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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-14

So she lived on. outwardly tranquil, puV WIN VIII
tho immense regret which slumbers IN the sou,
If en- many splnsters, until Charles Anuie"'
letters began to disturb her peace OF hlliiu'
She abandoned herself tenderly to that COZ,
respondence. which, without oblg*Ine ny
any way might bring little coinlolC '"
poor soldier AS he had never seen hei GU COW
probably would never see her. ana never ~ 90
how homelv she was, she expressed treeiy W
hin, MI those charming and delicate teehhgS
which she had in her heart and which she hd1
never expressed to anybody else, for lear OF
being laughed at Sometimes, however, III Ihe
midst of this Towering of her soul, she pecdille
suddenly afraid Suppose he should arrive
some fine morning on leave-or, perhaps al'ei
the war? Suppose he saw herr
But he never saw her One day she received
n big envelope sent under miii'aIy lam lam
rs usual. but not addressed by him She found
in il all her letters, with card hastily
scAwled:
"Mademoiselle: | regret to announce 10 you
that my comrade. Sergeant Andrews, was Kill
ed Yesterday i'm an attack on an enemy trench
file died bravey, without suffering. In accord,
ance with his desire, | send you these letters
Madeleine read no more. The papers dropped
to her feet, while she. with eXpiesslonless eyes,
undimnled by tears was lost IN thought.
He had died for Flance-her American nero
and also he had died for America lie would
never see her He had departed, carrying with
him the illusion of having been loved by a
beautiful young girl And she retained the
treasure OF sweet dream which no shadow
and no deception had furnished. Her unknown
friend would never belong TO another. lie had
gone, with his aureole of heroism; and beyond
the tomb, in his glory he would remain hers
Thanks to him, she had known the sweetness
of loving, of being loved and of weeping for
one dear to her Into her lonely life he had
cast a flower and had then passed on. 1t would
never fade.
Madeleine picked up the letters and got out
those which Andrews had written to her. Hav-
ing tied them together with a silk thread and
a strand of her long blond hair, she deposited
them. rs i'm a coffin, in a mahogany box ex-
haling the discreet perfume of an ancient sachet
bag.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-14

The day when the captain returned to the
front with the stock of knitted things which
he had gone to Brest to procure, Sergeant
Andrews received as his share-besides leg
glngS, gloves and a sweater-a muftler, a
pretty muffler made out of soft and delicate
grayish blue wool.
His pleasure was extreme-in the first place
because, in the monotonous life of the trenches
any surprise is great event. and an agreeable
surprise recalling life behind the front, as
sumes tenfold Importance And in the second
place because Charles Andrews was at home
clerk in an office-that is to say, man already
subject, although only % years old, to the SEN
sitiveness to cold which is induced by seden-
tary occupation like scratching on paper. And,
above all he was bit of poet in his leisure
hours He therefore shivered little more than
his comrades, and it was with genuine salts
faction that he unfolded and put around his
throat mt once the welcome muffler, so soft,
SO fluffy so blue-a coquettish adonment for
a mudstained soldier like himself.
Something white attracted his attention.
Fastened to one end, like butterfly, was
little card, which contained these words, writ
ten in a fine hand
Dear Soldier of America: Be courageous
and recover my country. That is the wish of
a Partisan in America. who thinks of you.
Madeleine Decker, IL st. Charles ST., New York,
City"
A Partisan in America! Charles Andrews,
who had just landed in France, awaited inn
patiently the moment when he should meet the
enemy in battle and defend the honor of his
country. 800
AS he stood, deep in thought, with the little
card ii ~ hand, something very soft caressed
his chetE, something still softer than the
flossy grayish-blue wool He examined the
muffer carefully and found long blond lock,
silky and fine which the knitter either by in
advertence or through coquetry, had imprison-
ed in her work.
Thereafter, during his hours of inaction
Charles Andrews did not find time heavy on his
hands in the trenches. The card and the blond
hair of his Partisan furnished him material for
long reveries-for poems scrawled on the pages
of his notebook in intervals between bayonet
attacks on the "neighbor opposite"
He was never wounded. The blond lock
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-14
COMMUNITY HOUSES AS MEMORIALS TO
SOLDIERS.

