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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-14
THE ADVENTURES OF co. D, 53OTH
ENGINEERS.

When we first landed at the port Of
Brest,
Being tired Of our journey, had no time
to rest,
The first detail after that long trip
We worked night and day unloading the
ship.
After four days and weary nights,
Then we started out for four mile
hike,
To rest camp just out from town,
We pitched up our tents and settled
Here eight days in this camp we re-
maincd,
Until one morning we started out for
the train,
With big full packs it seemed very far,
And to our surprise we were loaded on
box cars.
We rode all day and part of the night,
Saw many queer and odd looking
sight.
air,
Discovered by that we were at st.
Nazaire.
Unloaded and hung around this station
door
An hour, then started out for Camp
Monitor.
So hot, so dusty, and so heavy was the
load, ...
The three miles looked like nine on the
unknown road. l.
Here we pulled off wonderful stunt,
Sending material that was needed at
the front,
From the Wilkins and big Monitor
yards, ,-r .
Gee, but we soldiers sure worked hard.
It was the sixteenth October when
the order came
That in this camp we could no longer
So from st. Nazaire, with rations in
car, -H. .,
Started out for the front, not knowing
how far.
Rode all day and night, not losing 9
On the eighteenth left the train at st
Afghan,
After supper we went out in town
And had a plenty fun before lying
down.
! The next morning for breakfast hat
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TO CLUB WORKERS.

.Ht lnu1auOld, AO"~
District meetings Of the | +. Z. w. ". w.
will be held this month. You Will oe
notified of the date by the chairman ..
district. Mrs. Jessy E. McClaln' ~
vice president, will preside over nes
Moines district; Mrs. A. G. Clark Snu
vice president, at Buxton; Mrs: jennie
johnson, corresponding secretary, AZ
Davenport. Honorary presidents staVe
officers, heads Of. departments are m ntsto to
to attend these meetings. II unaole w
attend notify your chairman by senaans
letters of greeting, together with ar plans
and recommendations for the better,
ment of state work. All CLUB women a:
are especially invited. successtul uls .
trict meetings is work well done Tor ene on
annual meeting. Plans and recommen
dations are carefully considered oelo.e
being brought before the state pous' s,
thereby saving much time me success
Of our annual meeting rests with eVe,s
club woman in the. state. May we ae
pend upon you to do your full quota =
Martha F. White, Pres. /. r. Y. " =
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They are mild and gentle in their ac
tion and. always produce pleasant
cathartic effect.
OUR BOYS COME MARCHING HOME

dedicated to the Bronze Heroes Of
Uncle Sam.)
Hark! the sound of marching feet!
Here they come!
Hear the blarring of the trumpets,
While the drum
With its measured, rhythmic beat
Stimulates the laden feet;
Feet that mark not cold nor heat,
Wind nor rain nor snow nor sleet,
While the music Of the drum
With it's trum, trum, trum.
Keeps it's ready, leady, steady, rythmic
beat.
Hear the cheers! welcome cheers!
How they sweep
Like an avalanche of sound along the
street;
Cheers that volley and repeat,
Happy cheers that vault and leap
From the lips of those inspired by vic
try sweet,
Cheers that boom and bound and break
On the housetops, o 'er the lake,
Making treason $ clans to quake
And quail from fear,
When they hear
The people cheer,
Women cheering while they weep
For the heroes brave who sleep
Where the stars their vigil keep
"Over There
In France the fair
Their rest be sweet.
Cheer! The troops are passing by,
Stalwart lads with fearless eye;
Men who volunteered to die
And ask not why.
Men who heard their country 8 call, =
offered health and wealth, their all;
Ready then to fight and fall
At honor's call.
Mon who would not, could not yield;
Each returning with his shleld;
Glorious deeds of each revealed
Upon that shield.
Faces scanned by many scars;
On their breasts the cross and pars'
V;ctors in this war of wars
For Liberty. ,,-
America! these boys, though black
Faced the foe nor once turned oack'
viii YOU now the courage lack
To make them Free?
