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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-10

very pleasant one. The scenery which |
we saw has never been cqualed in |
NV mind Since left the states. We |
were in ii rest camp It this place for |
about two days after which we cross |
ed the English Channel for some /
where in France. We sailed on the !
Queen Alexander and landed at Cher |
| bourg France on the morning CT the |
| 18th We again went into rest camp |
and only remained there for very |
few hours before making our impend- !
ing trip across the lovely country of
France. On this trip we passed thru
some of the most beautiful as we'll
as the largest cities of France. ! sup
pose that you will be some what as
| founded when reveal to you the ac-
comdations afforded us on this trip
of forty-eight hours. We travelled in
cattle cars that were crowded to the
utmost When we landed at our des-
| tination we were completely worn
out and as black as the blacklist ne
gro you ever saw, but after few
hours of rest and recreation we were
again invigorated and feeling fine.
The place where we were then was
Valdehon. This place is small and it
will be some what hard to find unless
YOU locate it with referance to some
larger cities such as Bescanson, Di-
jon etc. 1t is only about IS miles from
Besconcon which l am sure you will
find on the map with out the slightest
effort 1t was at this place that we
got out final intensive training before
going on the front. We left that place
some several weeks prior to this writ
ing We are not located at st. Bin
which is directly north Of that place,
We are now located near the famous
city OF Metz which I am sure you
have read lot about owing to the
fact that is has been "a city that has
been under almost constant lombard
ment for long time The Verdun sec
tor is only a little ways from here.
Our Infantry did some very memoir
able work at this place and they in
deed won for themselves gallant re-
putation:
The people of France are and have
been exceptionally nice to us and that
goes to make our stay over here more
pleasant They have shown at all tim
es that deely appreciate what we have
and are doing for them and their
cause. As to the date that we will get
back to the States. suppose you will
and are now more able to make the
| answer than | am. have no idea as
yet what we will do. Some say one
thing and some will come along and
make statement that is a complete
contraction of the former
Now that the war is over 1 am of
the opinion that we will get an oppor-
tunity to visit some of the most not
able cities of the country. | am going
TO try to make trip to Domremmy,
it being the birth place and
early home Of the noted Joan De Arc
who did so much to save the cause of
France during the Hundred Years
war. Also Chaumont is very near
where we are now located and il is
notable because its the place in which
the American General Headquarters
are located
Suppose that you are tired reading
this history by now so | will let YOU
have little rest for the present will
complete this at an early date. Hope
that it will not be long before | am
permitted to be with you.
Yes, there is one thing that | for
got to tell you and that was that
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-10

ers and stock men in less favored
sections of the world
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-10
GIVE US

Our Job Department is ready
to do more printing for you at
prices consistent with good
quality work. When you keep
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-05-02

Down in the southern mountains
where 5000, 600 pative Americans OF
English. Scotch and Irish descent are
practically cut on from the rest OF n
nation and are suffering the plight Oh
illiteracy, superstition and primitiye
living and moral conditions, b Meth
odist Episcopal Board of Education
has a dozen schools at work, In addi-
ton TO the University of Chattanooga
The Centenary plans to send out many
more trained workers, and to establish
community centers of education and
Christian principles.
OF the 300, 900 North American In,
dams in this country, only one-thlrd
speak English, while there are zoo,-
| 1893 who can neither read nor write.
There are 1879 Indian children OF
school age who attend no school.
| The Centenary program for the heo
Man includes higher education for the
native Indian preachers, which they
in turn pass on to the members OF
their congregation who are unable 10
attend government schools. Native
Women are also to be trained In DO
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-05-02
A'e cet your best girl and go to church.

