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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-05-08
ANY MAN TO ANY MAN
By GERALD STANLEY LEE

| % not know how other men feel about IL bth hnd
il hard. with all that happening to the ~osj sotaY.
to look small boy in the fa1e.
when a small boy looks t,isGnsIy Up to me and
see his world - the world he thinks he is soa,s 10
have. in his eyes am afraid
The look in his eyes OF the world he ti,r,ss he is
going 10 have cuts me to the quick
have always teI had an understanding with
small ho, before
BIZ, the ls, !o,u years when he looks al me in that
old and think oi his ~ostd-ti,e ore see in his
e>es~-the orc had m, seli-the one every Nian boy
has uehi 10. suddenly nstead he that IS
tstr,s He'll ,o him bv by all al us the ore he vii
have TO Try 10 put up with have 10 live in have 10 b.
Ean u, @hen YOU and have stopped hyIe.
Then when face the small boy want 10 90 of
in vide high place alone and think and ask God |
want 10 So down into the city and 6eht-6eht with my
not,ey and with my hope. 80 over the top with my
religion and then come back and a6e he small boy
There days during this struggle when my so.A
spent and all the world seems made Of ron and glass
and all these crowds Of people 0oekine through tts
sheetS who do not seem 10 care
/, seems as would no, turn over my head 10 save
@orsd 10 i've IN myself =. Il does not matter about
me-and DAYS the people see 90 b, almost
make me think il does not matter about them
Then suddenly 50 BY troops OF school ehsdren n
tOiu oelo>k pouring out into the streets. po&xre
Ike lire. pouring ike sunshine out INTO the ,heekl
Il is as the roll OF drums is the Liberty lonnl
want 10 rins great ,hsa>h bells 10 Gall people 10
the Red CroSsi
Ny rule tos a man. fadine oui Risi hoa n.tAh he
should subscribe to u,e Red Cross is this.
Put down yo.I name end osdiess the blank
and leave the amount open 10 ttank lhen nv aO~e
past sehoououse about ioM Osb<k wien li,e @liAisn
are pouring out
O. IN use evenins xhen Inc house cl1ol -
do~n ycsH name and ise besi Gesse yu1 dneeoaGo
white paper g
Then ~ upsisln ainuls ~ ln0k = - o4
Ihn lpok = yaag 49, w1n - go 1 v
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-05-08

Every Democratic candidate
on the ticket of that party this
year will doubtless demand elec
ticn on the grounds that Wilson
wants him." and that anyone
who votes to the contrary will
commit an act OF disloyalty
which would merit the most
eondign punishment. Perhaps
Mr.. Wilson will write "a letter
during the campaign-as he did
in the recent senatorial election
in Wisconsin manifesting his
concern in the success of the
whole Democratic tickc.. Yea,
;l..re must be 40 party politics
during the war except Demo
cratic party politics. If this
isn't using the war for partisan
advantage, II means nothing else
than that il ia q proposition to
abandon party government alto
gether and the establishment Of
Democratic dynasty. This is
remarkable PROPOSE
tion at the present moment
Our advice to Republican voters
is. not TO lie down and let their
old and crafty political enemy
pu: this partisan trick over, for
trick it is. TIE best interests
Of the country, its free insti,u,
tons and faith in its honored
traditions have ever been secure
under Republican rule, The
e. O. p, for W.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-05-08

In The way Of progress in max
ing this branch Of our aymam ent
effective. or there has been q
criminal waste OF money. We
believe IL would be agreeable to
the people to have the whole of
the war expenditures gone into
BY Congress. The people are
putting sp the money for the
war and they have the right to
know whether they are getting
the worth Of IL.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-05-08

Maybe the war would rot be so
expensive il it wasn't that lot
of eminent patriots have the no
tion that it was gotten up for
the special purpose OF putting
them in the multi millionaire
claSa
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-05-08

