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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-08
War Camp Community
Notes

War Camp Community Service is
making plans to place all soldiers
and sailors stationed in Omaha in
Omaha homes on Christmas day.
This is in accord with a national
movement, outlined in the Ladies
Home Journal for December
The cooperation of Omaha
churches, clubs and societies is be-
ing sought in order that enough in
vitations may be secured to take
care of all the men. y
Because of the street car strike,
the course of lectures for club lead
ers will be postponed until Thurs
day, December 2. 1t is hoped that
there will be large attendance, as
it is the last meeting of the course
and a very good program is planned.
Miss Emma Cheering will give her
talk on "The Psychologists Charac-
teristics of the Girl, and Mrs.
Charles Musselman will give 4 dem
onstration of Folk games. It will be
held at Jacobs hall, 1915 Dodge
street, at $50 p. m, instead Of at
the Y. w. c. A., ~ formerly an
nounced.
Social events for the coming week
are planned a. follows, Open house
at the Y. w. c. A. for soldiers,
Wednesday evening; Foch club
dance, at Fort Omaha, Wednesday
evening; D. T. A. club dance at
Florence field, Wednesday evening.
Jacobs hall is now being put in
readiness for Girls Community
service clubs and will soon be
known as the Girls Community
house. The Mesco club will be the
first club to have = supper there.
Supper will be served Tuesday at
5:45, followed by program of mu-
sic, games and presentations Of flu
ture club plans. The hail has been
used on many festive occasions for
the last two months by the girls
clubs and soldiers. Through the
courtesy of Mr.. George president
of the Chamber of Commerce, and
of the vestry of Trinity cathedral,
the use of this hall was made posi-
bic.
Plans for the Victory Christmas
celebration are developing rapidly
and the executive committee will
meet Monday afternoon to hear re-
ports of subcommittee and to fur
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-08
Memorial Services at
Benson Monday for
Boy Killed in France

A letter written October II by
Sergt. Joe Timperly has been re-
ceived telling Of the death of Corp.
Edmund G. Seaman, a popular
Omaha boy, who at the time of his
enlistment was acting as postmaster
of Irvington.
Sergt. ITimperly writes that
Seaman fell while making a charge
in one of the last or campaigns. His
chum was within twenty feet of
Seaman when he paid the supreme
sacrifice.
The last letter received from
Corp. Seaman was written October
18th and he gave full particulars of
the two months he was confined in
a base hospital suffering from a Sc
we're shrapnel wound received July
II. He had. but recently returned
to the fighting line.
Corp. Seaman enlisted in Omaha,
May 26, 1917, and was sent to Fort
Logan and from there to Douglas,
Ariz,, where they were in training
10 months, from there he was sent
overseas.
Mrs. M. E. Seaman, mother of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-08

son and Mrs. Vera Stuart will be
stewardesses to the rest Of the pres
idential party. The photo, reading
from left to right, shows Mrs. Vera
Stuart, Mrs. Anna Glasscock, Mrs.
Mary Simpson and Mrs. Anna Ham
ilton..
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-08
The Maccabees.

Omaha tent No. IS held election
of officers last Monday evening. The
following officers were elected:
Commander, Ira L. Mitchell; lieu
tenant commander, Ben M. Holman;
record keeper. Thomas E. Germ, re-
elected; chaplain, Peter Merhns;
sergeant, Charles c. Ellington; mas
ter-at-arms. John E. Roberts; first
guard, F. P. Scofeld; second guard.
Frank T. Downs; sentinel. Bert Will
liams; picket. James &C. Pageler;
trustee, three years, Ben M. Ho-
man; captain of degree team, Ira L.
Mitchell.
A big dance and reception for re-
turning soldiers and sailors will be
held on Monday evening, December
30.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-08
Christmas Toys Follow Military Lines
and They Are Not All Made in Germany