The movement to erect community houses as
memorials to sodiers and sailors is spreading
rapidly over Kansas and even Texas. waiter
Burr, director of the rural service depart
ment Kansas State Agricultural College, is
receiving large numbers OF requests Tor sug-
gestions and plans and specifications.
THE community house movement, where
properly Organized is to he most highly COM
mended," said Mr. Burr. These social service
stations are certainly much better as memo
ras than marble shafts would be. 1t has been
feared by some that there is danger in this
movement in that it will proceed fad and
result in the erection Of number OF poorly
equipped. mismanaged buildings, which will be
perpetual problems in the community when the
war enthusiasm has passed. Such calamity
can be avoided by following certain methods
in financing, erecting and maintenance OF these
buildings
"In the average Kansas community the build
mo should be financed on the taxation basis.
This is the only democratic way to handle COM
munty enterprise. II l. unfair to place the
burden of financing such an institution upon
the shoulders of Il few enterprslng citizens VINO
might donate the money.
"Wherever possible the project should be de-
veloped on the basis of bond issue for new
school building, or where such a building is not
needed for an added building on the school
grounds.
"Coincdent also with this ~ must be the
voting OF Il SulHclent SdldiE - Aoi'ie HlelnUei
of the school faculty who will be employed for
the entire twelve months and will among other
duties, be given the supervision of the social
recreational activities Of the community as con-
Quoted from the school center.
THE building should provide for an audito-
rum and gymnasium combined if necessary
shower baths for men and women, a reading
room rest rooms for men and women who come
into the town to trade, and if in county seat
town an office room for the county agricultural
agent the county Y. M. c. A. secretary ard
any other executives of countrywide organiza-
tons.
lone can find community houses that came in
on a wave of temporary enthusiasm and that
are now lying as stranded and abandoned
wrecks but no service center established as rec
commended here as part of the school plant has
ever met such fate
Ostriches are being Matched in incubators in
South America.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-14
AN
AUTOCRATIC
DECISION

The majority doesn't always rule-not by a
iugfull-if such an expression is permissible
in bone-dry America. Sometimes the verdict
of overwhelming odds is set aside by the MINOR
ity This is not politics, either, but am gong
to tell YOU how my mother once usulped her
power away back yonder when | was boy.
She was out-voted eleven to two, but she
wouldn't abide by the decision.
II happened this way: Two peddlers met IN
front of our house one day in the good old sum
mertime; one of them had watemelons to sell
and the other potatoes. These fellows got into
quite discussion rs to which had the most
popular product. The debate got real interest
inc and all of us boys-there were ten of us
-crawled up on the wagon that the WAGER
melons were in. They were fine ones and they
sure looked good to us.
Well, finally the fellow with the potatoes
said: well just leave it to those concerned;
it is useless for you and | to discuss it. The
watermelon man agreed and vote was TAKEN
Ma and the potato man voted that potatoes
were the most essential and the healthiest;
they only had two ayes The watermelon
man and us ten kids voted watermeonS. BY
the verdict of the majority we were winners
more than five to one But what do you reckon
ma did? Why she purchased bushel OF the
potatoes and allowed the watermelon man TO
drive right off. We protested but 1t didn't do
a bit of good.
In those DAYS watermelons were cheap; the
best one in that lot could have been bought FOR
fifteen cents. | sometimes wish that we could
turn back the wheels of time and make them
spin and spin, until the yellow glints of the
sunlight of that far away time revealed to us
a patch of beauties smiling on the vine behind
an old rail fence | don't know how Heaven is
going to look, maybe ! shall never know, but
could there be an abode. even with the pres
ence of angels, calculated to fill a mortaps
heart with more JOY than that?
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-14

against his cheek seemed to be a talisman. 1t
became, at the same time, an obsession, con-
stantly recalling the unknown donor, giving
him the illusion of an invisible presence and the
passionate desire to know his far-away we'll
wisher. He wrote to her at IL st. Charles ST,
New York City, without any great hope that
the letter would reach its destination.
There are miracles. The letter arrived. A
still greater miracle happened. He received an
answer-modest, reserved, delicate and charm
ing, like the blue shade of the muffer. A cor
respondence ensued, into which each put lit
tie of his or her heart and fancy in which out
of the threads of discreet phrases, was fash
toned the strand of an unavowed love.
when the war is over" Andrews said to
himself, 81 shall go back to America. | shall
see her. and if she is what | hope she is,
shall marry her Before knowing her in person
] shall have known her in heart and mind
But inasmuch as a slodier in wartime must
be prepared for all eventualities, he put her
letters in an envelope which he carried next to
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-14
YESTERDAY
AND
TODAY