A good, strong Republican
ticket in this county will spoil
the Democratic plan 70 chase the
Republicans out OF the court
house on the assumption tha,
the war demands that none but
Democrats may feed at the pub
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-05-08

New York grosers are making
= boiler because they arc stuck
with . lot OF saaerkraut. which
has become unstable under lis
German name. They want the
name changed. Why not: Sauer
kraut. like the rsss, will smell
just AZ sweet. call IL what you
ploase.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-05-08

A guy bobbed up the other
day and tried TO throw . scare
into US BY announcing that the
Kaiser was planning 10 assess
an indem nifty Of two thousand
billion dollars against this coun'
try. Bat don't worry; We ain I
licked yet.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-05-08
Large Demand iss Issehsss.

The passage Of the smith
Hsghes Act. providing Federal
aid In tts teaching Of vcca,Iorsl
aericslssrs. has crsaasA IN sns.
|sonl Aa0eDa IT, tsashsss ssAA.
|0no - o1is an1iDeA 14sAs ~
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-05-08

IL The Democrats are ruItir9
the war, why shouldn't they be
cxlls d to account for the errors
they are making in the perform.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-05-08

We are getting ready to take
Bill Hohenzollern by the scruff
Of the neck and showing him
what.or.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-05-08

The United States must now
make good its old boast that it
whip any countYy.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-05-08

Well, we've got another Liber.
ty Bond issve across, and some
money left.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-05-08

6AY UaNerN aseEs cx-
rS-O Hns have ~ssi.
mated tha, eves stsltsp extra
acrs os potatoes weye planted
las. year. THE Castet States
fo<si Administrations IS enseayoy-
ine to rGsh the nArion's big pa
tato stocks into channels %
trade and has rssc~<i potatoes
on the lis, Of substitutes ,hz;
may he bought aloa- With xacat
Gcur.
ro;ato saar has ts'ecase a wa-
dlse. Here Is sssc,,sr ,As, has
t'sxsa ,~s;rd by United States
i'col Administration experts ia-
s>~iIcs,s nvsNtei are thr~~ tsasa.
toes, oae quart os taiik, two
s,scvs esnisHa. ihree tSsle>s.-oss
batter substitute. tso table
slssans f'oar. cite aasi 0se-hAit
Tablespoons salt. ofeN1uattsr
i.as1SA9, c~ler. sA,,. oasN eighth
lcSsisAon isess~t. ivw sraiiss cay,
cane aud alae tea slsses efivssts>i
rsSrsles
Cocs Isstatcs~ th s-ailsi xals~st
~nirr. Nh~n SOFT ron rhrozxh
= SraGn~r. ScaEa Etllk ~i,h on
ton. rrrscse etton nad add nslik
slowly 10 retstsss Melt tho fat.
Nai dry !nsrcliss's stir ussu
uVll mixesi sh~a sir into tsitlhS
spai, r.'k osas rsinsis. strata
and .lsrihkis sfgs esaEasy.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-05-08
WOMEN ASK FOR
RATI0NINc PLAN
American Women Volunteer 10
Buy Fixed Amounts Of Meat,
Bread Flour, Sugar
and Butter.
PLAN STARTED IN NEW YORK.
Idea Supplements U. S. Food Acmints.
uAtion's New Home Card kes
In .o.0oo, 600 tienex

