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The Home news., 1918-03-29
NEVILLE NEWS

Misses Maggie Shankle and Bessie Melton and Messrs. Roy hn~elo and Ned McMurtry of Deview attended a dance here thursday night.
 Several of the Howell boys spent Sunday afternoon in Wi vile.
 aFessrs. Jim Clark and Nev- ey Price of Cotton Plant mot ored to Wiville Sunday.
 We are glad to know that Mrs. G. T. Sawyers, who has been on the sick list is able to be up again.
 Miss Lucy Clark spent Sun
The Home news., 1918-03-29
We Must Know Our Friends

The time has come when we are being shown the horrors of war. We have been told how our boys are being brut- ally treated by the Germans. We read of our heroes who are ying to perpetuate Liberty for this Country. The news papers tell of the sacrifices be- ing made by your boy and the other fellows boy, yet some of our neighbors remain placid and are willing for us to try to vsin the war to perpetuate happiness for him without his help.
 Is this man a good citizen?
 The time has come when we must know our friends. Every loyal American is willing to give his life's blood and his last dollar to win this war.
 In our own community you know the men who refused to help you in the campaigns to loan money to our Government through the purchase of War Savings Certificates.
 If these slackers continue to be disloval it is our duty to make this fact known. If you k ew there was German spy 1T our community, you would, a a true American, notify some official of the Govern men.
 The men who are refusing to assist in the sale of Thrift Stamps and War Savings Ger tificates, are no better than enimies of our flag.
 We are aiming to put Ark ansas on the patriotic map during this month. Try to make converts of the disloy- alists during the next two weeks. Get them started buy ing stamps. If they refuse, it is up to you to watch these slackers for they are spies at heart.
The Home news., 1918-03-29
Cut this out-It Is Worth Money

DON'T MISS THIS. Gut out this slip, enclose with five cents to Foley 6 Co.,, 2835, Sheffield Ave, Chicago H., writing your name and address clearly. You will receive in return trial package containing Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, for coughs, colds and croup. Fo- ley Kidney Pills and Foley Ga thartic Tablets. Red Cross Drug Co.,, McCrory. Adv.
The Home news., 1918-03-29

Miss Pauline Huff arrived Thursday of last week from Harrell, where she is engaged teaching school. She will re- turn to her duties after spend ing a few days with homefolk.
 For Sale-Six reg. Poland China boar pigs. These pigs are we'll bred and 4 to 5 months old. See R. w. Beck, County Agent.
The Home news., 1918-03-29

This is the best year you ever saw to buy good imple- ments, and the worst you ever saw to buy poor ones.
 Crop prices are sure to be high All that you will have to do to make big money will be to raise big crops. And getting big crops will depend largely upon the kind of i'm plements you use.
 You can't afford to risk any implement uncertainty. In- ferior implements will mean the loss of the extra bushels and tons that the use of good implements gives. Remember, the extra bushels and extra tons will mean a lot this year much more than enough to pay for good implements.
 See before you buy.
The Home news., 1918-03-29

Be sure that an implement is what you want before you let it work for you. Avoid the ex- pensive delays of sending an unsatisfactory implement back to some distant concern and getting in exchange another of unknown quality.
 Our service prevents costly buying mistakes on your part. You can come to our store take full advantage of our stock, study the implements, get fully acquainted with their every feature, and buy judici- ously.
 That way of buying will help you get the most from the year that is coming.
 Drop in the next time you are in town and see our stock.
The Home news., 1918-03-29
GENERAL DIRECTORY
 McCrory Officials

Mayor. Walter w. Raney Marshal. ....C. c. Simmons Recorder. HI. c. Shearer Treasurer. .........L. J. billiard Health Officer Dr. .P.Hargis
 Aldermen: Dr. LA. Jelks, H. Arnof, Dr. w. T. Mccain, L. J. billiard and R.C. Thomp- son. Council meets at mayors office first Monday night of each month. All citizens are invited and will be welcome.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-16
RAILROAD MILEAGE

The railroad administration ha,
announced that it intends soon tc
issue mileage books. for use not
merely on particular lines, but indis.
eriminately on all lines. Wherever
patron wants TO travel. then. on
any railroad operated by the gov
srnment, he will simply present his
book and have the proper number OF
coupons torn out paying at the es-
iablishd rate of three cents a mile.
That mileage book will be better
than money in the travellers pocket.
because 1t will save him the trouble
Of buying tickets for separate trips.
The administration intends to ac-
sept the coupons also in payment
of Pullman fares. excess-baggage
costs ard other expenses. thus
greatly simplifying the routine OF
iravel
Needless to say. the public will
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-16
CHEMISTS IN WAR WORK.
Chemical Service Section Partici-
pates in Many Lines of Activity.

