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The Adair County news., 1919-01-15
From Franc.

Dec. 6, 1918.
What are we going to do with
the Kaiser, and those who with
him were responsible for the
war? is the question of all the
Americans in France, and more
or less all Of the Allied countries
of the world. As far as we can
see no definite official action has
been taken yet regarding them
or at least none has come to light
through the press. IF there is
any doubt in the minds of those
who at the present moment are
handling the reins of our future
destinies as to what should be
done with these wholesale muir
derers of humanity, has it ever
occurred to anyone that perhaps
the Soldier Of the trenches who
have suffered for quite a few
months of real hardship, was
consulted. They could settle
that question very quickly and ]
feel sure it would suit every SOL
der of the A. E. F. although a
few persons who at home and
far removed from the scenes of
war may have vivid conception
of the hell. That war is, to the
vast majority who have not &C
tually suffered the war will soon
be merely disagreeable men,
DRY, and as weeks roll by there
will probably be a tendency to
be lenient with those who are
responsible for the terrible blood
shed.
But the soldier who has gone
through hell, suffered number
less, privations, seen his pals and
comrades in arms, blown to
atoms, been splashed with their
blood. The idea of the prepe-
traitors of countless outrage walk
ing aroung at large, possibly in.
triguing more devlish plots, and
The Adair County news., 1919-01-15

first Co., in the trenches. We
relieved the French. | never
saw a darker night than it was.
and the Huns were shooting up
fare lights all night, the first
ones we had ever seen. They
took US out and showed us the
post and just pointed all around
and said Boche. think it was
on June 81 or %. We took this
over. I told you what / did for
one on June 26. and on July 6
our Co., put on one of the dog
gonest raids that was ever pulled
off in this sector. We were re-
lieved and were shock troops at
tached to the French 80 Division.
We drilled about a week at a
town called Mooch. On July IA,
we were in a big parade with 3
companies of French. That is a
national holiday in France. Then
we moved to town called Salanve,
and stayed there 26 days. Left
there on Aug. IL. Was in a diff
ferent sector. Was in the front
lines 26 days and left there, hik-
ed about Is miles, got on trucks
for 40 kilometers, then train for
so or 60 miles. Got off at Lune-
vile, a very nice little town.
We hiked from there &c kilomet-
ers and stayed 2 days, and liked
and hiked finally coming to Man
cy. You have heard of that
town. It sure a fine town. /
stayed a little and almost got
lost as you can't read the street
numbers. I got on a street car
and the conductor said some
thing. I just shook my head. l
gave her half a Franc that is
about the same as a 10 cent
piece in U. S. She gave me
eight cents back. We moved
from there and was in the big
drive at st. Mihiel, and was
moved 125 kilometers on trucks
not very far from Verdun and on
Sept. 26, started a drive on the
Verdun front. We were the
first wave over. I helped to
The Adair County news., 1919-01-15
Somewhere in France.
Dear Father

Dear Father
will write you a few lines
this morning, asiI noticed in the
Stars and Stripes newspaper last
night that every boy over here
should write his Dad a Xmas let
ter. | can tell you more than |
could the last time wrote home.
Well, it seems that | have been
most all over France. May be
it is because we have hiked most
everywhere we 60 and carry our
household and kitchen furniture
on our backs. | have been in
the Vosges mts., when it seemed
as | was pretty close to heaven,
as they were the largest Mts., 1
ever saw. On July Ii, it was
real clear. we could see the Alps
MIS-, in Switzerland. 1t showed
up there on June 81. When we
first came. across we landed in
Liverpool, England, on the train
from there to Winchester. Stay
ed 2 days. On the train from
there to Southampton, on the
boat from there to LeHayre,
France. We got On the train
there. We had side doors pull
mans. They were marked 8
horses or 40 hammies. So you
see we were pretty well packed
in. We went upon the English
sector near Allyville and the fu-
ture looked rather dark as they
were driving the Englishn back
and also was getting close to
Paris. We were in the reserve
of the English. We sat around
our billet with packs rolled up
ready to leave in Is minutes for
three or four days and nights.
Then liked Sc miles and on the
train again for 8 days and nights
got off and liked sixteen kilo-
meters and stopped at a village
called beaumont for a week, and
on the trucks again to Visserting
and there is where we began to
climb the Mts. We were the
The Adair County news., 1919-01-15

