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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-03-28
Hand Work Reappears.

We can look for all sorts of hand
work now on everything; indeed it ~
safe to predict that trimming and
then more trimming Of every sort.
braiding, stitching. embroidery, cto-
cheting. every sort Of fancy. even the
long-ago punch works about to ap-
pear again. One Of the recently i'm
ported French trotteur suits bearing
out this idea shows fine stitching ol
white silk threads on dark blue seswo
and holding In place bands Of black
patent leather.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-03-28
CHAPTER XIV.

Each day In the Argonne levied it,
toll Of victims. sometimes many, some
times only q few. It u only natural
not be at its best under these circum-
stances. With the same indifference
that the men had once gone to their
work to support their wives and chill
dren they now went into action. This
business Of killing had become daily
routine. Whenever ~ discussed our
situation. the crown prince and the
commander Of the Sixteenth army
corps, Lieutenant General Won Nudra,
Jared worst.
The troops In the Argonne forest be-
longed to the Sixteenth corps, the Thir-
ty-third and Thirty-fourth divisions.
Neither the crown prince nor Won Mud
n had ever been seen In the trenches.
One Of the members ON the crown
princes star was the old field mar
shal, Count Won Haeseler. former COM
mander Of the Sixteenth corps. who.
before the war. was considersd q hu-
Leaf BY the soldiers, were far more de-
spised by most Of the men than were
the French cannon, which sought our
miserable lives.
The Hohenzollegn heir did not and
life hard at his headquarters several
kilometers behind the battle front. It
was easy for him 10 make himself
popular with his order to 60 ahead ct
the cost Of thousands Of lives. He was
vesy well lfked among The high od1cefA
with whom he at behind q stove n
though the progress WAS not inst
enough for them.
He honored Won Nudra with The -.
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ing. The bodice has II round neck and
fastens at the side under band Of
satin. The flowing sleeves are trib-
ute to that popular innovation In this
seasons styles. Three bands of satin
make II fine decoration for them. There
Is crushed Cor wrinkled) girdle Of
the crepe georgette that does not In
terfere with the graceful lines which.
more than anything else. make the
success of these soft frocks.
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CHAPTER XIV.

The entire forest Of Argonne was
flown to pieces when we arrived.
Everywhere was artillery. which main
tained flre on the villages behind the
snsmy's positions.
One Of the many batteries which we
constantly had to pass ON our march
from the camp to the front. was In &C.
tion when we reached 1t.
asked one Of the gunners what his
objective was and he replied that 1t
was any village within range.
4 substitute first lieutenant, in
charge Of the battery, stood nearby.
One Of my comrades asked him II he
did not think there might be women
and children in those villages.
~That would make no difference"
tAs drst lieutenant replied. "Women
and children are French, 30 what does
Il matter9 This breed has to be ex-
terminated In order that this nation
Ghall not think Of war again for cen
eWy."
This day was designated for q
storming attack and We were Obliged
10 be In our positions ut seven O'Clock
in the morning. Promptly At 8 80 regi-
nent No. 81 was ordered to attack.
PioneeFs led the way. They were sup
piled With hand grenades. These week
" attacks were opened half an hour
before the infantry went over BY .
0eoEm Of ardlle9y IRE. The artillery
action required very careful calcula-
e1oo because the distance which sepa-
rated our position from the ensmy's
was vsry slight. It varied from three
70 one hundred meters: never any
moro. At the point where we attached
the distance was 20 meters.
Promptly at eight o'clock the artil-
t0y started. The nrst three shells
slEack . ditch, but the following ones
~ fairly, that u, right In the French
0onehsA Once the artillery had the
DeoDer range whole salvos Of batteries
0aGesoded upon them with admirable
szAeeness. The cries Of the wounded
vefs heard once more, q sign that
0aay had been hit.
A artillery ofncer acted ~ observer
= H. forsmost sense and directed the
p b phone. Promptly at $50 O'Clock
ast1nsxy nres stopped and We At
0ed Ths eleventh company Of the
seventh regiment. Of which I
- bsfoes. came under the 6re Of
- eo0yb nAchane guns and 10 Of its
- WeRo killed sftee thsy had only
1eooeeoea Q fsw stsps outside the
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Dad and wounded 0oa lay amoag
~ bFanches and tie trees everywhers
a the ground. Every man who WAS
able to run sped forward to reach the
enemy trench ~ quickly as possible. A
part Of the enemy defended itself des-
pefately In q trench filed with water
and mud. A terrible hand-to-hand nght
resulted. We stood In water up to our
knees.
Men. severely wounded. lay In the
mud. holding their mouths and noses
above the water. During the fighting
they were trampled more deeply into
the dirt under our feet for we could
not zee where we were going; We could
only "roll up" the entire trench.
The section won was fortified with
all possible haste. Once more we had
acquired at q heavy cost in human life
few meters Of the Argonne forest.
This trench. which We took. had
changed hands many times and even
now We were preparing for the usual
counter-attacks.
Presently the "jackasses" went into
action. The "jackasses" are the guns
Of the French mountain artillery. They
were so named because they were
drawn BY mules. They are guns Of nat
trajectory. kept from 50 to 100 meters
behind the enemy lines. The shells
from these cannon few directly over
our heads and cut their way through
tho branches at q high rate Of speed.
Because Of the high velocity Of the
shell and the short distance II travels
the detonation when the shot IL fred
almost ut the same instant These
'jackasses" are greatly feared by the
German soldiers because they are kept
working day and night.
Il was winter and very cold. The
trenches had been filed with water
and were now nothing except deep
bitches Of mud. Under these condl-
lions. through the ice-cold nights. our
routine consisted Of 48 hours duty
ing attack was made. the success Of
which was entirely out Of proportion
to the enormous losses. In all Of the
four months was In the Argonne for
ests we gained 400 meters. The fol-
lowing data will indicate how heavy q
price was paid In lives for this little
piece Of France.
Each regiment had its own ceme-
tery. There was the One Hundred and
Torty-fifth infantry regulars, the Sixty
seventh, and One Hundred and Seven
ty-third infantry regulars and the
One Hundred and Fifth Hirsch-
berg battalion. On the day We were re.
lieved from duty In the Argonne for
ests there were more dead In these
cemeteries than there were survivors
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CHAPTER xIi'-contInusd-
coDy1l9Ae ~ Dono1t Ufoo PRoao

