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The Washington herald., 1919-04-13
Storyof TragicBattl
On the Western Front

thousands of prisoners. But At
ter that we had the worst OF
luck with the weather. As soon
as the battles began beyond
Ypres the rains began and hard
ly ceased until the end of the
year. In a previous article 1
have already described the foul
conditions through which our
had to fght-that twenty-mile
belt of cratered land with every
shell hole filled with water. so
that our men were stuck and
drowned in bogs and swamps
when they went forward against
the German concrete block
houses. Our losses were appall-
ing in men and guns and tanks.
But in spite of those losses our
men fought on with grim, des-
perate valor, capturing ridge
after ridge and destroying great
numbers of the enemy.
1t seems to me
Too Great now as IL did then
sacriAce. that our men were
called upon for too
great a sacrince, and that these
battles ought never to have q.
been fought. Some of the bat
ties were just massacres of
young hesh and blood--our flesh
and blood-in those Internal
swamps. One of the worst days
of all came on October IL, when
in storms OF rain English. Aus
tralian and New Zealand troops
made another desperate attempt
to gain the heights of Passchen-
daele. They failed and were cut
down in swaths by machine gun
fire and thousands of wounded
poured back again to the dress
ing stations and field hospitals.
These men OF ours cursed the
weather as the cause of their
i'll luck. They cursed it with
deep and lurid oaths, cursed ii
wet and cursed 1t cold, by day
and night, by duck-boards and
mule tracks, by she'll holes and
swamps. For IL was weather
which caused their defeat, and
held them in the mud when
they had set their hearts on the
heights. 1t was this mud that
beat them. Man after man said
that to me. Fritz couldn't have
stopped u.s." said an Australian
boy. warming his hands and
body by a brazier after a night
in the cold slime which was still
plastered about him. 1T was
the mud which gave him his
chance"
1T was the mud that did us
in" said an of1cer Of the Berk-
shires. sitting up in a stretcher
and speaking wearily. We got
begged and couldn't keep up
with the barrage. That gave
the German machine Eunners
time to get to work on us. II
was their luck"
A young Scottish Borderer.
shivering so that his teeth chat
tered. spoke hosrsely. and there
was no warmth in him except
the fire in his eyes: We had a
fearful time" he said. but II
was the spate of mud that kept
US back"
Whenever we got near to
Fritz he surrendered or ran"
said young sergeant OF the
East Surreys. We should have
had him beat with solid ground
beneath US, but we all got stuck
in the bog. and he came out of
his blockhouses and machine
gunned us as we tried to get
across the she'll holes, all filled
like young ponds. and sniped
US when we could not drag one
leg after another"
Those were some-of our bad
battles. But through them all
shines out the valor Of the Brit
fish soldier, grim, enduring, pa
tient, refusing to surrender the
courage of his soul to the devils
of despair. and going on to the
end Of his job, even though his
goal were death.
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fully csndled egr, ves soboins at zsssc dorm
LIVE PoULrRY-Fo~ls seatcc; bsodiins ehies
ems. scft-meated. iss2 lbs sIsece. Sssse; spsins
chickens. softrmeat<d. lsrse sizes. sss*oc; sexss
Young roosters saSlc; old rooster. asDci ducss
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NC; pAssoas. old. per pair. 1850 90, souns
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100 lbs. 2Zss2.so: do, Pennrlvsnis. No. ]. Pc
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The Rude Chauffeur.


Some men can be very impolits
at times.
Because some rough neck sug-
gested to Viola lawson that she
hire a bathtub and stay in it for
a week, she lost her head COM
pIetely and got into trouble.
The girl was arrested on H street
after indulging in some of the worst
profanity the cops ever heard.
She was talking to the chauffeur
of fiyver delivery wagon and that
individual almost wilted.
|. 1t seems that he had almost run
into her and she yelled to him TO
stop.
The chauffeur stopped and after
Viola told him a few things, he got
started himself.
Luckily he was silent when the
cops came and took charge of the
girl.
"Ah gotta right to git back at a
man when he suits me-" said Viola.
''Ah was mindin' nah own bizness
wen he told me All needed a bath"
The court explained to the girl
that she should have gone on and
not stopped to fuss with the chauf-
feur.
And because she didn't do that,
she is out SIS which the court fined
her.
Enough to Make Him Mad.
In preparation for the long, long
drought, Ellis Ferguson laid by a
couple of quarts.
He put them under some old boxes
IN the pantry thinking that they
would be perfectly safe.
When he went to look at them
the other day he noticed that one
Of the bottles had been opened and
almost half Of the whisky was gone.
He asked his wife, Daisy, what
had become of 1t. She told him.
Gosh darnT he exclaimed. who
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Escapes Injury in Collision.