! The worDen nt America, who are
anxious 10 DO their gseat ,arr In tie
winning Of the war, are now, rs a
whole, familiar with The u.os, isutsor.
tALi aspects @. food cofsservatiolA TIE
feme Card. both III its original form
s-nd In the revised edition for 1918
"A!cA PROVIDES fo- two " ile4ii.-ss cays,
"'1e Meai'ees Gay week. In addition
| Ia whea'less meal every das. has beea
liac.H! oy The Food Administration aft
es vigorous caM!Aa 81 10 lpUu.UyJ
American homes Al !ateiliseE, ap:
cths'.!eiitGoG= observance Of IL. Home
Iaros requirements Is ail .ne fuOs,
Administrator asks Of tie hous~l.i yes
OF tie country.
The Food .sd,niaIstrat ton has had 4
great many sccueSts. tsu"ese.. I.arilcai-
iariy from lie hoi4=s Of tie a~ii-to-,So,
lAat !; should issie d wvrAed OF; iilau
Tor voluntary system O. rai;ou!uc
Iris desire for Z voluntary -s.ion
springs from two cseses-nrst, be
cause Il is far simpler fer the house
wife &c save fooc wren she mas a con.
crete working plan Sy which to gro
eee5. and, second, tecauoe the loyal
women of America aessre. u1sesfshiy
10 put themselves or the same sasls
as tire Won9cn Of the Allie. Countries
The ration proposed by the Foe1 40
r1Snist-a.icn is al-lcs. tae szre az
that acop;e1 in England for voluntary
observance. All ever the urt.ce King
dom. IN hundreds Of houses there
hangs in .hs from. win1o.. card with
;se stirring pseaee. in HONOR
GOUED WE ADOPT TIE NATION.
Al SCALE OF VOLUNTARY RA.
Tioks"
TIE ration recommended hr .he
fo1& Administration. ard adopted frs;
in New lork city. whence the idea has
spread through the entire country, u
Tie following:
Weekly
Allowance
Per persan
Mest--Bee. f.r>sh. sal;es,. tin
ne! and hashcd) . flu,iol,
iAmh and Yea! tl1u,laa ty
rreterencei ............ ~ i,s
Butter NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. !. III.
Cooking Fats margarine. isri,
lard substitutes. vegetable
oHS ..........-.... i u.
Whea; Flour teor Use in cook.
Nse sraS.cs. etc. where
corn Starch. cracker dust
or bread crumbs canEo; be
sulS'!tU,t~IA ,......... y IL
victery Brcat Containing y;
least ~ iacr ceg; az d sIsts-
s;itgte for whea; fiour) !. ihA
Sugar t!ntl~d.ue all sugar
G>,-t On tte table and ln
cooking Sui all swea'meais
aul candies. hu, uo. that
us.si foT canning aai pre-
serving -.--......-.,... N.
The j,c:As Iistet e'soec ere 'hc culy
oncs which arv dtGnlteiy limited. In
the cas-. ot ts.stk asei rgv3gn, ~ much
r.ay he used as tecvssary, Nud can
trcn. ct course, nlust have tlrir full
allowance cs whole milk ftsh aad
poultry. Rry cereal other than ~acas.
vegetables and fruits aud ch,~'se nay
t.s, used as freely as Is ,ics{r,d
The above ration Is in 10 u;>c In,
tended 'o saVplsn, ;ae Hagsc Card /
hn' rather "a s8rsllsgsaeis, l,. /; hSs
been published with the idt-a iAs, n |
" IN be ,~;t real aga 10 shv hIsert. /
"sn wa,nnn In her sslend,t e,4'sI 10 !
carry out the Ervat sosad sNspssrsa.taa !
nrSn.ram
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-05-08
OUR FLAG.

The Senate 10 still trying 10
infiiet vs. with $3.50 wheat.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-05-08
USE MORE POTATOES.

ti SSsrSs.rsts IRE
iats r~Ss~i bresk-
ing H'sate c-SaS
lsaSe-N .zsrIs cx-
Ixrrs have cSgs.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1918-05-08

LIlce:
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-07-05
CHAPTER XIII.
Gas Attacks and Snies.