CHAPTER Xlll-Contfnuod
-13-
Enormous forces Of artillery were
belng mobilized. New guns continued
b arrive every day and were installed
without going into action. The trans
poetAtion Of munitions and material
was also very brisk. We did not aus-
pect at this time that this was the first
prsparation for a great offensive.
After four weeks In this vicinity we
were sent to another part Of the front.
once more without being told our des-
tination. We marched away and In the
afternoon We arrived at Dun-sur-
Mouse.
Hardly had we entered the town
when the German crown prince, accom-
panied oy several officers and O large
pack Of hunting dogs rode BY.
"Good morning. pioneers I" he called
sat to NJ.
Then he inspected our unit closely.
He spoke to our captain, after which
one Of the officers Of his stan took M
- Z Red Cross establishment where
We were banqueted and given wine.
The headquarters Of the Hohenxol-
l9n heir were located at Dun-sur.
Mouse. The ladies Of the Red Cross
treated ~ cordially. We asked them
u al passing troops were a. well treat
ID - we had been.
sOh. yes" young woman answered,
"but only . few come here. The crown
prince, however, has an especial at
tachment for the pioneers"
- -
0srs told ~ that Dun-sur-Meuse was
- headquarters Of the Fifth army.
9hefe were gay times In the town, with
On open-air concert every day. The ON
eeFs often received women visitors
from Germany.
After q hard march we arrived at
the front positions. In a veritable
labyrinth Of trenches. filed with water,
~ had the utmost dihiculty finding
our way about Finally we arrived at
the very front. The French were only
tn meters away and before We had
0oen there two days we took part in .
hand grenade encounter.
6ome distance back we established a
Dioneer depot. Twenty-Five Of our mer
d1d nothing but assemble hand gre
nAde8. We were soon settled and ready
for IN emergency.
In camp we were divided among
various troops. They showed MS how
the warfare waged at this front re-
Quired every imaginable kind Of fight
ing. There was mining. sapping. hand
grenade throwing. mine throwing and
light patrol battles. This went on day
after day and night after night. with
- hours in the trench and a 12-hour
rest. The shortage Of men made Q
less strenuous schedule impossible.
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CHAPTER XVI.

