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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-10-18
SERVICE AS BROAD
AS THE Community
War Camp Community Service Pre-
vides NurberIess lntlntate Con-
forts For Soldiers

Club rooms for soldiers, entertain
rnents for the boys in khaki, outings
for convalescent men back from
France, small, but appreciated SER
vices to soldiers and their relatives
and friends-these are some Of the
manifold activities Of the War Camp
Community Service.
The War Camp Community Ser
vice comes close to the intimate life
of the soldier and provides for his
mental as well as physical comfort
by furnishing the facilities which
make 1t possible for him to relax
from the strain of military training
and the preparation for overseas
fighting.
It's symbol is the red circle and its
activities are as unending as the cir
cumference Of its insignia. Thou
sands of soldier boys take advantage
of its facilities and other thousands
of relatives and friends Of the boys
in Uncle Sans Uniform are daily
benefited through its various ave-
nues Of effort
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-10-18
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
ANXIOUS FOR BOOKS
american Library Association Pro.
vidina Reading Matter for Boys
On Battle Fronts

Despite the fact that the ocean
transportation facilities are being tax
ed to the utmost, the task of proVid
ing reading matter for the boys in
the trenches is being handled with
an efficiency and dispatch that is sur
prising even to those who are closely
in touch with the situation.
The American Library Association,
which has shouldered the responsible
ity of collecting books, magazines
and newspapers by the millions in
every city and town throughout the
country, is distributing this huge
quantity Of reading matter to the
men in France through the Y. NJ. c.
A., the Red Cross, the Knights OF
Columbus and the Salvation Army.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-10-18
THROUGH wADs OF AFRICA
Plenty of Excitement in Motoreas
Trip Recently Undertaken by
Lover Of Adventure.

To travel 1900 miles overland In o
motorcar through the wilds Of South
Africa without mishap is considered
a remarkable accomplishment. accord
ing to a story in African Motor OF
johannesburg.
In this article r. Asher of Port Gliz-
abeth tells of a successful trip. "The
roads in this country are notoriously
bad, which makes the feat performed
by the car the more striking says Mr..
Asher.
The journey took him through Gra-
Jamestown, City Of the Saints, Fort
Beaufort and through Bedford, typi-
cal inland city, and many Of the larger
settlements.
In spite of transforms and almost
impossible roads no difficulty was ex-
perienced throughout the whole trip
aside from tire trouble. Some portions
of the journey were made at the rate
of 81 miles per imperial gallon OF
gasoline.
Parts of the journey through Mon
tagu pass and Kyshna hills had to be
negotiated in second speed. yet through
all of this mountainous travel the re-
markable feature was the coolness of
the motor. Mr.. Asher reported that
no water was put in the radiator from
Oudtshoorn to Port Elizabeth, which
are at opposite sides of this hilly coun-
try.
Describing parts of the trip and COM
menting upon the appalling road con-
ditions in places, Mr.. Asher says that
after plugging and struggling through
almost impossible roads, a river was
encountered which had to be forded.
1t was necessary to take the plunge
with the car into a swift torrent, SO
deep that he could not open the car
door. The radiator was partly sub
merged, but the car plowed through
successfully.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-10-18
II DON'T HAVE TO GET UP
AT NIGHT SINCE l STARTED
TAKING DRECO."
Columbia Duck Mills Employe Tells
How He Quickly Corrected Serious
Affection of the Kidneys-T Had
Awful Pains in by Back"

