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then the sentry at the gate stiffens even more rigidly anu brings his piece up more sharp when a great olive drab car, shining like a yacht. slices in, the scarlet tab on the windshield with four white stars signifying the commander-in-chief.
 Frequently the generals car ap- breaches unheTalded and so swiftIy that the sentry's cry of, Turn out the guard" is too late and the com mander-in-chief is gone before the guard can tumble from the guard house.
 Until last spring General Pershing made his residence in a large villa near headquarters. He soon found, however, that so near the workshop of the army he could not have the quiet and lack of intrusion necessary to his growing responsibilities and he removed in May last to a beautiful chateau about five miles from town. Here, in a great rambling castle situ- ated in the Marne valley among groves and wide sunlit lawns, he lived with his personal staff. Connected by telephone with every divisional. corps and army headquarters, his own offices in ChaumOnt and with Paris he did his work there when not with the army.
 Chaumont itself has become almost Americanized by the presence of the headquarters. Its little hotels are always crowded with officers. It has been very hospitable to the Ameri- can occupation. Nearly every home with a spare room is thrown open as a billet for officers and many of the finest residences nave been taken over entirely by the hundreds of messes. In many of them the off
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Yank Soldiers Equipped to Withstand RigOrs Of Winter
 Better Than Most CiUiLian

Northward over the narrow vale of the Suize the view takes in a wide sweep of rolling forest crowned hills.
 General headquarters were removed from Paris here in September of last year. Chaumont being selected after a careful search of available locations. It lies in the center of what was the American training area, every camp as we'll as the Foul sector in which the American forces first saw battle, and all the lines from Foul eastward where We were located, being within reach by motor
 The French post occupied as head quarters offices is typical of French garrisons Three long, four story, red tiled roofed barracks form three sides of a great quadrangle facing a wide avenue A group of lesser buildings and the customary iron fence and ornamental gates is the remaining boundary On either gate post flies the tri-color and the Stars and Stripes.
 Sentries pace their posts on every hand, the quadrangle is filled with hurrying officers and orderlies and give their almost hourly calls for the clerks, hands flash in salute, bugles various military events and periods of the day, staff cars and motor cycles roll in and out and now and
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-22

CHAUMONT. France, Nov. 20, Cor respondence of the Associated Press.) This little city of the Haute Marne is the home of the general headquar- ters of the American expeditionary forces. Until now its mention has been taboo and the whereabouts of e. H. O." one of the secrets of the war.
 Here lives the commander-in-chief and in the buildings of the French garrison is housed the offices of the general staff and all the auxiliary or ganizations that go with 1.-the nerve center of the army. A city of normal ly about 15,000 inhabitants. Chaumont lies on the eastern railway lines, 163 miles east of Paris. It was formerly the capital of Bassigny and is now the capital of the department of the Haute Marne.
 Like most of the older cities of France, Chaumont seems to have been founded on a site of strategic defensive value. It crowns a high plateau between the Marne and the Suize and from the walls and towers of the old city is a wonderful view of the valley of the Marne, here the river being hardiy as wide as the Marne canal that flows beside it be- tween its poplar bordered banks.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-22
HALF MILLION ITALIANS LOST
 LIVES IN WAR

7 PARIS, Dec. 21.-(By Associated Press. Hive hundred thousand Ital fans lost their lives in the war. Oi this number 100000 were killed in action.
 This statement was made to the correspondent today by Salvatore Bar zilai, former member of the Italian cabinet, who accompanied King Victor Emmanuel to Paris in explaining Italy's sacrifices and her claim to territories previously held by the enemy. Signor Barzilai said:
 "On the eve of the peace confer ence, where Italy must claim the ter ritOries due her for reasons of na- tionality, it is well the world should know the sacrifices sustained by her. All Italians trust America as an i'm partial judge.
 Italy lost 5O0.0OO dead. To those actually killed in battle must be added 300,O00 who died of disease. particu- larly malaria, contracted in Albania, Macedonia and along the Piave. The Italians severely wounded numbered 3OO,O0O while 5OO,OOO of the 5,0OO.0O0 called to the colors were taken pris- oner.
 The enormity of her sacrifices makes Italy more exacting in demand ing restitution of the regions along the eastern Adriatic which Austria oppressed for a century, and attempt ed to denationalie, and also places her in the vanguard of the move ment to prevent future wars. Having once obtained what you might call the doors to her own house. Italy ad- heres to a league of nations, having as a corollary freedom of the seas.
 "A league of nations must have as a fundamental nucleus the entente countries and America, to which may join later A central body constitut- ing the supreme court of the league, must have legislative power limited to international affairs, judicial power for the application of it's rules and executive power to enforce its deci- sion, such court going so far as a financial and economic boycott Of any country resisting it's decisions. It must also have at its disposal an in- ternational force to prevent any coun- try from breaking the peace. All this implies the abolition of secret treaties and secret diplomacy and the aboli tion of armaments."
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-22
TREATMENT OF STREAMS SHOWN
 MOST BRUTAL
British Officer Tells Revolting Details of Bulgarian Cruelty to Civil and Military Pris- oners

