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■ ■ BEAR STORY-TOLD — BY TROUBLE MAN ■Sfiys Bruin Chased Min Up Pol£ r . knd l^en/ettTen Fect— / ■ From Top. , • , Hqrdwlek. N..J.—**Ftie story of being Oregon, TJ1;—‘ ham’s Vegetable I fjK the | Ft I up. • mountains,,, was told bore by<j Joseph Titman, A “trouble shooter” of Rje American Telegraph and. ’fclephone company? of -Sttvjuds- burg. pa. Titman was repairipg wires on the (op of a telegraph ipole^when he saw a huge hln<.‘k .hear.-charging, upon him from i(_cJunip of''trees about i(> yards away.’* . _ • ~ ► “I liaii taken''tny gun along,” said Titman. “to shoot some gfoimif hogs, and when T- left my., motorcycle on the ■ C*. BARNWELL SENTINEL, BARNWELL, S. 0 V- * B tA+mimny NO* itMSES bOO CHICKENS f Being Relieved of Or* ic Trouble by Lydia E. kham’t Vegetable mpound. Oh, the JOjixiish an' the Irish an' the ’owlln' Scotties. ~7 too, The Canucks and Austdlee-uns an' the 'airy French poilu— ' / , The orrty thing that bothered us In all our staggerin' * ranks * Was wot In 'ell would* ’appen w’en the’^T’ns 'ad *It •the Yanks; - ^ — IIK United States of America is pro- pitring nil illustrated history—of The “grearrw nrr~trti+Hr—wt+f -trtf- exaetly- what- happened -when th the Yanks. In the‘meantime con- egress Ims picked out a few sttmple • TTgTitlug. Yanks and awardetl them the Medal of* Honor, not for doing their mere duty, hut for “coiisplcu- ousCgfrtlitnU'y and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty.” In chlentallv, this list coultl he easily doublet! ttnd trebled. Again: The names of American soldiers who wear cither America#, Britiidi ami French, decorations are legion; six of the 12,tHk) Americans who fought with the CnnadlairsTWere awarded the Victoria Cross, the British decoration correspond ing to the Medal ofllfltyor. One out of 15.4(H) sol diers in action received the Medal of Honor. I would like to see the otlieial citations setting -forth the acts of supreme courage of each of these 78 medalIrfls printed in full lu every newspaper in the land. I would like to see these citations made Into n text-book and put Into the public schools. I am not bloodthirsty, but I approve efficiency, ’ even in killing Huns. And I think such a book —would he an Incentive to-patriotism to every-red- blooded American hoy and girl—our future clti- zens.T As It Is. there Is space for little here besides the names of the medalists. Study the list and find out many Interesting things for. yourself. You w ill note, for Instance, that 21 are officers and 57 enlisted men. -Nineteen paid the price with, their lives. Ne'i York leads with nine; 111 i- nolsT«fsecond with seven, and California. Missouri, New. Jersey, South < 'amiinn nml.Tennessee share third honors with sTx each. Military experts have long regarded the Marines the most efficient fighting iifdn’ of all the armies of the world. NeverthWevs, 50 of the, .medals go to the,men of-the-National Guards; 25 to men of the selective draft organizations,~T3 Jo regular army and marine, units, 2 to the tank'corps and 1 to the air service. , By divisions, the Thirtleflf leads with T- medals*; It is the National Haunt organization of the Cnro- limis and Tennessee. Second honors go to the Eighty plinth division, which is the selective draft unit of western Missouri. Kansas, Nebraska. Colo rado, South Dakota and New Mexico. The third Is the Thirty-third or National Hoard Dlyision of Illinois. Fourth honors go to the famous Second division of regulars, which lneUidesJtbe-’marines, while fifth place Is shared by the two New, York divisions, the' Twenty-seventh and the Seventy- seventh. . ? . i - Sergeant Ellis, a regular, put in a whole day far In advance of the first wave of Ids company re ducing machine-gun aj^sts single-handed, lie killed many of the enemy and captured ten machine