George Effinger, Maryland Park,
Maryland. escaped injury yesterday.
when the bicycle which he was rid
ing at Fifteenth and II streets
northeast. was demolished in a COL
lison with an automobile. owned
and operated by William Bennett.
Riverdale, Maryland.
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PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE,

Philadelphia. April Il - Prices on the local
produce market range as follows
BUTTER-Solid-pa packed creamery. eHtrs eSlrc
higher scoring goods. esifassI1c. the latter for
jObbing sales; extra frsts 6II4c: frsts. s2as5lSc
seconds, ecsslc: fair to guod, s2l,s6S],c; l.dIe-
packed, as TO quality, 4Ts4ec; Iscking stool
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Now He KnoSs!

Columbus, o., April 12-"You wenr
over only because you had to-" re-
marked a big husky who didn't &c
over. to a discharged Thirty-seventh
doughboy during the parade. A po-
lice officer gathered up the remains.
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Injured by Fall from Bicycle.

Arthur MORGAN, y Fourteenth
street northeast, suffered a broken
arm yesterday when the front wheel
OF the bicycle which he was riding ~
Massachusetts avenue and North
Capitol street. became locked and
threw him to the payemeut.
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Wink Nearly Cost Eve.

Detroit April Pits bad luck ~
wink at a soldiers Girl-when the
soldier is present. Harry TheInih
tipped one wink at Private ZeigIefts
companion. Now the eye is temporar-
fly closed
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One Use for Shaws.

Macomb. Ill. April 12.-Straws
not only show which way the wind
blows but sometimes perform other
functions, Policeman Purdum says
SIC looked under a heap in Ben
Barnes automobile and found
forty-seven bottles
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Real AeropIane Shirt.

New York, April III am having
half dozen shirts made 10 measure
from the fine silk fabric wings Of my
airplane." wrote oscar Myers 10 his
mother from overseas as.
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Trunks STYLES Vav,

Chicago. April 12.-Bathing beach
censors are studying anatomy. New
regulations say trunks must begin
four inches above the psteIa. Moth
ing is said as to where they shall
begin under the collar bone.
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NEW YORK LIBERTY BONDS.

New IorE April L. - Liberty binds wen
quoted 90 the market here today follow
Three snd one-hAlfs - p: First q IS 60 SCI
end g. s2s2: First 4b.s IS 90. Second gi<s g s.
Tnird SIS S.5s and Fourth EbSs Sc g.
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Spring Mustaches Appear.

Chicago. April 12.-The spring
decorating season is on. Chicago
University seniors are growing
mustaches.
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Washington Stock Exchanxe.

SALES.
Washington Railway and Electric pfd 10 at
81. 6 at sls.
After call:
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank. :
at 80
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Under U. S. Government Supervision.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-07-11
AMERICAN LEGION.

The American Legion is the
organization of American veterans
of the world War. 1t is a civilian
organization nonpolitical nonmil-
itary and nonpartisan. 1t makes
no distinction between men who
served overseas and those who did
not get across. Any soldier, sail
or or marine who served between
April, 1917 and Nov IL, 1918, and
was honorably dicharged, is eligi-
BILE for membership.
Among the objects of the Legion
are: To uphold and defend the
Constitution of the United States
of America; to maintain law and
order; to foster and perpetuate q
one hundred per cent Americanism
to preserve the memories and in
cidents of our association in the
great war; to inculcate sense Of
individual obligations to the CON-
munity, State and Nation; to pro,
mote peace and good will on earth
Local posts are being organize d
throughout Tennessee with mini
mum of fifteen members. Appli.
cation blanks for charter and all
necessary information can be Sc
cured by writing to William j.
Bacon, State Secretary Goodbar
Building, Memphis, Tenn.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-07-11
NOT A DREAM.