J q. Jefcoat of % State street, CO.
lumbia, S. c., is perhaps one of the
best known and most popular en-
ployees of the Columbia Duck Mills.
For some time Mr.. Jefcoat was troubl-
ed with serious affection of the kid
neys which forced him to lose much
sleep and gave him considerable
trouble and distress. But his troubles
are wiped out now and in his signed
statement which is published with his
permission he tells how he accompl-
ished the quick relief. This is what
he says:
u was forced to -et p many times
during the night = rHlieve my blad-
dar. Then We I l-2Te such awful
pains in my back ST couldn't go
to sleep for long time. would just
about fall asleep when I would be
forced to get up again. But all this
is over now since started to take the
new herb medicine-Dreco. I don't
have to get up at night since 1 started
taking Dreco. One night last week
I had to get up once and that is the
only time 1 have had to get up at all
since l started to take this great med
icine. The pains are all gone and
am feeling lots better. l am telling
all my friends about this wonderful
medicine" ,.
For kidney, bladder and bowel troll
bles there is perhaps no better rem
edy than the purely herbal medicine.
Dreco. 1t is made solely from natu-
raj ingredients and acts directly on
the affected organs building them up
and Strengthening them to perform
their natural functions.
Dreco is now dispensed by better
drug stores and pharmacies every
where and is particularly recommend
ed in Newberry by Glider & Weeks
Co.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-10-18
SIX Y. ". C. A. WOMEN
ESCAPE FROM RUSSIA

Atlanta, Ga.-The six secretaries
sent to Russia year ago by the
Young Women's Christian Associa-
.ion to organize the work of the as
sociation in Petrograd and other
large cities, have escaped from Rus
sia, is the news just received.
The whereabouts Of these six wo-
men had been Unknown for months.
Whether they were alive or dead,
,ad been a mere matter Of guess
work.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-10-18

The Herald and News One Year fo.
only Sl!U.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-10-18

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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-06-18
Eaneiea ~ chiIdren

The Spectator speaks Of that region
into which the 'grownup' has no right
of entry, and no key to turn the lock-"
the mind of the child, and then gives
some instantaneous flashes of the child
point of view, point of view discon-
certingly aloof and apart from that of
"grownups." A child. on torpedoed
ship, when everyone was anxiously
hoping that it would keep afloat, was
heard to say, in a weary voice: "Oh.
when will the ship go DOWN. A small
boy who was being shown the bust Of
his grandfather, mounted on q little
circular stand, asked his mother
whether his grandfather had been a
very wise man, and then added: But
was that all there was of him?" Per
haps the Gaping story is that of an
other little boy who, when told to make
no remark on a guests absent foot,
exclaimed: "Oh, no, and when get to
heaven I will say nothing to John the
Baptist about his head"
ResourcefuI and Brave Cook.
That a cook should perform an act o.
the utmost daring in the pursuit or his
occupation as purveyor of food seems
almost incredible. Yet that is what
was done by William B. Gray, third
class ships cook In the United States
naval reserve. During the cold wealth
er of last winter the Roanoke marshes
In North Carolina were frozen and
boats were unable to reach the keeper
of lighthouse, who was consequently
in danger of starvation. Gray made
sled by putting runners upon a life
boat, loaded 1t with food and hauled
1t across the Ice, which was broken and
tossed by strong and dangerous cur
rents, to the lighthouse, thus saving
The keepers life and enabling him to
continue at his post of duty. Gray is
a native of North Carolina.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-06-18
LITTLE SOUNDS THAT DISTURB
Strange How Ordinary Noises Of the
Night Affect One Who ls Alone
in the House.

When you are alone at home and the
night comes on, and the noises begin
say, it is a lonesome feeling, isn't It?
Uncanny like; ghostly; uncomfortable.
You had not thought much about the
family, one way or another, when the
family was present. Accepted the fam
lily as matter of course, and went
about your way. Sat down after the
evening meal and read the newspaper;
paid no attention to the swishing of a
curtain, nor to the whispering of the
wind, nor to the creaking that forever
takes place about q house. Nothing
disturbed you, when the family was at
everything disturbs you-and startles
you.
There is nothing to fear, of course.
You are not afraid; 1t is not that. But
as you sit there alone, reading, and a
shutter rattles a little, how it startles
Dispatch. The furnace clicks, as fur
naces will, and you wonder what it is
In the basement. A vine scrapes the
lattice at the back door, and it sounds
for all the world like burglar trying
to unlock the door. You know it is
not burglar; you are not afraid. I'M
derstand. But, some way, every little
noise about the house startles and
astounds you.
And then you get up to go to bed
You had never before noticed that it
made any sound whatever as you
walked across the floor when the fam
lily was at home; but now, It's differ
ent, to say the least, when the family
is away.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-06-18
AL. MEADER
The Great Impersonator Who Makes "Josh
Whitcomb" Popular as He Plays it
in "OLD HOMESTEAD
Chautauqua Play.
:. MEADER
FELT THAT HE NEEDED "PEP"
Little Fellow Simply Had to Spend
Nickel of the Dime In His
Possession.