shc wogld apparently Indifferent
is intoIerable.
We soldiers of the U. S. A.
and Allies came to France to get
the Kaiser, and we want him,
we hold him and his partners in
crime responsible, when our COM
rades fall. Every soldier pledges
his self that he will fight on and
on and will see that those who are
responsible will get the punish
ment.
Now don't cheat the soldier
just let them have the Kaiser
and it will soon be finished. The
vistory is not decisive without
him being justly punished, and
if it had been necessary to fight
six or twelve months longer to
see that end accomplished every
soldier anderss arms would have
been willing to carry on.
In this hour of triumph when
our higher impulses have a mer-
ciful trend toward the enemy,
let us not forget our dead-we
owe them!fa trust, they would
have been sacrificed in vain,
their very souls..would rise from
the myriads of graves accusing
ly, were we to leave at large the
Kaiser and his: ..tools to plot
against the peace:land happiness
of the future generation.
We are all in favor of turning
him over to the French soldiers
or the U. s. or any allied soldier.
We are goingiinto::G Germany soon
] think. This is thezway I feel,
and just ask any soldier what he
thinks. I will close by asking
the soldier who was on the Bur-
dunn front, Just a soldier.
Corp. ]. F. McDermott,
Co. H. 1873, Inf.
A. E. F.
The Adair County news., 1919-01-15
take this town Cheppy and one

take this town Cheppy and one
called Verey. We took about
300 prisoners at Cheppy. l sent
you some German pictures l took
off of some of them. Did you
get them or not? The Huns did
not try to fight only with ma
chine guns and artillery and a
fellow can't do much with a rife
at those. We had tanks to break
up the machine gun nest. The
tank corps had been in all the
drives the Americans had been
in but had never seen as hard
fighting as it was on the Argon.
ne front | was gassed at the
foot of the hill of the Argonne
front, two Lie1tenants, one SER
geant and myself. / was sent
to the field hospital. / had a tag
around my neck for the Base,
but I told the Dr., was all right
so | went back to my Co. My
Lieutenant was all swollen and
blistered all over. ] was lucky.
The artillery hit all around me.
would see boys fall on the right
and left and the shrapnels would
just ring by me in all directions.
l told Capt. Myers that they did
not seem to have my number.
He says that is the way to feel
at several different times when
the machine guns would begin
to fire at me / would just drop
down on the ground and hear
the bullets pass only a few inch
es over me. | would often won
der if / would ever see Mann
vile again. We were back only
a few days when we were sent
to where the French were on a
quiet sector. I was sent to the
scouts. We would go out every
night on patrols. One night Oh
Oct. Fl, we crowded out quite a
distance. We came to a lot of
barb wire. We got through one
by one until we came to the edge
of some woods. We knew the
Huns lines were there close. We
The Adair County news., 1919-01-15
GREATEST OPPORTUNITY
WOMEN EVER HAD

1t was given to the women of this
country to perform the greatest sery-
ice in the winning Of the war yOuch-
safed to any women In the history OF
the wars of the world-tO feed the
warriors and the war sufferers. By
the arts of peace, the practice OF SIM
pie, homely virtues the wOmanhOed OF
whole nation served humanity in it's
profoundest struggle for peace andl
freedom.
The Adair County news., 1919-01-15

: Our exports since is country :
!. entered the war have justified 2 +
: statement made by the Food Adj !.
!. ministratiOn shortly after fits con- =
: ceptiOn, outlining the principles +
: and policies that would goys-n :
!. the solution of this countEy's :
!. food problems. &
: THE whole foundation Of de- :
: mocracy," declared the Food 3d- +
= ministratiOn, ''lies in the iudf- !.
: vidual initiative of its pe3pia ;
:. and their willingness to serve the !.
: interests of the nation with COM !.
/. plete self; effacement in the. time :
: of emergency. Democracy ear :
: yield to discipline, and we can :
:. solve this food problem for our :
!. own people and for the Allies in :
!. this way. To have done SO viii :
!. have been a greater service than )
!. our immediate objective, for, we Z
!. have demonstrated the rfghtfn5 :
:. ness of our faith and our ability +
= TO defend ourselves without be -
!. ing Prussianized."
=
. =. 9. .. o =. = q .. Q
The Adair County news., 1919-01-15

Sending to Europe 141, 100000 bush
els of wheat from surplus of appar-
emily nothing was the oUtsts- Vs. ex-
plot of the American food army in the
critical year of the war.
The Adair County news., 1919-01-15
FIRST CALL TO FOOD ARMY

This cooperation and servIce
; l ask Of all in full confidence
that America wfil render mo-
; for flag and freedom than kiaz
ridden people surrender at com
; pulsion.-Herbert Hoover, Az
; gust 10, 1917.
The Adair County news., 1919-01-15
- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

