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SMITH?ELMOTT FURNITURE f CO. I I i Musical Instruments House Furnishings l 7 Hk alb st.-camden, s. c. IGrainKilled. cold killed a heavy <perte oats planted, late in Oats planted early in Id having: a good footd the cold very well, f this loss there will t to Ibe a veTy consider* planted over this mere having to plant >ps should plant one of the early varieties, like fulghum. It is also important that these oats be treated with formaldehyde to prevent smut.?Lancaster News. ' v . *'* >**"*""' ' Among certain Bskipvos bad temper is considered a sign of being possessed by a devil, lying is a crime punished by death, and marriage is compulsory. Retiring Post Head Pleads tor Members " . f&<.~ ?IS * > - ' * ' l By R. H. HilUe, Port Co*?oidor Is there any veteran of the World War so poor in spirit and patriotism that he is not proud of the part he played in the greatest of jell military struggles since history began. Have not we veterans a justified pride in our service? If any man were to assert that we had not played our part as men and Americans, how quickly would we resent it. The American I^egion offers the best opportunity for you, to testify to the world of your loyalty aad service during the war. The lapel button of the Legion is a notice to hll that you failed not when your country called, and that you still subscribe to the patriotism and Americanism for which the Legion stand*. Without the Legion Button, the service man has no method of differentiating himself from the thousands who did not go. He may have served, but no one knows it. And the world finds it eas^ and convenient to forget. With the Legion button, yo^ quietly but effectively identify yourself as one of America's veterans, and as an active participiant in the work of A patriotic society which is dedicated to the preservation of ! American principles. You place yourself as both a wartime and peace-time patriot and true American. Be proud you can join the American Legion. Hundreds of thousands of young' men would rejoice indeed If their lives could so be made over that the Legion might be open to them. Those who did serve but who have not up to now come into the Legion are sending in their applications by the thousands. They art proud they answered the call. They want the world to know it. The Legion's great days are ahead. Its strength an^ influence grow daily. With each new success it becomes stronger. Its principles aai its service commend it to all. tb is far better to be in the Legion than to explain why you are not. The Legion invites you to comradeship.-, Be one of the Active LegionaireB *of your community. You need the Legion an! the Legion needs you. Come on fellows, let's take the "X" out of "X" service. Join up! -- I III.'I I V?T Fighting Chaptoin b Rev. G. It Wilson The Rev. (jih Kobb Wilaon U truly m "fighting chaplain." Elected national chaplftln of The American Legion by the ninth annpal convention held in Paris, France, he is the first man not a former chaplain in the army, to 1>o chosen for this position. Although Mr. Wilson was a licensed minister of the Presbyterian church, and comes front a long line of clerical forebears, he also cornea from a long line of patriot fighters, and he chose with his younger brother to |enter combattant serv ice - before America entered the war. His father, Dr. Gill I. Wilson, and his mother, the Rev. Amanda Rpbb Wilson, are !both at the present time in the ac tive ministry. The younger brother, a student for ministry, became Corporal Joseph Volney Wilson, of the Lafayette EscadriUe, and later first lieutenant, then flight commander of [Squadron 163, A. Ev F. He was killed in October, 1018, on the Marine. The national chaplain's father, a former soldier, spent the period of 'the War in the V- M. C. A. service at Camp Meade, Bid., while the chaplain's mother traveled in the intaxaita of recruiting activities and nursed | _ , *. A ^ , - - r THE REV. OILL ROBB WILSON National Chaplain, The American Legion. through the epidemics of the influenza. Of the chaplain's two sisters, the elder was afflicted with tuberculosis following influenza contracted while nursing and has been confined to her bed during the last five years. The younger sister is how a senior at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pa. It is the pride of Chaplain Wilson's family that including the War of the Revolution, there has never been an American crisis in which their blood was not mingled. Mrs. John Robb, the grandmother on the maternal side, was a pioneer with her father in the settlement of the lands -west of the Mississippi, and Isa&c Robb, another forebear trading out of OM Fort Pitt, was the founder of the town of