Three days after we had silenced
Fritz, the Germans sent over gas. It
did not catch us unawares, because the
wind had been made to order, that is,
it was blowing from the German
trenches toward ours at the rate of
about five miles per hour.
Warnings had been passed down the
trench to keep sharp lookout for gas.
We had a new man at the periscOpe,
on this afternoon in question; I was
sitting on the fire step, cleaning my
rifle, when he called out to me:
"There's a sort of greenish, yellow
cloud rolling along the ground out in
front, it's coming"
But waited for no more, grabbing
my bayonet, which was detached from
the rifle, gave the alarm by banging
an empty shell case, which was hang
ing near the periscope. At the same
instant, gongs started ringing down thu
trench, the signal for Tommy to dor
his respirator, or smoke helmet, as w
| call it.
Gas travels quickly, so you must no
lose any time; you generally hav'
| about eighteen or twenty seconds il
which to adjust your gas helmet.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-07-05

Some time before the days of mid
summer have really arrived, merchants
assemble stocks of silk street suits,
ready to be presented when the first
hot day comes. These midsummer
suits are almost untrimmed, but are
carefully designed and distinguished
by smart style-touches and niceties of
finish that place them close to the
formal suit class. Clever women
sometimes take their graceful but
plain suits and tone them up with
little effective hand work, but even
without that, they are equal to almost
any demand.
Ihere are many pretty suits of heavy
taffetas and of grOs-de-londre in the
displays. One of the new taffeta suits
Is shown in the picture and it could
hardly be simpler or palmer. but if is
remarkably good style. The coat opens
to the bust line, differing from earlier
styles which were open to the waist
line. 1t has short. f1aring skirt nor
ton with three plaits at each side and
a little dip in front al very crisn
and spirited. Flat. white pearl but
tons fasten it. They invite the addi-
ton of white pique vestee and col
var and white cuffs. Altogether they
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-07-05
Inverted Point of View.

There was a rush of wind, a cloud of
dust, and the car rushed on, leaving
the old gentleman sprawling in the
roadway. He picked himself up and
dashed up to a policeman. yelling ex-
citedly:
THAT mOtOrcar knocked me down 7"
The policeman took out a business
like notebook and said:
did you notice the number, sir?"
EYES," said the injured one. 1T
was number &C."
Just then another policeman, who
had seen the accident, came hurrying
up and said:
mo, no! The numbers &c. This
gentleman was standing on his head
when he noticed it!''
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-07-05
Showing How Fritz Is Fooled.

rapidly, in fact, got better than his
teacher. I commenced to feel jealous.
When he had completely mastered the
tune, he started sweeping the road
again and we clicked it worse than
ever. But he signed his death warrant
by doing so, because my friendship
turned to hate. Every time he fired he
played that tune and we danced.
The boys in the battalion gave US
the "Ha! Ha ~ They weren't in on
our little frameup.
The originator Of the ruse and the
other two gunners had Fritzs location
tapped to the minute; they mounted
their two guns, and also gave me the
range. The next afternoon was set for
the grand finale.
Our three guns, with different eleva-
lions, had their fire so arranged, that
opening up together, their bullets
would suddenly drop on Fritz llke a
hailstOrm.
About three the next day, Fritz start
ed 'pup-pupping" that tune. I blew q
sharp blast on whistle, it WAS the sig
nal agreed upon; we turned loose and
F'ritz's gun suddenly stopped in the
middle of bar. We had cooked his
goose, and our ruse had worked. Aftel
firing two belts each, to make sure Of
our job, we hurriedly dismounted ou1
guns and took cover in the dugout. W.
knew what to expect soon. We didn'
have to wait long, three salvos O.
"whizz-bangs' came over from Fritz
artillery, further confirmation tina
we had sent that musical machine-gun
ner on his WestWard-bound journey
) That gun never bothered us again
, We were the heroes of the battalion
: our captain congratulated us, said i
was neat piece of work, and, conse
2 quently, we were all pulled up over tn
stunt.
! There are several ways Tommy use
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-07-05