American Chemical Society
Chemists have volunteered and en-
listed and been drafted during the
last year. but the people do moi
kno VITO what extent the chemist is
working in the progress of the
country's participation in many
lines of national activity Across
the water, the chemical service sec
ton of the national army is locat-
ed in a new research laboratory,
which was factory remodeled and
placed at the disposal of the section
by the French government. Pro-
fessor Marston T. Bogert has been
given the rank of lieutenant col
onel and has been appointed to head
the American branch OF that sec
tion. A short time ago. there was a
cry for the American chemists who
were enlisted and whose services
were restricted to mere army work.
Now, every chemist in the national
army has been transferred from
camps to the laboratory of the gov
ernment or to industrial establish
mcnts where their creates service
% the country can be rendered.
Toluol has been taken over, and |
yas plants are being fitted to de- |
liver that by-product for use in
The recovery of spruce
has been established as
N industry, and there are thou
ands of new recipes and formulas
or the recovery of waste products
'hich were formerly known only to
he importing trade, as German
roducts hard to produce in this
ountry. The advance in chemical
ldustries has kept pace with the
rogreSs of the war, and the many
acancies in the stocks of manufac-
irerS and merchants have been
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-16
MADAME BOTCHKAROVA
PLEAS THAT AMERICA
SEND FORCE TO RUSSIA

Washington. July l5.-A plea fol
immediate military intervention by
the allies in Russia was made today
to group of senator's by Madame
Botchkarova, former leader of the
battalion of death. Speaking
through an interpreter she urged
that an American army OF 100000
men, if possible. or combined al
lied force be sent through Siberia.
Unless this military aid is given
soon. Madame Botchkarova said, it
will be too late to save Russia from
Germany.
A military expedition composed
entirely of Japanese would not be
welcomed in Russia, she said, al
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-16
THE FIRST TANK

clad and was drawn by horse.
When the Bohemian tank corp
was on the defensive, however, tn
wagons could be opened so tha
even the horses could find protec
ton inside. Women and children
habituated to travelling with th'
Bohemian army, also gathered with
in and often sent their arrow.
through the loopholes.
Used Artillery, Too.
Against an attack of horsemen
the wagon forts were linked togeth-
er by heavy iron chains, and in four
deep columns formed a practically
invulnerable defense. On the Of
fensive they were terrible engines,
for they carried artillery. Zizka
placed on the seats, next to the
drivers, his picked marksmen, who
soon became the terror of the Ger
mans. Their pieces were the bonn
bards then just coming into use.
But the tank corps also carried
heavy gun-unwieldly weapons
which would be toys today, bu,
which set up among the intrcnch-
ments Of the iron wagons did great
execution. When the wagon forts
got to moving well across the
smooth Bohemian fields Zizka used
to direct his drivers on the end of
the line to speed up, thus thanking
the enemy--a maneuver which was
considered extremely unfair in
those days.
The Bohemian leaders greatest
victory was at Zizka's Hill, near
Prague. He had 10000 troops ar
rayed on steep slope and protect
ed by wagon forts. Against him
here were flung about 10000
roops, led by a number OF Ger
nan princes, among whom the chief
vas Frederick of Hohenzollern who
lad just become elector of Bran
lenburg. Frederick was we'll
nown robber baron OF his period
nd the ancestor of the present ov-
tlord of Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm.
Well, Elector Frederick Just
'alked up that hill and then walked
own again. Incidentally great
umbers Of Germans were either
illed or driven into Vltava river
y the Bohemians, who hurried !
own the hill after them in their {
'agon forts. Then, as today, the {
INK properly maneuvered,. proved I
resistible. ,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-16
VALUE OF A LANGUAGE.

