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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-05-15

Captain X. F. Crabtree, of the
medical corps OF the ,35th division IS
in the city spending leave of abb
sence with his family. Captain Crab
tree don't know just when he will be
discharged. He spent year in
France with the division and saw
much active service and hard work,
but like all the other soldiers who
have returned has no complaint to
make, as hard work is part of
soldiers duty.
The erich Herald says that some
unnamed influence seems to be get
ting in its work among the school
teachers OF that town. At any rate
they are going to quit being teachers.
The superintendent has purchased
newspaper and in the future will de-
vote his time to moulding public
opinion. One OF the teachers will
have charge of the new bank at
Spruce and the Herald strongly init
mates that another may commit mat
rimony
DR.. w. a. Robson, of St. Joseph,
was called to Amsterdam last week
by the serious illness OF his father,
DR.. 7. c. Robson OF that place. DR..
Robson is one of the pioneer physi-
clans of Bates county, coming here
from Indiana when the county was
little more than wilderness. On
Saturday DR.. w. A. Robson came
over from Amsterdam and made a
brief visit with his aunt, Mrs. R. L.
Braden, who is convalescing from an
attack of influenza.
Rev. and Mrs. C. Z. Allsbury and
children left the last OF the week for
Strong City, Kansas, where Rev.
!Allsbury has accepted a pastorate.
He has been for the past year in
charge of the Butler circuit of the
NJ. E. church. Rev. \. J. Cutrell,
pastor OF the Ohio street NJ. f.
church has also rendered his resigna-
ton and accepted the pastorate of
three churches at Lone Elm, Kansas,
and has moved his family to that
place Thus both Butler and Butler
circuit are without the services of
pastor. 1t is supposed that both
changes were made for financial rea-
sons.
d. w. Russell one OF the best
men and most successful farmers of
the east part of the county. was a
Butler visitor Saturday. MIR. Russell
took new binder out with him,
which he says cost whole lot more
than it would few years ago, but
he is not complaining as the same
number OF bushels of wheat that it
took to buy it then will do it now
and leave some over to buy Irvine
with. He says that the wheat in his
neighborhood is looking fine but that
some oats that he saw along the
road as he came to town were already
headed out and showed signs OF con-.
siderable rust
The High School Track Meet.
The Bates county High School
track meet which was to have been
held at the fair grounds. southeast of
town last Saturday and was post
poned on account of bad weather was
held Wednesday afternoon. COM
at 200 o'clock. The Rock
Vile. Rich Hill, Adrian and Butler
teams competing. The names OF the
winners will be published next week.
Miss Iva Heck Dies at Rich Hill.
Miss Iva Heck, aged % years, died
Sunday evening, May nth, at the
lone OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-05-15
Miss Iva Heck Dies at Rich Hill.

MISS IVA HECK DIGS at MICH Hi.
Miss Iva Heck, aged % years, died
Sunday evening, May nth, at the
home OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. J; Heck, on West Chestnut street.
in Rich Hill. says the Review OF
Monday. Besides her parents she IS
survived by one sister. Mrs. Laura
Craig. of St. Lotus, and one brother,
Lieutenant Howell Fl. Heck. now
with the American army in France.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-05-15

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We believe these the best oil and gasoline stoves
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at store
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-05-15

VIII Dooley, who travels for a
shoe house, dropped off in Butler
Tuesday for a visit with his sister,
Mrs. Arthur Duvall.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-01-10
COUNTY NEWS
IN A NUTSHELL
SMITHS GROVE.

T. A. French has moved into
this community.
Fred B. Loveall has returned
from the training camp.
Y. r. Rogers of Huntingdon ia
visiting his mother, Mrs. lizzie
Rogers.
Bennett Holland of Marmaduke,
Ark, is visiting his father, j. nj.
Holland.
Noah Rogers has moved to his
new home on the Camden and
Holiday road.
The heavy rains put the creeks
to the highest stage they have
been this season.
V. B. and r. B. Rogers, Guy
Walker and William French were
guests of Noah Rogers Sunday.
Will close, wishing The Chron.
icle and it's many readers much
success and happy new year.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-01-10
JUNIORS FIRST AID
AND HOME NURSING