A year ago voluntary food controE
was daring adventure In democracy
during the year an established proofr
Of democratic efficiency.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-02
In the Chris trl1as
Handicap
Mere Man Describes How
Friend Wife Wins by
an Eyelash

HERE is no use in my going
home, tonight" observed the
tall, sad man as he pushed
the dice box from him and
accepted the consolation CT
gar which the tobacconists
vouchsafed him.
"There will be nothing do
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-02
The ..RaIn Tree"

For many years even scientists be-
Eeved that there actually was maT-
yelous. tree called the ''rain tree
which had the power of collecting the
dampness of the atmosphere and OF
coadensing it into a continuous and
coDious fall of rain. To this power
was ascribed the trees ability to with
stand long droughts. 1t is true, how
ever. that the leaf of the ''rain tree"
or, as it is sometimes called, the
travellers tree'-has q large shear at
the base, in which water collects but
it is only mouthful or so. -
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-02

much as YOU like. Repeat on the lett
Day by day increase these move
inertia. A dozen times would be ann
pie for any Of these movements afteI
several weeks yf regular training.
:. Erect Hands eon hips Nov
squat as how as s7ea can and spring
righefaB again without sftting on the
haets a moment. Three times at first
increased day by day, till twenty-five
to fifty haev efaents may be done with
outa exeessives fatighe or next-daJ
muscle. stiffness. -
s. Turn a. few somersaults .on the
floor, or tf yoa are not equal to this
lie on back, draw up legsand arms in
monkey fashion and 4juggle a gOO<
heavy pillow for a few mlamonts.
All this exercise need take no more
than ten minutes. Follow it faithfully
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-02
Meat And Heat

The popular delusion that meat ID
more sustaining for one doing hard
work than vegetables or cereals ID
hard to down. There are two reasons
why the average man karbors this de
fusion. First, because meat is an .ap
petizfng food; the odor Of meat cook
ing or cooked and the flavor both con
duoe 10 hearty eatns-6las. too hearty
eating for the physical welfare Of sed
entary persons. And second, the ex
tracttves OF meat, the essence you get
in meat broth or soup, are sttmnlat
ing. and tho situation is common
ly mistaken for ectual energy.
Several years ago Horace Fletcher
the advocate of prolonged mastica
ton and vegetarianism, then abou
80 years old, visited the Yale gym
nasdum and surprised everybody b.
far out1asttng the best young athletes
in tests OF physical endurance ath
letes highly trained, whereas F1stche1
had not trained at all.
/ The hardest work Of the world Il
done by people who live ON a die,
without meat-tAe coolies who Goa
steamships in the Orient.
Meat eating is largely habit. Tha
Stimulation produced by fresh meat i
vary agreeable. and as difficult 20 Dc
without, once you have acquired thu
hab4t, as rs The effect Of tobacco q
alcohol Not that we condemn mea.
eating. A certain amount Of fred
meat IN the diet seems essential foi
growing children and may be more al
less essential for most adults s
Meat (protetn) produces a greaI
deal of heat which the system can
not convert into working 'br fame
tfonal energy. This heat only goes Il
impair the comfort and efficiency o.
the individual in very warm weather
It makes him suffer from the heal
when the wise one who eliminates
meat from the diet ON very WARM
days finds himself anle 10 keep- COD
and enjoy life. e
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-02
Twenty Minutes For
= kM10F0yHNU
e AAEkANkSAASy

How to keep well is a problem
which seldom bothers busy man or
woman until the health is lost Then
1T assumes a ignalsimpcrtance. Every
one knows that health is essential TO
thorough business efficiency. A sick
man or woman lacks punch" 1t
therefore pays to keep well. 1t is
just like saving money. Few OF us
realize the value OF "a savings &C
count when we are enjoying success
and have ready money coming in
regularly; yet we all know that this
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-02