Indianapolis Freeman-salem lu''
Whitney.
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and also at home. He received a purse
of gold.
March 1st the McGriff Concert Com
pany rendered a grand concert at Pill
grim Rest church. They gave sacred
concert Sunday evening, assisted by the
choir. Sunday morning they filed an
cement at the First Baptist church.
Mrs. Smith, the evangelist, is assist
ing Rev. Waters in revival at Bethel
A. NJ. f. church. We wish for them
much success in this meeting.
Rev. Moore was called to Macon last
week to preside over district board
meeting.
We are welcoming to our city Mr.. and
Mrs. Waters of Clinton, Iowa.
Sergeant Charlie Gibson, after receiv-
inb his honorable discharge from the
army, has returned home. At the B. Y.
P. U. at Pilgrim Rest church last Sun
day evening he held the audience spell
bound for half an hour with "My life
across the waters and in France He
was a member of the old Sth Illinois.
In the passing Of Mrs. Dove another
pioneer has gone. She knew much Of
the early history Of Keokuk. She lived
to a ripe old age, and that she is gone,
we should say, "Father, Thy will be
DONE
AS a race champion Rev. J. Sterling
Moore has proved his worth to our city
and our race. Some of our men were
elected from the opera house on ac-
count of their color. Rev. Moore took
up the matter, accepted no terms, only
published statement asking pardon of
the colored citizens Of Keokuk and say
ing it would not occur again.
Mr.. Warren Toomes has returned to
Oakdale after visit with home folks.
Last Sunday morning the Pilgrim
Rest church held memorial services for
the late Lewis Washington. He had
served as deacon Of the church since
the organization up to the time of his
death.
Sorry: to chronicle the death of Miss
Cleona Walker after lingering illness.
We are congratulating Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed South on the purchase of beautiful
new home. We wish we could see more
of our people follow their example.
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OTTUMWA BRIEFS.

! The Mt. Zion A. M. E. church VIII be-
gin next week a week Of prayer, preced-
ing the revival meetings which will be
conducted by Rev. E. R. Edwards, as
sisted by Mrs. H. Talley.
The Dorcas Sewing Circle met at the
residence of Mrs. Lulu Fox. very
pleasant meeting was enjoyed by all
present. =.
The Second Baptist church ladies will
give play entitled 'Follies Of Fash
ion Z, at the X. of p. hall.
The promised booklet written by DR..
b. F. Abner upon the subject, The In
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AbdIea.ro,,. Of H.seory.

Ever since dynastfes have existed
here are records of kings having abdi-
ested from one cause and another. Far
back in the misty past one monarch
gave up his throne because he was
"wearied with dominion::" another re-
tired out OF preference for the free
dom of private life; a third laid down
his crown because his schemes failed;
still another abdicated In fit of mel
ancholy and there are two instances
In which kings left their thrones be-
:ause they We're unable to cope with
1aticHnl crises.
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Vernon Ave-, in honor of the Wagner.
The girls were gorgeously dressed in
evening gowns. The boys were also
dressed suitable for the affair. Miss
Dagmah Bell and Mr.. Stephen Fowler,
formerly of Ottumwa, were the hon
orary guests. The evening was spent in
music, dancing and cards, after which
a two course luncheon was ser, ed. Each
guest left reporting pleasant evening.
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KEoKUK, IOWA.

Our famous Peoples Institute bano
ron dered their first engagement at the
Retbel A. M. E. church March ..
On Tuesday Of last week Dr. : -. =,
Phillips celebrated his elgn'y-sla1a !
birthday at Pilgrim Rest church. . he
reeeiyed presents from out OF the cry
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the city friday night, March Ia.
rice and hash,
Shortly after words were issued gas
mask. ,
We We're told about gas and its great
danger, '@
With gas mask OH we were lead in the
chamber. 5.. #
After dinner the company were lined
up one and all,
Everyone answered when his name was
:. called,
Then we passed through the mill, got
rid of all trifes,
Got newly equipped with brand new
rife.
