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never find battery that quite stacks
up to the first battery in which you
served, no group of buddies quite
like the old gang you knew first.
There's a reason for it. In your
first organization, you learn for the
first time all the regulations and the
customs and the traditions of the
Army. When you first face them,
they're tough or they're uninterest-
ing, and when you finally get to un-
derstand and agree with them,
they're identified in your memory
with the battery where you learned
them.
With the men who serve with you
there, you grow closer through hard
ship and privation than you can pos
sibly grow to any other group. After
you get out into line Organization
a real tactical unit, such as these
boys are entering-any hardship or
misery is just a part of the routine.
The sufferers are men rather than
boys.
rookie stage, you haven't been hard
ened. You and the new soldiers
about you are sensitive, delicate
boys, newly yanked from home or
school, accustomed to an easy-going
and usually painless life. You share
each others illness, fatigue, despair.
When Happy Menza grows home
sick for Buffalo and McGlaufiin
starts Wistful reminiscing about
the lakes and forests of Minnesota,
you are homesick for them rather
than for yourself. You are compan-
ions tested in misery.
Friday night was probably the last
evening the boys of my old crowd
would be together AT least, it was
the last evening they were sure of
being together. The following day
they were to go home for weeks
furlough. On their return, next Mon
day, they will be assigned to their
permanent stations to enter the field
as soldiers. So they arranged to
hold party Friday night on the
river beyond Fayetteville.
When we rode to the river in our
chartered bus, we rang the welkin
with the old songs-the family fra
grant songs you pick up through
the years and the "Caisson Song"
and ''Old King Cole" that you learn
in the Army. They were boisterous,
those songs, but melancholy strain
ran under all of them.
At the party we ate barbecue and
we drank beer and we recalled the
best anecdotes of the training cycle.
We sang and we shouted. Two or
three of the boys dipped little too
deep into the keg and became slight
ly sentimental. And although the
food and the beer were the best, the
songs were the songs we loved and
the anecdotes were the cream of the
season, it was empty joy. 1t had
dull undercurrent of sorrow.
1t was the sort of feeling that you
know in the last hour before the
New Years bells, the feeling that
reaches its fullest when "Auld Lang
Syne" is heard.
Since we left Our homes last July
we've learned a lot. Drills and
rifles, pup tents and gas masks, all
of that.
This, though-the scattering of our
first fraternity-is another thing we
have learned, now and for the first
time. 1t is our first lesson in a new
kind of homesickness, bred only in
the Army.
Continued next week)
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Turpentine Early Product

Turpentine, which now is largely
used as thinner in paint and var
nlsh products, was produced by the
French in America as far back as
1906. Also, it was one of the prod
ucts of the jamestown colony in Vir-
glnla, and was one of the first Amer
ican products sent to England from
America. 1t was termed the "juice"
OF the pine tree and was highly
valued as wood preservative, and
for its medicinal qualities.
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when Sher started letter to his
family and found, after a couple of
paragraphs, that there was nothing
for him to write about. Here, Jun
ior," he said. write letter for
your old daddy. Give them the old
Hargrovian schmaltz."
Since Junior was in devilish
mood, be sat down and wrote a long
and inspired letter to the Shers of
Columbus, Chio-telling them how
their little Maurice was falling be-
hind in his class by goldbricking and
hanging out late at the Service Club,
entreating them to return him to his
true career, the Army. ! finished by
saying, "You see who's writing the
letters; you should know where to
send the cookies. Forget that bum
Maury."
Several days later-after I had
swapped in skillet for a typewriter
and had moved to Headquarters Bat
tery-I came by Battery A to see if
/ had any mail from my nonwriting
friends in Charlotte. There weren't
any letters, but there was package
which looked about the size of
steamer trunk There were enough
cookies inside to feed a small regi-
ment for three days.
The card inside read: Dear Har-
grove-We think your idea about the
cookies is superb. Give Maury one
or two; he's a good boy when he
wants to be. Why don't you come up
to Columbus on your furlough?"
1t seemed that this beautiful
friendship-with all its fragrant
memories, its happy hours and hell
raising, its beautiful cigarettes,
cookies, and Samaritan relatives
was destined to end with the clos
ing of the basic training cycle here.
/ had already left Battery A for
another residential section a half
mile away. We managed to get to-
gether three or four times a week
for a movie, a trip to Fayetteville,
or a pleasant evening of bull-shoot-
ing at the Service Club. But even
this was to pass.
Sher's own thirteen weeks were
drawing to close and he was slat-
ed to be assigned to permanent
station as a cook. With sinking
hearts, we watched group after
group leave for camps in Louisiana,
Georgia, Missouri, New York and
Michigan.
And then pleasant news came over
the grapevine telegraph. Private
Maurice Sher, by reason of skill,
application, and neatness, had been
assigned as a cook for the Center
Headquarters officers mess.
It's only latrine gossip, but if it
comes through it means that Pri-
vate Sher will be transferred to
Headquarters Battery and the team
of Hargrove and Sher will ride
again.
Ia
The old gang, which has lived and
worked and played together for over
free months and he's crown into
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viii be the program leader on "The
Christmas Story. There will be
Mystery Pal' gift exchange.