Probably the greatest educational
campaign ever undertaken by a church
is that now being launched by b
Centenary Movement of the Methodist
Episcopal Church and the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, which to-
gether plan to raise $4,000. 900 for
missionary WORK at home and broad.
More than &14, 000, 900 will be spent on
schools and teachers for the untaught
children OF the world, and instruction
for grown people who have had little
or no schooling in their youth. OF
this sum a considerable amount will be
spent on educational work in our own
United States.
OF the foreign born white people In
this country more than twelve per
cent are illiterate; Of the Negroes
over thirty per cent; OF the Chinese
over fifteen per cent; OF the Japanese
over mine per cent; and Of the North
American Indians. over forty~Ave pei
cent. In many cases, especially II
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-05-02

i-n-Americans, the 3,000.0 900 Slavic peo-
pies, the $4,000 Chinese, the 100000
Japanese and the hundreds Of thous-
ands OF miscellaneous foreign speaking
people who have come to make the
United States their homo.
For the Negroes in the South, the
Centenary is planning typical COM
munity centers In agricultural dis
trtcts where modern farming methods
will teach the people how to raise bes-
ter crops, while model parsonages VIII
serve as demonstrations of ideal home
life. To insure the Of these
undertakings, organized movements
are being inaugurated for the edqca-
ton Of pastors and church Officials
and workers.
In the North, where some 2,o00,0 oO
Negroes are crowded into large cities
community centers will furnish an OPP
~portunity for instruction through lee
lures, and domestic science courses
will be instituted, where "mammies'
who worked In the cotton fields o. the
South may learn q new means OF i've,
lihood d1
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-05-02

those of the older foreign born, the
church can teach these people to speak
English, to read and write, and to I'M
derstand American customs and laws,
when the public schools do not reach
them.
To preserve family life, often so
quickly disrupted when foreign born
parents have American born children,
and to make American citizenship a
tangible and desirable thing, are two
great tasks confronting both the
Church and State where the immigrant
population is concerned. Through In
stitutional churches, industrial mis-
sions, community centers, through pas
tors and lay workers who speak both
English and a foreign tongue, through
classes lin English and citizenship
through lay nurseries and clinics
through teaching Of American histor,
ideals and laws, and through thu
preaching and practice OF Christian
principles, the Centenary prepares Il
tackle these two problems.
Such work will be carried on amonI
the 4,000,0 900 Italians, the 1000, 900 Lat
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-05-02

nestle science, t~anitation and hy-
giene, and hen sent back TO the In
dian reservations to bring to ~
homes there a higher standard OF GO
ilized life, SO that young Indians re-
turning from government SCHOOLS VIII
not be so discouraged by their sur
roundings that they will return to the
ways of their fathers.
The necessity for trained leaders t
carry out this Centenary program ma
led to the creation of a Department for
the Development of Christian leader
ship, which calls for the expenditure
OF more than So, 0 900.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-05-02
EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
.The Brick Church

services next Sunday begin with
the Sunday School at 10 \ ereach-
ing Service at IL. All will receive a
most cordial welcome at these ser
vices. The Methodist Minute Men
have a message every Sunday morning.
The men OF the churches are under a
Mig program that is world vide IN It's
scope.
Union Services at the M. e. church
next Sunday night at 1880.
The service last Sunday night was
we'll attended and much interest shown
The special music war especially hne.
Next sunday the Rev. Mr.. Ford VIII
preach a sermon worth hearing ana
the choir will render music you VII
not want to miss. Invite some n &c
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-23
AUSTRIA WANTS TREASURE TAKEN
 FROM ITALY