With a much heavier pack we started
on our way,
No one was trouble, every one seemed
gay.
Some Of It's sang, while the other dance,
Like all the soldiers, it was our first
chance.
Left some sick and lame, who were no
account,
That couldn't be used anywhere at the
front.
So we loaded the train at half past ten
And started out on our journey again.
OF course, it was cool riding at night,
And the way we were crowded it was q
sight,
But with full supply of corn willie
and beans,
Made it seem to us only a husky dream.
Such slow train made our trip seem
long,
But on the 21st arrived at the city
Dijons.
Met Red Cross, a friend indeed, gee,
Who helped us out with bread, hot
coffee.
Now far away from our battalion 53Oth
Engineers,
Our Co. d stopped at the city st. De-
Were to spend the night, but the order
came,
And at nine that night we were back
on the train.
We awoke the next morning and look
ing out,
Saw trenches, entaglements and old
dugout.
Luck was with us, that we reached
Souilly,
All reserves had run out, corn-willie
Here we unloaded and started down the
road,
Those half made packs were a terrible
load;
OF course, it was heavy with oil skins
and boots,
Made most Of us sweat from head to
foot.
Here we pitched squad tents near the
wood,
Helped another company as much as we
could.
There was an aviation field near by
And most Of us kept busy gazing at the
sky.
To get settled down was our most de-
sire,
So we set out to hiking to a camp near
Lempire,
Which was situated between the hills.
Had no work to do, so we got tired with
drills.
Ever since we reached Souilly we heard
cannons roar,
And in this camp it appeared to be just
out the door;
And it filed some Of us so full of fight
That we kept our gas masks handy
every night.
DAAihhS AOu1 u0Jo "ASA AAASo " 0NAAA 5sE
cient amount,
Moved little closer up to the front.
Some said, ''Carry it on, don't stop,
they would shout,
But our journey we completed when we
reached Rattenout.
Here the company had much work to 60
through,
That six or eight squads were sent to
Sommedine.
So here one night while all was going
well,
The ferries sent over several big shells.
When the first one burst all ran out,
With gas mask on, crammed in the dug
out
Everyone was scared even out Of sight, y
That we stayed out there the rest of
the night.
The 18th Of November the great war
was put to stop,
We got the first news at Rattentout's g
shop.
Every Frenchman we met shouted Fin
ish la gere,'
But there is work left for the Engin-
eers. NJ
Composed by Pvt. H. A. Clark (Colored)
Co. D, 530th Engrs.
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SPECIAL TO BYsTANDER.

Just as we go to press we learn tho
Sanitary Detachment Of tho S66th Inf.
arrived in Des Moines Thursday night,
March IS. and according to reports tho
rest Of tho 366th division will arrive In
the city Friday night, March IA.
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A Pleasant Physic.
When you want pleasant Pnysi1
give Chamberlain g Tablets g tIlai'. tIla.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-09-27


Felul cum ii trateaza, arata ca
Rominul un mitocan, un ON
lipsit de simt, un ce, asemenea "a
nimalelor, 81, prin urmare trebue
sa Sc supuna stapinului necondi-
tionat.
Stim prea bine Gu totii, ca po-
porul romin prea putin 1nva-
tat, dar e cumipte 81 lucrator,
"a VENT in America sa parade
ze, ci m1nat de griji 81 nevoi, carl
au fost att de mari, ca nu lea
mai putut suporta 81 fndura. Da-
| ca ramas inapoiat, nu din vina
lui, putea cistiga dragostea 81 In
crederea lui, dar nu a ,yprobas..
ca un popor fara cap, care nu
poate sa c1stige a1tceva decit zim-
betul batjocoritor al trecatorilor
impedecati de a folosi trotuare-
lie in fata oficiului de pasa-
lpoarte.
La Legatinnea Romina din Wa
shingtonS dragostea pentru ce e
ste, strain 81 prin urmare ignoran-
ia imbei rom1ne, sa arata ca in
trebuinteaza sigil Gu inscriptia
franceza Legation de Roumaine.
