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Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1918-04-19
Soap Shots.

1t would seem there is nothing too
improbable to happen. \ Kentuck
ian has died from too much whiskey
A Stacker singing "Over There
and u professed Christian singing 81
Want to BE an Angel" are sights 10
make the devil chuckle
That war garden will be just as
big and rs good rs your patriotism
will let it be,
Parioian> are now closely scan
aing all German prisoners for fear
llindenburg may attempt to reach
Paris via that route
II will be many years before the
ncn tribe will cease boasting of the
great age attained by their ancestors
who flourishcd during the world war.
An exchange says of the great
dam to he constructed on Sunday
River in Africa twill impound suffi-
ricni water to support 10000 per-
sons. Just how much water does il
axe 10 support a person, anyway
OF course Holland put up a stiff
protest against our seizure of those
ships, but Holland was speaking for
Germany, benefit then. And now
hat the affair is settled and We have
he ships, Holland will get her sup
plies, provided she agrees TO keep
her back door closed and locked.
Incle John D. Rockefeller has just
finished paying his income tax,
amounting 10 $50 100000. This leaves
him only So, 10000 which to sup
port his family this year With the
help Of al the Hoover regulations
his should be made to answer, II
/ he gives careful attention to the gar
den.
Wonder if those wooden shoes 81
strongly urged by some, will prevent
or cure cold feet. If they will, The
country can stand for them.
Now that the daylight saving bill
has become law, perhaps some OF on
Young hoods can worry through an'
be ready for he'd by 2 e. IN.
The kaiser is said to be a diligen
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1918-04-19

student of ;he career Of Napoleon.
There are few incidents toward the
close Of that career that are not
calculated to give William any great
amount Of satisfaction.
The meat packers are urging Mr..
Hoover to abolish the meailess days
because the supplies are piling up
We would second their motion il the
prices showed any inclination to pile
down.
II all American pacifists were n
practical in their pacifism as Henry
Ford, we would soon have peace, but
il would be peace through victory.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1918-04-19
EVERYONE MUST HELP.

Wars cannot be fought without Treasury
every financial demand upon the Nation.
The rich Of THE eouH cannot alohs the
the men Of the country cannot do aon the country
cannot do aonei but a Of the Of the United
eardna parsanshp forgetting selfish thinking
supremacy Of right and Determining vndca majesty
Ideals and the safety Of Asoa Do the arrest
sad splendid WA which God has called upsn us 10 d.
w. a. MeADoo,
Secretary si the Treasury.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1918-04-19

f. i: ! &
That Khaki clad American soldier Of ours,
facing the Germans across No Mans Land
from the trenches in France.
He is facing cold, storm, hunger, disease death,
that America homes may be safe from the threat OF
German arrogance and brutality. He is enduring hard
ship and danger willingly without munw, that
American liberty and justice may endure He /"
fighting for you!
What are you here at home in the peace and plenty
Of America doing for him? Stand by him. Back hun up
Lend Him a Hand!
He is depending you for food and cloth.
ing, for the shells, rifles and machine guns
that can take him the top to victory.
= ANIA You will not fail him
fYTHZY now The Third Liberty
VYVY Loan is the measure Of
kNG <SSM your support Its success is
ASM M vital to his comfort, to his
= <WS~AEu safety, to his VICTORY.
~ Invest in ALL the
AESSSW
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-24

it's success has been 50 much greater than could have been propheaied that this rest station is in process of being very much enlarged.
 Our directness at this point estab- lished on her own initiative an officers mess in the canteen, with the result that she has been asked by the camp authorities to take oyer the entire of the mess for all the officers of the camp. We are building barracks for this purpose and for an officers lounge, which with the present bar racks for the enlisted men and the can teen personnel, will igclose q court, We have established here diet kit chen, where special dishes ar cooked under the doctors orders for sick men. Begun on a small scale, the diet kit. chen has grown steadily. The doc tors are enthusiastic about this work. It has been found most useful and is a good example of the fact that when Red Cross activities are in the hands of constructive workers they are bound to increase in usefulness"
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-24
REST STAIIOTS FOR AMEEICAlJ b0YS
 CVHR IlJ FRANCE