The Junior Red Cross will have
training in First Aid and Home
Nursing during the month of JAN
uary. The war has taught the
world the necessity for perfecting
and improving the health Of our
people and the many emergencies
that arise in our daily life have
further emphasized the necessity
in such cases of knowledge of
"what to do" that will be almost
automatic and instructive. Such
knowledge is seldom acquired ia
itsmost effective form after middle
life, hence such training when
given during the formative years
ofyouth is absolutely invaluable.
The Red Cross is most anxious
that the high schools of the coun-
try establish these classes during
the second semester of the school
year, for the knowledge acquired
through them is of incalculable
value. For boys to know what to
do when the need arises is infinitely
more important than all the will
ingness and eagerness to serve
which may be displayed by an adult
and it is this kno Wedge that the
Red Cross will give.
To girls the knowledge of home
nursing, sanitary housekeeping
proper care of the infant and scien-
tiic feeding of the family will be
offered by the classes held by
Junior Red Cross this month.
Teachers desiring fuller infor-
nation regarding this work may
secure it by applying to their chap
ter school committees as the Red
Cross has issued pamphlets furn-
ishing all possiable data on the
subject. Certificates of profeien-
cy will be given to all who take
these courses and the educational
value of this work can not be over
estimated.
The Junior Red Cross has al
ready in preparation a program
for future work which will embrace
a full line of activities incident 10
the daily life of the nation.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-01-10

there and started for our training
camp near Reims (Camp Coetqui.
dam June 70. We were there in
training until August 25. We left
then for the front. Our first front
was in the Toul sector, and we sure
have been in some hot engagements
and one of the stiffest fights the
Americans have taken part in.
I'm sure you have read of the st.
Mihiel drive, which started Sep
tember 3, This was our first drive.
On the night of the 18th we started
to follow the Boches, that is where
our hard marches started. Our
brigade was in an artillery corps,
30 we had to go where we were
needed most.
AS preparations were then be-
ing made for drive in the Argone
Forest in the Verdun sector near
Montfaucon we were called upon
to go over there. We travelled at
night and some times day and
night. A cold rain was falling
most of the time. l have often
lay down on the side of the road
or in the road and slept regard
less of the mud and rain. We
reached our destination about Sep
tember "a. The drive started
few days later We followed Fritz
to the village of Montfaucon. We
left him there and came to this
place. We are now on the crest of
very high hill on the edges of a
large plain, only about 20 milo
meters from Metz.
The 55th brigade has made
good reputation and has been very
highly complimented. We have
fought hard to win the greatest
war ever known in history. Now,
[ am ready to come home, but
while am waiting for orders will,
before retiring for the night, take
bath. Some bath I'm taking.
My bath tub is about twice the
size of an ordinary wash basin
But any way to get a bath. "Clean-
Illness is next to Godliness."
l have had some real hard times,
but have always, to a certain ex-
tent, enjoyed the game. l think
Prussianism is down to rise no
more.
Must bid you adieu. With love
to all and many wishes for merry
Christmas and happy new year,
L am, as ever, your son,
Private FL. f. RUSHING,
Battery F. 115th Field Artillery,
American Expeditionary Forces
J. W. Byrn of Bakers Chapel
sends us a letter written by his
son, Private Hillman Byrn, serv-
ing with Battery d Hath Field
Artillery in France, who gives
few details of his trip across the
Atlantic and the service in France.
The letter follows:
With the American Army in
France, November "a. 19l8.-Dear
father: You know this is "Dad's
Day"in the American oversee for
ces, so | will try and write you a
letter this morning.
How is everything getting on in
Tennessee this time? This leaves
me fine and dandy and hope you
are the same. / received letter
from you and mother yesterday;
sure was glad to hear from you,
but sorry to learn of so much sick
ness at home.
Well, as the censorship is not SO
strict now | will try to tell you a
little of the last six months. We
left New York May 26, and were
thirteen days crossing the Atlantic
We landed at Liverpool, England,
June 8. We went through Eng
land, stopping at Winchester for a
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-01-10

We are billeted in some old store
houses aud living at home. When
| was wounded | was sent to the
Southern part of France about
five hundred miles from here. 1t
is much nicer in the Southern part
than in the Northern. There are
grapes, everywhere there. You
don't see many horses in Southern
France. They work steers and
COWS. They milk their COWS, then
hitch them up and go to the village
or to the field to pillow. Most of
the wagons are of the two wheel
cart style, which look very odd to
an American.
| haven't seen or heard from
Dewitt or Graden. Wish | knew
how they came through and if they
have been "Over the top" When
| was wounded / sent you cable
gram, or at least tried to, but l
guess the chaplain didn't get
chance to send it, for he brought
my money back.
am coming home some day, /
don't know when, but we are COM
ing. We are thankful to be where
we are and alive, but will all be
pleased when we walk down the
gang plank into New York again.
| will close, with best wishes to
you all.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-01-10
Your son,
Sergeant EDWARD PIERCE,
Company F. 353 Infantry, Ameri.
can Expeditionary Forces.