Cit de placut ar Fl ochiului romi-
nesc, Wind am vedea 81 ceti in
scriptia: Legatiunea Romina, 81
apoi din respect 81 ospitalitate
pentru Statele Unite: Roumanian
Legation, Washington, D. G.
Apoi comisiunea de pasapoar-
te eda pasapoartele eXclusiv III
limba franceza, Rominii nostr
nu inteleg afara de hume nici ul
cuvint. Dare de ce nu Sc eda il
limba tarii pc care reprezintd
81 in limba tarii in care train?
! Oare este Rominia tara in.
dependenta, dupa cum stim moi
Da? ori ba, Ori poate vre-o pro
nuntare franceza, ori tara lasj
carei fiji n 'au luptat, n 'au jert
| fit SINCE, II a fost in stare sa ii
IA pept dusmanului, ci a preferi
10 fuga sanatoasa - dar rusinoa
sd retragindu-se batuti 81 U
militi, asa ca numai prin umilir
Isl poate tinea independenta??
! MOI stim ca ,nu!!
Stim sigur, Gu totii!
| Att in trecut, cit 81 in prezent
avem GU ce ne mindri, mai mul
ca orr care natiune din lume il
fapte marete eroice! 4
| Gu litere de singe este scris;
istoria neamului. nostru, este sin
gele fiilor slui, iilustr1nd, faptelc
glorioase ale stfabunilor nostr
din toate timpurile, 81, cratic a
cestor eroi, neamul nostru M
perit, a trait 81 traeste in gloric
pima in ziua de All.
| Ostasul romin din prezent s.;
arafat vrednic urmas al strabu
nilor gloriosi 81 prin urmare nu
mehli de Romfn,. care inseamna
Eroism, Glorie!
I'm urma acestora, pentru ce i
Sc aduce Tarei Rominesti aeeasti
umilire din partea oficialilor ro
mini din Washington? De ce ig
noreaza sufletul Natiunei noas
tre? Limba, dulcea noastra lin
ba romineasca. De ce ignoreaz;
| 81 limba acestei tari, a tarii in ca
re train? Bine stim ca un popol
care nu-si iubeste limba desti
nat sa moara, acum la zorlle In
vierii 81 unitatii noastre nationa
lie, vom admite aceasta, cobire?
Nu!!
! 0 frunza vesteda mutt da GU
vint sa zici cal toamna >.
-. -. .......
i Poporul este talpa tarii, 81 gra
iul poporului este graiul lui Dun
nezeu, Dumnezeu a fost 81 va {
poporul Romin.
i In urma acestora cerem repre-
|zentantilor Tarii Romfnesti, car
,au VENT in America, in numels
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Tarii, ,sa serveasca, 81 sd fie in a
jutor poporului RomIn de aici sa
binevoiasca al trata Omeneste,
GU bl1ndete 81 dragoste patriotica,
dupa cum 81 inertia, in urma mum
eli ce depune 81 a depus-o,
pentru bunastarea 81 inflorirea
Tarii.
Cerem sd ne repecteze dreptul
nostru natural 81 national de ne
Representa- in limba noastra romi-
neasca, care este limba Tarii Ro-
minesti, ipe care reprezlnta 81
prin urmare limba poporului Ro-
min, apoi in limba Tarii in care
! train, cerem sa Sc uzeze ca linn
ba de oficiu, limba romina 81 lin
ba Statelor Unite. din iubire 81
respect, catra scumpa noastra
tara adoptiva America, adevara-
ia noastra protectoare, lar nll
limba altui stat.
Tot respectful 81 dragostea
Frantei, recunoastem ca Franta
a fost aceia care a ajutat Ro-
minia in vremuri de restriste
ceea ce nu vom uita nici odata,
dar pentru Dumnezeu ma ne vim
deti in schimb sufletul, limba ro-
mineasca. Ori limba romina nu e.
ste att de culta ca sd putem ex-
prima idei fnalte? MOI stim ca
da, 81, numai un fnstrainat va ri
ce altfel! Va sd zica numai popo-
rul so vorbeasca. lar eel de sus
carora lie ofera (cineva) pozitie
un mijloc de traiu, nu o gasesc
att de culta sa vorbeasca in so
cietate, 81 so fntrebuinteze II
oficiu?!