The next day we received orders to
march to an unknown destination. We
soon arrived at the depot Of Apremont
where we were obliged to wait. Tho
depot had been destroyed. The next
station was Chatel. Both Of these
places are about I'VE kilometers behind
the front.
The prisoners were assembled In
Apremont. Several Of them had come
from that town. Their families were
still In their homes and many prisoners
asked permission to visit them. had
occasion to witness such a visit In Ap-
remont. Two reserves led one Of the
prisoners to the house, which he had
pointed out az his. The prisoners
young wife was In the kitchen with her
three children. We followed them into
the house.
The woman turned pale as she sud-
denly saw her husband. They en-
braced. We went outside for we felt
out Of place there.
The woman had not had q letter
from her husband for flve months BE-
cause the Germans were between her
and her husbands army. He had been
In the trenches for q month, realixing
how nearby his wife and children were.
yet unable to reach them and with NO
way Of knowing whether they were
alive or dead.
How he must have felt a. the French
shells Aew over his head on their way
to Apremont
There was no way Of moving
the glow In the sky caused
BY the burning Of . house was fur
nished by his home or not Every
thing became Q torturing uncertainty
and al Of life was hell.
CTO BE CONTINUED
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Accessories In Red.

One Of the new contributions to
colorful accessories are collar and
cuff sets Of bright ruby red. These
are made Of satin sometimes with navy
blue linings and are regarded as es-
pecially desirable to tighten up dark
blue frock.
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Each Day Levied lts Toll o. Victims.
Of the several regiments. The Sixty
seventh regiment had more than 1000
dead. All the victims were members
Of that unit except q few pioneers,
who had been assigned to duty with
It. There was never . day without
some loss Of life, and on the days when
the storming attacks were made. death
had an extremely large harvest.
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Sphere Of His Holiness.

II this sphere Of his mercy and
wrath, tenderness and severity, IL 20
beautiful, what shall be the splendor
Of the sphere Of his holinessf What
the glory Of the presence chamber,
judged by the excellence Of this dis
tant boundary lodgef
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0ojNo 10 Church.

We cannot take advantage Of the
church without going to church. any
more than We could take advantage
Of a weekday school. without going
= classes each day.
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When Man Exceie oeas&

H&e It u in cold type. No man -
better than Q dumb beast unless his
soul u a6ame. The beast expeEisnees
an the sensations Of the physical -.
pee1taA-HouOtpa Pest
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uR1evID uuRoRN mfssRAr1eRAl
SUNlXSUOOL
LESSON

(by REV. P. B. F'ITZwATER, d. D.,
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
htbis institute Of Chicagol
Copyright. 1919 By Western Newspaper Usisa-l
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-03-28
LESSON FOR MARCH 80
REVIEW.

GODS HAND IN A NATIONS LIFE
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1919-01-23
MRS. jim DAVIS

The death angel visited the home
of Jim Davis, Jan. 9Th, and claimed
as it's victim his wife She was TAX.
en- with influenza and then pneump-
MIA. She is survived by her husband
seven children and many friends
and relatives.
The funeral services were held by
Rev. Fred B. Cox at the Methodist
church at Algood. She was laid 10
rest at the Algood cemetery.
Mrs. Davis was good, religious
woman, loved by all that knew her.
She lways had smile and a cheer
full word for every one and always
was so cheerful Home isn't home
without mother. No one can take
a mothers place. God has taken
her away from us. We know not
why. 1t is hard to give up those wt
love, but God knows best. She is in
better world than this, where sick
ness and death never comes, but
where al is peace, joy and happi-
ness. Let us all be ready to met
hr in that happy home above wher
God calls for US.
LILLE DAVIS.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1919-01-23
RED CROSS NOTES
THE JUNIOR RED CROSS TO
HAVE HEALTH CRUSADE

The Junior Red Cross will begin at
once full program of health activi.
ties which is planned TO make the
Juniors understand not only the val.
ue of health laws to the world but
also to instruct them as to he meth
ods of applying these laws to them
selves.
In order accomplish this a plan
is outlined by which the Juniors will
conduct Health Crusade and will
gain certain fixed credits for health
work done as outlined on a special
ly prepared chart. Grades of work
and numbers of credits gained will
win certain rank-the ranks of
Squire, Page, knight indicating
how well the chart work has been
followed.
ed i'm promoting and preserving the
health of the young people o. today
in order that we may produce a
race of strong men for tomorrow,
will welcome this effort of the Red
Cross to impress upon the young
people health lessons OF lasting
value.
For the month of February spec
tally prepared plan of work has been
arranged for the Juniors which will
make them familiar with the dan
gers of tuberculosis and will educate
them at the same time as to means
off preventing the spread of this di
sease.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1919-01-23
NURSES GRADUATE