dreams. In his day there were no guns
with which to train young Amer
lea how to shoot, and the toys of the
Christmas season which brought JOY
to him were wooden Noah's arks,
with their cargo of old man Noah's
family, stiff and carved out of the
same block, and then by twos the
speckled and ring streaked COWS.
horses, deer, camels, elephants and
pigs which constituted the domestic
and wild life populations of this fas-
cinating ZOO.
Wonderful Watch.
Later there came the wonderful
gold watch with its length of daz-
ling chain and which one could wind
with the stem and move the hands
around the dial, and which only set
father back nickel. Then the
wooden jumping jacks and jacks-in-
the-box. Later on iron locomotives,
mechanical toys of tin and wooden
hobby horses.
Papa's first toys come from the ia
nous Black Forest of Germany and
were made by the toymakers of
Nuremberg, who for two centuries
have practically had the monopoly
of the worlds toy trade.
The Teutonic toymaker studied
in his heavy, philosophic way the
psychology OF toys, and he repro
duced III tin the street cars, fire en-
glnes, ice wagons and types of vehi-
cles with which the American chill
dren were familiar and he was equal
ly as vet satile in catering to the eye
OF the French child, reproducing
miniature fiacres, carte DIES POM
piers and grotesque merchants de
?laGair, trundling their pianos on
wheels before them. The Japanese
child was amused by little jin-rick-
shas, drawn by Jap coolies and the
Arab and Egyptian Juveniles by tn
camels. elephants and lions mounted
on wheels:
Germany Loses Out.
Then came the great cataclysm of
war, which isolated Germany from
the markets of the world and the
result of which has hurled her, even
as Gabriel was hurled, from the emf
nence OF toymaker for the world to
a position so low that no competitor
can envy her.
German toys disappeared from
stores and for a year or
two stocks Of toys were limited il,
quantity and variety:
Japan filled the gap in way, b 1t
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-08
Ivy Club Dance.

The Ivy Congenial club will hold
its bazaar the evening of Dec. II at
|. O. O. F. hail, Fourteenth and
Dodge. Dancing will be one of the
features for the evening,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-08
Big Attendance at the
Reimbursement ConqreSS

Commissioner Manley is in re-
ceipt of telegram from c. c.
George, Everett Buckingham,
Charles H. Pickens. H. NJ. Goulding,
John w. Gamble and Francis Bro
gan, who represented Omaha at the
readjustment congress held in At
lantic City last week. In wiring
back the Omaha men state that the
attendance was fine and that the
meeting was the best ever held by
the association.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-08
ariety Is Great and the
Small Boy as Well as
His Older Brother =
and Sister Will \
Be Pleased.
Papa, when will it be Christ

aPd' WITCH Will II De IhrlSt-
as?"
Little Billy, aged 6, tired with
Dthe persistent and herculean activ-
tues OF the vigorous day the ay-
erage American of his years is wont
to put in, crawled into daddy's lap,
snaggled up in the paternal arms,
sure sign the lad was all in and time
tor him to lulled to slumber by
the sandman, asked the question up
Permost in his waking hours at this
blessed season OF the year.
Papa, will I get a gum" was the
next drowsy question asked of the
ambassador extraordinary and min
ister plenipontenary of the court OF
Saint Nick.
Billy believes implicitly in Santa
Claus and his wondrous workshop
at the North Pole. He also be-
iievcs that daddy has an intimate
and affectionate relationship with
childhood's patron saint, and in
some mysterious telepathic com,
: rnication flashes the desires Of
pail boys and girls during the yule-
lie season to the hoAry-b bearded
ID red checked almoner of Christ
hs gifts who resides in mystic
nd thai is very real to those of
nder years.
~ Still Boy at Heart.
Z ma voices faint-hearted pro-
Ieest at Biliy's request, but papa, who
was once a small American boy.
aged 6, and who, despite his part
ly bald dome of thought, is still a
boy at heart, responds to sons ap-
peal with good-natured Il think So
brother; now get ready for. bed"
And the little lad, in his nishtie.
for this is all old-fashioned family.
krcels at mammals knee, says his
b,.by prayer little sleepily, perhaps.
but eloquent Of faith and happily
HES him off to the land of nod and
ina~vcios dreams.
Then dad, his paper idly fallen be-
side him. in the quiet of the room,
is waited to his own childhood
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-08
Knights Of PYthias.