The Rcd Cross Director Of Military Affairs in Trance reports that the first rest station to oran oa tie American lines Of communication i8 Ysady and work has already started. Tho second will be opon soon, and others arc ii praocesa of construction.
 "The stations are arranged to inl- prove travelling conditions for 5!la American soldier. to supply him be- tween trains and during long waits with a comfortable place in which to rest, write letters, read, and oat,' the report states. "Sucn institutions have been found by tho 7ritish and Trench armies to ba not only the soldiers due bat Q powerful means il sustain. ing their morale. The men have en- ough discomforts in any caso ald to eliminate them wherever possible is essentially Red Crosa work.
 "'rc lav9 beo uoperati,,s an Alnori- can eantoen for the be1allt Of . Unit. oa States Amy Air Service camp and are now serving 1,23) men per day. .tt has becn Q source Of great pleasure to Us that this canteea has met with 50 mUeh succQ Aa ] matter of faot
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-24
U. s. SERGEANT
 SLAYS SIX AND
 CAPTURES TWO
Corporal Alfred Burns Tells of PrOwess of a Yankee Who Was
 Cornered by Germans

The Tacoma Daily News says the story of an American sergeant on the firing line in France who killed q Hun captain, five men, and captured two more, single-handed, is contained in letter from Corp. Alfred Burns with the 29th engineers in France.
 "A young fellow who drives H. Q car told me of an American sergean. who won the French War Cross," he wrote. "The Germans sent over raid ing party and caught the sergeani alone in dugout. When they h2l. lered Come out, Yank!,' he came, with the butt of his gun swinging freely killed the Hun captain and five men took two prisoners and marched then, to the rear. The next morning they found these two had died of coacJs- sion of the brain.
 Gen. Pershing himself spent over an hour hunting up the sergeant to take him to Paris. He found him in a Y. M. c. A. hut playing checkers The sergeant objected strenuo,-sly to having his game broken lip.'
 The French farmers live in little communities away from their farms, possibly for mutual protection, iudg- ing from the number of forts.
 Teach French Comforts
 "The French have been so busy build ing forts and roads that they have sadly neglected develoring 3 domestic comfort" he says. "z.aother reason for their backwardness ir that respect is. think, their thriftino51. AS Ions as they are putting by few sous to light their way down the shady side of life they feel that they can put IT with physical discomfort for the time being. We Americans arc showing them few kinks in domestic comfort When the Fer en come I2cE to Ines barracks tn oy1l find electric lights and steam heat and possibly hot ard colo water in each room.
 Everybody wo pas has Sood word fer the American scldier. This afternoon we passed a bunch of 50 or more echoolboy5 playing i.l is-d They .l-hed to the road, lined ID a.d cheerou and waved thoir cap5 as -'c sailed by. We were as welcome as the flowers IT Hay.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-24
NO LETTER, NO LEAVE

An officer hign in rank in the Ameri-
 can Army in Trance allows none of his men, from lieutenant down, 70 have leave" unless he has written during the week to his nearest of kin in America. This officer is determined to keep his men in close touch with their families, for "where a soldier is in real danger perhaps one hour of his existence in France, his mothr Is in agony every one of the 24 hours Of the day" Therefore, he insists upon it that his men write home to their
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-24

people, giving cheerful accounts as can truthfully be told of the life in France.
 ''Iife over there" is great adven- ture for the boys he says, "They are seemingly happy, and are developing physically and mentally"
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-24
GLAD TO SEE YOU

and your friends drop in for dinner or late supper any time. It is always pleasure to welcome new corners for they invariably bocem good friends. We serve the best of food in the best of manner and leave them and our moderate prices to turn the casual visitor into regular one.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-24

In Crossett, Ark, a lumber town, women have taken mems places in the lumber camps, wearing overalls while at work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
CROW-ELKHARTS ID
 ARRIVE THIS WEEK
New 1918 Model Will Soon Be Running About Bir-
 mingham Streets