Vienna, May 23-tCorrespondenc of The Associated Press)-The Vien- ma Press is making violent protests against the Italian claims for work of art, declaring that the Italians are introducing old Napoleonic methods of robbing galleries.
 Professor Paolo d Ancona of Mi- Ian, who is at the head of the Italian Art Mission, told the correspondent of The Associated Press that the whole matter had been laid before the Peace Conference for decision and that the Italians so far are only plac- ing the works of art under seques- tration, so that they may be protect ed in case of Bolshevik attempts to destroy, steal or resell them as hap pened with the Hermitage Gallery, at Petrograd. The Italians feared this might be the fate of the Budapest Gallery containing such priceless works as RaphaePs Madonna
 Professor d Ancona stated that the Italian claims fall under three hands: First indemnities for art works, valued at $1O,O00,000 destroyed by the Austrians in Italy during the war, including the air raids at Venice, Ancona, Padua, Ravenna and other points; second, works which have been stolen from Italy in the past; third, works which logically belong to territory now occupied by Italy or about to become her property, in cluding Pola, Lissa Island and Plume.
 There are also provisional claims for Italy's share which belong to her historically in case the museums of Vienna and Budapest should be di vided among the nations of the for mer Empire, the Czechs having al ready submitted a similar claim.
 Professor d Ancona said that among the works of art restitution of which is demanded by Italy are eighteen paintings, of which only one is not Italian, the exception being the larger of two portraits of Rembrandt. These IS works have been valued at about S5,0O0.000. Other notable works claimed are Raphaers Ma donna del Prato;" Jupiter and To-" by Correggio; five other Correggios of the twenty that are in the Austrian Imperial Museum; Titians Madonna Delle Cileese"; Morettis san Gus tina; and two Tintorettis. one being Susanna and the Elders"
 Among second-class works alleged 10 have been stolen from Italy and included in the Hof Museum collec- ton Is the famous F7orentine Dia- mond which Italians claim as part of he treasurers of Tuscany carried off by Princess Anna Maria of Medici, contrary to agreement when nearly two centuries ago she renounced the Tuscan throne in order to become Empress of Austria. There is also a collection of Venetian arms and manuscripts and Italian War trophies which the Italians claim have been stolen at various times but which Austria has always refused to re- store.
 Regarding the 150 paintings which the Italians took in February, it is stated that the Austrians have ad- rlitted the justice of Italy's claims to them as these works were alleged to have been stolen by Austria after the downfall of Napoleon.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-23
CRUEL.

Author: am troubled with in
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-23
NEW THRIFT STAMP,
 BOOKS SELL FAST
1;500,000 Distributed So Far Among School Children
 of Reserve District.

The Penny School Savings Books have made such a Init among the thrifty youngsters of the Second Fed eral Reserve District that the War Savings Committee is soon to provide them with a new and enlarged edition. So far 1,50O,0 900 of the books have been distributed among the small boys and girls of New York State, the ten north- ern counties of New Jersey and Fair field County, Conn.
 The books were devised when the sale of Thrift Stamps <elI of after the signing of the armistice and people be- gan to think that Uncle Sam was no longer in need of ready money to meet his obligations They were originally made with eight pages and fifty spaces. allowing for savings enough to provide for the purchase of two Thrift Stamps. The coming edition will have twelve pages and seventy-five spaces for pen ny stamps-providing for the purchase of three Thrift Stamps.
 From big cities and little hamlets come letters from teachers and princi- pals, telling how the sale of stamps has been spurred by the use of the books. Here is what Miss Mary McNamara, OI SCDOOl ENO- -l, JeT- sey City, wrote in:
 "The Thrift Stamp sales were falling off considerably, and all efforts on our part failed to induce the children or their parents to continue saving when your letter. enclosing a requisition for Penny School Savings Books, reach cd us. Upon receipt of our order we distributed the books. and immediately the sale of stamps jumped to three times the amount it was before
 Ut is very comforting to note the looks of joy and satisfaction on the faces of the little ones as they receive their second. third or fourth books. A rivalry has started among the teachers and pupils to decide which class will hIl the greatest number of books this month. A little enthusiasm displayed by the teacher often does wonders to- ward encouraging pupils"
 Some idea of the popularity of the penny books may be gained from the report of last week that Greater New York City schools called for 31S.e69 books and 7,419 Thrift Stamps within four days The books are proving as salable in the parochial schools and private schools as in the public schools.
 A cut-out cardboard Thrift Bank has been evolved by the War Savings Con- mittee for use of the children in keep ing together their vacation savings. These are to be distributed throughout the district before the vacation days begin. With them will go posters showing how boys and girls may earn extra money during the summer to aid In the accumulation of stamps.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-23
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, FATHER OF THRIFT

Have you a little public monu- ment in your family history?
 The Franklin family has.
 A bronze statue stands in Print ing House Square. just off Park Row, in New York City. It Is a repi.ca of Benjamin Franklin, the Father of Thrift in this country.
 Observe the face of the statue. It's the same as that on the new War Savings Stamp. Franklin preached thrift and practiced 1t Ills rise was the result of thrift, just as the War Savings Stamp is the result of acquiring many Thrift Stamps.
 Begin to practice thrift today. Some day your family may boast a public monument.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-23
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARY.