guns ahd'more than 50 prisoners. > Lieutenant Woodftlt,’ also a regular, reduced three separate machine-gun nests, killing at least 12 of the enemy with rifle- and pistol and finally two with si pick. Lle,u(enant Luke, an eighteen-year-old volunteer took Lydia E. Pink- pound for an or- c trouble which pulled me down un til I foot tff the floor could scarcely do my work,, and as I live on a small farm and raise six hundred chickens every year it made it very nard forme. “ I saw the Com pound advertised to our paper, and tried it. It has restored LM aviator, destroyed 18 ei Wounded and forced to emy aircraft in 17 (fyiys. make a landing, he killed attacking Hermans witwJiis pistol,Jiu444--he--fell. Sergeant York was ortgrnhfty jj-shpeere consci entious objector. He was convinced froth the Bible* that “hleswsl gire^Uhe-ijrTTTTgnnkers,'’ So he went over to help make^ peace. He killed 24 of the enemy with ritle and pistoL put a whole machine- gun battalion out of business and marched 132, prisoners hack to the American lines, •Every possible kind.of cmtrrtge was shown fiy ifiose medalists. Kobtft-a, when hi* tank sild into ‘a flooded shell hole, deliberately~guve his life to save his gunner. .Blackwell gave his life in a vol unteer attempt to get through brntyv tire with a message. Whittlesey is tlu? “t|o to heli’^otfieer of Argonne fame, who would not sirr-re-nder. Lomnn 7 wears also the Victoria (Toss, Legion of Honor, the . Meda^lle Millltalre ai||d the Croix de Guerre. . Don't forget the cartoon tu which the one-arniei hero and the potential horo"\v ho neyenfoTtothe firlngdipe nke each saying “You lucky guy I And - dwn’t forget the potential heroes. Their hearts were broken. The Complete List. Adkinson, Joseph B., sergeant. Company'C^llOth infiintr.v. 30tb-division,' Atoka. Teun. ^Atlex, Jake, cjjrp«ral. Company IL 131vt Infantry. 33<i Chicago. ' Allworth, Edward S., captain. 4»tb Infantry, 5th division. Crawford, Wash. r Anderson, Johannes 132d infantry, 33d division, Chicago. Barger, Charles D„ private, first class. Company L, 354th Infantry, 89th division. Stotts City, Mo. Barkeley, David B.,'private. Company A, «1>6th infantry. 89th division. San Antonio, Tex. Deceased. Barkeley, John L., private, first class. Company Bart, Frank J., private, Company C, 9tli infuntry, 2d division. Newark. N. J. Blackwell, Robert L., private, 119th infaatry. 30th division, Hurles Mills, N. C. Deceased. Cal). Donald M., second, lieutenant, tank corps. Larchmont, N. Y. ~ Chiles, . Marcel I us—captain. ~356tn Infant ry, 89tl) division. Denver, ‘Colo. _X>eceased. JT Coiveft. Wttbwdfcf^Tg^t. Company^A, 1st en- TTT^er-s'TsT'div'isMn. <T/<me Bark,, L. I. Deceased. —Coetfn, Henry G., private, Company II. Doth in fantry. 29th division. Cape Charles, Va. Deceased. Cukela, Louis, find lieutenant. 5th regiment ma- - Tines. 2d division,'*5llni}eapolis, Minn. Dillboy, George, private, first class, Company II. 10,'hi infantry, 20th division, Boston, Mass. Dozier, James C.,. first lieutenant, Company „G. 118th infantry. 3()th- division; Hock HiTT* S. G* - Eggers, Alan Louis, sergeant, machine gun com pany. T07th infantry. 27th division. Summit, N. J. Ellis, Michael B., sergeant.’Company C, 28tb. In fantry, 1st division. East St. boultv III. Forrest Arthur J., sergeant. Company D f 354th Infuntjy, 89th division. Hannibal. Mo. Foster, Gary Evans, sergeant, Company.IL 118th Infantry, 30th division, Inman, S. (\ *-s Funk, Jesse N., .private, -first Hass, 354th In fantry, 89tl. division, Calhan, Colo. . Furlong, R chard A., first lieutenJUlL -353d In fantry, 89th division, Detroit, Mich. Gaffney, Frank, private, first class, l()8th In fantry. 27th division, I.ockport, N.