is just the time WREN it is wise to
make small and regular deposits
against the rainy day. Surprising You
are enjoying fairly good health, or
even feel that your health is not quite
as nearly perfect as you could wish,
here isla plan whereby the devotion
OF ten minutes night and morning to
a sort of sinking fund will help to
maintain your efficiency long after
the other, bellows has petered out
Take these exercises undreased.
] L. Stand rigfdly erect and endeanor
to contract every muscle in the body
for a few seconds while you hold
your breath with the chest full OF air
Erect posture means tOeing straight
ahead, abdomen drawn we'll in and
up, shoulders well down and back,
chin pulled in, crown of head reach
ing for imaginary ceiling.
g Rise as high as you can on tip
; toes and reach as. high as you can,
first with one arm, then with the
other, and then with both. Make a
mark showing your highest reach. and
,eSA-1fS NoS W NoS ~ O0%COA yOUG
reach.
! g. Lie fat on back. palms down.
Lift first one leg slowly 70 vertical
j and slowly DOWN Then the other
Once only. at first, and gradually In
crease the number Of times as you
become accustomed 10 unwonted exer-
else. Now turn over and
- 4. Lie on abdomen, elbows bG1ed
and palms on floor Push yourself up
to arms length, keeping the whole
body rigid, and let yourself slowly
down to floor again, Just once This
may be gradually increased to as
many as dozen or twenty times as
you become hardened and At. After
a month you may begin trying to ele-
vate the body in the same way ON one
hand which is very difficult but &C
qutred by perseverance.
5. Get UP on feet and try how high
you can kick, with each leg, marking
your high point and striving daily t.
beat it.
6. Erect. Hands stretched htgf
ABOVE head. Now bend far forward
keeping knees stiff, and try as nearly
as you can to touch the floor. Then
up again. Now bend far to the right
and Try 30 touch the floor with both
hands directly behind both heels, this
TINA OF course bending the knees As
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-02
IT.. n,.Aus rra1drnn was the hos

Miss Gladys sWaldrop was the hos
tess at a delightful four-course din
ner party on Thursday. evening, the
honor guest being Miss Elsie Hines,
Of Black Mountain N. C. Her guests
were Mr.. Will Hodges with Miss Elsie
Hines, Mr.. William Penny with Miss
Dorothy4 wa1drop, Mr. Paul Waldrop
with Miss Mary. Coral Bland and ME-.
Frank Bland with Miss Gladys Wal
drop. ~
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-02

home, tonight" observed the
E tall, sad man as he pushed
the dice box from him and
II accepted the consolation ci-
A=SS(I gar which 1.-The tObacconist
vouchsafed him.
"There will be nothing do
L ing the way of eats. My.
wife hasn't time to cook. She's enter
led in the Christmas handicap. You talk
about the six-day races where fellows
ride around and around until they
drop dead or go nutsl Why the
Christmas handicap has that kind OF
an endurance race skun mile!
s coy wife gives one hundred and
eleven presents on December "a and
o.. The race is between her and
!, Christmas, and, believe me, Christmas
is coming along pretty fast when it
comes to the last lap Of the race dur
ing December. But my wife is coming
along pretty rapidly, too. Take it
from me, those needles of hers click
SO fast that they sound like fifty rev.
Oludons to the minute, and she hits
ION all SIX, too, and she leaves string
of pink and blue double bowknOts, ku-
teIets, p1cos and fourets in the wake
Of those needles that would astonish
you! :.
g sTfck, tick says the clock, and
Gtlckerty, t1ckerty, tick, tick says the
needle and there's pair Of embroid-
cred socks, an embroidered handkeF-
chief or foot towel, sweater, cap,
a dolly, lamp shade, photo holder
or most any old thing.
'FBingo! It's December %! Bingo,
bingo, bingo-O-o, go the knitting
needles and crochet hooks and the tat
ting shutt1es, leaving string Of gar
ments in their wake.
Z December g jumps up on the cal
iendar, and whizz! bang! zipp! 60 the
needles, the paint brushes, the brand
ing Irons and the stencils. And swish,
ESHishl on comes the scenery, the me
snagerie, or whatever she has to
evolve.
!, December "a swings into the
Estretch. Now Christmas is here.
They approach the wire.
snow, Idon't know whether my wife
thas worked all night or not, but she
has brought her string pretty well up
i abreast Of the times. But some OF
these presents have to be delivered
My wife grabs handful of them and
starts out to deliver them. None OF
them is finished yet, but she finishes
them on the way.
"CIang, clang! goes the street car
sBuz-z-zl goes the current and away
we go! But bib, bib, bob go the fin
IShing touches on the presents. My
wife arrives at a place where pres
emit is to be delivered and rings The
bell. Bip, bip, bfp, bip go the needles
Five yards to make and the maid Ii
ON the way to the door.
@Creak-k! The servant opens the
door. Swish-h! the present is complet
ed. Thud! My wife drops it into thu
box Swish, I'm goes my wife's card
and rattle, on goes some hollyiet
wrapping paper and my wife wins b!
nm eyelash ]"
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-02

have bought the DoRahoo Place
on the Sugar Loaf Road, and viii
shortly have for sale pHre-hred PO-
land Chinas and Berkshire nd some
fine White Wyand6ttes. H<s6u figure
ON buying pigs or chickens OF the right
sort call me up. E. ]. Rhodes. -
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-02
Larks Not First Out.