In hospital ward an old woman
lay dying. She was a victim oi
typhus fever and rolled and tossed
upon the scanty mattress, as she
suffered her last death agonies.
And, in the same bed, four other
typhus victims, clutched each
other desperately as they tried to
keep away from the touch of the
dying woman.
That is not dream. It is the
story of an actual occurrence in the
hospital at Budgesti, Roumania,
and is vouched for by a worker of
the American Red Cross, who
reached that point in the effort to
carry relief to the suffering Rou-
manians.
Starvation and typhus fever are
stalking hand in hand through
the unhappy conntry of the Rou-
manians. Red Cross workers are
doing their utmost to bring relief
but hospital facilities are all too
inadequate. Five sufferers to a
bed is not at all uncommon. In
one town of 300 inhabitants, all
but two were down with the dread
typhus disease when the Red Cross
workers got there,
In addition to the typhus, small
pox is raging and the two scourges
linked with starvation, are rapidly
thinning thepopulation all through
the Danube district.
American supplies have been
sent as far as Bucharest and can
teens have been opened in that
city by the Red Cross for the mill
tary, for civilians, for school child
rem and for the starving. Cloth
ing has been given ont to 5000
persons in Bucharest alone and
doctors and nurses have been sent
to Potlogi, which is reported as
the center of the typhus epidemic.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-07-11
RAMBLE CREEK.

Mrs. Liza French was at Big
Sandy Friday.
Luther Throgmorton has re.
turned from oversee. S.
Mrs. Nancy Casey visited Miss
Ivie Badgett Sunday.
Mrs. Joe Frazier has been Wis
iting her mother, Mrs. Sol Herrin.
Mrs. Madge French visited her
mother, Mrs. JEFF Brown, last
week.
Misses Ruth French and John
lie Forrest visited the family of
V. C. Forrest Sunday.
Best wishes to The Chronicle
and its readers.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-07-11
W. ID. HORN is DEAD.

William D. Horn, aged 50, died
at the home of his son. Alvin A.
Horn, in South Camden Friday,
July 4, at 10 o'clock p. m.
Funeral services were held at
Camden Cemetery, where the in
terment took place, July 5, at q 80
p. M, conducted by Rev, George
j. Cannon.
The deceased had been in bad
health for some time, and he never
fully recovered from an attack of
the influenza last winter. Rela-
tives have the sympathy of many
friends in their sad bereavement.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-07-11
WHAT ABOUT YOU?

Growing maudlin over our re-
turning soldiers is very sasy-and
exactly what they dislike.
Every one of them wants just
one thing. That is square deal.
And square deal doesn't mean a
wet-eyed business welcome today,
followed by an ice-pitcher, "Well,- :
what's-wanted?" reception tomor-
row.
These men have no highfalutin'
notions of their having saved the
day for France; but they went
over there, or stayed back here in
service, to lick the Hun and keep
his damable feet and unrepentant
hands off this country.
Now these soldiers want, not
bronze memorials to gather moss,
dust, verdigris and forgetfulness,
but chance TO earn decent Iiv-
ing in the country they put on
khaki to defend.
Are you doing your part to see
that they get just that?
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COUNTY NEWS
IN A NUTSHELL
CEDAR GROVE.

Cynthia Wheatley is very i'll at
this writing.
John Holland visited Bert eagle
last Sunday.
People are busily engaged with
their crops this week.
Mrs. Lille Cantrell visited In
this community Sunday.
Ed and Bert eagle were at
Sulphur Springs Sunday.
Elvira Dobson and children
visited relatives here Sunday.
Oda eagle and family were
guests of his parents last Sunday.
Rev. f. 0. Howell will begin a
meeting at this place Thursday
night, July IL,
Several from Carpenter attend
ed Sunday school here Sunday.
They are always welcome.
Best wishes to The Chronicle
and it's readers.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-07-11
WALNUT RIDGE.

Health is very good in this COM
munnity
Miss Beulah Beasley has been
visiting Miss Ora Beasley.
Rev. Martin filled his regular
appointment here Saturday night.
Robert Beasley and Miss Clara
Greer were in Big Sandy last
Friday.
Luther Presson was the over
night guest of Robert Beasley
Saturday.
Miss Bessie Walker Of Middle
brook has been visiting in this
community.
W. s. Corbitt OF Camden b as
been visiting relatives in this
community.
Best wishes to The Chronicle
and its readers.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-07-11
CHESTNUT HILL.

Albert Cherry was in Camden
Monday.
Marvin Pafford was at Camden
Saturday.
Miss Era Davidson was the
guest of Miss Willie Melton Sum-
day.
Children's day service will be
observed at this place next Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Lamanda Bush was the
guest of Mrs. Inez' Pafford Sun
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hudah Belyew
spent the weekend with the fam
lily of George Berry.
Wishing The Chronicle much
success.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-07-11
STREET CARNIVAL.