Nebraska lodge No. /, Knights Of
Pythias, meets every Monday even
ing at 8 o'clock opposite the post
office in the Crounse block, third
floor. Monday evening, December 9.
work in the second rank.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-08
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Their perfect details for this cello.

Their perfect details for this cello.
bration.
The big municipal Christmas tire.
is on its way to Omaha and the dec.
orations committee, headed by Rich.
ard Grotte, is making elaborate
plans for placing it in suitable set
ting in the Auditorium.
Claude F. Bessie, chairman of the
finance and presents committee
promises that there will be tempt.
ing sack of Christmas goodies fol
every child who attends the Christ
mas Eve celebration.
The organizations and visiting
committee is headed by Mr.. Ran.
dali X. Brown, who is arranging
plan by which each hospital and
charitable institution in the city will
be assisted in its celebration by
some club or other organization Of
Omaha.
The Wonan's Municipal league Of
New York City has launched a cam.
paign with the aim of doubling ito
present membership of 1900.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-08
Postpone E. o. S.School.

Maple Leaf chapter, No. Isl, Or
der Of the Eastern Star. announces
that the school of instruction which
was to have been held December
IA has been postponed owing to
present health conditions.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-08

this young man, has not received no
tice from the government as yet.
A brother, Jim, is an enlisted man
in the navy and at present is sta
toned in Siberia.
Memorial services will be held at
St. Demands Catholic church in
Benson at 9 a. NJ, Monday.
The Red Cross realized 500
through the sale of piece of needle
work executed by an Indian girl stu
dent of the mission school at Pine
Ridge, S. D.
A chorus of praise and rejoicing
all over the allied world is being
planned by the National Council of
Women, comprising 100000 wom-
en-, for the afternoon of the ap-
preaching Thanksgiving day.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-08
Echoes Heard in Local
Lodge and Ante Rooms
After the Gavel Falls
Grand Lodge Degree Of Honor

The meeting of the Grand Lodge
OF the Degree of Honor which was
to have been held at Hastings has
been indefinitely postponed on &C
count Of Spanish influenza.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-06-11

S. c., for sugar certificate affidavit
forms when their plants are located
in the counties of Beaufort, Berke-
ley, Charleston, Clarendon, Collie
ton, Dorchester, Florence, George
town. Hampton, Horny, Jasper, Ma
rion or Williamsburg.
The indications are that many
manufacturers using sugar have
disregarded notice to apply for su-
gar certificate affidavit forms. We
have also heard reports that dealers
have sold sugar in small lots to
manufacturers using sugar who did
not tender sugar certificates. Such
dealers will be dealt with rigidly.
Manufacturers using sugar can
not get sugar certificates on which to
purchase sugar until they apply to
one of the three persons mentioned
above for the sugar certificate afi-
davit form and make their reports
o this prescribed form.
William Elliott,
Food Administrator for S. C.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-06-11
RESTRICTIONS PLACED
UPON MANUFACTURERS
Those Using Sugar Must Secure
Certificate on Affidavit Form
Before June 10.