three scallops at each end of the
strip. Then the handle is slipped
through a small slide made of the
ribbon and when it is drawn through
the bag falls in the form of an um-
brella. The tassel is sewed at the
center of the circle of silk.
Work bags that will serve for
knitting as we'll as other kinds Of
work are made of strips of plain
and brocaded ribbon sewed together
lengthwise like that shown at the
right Of the umbrella bag. The ton
is cut in scallops and draws up on
narrow satin ribbons that run through
casing sewed along the base of the
scallops in the plain ribbon. Small
rings sewed at the sides of the bro
caded ribbon are covered with GRO
Chef silk and the narrow ribbon hang.
ers pass from the casing through
them.
Below this bag a smaller workbag
is gathered over large glass rings. 1t
is made of plain satin ribbon Joined
with shirrings over cord and finished
with silk tassels. The bag at the
right is made of narrow strips of rib
bon feather stitched together. Its
mouth is small embroidery hoop so
it is always open and ready to catch
what may be dropped into 1t. II
hangs from four cords Of silk and Is
| finished with a taSSel.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-07-05

There is nothing for it but to knit
and knit and then knit some more
and carry on. She who does not must
be forever explaining why not. It's
an obligation and all that we have to
show that our hearts are in the right
place are knitting needles, knitting
bags and such things.
The four hundredth pair of socks
may prove just little monotOnOus,
but there are new knitting bags to
add the spice of variety to our daily
lives. At the ribbon counters they
are showing some immensely clever
ones along with other work bags and
"catch-alls." Those who spend their
time thinking Of new things in bags
have grown to be such adopts that
life at the ribbon counter promises
to become one continual round Of
joyous new bags-from now until the
end Of the year. Then-unless the
war is over-they will begin all over
again with 1919 knitting bags.
A new arrival that charms every
one is knitting bag that looks like
a little umbrella. 1t is made of silk
or strips of ribbon, sewed together
and cut into a circle. The circle is
cut out in six scallOps at the circum-
ference and the points of these seal
lOps are sewed to the ends of the
narrow strip that forms the handle
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-07-05

make this suit irresistibly cool locR'
ing. and that is the charm of charms
in midsummer. White pumps ana
stockings might be worn with 1t 10
the best advantage.
Among these new silk suits there :
one having a coat with three ilouncrS
set in across the back that IS very
pretty. 1t has narrow pockets SET Oh
at each side with rows of small hl'-
tons, and a belt of the silk. The>,
belts, in many silk suits. extend arouIll
the waist in the most straightforward
and matter-of-fact manner, which -
another point OF departure from
style i'm cloth suits. The most popular
colors are navy. taupa and black hut
light cOlorS, as sand gray or "Lll'e
have daintiness that compen>;i'eS
for their being shorter lived.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-07-05

Fritz became a worse nuisance than
ever. He was getting fresher and more
careless every day, took all kinds of
liberties with us-thought he was in
vincible.
Then one of our crew got a brilliant
idea and we were all enthusiastic to
put it to the test.
Here was his scheme:
When firing my gun, was to play
fall for it, try to initiate me as an
added insult. This gunner and two
others would try, by the sound, to To-
cate Fritz and his gun. After having
got the location, they would mount
two machine guns in trees, in little
clump Of woods to the left of our GENE
terry, and while Fritz was in the middle
Of his lesson, would open up and trust
to luck. BY our calculations, it would
take at least a week to pull off the
stunt.
If Fritz refused to swallow our bait,
it would be impossible to locate his
special gun, and that's the one we were
after, because they all sound alike, a
slow pup-pup-pup.
Our prestige was hanging by a
thread. In the battalion we had to en-
dure all kinds of insults and fresh re-
marks as to our ability in silencing
Fritz. Even to the battalion that Ger
man gun was sore spot.
Next day, Fritz opened up as usual
I let him fire away for a while anG
then butted in with my "pup-pup-pup
pup-pup-pup." I kept this up quite 6
while, used two belts of ammunition
Fritz had stopped firing to listen. Their
he started in; sure enough, he hal
fallen for our game, his gun was trying
to initiate mine, but, at first he made {
horrible mess of that tune. Again
butted in with few bars and stopped
Then he tried to copy what I hat
played. BE was a good sport all right
), because his bullets were going ava.
over our heads, must have been FIRM
into the air. I commenced to fee
4 friendly toward him.
This duet went on for five days
= Fritz was a. good pupil and learne
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-07-05

