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NOTED RACER KILLED.
Lima, Ohio, Aug. 31.?Capt. Ha]
vey Kennedy, of San Francisco,
noted Western automobile racer, we
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tie and crashed through a fence du]
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SURE ENOUGH.
An old gentleman was viewin
some statues. Standing by one c
the largest was a porter. Going u
to him,the old gentleman said:
"That's a massive statue, porter!
Porter?Yes, sir. The hand i
just eleven inches across.
Old Man?Is that so? I wonde
why they didn't make it twelve?
Porter?Och! Sure, then it woul
have been a foot.
May the giver of gifts give unto yo
That which is Good and that which
True;
The Will to help and the Courage t
do;
A heart that can sing the whole da
through.
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chance." A1
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, It la a story of romance, dram
jj still is of real news value, since M;
II voyage and safe arrival first hand?
5* COPYRIGHT. 19
ill. There la a packet of mall w;
.. to France now for Private Leo C
ter. That Is the name I chose.
? member particularly one little glr
$ small town In Ohio. She was
? twenty years old, dark, very prett
X very sentimental on the subje
i! soldiers.
"Where do you come from?'
called to me. as I was sitting 1
71 Mr window.
? "Arizona," I replied.
H "Where are you going?"
is "Somewhere In France!" I ans'
proudly and hopefully too.
>!; She looked so shocked that I g<
z!; and talked with her. We ohattc
? quite awhile. She too*c my ac
%> and said she would keep me post
>2 things back home wh?*u I was i
H trenches. I carried the thing th
<4 to the end. I even kissed Ler at
$ ing. She was awfully surprised
$ thrilled at the romance of the situ
ii Being a Romeo la easier than be
? soldier.
? Just before we reached Cbicag
x husband came to me and begge
? not to go on.
? "It will be better for you to go
ft with the folks," he said. "Yoi
? study nursing and enter the Red
? as soon as you qualify."
? "Yes," I replied, "I can spend m
ft In preparation, and when I finish
8 will send me to the eastern fro
? put me on some hospital ship or
8 me on duty here in the U. S. A.
? for me! I will be no nearer you
? I was before. If I go along then
8 be a chance of my being sent for
$ back of your lines. At least I w
j| quest that position."
"I command you to return." h<
ii? in his severest military manner.
'<i "I'll think it over, Corporal Ca
j!;! i promised and walked away.
j;j the train pulled out of Chicago 1
i; in the cook car peeling potatoes.
When we arrived in Hobokei
men went straight from the tra
? the transport. Here again my hus
remonstrated with me.
| Husband Again Urges Her to R
!;!; "You've got 'away with it this
jj! he said. "Don't you think it is til
jj go back?"
!;Z "I'll say goodby, and I'll goj!
can," was my answer.
j;j When the time came I fell ir
again with the cooks and went al
;![ the barge.
j|j The barge was tied alongsid<
jlj transport where the Eighteenth
embarking. It was piled high
:j!' supplies which were being loaded
!;? the ship. These kept arriving al
I;| and far into the night Great
|; loads of thom were emptied out o
K aecK. this oontinuea during tne (
? three days we were anchored the
? worked like a Trojan, and my I
| were well blistered, but my heart
? happy.
$ There were no sleeping quarte
$ the barge, but there were plen'
< mattresses. The cooks were qu
;> ed together. We slept on mattr
? thrown on the floor Inside the I
S cabin. It was not uncomfortab:
. used to wake up in the night, loo
at the dusky form of the tran
swaying gently on the tide and p
would not be discovered until I
aboard and well out on to the c
The boys around me snored peace
They had nothing to worry then
IS the work of unloading the sup
n Every evening there was a crap
- in the cabin. It was what you ^
r- call a fading game?noisy, with
i- for "Little Joe" and the rest.
a players got most of their fun o
n joshing one another. One man us
ir took all the money. The nest
Eome fellow?a winner in another
n would take it away from him. ai
it went. Finally, the lucky sui
had it alL
There were few. if any, shore 1
after the men boarded the tram
| The furthest they went was out c
SI pier. Across the river, they coul
?f! the gay lights of New York beckc
p They had read often of the Great y
Way. Few of them had ever ee
? Here they were, within a few ml
j of it. yet it might as well have b
isj thousand miles away.
"I'd like to take just one slant."
I a rnnl:lo tn mr? ono PVf?n!nC. as we
:11 __
standing on deck, gazing acrosi
, J river at the mass of lights we
was New York. He was a big.
boned fellow, typical of the west
like to give the old town the once
u as long as I'm going over to flgl
1 her. Gee. look at them lights,
be a billion of them. And the I
J ings. Kinda fall, eh? If the Ger
0 ever started shooting at them,
I night"
y J Over on the transport an acco
j was whlnkut "Sweet Adeline..