Don't you remember how he snuggled up
close in your lap and how his bright eyes fairly
danced when you told him that the big black
bear commenced climbing right up the tree
where the little boy was?"
He couldn't go to sleep at all without daddy
telling him a story. Just as soon as supper
was over his soft, chubby hand would take
hold of yours and he'd lead you away to the
nearest rocking chair. Then, after you had
climbed the bean stock with Jack and flirted
through the woods with Little Red Riding
Hood, you had to make up fairy tale of your
own.
How wonderfully beautiful was the garden
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-14

his breast and on which he had written
IF | am killed, please send this package to
Nile. Madeleine Decker No. IL St Charles St,
New York City, and inform her of my DEATH
The Partisan who held the other end of the
thread-the other end of the strand of hair
was one of those persons without age, who, 1t
seems, was never young. Was she 20 or 40 ?
Or perhaps 30? Her delicate and tender soul
was hidden beneath a body without grace,
face without charm, having no other adon-
ment than her blond hair, of a warm tone which
the sun turned to gold
Never had any young man lifted his eyes as
Madeleine passed by. She was one of those
who pass unnoticed, who attract nobody's
glances A well meaning relative had once
asked her to marry him, because, being an or
phan. she possessed a little dowiy. But she re-
fused. not wishing to enter into a union based
on interest OF convention, in which the heart
had no part.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-14
BY.
AUSTIN CALLAN

strike blow at the vitals of America. couldn't
stay below because the odor of the vessel
stifled me, so ! came up on deck. You
couldn't see your hand before you and all was
as still as death with the exception OF splash
ing wave out to one side or some muffed sound
aboard the ship. But felt safe because knew
that a convoy of submarine destroyers skipped
through the waters on either side, flying the
flag of my country. The spashing of the waves
said to me: Fear not, we are here" and
went to sleep, with all the confidence Of those
other days when YOU held my hand as | wan
dered off into Dreamland.'
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-14
THE
NEW
NEIGHBORS

While visiting my more prosperous city
brother recently, | had occasion TO ask MN VINO
lived next door. He replied Il don't know,
and went right ahead talking about oil leases,
limousines and other such matters that were
of no concern whatever to me- l let the matter
drop there but it put me to thinking. How was
it possible for a perfectly sane man to i've
thirteen feet from another human beng with
out knowing his name? ! wondered II ne had
never gone over there to borrow a cup OF sugar
or to use the telephone while his own was out
of commission.
Well things are different now than what
they used to be; that is the way | reasoned
to myself Back at the old home where we
were both brought up, a nelghbor couldn't I'VE
that close to our door more than one day with
out divulging his name, his business, where he
came from who his wife's people were and
what church he belonged to- l wanted to re-
mind him of this, too, so the very first chance,
l said: DO you remember when old Amos
Davies moved next door to us down there by
the schoolhouse"
eyes" he replied, land haven't forgotten
how ma worried that first night about his dog.
She said that she Just knew we would never get
another egg on that place. 1t was a sorry
enough looking cur, but he turned out better
than she prophesied | remember, too, how
we had to chunk up all the cracks in the fence
to keep those Shanghais out Of the yard. ia
declared that if the worst came to the worst
he would buy some game rooSters ana leV Iheh
do the executing
Well. ! soon found out that my city brother
had not forgotten his raising, even if he had
departed from it. He called to mind how us
kids enticed the little freckle-faced Davies boy
to the COW lot and got him to tell US all about
his daddy and nanny. We learned the fam
ily history before the morning and the evening
of the second day had passed. Mr.. Davies was
a "Campbelte" and wouldn't go to church with
his wife because she was close-communionist,
and they had sold mule back in the coast
country to make the trip out West They want
ed to get away from mussed-up spot a wild
brother of the boys ma had put on Davies
"rep" by serving time for stealing a sheep.
But the idea of anybody not knowing who
lived next door-that is what got my goat.
There is no excuse for such unconcern about
other folks affairs as that. If he were neigh
bor like we had in those old days of my kid
hood and yours he might have told me the
brand of flour they used, what kind of fruit
cake recipe the good woman had, and whether
the little boy in the home inherited his bad
traits from his pa, or just picked them up by
running with the preachers son.
But as people we are drifting from the sun
kissed waters of neighborly knighthood into a
cold Indifferent channel. We don't seem to
have that old concern for the family history
of those about us that we once had; we are
more interested in the seating capacity of their
cars. than in the number of children they claim
or at what age the baby cut his first tooth
r.;l ~ ~ .s ou,. minds lose interest in the
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-14