to disguise the location of his machine
gun and get his range. Some of the
most commonly used stunts are as fol-
lows:
At night, when he mounts his gun
oyer the top Of his trench and wants
to get the range of Fritz's trench he
adopts the method Of what he terms
"getting the sparks" This consists of
firing bursts from his gun until the
bullets hit the German barbed wire.
He can tell when they are cutting the
wire throws out blue electric spark.
Machine-gun fire is very damaging to
wire and causes many a wiring party
to 20 out at night when it is quiet to
repair the damage.
To disguise the flare of his gun at
night when firing, Tommy uses what is
called flare protector. This is stove
pipe arrangement which fits over the
barrel casing Of the gun and screens
| the sparks from the right and left, but
not from the front So Tommy, always
resourceful, adopts this scheme: About
three feet or less in front of the gun he
drives two stakes into the ground,
abou+ five feet apart: Across these
stakes he stretches curtain made out
of empty sandbags ripped open. He
soaks this curtain in water and fires
through it. The water prevents it
catching fire and effectively screens
the flare of the firing gun from the
enemy.
Sound is valuable asset in locating
a machine gun, but Tommy surmounts
this obstacle by placing two machine
guns about one hundred to one hun
dred and fifty yards apart. The gun
on the right to cover with its fire the
sector of the left gun and the gun or
the left to cover that Of the right
gun. This makes their fire cross they
are fired simultaneously.
BY this method it sounds like on
gun firing and gives the Germans tn
, impression that the gun is firing from
point midway between the gum
which are actually firing, and they &C
cordingly shell that particular spot
The machine gunners chuckle and say
, "Fritz is a brainy boy, not 'alf h
amt"
But the men in our lines at the spo
: being shelled curse Fritz for his igno
rance and pass a few pert remark
down the. line in reference to the ms
/. chine ,gunners being "windy" an
i afraid to take their medicine.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-07-05
cornmeal in Honduras

Because of the marked success of
recent governmental and private eff
forts to promote the production of
more cereals during the period of the
war, writes Consul Walter F. BOYLE,
Puerto Cortes, an American company
has imported and erected the first mill
for the milling of cornmeal. This was
purchased in the United States anG
has been erected at San Pedro, Sula
Honduras. 1t is small equipment
but marks the beginni1 Of 8 new 10
dustry.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-07-05
Work That Will Pass.

Some young people are satisfied II
they are doing work that will pass"
They are conscious of it's defects, but
if these are passed over without q
challenge, they feel that they have
done well enough. That is a mistake.
We cannot be perfect, but we should
not be satisfied with imperfections.
Set your standard at the highest See
represent your best.-Girls' Compan-
ion.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-07-05
Made Him Devout Christian

Gen. Lew Wallace said that before
writing ben Hur" he had no fixed re-
ligious convictions, but as the story
grew and the Christ figure assumed
reality his whole life was affected by
it and when the work was completed
he found himself for the first time in
his life devOut Christian.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-07-05
(TO BE CONTINUED1
Acts of Heroism Recognized.

Twenty-four acts of heroism were
recognized by the Carnegie hero fund
commission in it's fourteenth annual
meeting. In seven cases silver medals
were awarded, in II cases, bronze
medals. Ten of the heroes lost their
lives, and to the dependents of nine
of these pensions aggregating $4,560
a year were granted. In addition to
these money grants, in two cases, ST.
100 was appropriated for educational
purposes, payments to be made as
needed and approved, and in II cases
awards aggregating $4,000 were made
for other worthy purposes. Pay
ments in these cases will not be made
until the awards have been approved
by the commission.