To All County Food Administrators
Please give publicity to the fact
that manufacturers using sugar who
do not apply for suga certificate af-
fidavit form on or before June 10th,
1918. will receive no certificates on
which they can purchase sugar dur
ing the remainder OF 1918.
Manufacturers should be inform
ed that 1t is probable that the
amount OF sugar allotted to them
will remain under the control of the
food administration for the dura-
ton OF the war. This applies par
ticularly to manufacturers using su-
gar for non-essential food products
OF which candy and soft drinks are
typical examples.
II any manufacturer using sugar
has in stock now a large amount Of
sugar and thinks that he has no oc-
casion to apply for the sugar GER
tificate affidavit form and submit the
required report on this form, he will
suffer the penalty for his failure to
report and is liable to be proceeded
against as a hoarder in the mean
time.
Manufacturers using sugar should
apply to Mr.. j. b. Lee, Lee Building,
Spartanburg, S. c., for sugar certifi-
cate affidavit forms when their
plants are located in the counties Of
Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee,
Grenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Nc
Cormick, Oconee, Pickens, Spartan
burg or Union.
Manufacturers using sugar should
apply to Mr.. William Elliott, Ar
cade. Columbia, s. c.. for sugar GER
tificate affidavit forms when their
plants are located in the counties of
Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun.
Chester, Chesterfield Darlington,
Dillon. Edgeheld, fairfield, Ker-
shaw. Lancaster. Lee. Lexington,
Marlboro, Newberry. orangeburg,
RicAwnd. saluda, Sumter or York.
Manufacturers using sugar should
. apply to Mr.. George W. Williams,
Chamber Of commerce AChayleston,
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-06-11

of the rural motor express will en-
able him to delegate his hauling and
to devote his own time to farm OPP
erations. An enormous waste OF
time and labor of both men and
teams can be prevented by consoli--
dating the small loads from a num-
ber Of farms into a single load to be
carried by motor truck.
I'm many localities local food sup
plies are in need of development A
better use must be made of agricul-
tural lands in the immediate vicinity
of population centers. 1t improves
the business OF the local community
and adds to the total food supply of
the country. The Improvement OF
marketing facilities through the
opening Of regular daily traffic to
market centers and shipping points
is most effective agency in en-
couraging food production"
1t was developed at meeting o,
the chairmen and members of the
newly appointed highways transport
committee of the various state coun-
ellis of defense. held here that the
south is to be urged to develop as
rapidly as possible motor express
systems to carry foodstuffs to mar
ket. The purpose OF the conference
here was to form a national organ
iZation for the promotion of return
loads, bureau and rural motor ex-
press routes, which will work out a
definite program already formulated
by the highways transport committee
Of the council of national defense.
This committee was brought into be-
ing as the first governmental recog-
milton Of the necessity of increased
use of motor trucks to relieve rail-
way congestion, to keep motor trucks
going at highest efficiency, to leave
the farmer on the farm, where he
ma y devote all his time to raising
food, by transporting his products to
market by motor truck, and to pro-
mote the use of the motor truck on
our highways in every possible way
that will help our win the war" pro-
gram. Much has been accomplished
along this line since the committees
organization early last fall. and with
the experience gained and the data
at hand definite program has beer
prepared for each state thst win pro-
mote the use of motor trucks in the
most efficient manner along these
lines
i This part OF the big war pro.
apaip and everybody who helps ID
y 'promote 4 viii be credited &Fith do;
Ing his biz, s.ll
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-06-11
COUNTRY NOW NEEDS
THEsiMOTOR EXPRESS
Matter is Receiving Considerable
Attention from Council of
National Defense.