lives and characters and peculiarties of the
folks across the fence, our hearts forget to
feel for them when they really need sympathy
Where there is no touching of souls, alas there
is no helping of hands.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-14

Ostriches are being Matched in incubators in
South America
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-10-10
Death of Miss Anna White

Miss Anna White, aged IT years,
died at her home on the Hebron road
last Friday morning. Miss White
was probably one of the best known
women clerks in Newark having,
with the exception of the past few
years, spent practically her entire
life in various dry goods stores in
the city. The funeral occurred Mon
day afternoon and the remains were
inferred in Cedar Hill cemetery.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-10-10
More Government Vegetables

Mayor Atherton has been notified
that another car load of vegetables,
consisting of $4,000 cans Of corn,
$4,000 cans of peas and 5000 cans of
beans, had been shipped to Newark
and would probably arrive this week.
They will at once be placed on sale
at the various fire departments in
the city. Nothing has been learned
of the car load of canned fruit re-
QUESTIONED at the same time.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-10-10
J. J. Carroll Married

John j. Carroll and Mrs. Grace
Kennedy were married at the rectory
by Rev. B. M. O'Boylan at four o'clock
Saturday afternoon. After the cere-
mony, which was witnessed only by
the immediate family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carroll left for an eastern trip.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-10-10
Two Men Fall 35 Feet

Caused by the breaking of scaf-
fold upon which they were working
on building on North Cedar street
last Friday afternoon, Fred Taylor
and N. A. Weakley were precipitated
35 feet to the ground. They were
taken to their homes were an exam
nation revealed that no bones were
broken and that they had escaped
serious injury.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-10-10
Firemen Want Double Platoon

A lengthy petition for the purpose
of submitting to the voters at the
coming election the question of in
stalling a two-platoon system has
been filed with the election board.
The members of the fire department
want the force increased to 43 men
who will work alternate tricks of "a
hours each, and enjoy an annual 15-
day vacation without loss Of pay.
They also ask full pay for period Of
six months for absence on account of
sickness or disability occurring while
on duty, and half pay for the follow
ing six months; also full pay for a
period of 60 days for ordinary sick
ness and half pay for the succeeding
10 months. The voters will be given
an opportunity of expressing their
opinion on November 4th.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-10-10
Car Ditched

A Ford machine owned by G. T..
Lawrence of Jacksontown, containing
six passengers, was ditched near that
village Sunday evening. The car was
wrecked but the occupants escaped
serious injury.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-10-10
Run Down by Ambulance

Monday afternoon Criss Bros. am
bulance ran into Wilbur Marriott, de-
livery boy for Erman's drug store, on
Fourth street, opposite the patrol sta
ton. The boys wrist was badly cut
and his bicycle was smashed. First
aid was given at the fire station, after
which he was taken home.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-10-10
Election Board Open

The office of the Board of Elections
will be kept open daily from $3.50 a.
m. to p. m. for receiving absent
votes. There will be two registration
days, Friday and Saturday, Oct. II
and 18 at the voting places in the
various wards from 8 a. m. to 2 p. m.
and from to p. m.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-10-10
Hiskey Honorably Discharged

P. S. Hiskey, son of S. N. Hiskey,
the we'll known B. & o. engineer, re-
turned last week from France where
he has seen two years service as first
class naval machinist. He will prob
ably visit his parents for a few weeks
before leaving for Pittsburg where he
will make his future home.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-10-10
Home News
FrOmhOltz Withdraws