LONDON, Dec. 21-Serbian soldiers and civilians interned by the Bull garians suffered brutal treatment, ac- cording to a statement made to the Serbian consul at Saloniki and for warded here by British officer who was taken prisoner by the Bulgarians and interred in Bulgaria.
 The treatment was brutal in the extreme" the officer is reported as saying. Never before nor since have l seen barracks so bad. l escaped to- ward the end of July, but was recap tured and confined in a mosque with 1S0 Serbs employed on the roads. Here conditions were truly appalling, and for the first time in my life saw real misery.
 T am sure not one of those 1SO poor wretches is alive today.
 Tn September 1 arrived at one of the camps where the worst samples of modern barbarism occurred. We saw 27 Serbian soldiers and interned civilians flogged by the order of lieutenant, because three of their comrades escaped. Their flesh looked like raw meat.
 Throughout the winter there was no fire in the barracks and many died of cold. In January typhus broke out and the camp was still more crowded with Serbian prisoners and interned civilians, who were so weak and starved that they no longer possessed any value as laborers. All sick Ser bians, no matter what the disease, were thrown together, and every day a little bread and soup were brought, and the dead, usually about 20, re- moved.
 T was once inside this barracks. The Serbs had nearly all gone mad with sickness and starvation"
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-22
OPPOSES HIGHER FARES
CRy Review Leased wIrel

(By Review Leased WIre)
 NEW YORK, Dec. 21-Charging that the stock of subsidiaries of the Interborough Traction company which operates the greater part of the sub way, elevated and surface lines in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, has been watered for many years by 'cireuitous corporate windings which would have turned the minotaur green with envy" District Attorney Edward Swann in a statement tonight bitterly opposed the corporations application for permission to charge higher fares.
 Mir Swann declared the application, which asks for seven cents fares and a three cent charge for transfers on surface lines in Manhattan would net the corporation S2O.OO0O0O a year.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-22
REMOVES FOOD BAN.

DENVER. Dec. 2l - Thomas B. Stearns. federal food administrator for Colorado. announced today that Oe- ginning tomorrow all food sGministra- tion restrictions on pEbliC eating places are lifted and hctels. r5s- taLrants ara boarding houses may re- turn to their formed more of service Mir. Stearns at the same time called attention to Americas pledge of 20,OOO.0c0 tons of food for European liberated nations and asked that pr5- lie eating houses continue voluntarily Teascuab'e conservation measures.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-22
DENIES ANY NEGOTIATIONS.

RIO JANEIRO. Dec. 21. The Chilean government has issued a de- nial of the report that it entered into negotiations with Peru and Bolivia in an effort to effect a settlement of the Tacna and Africa controversy. ac- cOrding to adviees received here from Santiago.
 La Nacion of BuenOs Aires says editorially that negotiations were at tempted, despite the denial. whfch iR- dicates a failure 10 effect com promise
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-22
BOUGHT MANY BONDS

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 29 (By MaiD D.-Employes of the Alaskan En- gineering commission purchased $S11,- 300. worth of fourth Liberty loan bonds. Subscription by divisions were: Fairbanks, S77.S00; Seward, S26,9O0; Anchorage, S204.659. Elm ployes of the Seattle office of the commission subscribed $2.150 and in the Washington, D. C., office. $500.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-22
NATIVE BROTHERHOOD MEET

JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 29 (By MaiD.-The annual meeting of the Alaska Native Brotherhood which was 10 have been held this week at Hon nah, an Indian village near here, has been postponed on account of the Spanish influenza epidemic. Authori- ties are endeavoring to prevent the natives from congregating during the endemic
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extending from the city of Hanover to Peine. has been begun.
 The German officials have inform ed the Americans that measures such as these in various parts of Germany have thus far proved sufficient to cope with the situation. The Ger mans assert that they are reasonably certain the situation will not get out of hand
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cers have installed electricity and bath rooms and in some cases central heating plants and with French serv- ants live comfortably, almost luxuri- Ously as measured in military terms. Hundreds less fortunate or lacking in rank take their chances on whatever billet may be found in the crowded town where a bed is always at a premium.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-22
NEW STEEL CORPORATION.