Washington, June 1O.-The rural
motor express to conserve foodstuffs
and labor and supply transportation
!, for country districts is receiving
much attention by the council of ma
tional defense. 1t is new and un-
= usual development in highways
transportation of particular advan-
tage to the farming regions.
"The transportation burden on
the railroads and highways of the
country has been tremendously in
creased by the war" said a state
ment issued by the highways trans
port committee of the council of ma
fional defense.
There is larger load to be car
ried. of manufactured goods, raw
-'materials, and foodstuffs Not only
Shas production of manufactures,
raw materials, and farm products in
creased, but 1t is now necessary to
transport a much larger proportion
of these goods over long distances.
'The burden is further increased
by the fact that we have removed
across the sea, 1000 miles away, a
considerable part of our population,
which must be provisioned and main
tanned, These men were in our army
car" '"st winter. This year there
sr men in these camps, and
st handle goods and foodstuffs
oni1 to these 80 new cities bu
Z y grpst -reRaIation 1000 miles
away.
''It is absolutely necessary to. utiI
- 'ze our facilities to the maximum
ad to extend the use of the high
ws by the more efficient use o
ptor> ehic1es which can operate in
siependentf fixed lines or terminal
4 where congestion of trafsc is likel.
70 occur. The motor truck can hell
the railraod bg reducing the short
tanl ioad and also act as feede
tine IN seetlans far removed from
arket. 80 90
added TO the iroreased loads 0
ds 90 be transportsd Il the FAC
man power must Be consefwcd
:, ...fsrcfo<ore tae farmer has done III
6gi1 Aaus;ns to market, bat 4doptso,
i
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-06-11

John c. Thompson, Riverside.
Thomas Jefferson Outen, Lancas-
ter, Mill Office.
Claude V. Bishop, Heath Springs,
r. 1.
Robert NJ. Wilson, Osceola.
Paul Kirkley Cauthen, Kershaw.
Harvey Columbus Mobley, Heath
Springs.
Judson Grady Mobley, Kershaw.
Oscar Tillman Deas, Taxahaw,
r. l.
William Otto Funderburk, Lam
caster. r. z.
Thomas Loach McManus, Lancas-
ter, r. 6.
Robert Hazel Mosier. Lancaster,
r. c.
Colored.
James Barnes, Lancaster, r. 3.
Will Porter, Fort Mill, R. 2.
VIII Slower, Jr., Kershaw.
Lester Witherspoon, Kershaw.
Othat Taylor, Lancaster, r. 1.
Jesse Barnes, Stoneboro, r. 1,
Box Sc.
George Dunlap. Lancaster, r. A..
Lewis Ivey, Lancaster.
Will Cunningham, Stoneboro, r. /
Jim Mackey. Fort Mill, r. 2.
John Humphries, Kershaw, r. 8.
Leonard Twitty, Heath Springs,
r. 2.
John Blackmon, Lancaster, r. g..
Alexander Kirk, Osceola, r. l.,
Box IA.
Robert Shannon, Lancaster, r. L,
Ollie Clifton, Van Wyck. IS
Roy Shannon, Lancaster, r. L.
Jacob lizard, Kershaw, r. 3.
Fred Davidson, Lancaster, r.. 8,
Lewis Perry, Heath Springs, r. 8.
Curley l.. Hough, Kershaw, r. 3.
PROXY Hood, Waxhaw. N, c., r. 1,
Box 28.
Luther Graham. Stoneboro. r. 1.
Fred Cunningham, Stoneboro,
Mckinley Peay, Heath Springs.
r. 3. w
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-06-11
LIST OF THOSE WHO
REGISTERED JUNE )
CONTINUED From Page One.)