In a letter to his father, Clay
Rushing, of Washington Street
Private FL. 7. Rushing tells in the
following letter of some of his ex-
perience while serving with the
115th Artillery in France. Here
is the letter:
Somewhere in France, Noyem-
ber 26, 19l8.-Dear father: Since
the armistice has been signed will
try to tell you of some of my ex-
periences AS you probably know
we left Camp Sewer May 10, for
Long Island, N. Y. June 4 we
sailed for France on the Maritania.
The first night out I slept very
soundly until about 9 a. m., SO
didn't know very much that hap
pened. When l awoke my first
impulse was to 60 out on deck and
see how things looked out there.
Well, water was all l saw, not even
a destroyer with us, but as we were
on very fast vessel we didn't
need an escort. The ocean was
calm during the entire trip and /
didn't get seasick.
June Ii we landed in Liverpool,
England. We were rushed from
the ship on train, at least they
called it train. We started for
a rest camp about 4.30 that after
noon. Reached our destination
about 2 o'clock that night. AS
the sun didn't set until about 10
o'clock l got to see quite a bit Of
England. Some pretty country,
believe me. Our first stop was at
Ramsey. Of course we were tired
after our long trip and liked the
idea of stopping at a rest camp,
but our rest camp was not so nice
a place as l have seen. Our tents
were of ordinary size with nothing
to sleep OH but the floor. Left
Ramsey June l3, hiked to South
ampton IL miles with our full
equipment; was almost given out
when got there. Now, just inn
agine how I felt when we had load
ed on the boat to cross the English
Channel. The captain of the ship
said his engine was out of FIX and
he couldn't make the trip. We
had to hike back to a rest camp
about three miles from South
ampton.
We stayed there until the 18th,
crossed the channel that night.
1t sure is some rough stream. We
landed in lie Havre, France, Sun
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-01-10
SOLDIER LETTERS
FROM OVERSEAS.


taa received the following letter
from her son, Sergeant Edward
Pierce, who describes some of his
experiences in infantry service in
France:
France, November IL, 1915
HRS. G. d. Pierce, dear mother:
J have been wanting to write you
tor some time and let you know
that ] am getting along all o. k,
hut have been unable to do 30 until
today. | sent you a card few
days after | came back to the COM
rany, and | have been with them
ever since. We have buildings to
sleep IN and stoves to keep warm
by, 80 we think we are in heaven
row. But we have been through
some things for the last three
weeks that will go down in history.
have been over top three times.
The fret barriage we put on was
one of the grandest sights you
ever saw, but the last time timber
hid it from view. After a fellow
gets started he don't think any
thing about getting hurt. But the
few moments between the time
everyone is ready and the hour
(the time to go over is the most
trying time. The boys will be
sitting around, some smoking aud
here and there you will see a bunch
singing "Back Home Again in
Tennessee, ,""My Little Girl and
"[ Wonder How the Old Folks Are
al Home" They know that will
b. the last time they will all be to-
eetber again and most of them are
always glad for the time to come
to go over the top.
The night before is always a
busy one. Troops have to be placed
aud reserves brought up from the
rear. Then at set hour, usely
about 8 a. M, all at once the heavy
artillery breaks loose, the Heavens
are lit up with their flashes and all
you can hear for two hours is the
belch, belch, of the big guns as
they play on the Huns artillery,
roads of escape and other impor-
tant points.
At about $40 the barriage prop
er starts, and the 75's (3-inch guns)
begin their drum, drum, on the
front lines of the enemy, then you
know the time has come, and over
YOU gos
Where the country is SO you can
sse the barriage, it makes one of
the incest displays of fire works
You ever saw. The bursting of
shells, the different star signals,
and the torpedoing of the barb
wire. entanglements-all make
rice picture, for it is still dark when
we go over.
The night of the 18th we were
ordered to go mop up a town.
We marched all night and got
there about daylight, but the Ger
,aans had left. We went into
rome old barns and went to sleep.
lsefore we lay down we were told
that by IL o'clock they were ex-
pecting an armistice, the first we
had heard of it. Some one got up
u boat noon and went cut side and
G anne back with the news that it
had been signed, and guess no
one was more pleased than we were
but there wasn't any wild demon
ttrations hike you had in the States.
You would never have known
that anything had happened if you
had been here. All anyone said
was one fellow raised up on his
elbow and said "well, boys, guess
YOU can lay down and sleep now
without auy fear of G. I. cans drop
ping in on you," and that was all
that was said about it.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-01-10