~T. Gregory. Earl D., sergeanTT headquarters com pany. llfith Infntjgry, 29th division, (''hasp City. Va. Gumpertz, Sydney G.,-first sexgeatrtrGompany^E, 132d infantry, 33d dlvT-; ’' New York city. \ Hall, Thomas Lee, sergeant. Company H, 118th Infantry, 30th (IKIsion, Fort Hill, S. (\ Deceased. Hatter, M. Waldo, sergeant, Company B, 356th Infantry, SOth division. Neoslio, Mo. Hays, George Price, first lieutenant. 10th field artitlj-ry.' 3d division, Dkarchee^tpda. HerTot, James .D^ corporal, Company I, 118th lh- " fnntrv. 30th division, F’rovidence, S. C. Deceased. Hill, Ralyn, corporal. Company II, 129tTTinfantry, 33d division. Oregon, TIL Hilton, Richmond H. f sergeant-, Company H, 118th I infantry., 3()th division, West vl lie, 8. C. Hoffman, Charles F., gunnery sergeant, 5th regi ment marines, 2d division. Brooklyn, N.^PT Johnston; Harold t., sergeant. Conipufly A, 350th Infantry. 89th division.TDeniver, Colo.— y - I,UK2?JR. Mallon, George H., captain, V32d Infantry, 33d division, Kansas City, Mo. _ Manning, Sidney E., corporal. Company G, 167th Infantry, 42d division, Flomaton. Ala. Mestrovilch,, James I., sergeant, Company C. 11th Infantry, 28th (fMSon. Fresno, CalT Miles, L. Wardlaw, captain. 308th infantry, 77th division, Princeton. N. J. - t Miller, Oscar F., mujor, 361st infantry, 91st di vision. Los Angeles, Cal. Decenspilr~ ^aptain 3fi8th infantry. 77th division. New York city. Ne baur, Thomas C., private. Company M, 107' infantry; 42(1 division, Sumner City, Idaho. O'Shea, Thomas E., corporal, machine gun cm H*»ny, 407tb infantry, 27th. division. Summit, N. J Deceased. • x Peck, Archie A., private,‘Company A, 307th in fantry. 77thdivision. Hornell, N. Y. Perkins, Michael J., private first class,^Company D. 101st infantry, 26th division, Boston, Mass. Pike, Emery J., lieutenant colonel^»(livision ma chine gun officer,. 82nd division, I)es Moines,. Ia v 0ecnmd< I Pope, Thomas A., corporal, Company E, 13Vst in fantry, 33d division, Cliicngo. “Paraded Around That Pole for Two -Mortal Hours." edge of tlie road about—-300 yards away. I thought I’d better take the gun aTongT'Avfth me. Left the gun ai the foot offhe pole and climbed up to make some repairs. Just ns I heard a roar my glance met the biggest black bear I ever saw in these parts or anywhere else, charging down on me. He was far enough away for me to slip down the pole and get Tny gun. As I started to climb up agfiln in s hurry, old Bruin reared on his haunches and Rwlped at me with his paw. He Just missed me and I went up to the top and he after me. I must have been excited for I shot nil my cartridges at him as he was climbing the pole. “He got up about ten feet, began to slip, and down he went. He reared up on his haunches again and Just paraded around that pole for two mortal hours. When I saw I had ml8sed"fiim I was sg mad that I threw ipy gun at him. “I was some scared, I’ll tell the world, when that big black fellow started up the pole after me. I took my field telephone and connected as-' quick as I could with .central at Stroudsburg and told her to send help Pruitt, John H., corporal, 78th company. Oth regl- j hotive.” quick as I had been treed by a ’bear., “After waiting fdr me until he got tired, the. bear turned and ambled off into the woods. When I thought he had gone, b sjdnned down (he pole, got my motorcycle and heat it for-. my health so-T can do alilxny work and 1-am.go grateful that I.am,recommend ing it to my friends/^’Mrs. D. M. Alters, R. Rj 4, Oregon, Ilk Only women who have suffered the tor- - tures of such troubles and have dragged* along from day to.day Can realize the relief which this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E r Pinkham’s Vegetable ~ Compound, brought to Mrs. Alters. Women everywhere in Mrs. Alters’ condition should crofit by iter recom mendation, and it there are any com plications write Lydia EL Pinkham’s Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., for advice. The result of their 40 ycarr experience Is at youi service. KNOCKS OUT PAIN THE FIRST ROUND * . Comforting relief from pain makes Sloan’s the World’s Liniment This famous reliever of rheumatic aches, soreness, stiffness, painful sprains, neuralgic pains, and most < other external twinges that humanity -.suffers from, enjoys its great sales be- causrTt practically never fails to bring speedy, comforting relief. Always ready for use, it. takes little to Penetrate without' rubbing and pro-' duce results. Clean, refreshing. At all drug stores. 