James Madison and other
leaders OF tie Continental Con-
gress were under 80 years Of
age. Patrick Henry was the
IDOL of the comm mon people and
recognized to be the greatest
lawyer IN Virginia at 27. ms
tances might be enumerated III
definitely.
Now, my friends, in so far as
| know, no ampaign will be
Waged for this amendment which
was initiated by people who be-
lieve 1t to be only fair and Just.
There are those who would have
it believed that | am young
man painting for power, " Those
of you who know me know that,
although public service appeals
to me because of its opportuni-
ties, | care little for the boast
OF heraldry and pomp OF power"
connected with public office; and
my record establishes this fact.
My life, since l left school, has
been largely gwen to public SER
vice. In the present emergency
| have answered every call, and,
giving more than half of nv time
to war activities, have neglected
my private affairs. volunteer
ed (not merely rendered my
services') for general military
duty within sixty days after the
war came to America, and | am
here now through no efforts of
my own, though | have never
boasted of my patriotism by ad-
vertising this fact.
Ny period of public service
has been most pleasant, for IT
has been free of the abuse Gus,
tomariIy heaped upon public men
of late years. Whatever craving
| may have had for publicity ha.
been fully satisfied. | am BY
birth and preference. a Missis
sippian, not a, factlonalIst, and
have never been elected to any
office by the support of the mann
pulatCrs and leaders Of any poll
teal faction. but rather alWav,
over their open or concealed op.
position. | am on speaking ant
fighting terms with them all
This much | say in justice to my
, friends, and those who know
will bear witness to 1t.
The amendment is one ques
ton, to be decided by the people
upon the broad ground Of prlncI
pie and policy. The election o
a governor is entirely an lnde
pendent problem. | am conf
dent the voters will consider the
proposed change without bias OF
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-09-17
HANDS, ARMS,
Limbs ASLEEP
And Was Rundown, Weak and
Nervous, Says Florida Lady.
Five Bottles Of Cardui
Made Her Well.

Kathleen, Fla.-Mrs. Dallas Prime,
OF this place, says: "After the birth
OF my last child. Il got very much
rundown and weakened, SO much
that could hardly do anything at
all. | was so awfully nervous that
l could scarcely endure the least
noise. My condition was getting
worse all the time..
knew I must have some relief or
I would soon be in the bed and In a
serious condition for felt SO badly
and was so nervous and weak | could
hardly live. My husband asked DR..
-about my taking Cardui. He
said, It's good medicine, and good
for that trouble, so he got me 5 bot
ties. After about the second bottle I
felt greatly improved. before taking
1t my limbs and hands and arms
would go to sleep. After taking 1t,
however, this poor circulation disap-
peared. My strength came back to
me and l was soon on the road to
health. After the use of about 5 bot
ties, l could do all my house-work
and attend to my six children be-
Sides"
You can feel safe in giving Cardui
a thorough trial for your troubles. 1t
contains no harmful or habit-forming
drugs, but is composed of mild, vege-
table, medicinal ingredients with no
bad after-effects. Thousands of women
have voluntarily written, telling of
the good Cardui has done them. 1t
should help you, too. Try it. e "a
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-09-17

separation and distance. When Mr..
Chiles said, on the morning of the
sale, that he would give $4,000 as
a memorial to his mother, a subscrip-
ton paper was started. Each one
asked, whether of greater or lesser
means, was asked for 800. Only
some five declined; and with but one
exception, they said they would help
later. When the existence of the sub
scription paper was made known, a
number volunteered their sub
scriptions. The community's entire
spirit was warm, generous and cor
dial. On the daJ Of the sale, and
within a day or two after, the fol-
lowing subscriptions were made and
with the exception of $50 yet due)
paid:
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-09-17
SELLS THREE "HUPS"

The Griggs Motor car Co., re-
week sold and delivered three Hup-
mobile automobiles to the following
parties: DIR. c. B. Duerson, a road
ster; Miss Bette Withers, of Sharps-
burg, a roadster, and Mr.. Clifton
Gillaspie, of Bourbon county, a tour
ing car.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-09-17
LETTER FROM FRANCE