There are many people dispose
TO regard the present widespread re
volt against the German languag,
as due merely to passion and pre-
Judice-a temporary wave OF hys.
terra which will pass with the war
That this is false view is shown
by c. Alphonso Smith, head of the
department of English at the An
napolis naval academy.
He reminds us that a language
rises or falls with the morals of
the people who speak it," that its
value rs a cultural medium. its
reach and appeal as a civilizing
force, its depth and richness as a
source of ideas, are no more fixed
and constant than the price of goods
in window This is a fundamental
principle of all language, as set forth
by German scholars themselves.
There may be. here and there.
some arbitrary and capriciouS ac-
iion against the teaching and use
of the German language; but on the
whole the American attitude repre-
sents this general law spoken OF.
The sense OF disillusionment about
Germany is so acute, the revulsion |
against her kultur so widespread. |
the certainty OF her waning power |
and prestige if She continues her
present course, is so assured. that /
no student OF language should view
with disapproval the growing pro-
test against her speech.
You might as well attempt to
stop the movement that is sweeping
English and French into a wider
world service than either language
has known before. 1t is the same
these two languages have
become, par excellence, the trustees
IF what Is best in the past and the
orch bearers OF what is best for (
he future
1t IS not we that have changed-it
the German language. Its con ,
ext has been changed by the Ger :
nan peope themselves who are the I
nheritorS and trustees OF the Ian !,
-uage.
1t IS conceivable, by developing =
n openness OF mind a hospitality to .
iodern ideas, preference OF moral :,
D physical force, a willingness to
ONE out OF the dead past and live
the liberal present, they might q,
ay the tide which is rising against :.
ieir speech and against them. But :,
e do not see any signs of that. : :;
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-16
OUR BOYS WELL CARED FOR
BY Francis Rogers of the Vigilantes

= Parents and friends need not fea
that the bodily wants of their boy
, in France are not well provided
for Six months ago, before ou
army machine got into full swing
there was just cause for complaint
but, SO tar as my many opportun;
ties for observation give me righ,
to speak, conditions are now gen
orally satisfactory. Many times |
have shared the soldiers mess and
have never failed to get good
meal. here are no frills about the
service, naturally, but all the es-
sentials arc there-wholesome food,
ample in quantity and we'll coked.
The former shortage of clothing
and blankets is now remedied; our
boys are well clad by day and by
night.
Hospital conditions, which last
fall were far from satisfactory, are
vastly improved. Now sick or
wounded boy can count on being
treated in well equipped hospital
by the best American surgeons and
nurses. chanced to be at an
evacuation hospital" somewhere
in France the day Archie Roose-
welt was brought to it with a leg
and an arm badly smashed. SO well
prepared was the hospital to meet
Just such an emergency that his
temperature never rose a single de-
gree above the normal.
The simple, regular, outdoor life
has done wonders for the health of
the boys. Their chests broaden,
their cheeks grow ruddy, their
muscles harden, their eyes bright
en-, they gain in weight. Does my
boy look very fat2' asked the moth
er of boy | had seen few weeks
before. "He writes he has put on
20 pounds" NO." | answered, "he
wasn't fat at all. He is now just ,
he fine, big, husky lad that nature
always intended him to be-"
Spring came early in France this
year; by the middle of January the
soldiers were out in the fields with
heir bats and balls. Some of the
Z. NJ. c. a. huts are equipped with
basketball and all the large camps
lave trained Y. M. c. A. athletic
directors. Every encouragement is
.iven to boxing. Now that sum
ner has come | am certain the BOYS
re refreshing themselves in the
title winding rivers that are SO
lentiful in France.
In my opinion, most of our sol
ierS in France am not speak
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-16