A beautiful program featured the
graduating exercises of a class OF
twelve young women of the Nurses
Training School of the Woman's Hos
pital, which took place Thursday
evening, Jan. 16, in the parlors of
the hospital building. The parlors
and Railways were filed to over
flowing with friends OF the young
graduates and of the institution.
The graduates carried lovely gift
bouquets and other gilt flowers
banked the mantels and filled every
available space. In the center of
the main parlor a large stand held
Ascension lilies and white carna-
tions.
The young women receiving di-
plomas were: Misses Harriet Hunt
er and Glory Buchanan. Nashville;
Lucy Banks, Manchester; Elizabeth
Noa, Ruscelville, Ky; Sarah Ann
Farmer, Adams; Alice brosnear,
Cookeville; Estelle Tullons, Frank
lin; Essie Evans, Lynnville; Ruby
Frutina, Call Evelyn Cul-
berson, Alabama; Hilda Locke, Lon
don. England, and Mrs. Lula BlakeIy
Ky.-Nashville Banner.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1919-01-23
GENTRY

Under the able management of
Mr. S. D. Maddux and Miss Mary
Cummins our school has taken ON
new life, having the largest attend
ance we have had in several terms
There were fifty-six present at
Sunday School last Sunday. The at
tendance has been smll during the
bd weather We hope to be in the
new church next first Sunday, then
every one will want to come.
The Ladies' Aid Society met with
Mrs. Mary Bush on last Wednesday
to discuss plans for an entertain
ment for the benefit of the lighting
fund of the church. 1t was decided
to give free a short Literary and
musical entertainment with probab-
ly a. spelling match, after which a
quilt that the Ladies have made will
be auctioned off to the highest bid
der. This is to be followed by re-
freshments for which of course you
are expected to pay. Come one
and all on Saturday night, February
list, to the schoolhOuse.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1919-01-23
HOT SPRINGS, ARK.

Dear Editor: Please allow me
space for few words to pay my
humble tribute to the memory OF a
dear good friend whose young life
has been touched and ended by the
ruthless and all-destroying hand OF
the common enemy of all that lives.
1t is said that death loves a shining
mark. and also that the good die
young, the truth of which, was fully
vouched for when the hideous mons
ter, the dreaded foe of all human
kind stalked boldly into the peaceful
and happy home of Mr.. and Mrs F.
N. Billingsey of Bloomington Spring
and claimed for his own, their only
sin.
Harrison Ord Billingsley was nine
teen years and six months old the
day he died. Monday, Dec. End, 1913,
and notwithstanding his youth, he
had already developed many of the
fine traits and noble qualities Of char
acter that contribute so much to-
ward the making Of the real man
and good citizen. He was well
equipped for the manifold duties of
life. He was given a liberal educa-
|tion, and nature had bestowed upon
him with lavish hand very many of
her best and rarest gifts. He had
un6oubted honor and integrity, was
noble hearted and generous, of a
genial and sunny disposition, and
manly and courteous to all with
whom he came in contact. His
friends we're legion. Impelled by a
restless and worthy ambition to be
independent and selfsustaining he
sought and secured employment with
the Dupont Engineering Company at
the Nashville powder plant where
he contracted influenza which re-
suited in his death as stated above.
In the battle between life and death
he was aided by all that medical
skill and loving hands colud possibly
do, and when the supreme moment
came the merciful veil of time was
drawn silently aside by the invisible
hand of the Master, he surrendered
all and entered peacefully into the
valley of the shadow without mur-
mur of dread or fear upon his lips,
fully conscious almost to the last
breath, soothed and sustained by an
unfaltering trust in Him who doth
all things well. He was buried III
the family lot in the city cemetery
at Cookeville, the funeral service
being conducted by the Rev. J. w.
Stone.
"He sleeps his last sleep,
He has fought his last battle,
No sound can awake him to glory
again"
RP G..
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1919-01-23
HUNTSVILLE. ALA.