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-Organization of the North American Steel Products corporation, a combination of the larger independent steel companies, to advance their foreign trade, was formally announced here today.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-02-07
HENDERSONVILLE, Rs.

HENDERSONVILLE, R-5.-Mrs. 10
Dermid is recovering from a severe
attack of pneumonia.
Miss Louise Biglow of Tampa, Fla.
lis visiting her sister, Mrs. A. G.
RObey.
J. S. Stroup visited his uncle, H. C.
johnson, and Mrs. Franklin of Ashe-
vile Wednesday. Both Mr.. Johnson
and his daughter, Mrs. Franklin, have
been i'll for some time but are now
Improving.
Misses Lucy and Margaret Burge
spent the weekend with their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Burge.
Mrs. Berry Robinson, who has been
i'll for some time with Ia grippe, is
getting along nicely.
Mrs. A. G. Robey entertained in
formally at her home Saturday evening
in honor of her sister, Miss Louise
Biglow.
Miss Ruby Tinsley of BreEard is
nursing her sister, Mrs. J.. o. Dermid.
g @
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-02-07
FARMERS ASSIST
COAL STRINGENCY
Use of More Wood Would Aid
Economy in Commodity.
MANY DOLLARS ARE IDLE
IL Is Where Team-HauIed Wood Can
Be Used Instead OF Railroad
Hauled Coal That Change Of
Fuel Would Help.
~STGSlnSa@e

Are you a coal burner when you
might be q wood burner7 Have you
a woodland that isn't working7 What
can the town man and the suburban
dweller do about the coal stringencyi
Much would be accomplished toward
meeting the present situation arising
from the unparalleled demand for coal
and from the great burden on the ma
tons railroads, 1t IA believed, H not
only the farmers who have woodlands
but city and suburban real estate own
ers possessing more or less wooded
tracts of land would draw on these
areas for a part, at least, OF their fuel
supply. In the neighborhOod Of small
cities as well as larger ones there are
many woodlots from which much fuel
wood could be obtained without en-
croachment on the needed shade trees
and without detracting from the
beauty of the landscape. In fact,
proper thinning in many cases will
help the development Of desirable
trees.
Save by Burning Wood.
As an instance Of how coal can be
saved by the burning OF wood, the
United States department of agricul-
ture has cited figures for IL northern
and eastern states with a rural popu-
Iation of about 100000 which, It is
estimated, uses annually about 49,
100000 tons Of coal. It is figured that
the Substitution Of wood for one
fourth Of the coal burned by farmers
and for One-tenth of the coal burned
In villages would result in O saving OF
nearly 100000 tons, or between 65,-
600 and 10000 carloads.
1t Is where team-hauled wood can be
used instead Of railroad-hauled coal
that the change Of fuel should be
made. While it is not expected that
the substitution Of wood for coal
could be complete, 1t is true that for
heating many kinds OF buildings wood
is the more convenient and ordinarily
the cheaper fuel.
This is particularly true In buildings
for which heat is required only occa-
sionaIly, but then is wanted in large
volume at short notice.
Arrange for Burning Wood.
Furnaces are built especially for
burning wood in three or fo~ur-foot
lengths. If a stove CRATE is too coarse
for wood a sheet-ironN cover over a
good part Of the surface will make IL
suitable, or a few bricks can be used.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-02-07
BEAR WALLoW

Boys undergo examination Mt Mar
shall; Miss Freeman Returns Il
Teaching; Other Bear WallOW notes
BEAR WALL0W-Mr. and Mrs
Thomas L. Mann have returned to theil
home at Asheville after spending sew.
eral days with Mr.. and Mrs. G.
Oates
Roy r. Oates has returned home az
ter working some time at Richmond,
Va.
Mrs. N. j. Rector is visiting her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Oates.
Messrs Dan Stewart, lobe Hodge
and Marion Cole were called to
Marshall last week to take the ply
steal examination for the army,
Messfs Stewart and Hodge passed.
w. A. Connor spent the weekend
at Fairvfew.
Harry G.. Oates has returned from
R1hmond, Va.
w. F. Pryor went to Hendersonville
on business Monday.
Miss Celia Freeman has returned
to finish teaching her school at Middle
Fork.
Luther p. Oates is expected home
from Richmond. Va,
wv 8. So
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-02-07