Giri/WHO
A" Iff
JdihbBoy
WENT "OVER THERE" WITH
PERSHING'S DIVISION
iy HAZEL CARTER
zel Carter of Douglaa, Ariz., Is a young woman,
, whose young husband, Corporal John J. Carter
ed States army, was ordered to France with the
:peditlon.
ed to accompany him, she obtained a soldier's unl(11
In as a private on his departure. She was Ave
K. on the transport before discovered through a
ter the arrival of the famous division in France
:urned home against her wishes.
atlc in Its qualities, full of the soldier color and
rs. Carter Is the flrst to relate the details of that
one that made history.
17. BY THE BELL SYNDICATE
altlng swung Into "I've Been Worktag on the
. Car- Railroad"?old trooper songs. Then
I re- came " 'Way Down Yonder In the Corn1
In a field." The boys were harmonizing
about again. AJways singing, singing, sing
y and ing. Music is the safety valve or tne
ct of soldier.
All the next morning there was an
' she unusual hurrying to get the supplies
n the aboard. We knew the hour of sailing
was close at hand, although no orders j
had been given. You could feel it In
the air, the same as you can a strong
ivered current of electricity. I had not seen
my husband for three days. He was
Dt out busy aboard the transport, and I kept
1(j for close to the barge.
Idress Shortly before noon I felt the time
ed on had come. I crept up a ladder to the
n the I top ?f the bar?e. For awhile I atayed
rough there waiting for the way to be clear,
part- Soldiers were Lurrying back and forth
I but on deck. No one noticed me. If they
ation. they snpposed, of course, I was one
ilxig a them. I waited until the deck at
that part of the transport was froe of
,0 my officer*, becaaite i did not wtnt to be
^ me questioned Juat than. There was a period
of ooofuaion iucjdcnt to getting
home un<ier Wfiy* 1 came VP Ul^ stepped
i can 0Vttr on to the deck of the transport
Cross were on our way to Praoce.
CHAPTER H.
onths Bight Among the Amy "Dough
i they I , ?
>nt or boy"
keep TT may not seem far to most folks
Not i from a barge moored alongside a
than | transport, over the side and aboard,
e will but It looked like a long, tough Journey
duty to me.
ill re- Three days and nights I tolled and
sweated and worked on that barge un?
said til I thought I would drop, but all the
time I was figuring and watching?
rter," watching for the chance to get aboard
When the big dun colored ship on which my
[ was husband and another piece of the
Pershing expedition were to go to
1 the France. This watchful waiting wore
tin to on my tired nerves and weary body.
?band From the time we left the train I
hadn't seen my husband, and I began
eturn t0 think one look at him would be a
far," ! fcreat for 8or? eyes. Continually
me to i I strained in vain for a single glimpse
On the barge 1 bad no trouble conceal_lf
| ing the fact I was a woman, because
everybody was too busy loading supi
line plles t0 pay attent*on t0 me? awi 1
board *oun<* a PIace t0 s,e P l,y myself,
which was a comfort At least I sneak
. ed my uniform off?for a short time.
* 0 Finally there was even more activity
than on the previous days, and tugs
on to be^an t0 bua^le an<* cluster and fuss
1 dav bD8lly at)0Ut U8? 80 1 knew If I ever
truck were golnR t0 make a break it would
n the bave t0 be tllen" 11 8376 me a E00(i
ti- idea ot how a soldier feels before be
re I goes "0Ver 1116 top" for tlle flr8t timernnds
Aboard at Last.
' was They were getting ready to cast off
the barge, and most of the officers
rs ?? were lining the rails of the transport
ty ? astern when I made my try. Once I
arter" had my feet on that deck I decldid to
esses g0 beiow and stay as quiet as possible,
barge g0 j lost no time ^ ducking Into the
first companionway 1 saw. Unfortu
0 nately for me, a second lieutenant bapsport
pene(j to be ducking out at the same
ray * time, and we bumped hard. He reeled
was back and said:
,cean- "What the devil are you doing?"
fully. j ija(j come to attention at once and
a but saluted.
plies. ??j Wfl8 goiug below, sir," I mumbled
game my deepest y0lce.
vould .,Wh0 are you??
?mh "Carter, sir, K company."
?e "Carter, be more careful about turnut
?' lng corners and going in and out of!
jually after this," he said touchlly and
night move^ 0fff
game ?Yes, sir," I answered and saluted.
Q. 80 When he had gone I was trembling
v vor all over, and I proceeded more carefully,
you may be sure. It was the
eaves firat time j bad ever ab0ard a big
sport, sbip?the first time I had ever seen salt
>11 me water, In fact?so I didn't know my
d see around very well. However, when
raing. j g0^ downstairs I found that one of
>\hite transport's decks had been made
en into a big bunk room with the partlnutes
yons knocked out and bunks In tiers
een 0 of three each all around the sides.