West Newton, Pg. In addition to hi* ministerial activities) the chaplain devotee his energies to writing and has had published a large number of pottos and article^. Having been disabled by the clashing of his plane during the war, the chaplain has undergone the common lot of so many who were forced to build back physically aa This process has been successfully accomplished. After the W#r he retunifed to School for. a year of fnrthis theological- training and entered directly on his profession. The chaplain explains his entry into the combatant sendee of the war on two grounds. The first was that he knew more about fighting than he ?t thu# time, and the topbiia was that hp felt he could learn ^^ bout the great sincerities of life1 and religion by enduring the common lot of the body* heart and soul-hungry doughboy. he craved to be sacred and exposed and entailed with the ranks that* if he 'came through,' he might be a better servant of men. The chaplain further says: "Whs*1 1 want a chaplain to help we go 'tyest,* I don't want soma youngster who is Just starting to live, himself. Give me , some old Priest or C lergyman, who has struggled for jtrlew years and knows what it's aU about. Chaps like Father Duffy and chaplains whom we have had in the past iii the Legion are the real ones to handle us youngsters. sir, I didn't know enough about life to.be a chaplain during the war. 1 was better equipped to do my 'sky piloting' in a Broequet. Now, Fju ready to tac^fe the harder job." Chaplain ^Wilson was born in Clarton county. Pa., -September 18, 1893 of Scotch descent of American ( olonial lineage. He was graduated frqm Xiakiminetas Preparatory School in 1911; Washington and Jet' ? ^ I A .v i '. : " i - ':1, i n . i. .'i, in?i? - What Ui* Ymii Man's Dsiag. Every one who has driven an automobile behind the young man in the ,car ahead, has wondered what young fuzzy lips was doing with hi* left hand dropping nonchalantly out of the left door. The mystery has been solved. Here is what he Is doing, nine, times out of ten: Knocking ashes off a cigarette. Going to turn a corner?-you guess which one. Feeling for rain. Pointing out a pretty girl on opposite side of street. Intending to stop. Getting rid of a cigarette that ij burning his fingers. Saluting a passing car. Showing the parsing populace how easy it is to drive a car in traffic! with one hand. Making graceful gestures to em-j phasize his remarks. Butterflies are so called because itj was once believed they stole butter and milk. According to naturalists, many birds die each year of bronchial pneumonia because of too early migration. ferson College, 1916} Western Jlieological Seminary in 1980, A." B. and B, D. degrees. His college fraternity is Phi Gatna Delta. In athleties he participated in football, track, baseball and golf. i~:. ... - . war service include*j.' French corps; breveted twitloo school In Tours; breveted observer at Clermont?*frrand; instructor in aviation; Eeeadrille 66, Escade 12, day bombardment in French aQpiy; operations offreer 163rd day bombardment squad V ren,A?~R p.; croi* de guerre; service H** fpr. Soissons, Saint Mihiel, Champnigne, Meuse Argonne, defensive sector; ommiss lofted ftm lieutenant at l^btidun, France, in - April 1918; discharged in March, ' SlSLST,* He^IUft in Air Service nesOTvertince March, 1919. Thd ' national chaplain's legion ' *?rvice includes: Post chaplain, P#rkersburg, W. Vs., 1919-1920; dei partment chaplain of Wiit Virginia, 1^0-2i; post chaplain, Trenton, N. I 1922-27; post - commander, Trenton, 1924-26; chairman Trenton endowpment campaign; departifnent chaplain r: New Jersey, 1926-27; national **? ? Aeronautics Committee, I 1926-27, and member of National r Defense Committee, 1926-27. E~la activities include: r RoClub, Parkersburg, W. VS.; ? Club, Trenton; Director Red Cross, Trenton; Chairman Member* hip Committee, Chamber of Commerce, Trenton; President Associated: Charities, Trenton. ~ Wilson was married to Miss Margaret H. B. Perrine, of Cmnbury, ' 1928. They have one daughter. ? national chaplain served as a missionary in West Virginta; esi tablisbed the Pied>yterian church at Weirtown, W. Via,, was assistant minister to his father in Parkers* 1 burg, W. Va., and has bs^n pastor 0$ Jjfce Fourth Presbyterian church in I Trenton since 1921. EHuraiP' ' ' ' v;'' A fruit grower near Berlin, Gergiany, has successfully kept the bird* from his orchard by connecting a loud speaker to his scarWpw. Three tea caddies emptied into the harbor on the night of the Boston TVa Party have been bequeathed to en Massachusetts Historicart Society. Mpre buses are used for the tnuss- ? portation of children by 9g6 schools in New England. 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