OF soft maple a cord and a half is re
CURED to equal one ton Of coal. and Of
cedar, poplar or Eastwood, two cords
One cord OF mixed wood, wen sea.
soned, equals in heating value at least
one ton Of average-grade bituminoua
coal.
The most common method OF making
cord wood is to cut the trees into four
foot lengths with an AK and split the
larger pieces. The pieces are then
piled In a standard cord, which Is
eight feet long, four feet high and four
feet wide. The contents are 1913 cubic
feet, Of which 20 per cent is wood and
80 per cent air.
Best Heating Value.
To have the best heating value as
well as to reduce the cost Of hauling,
wood should be thoroughly seasoned.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-02-07
More Food From New lslanda

Our new possessions In the Allan
hc-the Virgin islands-Wn become
more nearly self-supporting If the aim
OF the United States department OF
agriculture is realized. A representa-
tive Of the federal department. IN.
yestigated the agricultural situation IN
these islands last season and made
suggestions intended to help the &c
pie there to produce more food.
The only crops the investigator found
under extensive cultivation were sugar
cane and Sea Island cotton, the yields
OF which are low compared with other
West Indian islands. The representa-
tive found that there was an almost
complete absence Of vegetables and
fruit on the markets, indicating yery
limited supplies of locally grown food
materials. Stock growing is followed
to some extent, but improved stock is
needed, better forage plants should be
introduced, and more attention is
needed to the proper handling of stock.
dairying and other farm enterprises.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-02-07
THRIFT STAMP CAMPAIGN
GROWING MORE POPULAR

-
The campaign FOR the sale of War
Savings and Thrift Stamps Is taking
on new life in Henderson county.Large
sales are being made and the limit OF
reached.
One application at the local post
Office is understood to have applied
for stamps to the vau1e OF 5000. hut
$1,000 being the limit. tne real.est
could not be granted
the county organization. as recent
ly revised and enlarged. viii be Civ
en- ia the Hustler next week.
The HendersonEilla public school is
campaign. A contest is bong wag.d.
taking a lively i~nteresfn The stamp
campaign. A contest is being Wageds
by the high school grades and another
by the grammar grades. The winning
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-02-07
GERTON
J. O. Wall Negotiating for AnOthert
MIL; Mrs Merrill Health ImprOV-

y " AAOSAAS
MIL; Mrs. Merrill Health 1mprOV.
eS; Other Gert0R News.
GERTON- There was the regular
church meeting at Bearwallow church
Sunday, the first in two months, the
bad weather being the cause of the
failure to meet.
S. G. Freeman of Mcdowell county,
former superintendent of the Bear
wallow SUNDAY school attended church
meeting here Sunday.
+ G. Sinclair of Buncombe county,
ty attended church services here Sun
day.
G. S. Wall and F. A. Huntley was in
Hendersonville on business Friday.
s. r.. Conner was in Asheville Friday
on business.
An air ship was reported to have
passed through this section OF the
county Friday. Any way there were
no bombs dropped.
Carl Oates is in H~endersonville on
important business.
T. NJ. Merrill is spending a week in
HenderSonville.
Mrs. Flora Merrell is still improv-
ing.
]. O. Wall is negotiating with S. ].
Sumner for another boiler and eng
inc for saw mill purposes.
Clinton Merre1l of this section has
been called for examination before the
county board. He is in Jacksonville,
Fla, at this time but will be called
to camp soon. He is connected with
a stock farm in Florida. His wife is
with him.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-02-07
.W-S-S-
MILLS v