Luckily I spotted a couple of the
' sall! boys from Company K and followed
Wferc them to the section In which they were
3 quartered. They looked like old home
knew weej? to one lonesome girl, and I got to
thinking of the nights down in Douglas
when they used to come over and sit
1 ?^er on our porch and spill close harmony
it for ajj over the piace# But they didn't
im rec?Pn'2e me- 60 1 threw my outfit into
a middle bunk that was empty. I was
mans |UC|jy t0 fln(j one to spare< because they
g00tl were using all the available space on
that ahip. The bunks were made out
rdion 0f canvas, stretched very tight, and
It thej. rode, comfortably enough when
we once got started.
I could feel the ship getting tmdei
way, and I was a little sad, with n<
one to talk to and longing to get oat o:
my clothes and stretch out my wear]
body on one of those bunks. It was s<
tired of Inhabiting that uniform I knev
I would give anything to feel a littl<
soft lingerie next me and perhaps hav<
on a petticoat apaln, although thej
tell me the girls down east don't weai
any of them nowadays?only the olc
fashioned girls.
Under Way.
The men were all around me, manj
I had known in Douglas, but the;
didn't bother with me, because I guess
they were a little blue at: leaving them
selves, as anybody was bound to be a!
a time like that, and I suppose it was
the sober atmosphere got me to Ion gins
for that lingerie there. Tou could have
cat it with a knife. The old tLmers
probably put me down for a sobbj
Sammy who had just joined. Finallj
I straightened myself up and thought:
"Buck upl You're a deuce of a sol
dier."
I looked around. The old timers whe
had campaigned in the Philippines anc
some even in Cuba back in 1898, while
most of them had been in Mexico, did
not look sad, but 1 will say there were
darneel few of them grinning as we fell
the ship slip out of that dock. The
youngsters?the boys who had just
come in the regiment on thei bordei
and bad never been east; beforo?show
el it. They didn't know whether thej
would ever be back again, and the?
were thinking about it and about the
little red house with the white fence
back home and the girl and wondering
why they Joined the army and wishing
they were in Arizona. But I don't
want to pull any sob stuff.
"This is a fine way to send us off,'1
complained one boy who was not mor<
than nineteen, a very pronounced rook
le. "There are no flags, no bands, nc
cheers, no beer, nothin'. It's a great
way to fight a war."
"Walt till you get over there, kid
and you'll wish you were back here,'
remarked Private Smlthers, a grand
fighting man, but always a private, al
though an old timer In the army. Hit
name Is not Smlthers, either. If I told
his real name it might get him in bad
"But bold your bead up, son. The
worst you can get Is to be killed, and
you won't know about that," he concluded.
/
The cas2 of Private Smlthers remind]
me of an army story.
"You object to your men drinking?1
asked a friend of the colonel of a regl
ment on the border one day. "Why
Private Biill Jones has always been i
drinker when on leave, find you say h<
Is a fine soldier."
"Yes, and he's always been a prl
vate," answered the coloneL
This fitted Smlthers' case exactly
He was a good soldier and a fine fight
er, but cut from the pattern of a prl
vate and always Intended for one
Pretty soon I noticed him staring a
me closely, and I moved away, al
though I knew Jim Smlthers wouldn'
tip me off. However, I didn't wan
him to get on if I could help It
It seemed risky to go on deck yet, s<
I sauntered toward my old stamplnj
ground, which bad been so friendly t<
me en route from Douglas?the ship'i
kitchen.
What I really wanted to do was pagi
my husband, for I hadn't caught i
glimpse of him on the transport?ii
fact, bad not seen him since the troop:
left the trains. No sign of him.
wondered a little how be would taki
It when he found me still along.
"Thar she blows 1" hollered a voice
We could feel the ship moving undei
her own power, and by the glimpse*
I caught through the portholes I sav
we had straightened out in the stream
Then a panic seized me. What if mj
husband was not aboard that uhlp'
Suppose he had been transferred t(
some other regiment at the last mln
ute. They do such things In the armj
without asking the permission 01
wives, which makes the husband*
harder to follow. 1 had no way ol
knowing whether he was aboard
What if"Hey,
there, Joe, heave to and lenc
a fellow a hand, will you? What dc
you think this Is?a tango tea?"