Twenty per cent of Ohio farmers
attending meetings in west central
counties reported they will milk more
cows in 1914 than in 19t3, 10 per
cent will milk less cows, and 10 per
cent plan no change in herd size.
Cow numbers will increase but milk
production may not be greater due
to labor and feed difficulties.
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Ml~%
Dez4oAoI

Only fourteen shopping days until
Christmas if you can find any
thing left to shop for S. and man.
power shortage will make Santa
Clauses scarce this year and
they may even classify him as non
essential-think of it :. what's the
world coming to when Santa Claus
is non-essential at Christmas time !.
Christmas trees being sold in
B1uffton stores this week despite
gloomy predictions to the contrary !.
well, it's a wacky world right now
anyway-consumers saving a t i n
stamps just to be sure they'll last
over the holidays-and livestock
markets flooded with the largest hog
shipments in history and farm
ers mad cause they can't ship more
and soybeans choking elevators
with over half the crop not yet
marketed !. and reports of increas-
ing juvenile delinquency-if true,
we're inclined to agree with Judge
Smiths talk Sunday night that may
be it's time to start reform with the
parents instead of the youngsters /.
anyway we've tried out repressive
measures in one way or another for
year with the boys and girls and
apparently gotten nowhere-perhaps
the trouble lies elsewhere +. hunt
ers taking a much needed rest after
tramping the fields for pheasants-
and one Bluffton minister out Friday
got his limit :. vandals abusing
rest room privileges in the town hall
time to stop this and make an ex-
ample of the perpetrators-why not
help, instead of hinder a public con-
venience.
Christmas merchandise is scarce
and deliveries are slow, says Ed
Lape who with his daughter Betty
were in Cleveland on buying trip
over the week end-so, buy carefully,
is his advice.
Congratulations to Rev. and Mrs.
A. ID. Welty who last Sunday
completed "A years at the Lima City
mission. 1t was December 5, 1899
that they moved from Bluffton to
take charge of a little mission in
South Lima. Almost a half-century
of unselfish service and they are now
comfortably housed in a three story
brick building in east Lima where a
welcome always awaits the unfor-
tunate.
Bluffton boys are meeting all over
the world these days. Latest is the
reported meeting somewhere in Eng
land of Junior Hankish, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Hankish and Celes-
tine Schmidt, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Schmidt.
That rain Monday was welcomed
by farmers-but by the irony of
fate it came too late for the pleas
ant hunters. Dry weather added diff
ficulties for hunters who said there
was not enuf moisture for dogs to
follow a scent and the rustic of
footsteps in dry underbrush gave
warning to the game of approaching
danger.
Passing of Isaac Stauffer, Bluffton
carpenter, removes another or
passing generation of skilled artisans
who knew their trade thoroughly
and in serving their community faith
fully and we'll did much toward the
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BUYS Field Telenhnne