Voim sa finn recunoscuti, ca s.
limba romina este vrednica de &
sta alaturea de limbile celorlaltt
natiuni, pc treapta ce-i compete
Numai in felul acesta va vet
pu<ea corecta greSelile din tire
cut, Yeti fl apreciati din partea
strainilor 81 concetatenilor nostri
Numai astfel Rominia va fl Gu
. noscuta in Statele Unite ca ta
ra civilizata 81 din partea aceio
ra, carl nu stu, ce sd trateaz$
la Sibiiu, Bucuresti 81 Paris. {
carei fiji inertia considerable $
respect.
Un pionsr al culturii rominesit
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-09-27
Cum este CullOSCuta RO-
mania in Statt|e Unite.

Un articol sub titlH1 de mai
sus, a aparut in ziarul ,,Romi-
nul', Dumineca, la 7 Septem-
brie a!c.
Articolul amintit ma inspira sd
scriu, respective sd mai adaog- 81
ell ceva la cunostinta Rominiei
in Statele Unite. Poate, voiu reu-
81 de destepta din somnolentl
farimatura din constiinta natl
onala a multora.
Z Rominia este cunoscuta in s.
u, fntr 'adevar- romineste, pentru
ca indeosebi Rominul are pacatul
de Sc 1ndragosti prea multi GU
strainul, punindu-l pc acesta pc
un plan mai superior, dec1t pc
semenul sau de acelasi neam. =
Cuiul strain a tinut poporul ro-
min in ignoranta 81 robie mil de
ami, 81 nici pima in ziua de All
n am invatat, nan c1stigat din
experientele trecutului. Z
Fara suparar~, aceasta este ca
racteristica noasira, Rominului
81 fndeosebi a iitelectualului TO.
min modern. No trag la indoiald
sunt 81 exceptiuni, dar = putinc
razboiul actual scos in relief
pc adevaratii intellectual Romini
Am zis, Dtelectualul modern
81 accentuez, pentru ca e rusines
neamului, eind. vedem, ca acest
pretinsi inyatati, carl sunt anga
jati in functiuni onorifice respec
table, de Dopor 81 prin popor, is
bat Joe e neamul nostru, de po
porul nosru prea putin invatat
fnvatarea, respective educatiunes
nu o depun pentru Ibinele 81 folio
sui multimei; nu sunt calauzit
de .intentiunea nobila de a serv
in, interesul binelui comun sau {
tuturor, care este, scopul supren
al educatiunei; ci pozeaza altEu
ism de asa fel, ca folosul sa vinS
in punga lui, toata cinstea 81 o
noarea si-o asuma sie-si, GU III
cuvfnt totul este meritul lui. to
tul spre marirea lui. lata tipu
Rominului egoist incarcat Gu de
VIA: Totul pentru mine insumi
81 moi Rom7nii din America in
ca suntem binecuvintati de Dunn
nezeu, din belsug Gu astfel de sp'
cimene. stsA ~se--> go fr ~
Oar sa revin la subject.
Am zis ca, Rominul are paca
tul de a avea dragoste pentru to-
ce este strain in paguba sa, 81 ;
natiunei sale.
Acest defect sd arata incepint
de la eel de sus pus, pima la ce
de JOS 81 asertiunea mea voiu ilu
stra-o prin exemple tipice.
Statul Romin, ne-a TRIMS aici
in America, niste intelectuali mo
derni, oameni carl dovedesc pre-;
putina drhgoste 81 mindrie d.
neam, orr poate aceasta lasat-'
in grija poporului, ca sa nu III
t strainii.