On this date in 161o a party of Eng fish adventurers, having been wreck ed on the Island of Bermudas and having built two small vessels. ar rived in them at the settlement of Jamestown. They found the inha bi- tants reduced from five hundred to sixty by famine. Seeing no other means of preserving them than by. abandoning the country, they took them all on board their two small
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-23

ships with the intention of returnin g to England. At this juncture Lord Delaware arrived with plenty of pro- visions and settled the colony.
 Today is also the 209th anniversary of the execution of Captain Kidd, the famous buccancer. Kidd was hung on Execution Dock, London. for piracy and many of his companions suffered the same fate on the same occasion
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-23
Don't Regret-Begin Nowl

So many, many quarters are spent and idled away and lost that might SO well have gone into thrift stamps which could have been turned Into War Sav- irgs Stamps. But don't regret what you might have done. Begin to save the quarters now. Buy thrift stamps. Then change them into War Savings Stamps. and they'll keep adding inter- est for you-just like that Mary Graham Bonner.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-23
Saving Made Easy.

Tho Government has helped us to save even through high prices. If we hadn't been able to do it in this easy fashien . great many of us would nev- CT have been able to do 1t at all. So let's help the sort of a government we have. sHow about 1t? Buy W. s. s.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-23
W. 8. 8.
Wide Stepping Stones
Let's Think-and Buy.

Let's stop and think if we can't save a few moro quarters each day. each week! Just let's think hard and see if we can't possibly. We can do lot if we think about iti Let's think-and then let's buy War Savings Stamps.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-23
We Shouldl

earn quarters during the summer, do-
 ing errands, odd jobs, selling flowers. any number of ways, Let's all work together, boys and girls. men and wo-
 men. Every one of us should pay for
 . victory like we've had, shouldn't wei
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-23

somnia- I lie awake at night, hour | after hour, thinking about my liter ary work. l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-17
ELKS PLAN FOR
ARMY CAMP AIGN
Financial Drive to Put Salvation
Organization on It's Feet to be
on July "a, % and 20.
Especial Moline service.)


The campaign to raise $4,000
for the Moline Salvation army, be-
ing put on by the Moline Elks and
members of the ladies' auxiliary of
the lodge, is to start with a boom
and plans for the drive will be
framed at a meeting at the Elks
club rooms at s O'Clock this even
ing.
Roy Whiteside, general director
of the campaign which is to be held
July "a, 25 and rs, is confident that
the drive will go through with a
rush and that enthusiasm will fea-
ture the entire campaign. With the
right kind of cooperation it can't
help but be a success, the director
believes. Every man and woman in
Moline, East Moline and Silvis in
terested in the drive is urged to be
at the meeting this evening.
c. S. Nyquist of East Moline will
direct the campaign among the men
in East Moline and Mrs. Nyquist is
the leader of the women in that
city. Mrs. James Shannon of Silvis
will head the drive among the
women of Silvis. The city has been
divided into &c districts, CORES
ponding to the election districts,
and a chairman for each of the &c
divisions has been named. The
women have also selected chair
woman for each precinct.
District chafrmen appointed are:
Precinct No. 1-Albin H. Ander-
son.
Precinct No. probate Clerk
N E. Munson.
Precinct No. s-Leo Dolkart.
Precinct No. 4-Judge Frank
Landee-
Precinct No. 5-Carl G. Lond-
berg.
Precinct No. 81. Y. Lockhart.
Precinct No. I'll. ]. Crandall.
Precinct No. 8-Arthur ]. Coyle.
Precinct No. 9--F. A. Swanson.
Precinct No. 10-Henry Hoffman.
Precinct No. IA. T. Foster.
Precinct No. &c. L. DeSaul-
niers
Precinct No. 1s-Judge G. o.
Dietz-
Precinct No. 14-Oscar Wick
strom.
Precinct No. Edward L. Eagle,
acting states attorney.
Precinct No. 16-Chief of Police
Ben DeJaeger.
Precinct No. Hilary O1defest-
Precinct No. 18-Dean Jacques
Precinct No. 19-George Lind
berg.
Precinct No. ga L Pulver.
Precinct No. I'D. S. Mcdaniel.
Jr.
Precinct No. 2S-H. M Oldefest.
Precinct No. 23-Beder Wood.
Precinct No. Ex-senator NJ. r.
Carlson.
Precinct No. s5-Dr. Fred Graf
lund.
Precinct No. $50. E. Child.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-17