Easy" you say. at was al
American invention adopted by th
British and then adopted by th'
Germans.
Wrong-you are thinking mere.
/ ly OF the tractor machinery - tht
caterpillar" arrangement by which
it crawls over the ground. And
the tank is chiefly and essentially
an armored vehicle for use in war
fare.
AS every schoolboy knows, the
ancient Britons dyed themselves
blue and used war chariot with
curved knives attached to the hubs.
These were armed vehicles. But
the first armored vehicle used in
battle was invented and perfected
about 1920 by John Zizka, a Bo-
hemian nobleman and follower OF
John Hus. Incidentally Johns
tanks also humbled a Hohenzol-
lern.
You may never have heard Of
ohm Zizka, but he was undoubted
ly the greatest military genius OF
his age and the father of modern
tactics. Certainly nothing could be
more modern than his idea for the
tank. Indeed he had some ideas,
forgotten long ago, which might
even be revived on the fields of
France today.
Zizka was fighting the full pow
er of Rome and, as it turned out,
the whole Of Europe joined a cru
'ade against him. Zizka won, And |
the way he won was this;
Zizka's Novel Idea.
His fighting forces consisted \al-
most entirely OF townsmcn, small
and farm laborers used TO
he iron mounted fail, the heavy
lub, and the short spear. WithV
hese forces he had to meet horse A
nen in heavy armor-the picked
avalry OF Germany and Hungary. ;
lis answer was the armored wa ,
on.
The German name for tank is as ,
'ng as a snake-about ten separ- {
fely articulated syllables spoken +
Ike burst of shrapnel. Zizka's k
INK also had hard name-in sew /
al senses. 1t was called the Hrad- {
l-yozova pronounced as it is '
,elled), which means wagon fort" t
he wagon fort was iron or steel i
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-16
RUSSIAN INTERVENTION.

Intervention in Russia seems in
evitable. 1t may not be called in
tervention, but that is what it must
and will amount to. The allies went
into Greece for the sake OF the
Greek people and their own secur-
ity, and the result has justified that
course. The situation in Russia is
fraught with incomparably greater
menace than it was in Greece.
If We are fighting, as we say we
are, for the liberation of races and
the right OF every people to choose
its own destiny, we are under moral
Obligations to save the Russians
from the Germans. If we want,
ourselves, to win clean and de-
cisve victory over Prussianism, the
signposts of war point to Russia as
necessary field of operation.
Statesmen have hesitated to enter
that field with armed forces, for
fear OF political complications. 1t
appears now that the majority of
the Russians would actually wei
come our intervention, thus mini
MIXING that objection. As for prac-
tical military men, most OF the ex-
perts have agreed that the allies
must somehow reconstitute the
eastern front, barring Germany's
military and economic progress to-
ward the east, checking her acquis-
ton of war resources in that quar-
er. and weakening her forces by
making her once more face both
ways at once.
The allies might not be able to
lrive the Germans beyond the
Rhine in less than three years.
iiven that length OF time unob-
tructed in the east. Germany would
master all of Russia that she cares
or, militarize Finland and various
ther fragments OF the old empire,
ain nearly million fresh troops ;
rom her new territory and replace
er failing resources OF food and t
ar materials. {
The allies could then gain their
bJectS III the west only by giving $
ermany free hand in the east. 7
hat would leave her at liberty TO =
aid great, new military empire
I'd menace the worlds peace more
IAN ever
we cannot face such prospect.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-16
A HUMORLESS PEOPLE.
Gods hand has visibly pre-

Gods hand has visibly pre-
vailed The kaiser.
This is horrible example of what
can happen TO a nation or to an in
dividual that has been deprived of
all humor.
The kaiser is a thick, conceited
ego maniac who would froth at the
mouth and fall in a fit ii anyone
dared to laugh az him. A thick
conceited person is without a sense
OF humor. If he had one, he would
realize the absurdity of his own
thickness and conceit.
Similarly, the German people are
thick and conceited. They have
stuffed themselves with rich foods
and self adulation for 50 many years
that they are slow witted-fathead-
ed. They are furious when they
are laughed at, They never laugh
at themselves. Whatever they
say is sound; whatever they do is
right. SO far as they are able to
discover, there is nothing about
themselves ~ plO'Okc HllTlU.
That's why it is that neither the |
kaiser nor the German people see
anything laughable in the statement
that Gods hand has visibly prevail
ed, though mutilated and outraged
women weep in Belgium and in
France, and harmless homes of
England mourn mothers and chill
dren dead from aerial bombs. Poor.
stupid, humorless
Germany.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-16

ing OF those in the actual fight
ing line-are now living under
conditions better for their general
health than those under which they
lived at home. The picture OF the
typical American soldier that |
brought in my memory from France
last April is that OF sturdy, up
standing, clear-eyed youth, fit as
an old uncle of mine used to say,
''to fight his weight in wildcats"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-16
WAR TASK FOR TEACHERS