Scientific investigation has ruined
the lark's reputation for early rising.
It has been demonstrated that there
are many birds which are out before
the larks, v&
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-02

night and morning for month and
you viii scarcely know the old body
it will look 50 much better and feel 81
much better.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27

seasoned tomato sauce to which
little Worcestershire has been added.
A delicious seasoning is made by
adding a combination of many
piquant favors-Wor ta-
basco, horseradish, a bit Of mustard
and ketchup, and enough of the sar-
dine oil to moisten
A very little leftover salmon or
tuna fish, highly seasoned with lemon
juice, cayenne, finely chopped chivea
and parsley, with salt to taste ano
French dressing to moisten, makes
unrivalled canapes. Even a spoon
fuf of the fish goes a long way. If
very scant, spread thinly and place
on top thin slice of tomato, dipped
IN French dressing. Indeed, ripe to-
matoes furnish an almost unequalled
addition to many canapes, such as
cheese balls, dab" of tartar sauce.
a thinly sliced hard boiled egg (use
the fascinating and effective wire
"sllcers') brushed with mavonnaise
or green and red sweet peppers
finely minced and mixed with tiny
pearl onions Or delicious to-
mato canape is made BY spreading
the toast with leftover Welsh rarebit
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
summer Hors d'Oeuvres to Replace Soups

purple frappe imaginable. We par
took, exclaimed, enjoyed and ques-
toned: Gust huckleberry syrup,
rich and sweet, with a dash of lemon
juice, made ice cold and served in
Conserve glasses nearly filled with
cracked Ice" Try it, ye fortunate
country dwellers, next summer!
Blackberry, dewberry or raspberry
syrup, home prepared, and the de-
licious loganberry juice, as bought,
favored and served in this way, are
equally tempting. Boil the berries,
adding few tablespoons of water to
make the juice flow freely, press
through strainer, add one or two
tablespoons Of lemon juice, over
sweeten bit and serve on cracked
ice.
Blackberry parfait is sometimes
liked for this fruity first course.
Stew one quart of blackberries with
two cloves, one small stick of CHINA
mon and two or three tablespoons of
water for five minutes, or until Juice
flows freely; rub thoroughly through
a sieve, add one tablespoon Of lemon
or sour orange juice and a slight
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27


formed a little mound at one side,
followed by delicate finger sand
Wlches, paper-thin slices of pink
smoked salmon, very small, bright
red tomatoes, followed and filled
with tiny minced vegetables with a
dash of mayonnaise on each, cheese
balls rolled in finely minced red and
green sweet pepper, and walnut sized
cooked beets which had been mari
mated in spiced and slightly sweet
ened vinegar. A garnish of a few
nasturtium leaves and blossoms.
carefully selected as to color, COM
pleted the festive appearance of this
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
TESTED RECIPES
Lemon Cracker Pie

Mix together four tablespoonsful of
rolled cracker crumbs, one cupful of hot
milk, one cupful of sugar, two table
spoonsful of melted oleo, half tea
spoonful of salt, the juice and grated
rind of one lemon and one lightly beaten
egg. Turn into pie plate lined with
pie crust, dust over with grated nut
meg and bake until SEW If desired, the
top can be covered with a meringue
made from the stitlly whipped white Of
one egg and one tablespoonful Of pow
deped aUgar,
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
By FLORENCE TAFT EATON

they may often be both impressive
and cheap.
On a large, satiny polished pewter
platter recently offered as first
course at lunch I beheld the fol-
lowing delectable articles of food: A
mound of potato salad in the centre,
garnished with a mayonnaise, over
which was grated a bit Of bright red
sweet pepper; stuffed eggs, the
whites of which had been cut like an
extended "w' and then pulled apart,
giving "pinked" edges, surrounded
the potato. Silvery sardines-just a
feW-Wlth squeeze of lemon,
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27


grating of the skin, from one-half to
three-fourths cup of sugar, accord
ing to sweetness Of berries, and boil
two minutes; then add one tea
spoon Of cornstarch wet in a very
little cold water, stirring until
slightly thickened; boil two minutes
more, chill, and serve with cracked
ice.
Hors d'nuvres in variety, served
on a pewter platter, stimulate both
appetite and conversation. Strive
for novelty, but not at the expense
Of sane combinations. Any odds and
ends on hand may be utilized, so that
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
The Virtues of Succulent Acid Fruits

why eat and lemons and grapefruit when
be
cndar
acids, further nbrkd
o blood,
ndpr nowo the
the randh the
dh to eret min
the get wenn Willie
BE Of
or of the fruits.