Invested in war bond, s18.75 will
pay for the principal items of an
army chemical warfare outfit, or
one field telephone.
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SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER Edward Thomas
Marion Lawton Hargrove, feature
editor of the Charlotte IN. Co. News.
receives notice from his draft board
that he is to be inducted into the
army. Before he begins an account
ing OF his actual experiences in
training camp he issues his quota
of free advice to prospective in
ductees. After his induction Har-
grove, with his new buddies, leaves
for Fort Bragg, where he is to re-
ceive his basic training.
CHAPTER u-private Hargrove
tells of the physical exam, the first
few days of army, how he was out
fitted with his uniform, and how on
the sixth day he received his first
KIP duty. He is classified as a semi
skilled cook.
CHAPTER IlI-Hargrove relates
his conversation with his sergeant
who Is trying to find out why he
spends so much time on KIP duty.
He also reports on the session the
tralnees are put through by the ex-
ercise sergeant. He has trouble
learning how to handle his rife and
is given plenty Of special attention
by the sergeant and corporal.
CHAPTER IV-Private Eargrove
relates some of the incidents sur
rounding the advancement in rank
by some of his friends. Why he
fails to SO advance is a puzzle to
his sergeant, who inquiries about it.
CHAPTER V-Hargrove is given
q review of his faults by his SER
geant who tells him to snap out of
it and start working for his cor
poral's stripes. He also gets les
son in the art of goldbricking.
CHAPTER VI-Private Hargrove
lists a series of army slang defni-
tions for the enlightenment of the
civilian population. He also tells
how he and two of his pals spoil
perfectly good date for one Private
Zuber. Going home on furlough he
goes to visit newspaperman friend
who dominates their conversation
recounting his experiences in the
first World War. He also UNDER
goes another trying experience at
inspection.
CHAPTER VII-Private Hargrove
continues to relate the incidents sur
rounding his camp life and tells
about being outfitted for an over
coat. A weekend is spent on man.
euvers on the South Carolina coast.
He gets good case of sunburn.
CHAPTER VIII-Hargrove gets
his first taste of army cooking
school reports on his daily activi-
ties there. He tells also about the
real meaning of army morale and
how it affects new inductees.
CHAPTER IX-How the evening
bull sessions progress and how much
the soldiers enjoy them are the SUBJ
ject of Private Hargrove's next re-
port He learns he has been re-
classified to do public relations work
ON the camp paper.
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Passing of Isaac Stauffer, Bluffton
carpenter, removes another of a
passing generation of skilled artisans
who knew their trade thoroughly
and in serving their community faith
fully and we'll did much toward the
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CHAPTER v-Hargrove is given
q review of his faults by his SER
geant who tells him to snap out of
it and start working for his cor
poraPs stripes. He also gets les
son in the art of goldbricking.
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CHAPTER u-private Hargrove
tells of the physical exam, the first
few days of army, how he was out
fitted with his uniform, and how on
the sixth day he received his first
KIP duty. He is classified as a semi
skilled cook.
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CHAPTER VII-Private Hargrove
continues to relate the incidents sur
rounding his camp life and tells
about being outftted for an over
coat. A weekend is spent on man.
euvers on the South Carolina coast.
He gets a good case of sunburn.
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Thought for the week-The priest
and the Levite in the story of the
Good Samaritan were probably going
up to Jerusalem to discuss "How to
Reach the Masses. Washington
GLADDEN..
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK Aug. 14.-tR-Clos-
foreign exchange rates fololw
tGreat Britain in dollars, others
in cents):
Canada: Official Canadian con-
troll board rates for U. S. dollars,
buying 10 per cent premium. Sell
ine II Der cent premium, equiva-
lent to discounts on Canadian dol
lars in New York of buying 991
Per cent, selling 900 per cent.
Canadian d>.lar in New York
oEen market IA per cent dis
count or 90.75 U. S. cents.
Europe: Great Britain official,
il tankers foreign exchange commit
fee rates) buying $4.O2, selling $4.O4
Latin America: Argentina Of
fetal 29.77; tree 25.10; Brazil Of
fetal S.05n; free son; Mexico
2n65n.
Rates in spo1 cables unless 9th
erwise indicated.
n-Nominal
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RAIL- BONDS TAKE
PLAY IN MARKET
Variety OF Specialties Also
Come In For Buying
Interest

NEW YORK. Aug. 14-tR-Rah
bonds took the play in today'e
quiet weekend market with 4 va.
riety of specialties also coming in
for buying interest.
Among the active issues were
Rock Island las of SEA and 20
of "a, each up a point, Missouri.
Kansas-Texas SIS Of '62A, ahead q
similar amount, and Missouri Pact.
fic IS of '77F, up 3-4 of a point.
Industrial specialties which found
a following including Childs Co.,
5s of ST which advanced a point
and Parmelee Transportation IS Of
IA, which added 1 Ia points.
Turnover was $3,211, 800, which
compared with $3,2s6, 200 last Sat-
urday and was a little below the
Saturday average of recent weeks.
The listed market for U. S. gov.
ernments was inactive and in the
over counter market the trend was
about unchanged.
Among foreign issues, Buenos
Aires municipals were in mild de.
mand at fractions to a point high.
er. The lbs of rs (AugusD gain.
ed Ia on turnover of IS bonds.
BOND AVERAGES
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Scattered Utilities, Select
ed Industrials Make
Good Showing
BY BERNARD S. O'HARA

NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-LR-Led
by rails, scattered utilities and
selected industrials, the stock mar
ket today emerged from a mod
crate recovery week with gains of
fractions to around a point in the
majority.
There was little change in the
slow-motion proceedings of recent
sessions, however, and most an
alysts were unimpressed by the
comeback. Reinstatement of
commitments, mainly of issues
with peace rating, was attribut-
ed partly to the belief the list had
undergone fair-sized correction
touched off by the Mussolini col
lapse and that a trend revival, if
only temporary, was a probable
ity.
Persistently optimistic war news,
while propping individual stocks
during the week, served to keep
armament groups more or less
subdued. Speculative and invest
ment caution generally was ascrib-
ed to the thought that, if the axis
crumbles in Europe sooner than
expected, numerous corporations
may experience serious difficulties
in returning to normal operations.
There was disposition also to
await results of the Roosevelt
Churchill conferences.
Irregular tendencies prevailed at
the start but tinid bidding sub
sequently bolstered prices. Ad-
vances were well maintained at the
close.
The Associated Press 6O-stock
average was up L of point at
50 and on the week showed a
gain of full point. The com
posite, though, still was 3.3 points
under its 1943 peak established in
mid-July.
The two-hour turnover sank to
the lowest for any similar period
since September 10, 1912. Trans
fers amounted to 209,8OO shares
compared with 290, 76O week
ago. The weeks volume of 2. 933
638 shares was the smallest since
last November.
Holdings on the upside in the
final session were Santa Fe, South
ern Pacific, Great Northern,
Northern Pacific, Bethlehem. Con-
solldated Edison, Montgomery
Ward, Woolworth, American Water
Works and International Harvest
er. Losers included General Mo-
tors, Chrysler, Western Union, An
aconda, Westinghouse, Texas Co..
United Aircraft and Allied Chem
ical.
In the curb gains of 3 to 41-2
points were posted for Long Island
Lighting preferreds. Lesser i'm
provement was held by Cities Ser
vice, Creole Petroleum, American
Gas and St. Regis paper. The
aggregate here was 69,155 shares
versus 6O,570 last Saturday.
STOCK AVERAGES
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Rails Lead Stock Market
AS It Scores Good Gains
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Aug. 14.-lR- (WFA)
-Salable cattle 500, calves 100;
compared Frlday last week: strict
ly granted cattle sold reliably ear
lv in week, bat closed dull; good
and choice fed steers and yearings
barely steady: but all others Is
lower; medium heifers shared Is
decline; strictly good and choice
heifers, while closing slow, mostly
steady; beef cows so lower; can
ners and cutters firm, however,
instances Is ib. light bulls $3.50
down, with mediumweight and
weighty bulls steady to Is lower:
vealers scarca and firm, but Gull
and common calves, mostly south
vests, 50 lower on top of a t
weeks so to rs downturn; stock
cattle scarce. slow, steady; gen.
erous-sized run strictly good and
choice steers and fed heifers here
during week. these selling at 1880
and 1890 up respectively: extreme
top fed steers 1890; next highest
price 1875: long yearlings 1850:
light yearlings 1640, with heifer
yearlings 1915; heifers 1880 to
1915; very few beef cows above
200 late when cutters were selling
at 900 down and heavy sausage
bulls were bringing 1925; common
southwest caves closed ct 750 to
IT'S mostly, with good and choice
vealers, however, active at 1900
to 1900.
Salable hogs 500. total $500; mar
ket nominally steady; not enough
good and choice hogs on sale to
make market: compared week
ago 25 to IS higher; sows IS to
10 higher.
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CHICAGO POTATOES