August 10, 1918.
Dear Mother:
Will try to write you a few lines
and see if everyone is still alive.
This leaves me well as can be and
feeling fine.
Saw an airplane fight the other
day; six Germans and three Ameri-
can planes; just little piece from
where / stay and could see it all.
saw one Of the Germans fall from his
machine and it came down. The rest
Of them we're so far away l could
not see them, but could hear the
shots. 1t was said that two of them
were shot down. l got piece of the
one / saw fall; only screw, but
will send it to you for a souvenir.
None of the Americans were hurt
/ have real nice job over here
working on switch board about
fifteen feet under the ground but /
can hear the big shells pass over
my head early some mornings. Not
much doing in the day time as most
of it is done at night and early in
the morning.
How is Bill getting along with his
crop7 Hope he does well this year.
Tell Florian to drop me few lines
and let me know all of the news, and
send me paper over here. We get
papers every day from New York,
but it is not like one from home.
I guess you have heard from my
insurance policy by now, haven't
you? l was told the other day
would draw my bonds some time in
the near future. The amount is for
sos, and will send it to you as soon
as / get it, for l don't need it over
here. We get all we want to smoke
and no stamps to buy, so l have
no need for money; very little any
how.
Well mother, be sure and write me
once or twice a week as j am anxious
to hear from home. So will close
for this time with love to one and
all. Tell them all to write to me.
As ever,
PVT. HARVEY WILLOUGHBY,
H'd'q. Co., 148 Inf, A. E. F.
A. p. o. 763.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-09-17
WARRANTS FOR
SCHOOL CHILDREN

Attorney General Morris has ruled
at Frankfort that under the State
Compulsory Education Law all child
rem between the ages of 7 and II
years must attend school regularly,
and that if they fail to do so war;
rants can be issued for their arrest
and prosecution.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-09-17

as complete, and just as useful, and
right here where your sick or injured
can be taken on the instant, and
where you can be near during every
critical hour. Your generosity has
never failed. 1t will not fail now,
What about furnishing the rooms ?
These have volunteered to supply
each a room with the necessary
furniture, bedding, linens and sup
plies:
Mrs. Robert C. Gatewood, Mrs.
John G. VIM, Mrs. James A. Van
SAINT, S. H. Click, Mrs. Bruce Trim
BILE, Mrs. G. Allen Mccormick, Mrs.
R. G. Stoner, Mrs. d. C. Fox, the
Ladies of the Baptist Church, and
one room jointly by Mrs. Dan Che
nault, William II. Reid and Mrs. Geo.
r. Snyder.
No physician has been asked to
contribute to the fund. They are be-
ing asked, as their part, to alter and
equip the operating and sterilizing
rooms, according to the latest and
most approved methods and equip
ment. The cost, roughly speaking,
will be 100000.
Come forward and give to any Of
us. Don't wait to be asked. But IL
you are asked, give then. 1t has
been a wonderful year for making
money. 1t takes not many 800 or
$3.50 or $500 gifts to raise the sum
needed. Any gifts will be welcomed;
but let your gifts be generous. Sick
ness, accidents, confinements, opc-
rations, all these will be cared for
here at your door, by your hospital,
for your home people. viii you not
help to pay for itP
j. o. GREENE,
W. L. FITZPATRICK,
R. @. KERN,
C. d. GRUBBs,
b. FRANK PERRY,
PIERCE WYNN,
NJ. A. PREWITT,
C. G. CHENAULT,
ROBERT II. WYNN.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-09-17
The HOSPITAL
SITUATION
To the Citizens of Montgomery
County:

County:
When the Bigstaff residence prop
erty was sold, the generous people
of Montgomery County decided to
have a hospital, here at hand, where
the sick and afflicted might have
the nursing and care that only a
hospital can give. 1t has not been
right that our sick ones should have
to be hurried away to Lexington,
Louisville or Cincinnati, with the
dangers attendant upon moving the
very i'll, or the wounded, and with
the mental anxieties attendant upon
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-09-17
Total

In addition there were two volun-
tary gifts, a total of $4,000, which
will be embraced in a later list.
Almost without effort this 100
was obtained. The Bigstaff dwelling
and lots were bought and paid for,
GAO in amount. After paying, re-
cording and Incorporating expenses,
there is a balance in hand of some
thing over 5000.
Thereupon Messrs. Weber and
Weber, the well-known and capable
Cincinnati architects, who were here
planning the Traders National Bank
Building, offered without costs or
charge, to make the necessary plans
and specifications for the needed ad-
ditions and changes in the dwelling
to fit it for hospital purposes. Baths
and linen rooms, additional patients
rooms, new plumbing, a heating
plant, an operating room and equip
ment, had to be provided for. Messrs.
Weber and Weber have now furnish
ed the plans. No contract has been
let, no contract will be let, until the
money is in hand; but enough esti-
mates of cost have been secured to
let it be said that the cost will be
about as follows:
Building and plumbing ........$9OOO.OO
Heating plant ...-..............-....-lOoO'Oo
Total ......................-$l0, 100000
Dedueting the 5000 ON hand,
leaves some $4,000 yet to be
raised. 1t will need to be given by
you Montgomery people. You who
have given before can give more.
You who have not given have now
the opportunity. Your hospital will
not be as big as st. Joseph's or the
Good Samaritan; but it will be just
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-09-17
For Rent

