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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-05-08
Must haN Raen Bad.

Must Have Been Bad.
Yeast-Tghtwad gave me a cigar
today.
Crimsonbeak-No: really?
"Honest, he did"
slow much Of It had he smokedT'
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-05-08
The Plain Truth.

The Plain Truth.
She-Would you love me any better
If had a million dollars?
He-Certainly not. I'd be thinking
so much about the million I'd hardly
think Of you at all.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-05-08
Wanted to Know.

"Pa, what's kleptomania"
"Why-er-it means taking some
thing you don't want"
"Was 1t kleptomania when I took
she measlesY'
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-05-08
Wholesome Lesson.

"That burglar says he has more re-
spect for the law than he had"
"What caused it?'
"The fees he had to pay his lawyer
and his bondsman."
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-05-08
Read the Post-D Dispatch. 1t
gives you the news, and is
worth the iii Of $3.50.
A Question.

A Question.
"You must be q woman hater."
"Why2"
"You've never married"
"Why should a man who has never
be q woman haterw
The state herald., 1919-03-14

we tried to keep up his Jokes and say
the same things and so forth. But they
did not 60 very well after he was
dead. he got his in the same charge
In which the chaplain was wounded
He was one Of the bunch that charged
before the order was given, when the
chaplain got It, and was running pretty
near me until we got to the Boche
wire. had to stop to get through,
though must Of It was cut up by artil-
lery fire. but he must have jumped 1t,
for when looked up he was twenty
or thirty PAGES ahead Of me. We got
to the Germans about that time and
I was pretty busy for a while. But
soon I saw him again. He was pulling
his bayonet out of Boche when an
other made jab at him and stuck him
In the arm. Then the Boche made a
swing at him with his rifle. but the
Swiss dropped on one knee and lodged
It he kept defending himself with
his ride. but there was another Ger
man on him BY this time and he could
not get up. The corporal Of our squad
came up Just about that time, but he
was too late. because one of the
Boches got to the Swiss with his bay
onet. He did not have time to with.
draw 1t before our corporal stuck him.
The other German made q pass at the
corporal. but he was too late. The
corporal beat him to It and felled him
with q terrific blow from his ride butt.
The Huns were pretty thick around
there Just - another fellow and my
self came up. A Boche swung his rifle
at the corporal and when he lodged It
the Boche almost got me. The swing
took him OF his feet and then the cor.
poral did a. pretty a bit Of work -
I ever saw. He Jumped for the Boche.
who had fallen. landed ON his face
with both feet and gave II to the next
one with his bayonet all at the same
time. He was the quickest man ever
saw.
There were q couple Of well-known
savate men In the next company and
I saw one Of them get under Frits's
guard with his foot and. believe me.
there was some force In that kick.
He must have driven the Germans
chin clear through the back Of his
neck.
We thought 1t was pretty tough luck
to lose both the chaplain and the VII
lage wit In the same charge. along
with half Of our ofncers, and then have
to give up the trench. Every man in
the bunch was sore - . boil when We
got back.
The state herald., 1919-03-14

q the Legion charged with ride and
bayonet like their men.
Then-Boomi Slant BangEand
the mines went Oh.
sAllesi" and then tho parapet was
filed with bayonets and men scram-
bling and crawling and falling and get
ting up again. The smoke drifted back
on us, and then our own machine guns
began ahead of us.
Up toward the front the bombers
were fishing in their bags and throw.
ing. Just like boys after a rat along
the docks. The black smoke from the
Jack Johnsons" rolled over us and
probably there was gas. too. but you
could not tell.
The front lines had taken their
trenches and gone on and you could
see them, when you stood on para
pet, running about like hounds through
the enemy communication trenches,
bombing out dugouts. disarming pris-
oners-very scary-looking in their
masks and goggles. The wounded
were coming back slowly. Then we
got busy with our work in the dugouts
and communication trenches and fire
bays, with bayonets and bombs. dig
cling the Boches out and sending them
"west" And every once in q while
Fritz on one side would step out and
yell "Kamerad," while. like as not. on
the other side, his pal would pot you
with revolver when you started to
pick him up. thinking he was wounded.
Then we stood aside at the entrance
to a dugout and some Boches came
out In single file, shouting "Kamerad"
The state herald., 1919-03-14
BoscHEE's SYRUP