feet deep. The building will be OF
hard brick front. trimmed in terra
Gotta. All interior finishings will
be of white enamel. The structure
will be 56.5x120 feet, four stories
high, with basement. A l5.00O-gal-
Ion capacity tank on the roof will
supply the sprinkler system.
There will be two elevators, one
for passengers and the other for
freight. All heating. plumbing and
sprinkler system installation con-
tracts have been let to the Moline
Heating & Construction company.
Work on the structure will start
Immediately. The frame building
on the lot now is being torn down.
II is expected that the building
will be ready for occupancy by
Dec. l.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-17
SOCIAL EVENTS

Mr.. Shaver.
Moonlight on the Lake" -. White
Flag of Our Country. Geibel
Quartet.
INTERMISSION
Reading-'+The Railroad Cross
ing -....~ss-~ OAEOAS
Mr.. Faber.
THE Rosary .............Ne vin
Quartet.
''Mammy's Littr Honey" -. Tracy
Quartet.
College Songs
Here's to Monmouth College"
i've Been Working on the Rail-
road"
Here's to Our College"
Solomon Levi"
"Booia Boola."
Quartet
Goodnight" .......-.. Parks
Quartet
The quartet will give q concert
this evening at s O'Clock in the bic
Ciellan Heights church in Daven-
port.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-17
The Day In Davenport

Build Big acknowledgement is
promised a miniature board walk
on the Ievee, it was announced yes
terday.
Charles BerkelI. long and favor
ably known in local amusement cir
cIes, is backing a proposition in
which other business and profess
sional men are interested, for the
erection of a handsome structure
along the entire block of the paved
levee between Main and Brady
streets.
Faced in front with an artistic
portico IL feet wide, the building
will be divided into IS or 20 sepa-
rate concession booths. These will
be rented to various amusement
concerns. Under the portico in
front, facing the river, tables and
chairs will be arranged for the COM
fort of patrons.
Pvt on More CrewS-Twenty new
crews were put on by the Tri-City
Railway company yesterday morn
ing, running the new 9-hour shift.
Ten of the new crews are in Daven-
means the employment of 40 more
men as result of the new schedule
which was a part of the contract
between the company and the train
men signed few weeks ago.
The nine hour day does not mean
more cars OF more runs but the en-
ployment Of more trainmen on the
same. runs. The old day was ten
hours.
Erect Labor Temple-Plans for
the erection in Davenport in 1920
of Labor temple were outlined at
the annual meeting of the Work
mems Industrial Home association
held Tuesday evening.
Otto Behnke. reelected president
of the association for the fourth
term, announced today that the
finances ofsthe association were in
shape to warrant building next
year.
The building will be erected at
Third and Scott streets, where the
association owns the northwest cor
ner, comprising a lot 70 by $50
feet. The proposed building, accord
ing to the tentative plans discuss
ed, will be at least three stories and
basement
At Brothers. GraVe-Private
Merle v. Shelley, son of Mrs. NJ
Myrton Shelley, has reached Dav-
export after ten months service
overseas. and just before his return
TO the United States he visited the
Argonne cemetery. where his broth
er Wayne Skelley. killed in action,
Oct 20, lies buried.
"Tf American families could see
tina nlaca where their hoxs are bur-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-17
MYRON HUDGENS
is FREED FROM
PENAL CHARGES
Especial Moline Service

Myron Hudgens, 40 Thirty-ninth
street, Moline, arrested on the
charge of criminally assaulting a
14-year-old girl, was saved from
being tried on that penal charge
when a Moline physician testified
that Hudgens is only Is years old.
A year ago Hudgens obtained
work in a local factory and then
swore that he was Is years of age
It was this fact, together with the
conviction of the police that he is
guilty of the assault, that led to the
arrest. Under the statute no one
under 16 years of age can be tried
on the charge under which Hud-
gems was arrested.
Ben Palmer has confessed to as
saulting the same girl and faces a
term of from one year to life in the
penitentiary.