CHICAGO. Aug. 14-tR-(WFA)
Arrivals II, on track
2l4, total U. S. shipments 648; sup-
eplies moderate, demand fair.
market weak; Idaho Bliss Tri.
ulnphs U. S. No. l, 2.85-3.1O; Ida
no and Oregon long whites u. s.
No. /, 325-350; Washington Rus
set Burbanks U. S. No. 1, $40;
Washington long whites U. S. No.
l, 3.30-3.35; Nebraska Red War
bas U. S. No. 1, 2.70-3.00; Me-
braska cobblers U. S. No. /, 2.40--
$50; Wisconsin Bliss Triumphs U.
S. No. l, 2.65.
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CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Aug. 14.-tRELiquida-
ton OF rye in the closing min
utes once again proved too much
for the grain market today. Prices
which had been above the previous
close IN all pits, slumped quickly
when the selling started in rye and
at the close fractional losses were
recorded in wheat while oats and
rye were down more tnan a cent.
Wheat displayed some resistance
to the late downturn on reports of
1alr amount of Hour business
and estimates the Commodity
Credit corporation had purchased
I,5OU, OOO bushels of the grain since
starting its buying program in July
The CCc was taking wheat at Min
reapolls and bidding the loan level
at Kansas City and Omaha.
Wheat finished 1912 lower. Sep
tember SLAB AZ 7-8, December
$1.44 1884, cats were down 5-8-
l-8, September 81 1884, and
rye was off 1 3-s-1 7-8, September
s6-95 7-3. In most contracts final
prices were the lows of the day.
Failure of demand for cash rye
to come up to the hopes of earlier
this year was agan the main fac
Tor in back o. the selling of that
grain. Good shipping business for
corn has emphasized the second
ary position of rye. Offeringe of
corn by the country have again
died up, however, with bookings
today amounting to only 5000
bushels.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 14-tR-
The average price of middling IS.
16 inch cotton today at ten des-
ignated southern spot markets was
Is cents q bale lower al 2036
cents a pound; average. for the
past 80 market days 1911; mid
ding 7-8 inch average 1887.
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CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO, Aug. 14.-lR-Wheat
No. 2 hard LAT ii. No corn. Oats
No. l mixt 10 1-2-71; No. 2, II:
No. 2 white I'LL 1-2; No. 3 so.
SO IL; sample grade wheat IS IA;
No. l special mixed 10 1-4-71.
Barley mailing 1.17-1.22 nominal;
feed 105-1.12 nominal.
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N. C. EGGS-POULTRY

RALEIGH, Aug. (NCDA)
Egg and poultry markets firm.
Raleigh-U. S. grade AA extra
large (clean Whitley 54; hens, all
weights, 20 to rs.
Washington-U. S. grade A large
48 to so; some broilers and fryers
% 1-2.
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SPOT COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 14-R-4
Spot cotton closed steady I'm.
changed. Sales 985. Low rniddling
1887; niddling 20.12; good mid
ding lwpmtum Receipts 1,240.
Stocks 142, 2,035.
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l70.-Wanted

The Government Wishes To
Lease Houses Suitable For
Conversion Into Apartment
Leases will be on the follow
ing basis:
l. Seven-year term.
2. All cost of improvement to
be paid by Government but
must be approved by own
er, before starting work.
3. There will be no liens OF
any description placed on
property.
4. Government pays all taxes
and operating expenses
\ EXCEPT INSURANCE.
S. Government agrees to keep
property in good condition
and return to owner in
shape to rent without ad-
ditional cost to cwner, and
will clean or redecorate.
any units that are vacant
when property is returned.
6. The rents to be paid by the
Government will depend
upon the number of units
into which the house can
be converted and the cost
of making the conversion.
Each property will stand
on its own merits.
7. To submit your property
for consideration, get an
application blank and fill
out carefully and turn it
over to your negotiator.
8. The negotiator is the Real
Estate firm signed below
and you, can get applica-
ton blanks and any addi-
tional information from
them.
9. The most suitable houses
will be those having 8
rooms or over, small
houses will cost too much
to convert.
1O. Large upstairs in brick
buildings, such as lofts,
are also suitable.
File Your Application
At Once
FOSTER HILL
REALTY COMPANY
Nease Negotlator for the
National Housing Agency
112 Princess Street
Phone 2-3371
VIM. M. Hill, Manager
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JAP PLANE LOSSES

CHUNGKINC. Aug. 14.-lRLTha
Japanes lost more than 1,400
pIsnes in China through Chinese
action since tie outbreak of Sino-
Japanese hostilities July Z, 1887.
spokesman ior the Chinese air.
force said today in a statement
commemorating airforce day.
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N. c. HOGS

RALEIGH, Aug. l4-tR-(NCDA)
Hog markets steady with top Of
14.05 at Rocky Mount. mo Rich
mond.
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STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YUM, aug. IL. - (A) -
Sales, closing price and net
change Of the II most active stocks
today:
South Pac 12,4OO 273s A 1.
Canad Pac $500 10 A ss.
Gen Mot 5000 515s D h.
Ny Central $500 16 A Is.
North Pac 2,400 14% A 3s.
Radio 1900 10 No.
Gen Real and Ut 1890 Ia No.
Spiegel 1900 SIS A "a.
Sylvan Ell Prod 1900 32h A A.
Chrysler 1900 1874 D VI.
Ill Central 1900 1875 A 70.
Unit Gas Imp 1900 9A D h.
Gimbel Bros 1000 12A A "a.
St. L San Fran 1900 II No.
Stand Brands 1000 I No.
Pure Oil 1000 173s D 1s.