Why use ordinary cough remedies
when Boschee's Syrup has been used
70 successfully for ffty-one years IN
all parts Of the United States for
coughs. bronchitis, colds settled in tho
throat. especially lung troublesf It
gives the patient . good nights rest.
free from coughing. with easy expec-
toration In the morning, gives nature
Q chance to soothe the inflamed parts,
throw of the disease. helping the pa
dent to regain his health. Made In
America and sold for more than half
q century.-Adv.
The state herald., 1919-03-14
CHAPTER VII.

stopping ths Huns at Dlxmuds.
I was standing In Q communication
trench that connected one Of our front.
line trenches with . crater caused BY
the explosion Of Q mine. All around
me men Of the third line were coming
up. climbing around. digging. hammer.
ing. shifting planks. moving sandbaga
up and down. bringing up new timbers,
reels of barbsd wire, ladders, cases Of
ammunition. machine guns. trench
mortars-all the things that make IN
army look like . general store on lsgs
The noise Of the guns was Just deaf.
ening. Our own shells passed not fal
above our heads. % close were the
enemy trenches. and the explosions
wsre % near and % violent that when
you rested your rife butt on something
solid. like q rock. you could feel 4,
shake and hum every time q shell
landed.
Our nrst line was Just on the out
skirts Of the town, in trenches that
had been won and lost by both sidei
many times. Our second line was Ii
the streets and the third line wal
Tho HIM. v..s 49, ~ =. sss,,,ns
Tho h.,,arad -.ms,a. ~ n,.~uss ~
- ,ho ION, ..ra,.hs. ha..a. -. ..s
working In lines 90 close that they
looked like two parades passing each
other. But the bearers from the com
~. .m.r,oncv S...s,,. s....S. ~
,hs wonrSad w..a n,,,n, "a ',., H..
sor ,hsrn ~ 's W. '
oo,nn,,~ =, ~. o,.,.,r ..
enpnuy VI inc <lne Legion Etfan
$500. :, W.. w.. so%e up 70 take tnoi'
M. 10 :. ~ s'a' ev unuef as p.i
~. ,n.. A.s a .. snen ,nnueu e"oas
-. - 80 80 1850 10y Ivy on.e,eu "s 81.
-. s..,s 80 av". Wno's SuAt
We" o''s" ~ounu,ns several osne!1
Amos. oeIoFe tney occupied M
.. tne "lles we're iaid ana reachef
The state herald., 1919-03-14

I used to think all the Germans were
big and fat and strong. and. Of course.
some Of the grenadier regiments are.
but lots Of the Boches I saw were
little and weak like this fellow 'got''
In my first charge.
It was a good piece Of work to take
the prisoners and Q novelty for me to
look them In the face-the fellows
had been fighting. Because. when you
look q Hun In the face. you can see
the yellow streak. Even II you are
their prisoner you can tell that the
Huns are yellow.
Maybe you have heard pigs being
butchered. It sounded like that when
we got to them When they attached
NJ they yelled to beat the band.
guess they thought they could scare
N. But you cannot scare machine
guns nor the foreign legion either. So
when they could not scare rs they
were up against It and had to flght.
I will admit, though. that the nrst
time Frits came over and began yell
Ing I thought the whole German army
was after me. at that and Kaiser Bill
playing the drum. And how they hate
. bayonsti They would much rather
1t In . ditch and pot you.
I admit I an not crazy about bayo-
net fighting myself, a. q general prop
osition, but will say that there have
been times when I was serving Q gun
behind the front lines when wished
for a ride and . bayonet In my hands
and q chance at Fritz man to man.
It was In this charge that our chap
lain was put out Of commission. A
We were lined up. waiting to climb On
10 the IRE step and then over the par
apst, this chaplain came down the
line speaking to each man a. he went.
He would not say much. but Just q
few words. and then make the sign Of
the cross. He was In Q black cassock.
He was Just one man from mo ~
" got the word and stood up on the
0Fs step. He was not armed with a.
much q . pin. but he Jumped up on
he step and stuek his hsad over the
parapst and got u square. landing
right beside me. I thought he was
killed. but when We got back We found
b. was only wounded. The men who
saw It were over the parapet before
the order was Owen and then the
whole bunch altar them, because they.
too. thought he was killed and figured
be never would know how they came
out about their vows. All the men in
the company were glad when they
found he was only wounded.
While half Of ~ were on the firins
step throughout the day or night the
other half would b In the dugouts or
sitting around In the bottom Of the
trench. playing little games, or mend
The state herald., 1919-03-14