went 10 an artillery training camp
near Reims in the southern part of
France. After six week s intensive
training with French guns we came
to the front about the middle Of
August.
| can't tell all that happened up
to November IL. We were first in
the Toul sector and of course we
were doing some firing every day.
l will try to tell you of few of
the happenings. | guess you re-
member reading about the drive at
st. Mihiel on September 12. We
were in that drive aud sure had
some fun, for the Huns didn't give
us much fight there as in some of
the other sectors.
After we had cleared the st.
Mihiel salient we left that front
and went to Verdun, where we saw
some hard fighting. We were in
the drive of September 26, and it
sure was hard fighting. We were
the first battery to take position in
the Argonne woods. After we had
taken several miles of ground on
the Verdun front we came back
near st. Mihiel again and held this
front until November II, when the
armistice was signed.
will stop trying to tell you of
our movements since then, for |
have told you of the two great
drives we were in You have read
the details in the papers. There
are SO many names you have seen
and perhaps thought they were
different battle when, in fact, they
were during the same drive. You
have read of our divisions at st.
Mihiel, Thiancourt, Fiery and many
other towns, but they were all in
the st. Mihiel salient.
In our second drive you read of
the fighting at Reims, Quancourt,
Argonne wood, Bois-de- Belleau,
Meuse River, but that was just
some of the fighting of our second
drive, which was on the Verdun
front. | could fill book on little
incidents of the war, individual
heroism, stories of prisoners, ETC.,
but they will keep until | get home.
Our brigade has supported nine
different divisions in the field and
this battery has as good record as
any battery in the American over
sea forces, and our regiment has
been complimented by the highest
officers in the army. [ can not
give you our exact location now as
we are not in any town, but we are
close to Metz in Alsace Lorraine
but think we will move in few
days and start our homeward jour-
ney. When we leave here we will
probably go to Toul, but l don't
know whether we will or not.
1 have no idea when | will get
home. You can tell as much about
that as can, but | am in hopes of
being back by spring if not before.
I hope il will be only short time,
but l can't believe now it will be
before spring and perhaps later
then that, but you know that |
can't tell when we will leave here
until we are on our way.
Has Ed ever come over? And |
has Mr.. Flowers heard from Ernest
since he left the State? What
kind of school is Granville Garner
going to this winter2 Has any
body around the chapel had the
influenza? Who is staying with
uncle jeff since Myrtle married?
How are the folks in Camden Big
Sandy and Faxon? Tell them l
am still on the top side of the
earth. What is going TO be doing
there Christmas? | hope l will
be at the port of embarkation that
day or on the high seas. | guess
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-01-10
We flake Pictures.

Don't forget to have your pic
ture made when you come to town.
LUKE PAFFoRD.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1919-01-10

pleasure of being seasick once
more for Christmas present.
Well, must close for this time,
write soon.
As ever your son.
Private HILLMAN BYRN,
Battery ID. Hath Field Artillery,
American Expeditiopary Forces
in France.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-09-15
Niemcy Zabieraja
Statki Polskie.

w .,Kuryerze Porannym" z dnia
s sierpnia czytamy:
Wladze niemieckie wywoza do
Krolewca i W slab Niemiec statii
prywatne nalelace do Warsz. Tow.
handlu i zeglugi, znajduiace sic W
chwili opuEZczenia Kr6lestwa Pol
skiego przez wladze okupacyjne ma
%terytoryum dawniej naleiacem do
panstwa niemieckiego. Niemcv w.
slali W, ten spos6b do kT0lewca stat
XII holownicze: Orion, Ncptun, Won
Geldern tdawniej Sam / Piock, o.
hecnie many do zanotOwania nowY
fakt ~grabiezy nicmieckiej. mianowi-
Gle Niemcy wywiezli diva ,sabary 20
lame, n~aleaace do Warsz. Tow. IL.
a., kt0re po mySli %niedaTno ogio-
szonego o~Swiadczenia rzadoWego 0
dopuszczeniu prywatnej zeglugi. by
~ w najblizszym Czasie przez Warsz.
Tcw. II. | u. przeznaczone ola trans
portu | " tym celu byly spuszczone
W ostatnich dniach W Toruniu.
Gabary te byiy spOrzadzone z ma
tcryalu, nabytego Holandyl J
zmontowane " wars2tatach Pawlow-
cLieoo u Toruniu.
Fakty tie Swiadcza o planoWanej
d~zialalnosci Niemc6w -ceiem zniszcze
mia polskiej fluty handlowej i opa-
nowania REX polskich ola w'asneJ
apglugi. R6wnoczeSnie z TEN ida zy-
VIC przygotcHania pr~ywatnych pred
s~iebiorstw zeglugowych niemieckich
celcm wyzyskania klauzuli o umle-
dzynarodowieniu Wisly.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-09-15
Niemcy tupia Pru.
sy Krolewskie.