=, In the past it has been left to
S the COLLEGES to teach social rob
lens and social service. From the
colleges a slowly growing group of
eager and devoted social workers
has gone forth to struggle with the
problems OF Americanization of
, community welfare in health and
morals.
The war has begun to open the
eyes OF educators in general to the
truth OF what a few have long been
urging-that there is a need for
the teaching of social service in the
elementary and high schools. DR..
Henry Suzzalo of the University OF
Washington said recently in an
earnest address before the Califor-
MIA Teachers Association, that the
public schools must be put on the
firing line of social service. This |
can be done "only by faithfully
teaching the elements of social and
economical science and the meaning |
of American democracy TO the pu-
pills even in the elementary grades"
1t matters little what label this
work bears, whether Americaniza-
ton of teaching, political economy,
sociology or civics. All that is nee
essary is to recognize that the fun
damental truths OF social Justice
and national loyalty must be taught
to every American and taught early.
The problems that we are facing
and that every industrial nation
has TO face today cannot be solved
by the men and women with J
high degree of specialized training. G
Ii they are to be permanently met !
they must be met by those citizens !
who average less than six years '
schooling. /
1t is the lessons learned in those :
SIX years that train the future citi-
zen, that preserve true democracy.
hat instil idealism. 1t is not alone
or peace that the civilized world is
lighting. but Tor sound character OF
which peace is i by-product, as
Dr.. Suzzalo has said. And tha:
haracter is based on the fine loyal-
les OF family life extended and ap-
'hed to the relations of the mass
nd TO international relationships.
Here is a war task for teachers
alling for great patriotism and
reat devotion TO the ideals in
Inch We profess TO believe.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-16
Reason for Going

Yes, said the man in shirt
sleeves, we've jsut been here a year
now. I'm moving right across the
other side of the town..
I'm awfully surprised" declared
the chatty little man. why people
are Just beginning to know you"
That's why we've got to CO. said
the other sadly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-16

though there would be no objection
to an allied expedition, of whicl,
the majority was not Japanese.
Most Of the bolsheviki army, the
speaker asserted, are former Ger
man and Austrian prisoners, the
great masses OF the Russian people
being loyal to the cause of the al
lies and desirous of throwing off
the German yoke.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-16

well-filled by our American experts
and manufacturers.
New England has given one of
her greatest chemical experts. DR..
William II. Walker of Massachu-
setts Technology, who is now a
colonel at the head of one of the
ordnance departments most i'm
portant undertakings.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-16

welcome this improvement. The
universe mileage book has long
been desired, but has never seemed
practicable under private manage
ment OF competing lines. Once
adopted, it is not likely that the
railroads, whether in public or pri-
vate hands, will ever revert to the
old system.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-16
The Strong Withstand the Hea, OF
Summer Better Than the Weak

Old people who are feeble and
young people who are work. will be
strengthened and enabled to 20
through the depressing heat OF sum
mer BY taking GROVES TASTE
LESS chill TONIC. 1t puriSes snd
riches the blood and brilds up the
whole system. You can soon feel
ITS Strengthening. InvigOra;ing RI
g.. 80 -g-l..
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-16
On His Soapless Day

Chicago News: Nv friend. there
IS really no excuse for your not
looking neat and clean"
Sorry, mister. but I'm consery-
ing nv BIT along wit de rest o. de
folks. You es' happened to hit me
on my soapless day.7
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-16
Painter Cameron Dies.

Edinburgh, Scotland, July To-
Hugh Cameron, Scotch painter
of figure subjects and portraits is
dead here. He was born in 1885.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-16

The Sim Feiners and Anti Con-
scription;Sts seem to want about the
same brand Of home ruel for Ireland
that the Bolsheyiki wanted for Rus
sra. And they may get tin the
same way Russia did-if they keep
on. Germany's willing.
The independent-reporter., 1918-01-24

We shall be pleased to furnish. en-
tirely without charge, the Fort Fair
field Review, for one month. to any
of our subscribers. Drop US a postal
IL you want It,