Bag and Throwing.
for al they were worth. One Of them
had his mask and face blown Oh; ut
he was trying TO talk. with the tears
rolling down over the raw flesh. Hs
died I'VE minutes later.
One night, while I was lying back IN
the trench trying not to think Of any
thing and 90 to sleep the bombs beSan
to get pretty thick around there, and
when could not stand It any Longer
I rushed out into the bay Of the nro
trench and right up against the paEa.
pet, where Il was safer.
Hundreds Of star shells were being
sent up BY both sides and the nsld
and the trenches were a. bright %
day. All up and down the trenches
our men were lodging about. keeping
out Of the way Of the bombs that
were being thrown In our faces. Il
did not seem a. II there was any place
where It was possible to get covse.
Most Of the time I was picking dirt out
Of my eyes that explosions had driven
into them.
=, yo,, u.,. int, . .,. $780,
.,re.dv IN ,hara ,u.,,,s 49,. .~I"x
s,,cS ~ = hnnoh sn W a,..% uSus
von were IN a dr,or, aor ~. ~
;nS ~ ho hrr,aS .,,v. 90 IL.
went outside you thought the Boches
were aiming at you direct-and there
&c. ~ '>' ~ ''' ''' 1S'
NJ. 81. a.. 49,. ,... A..
tho o,ha- n,n..s :. ~" Tso o.. .u
.ha.. 49, .sa. ~ me- ~.,, .. .au no' -
~. go s-s,, SO" ..'Ss ".s
d.. 80 o Uns ,',aSs p''1 a.. a.. 'n. ~ ny ""
~. h.v ar,v ,,n.. . !. '' W
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The state herald., 1919-03-14
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

10 ball p 1t Of water add OF. Bay Rum,
. small box Of Barbo Compound, and y
%. Of glycerine. Any druggist can put this
up or you can mix II at home at very lit
IL cost. Full directions for making and
uss come In each box Of Barbo Compound.
Il win gradually darken streaked, faded
gay hair, and mals II soft and sloay. II
will not color the scalp. u not sticky q
geasy. and does not rub o6.-Adv.
The state herald., 1919-03-14

Doesn't hurt a bitl Drop little
Freezone on an aching corn, instantly
that corn stops hurting, then you lift
It right out. Yes. magicl
A tiny bottle Of Freezone costs but
few cents at any drug store, but Is sum.
cient to remove every hard corn, soft
corn, or corn between the toes, and the
calluses, without soreness or irritation.
Freezone is the sensational discovery
Of Cincinnati genius. It Is wonderful.
The state herald., 1919-03-14
DEPEW GOES "0VER THE TOP" AND GETS HIS FIRST
GERMAN IN BAY0NET FIGHT.

synopss-Abert Depsw author Of the service
in the United States which
petty officer nrst gunner The world starts after he
receives his honorable discharge the
France with determination enlist He
assigned
him high honors Later he transferred
the Flanders front he his st
Dimude Legonares when behind
gian and children
The state herald., 1919-03-14
Testing the Theory.

mo man wants to be too hard on
his children's follies."
Then. sir, II your daughter mar.
des me, will you make some allow
ance for her?'
The state herald., 1919-03-14

II attended a seance last night"
"Any spirits raisedT
"Yes; a reporter present exhibited
spirit Of Investigation. and this
raised spirit Of northumberland
Evening Transcript.
The state herald., 1919-03-14

Sounds Like II.
THE poet speaks Of that regal indo-
lent air she had"
II see. An ode to his cook"
The state herald., 1919-03-14

Keep eiean inside % ven % oatsids By tahins
Dsetos Piercs's Pleasant Psilsts X1v,
The state herald., 1919-03-14
ospsw hss On exciting expert.
snes In Q Zeppelin raid, % told
In next lnstailmsnt
GRO BE coNTiNuNpJ


vnnderhoof Hernld-lf you feel that
the whole world In against you, gst In
line; tho world may be right nbout Il.
boston Transcript
The state herald., 1919-03-14
inexpensive Tonic.