35c, 70c, $1.40l Sloan's ’ • Liniment Keep ii handy - Thrive, Too. A *— Joseph Hergeshelmer whs talking at rliV Authors’ Huh In New York about the copyright law, which deprives a writer and his heirs of any remunera tion from his work 58 years after its •opy right. “We authors,” said Mr. Hergeshel- ner, "have little to fear from the bol sheviks. Our work has always been treated as under bolshevik regime. "But, then, -literary artists.” added the talented writer whimsically, “have the consolation thnt their \york Uvea after them. Look at Kuhens! lie painted a thousand pictures, yet tfiere Are something like four thousand In existence today »** No Worm* In t Hoaltb? Child All children troubled with worm* hove as anh««lthy color, which Indicates poor blood, and aa a rule, there is- more or less stomach disturbance. Grove's tasteless chill tnnle riven rerulsrlv for two or threo weeks will enrich the Mood. Improve the digestion, and act aa a General Strengthening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then throw olf o» dispel the worms, an 1JJ»oChild will be In per fect heLlth. PleasanTto take. 10c per bottle. ment of marines, 2d division, Phoenix,- Ari*. De ceased. Regan, Patrick, second lieutenant. 1 lath In fantry, 29th division, Los-Angeles, (Til. Robb, George S., first lieutenant, 369th infantry, 93d division. Satina, Kan. Roberts, Gerald W., corporal, tank corps, San Franciseo, (Til. Deceased. Sampler, Samuel H., sergeant, Company M, 142d infantry, 86th divi^rm. Mangum, Oklia ' Sandl n, Willie,, private. Company A. 13?d In fantry. 33d division, Ilayden, Ky. T - ' T*~ Sawelson, William, sergeant. Company —. 312th infantry. 7-Sth division, Harrison, N. Ji Deceased. .... Seibert, Floyd M., sergeant. Company F, 364th infantry, 91st division'. Salinas. Cal. , Sk nker, Alexander R., captain, 138(h infantry, 35th division ^t. Louis, Mo. Deceased. Slack, Clayton K. f private. Company E, 124th in- firKpry. 31st division. Lampson.’Wis. . Smith,Frederick E., lie&tcmmt colonel. 308ih in- | fantry. 771 h division. I’otiltmif-FhTr Deceased. Talley, Edward R., sergeant. Company L. 117th j infantry. 54)th division. Russellville, Tenn. Turner, Harold T., eorpojal. Company F. ,142d ! infantry, 5(jyi division, Seminole, Okln. Deceased. Turner. VyLiinarp-^ first lieutenant. 10f»th in fantry, 27th division. Dorchester. Mass. ; - Van lersal, T-ouia^ sergoant, C.(>mDt(n.v M.HHli im ,/ “R'fiat gets me,” said .Titman,_ “Is that I am a first-class telephone trou ble shooter for my company, and 1 couldn’t shoot my own—trqfibtFS even when I had a gun.” Karnes, James E., Sergeant, Company D, 117th infantry,- 30th division. Knoxville, Tenn. Kaufman, Benjamin,‘first sergeant, Company K, 308th infantry. 77th division. Brooklyn, N. Y. Katz,” Philip C., sergeant, Company C, 363d in- fan'trv, OJsj division,^San Francisco, Cal. - v -l^bcak, Matej, sergeanC-Coinpany ,C, 5th regi mentmarines, 2d division. Albany, N\ Y. Kelly, John Joseph, private. «;th giment nut- rines. 2d division, Chicago. Latham, John Cridland, sergeant, machifip gun company, 107th infantry, 27th division, Westmore land. England. . Lemert, Milo, flCst pergenni. Company H, 119th Infantry, 39th division, GrossvMlfi*. Tenn.T— .' . Loman, Berger private. Company H. 132d in- . fantry. 33d division. Chicago. 