Several desirable rooms on NORTH
Maysvills Street.
If. MRS. JOHN SCOTT,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-10-08

during the winter with present
prices. A scrub will not gain so
much.
A New Era for Farmers.
A new era is opening for the sugar
beet industry. The great scarcity of
sugar, the destruction or cutting of
Of the German product, and the new
dependence put on the product of
Western America, makes a vast
market for our sugar. The invention
of machinery to do the harvesting
QUICKLY and cheaper, and to enable
the grower to save the tops, the dis
covery of the silo methods of pre-
serving the tops for winter, and the
new possibilities for easy transit of
beet pulp to all the farmers in the
county instead Of having them avail
liable only to those living within a few
miles of the sugar factory, combine
to make beet raising and stock rails
ing a, very profitable industry that
will also enrich the soil by having
the waste returned to the soil.
New Way of Handling Pulp.
Pulp is so heavy and has so little
food value per ton, it has been con-
sidered impractical to transport it
more than few miles for use, and
only those farmers and stockmen
living near the factory have used it.
During the past two or three years
considerable dissatisfaction has
arisen over this matter of the divi-
sion of the pulp, and the Idaho Re-
publican offers solution of the
trouble. The idea has been pretty
generally condemned, but new ideas
are usually condemned and put away
for year or two and then brought
Ito light by new people and accepted
and acted upon.
Moving Beet Pulp Easier.
This office Is agitating for the
erection of a dozen high lines, (tres-
tles) in the county, for railroad
trains to be pushed up on. Rows of
bins under the tracks are built suit
able for holding gravel. coal or beet
pulp, to be drawn out by gravity
into wagons. Gravel hauled from
Goshen mountain where it will be
loaded by steam shovel, will be
dumped into the bins and later into
the wagons and then hauled out and
dumped into the roadbed, the whole
process being very Inexpensive as
compared with any other method of
handling.
Easy Handling of Coal.
Coal brought into the county will
be unloaded from the trains in the
same way, and farmers given the
advantage of having it brought to
central places in the settlements in
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-10-08

Gstead OF to the towns. 1t will be
loaded into the wagons by simply
moving a lever and shooting it in.
The advantage Of this system will be
that it releases coal cars within a
few minutes, and nobody has to
shovel coal from cars to bins and
from bins to wagons. 1t saves the
time of the teamster driving to dis
tant towns or stations and the time
of waiting for his turn at the car
and the time and labor of shoveling
his load by hand.
New Routing for Pulp.
Under the new methods the beet
pulp will never touch the ground at
the factory, but will pour directly
into the dump car that is going back
to bring in beets. When it is full
of pulp and the bulk of the water
to bring in beets. When it is full
into the dump car that is going back
the factory, but will pour directly
drained off, it will be made up into
the beet train and showed up on a
high line back in the beet country.
Levers are tripped and the mass
pours out into the bins beneath the
track where vast quantities of it are
stored until such time as the farmers
and stOckmen come and draw it out
into their wagons as they do their
coal, shooting the wagon full in few
minutes. In this way the economy
of handling as compared with all
hand work will 60 far toward paying
the freight charges for carrying it
to the distant PAGES in the county
The pulp may cost the farmer more
than 1t does now, but the fact that
many farmers have become dissatis-
fed and refused to raise beets at
all because they were not allowed to
buy pulp is evidence that it is worth
more than the favored ones have
been paying. 1t is now possible to
put all the farmers and stockmen in
the county on an equal basis, save
them a great bulk of expense and
great deal of time, so they can oper-
ate on larger scale and greatly in
crease their incomes without cor
responding increase in their expenses.
First Thing to Do.
The first thing necessary to be
done is to get the seven or eight mile
Of hard-surfaced roads at the ap-
proach Of the larger towns in the
the heavyshrdl rdfdlh rdd dddl du
county, build four high lines to han
die the heavy material Tor building
those sections of road, and then 60
on building more high lines and
graveling all the main roads and the
roads leading to the beet dumps and
the high lines that constitute the
source of supply for gravel, coal and
pulp.
Speeding up Everything.
Tremendous things are in store for
the farmers of Bingham county IL
they will but stand together and
vote the bonds for enough money
to carry on the construction. The
key to the whole situation is to get
the road petitions into the hands of
Secretary Parkinson of the Civic
League, then get action thru the
commissioners to bond the county
for enough money to build four high |
lines and some seven miles Of road. |
This can be done during the closing
days of the war and not let our in
1ustries suffer from reaction. Other
road work and construction Of other
high lines to speed up farming will
be a separate undertaking a year or
10 after the first effort.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-10-08
THE JOHN DEERE BEET FULLER.