The speaker was one of the kltcher
crew. When the transport startea iu
perilous journey to "some port ii
France" he was hustling crates of fooc
Into the storehouse down below. Oth
era of the me:a were busy with similai
tasks, getting things shipshape. Then
seemed to be no romance about this
farewell. It was a case of getting
down to bras tacks. After awhile 1
stole above. There was no excitement
no depression now. Everything was as
usual, just as if the boat were bounc
for a little sightseeing trip around
Manhattan isle The sentiments
Sammy recovers quickly. Besides, the
men did not know bow ma ay Germar
eyes might te watching their depar
ture, and they wanted to show the en
emy they meant business. Only whec
they passed the statue of Liberty did
they stop whatever they wero doing
and stand at salute. As one of them
a wiry westerner who went into Mex
ico with Pershing, put it:
Wq ?rnf tn iHvp thi? old sfirl the clad
band as we go."
Off For "Some Port In France."
It was right after midday mesa wc
left the pier in Hoboken. Two days
later we were still anchored out in the
bay. The other transports were all
around, some of tbem so close the men
could call back and forttL No one
knew when we would depart I was
on deck when I saw a couple of the
other transports moving out It would
be our turn next I went below. My
heart was turning all kinds of flipflops.
We were leaving for "the port In
France/' and 1 was still safe. 1 bad
(To be continued.)
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3
9
In the First Liberty Loan Cami
paign, many of the farmers of the *
i country were not reached, and sub1
scriptions from the rural committees ^
3 were few. There were several rea1
sons for this, the foremost of which
was that the Loan was put out in c
the spring, when they were busy k'
r with their crops, and it was difficult 8
3 for the canvassers to interview them. 0
r Then, too, they had to borrow money |8
. for their planting. Now their crops
1 are in, and at the present high price ^
' of food stuffs, they should have a s
> large sum of money in their hands, b
For a loan of a porton of that money, c
f the Liberty Bond campaigners are f
) now appealing all over the country,
f The various bureaus and societies c
. are co-operating and good results fi
are expected. t
' Albert R. Mann, Dean of the New
)
York College of Agriculture, is one o
x of those who have been active in this p
j work. Speaking of the Loan andjil
i the farmers' share in it, he said to- j
I day":
"When liberty came to America, j
' farmer helned to brine: it. He |
| bore the gun, he contributed un-|
, sparingly of his substance, he fed j
[ the armies. In the present struggle j
, for univrsal liberty, I am sure that ^
' he will do no less. He has already
I made splendid response to the de- P
' mand for greater food production. a
| I look with confidence on his gener'
ous contribution to the Liberty Loan. a
. The first Loan largely overlooked the ^
. farmer; the efforts were concentrate ^
t ed in the cities. The second cam- ^
I paign should give every opportunity
' for farmers as individuals and in a
their organizations to support the e
Government in its financial program.
^ It is the highest expression of Am- a
ricanism that all the people should 12
help carry the common load in this C1
critical hour."
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1 Another "sign of the times" is this ir
( from the Cleo Springs (Ok.) Times:
> "Our esteemed friend, William j
1 Dunkhofer, has made a petition tole:
' the court to have his name changed j hi
to John Gun and to have his daugh-la1
ter's changed from Wilhelmina to is
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THIS WEEK AND NEXT
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Have you ordered some Abruzzi
ye seed for planting in September?
t's the greatest winter grazing crop
ire know, and we'd like to see every
armer in the Cotton Belt try ct
east a small acreage this fall. \
2. Oat planting time in the upper
South is practically here, and if a
;ood supply of seed is not already
>n hand no time should be lost in
etting them.
3. If no other land is available
or the rye and oats, excellent reults
may be had by planting them
etween the rows in a well cultivated
otton field, using a three-row, openurrow
drill.
4. If planting seed of cotton and . >
orn have not been selected iy the
ield, right now is an excellent time
o do it.
5. Save ail tne corn stalks and
ther rough feed, for feedstuffs
iromise to stay high-priced indefintely.
PINE LEAVES AS MANURE.
r-}
"I have seen it stated that pine
traw is worth $2.50 a ton as manure
can rake it up and put it on the
and for 50 cents a ton. Will it pay
o rake it up and use to help the imrAvnwanf
nf on AM QQnrlv "fflTTO T
m trying to build up?"
Pine straw will add organic matter
nd aid in the making of humus in
tie land. In the famous sweet pota3-growing
sections of Accomac and
forthhampton counties in Virginia,
he growers rake up all the leaves
nd rotten trash from the pine woods
very winter and spread them on the
ind to be planted to sweet potatoes
nd plow under at once. Some fertil;er
is added, and they make famous
rops of sweet potatoes, the woods
ash acting mechanically much as a
srtilizer. Where the work is done
1 the leisure season it will probbly
pay to rake and haul and
pread the forest leaves and leaf
lold.?Progressive Farmer.
What a beautiful dog, Miss Ethel!"
sclaimed her bashful admirer. "Is
e affectionate?" "Is he affectionte?"
she asked archly. "Indeed he
! Here, Bruno! Come, good dogie,
and show Charlie Smith how to
iss me!"?Answers.