4 Luke, Frank, Jr w Ueutetu.nt, 27th aero squadron,' Bboenlx, Ariz. D** cawd. . . ran try—tliLdi vision, Newark. N. J. Villcpigue, John ©^Corpora!. Company M. 118th infantry. 30th division, Camden, N. C/ Waalker, Reider, sergeant. Company A. 105th infantry,^27th division, Nondand* Norway. Ward, Calvin, private. Company D. 117th ln-> ' /aptjy,~30th division. Morristown. Tenn. ' • West, Chester H., first sergeant. Company. I», 363d infantry, 91st divlston, Idaho Fatts; Idaho Whittlesey, Charles W., lieutenant Colonel 508th infantry 77th division, Pittsfield. Mass!' - ’ f Wickercbam, J. Hunter, second lieutenant * Infantry, ,89th division. I4Cnver, Qolo. Dec#*.--s ,r. < Wold. Nets,’private, Ompany 138th inficitry v 35th dfvisjun, McIntosh. Minn, Deceased. WoOdfHI Samuel, first lieutenant (now cupotto ' 644b, tofuniry, 65th Uiviidon. Fort Thouuiv K>. York, Aivln C., sergeant. Company G. K28th I- v ‘ 1 fantry. 82d division. I J al! Mall. Teun. iO>»ir4bl^lttl. Wcstci Farmer Is Victim of Own ' Dynamite Thief Trap Wlnsted, Cohn.—When Henry KoehlerT" fifty-eight, fanner of West Cornwall, discovered that -At- .... his bach was being (Systematical ly l<M)ted, he fastened dynamite over the barn door so that if a thief came at night he would ex- pl/ide it'and be blown up. Last night he forgot his trap and opened the jloor .without taking precautions. ~"Fl*e dynamite ex ploded, and Koehler Is now in a hospital suffering with pain ful cuts on the legs and thighs. Done to a Crisp. A few friends of mine.were over to epend the afteenaoa. 1 had a cake la the ovea-4)al«ng. aa_l wus keeping house while mother was out of town. During the conversation I told them what a good cook I made, and how I had never wasted or burnt anything. We were busily talking one-half an bon*" lat**r when one guest exclaimed: “I Bi^ell your cake!” Needless to say, it was burned to a crisp.—Exchange. * How’s This ? W» offer 1100.00 for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by HALF'S CATARRH MEDICINE. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE la tak en Internally and- acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. —Sold Iw druggists for over forty years.' Price ?5c. Testimonials free. " F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, Ohio. IMPRISONED IN BANK VAULT Keeping Up the Good Work^ — “My friend," remarked the practical man, *y«m«can’t reform the world by passtng resolutions.” _ “But we don’t stop there,” answered the professional upllfter. * “You have . no Idea of how a set of good, strong resolutions inspires the rank and file wlth'new confidence to tackle the prob lems of the’ day.. Particularly after we get them published in the newspa pers.”-7~BirmIngham Age-Herald. Assistant Cashier Was Tak ng Family Over Institution When Child Closed Door. Tulsa, Okl^-jrC. T. Everett, an as sistant eashfer’of the First National brink. . took his wife and small child and.his father and mother down to the hank on a Saturday night to see where he worked. He showed them over-fhe •Ince and fheji^topk them Into the ’•ifetv deposit vault. The child closed J «> door to the ynulf looking his par J nt* and grandparents In. After de- -•Mnc for s/une time whether tor call ’-m fire department-or the cashier, th ' •nk employee culled the latter, and , Ir.'f&KCmft and his part7 were let out •one FffT Worse for ihefc ^xnerienca. ' If Worms or Tapeworm persist In system, ft is b«.-ause yota b*ve not yet tried tbs real Vermifuge.. Pr. Peery's “Dea^Sbot.' One doss does tbs work. — Adv. / — Infallible Sign. “There goes another married man!" aald a girl In charge of a oiiwlj^troun- ter. “How do you *know?” asked the cashier. “He us.'ed to buy a th pee-pound hox of candy twice a week, and now he buys a half-pound once a month." ■oat*—Keep tout Eye* Strong and Healthy. If tbaylVe, Smart, ltd}, or Burn, if Sore, Irritate Inflamed ort At aD r