Continued From Page One.)
Thos. Edwin Gordon, Tradesville.
Joseph Henry Moore, Lancaster.
Ed. Ghent, Lancaster, Mill Hill.
William r. Evans. Lancaster, r. 1
Tom Small, Jr., Lancaster, r. 2.
Claud Francis Mobley, Heath
Springs.
Henry Stokes Ferguson, River
side.
George Everette Cauthen, Lancas-
ter, Mill Hill.
Wesley Whitaker, Lancaster, r. 2
Robert Lee Catoe, Heath Springs.
Andrew vanLandingham, Heath
Springs.
Minton Amos Baskin, Heath
Springs, r. l.
Dan Herbert Cole, Kershaw.
James Leroy Ballard, Lancaster,
r. 8.
Ollie Kimber, Lancaster, r. Z.
Evan Clyburn Wilson, Lancaster.
William Harmon Phillips, Lam
caster, r. 8, Box 27.
John Baslo Montgomery. Lancas-
ter, r. 1.
Wylie Robinson, Lancaster
Wylie Jesse Brazz,l Hath
Springs. r. 1.
William Thomss Pittman, Heath
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r, /.
Mckinley Peay. M
Robert Thompson, Kershaw, R.3
Esau English, Kershaw. .A
Arthur Williams, Lancaster, R.M3.
Willie Walker. Lancaster, q Sc ~.
Rodgers Faulkner, Rivei,s Al
Wyatt Brown, Lancaster, "a sB.
Sam Hammond, Lancash
Willie House, Taxahaw lIA
Robert l.. Crawford, Ian her.
Thomas Mccain, KershaN a. 2.
John Blakeney, Taxahaw. ,k
Will Mccoy, Taxahaw, r. Z.
George Walker. Lancaster. r. 3.
Hazel Harris, Lancaster. r. 2.
John Walters, Lancaster, r. g.
Johnson Cunningham, Stopeboro,
r. 1. - ~
John McLaurin clyburn. van
Wyck. R. 1.&A3
Manley Nelson, lancaster r, q.
. Lsmuel Twitty. Heath Springs.
r. Ok i
Ike Hough, Lancaster, r.
Willie Cunningham. Lancaster, y
r. IL s rs szs u =
While Patterson, Lancaster, r. 2.
Willie Clinton, Lancaster, r. 81
John McDow. Lancaster. r. "a. +
George Jackson, Lancaster, at j.
e. Craig, r.. 1. @
George cureton. Lancaster, r. 4.
Thomas MobIey. Riverside. &
Dock Hood, Lancaster
David Massey, Lancaster. RI "A.
Box So. ~
Paul CLARK, Taxahaw, r. 1. s
James Springs, Fort Mill, r. 2.
Robert Mackey, Lancaster. r, 2.
Eiijab McGhee, RiversIde.I s. ,.
Lewisr clyburn. Lancaster, R. s.
Sam Mcouiller. Lancaster. n. 9. e
Robert McIIwain, Lancaster, RIA.
Richard Crenshaw. Van Wyd,
RI.
Preston Cunningham, Jr.. Lanca
ter, r, 3.
Boysie .cureton, Lancaster, r. i.>a
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-05

Wallace. Hull Miller: The happiest
moment in a mans iifashould be the
moment when he puts on a United
States uniform and offers himself to
his country and to humanity. 1t IS
at this moment that he feels the
greatest thrill in his life-the thrill
of Americanism.
These words need very little am
~pIification. Think a moment on their
significance and the consistent his
toric truth represented by them.
Can you stand on Plymouth Rock
or Bunker Hill without your blood
coursing faster? Can you read the
story of Daniel Boone and the long
list of sturdy pioneers who drove
back the savag hordes and pushed
forward the horizon of civilization;
can you recall the stirring career OF
John Paul Jones and the valiant men
of the infant navy who cleared the
seas and made them safe for the
stars and stripes; can you recall the
dash and daring of Stephen Decatur
and his associates who broke the
power of Tripolitan pirates and won
the way for the freedom of shipping;
can you tell your children about
Washington and his patriotic armies
NhuI SdbC a III NItAi aAa Po"SA
to the Declaration of Independence,
without this thrill of Americanism?
/ This is the wonderful story that
runs through the whole fabric Of our
national life, the story of the persist
ent, rag self-sacrificing fight
often against discouraging odds, for
human freedom and the right Of the
individual to make the most of him.
self. We tell of the fearful strug
gle of the civil wal with its intense
heroiSm, Abraham Lincoln and the
birth of the emancipation proclama
ton. Can't you see the children thrill
as they listen and they eyes grow
bright with the thought hat they
too, are American citizens?
And all this panorama of splendid
achievement and fighting for right
justice and equality is but a back
ground of the present world struggle
in which we have our part as com
rades OF the nations that are uphold