George Fromholtz, independent
candidate for councilman of the first
ward has withdrawn from the race
and requested his name taken off
the ticket.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-10-10

The Leader for your job printing.
Prices right, work excellent.
Evening star., 1919-03-23
FAKE YANK HEROES
SOUVENIRS
Organized System of Nation
Wide Extent to Be
Investigated.
FEW ALREADY TAKEN

Investigation Of what Is believed
system Of mendicancy in which SOL
diers" who have never SO much as
seen a military camp play the most
prominent part was begun today by
the detective bureau Of the police de-
partment. -.-...
Detective Evans, who is directing
the investigation said there was no
doubt that many Of the men selling
buttons and alleged souvenirs were
simply ''made-up heroes" and have
never heard the shrieking Of shell
or the ping" of rifle bullet.
Many complaints have reached the
bureau and there seems to be enough
evidence in the hands Of the police to
justify the assumption that the cam
paign to get a little easy money" by
sacrifice. is not local. Neither is it
the work of some irresponsible in
dlvldual. 1t was suggested to the po-
lice that a band of East Side, New
York, crooks have probably engi-
neered the scheme.
Police View Is Liberal.
THE police have taken a very lib
era1 stand on the matter of allowing
returned soldiers to peddle on the
Streets" said Detective Evans.
There is not the slightest objection
to them selling any legitimate article
in a legitimate way. But there is no
question that the reputation Of the
real hero is used by takers as a trad
ing asset, and these takers sell lots of
small articles to sympathetic citizens,
who ra96i1v ha1joyo that fhav
soldiers.
I'VE are going to make a thorough
investigation of this matter, and I
think the story which has been
brought to us that there is an organi-
cation of mendicants with a common
We cannot allow takers to use the
names and deeds of the gallant fight
ers as a means of filing their own
pockets. We have. already chased
some of them off the streets"
Believe Uniforms Not Genuine.
A citizen. who did not give his name,
told Inspector Evans he had reason to
believe that many Of the uniforms
ton military type. He said there was
sufficient difference in them to make
it impossible to successfully prose-
cute them for impersonating a soldier,
should they be arrested on that
charge.
1t is understood that the United
States secret service and the War De.
partment have bestirred themselves
in the matter. A War Department
official said it was against military
regulation for man in the service
to peddle or beg on the streets. But
the rule had been relaxed in the
matter of souvenirs. It was gener-
ally recognized the officer said that
the Aen were entitled to earn a
little extra money IT they could do 30
in a proper way.
In some of the departments every
employe bought some article from
the peddlers in uniform. Nobody
objected to parting with a few cents
to help the boys along, but the heads
of departments are now trying to
find out how much Of the proceeds
really reached the pockets Of en-
listed men and how much was levied
as tribute by impostors.
Evening star., 1919-03-23
Transatlantic Ships Hampered.

BUENOS AIRES. March 22-Own-
ers and agents of transatlantic steam
ers in the harbor here today notified
the government that its efforts dur
ing the week to improve the port
services which have been at a virtual
standsti1l because of the strike Of
port workers have been insufficient.
They declare that unless the service
improved they would discontinued
their efforts to load ana unaOoa &raADA]
atlantic vessels
Evening star., 1919-03-23
BISHOP ]. Il. Mccoy DEAD.
Orator and Scholar Was Official Of
M r. Chnrch South

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. March a.
Bishop James H. Mccoy Of tho Meth
odist Episcopal Church South died at
his Homo here early tonight after Q
long fitness.
Bishop Mccoy was regarded ~ enc
Of the greatest orators and ablest
scholars of his denomination. He was
born in Blount county. Ala, in 1867,
and was elected bishop May II, 1910.
Much Of his work as bishop has been
done in Texas.
Evening star., 1919-03-23
BELGIAN REFUGEES PROSPER
Some Men in England Make 500,
Belgian Women $3.50.

LONDON, March II Correspondence
Of the Associated Press).-Belgian
refugees who fled to England at the
beginning Of the war have made their
residence profitable. according to testi-
mony In court at Hampstead. where a
number Of them appeared today to an
swer to tho charge OF not paying their
income tax.
Women. it was testified, made as