w ,,Kuryerze Porannym" z d. ..
sierpnia czytamy:
Otrzymujemy 2 zupeinie pewnych
zr6dei wiadomoSt, re Niemcy PREY
stapili do ziupienia i z~dezorganizo-
wanna ca}ych Prus Kr6lewskich.
Urzedy powiatowe So ro~zwiazane.
Fworzenie straEy obywatelsktej,
wbrew1 dotychczasowym ukIadom
k6I polskich z rzadem niemieckim,
napotyka ma trudnoSct
Wszystko to dzieje sic W tym &C.
lu, ably jak najSpieszniej, wbrew in
teresom navel niemieckiej ludno-
sci miejscowej, ogoiociG caly kraj,
kt6ry ma bye odstapiony Polsce.
,Przyslani zostali do glownieiszych
punkt6w W Prusach Kr6lewskich
s~pecyalni k%omisarze. kt6rzy wyku-
puja "a bezcen zboze. Rzepak caly
jest JUL wywieziony. Teraz wywo-
ia Gale hyto. Wywoiuje to wrzenie
" calym kra1u.
Lupiestwom towarzysza masove
'aresztowania Polak6w. Szczeg6lnie
znamiennem byIo aresztowanie dra
Karasiewicza mimo, III miai PREY 50
bic passport wydany przez niemiec-
kiego ministra spraw weTnetrznych
". Berlinie.
Ora KarasieVicza areszto wano Ia
linii demarkacyjnej, oddzielajacej
iuz imperyum niemieckie Cd Prus
Kr6lewskich. Wladze zachodnio-pru-
skie oSwiadczyly, ~ minister spraw
wevnetrznych W Berlinie mic iCh ME
obchoGA. re nawet wobec czestych
zmian rzadu W Berlinie ME wiedzq,
kto tam rzaGzi w tel chwili.
W wiezieniu. do kt0rego wtraco-
ny zostaI dr.. Karasiewicz, %znajdOwa-
10 sic jua wielu Polak0w. miedzy nj
mi take jego wlasna kilkunastolet-
MIA C6rka.
Wog6le Niemcy " spos3b bardho
znaczacy zmienili W ostatnich dniach
system postepowania woboc Pola'
k6w. Jeszcze diva tygodnie temu szu-
Kali skwapliwie poTozumienia z RIA
dem polskim.
Obecnie manifestacyjnie unikaJa
wszelkich stosunk6w 2 Polakaml'
Snrawia wrazenie, iak gdyby Mem
cy nagle uzyskali nadzieje, re mosa
przez przeciwstawienia sic przepl-'
som Traktatu Wersalskiego liczyi
ma jakieS poparcie.
Ludnosc Prus Kr6lewskich Jest W
rozpaczy / ME mole pojat, dlacze2'
pozostawiona zcstala przez Wielkie
Mocarstwa. tax bezlitoSnie ma iuf
niemiecki.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-09-15
WIAD0MOSCL Z PRASY kRAJ0WEJ,

drobnej czesci tego, co sic dzieje
ma Ukrainie, correspondent wymie
MIA szereg delegacyi, bhagajacych
Polakow o pomoc i ratunek.
Jedynem wyjsciem z obecneJ
sytuacyi bylaby, zdaniem Time
SOW" interwencya armii polskiej.
YPolacy So jedynym narodem
zdolnym do wprowadzenia po-
rzadku W tel czeSci Rosyi. ZnaIa
oni ten kraj i NIGGA mu zapewnic
pokoj i elementarna organizacye,
jczeli juz ME co innego.
w przeoiwnym wypadku, o lie
okupacya po1ska ME dojdzie do
skutku, zanrm Denikin Wzmocni
sic o lyle, ably siegnaG tax daleko.
ma zachod, kraj ten czeka zniszcze
ME / anarchia.'
Zdaniem autora arnia polska