We are told that another street
carnival is headed this way. The
Chronicle believes that Camden is
we'll up on street carnivals. We
believe we voice the sentiment of
our people when we say we hope
we will never have another one.
They are no benefit to town or
community. and the city fathers
should refuse them license. The
moral influence is bad; in fact,
very bad. Then, again, they usu-
ally come at time of the year
when everybody should be at work,
and, under present conditions,
time is very valuable.
Many of their schemes to get
money have a tendency to encour-
age the gambling habit. They
are not all bad, but the bad so for
out measure the good that, as a
whole, it would be better to per-
NIT them to go by, and We sincere
ly hope it will be a long time be-
fore Camden has another one.
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ii by IL.

"Did ye bring home that pane of
glass for the kitchen windy, Pat?"
"Oi did not. Oh was after a
twilve by fourteen and the only
soize they had was fourteen by
twilve." b"
"ye fool, why didn't you get it?
Ye could have put it in sideways,
couldn't YEP"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-07-11
HOME FOR SALE.

To whom it may interest," de-
sire to sell my home with furnish
ings, farm and farming implements,
live stock and growing crop. The
above is a suburban home at
Hollow Rock, Tenn, Farm con-
sists of upland and bottom land in
cultivation, heavy timbered land
and extensive pastures we'll water
ed. Prices reasonable. For further
particulars see me at once.
A. Nj. BENNETT.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-07-11
LEXINGTON DISTRICT
CONFERENCE TO MEET

Stanfll, W. J. Steele, ]. M. Tucker,
J. W. Wallice, L. Fl. White, G. W.
Woods and 2. A. Yates.
All local preachers are members
of the district conference and
must make reports and have their
characters passed.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-07-11
WOODROW WILSON.

w OOdrOW wilson ls today the
acknowledged leader of the forces
of democracy engaged in the over
thow of absolutism and the great
champion of liberalism throughout
the world the world. This is not
because he is the spokesman of
the most powerful nation on earth.
Nor was it because our brave
allies were far spent and in dire
need of our support when we went
to their rescue.
Our President stands today as
the worlds foremost democrat and
statesman because he articulates
the very conscience of the Ameri-
can people were lending their
might solely to the establishment
of the great moral principles of
liberty and justice for all nations
friend and foe alike.
The moment Germany invaded
Belgium the allies cause became
the just cause, and rights heroic
ally did they maintain it. Their
courage and sacrifice saved the
day for us no less than for them
selves. But victory tarried, and
when Russia collapsed the allies
might have been forced into an
unfavorable peace il the United
Stateshad not rushed to the rescue.
That act made the Uuited States
the umpire of the destinies of the
world. Even then a lesser man
than Woodrow Wilson might have
failed. But the great American
"schoolmaster," the college presi-
dent who was kicked upstairs into
politics, was man enough to rise
to the greatness of the occasion.
1t was Woodrow Wilson who
first announced that the United
States wanted no territories or
indemnities. Europe marveled.
It was Woodrow Wilson who
first detailed the plan for the
establishment. after the war, of
league of free nations to enforce
peace. Europe concurred.
1t was Woodrow Wilson who
first drove the wedge in between
the Hohenzollerns and the Ger
man people. That made democra-
cy one of the aims of the war.
It was Woodrow Wilson who,
with Lloyd George and Clemenceau
laid down the explicit and inexora-
BILE terms of a just and lasting
peace.
This act purges the allied cause
of whatever selfish aims still cling
to it. It puts the the guilt for
the shedding of the blood and the
desecration of France and Belgium
squarly upon Germany, and, be-
yond all, it brings the world close
er together and makes all nations
feel that their interests are mu-
tual.
Is that any wonder that autcra-
cy and privilege curse him? Can
there be any wonder that the
masses of people rally to his ban
ner? Were the career of Wood
row Wilson to end today his fame
is imperishable. Woodrow Will
son will rank in the hearts of his
fellow countrymen with Washing
ton and Lincoln.
~ Il
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-07-11

The remains of Mrs. Tom Mark
ham, who was killed in the wreck
of an automobile by train at
Jackson, were given burial at Post
oak the first OF last week.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-07-11

G. W. Weatherly and family Of
st. Louis were called here last week
by the sudden death of the formers
father, Bob Weatherly, on Rush
iDg's Greek.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-07-11
SALE NOTICE.