Ell nu pricep, orr nu vreau S;
inteleaga poporul nostru, frat
GU dorul 81 suferinta, sd feres
de a veni in atingere imediata Ct
ell, sal asculte plingerile, sal in
teleaga dorul; este dojenitor pen
tru eli, sa Sc ,,dimita' sta Gu e
de vorba ca un adevarat parinte
ci de colo, de pc tronul lor dunn
nezeesc, raspund Gu ida" ,,ba'
orr ,,nu Sc poater" Acei carl s'a'
I ,,dimis'' sd Sc coboare intre ,pro
slime" daca vreti, au facut a
ceasta jertfa din egoism 81 alt
interese superioare - bine inte
les - personale.
| Tratarea mastera a Rominilo
dOrnici de casa este revoltatOare
81 cred ca nu exista Romin, car
sa nu Sc indigneze, cetind 81 all
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thousand dollar horse started by Hon.
P. j. Chappuis, grand knight, assisted
by other leading members Of the Rice
City council. The Crowley members
evinced so much interest IN the pro-
posed new home that when called up
on to respond TO the cause so many
members stood up as to convince the
promoters of the project that the
finest club house in Southwest Louis
lana viii be grazing Parkerson ave-
nue., Crowley, within six months.
Among those from opelousas who
attended the Crowley initiation were
Oscar Mistric, John NJ. Prescott, A.
A. Mendoza, Yves Andrepont, Dallas
Pitre, Albert St. Cyr, Alfred Vid-
rine, Joseph Chachere, Goldman Las
sale, GeoEge Vidrine, Edward Es-
forge, [. o. Barry, John Dufilho and
L. A. Andrepont. They are loud in
their praises of the courtesies ex-
tended to them by Crowley members
and report having had the most en-
joyable time yet experienced at in
itiations.
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BIDS ON ROAD WORK.

Sealed bids will be received up and
until p. m. November 25, 1919, by
the Board of Supervisors of the First
Road District Of the Fourth Police
Jury Ward Of the Parish of st. Lam
dry, La, at Krotz Springs, La, by the
cubic yard of approximately sixty
thousand cubic yards of dirt to be
placed on the Krotz Springs road, as
per specifications and profile with
said Board Of Supervisors. All bids
must be accompanied with a certified
check to the amount of five (5l per
cent of the bid. Bids must be address
ed to the Board Of Supervisors Of
said Road District, at Kretz Springs,
La, with additional words on sealed
envelope, viz. Bids on Road Work. +"
The Board reserves the right to reject
any or al bids.
A. W. KR0TZ,
Secretary of Board Of Supervisors
First Road District Fourth PO-
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ish of st. Landry. Also, judge and
constable of the city court of Ope-
lousas and justice of the peace and
constable for each Of the magistrate
wards as now fixed by law.
Be it further resolved, that all
white Democrats registered as such
and possessing the qualifications of
an elector shall have a right to par
ticipate in said primary election.
Be it further resolved, that all per
sons desiring to become candidate
at said primary election shall file
either with the chairman, John NJ.
Prescott, or the secretary, L. A. An
drepont, before midnight of Monday,
October q, his written notification
to become a candidate as said pri-
mary, designating the office for
which he is a candidate, accompanied
by a declaration that he is a duly
qualified elector under the constitu-
ton and laws of the state of Louis
lana, and that he is a member of the
Democratic party of said state.
Be it further resolved, that each
candidate shall at the time of the
filing Of his declaration of his inten-
ton of becoming a candidate deposit
with the chairman or secretary the
sum as follows, in which amount is in
cluded the sum required to be for
warded to the secretary of state, to-
wit:
For sheriff, the sum of fifty dol
lars ($5O.O0).
For clerk of court, the sum of fifty
dollar ($50.OO).
For assessor, the sum of fifty dol
lars (s5O.OO).
For member of the House of Rep
resentatives, the sum of ten dollars
$4,000.
For coroner, the sum of fifteen
dollars ($15.00).
For Judge Of the city court, the
sum of ten dollars $4,000.
For constable of the city court, the
sum of ten dollars $4,000.
For member of the police jury, the
sum of five dollars ($5.00).
For justice of the peace, the sum
of five dollars ($5.00).