The Detroit Motor Car company an- nounced yesterday that they would receive their first shipment of Crow E,lkharts probably this week. This is good news to the prospective buyers of this class car. as they have been watching for the time when this econ- omy car would arrive.
 Lawrence Pennington, president of the Detroit Motor Car company, said that the Crow -EllShart is the kind of car that will please and suit the southern motorist. It is medium priced car with luxuriously uphol- stered seats beautifully finished, and a car whose appearance will equal anything ever shown in Birmingham at its price.
 The tire mileage on the Crow Elk hart is above the average, due to the propert distribution of weight and the other features designed for this pur- peso Some owners report over 5000 miles to set of tires, and more than 5000 miles is the rule. In tire econ omy the Crow Elkhart is truly ex- ceptional
 Each of the 1918 models was de- signed with the aim of making it offer the greatest comfort possible comfort for the driver as well as oth- CT occupants. The upholstery is two inches deeper; genuine hair and res ilient springs are used in cushion con struction; high seat backs prevent weariness in long tours. long under sIung springs smooth out the rough places.
 This will be one of the snappiest, most practical cars on the southern market this year. it is predicted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
INVESTMENT IS THE ELEMENT APPEALING
 TO BUYERS OF TODAY
Lightness, Combined With Service and Economy, Is National
 Feature

~rhe investment element is today the strongest feature in both the in o,,rv and selling ends of the auto nobi1e business" declares l.. J. Live lv. IT.. manager Elcar Motor Sales cnmnany the local distributor of na- ticnal highway cars
 "Only very short time ago the cry was for lightness and practically all manufacturers stroye to reduce weight and keep on reducing. The wide range of general and business pur- noses for which a passenger car IS now used has demonstrated, however, that the weight necessary to Insure durability has decided minimum ncint. below which rapid depreciation oycrcomes the savings brought about by lightness
 Thus now many prospective pur- chasers talk about five, six and seven wear life and figure first cost only as an item of the total cost of own inr an automobile The lighter car attracted largely because of it's light er first cost Now weight Is wanted up to a point where 1t will not be fuel and tire killer, and the some what lessened gas mileage is more than balanced by extended car life, to say nothing of ease in riding.
 .In their constant efforts to produce an ideal weight and still satisfy most tastes as to appearance and comfort, Na tional engineers have evolved a car of maximum durability that is from 500 to 1000 pounds lighter than other cars of the same class in appearance. power and comfort. while the price Is cor respondingly less"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
THE DEAD CELL" AMONG BATTERIES
 AND IN BUSINESS
Discussion Upholding the Biblical Admonition, If Thine Eye Offend Thee
 Cast It Out"

Sitting in the lobby of one of New
 Yorks large hotels during the New York
 show, B. G. ISoether. manager of the
 Hyatt Roller Bearing company, Detroit.
 made an interesting analogy of the dry
 batteries we used to use for ignition
 back in the long ago." as he put it,
 when we wound them up by hand,
 started the engine on the battery, then kicked 1t over to the magneto.
 Usually the battery consisted of flock of dry cells all hooked up together. And sometimes-just sometimes--we wind and wind and wind, and crank and crank and crank, but nary kick would we get.
 Back in the early days, I did that very thing one afternoon. hooked all the batteries that I could find together.
 and cranked and cranked, but that old
 engine was as dead as nail in cof- fin
 l"IF THINE EYE OFFEND THEE
 And then regular automobilist came along. He looked over the engine and | cranked it; he asked to see the batteries and assured him that they were all right. But he wasn't satisfied. He looked at them and examined the connections.
 Then he disconnected them and tested them one by one, with little ammeter. Each, in turn, was all right, up until the ninth and last. It was dead. He tossed l it into the roadside, made new con nection, turned over the engine and off she went That dead one he said, put ] the kibosh on the whole bunch
 | "If the car is going to hit on all cyiin- I ders. every little part has got to do it's I, work The generator has got to gener- ate, the carburetor has got to carburate, and the timing gears have got to do their ] little part The bearings have got to Iroll-as Hyatt Quiet alawys do q couldn't help that, fellows, honestly. l couldn't- | and the differential has got to differen- l tiate. Let one part fail to do it's work and the whole shebang is stalled. DEAD CELL IN BUSINESS And do you know" continued MT. I Koether "an organization is like an au- l tomobile cell. Here, too, the dead cell l will stall the whole shebang. The dead cell--in the form of the employe who IS always kicking, complaining and whin- ling, the employe who thinks that he could run the whole outfit better than l the boss'-the employe who thinks that fhis and that and the other thing should be done, and then when these things are dcne. kicks about the methods used-the l employe who can't see the good in this or the good in that.
 "The dead cell under the back seat Hooks like any other cell. And so does the dead cell in the organization. He dresses like the others, and walks and ats and looks like the others. It is only when the ammeter is put on him that his worthlessness is discovered, and then he h.. is tossed to the roadside unless he gets In line with some live one and gets 1 recharged. It's good thing to make lun vour mind that if some cell is to be tossed out as dead, you won't be It.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17