Farmers feared river freshet bat NO
damage was done; roads fearfully
bad; Plenty fresh meat; Il. B. Allen
doing big things; ranger has narrow
escape.
FLETCHER, r. F. D. 1.-The far
mers who had corn on the River were
beginning to get uneasy last week,
fearing an overflow might come and
carry it away. A freshet now would
do great damage as there is a lot~of
corn yet in the fields.
The roads in this section are very
bad now. The people r leavingstheir
John Henries in the sheds and are US
ing the faithful old horses and buggies.
There has been a lot of fine hogs
killed in our section. T. B. Allen killed
eight, netting something over 1000
pounds. Mi. Allen said that If he could
sell that much pork he could buy q
nice chance of Thrift Stamps, but as
he has an unlucky thirteen to feed this
yeaF-he will have to put it all in the
smoke house.
w. F. Cathey lost two fine hogs re-
Gently.
x. G. Rhodes and Floyd E. Osborne
sold some fine beef cattle recently.
T. B. Allen has been baling slower
the past week. He is counting on
having something like Is tons to put
on the market this spring.
IA Hooper, who has been on the
sick list, is improving.
FrankBurse, a ranger on upper Mills
River, narrowly escaped shooting him
self last week. He slipped and fell
on the ice and his gun discharged
shooting six holes through his shirt
bosom and Goa sleeve.
Rev. R. B. Huneycutt Preached an
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which means drying 1t from six to
eight months when piled so as to get
a good circulation of air. However,
80 per cent OF the moisture may be
removed in three months.
Because Of the unusual demand for
cord wood it is believed that the
present time offers unparalleled op-
portunity not only for farmers to Inn
prove their woodlands by cutting out
the poorer trees and selling them, but
for private and public owners Of
wooded tracts to clear their lands at
a profit. Communities which feel they
are threatened with a serious fuel
shortage will do well to take measures
to stimulate the cutting Of wood. Such
action may be viewed as part of
Americas cooperation in the national
endeavor to feed and sustain Ameri.
cas- army and allies.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-02-07
EDNEYVILLE

Mrs. Emily Hill dead; Z. G. Laughter
has corr shHekinR; other interest
ing news.
EDNEYVILLE, r. Mrs. Emily
Hill died last Saturday morning about
) o'clock with pneumonia. She was
the wife of the late Hampton Hill, who
preceded her in death a little less than
4 year ago. Interment was made in
The Mi. Moriah cemetery. She is sur
vived by five children, Alonzo Hill of
Morganton, Mrs. Andrew LYDIA, Mrs.
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grades Wi1Isbe granted 4 HAZE
this month Stamps to tho va1Iulilaay
$1,000 have been purchased bv tae Of
|ers-an1 oils and & saIa = Sse9Sel-
worth for this month is antic51 S,OoO
In the high school contest the a Gaied.
grade is leading and in the gramsanlh
grades the sixth is in the iesd ''lar
9 seaooa is.aiso hetpi.rg in furnish.
for the Henderson county soi5ti
About $14 has been contributed for tLS
purpose, the advance third AMI 'nls
fifth grades leading in the cOntrib bns
lions. Iou-
The attendance through January do
spite the bad weather has ayeroe ue,
about 400 with an enrolment of a6 eel
500. ABOUT
the honor roll will be published in
HESlS
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-02-07
HOW MUCH WOOD WOULD
A WooDcUTTER CUT If

{ Taking white oak as fairly
! typical Of the hard woods and
white pine for the soft woods,
the figures below will show APP
proximately the amount Of cord
wood that may be cut from trees
Of different sizes The figures.
will vary Considerably with the
extent at which the tops and
branches are utilized and on the
taper Of the tree trunks. With
forest7grown trees, utilizing the
branches and tops to about two
inches, these amounts may be
expected:
White Oak.
Ten inches in diameter, 90 feet
high, one-sfxth to one-seventh of
a cord 10 inches In diameter, go
feet high, about two-hfths of a
cord; "a inches in diameter, 20
feet high, one and one-ffth
cords.
White Pine.
Ten inches in diameter, 80 feet
high, one-eighth OF q cord; 10
inches In diameter, 60 feet high,
one-third Of a cord; "a inches In
diameter, 20 feet high, seven
eighths Of a cord.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-02-07

Without any special Inconvenience
and without any risk to health or we'll
being, the sugar consumption Of the
average person can be lowered. Any.
one who uses sugar In excessive
amounts win be the better for using
less.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-02-07

Wood CRATES are sold In two pieces
which can be inserted through the IRE
door and placed on top of=the regular
CRATE.
In heating value one standard cord
OF W~ell5seasoned hickory, oak, beech,
birch, hard maple, ash, elm, locust or
cherry is approximately equal to one
ton (2,O0O pOundsl OF anthracite coal.