A 1918 model Chevrolet car
good as new-at bargain, note or
cash. 1t will pay you to investi-
gate this car. j. E. GRAY,
Camden, Tenn
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-07-11

ence OF the M. E. Church, South,
Will be held at Camden July I5 to
r. The conference will be pre-
sided over by Rev. B. j. Russell.
the presiding elder. The opening
sermon will be preached by Rev.
s. f. Wynn of Lexington Tuesday
evening July Is at SIS p. m. The
delegates and alternates from this
county are as follows:
Eva Circuit-T. Y. Hearn, P. G.,
L. ii. Farrar, W. Fl. Lashlee, A. A.
Melton and Frank Pafford. Alter
nates-A. Herndon and B. P. Lash
lee.
Holiday Circuit-W. r. Jones.
z. c., E. L. Barnes, E. L. Hudson,
j.. Il. johnson, Samuel Odle, j. E.
Spence and Fred Pugh. Alter
nates-H. j. Fry, G. A. Mills and
Roy Barnes.
Camden Circuit-O. Fl. Lafferty,
z. O., G. FL. Cowell, J. H. Arnold,
W. FL. McKelvey, Noah Williams,
j. W. Weatherly, T. W. Pafford,
A. N. Presson,. William Warrick,
j. B. Bullock and Joseph j, Cole.
Alternates-C. Eel. Cowell, N. Y.
johnson and @. J. Melton.
Camden Station-G. j. Carmon,
Z. O., s. L. Peeler, J. F. Odle, A.
G. Mcdaniel, A. s. Justice and
J.V. Travis. Alternates-Roy r.
Melton, NJ. A. Mcdaniel and U. A.
Potts.
The following are the standing
committees.
For license, orders and admis-
sion-J. E. James, S. f. Wynn and
II. W. Newsome.
Spiritual state of the church
W. A, Lampkin, I. NJ. King and
W. I. Pafford.
Missions-D. B. Raulins, G.. II.
Cowell and Mrs. B. Henry.
Sunday schools and Epworth
Leagues-C. A.. Coleman, j. F.
Odle ard L. E. Hilliard.
Quarterly conference journals
J. E. Jones, T. Y. Hearn, j. Fl.
Tanning and W. D. Hendrix.
Religious literary circulation
G. J. Carmon, j. I. Peeler and B.
H. Williams.
Lay activities-W. M. Kincan-
non, w. FL. Lashlee and Robert L.
Diffey.
Rev. w. q. Maxedon will repre-
sent the board of finance.
Pastors in charge-W. E. Glib
son, Wildersville circuit; W. E.
Grimes, Beech Bluff circuit; f, E.
Wynn, Lexington station; L. E.
Hilliard, Selmer circuit; r. W.
Newsome, Bethel and Selmer; r.
T.. Prince, Scott's Hill !; A. Andrew,
Saltillo and Sardis; r. A. Stanfill,
Crainsyille circuit; W. A. Lamp
kin, Lexington circuit; j. E. Jones,
Hollow Rock circuit; l. M. King,
Adamsville circuit; d. B. RauliDs,
Huntingdon and Mount Zion; }. E.
James, Shiloh circuit; W. M. Hol-
land. Enville circuit; W. L. Jones,
Holladay circuit; G. j. Carmon,
Camden station; D. Fl. LaAferty,
Camden circuit; T. Y. Hearn, Eva
circuit; T. E. Calhoun, Decatur
Vile circuit.
Local preachers-I. s. Adkison,
w. J. Barnes, W. s. Burk, A. G.
Butler, J. FL. Cason, 10y Cruise,
J. F. England, I. j. Fisher, l.. s.
Flatt, W. e. Gibson, G. B. Greer,
q. Fl. Hurley, L. z. Jackson, G.
W. Jones, e. P. Martin, j. b.
Maxedon, A. NJ. Melton, j. E.
Moore. J. T. Morris, j. II. Norman,
Warner Pafford, W. M. Paschall,
q. r. Robinson, M. L. Robinson,
A. c. Sage, W. P. Saunders, r. A.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-07-11

Good rains have fallen ibis week
nd grnss aud weeds are growing.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-07-11

The Fourth Of July passed off
quietly in Camden.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-07-11

If you want to buy a monument,
call on l.. nj. Presson,