exhausted. Debating week may ter minate in the loss of your chance to buy your favorite car.
 One of the snappy cars received this week was the Overland country club. :" It Is "chummy car, with every con- venience. and the trimmings and finish would make anyone an enthusiastic ad- mirer Then there were the well known
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
FIVE CARLOADS OF
 OVERLANDS ARRIVE
Early Spring Weather Piles Up Orders for the Local Overland
 Distributor

Bob Lees, of the Overland Motor Car company of Birmingham. stated that he expected to fall short of cars this spring. The orders are coming in faster than cars can be received and that he is using every effort to see that all orders on hand are filled promptly Mir, Lees stated that everyone who expects to place an order for motor car should buy before the dealers allotments are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
New Acason Officers

J. F. Bowman has been elected vice president and general manager of the Acason Motor Truck company of De- troit. MT. Bowman was formerly vice president and director of sales of this company. Prior to joining the Acason interests he was director of sales for the Federal Motor Truck company. H. A. Ccnlon has been made sales manager oy the Acason company. He was for merly assistant to MT. Bowman in the Acason company, and prior to that was assistant sales manager under MT. Bow man at the Federal company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17

In this development, as in so many others, the war has taught us more than we would otherwise have learned in many years. Where would the French and British armies be without their enormous fleets of motor trucks and 'lorries% What the motor truck is do- ing today behind the lines in France, 1t can do for us in this country.
 TRUCKS COSMOPOLITAN
 Motor truck trunk line systems, with tributary lines serving tributary dis tricts, would be of immeasureable ad- vantage to manufacturers in many lines to wholesalers, retailers and to the con- sumer, to say nothing of relieving the railroad congestion. The manufacturer would be enabled to make quicker and more frequent deliveries to wholesalers or to retailers. The retailers trading radius would be greatly enlarged-he would be able to give good service to a much greater number of customers. The consumer would be benefited because he would be brought nearer to the manu- facturer, the wholesaler and the retailers Ut would work just as we'll the other way. The farmer would be brought nearer to his market The products of his farm could be transported more quickly and at more frequent intervals to the towns or cities where his buyers are. ] We have the roads, and we can have the trucks. There is no reason why we
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
ARD ABOUT AUTOMOBILES HERE AND THERE

Overlands and willys-Knights These cars are now on display at the Fifth avenue show rooms, and it Is expected that they will be there only a short time, as the approaching automobile season Is too near for such cars to stand in 8 display room. The Overland cars are becoming more popular every day because they are standing the tests and are proving their durability and ecoQ-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17

While everyone knows that the trans portation problem is one of the most se- rious of the many for which this coun- try must find the solution, everybody does not realize the important part . which the motor truck will play in soly- ing it.
 Viewed in one way the utilization of the motor truck has increased with re- markable rapdity; and yet when you look at it from another viewpoint, it is surprising how slow business has been to take full advantage of the enormous < waving of time and labor which the mo- tor truck makes possible.
 HAS SUPPLANTED TEAMS
 The motor truck may fairly be said to have supplanted the team for hauling ana delivery purposes. But we do not as yet realize the extent to which it is go- ing to relieve the railroads from han ding a large tonnage of small and z troublesome freight, and to improve transportation service throughout the country.
 Some beginnings have been made and the results have proved most successful Motor trucks are now running on reg uiar schedule between some adjacent cities. In England they have carried the system much further, and goods trains trucks with a string of trailers, traverse many parts of the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
Motor Truck Line Systems Hay Be Established Ouer
 United States This Year
Local Dealer Predicts Great Change in the Present
 Transportation System-View Shared by Producers