This is the Deere beet puller with
a Dewey attachment for lifting the
beets out Of the ground and knock
ing the dirt off. Two horns or arms
pass along under the ground, lifting
the beets a few inches. A spiral
worm whirling rapidly hits them a
few times and bounces them to the
rear, leaving them on top of the
ground ready to be thrown into piles
or baskets. The topper and puller
working together lay the beets on
top Of the ground as rapidly as a
potato digger operates in a potato
(, field. The two machines cost 5000,
and side delivery hay rake whirls
the tops into windrows, so they can
be rushed to the silo before they are
cured or bleached.
Value of Beet Tops.
A ton Of beet tops is worth as
much as half ton of hay, and an
acre of beets yield half as many tons
of tops as Of .beets. People who have
been throwing away beet tops or
merely turning the stock in on them,
have been losing great deal of
values. A field that yields twelve
tons of beets, will yield about six
tons Of tops, and when hay is worth
SIS ton, an acre of tops is worth
about $45 for stock feed.
Big Loss Saved Now.
Five years ago farmers were SELL
ing their beet tops for a dollar or
two per acre. Now they receive a
little more for them, but they are
Waking on q fixed value ranging as
explained above. People who have
been losing $40 or $50 an acre on
beet tops will be interested in the
plan of making silo of them. The
way to do 1t is to scoop out pit
like a potato cellar and drive right
into 1t with the wagons and dump
the beet tops, spreading and packing
Them down as hard as they can be
by tramping or driving over them.
Six or eight inches Of beet tops and
ok or eight inches of straw, then
l0ther layers till it comes somewhat
2bove the top, Of the ground, then
cover with straw, chaff and dirt, to
make 1t as nearly air-tight as pos
|Sible. Then let it stand and sweat
and ferment till cold weather and
N~d little of it each day along with
NY, and grain II you have it. A
ton of hay and two tons Of beet tops
Will winter a steer and have him fat
"A the spring. Beet pulp and grain
xF chop may be added to get quicker
md better results. A good thrifty
steer will gain s40 to $50 in value
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-10-08
RESUMED WORK AT HOTEL
AFTER WEEK In BUTTE

Mr.. and Mrs. Otto R. Mas re-
turned the fore part Of the week from
Butte, and will resume his duties
as manager Of the Eccles Hotel. Mrs.
Mass has been receiving medical at
tention during the summer months,
but is now much improved.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-10-08
FAMILY :
SERVICE FLAG

The Oregon Short Line maintains
a service for the families of the men
who are with the colors, and wishes
to announce that members Of such
families, needing aid from the road
should communicate with Bertha
McRae at Pocatello of A. ". Peter
son, care o. s. l.. Railway at Salt
Lake City,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-10-08

to the proper height to clip any beet
right at the crown. The only places
1t fails to clip the top at the right
depth is where it runs over a high
beet followed by a short, or low beet,
SO close that the disc cannot drop
low enough to clip the small beet as
low as it ought to. Yet with this
slight handicap. it tops 95 out of
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-10-08

every hundred properly on favorable
ground, and that is as perfectly as
1t is done by hand by good toppers in
practical work.
Anyone wishing to secure topper
for this years operations should ap-
ply to George H. Smith at Blackfoot.
He is the field superintendent for the
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-10-08
THE DEWEY BEET TOPPER.

This machine is drawn by horses
and the disc at the front, beneath
the levers is operated by gear
that keeps it whirling rapidly, clip
ping off the beet tops. 1t has a guage
in the form Of a roller that runs
just in front of the disc, and it runs
over every beet, thus raising the disc
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-10-08
LEFT FOR NEBRASKA.

Miss Anna Doyle left Friday after
noon for Ponca, Nebraska, where
she will spend some time visiting
With friends and relatives. She will
visit with her brother before he
caves for the training camp.