What has become of Jas. B. Carr
Of Troop ], 4th Cavalry. Would like
10 read a letter from him.
Miss Amanda Johnson's boy has
returned from France. He left he"e
yesterday Cor his home at Walling,
Tenn.
Miss Ida Cantrell says it's a long
way to France, but her heart is still
there.
l hope the soldiers will write 10
the Herald after they come home.
We have had no winter yet. There
is no snow on the ground but can
look upon Santo mountain and see
lots Of snow and it looks beautiful
when the sun is shining.
ELIZA JOHNSON.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1919-01-23
kLONDlKE, GA.

Editor Herald:-I have just paid
your good state a visit / got as far
up as Baxter, and visited several of
the best families in that section of
the state, among whom Was Dill
Stanton down on Martins Greek,
who took me around and showed
me some of that good land, and
beautiful scenery along Martins
Creek
We visited Gronville, beautiful
little town down at the boat landing
in Jackson county, II miles above
Nashville. A lot of pretty scenery
along down this Martins Greek
Those limestone. rocks over there
would be good fertilizer for the land
Of our state. 1t would be go1d
business for them to have those lime
rocks crushed and ship them to Ga,
Some are doing that. We saw a lol
of fine bluegrass pastures that COZ
tanned many fine horses, mules, cat
tie and hogs.
I'm sure that section of the state
would grow cotton fine, especially
on that part of the land that lies TO
the east and south, where the sun
shines the strongest.
The people all seem to be doing
well, and maybe better than if thec
raised cotton even at 28 and 20
cents per pound. l intend to sisit
this section again next summer and
will try to get on up to Cookevillc
and see the editor and the people in
and around Cookeville.
We get your paper regularly, and
love to read it very much, especially
the many letters from different
states and sections of the country
AS token of our love for the
boys who gave their lives in The war
dhat we might have our Nre'edoln,
We are going to set memorial trees
on all the public roads in Hall Coun-
ty from one end to the other. This
We think ught to be done throughout
the United States in every count y
in the Union. 1T would be but lit 9
cost to any one by this showing our
appI eciation and thus beautifying
our lands along the public roads, and
making it more valuable
H, B. MATHIS
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1919-01-23
DAYS OF DIZZINESS
Come to Hundreds Of CookeviIle
People

There are days of dizziness;
Spells of headache, languor, Jack
ache;
Often urinary disorders.
Doan's Kidney Pills are especially
for kidney ills.
Endorsed in Cookeville by CRATE
full friends and neighbors.
Mrs j. F. Storie, 800 Oak ST.,
Cookeville, says: "A few years ago
my kidneys got out of order | be-
came run down and felt dull and
tirel. My back was weak and ! Of
ten had dizzy headaches. My kid
neys didn't act right, either. read
about Doan's Kidney Pills and used
them as directed. Doan's soon cured
me of all sign of the trouble of the
complaint since. ] gladly recon-
mend DOan'S".
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Storie had Foster-Milburn
Co, Mfrs, Buffalo N. Y
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1919-01-23
UNION GROVE

Willie Bradford gave the youus
folks a singing Saturday night
large crowd was present and all re
ported nice time.
Lee Maxwell spent Saturday
night with the Thompson's.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Allison spen
Sunday with Joe Allison and family
Misses Jennie Wilkerson and Mar
tha Thomas took dinner with Ella
and Laura Maxwll, Sunday. :.
Mrs Bula Thomas has gone "a
Nashville to undergo an operation
Mrs Bedford Terry and daughter
spent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs
Frank Wilkerson.
Miss Martha Thomas was tie
guest of Miss Minnie Maxwell, Wei
mesday night.
Mrs Bob Maxwell and daughter,
Irma, spent one night last week
with Mr.. and Mrs. Pleas Maxwell.
Miss Lou Robrts was the guest If
Misses Rula and Vallie Allison re-
Gently.
Mr.. and Mr.. Smith Crawford are
visiting their son, Hawkins, who is
very sick.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Haskell ElKs are
visiting her mother near Bona.
Monroe Cole has returned from
where he has been visit
ing his brothr, Haskell, who is very
sick with pneumonia.
j. M. H, Ellis of Cookeville visited
his fathre, R. B. Ellis, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lark Bradford are
visiting relatives at Baxter.
Arthur Maxwell has been visit
his uncle Powhatan Mahan.
Benton Worley took supper at Tom
Wednesday.
Frances Wilksrson has rksrned
TO Cookeville after spending several
days with home folks.
Hello, Wade Dunavin, are you
still singing (34) and "Are You
Mrs. Frank Kilgore has been visit
ng Mr. and Mrs. John Kilgore
SALLY AND PEGGY