Within the probably during  with fleets
  tributary of kissel Kars trucks and the Stutz and Grant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
Business on Boom

Ed Henley of the Birmingham Elec- tric garage, stated that his business showed a decided increase last month. Service to auto owners is responsible for the larger volume of business,' he stated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17

should delay longer in making the full- est use of them. In fact, it is absolutely necessary that we do so in the near flu ture. if We are to bring our national productiveness and prosperity to the maximum.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-29
LIBERTY DOCTOR
KILLED BY TRAIN

LIBERTY, Ind, Oct. 29.-Dr Frank
NJ. Mitchell. 46 years old. Of Liberty.
was instantly killed yesterday morn
ing at II o'clock when the automobile
in which he was riding was struck by
an engine at the Chesapeake and
Ohio crossing one and one-half miles
south of Kitchell.
Dr. Mitchell had been to see pa
tient and when he came to the cross
ing he failed to see the approaching
engine which was backing up from
Boston to move heavy stock train
at Cottage Grove. No one on the en-
CINE saw the automobile until 1t
was struck.
The only mark on DR.. Mitchell was
an indentation on his forehead.
Dr. Mitchell is survived by his wife
and four children. Joe. Bee, Helen and
Jean. He had lived in Liberty for
three years. and had built up a large
practice, being regarded as one of the
most competent physicians in the
community.
He came from Everton, Franklin
county. He was a lieutenant in
the Spanish-American war and was
wounded at San Juan.
The machine in which DR.. Mitchell
met his death was completely deniol-
fshed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-29
ECONOMY, IND.

Mrs. Lulu Rakestraw, who died at
her home at Carlos City Thursday,
was buried here at the Springfield
cemetery Sunday afternoon She was
the daughter Of Mrs. Amanda Lamb.
-. Harold Fenimore is back from a
business trip at Toledo. o.. Miss
Hazel Laid spent the week end with
Miss Ruby Williams. " Mrs. Jose
phine Williams was called to New
, castle last week on account of the
serious illness of her daughter Mrs.
Stella Hansard. Mrs Mary Frank
| lin. who has been sick for the past
two weeks with pneumonia, is improv-
ing. Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Edwards
and Miss Thelma Gaskill were at
Richmond Friday. ;. Mrs Ethel TAFT
or Losantville spent Sunday with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hill
John Reprogle and family are able to
be out again after two weeks illness
with influenza. -. Mrs. Mary Williams
OF Losantville spent Friday with John
Williams and family. :. Mr. and Mrs
Rufus Williams. Mrs. Mary Ann Will
liams and Mr.. and Mrs Oliver Hiatt
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Wright near Winchester. . Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Cain are the parents of
a baby boy. b. Albert Gilmer has had
a carload of fine apples shipped to
Economy. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Bond
and son Hilbert are seriously i'll with
influenza. Miss Edna Garrison of
Muncie spent Sunday with relatives
here. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hiatt
and children of Fountain City. and Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Underhill of Green's
fork were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Hiatt Friday. -. Miss Bertha
Jones left Thursday for Nashville,
Tenn, to make her future home.
Mrs. Laura Barbour will sell her
household goods at public sale Tues
day, and will go to California to spend
the winter. Miss Thelma Gaskill has
returned from Montpelier, where she
has been visiting her grandparents the
past few weeks.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-29
PERSHINC, IND.

Russell Behr of Camp Taylor spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Behr.. Marsie Hunt is NOV
ing from the country in the house that
belongs to the Sewers heirs, where
they will spend the winter. The
body of Milton Reiser of Richmond,
who died at the home of B. Bradley.
was brought here and buried in the
Lutheran cemetery Sunday. Rev. and
Mrs. ]. A. Brewer spent Sunday with
Mrs. o. F. Jameson. ;. Late Sunday
evening in a collision between the ma
chine of John Duke, and one driven
by Russell Stonephifer and Red Hurst
of Cambridge City, Mr.. Duke was
thrown out and dragged several feet
from his car. He was seriously in
jured and was Immediately taken to
his home in Richmond. An airplane
landed here Saturday afternoon. The
machine was broken and had to be
guarded Saturday night by the state
militia. The aviator spent the night
with Mr.. and Mrs. Evert Rodenberg.