"what is the best appetizer you
know Off asked Smith. THE ab-
sence of the price Of meal" replied
Jones.
The state herald., 1919-03-14
Getting Bored

Getting Bored.
Knicker-What were you wonder
ingf
Bocker-when trilllons will come In
style.
The state herald., 1919-03-14
q q

Tho moment you cnt tablet Of two
Of Papc's Dinpepsin all the indigestion
pain and dyspepsia distress stops.
Your disordered stomach will feel
nne at once.
These pleasant. harmless tablets Of
Pape's Dinpcpsin never fail and cost
very little at drug stores. Adv.
The state herald., 1919-03-14
PAPE'S DIAPEPSIN
FOR INDIGESTION
EAT ONE TABLET NO CASA,
AcloITv, DYSPEPSIA OR ANY
STOMACH MISERY.

Undlgcsted food Jumps Of pain:
belching gas, acids and sourness. When
your stomach Is all upset. here Il In.
slant relief-No wnitingi
The state herald., 1919-03-14

Trnin up Q child In tho way you
should have gone yoursclf.-Rous
seau.
The state herald., 1919-03-14

What In that mans businc,s pur,
Suitr Making a living, but he. new
or caught II vet"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-08-15
Government Report Shows L.
888, 1893 Miles of Wire Used
by21 Companies.
Big INCREASE IN MESSAGES
Last FIVe-Year Period Shows Asst Per
Cent More TeIegrams-Par Value
of the Capital Stock Is
$1o6, 36o,237.

Washington according to report
just issued by Director Sam L. Rog-
ers of the bureau of the census. depart
ment of commerce, the q commercial
land telegraph systems in the United
States in 1917 operated 241. OH miles
of pole line, comprising 1883, 7e5 miles
of wire; sent 151, 725, 23S messages, and
employed 47,227 persons, to whom
were paid salaries and wages amount
ing to $36.392, 140.
This report, which is issued under
the title, "Telegraphs and Municipal
Electric Fire Alarm and Police Patrol
Signaling Systems" was prepared un-
der the supervision Of Eugene F. Hart
ley, chief statistician for manufacture
ers, and is the fourth of a series of
quinquennial reports on the telegraph
systems of the country.
The pole-line mileage in 1917 was
less by 90 per cent than in 1912, but
was greater by six-tenths of l per
cent than in 1907. The wire mileage.
however, showed an increase of Al
per cent as compared with 1912 and
OF 1877 per cent over 1907.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-08-15

THE federal trade commission has
found that the high price of shoes
cannot be justified by underlying eco
nomic conditions. The commission
after exhaustive inquiry into the price
of hides, leather and shoes, is report
ing to congress that the larger packers
control the hide supply and have
taken excessive profits and passed in
creased costs to subsequent steps in
manufacture and distribution; that the
tanner has taken exceptional profits;
that the manufactures Of shoes has
taken unusual margins, and the prices
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-08-15

St Louis, Mo.-When a farm was
sold in Maries county, Missouri, re-
Gently the transaction took place ID
the home of the farms buyers, named
Hoeller, and was strictly a cash trans
action. After the deal had been closed
every member of the family began
bringing in silver colTss from hooks and
crannies all over the house where il
had been secreted. The seller had To
take his money in a flour sack 10 the
bank, where II took the teller and
cashier two hours TO count it. Most Of
the money had been earned by tive
daughters taking In washing.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-08-15

brands, but the spades are those Of
agricultural designs.
The tendency is toward smaller
brands. Branding causes cattle to
lose in weight, and the larger the brand
the greater the suffering of the cattle
and the greater the loss of weight, so
the old-time custom of great brands,
covering the whole side of a COW, is
passing away. Hides are more valu-
able today, also, and the big brands
injure the leather.
The easiest brands to read are those
made with the stamp iron, that is, an
iron forged into the figure or charac.
ter desired. Sometimes the cowboys
encounter a maverick far from head
quarters, md in the exigency of the
occasion an iron rod is heated and
running" brand is executed.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-08-15
Romance Weaved
IN Cattle Brands