Frank Groninger, attorney, has a
pink-cheeked, tow-headed youngster,
whose name to every one who knows
him, is synonymous with effervescent,
overlooking spirits. He is a thinker,
too. this small Jack.
1t was he, who some years ago Che
has now attained the mature age of
eight years., after gravely meditating
on the phenomenon that ensued when
things were planted in the ground-i.
e., that duplicates of the thing planted
accommOdatingly took root and grew
up out of the ground-was discovered
In the yard by his mother, carefully
patting and slapping down a pile Of
wet mud with his small spade.
What are you doing Jack; planting
something's Jacks evident reluctance
to disclose the nature of his agricul-
tural activities aroused his mothers
suspicion. Grasping one of the minia-
ture garden tools at Jacks feet she
dug vigorously into the wet mud. A
CLINT caught her eye, and in Mortified
silence she scraped the mud from her
jeweled gold watch.
But, If Jack didn't succeed in grow
Ing nice little timepieces, that a small
boy could hear tick undisturbedly, he
has kept right on being active. Hence,
his mothers surprise the other day at
reply of his.
Jacks father, before leaving for his
office, gave Jack dime. Afterward
Jacks mother seeing the coin in his
hand. admonished him to put the dime
away and save 1t.
20 mother" Jack exclaimed insin-
uatingly, II simply got to spend a
nickel of it to give me some pep -
Indianapolis News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-06-18
sponge is a Germ Carrier.

Along with many other unsanitary
toilet articles, the sponge is going out
of fashion. But people may be still
found who consider it Indispensable.
They have overlooked the fact that
the sponge is porous and that every
pore becomes hiding place for untold
colonies of germs. You cannot boil
a sponge for any length of time, there
fore you cannot insure its absolute
hygienic cleanliness. AS the germs
multiply, a peculiar musty odor be-
comes noticeable.
When one bathes, many particles Of
dead skin are thrown from the body.
If sponge is used quantities of these
dead particles collect in the pores of
the sponge and will remain there even
after considerable rinsing. If sponge
were examined under a microscope
one would be Mortified at the picture
1t would present.-Marianna Wheeler
in. the Peoples Home Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-06-18
PET SAVED SOLDIERS LIFE
Effective "Ffrst Aid" Rendered by Cat
When Its Owner Was Wounded
During Crimean War.

During the Crimean war a French
soldier was leaving his native village
with his corps, when little cat came
running after him. 1t would not go
back, so he put it on his knapsack and
carried 1t along. Day by day. writes
Arthur Broadley In the Evangelical
Messenger, she was perched up thus.
and every night slept by his side.
One day great battle was to be
fought, so the soldier left pussy be-
hind with sick comrade. After he
had gone about mile on the way the
cat came running up to him, so he took
1t on his back again. Musket and can
non balls were now flying around.
The soldier fell twice, but at last a
dreadful wound laid him bleeding on
the field.
The cat, instead of running away,
Jumped to the place where the blood
was flowing, and began to lick. the
wound. The army doctor came, and
the lad was carried to the hospital
tent.
When he recovered consciousness he
asked whether he would live or not,
and the doctor said: Eyes, thanks to
your pussy; she has used her tongue
well and has stopped the flow of
blood, otherwise you would have died."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-06-18
Bread Without Wheat Flour.

The New York Herald announces
that New York chef has a wonder
recipe for making bread without
wheat -four" Jean Ricroch, chef of
the Biltmore hotel, is responsible for
the recipe, and he now gives it to the
country, without money and without
price. Mr.. Ricroch told a Herald re-
porter the ingredients of the new bread
are as follows: twenty-five pounds
of rye flour, 25 pounds Of graham flour,
25 pounds of corn flour, % pounds of
crushed oatmeal, l pound Of lard and
2 pounds of yeast" This, it is ex-
planned, is enough to make $50 pounds
Of bread. The yeast and rye flour
should be mixed first and the others
added alternately. Smaller quantities
of bread can be made by using smaller
proportions. The receipt doubtless is
a good one, but 1t does not provide for
bread without wheat flour. Graham
flour is unbolted wheat flour. So,
while the bread is wheat saver, it
does not do away entirely with the use
of that grain.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-06-18
A Very Live Tree.

In recent st. Nicholas there is
picture of the battered trunk of a
tree, broken away in places, and in
side it is growing a young tree. The
old tree was one Of the giant redwoods
of California, and In spite of wind and
fire 1t has made up its mind to keep
right on growing in the person of the
young tree in the very spot where It
has stood for years and years.
During a terrible storm on the noun
tain the top of the tree was broken off
and afterward the trunk was very
nearly destroyed by forest fire, but
the root retained vitality enough to
send up young tree within the trunk,
which protects 1t from the wind.
The original tree was splendid spe-
cimen, more than IL feet in diameter
and towering high into the air, and its
successor will probably be of goodly
size when the protecting old trunk
tails away.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-06-18
arasshonnera Ely to Sea.


The grasshopper would seem to have
nothing in common with the seagull,
yet grasshoppers have been picked up
in swar1ns atNsea, 1900 miles from the
nearest land. The African grasshop-
per has been known to cross the Red
and Mediterranean seas in destructive
numbers, and even to fly to the Canary
Islands. For the most part these
grasshopTters are of a migratory spe-
eles (Schistocera tartaricaA noted for
Its great flights. The bodies are about
four inches long and are equipped
with large air sacks I'M addition to the
usual breathing tubes. These sacks
buoy up the insect so that 1t is able
to stay in the air for days at time,
exerting practically no effort at all.
During flight its speed varies from
three to twenty miles an hour. When
IL is tired 1t rests on the water and is
borne along on the waves.-Popular
Science Monthly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-06-18
SuruIcaI DRESSING Work.

Some skeptical people, who usually
aren't doing anything themselves, think
that the production of surgical Dress
ings by patriotic women is being over
done. If they could see conditions in
some Of the French villages, where
not single able-bodied man remains,
they would not feel so.
In these colossal battles where hum
dreds of thousands of men are en-
gagged, all previous wars and needs are
outclassed. A great many men are
wounded in these battles. With
prompt care and abundant material
handy, the vast majority of the wound
ed are saved.
Vast storehouses should be filed In
France at all times for this need. A
Red Cross doctor who recently return
ed from France reports case of SOL
der so badly wounded that it took a
whole case of dressings to save him.
Under the strain of such demands,
great mountain Of supplies will quick
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-06-18
GLADLY TOOK "WAR" BREAD
Horrible Thought Quickly Cured Small
Girl Of Unreasonable Prejudice
Against the Article.

"Oh, mother, must get war breadY'
Little Daughter had been asked to
go to the bakery for bread for her
school lunch.
'Tt's wheatless day, DEAR"
'But don't like war bread. It's 50
dark and different. And the rules
aren't for children, are they?"
'No, but you know we were asked
to send one million bushels Of wheat
to the allies by May first. We have
given our word, and our baker Is try
ing to help by making this special
bread, which has almost no white flour
In it whatever. But, of course, If you
don't feel you can help in this way,
you may buy q lighter loaf"
little Daughter started off. In a
few moments she returned. Mother
unwrapped the package. There was
the small, dark loaf, indeed different,
but really most palatable and nour-
ishing. Little Daughters eyes were
glowing.
Mother, the baker asked me if I
liked war bread, and said did"
Mother looked up in establishment.
"But, my dear, you just said"
eyes, mother, know just said to
you l didn't like it, but / was afraid
if told 1t to the baker, he would
think 1 was a German. BY Jane
Dransfeld of The Vigilantes.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-06-18
Wartime Footwear In Holland.

The manufacture of slippers with
wooden soles and cloth tops is war
time industry which has sprung up in
Holland, reports the United States de.
partment Of commerce. The upper
and inner parts Of the slippers ore
formed of twill, corduroy and wooden
stuffs. All these materials are rela.
lively cheap, and yet make comfortable
and durable slippers. The cloth parts
are made by hand and the wooden
soles by machinery.
III view of the mounting sDrices Of
leather footwear. these combination
slippers, which retail for the equlva!
lent of 81 pair for the best quality,
are selling rapidly. 1t is claimed that
th"v are entirely satisfactory for wear
in the home and are practicable for
women engaged in indoor occupaticDs.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-06-18

Years ago DR. Harmon preaching
good that journey the with
did
ordinary
has been
his
Of Chauauqua 1t will do all big
personality his
The gist of DR.
lowing the a a
He
day.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-06-18
VICE PRESIDENT MARSHALL
AND CHAUTAUQUA

II have great confidence that large
majority of people want to do right,
and, in their relations to the govern
ment, they will do right whenever put
in possession of the facts.
There is no place where more good
can be done to the government and to
the cause than upon the ChautauQun
platform The people who need infor-
nation will be there, and. more and
more as the years go by, persons who
can get it are avalling themselves of
that avenue"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-06-18
He Was rounq.

pulled a raw turnip at daybreak this
morning." he said.
"You are tramp, aren't your" she
asked, as she stood in the doorway.
Directness was one of Miss Barry's
strong points.
II suppose do fall under that class
ification," he admitted.
"How was 1t that you took up the
profession so early In life7" she per
sisted.
i've never been able to decide
whether 1t was misfortune or a love
of adventure" he said soberIy enough,
but with q quizzical twinkle in his
eyes. at really don't matter. At any
rate, that was mighty good sand
witch, and I propose to pay for 1t.
Your supply of firewood seems a bit
low. I will increase It,"
The ak and the woodpile were near
and he picked up the former and was
soon at work. The girl went back to
her seat on the veranda
By and by the tramp appeared on
his way out and with lift of his cap
walked down to the gate and passed
down the hill and out of sight.
"Why," she said to herself, '1f he
was washed up, had a shave and q
hair cut and a business suit on, he
would pass for a pretty good-looking
young man. I wonder If there is not
some romance connected with his ca
reer as tramp"
She was still sitting in the big chair.
a quarter Of an hour later, when n
buggy with three men in 1t drove I'D.
One she recognized as the constable.
another as the tramp who had lust
left, and the third was farmer. who
lived couple Of miles away. From
where she sat she could see the
handouts on the wrists of the tramn.
The officer jumped down and with
proud air cane up the path and said
to her:
you see, l have got him, miss"
"But what has he done?" she asked
LET me first ask you if he stole any
hing hereT
"Why, no."
swell. he's horse thief, anyway.
He stole horse from this farmer last
night and he is good for about FIVE
years in state prison. l am glad he did
not rob your home or scare you half
to DEATH"
4 don't believe he stole q horse :!
protested the girl, with considerable
spirit. IF he stole the horse, where Is
the horser asked Miss May.
THAT Is what am going to try and
find out after have landed him In
JAIL believe that have got a
straight case against him."
And l don't"
And as the officer walked down to
the gate, the girl walked with him.
The tramp smiled as she approach
ed, and his smile broadened as she
asked:
| Did you steal horse last night?'
Lord, miss, you might as well ask
me If | stole the bridge over the river
back here"
| The farmer and the constable
| iaugneu as they drove of ana May
returned to the veranda. There she
passed up and down for an hour until
her father and mother came home.
When they asked the cause of her
perturbation she told them about her
tramp.
WELL" said her father, 'it's quite
likely the charge is true
Il don't believe IT," protested the
girl. HE didn't look like a horse
thief"
"How many horse thieves have you
seen in your lifeT'
Father, see here q moment. If he
stole horse last night would not he
ride him away to some distant point
to dispose of himY
Every likely he would" the father
replied.
But he didn't He Is right here