different from that OF other ranchmen
else the brand would fail of its pur-
pose. So in the latter days the letters
were finally all taken up and the neces-
sity for individual and unique brands
has LED to many strange device.
Many Novel Designs.
For example, there is the "Spur"
ranch. the Turk Track" ranch, the
'@Tumbling K' of the Lazy X.'' Every
ranch has its principal brand, and
some have many others. Ranch own
ers, who trade extensively, and are
constantly acquiring cattle with differ
ent brands, have number of insignias
on record. Often the ranchmen's sons
and daughters have their special
brands and the dedication of a new
brand is not an unusual form of cele-
brating birth on the range
Among the peculiar brands is a pig
pen, which means a square with its
sides extending to form the exterior
angles. Crescents are common. Only
one ranchman has a Ratchet for a
brand.
A bow and arrow gives name to
one big Texas ranch. L. ]. Kimber-
Inns ranch had a crutch on the hip
and coffee pot on the side. The
coffee pot design is not so intricate as
one might imagine, consisting of only
eight lines.
Wine glasses are not uncommon as
a brand and the J. W. Friend Cattle
company in Crotchett county had
gourd. A rocking chair is the brand
Of the Fl. B. Opp ranch In Sutton and
Menard counties.
Lee Brothers bad for their brand the
graceful flem de lis. Anchors are
common, but only the John w. Franks
ranch in the Usage reservation boasts
Of the Swastika.
A hash knife, a hat, the Masonic
square, key. a turkey track, a bell,
crossed walking sticks, an hour glass,
a tree, a boot, slipper, flag. an
apple, a flower, ladders, rakes, spades,
fence, doll baby, cotton hook, a
fishhook, bottle, bride bits, frying
pan, pitchfork and even a comet may
be seen among the long list of brands.
A "scuple" indicates that the ranch
owner was druggist before becoming
a cattleman. Hearts, diamonds and
clubs are found among the records of
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-08-15

charged by the retailer are not justi-
fable. each factor in the industry adj
ding to the burden he had to bear be-
fore he passed it on to the next"
Means for reducing the present high
prices are. recommended by the COM
mission in this paragraph:
''Some relief from the intolerable
prices paid by consumers for shoes
may be had by ~ a rigid enforce
ment OF the laws against monopolistic
control Of commodities, (2) legislation
forbidding producers of hides engag-
ing - the tanning business"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-08-15
TELEGRAPH HAS
RAPID GROWTH

The increase in the number of mes.
sages was much greater-45.7 per cent
during the last f1ye-year period and
OBJ per cent during the ten years
from 1907 to 1917. The number of EN-.
ployees increased by 1872 per cent be-
tween 1912 and 1917, and by $40 per
cent during the period 19O7-17 and the
corresponding percentages of increase
In their salaries and wages were 59.2
and 1912.
The number of telegraph offices in
1917 was 28,865, a decrease of e. per
cent as compared with 1912 and Of
seven-tenths of / per cent as com,
pared with 1907. The total income
from telegraph traffic vas $91 ,312, 567,
an increase of 74.5 per cent over 1912
and of 140.S per cent as compared with
1907; the income from all other
sources was $1.641 ,8O3; the total ex,
penses, including charges for deprecia-
ton and sinking funds, were $50, S2S-
$40, an increase of 52.9 per cent over
1912 and of lila per cent over 1907,
and the net income was So. 125, 400, an
increase Of 1884 per cent as com
pared with 1912 and of 1877 per cent
over 1907.
The par value of the outstanding
capital stock of the companies was
$1O6,360, 237, a decrease of 1T per
cent as compared with 1912, but an in
crease of per cent over 1907.
Printing Telegraph Comes In.
The foregoing figures relate only to
commercial telegraph companies, and
thus exclude the wire and pole line
wholly owned and operated by rail-
roads, and also exclude the equipment
and telegraph business of the various
press associations which lease and OPP
crate wires for dispensing news.
During the fve-year period 1912-1sl7
the printing telegraph came into ex-
tended use by telegraph companies,
press associations and railroads. The
printing telegraph consists essentially
Of a sending instrument equipped with
keyboard similar to that of a type
writer, electrically connected with
receiving instrument in such manner
that the latter automatically repro
duces what is typewriter on the send
ing instrument. Without the printing
telegraph it would have been difficult
or impossible TO handle the increased
telegraph business during the great
war.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-08-15
ALL TAKE EXCESSIVE PROFITS
Eeoerai Trade Commission Makes
Public Facts Concerning Present
High Prices OF Shoes.

Washington.-The federal trade COM
mission, which recently conducted an
investigation into the leather Industry.
inquiring especially into the prices of
shoes, made public a summary of its
report TO congress.
In Its Introduction to the summary
the commission says: