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BYNOPBIB. -
CHAPTER I—lntroductory. Fst O'Brien
tells of liia purpose In writing the story
of bin adventures.
CHAPTER ll—Tells of his enlistment In
the Royal Flying corps, his training In
Canada and his transfer to France for ac
tive duty.
CHAPTER lll—Describes lights In which
he brought down two German airplanes
and bis final fight In which he was
brought down wounded within the Ger
man lines and was made a prisoner of
war.
CHAPTER IV— Discovers that German
hospital staff barbarously neglected the
fatally wounded and devoted their ener
gies to restoring those who might be
returned to the firing lines. Witnesses
death In" fight of his best chum. Lieut,
l'aul ltaimry.
CHAPTER V-He is taken to the of
ficers' prison camp at Courtral. There he
began planning his escape. By great sac
rifice he manages to save and Jilde away
two dally rations of bread.
CHAPTER Vl—He confiscates a map of
Germany and Just half an hour later Is
f>ut on a train bound for a prison camp
n Germany. He leaps through a window
while the train is traveling at a rite of St
miles an hour.
CHAPTER Vll—For nine days he
crawls through Germany, hiding during
the day, traveling at night, guided by the
stars and subsisting on raw vegetables.
He covers 75 mile*-before reaching Lux
emburg- ■
CHAPTER VIII—For nlno day* more he
struggles on In a weakened condition
through Luxemburg In the direction of
Belgium.
CHAPTER IX—He endures terrible
hardships, swims rivers while delirious
from hunger, living like a hunted animal
and on the eighteenth day after Jumping
from the train he crosses Intg Belgium,
CHAPTER X-Whcn well on -his way
through Belgium he Is befriended one
night by a Flemish peasant, who feeds
him and directs him to a man In a Bel
gian city Who will help him to get a pass
port. '
CHAPTER XI-By mingling with Bel
gian peasants lie manages to elude Ger
man soldiers and reaches the Belgian city
where he finds the home of the man from
whom be expects help.
CHAPTER Xll—Huyllger forges a pass
port for O'Brien and promises to assist
ntm In getting Into Holland. Later Huy
llger and his associates demand an ex
orbitant sum for their services and
O'Brien breaks with them.
CHAPTER XIII—He spends five days
and nights In an unoccupied house with
out food except for the scraps he picks up
in night fordrs.
This was quite agreeablelo me, as I
bad had misgivings as to the bind
of a priest I would make and It-seemed
to me to "oe safer to remain aloof from
everyone in a deserted house thnn to
have to mingle with people or come in
contnct with them, even with the besi
of disguises.
That night I accompanied Huyllger
to a fashionable section of the city,
where the house in which I was to be
concealed was located.
This house turned out to be a four
story structure of brick. Huyllger told
me that It had been occupied by a'
wealthy Belgian before the wair, but
since 1914 it had been uninhabited save
for the occasional habitation of Bomc
refugee whom Huyllger was befriend-!
lng.
Huyllger had a key and let me In,;
but he did not enter the house with
me, stating that he would visit me in
pie morning.
X explored the place from top to bot
tom as well as I could without light*.
The house was elaborately furnished,
but, of course, the dust lay a quarter
of an inch thick everywhere. It was a
large house, containing some twenty
rooms. There were two rooms in the
basement four on the first floor, four
on the second five on the third and five
on the top. In the days that were to
come I was to have plenty of oppor
tunity to familiarize myself with the
contents of that house but at that time
I did not know It and I was curious
enough to want to know Just what the
house contained.
Down in the basement there was a
huge pantry but It was absolutely bare,
except of dust and dirt. A door which
evidently led to a sub-basement at
tracted my attention and I thought it
might be a good idea to know Just
where It led to in case it became neces
sary for me to elude searchers.
In that cellar I found case after case
of choice wine—Huyllger subsequently
told me that there were 1,800 bottles of
it I. I was so happy at the turn my
affairs had taken and In the rosy pros
pects which I now entertained that I
was half inclined to Indulge In a little
celebration then and there. On second
thought, however, I remembered the
old warning of the folly of shooting
before you are well out of the woods,
and I decided that It would be Just as
well to postpone the festivities for a
while nnd go to bed Instead.
In such an elaborately furnished
bouse I had naturally conjured up
Ideas of a wonderfully large bed,
with thick hair mattress, downy
quilts and big soft pillows. Indeed, I
debated for a while which particular
bedroom I should honor with my pres
ence that night Judge of my disap
pointment, therefore, when after vis
iting bedroom after bedroom, I discov
ered that tfiare wasn't a bed In any
one of them that was In a condition to
sleep in. All the mattresses had been
removed and the rooms were abso
lutely bare of everything In the way
of wool, silk or cotton fabrics. The
Germans had apparently swept the
house clean.
There was nothing to do, therefore,
but to make myself as comfortable a*
I could on the floor, but as I had grown
accustomed by this time to sleeping
under far less comfortable conditions,
I swallowed my disappointment a»,
cheerfully as I could and lay down'
for the night. ... . v
In" the morning Huyllger appeared
and brought me some breakfast, and
after I had eaten tt he asked me whal
connections I had In France or Eng
land from whom I could obtain
money.
I told him that I banked at Cox &
Co., London, and that if he needed
any money I would do anything I could
to get It for him, although I did not
know Just how such filings could be ar
ranged. *
"Don't worry about that, O'Brien,' 1
he replied. "We'll find a wajf of get
ting It all right What I want to know
Is how far you are prepared to go ta
compensate me for the risks I am
rendering your
The change in the man's attitude
stunned me. I could feurdly believe my
ears. ... • .
"Of course I shall (ay you as well as
I can for what you have done, Huyll
ger," I replied, trying to conceal as fat
as possible the disappointment his de
mand had occasioned me, "b'jt don't
you think that this is hardly the proper
time or occasion to talk of compensa
tion? All I have on me, as you know,
Is a few hundred francs, and that, of
course, you are welcome to, and when
I get back. If I ever do, I shall not
easily forget that kindness you have
shown me. I am sore you need have
no concern about my showing my
gratitude In a substantial way."
"Thatta all right, O'Brien," he In
sisted, looking at me in n knowing sort
of way; "you may take care of me
afterwards, and then again you may
not. I'm not satisfied to wait. I want
to be taken care of now 1"
"Well, what do you want me to do?
How much do. you expect in the way
of compensation? How can I arrange
to get It to you? I am willing to do
anything that Is reasonable."
"I want pounds," he replied,
and he named a figure that staggsreil
me. If I had been Lord Kitchener In
stead of Just an ordinary lieutenant
In the R. F. C., he would hardly have
asked a larger sum. Perhaps he
thought I was.
"Well, my dear man," I said smiling-;
ly, thinking that perhaps ho was Jok-j
lng, "you don't really mean that, do
you?"
"I certainly do, O'Brien, and what is
more," he threatened, "I intend to get
every cent I have asked, and you are
going to help me get It."
He pulled out an order calling for
the payment to him of the amount he
had mentioned and demanded that I
sign It.
I waved It aside.
"Huyllger," I said, "you have helped
me out so far and perhaps you have
the power to help mo further. I appre
ciate what you have done for me, al
though now, I think, I see what your
motive was, but I certainly don't In
tend to be blackmailed and I tell yofl
right now that I won't stand for It."
"Very well," he said, "it Is Just as
you say, but before you make up your
mind so obstinately I would advise
you to think it over. I'll be back this
evcnlpg."
My first impulse, after the man had
left, was to get out of that house Just
as soon as I could. I had the passport
he had prepared for me, and I figured
that even without further help I could
now get to the border without very
much difficulty, and when I got there
I would have to use my own Ingenuity
to get through.
It was evident, however, that Huy
llger still had an Idea that I might
change my mind with regard to the
payment he had demanded, and I de
cided that it would be foolish to do
anything unUl he paid me a second
visit v
At the beginning of my dealings with
nuyliger I had turned over to him
some pictures, papers, and other things
that I had on me when I entered his
house. Including my identification disk,
and I was rather afraid that he might
refuse'to return them to me.
All gay long I remained in the house
without a particle of food other than
the breakfast Huyllger bad brought to
roe. From the windows I could see
plenty to Interest me and help pass the
tlmo away, hut of my experiences
while in that house I shall tell In de
tail later on, confining my attention
now to a narrative of my dealing with
Huyllger.
That night he appeared as be had
promised.
"Well, O'Brien," he asked, as be en
tered the room where I was awaiting
hip, "what do you say? Will you sign
the order or not?"
It had occurred to me during the
dsy that the amount demanded was so
fablulous that I might have signed the
order without any danger of Its ever
being paid, bat the Idea of this man,
who had claimed to be befriending nfe,
endeavoring to make capital out of my
plight galled me so that I was deter
mined not to give It to him whether I
could do so In safety or not.
"No,-Huyllger," I replied, "I have
decided to get aloogas best I can with
out any further assistance from you.
I shall see that yon are reasonably
paid for what you have done, but I
will not accept any further assistance
from you at any price, and what Is
more I want you to retorn to me St
once all the photographs and other
pspers and belongings of mine which
I turned over to yon a day or two
ago I"
"I'm sorry about that O'Brien," he
retorled, with a show of apparent sin-
"but that Is something I cannot j
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUSI 22, 1918
"If you don't give me back those
papers st once," I replied hotly, "I will
take steps to get them, and d—d
quick too!"
"I don't know Just what you could
d« O'BrleiCTo aetflfwT S»iry, "but
as a matter of fact the papers and
pictures you refer to are out of the
country. I could not get them back
to you If I wanted to."
Something told me the man was
lying.
"See here, Huyllger!" I threatened,
advancing towards him, putting my
hand on his shoulder and looking him
straight In the eye, "I want those
papers and I want them here before
midnight to-night If I don't get them
I shall sleep In this place Just once
more and then, at 8 o'clock to-morrow
morning, I shall go to the German au
"Your Lives Wont Be Worth s Damn."
thorltiea, give myself up, show them
the passport that you fixed for me,
tell them how I got It, and explain
everything."
Huyllger paled. We had no lights
In the house, but we were standing
near a landing at the time and the
moonlight was streaming through a
stained-glass window.
The Belgian turned on his heel and
started to go down the stairs.
"Mind you," I called after him, 1
shall wait for you tIH the city clock
strikes twelve, snd If you don't show
up with those papers by that time, the
next (ime you will see me is when yon
confront me before the German au
thorities. lam a desperate man, Huy
llger, and I mean every word I say."
He Ist himself out of the door and I
sat on the top stair and wondered Just
what J»e would do. Would he try t*
■teal a mardt on me and get In s first
word to the authorities so that my
story would be discredited when I
put It to them?
Of course, my threat to give myself
up to the Huns was s pure bluff. While
I had no desire to lose the papers
which Huyllger had and which In
cluded the map and the last resting
place of my poor chum Raney, I cer
tainly had no Intention of cutting off
my nose to spite my face by surren
dering to the Germans. I would have
been shot, as suce as fate, for after all
I had been able to observe behind the
German lines I would be regarded as
a spy and treated as such.
At the same time I thought I de
tected a yellow atreak In Huyllger, and
I figured that he would not want to
take the risk of my carrying out my
threat even though he believed there
waa but a small chance of my doing so.
If I did, he would undoubtedly share
my fate, and the pictures and papers
he had of mine were really of no use
to him, and I have never been able to
ascertain why It was he wished to re
tain then unless they contained some
thing—some Information about me—
which accounted for his complete
change of attitude towards me In the
first plsce, and he wanted the papers
as evidence to account to his supe
riors for his conduct towards me.
When he first told me that the plan
of placing me In a convent disguised
ss a priest had been abandoned he ex
plained It by saying that the cardinal
had Issued orders to the priests to
help no more fugitives, and I have
since wondered whether there was
anything In my papers which had
turned him against me and led him to
forsake me after all he bad promised
to do for me.
For perhaps two hours I sat on that
staircase musing about the peculiar
turn In my affairs, when the front door
opened and Huyllger ascended the
stairs.
"I have brought you such of your be
longings as I still hsd, O'Brien," be
said softly. "The rest, ss I told you, I
cannot give you. They are no longer
In my possession."
I looked through the little bunch he
hantfed me. It Included mf Identifi
cation disk, most of the papers I val
ued, snd perhsps half of the photo
graphs.
"I don't know what your object 1s In
retaining the rest of my pictures, Huy
llger," I replied, "but as s matter of
fact the ones that are missing were
only of sentimental value to me and
you are welcome to thsm. Well call It
a beat"
I don't know whether be understood
the Idiom, but he sat down on the
stairs Just below me snd cogltsted for
a few moments.
"O'Brien," he started finally, "I'm
sorry things hsve gone the wsy they
hsve. I feel sorry for you and I would
really like to belp yon. I don't sup
pose yon win believe me, but the
matter of the order which wMch I
asked yon to rig* was net of my doing.
However, we won't go Into that. The
propositipn wss made to you and yon
turned It down, and that*s the end of
It At the ssme time, I hate to leave
yon to your own resources sod I am
going to make one more suggestion
to yon (or TQur own good. .1 hare an-
other plan to" get you u.w uuiiand
and If you will go with mo to another
house, I will Introduce you to a man
who I think will be In ft position to
help you." i
"Bow many millions of pounds will
he want for his trouble " I answered,
sarcastically. »
"You can arrange that when you see
him. Will you go 7" • t
I suspected there was something
fishy about the proposition, but I felt
that I could take care of myself and
decided to see the thing through. I
knew Huyllger would nqf dare to de
arer me to the authorities because of
the fact that I had the tell-tale pass
port, which would be his deathknell as
well as my own.
Accordingly I said I would be quite
willing to go with him whenever he
was ready, and he suggested that we
go the next evening. t
I pointed out to him that I was en
tirely without food and asked him
whether he could not arrange to bring
or send me something to eat while I
remained In the house.
'Tm sorry, O'Brien," he replied, "but
I'm afraid you will have to get along
as best you can. When I brought you
your breakfast this morning I took
a desperate chance. If I bad been dis
covered by one of the German soldier*
entering this house with food In' my
possession, I would not only have paid
the penalty myself, but yotj would have
been discovered, too. It la too danger
ous a proposition. Why don't you go
out by yourself and buy your food at
the stores? That would give you con
fidence and youH need plenty of It
when you continue your Journey to the
border."
There waa a good deal of truth In
what be said and I really could not
blame him for not wanting to take any
chance* to help me In view of the rela
tions between us.
"Very well," I said; Tve gone with
out food for many houre at a time be
fore and I suppose I shall be able to
do so again. I shall look for you to
morrow evening."
The next evening- he came and I ac
companied him to another bouse net
very far from the one In which I had
been staying and not unlike it In ap
pearance. It, too, was a substantial
dwelling house which had been unten
anted since the beginning save perhap*
for such occasional visits as Huyllger
and his associate* made to It
Huyllger let himself in and con
ducted me to a room on the second
floor, where he Introduced me to two
men. Cne, I could readily see by the
resemblance, wa* hi* own brother.
The other wa* a stranger.
Very briefly they explained to m*
that they had procured another pas*-
port for me—u genuine one—which
would prove far more effective In help
ing to get me to the frontier than Cbft
counterfeit one they had manufac
tured for me.
I think I saw through their gnme
right at the start, but I listened pa
tiently to what they bad to say.
"Of course, you will have to return
to us the passport we gave you before
we csn give you the real one," said
Huyllger's brother.
"I haven't the slightest objection," I
replied, "if the new passport i* all you
claim for It. JWU you let me see itr'
There was considerable hesitation on
the part of Huyllger'* brother and the
other chap at thle.
"Why, I don't think that'* necessary
at all, Mr. O'Brien," aaid the former.
"Ton give us the old passport and we
will be very glad to give you the new
one for It Isn't that fair enough?"
"It may be fair enough, my friends,"
I retorted, seeing that It was useless to
conceal further the fact that I waa
fully aware of their whole plan and
why I had been brought to this house.
"It may be fair enough, my friends," I
said, "but you will get the passport
that I have here," patting my side and
indicating my Inalde breast pocket,
"only off my dead body I"
I suppose the three of them could
have made short work of roe then and
there If they had wanted to go the
limit, and no- one would ever have
been the wiser, but I had gone through
so touch and I was feeling so mean to
ward* the whole world Just at that
moment that I wa* detfrmlned to sell
my life as dearly as possible.
"I have that passport here," I re
plied, "and am going to keep It If
you gentlemen think you can lake It
from me you are welcome to try I"
To tell the truth, I was spoiling for
a flght, and I half wished they would
start something. The man who bad
lived In the bouse had evidently been
* collector of ancient pottery, for the
walla were lined with great piece* of
earthenware which had every earmark
of possessing great value. Tbey cer
tainly possessed great weight I fig
ured that if the worst came to the
worst that pottery would come In
mighty handy. A single blow with one
of those big vases would pat a man
out as neatly as possible end aa there
was tots of pottery and only three men,
I believed I had an excellent chance of
holding my own In the combat which I
had Invited.
I had already picked out In my mind
what I wa* going to use, and I got up,
•tood with my back to the wall and
told them that If they ever figured on
getting the passport, then would be
their best chance.
Apparently tbey realised that I
meant business and tbey Immediately
began to expostulate at the attitude I
waa taking.
One of the men spoke excellent
English, in fact be told me that he
could speak five language*, and "If be
could lie In the other* as well a* I
knew he did In my own tongue, he wa*
not only an accomplished linguist, but
ft most versatile liar Into the bargain.
"My dear fellow," said the linguist
"It 1* not that we want to deprive you of
the passport, flood heavens t If It will
aid you In getting out of the country,
I wish you could have six Just like it
But for our own protection, you owe
It to u* to proceed on your Journey
aa beat you can without It, because as
long a* you have It In your possession
you Jeopardise our lives, too. Don't
you think It la fairer that you should
risk your own safety rather than place
the live* of three Innocent men in
danger T"
"That nay be a* It la, my friend*,"
I retorted, "and I am glad you reallxe
your danger. Keep It In mind, for In
esse any of you should happen to fed
Inclined to mtliiy nift'Tiermnn autnort
tle* that I am In this part of the coun
try, think it over before you do *o.-
Itemember alwaya that If the Germane
got me, they get the passport, too, and
If they get the passport your live*
wftn't be worth n damn I When I tell
the hlatory of that clever little piece
of pasteboard, I will Implicate all three
of you, and whoever Is working with
you, and aa I am an officer I rather
think my word will be taken before
yours. Good night I"
The bluff evidently worked, because
I was able to get out of the city with
out molestation from the Germans.
I have never seen these men since.
I hope I never shall, because I am
afraid I might he tempted to do some
thing for which I might otherwise Be
sorry.
I do not mean to Imply that all Bel
gians are llHe this. I had evidently
fallen Into the hands of a gang who
were endeavoring to make capital out
of the misfortunes of those who were
referred to them for help. In all coun
tries there are bud as well as good,
and in a country which has suffered so
much as poor Belgium it Is no wonder
If some of the survivors have lost their
sense of mornl perspective.
I know that the average poor peas
ant In Belgium would divide his scanty
ratlona with n needy fugitive sooner
than a wealthy Belgian would dole
out a morsel frorp his comparatively
well-stocked larder. Perhaps the poor
have lose tlinn the rich If their
generosity or charity Is discovered by
the Huns.
Thcro havo been many Belgians shot
for helping escaped prisoners and other
fugitives, and It Is not to be wondered
at that they are willing to take as few
chances as possible. A man with a
family, especially, does not feel Jus
tified In helping a stranger when he
knowa that he and his whole family
may be ahot or sent to prison for their
pains.
Although I suffered much from the
attitude of Huyllger and his associates,
I suppoee I ought to hold no grudg*
against them In view of the unenviable
predicament In which they are In |
themselves. (
CHAPTER XIII.
\ "* »■»
Five Daya In an Empty House.
The five days I spent in that house
■eemed to me like five years. During
all that time I had very little to eat—
less In fact than I bad been getting In
the fields. I did not feel It so had, per
haps, because of the fact that I was no
longer exposed to the other privation*
which before had combined to make
my condition *o wretched. I nojv hud a
good place to sleep, at any rate, and I
did not wube every half hour or so aa
I had been accustomed to do In the
flelila and woods, and, of course, my
hunger was not aggravated by the
physical exertions which had been
necessary before.
Nevertheless, perhaps because I had
more time now to think of the hunger
palna which were gunwlng at me all
tho time, I don't believe I was ever so
miserable as I was at that period of
my adventure. I felt so mean toward*
tho world I would hove committed
murder, I think, with very little prov
ocation.
German soldier* were passing the
house at all hours of the day. I
watched them hour after hour from the
I Rummaged the House Many Tlmta.
keyhole of tho doos—to havo shown
myself at tho window was out of the
question because the house In which
I was concealed wss supposed to bo
untenanted.
Because of the fact that I was un
able to speak either Flemish or Ger
man I could not go out and boy food,
although I still had the money with
which to do It. That was one of the
things that galled one —the thought
that I had tho wherewithal In my
Jean* to buy all the food I needed and
yet no way of getting It without en
dangering ray liberty and life.
At night, however, after It was dork,
I would steal quietly ont of the house
to see what I could pick up In the way
of food. By that time, of course, the
■tores were closed, hut I scoured the
streets, the alleys and tho byways for
•crap* of food and occasionally got up
courage enough to appeal to Belgian
pea cants whom I met on the streets,
and In that way I managed to keep
body and soul together.
It wa* - quite apparent to me, how
ever, that I wa* worse off In the city
than 1 bad been In the fields, and I
decided to get ont .of that house just
as soon a* I knew definitely that Huy
llger bad made up his mind to do notb
'' further for me.
To be continued.
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*»— —'»- '• - ■ " _»'Ji
OUR SAVED FOOD.
FED THE ALLIES
Food Administrator Writes Presi
dent America Conserved 14V
000,000 Bushels Wheat \
CREDIT DUE JO WOMEN.
Meat and Pat Shipment* Ineraaaad by
844,600,000 Pound*.
Conservation measures applied by
the American people enabled the (felt
ed Statea to ship to the Allied nsople*
and to our own force* overseas 141,-
000,000 bushels of wheat and 844,800,-
000 pounds of meat daring the past
year, valued In all at 11,400,000,000.
This was accompllahed la the fact of a
serious food shortage in this country,
bespeaking tife wholeheartedness and
patriotism with which the American
people have met the food crisis abroad.
Food Administrator Hoover, in a lat
ter to President Wilson, explain how
the situation waa met The voluntary
conservation program fostered by tha
Pood Administration enabled the piling
up of the million* of bushels of wb«at
during 1017-18 and the shipment of
meat during 1017-18.
The total value of all food *hlp
ments to Allied destinations amounted
to $1,400,000,000, all this food being
bought through or in collaboration
with the Food Administration. The**
figure* are all baaed on official report*
•nd represent food export* for the
harvest year that closed June 80, 1018.
The shipment* of meat* and fat*
(Including meat product*, dairy prod
act*, vegetable oil*, etc.,) to Allied des
tination* were as follows:
Fl*cal year lOia-17... lb*.
FUcal year 101718.. ..3,011,100,000 lb*.
Increase 844,800,000 lb*.
Our slaughterable animal* *t the be
ginning of the last fiscal year war* not
appreciably larger than th* year bo
fore and particularly in hogs; they
were probably lea*. The Increase In
shipment* Is due to conservation and
the extra weight of animals added by
our farmers.
The fall effect of these efforts began
to bear their best result* in th* laat
half of the fiscal year, when th* ox
port* to th* Allle* were 2,188,100,000
pound*, as agalnat 1,200,000,000 pound*
In th* same period of the year before.
This compares with *n>,Qverago ol
801,000,000 pounds of total export* for
tho •same half year* in the three-yea*
pre-war period.
In cereals and cereal product* re
duced to term* of cereal bushels our
shipment* to Allied destination* have
been:
Fiscal year 1015-17. .230,900,00tf bushel*
Fiscal year 1017-18. .840,800',000 bushel*
Increase V 80,900,000 bu*h*l*
Of these cereals our shipment* of
the prime breadatuff* In tb* fiacal year
1917-18 to Allied destination* were:
Wheat 181,000,000 bushel* and of ryo
18,900,000 buahel*, a total of 144,900,-
000 bushel*.
The exports to Allied destination*
during the fiscal year 1910-17 were:
Wheat 188,100,000 bushels and rye
2,800.000 buahel*, a total of 137,400,000
bushels. In addition *om* 10,000,000
buahel* of 1917 wheat are now In port
for Allied destinations or en root*
thereto. The total shipments to Allied
countrle* from our loat harveit of
wheat will be therefore, about 141,000,-
000 bushels, or a total of 104,000,000
bushels of prime breadatuffs. In ad
dition to this wo hav* shipped some
10,000,000 bushels to neutrals depend
ent. upon us, and w* hav* received
eome Imports from other quarter*.
"Thl* accompllihment of our peopl*
In thl* matter atanda out even mor*
clearly If we bear In mind that we Dad
available In tli* flical year 1910-17
from net carry-over and aa aurplu*
over our normal consumption about
200,000,000 buahel* of wheat which w*
were able to export that year without
trenching on our hom* loaf," Mr.
Hoover said. "This laat year, however,
owing to the largo failure of the 1017
wheat crop, we had available from net
carry-over and production and Import*
only Just about our normal consump
tion. Therefore our wheat ahlpment*
to Allied destlroalloh* represent ap
proximately saving* from our own
wheat breod.
"These figures, however, do not fully
convey the volume of tho effort and
sacrifice made during the paat year
by the whole American people. De
aplle the magnificent effort of our agri
cultural population In planting a much
Increased acreage In 1017, not only was
(here a very large failure In wheat,
but also th* corn failed to mature prop
erly, and our corn I* our dominant crop.
"I am aure," Mr. Hoover wrote In
concluding hi* report, "that all tb*
mllllona of our people, agricultural aa
well aa urban, who have contributed
to these results should feel a very
definite satisfaction that In * year of
universal food shortages In the north
ern hemisphere all of Iho** peopl*
joined together agaln*t Germany hav*
come through Into alght of the coming
harvest not only with wealth and
strength fully maintained, hut with
only temporary period* of hardship.
"It I* difficult to distinguish between
v*riou* sections of our people—th*
homes, public eating place*, food
tradea, urban or agricultural popula
tion*—ln assessing credit for these re
mit*, but no on* will deny tb* doml
oant part of the American women."
A hoarder 1* * man who I* mor* la.
(•reeled in getting hi* bit* than In giv
ing hi* hit.
KUil-MY-TlSM—Antiseptic, Re
lieves Rheumatism, Sprains, Neu
ralgia, etc.
Another gold cup given by the
Kaiser has been assayed and
turned out pewter. The Kaiser
is also being put through the
crucible, and it looks from here as
it he will turn out all brass.
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GRAHAM CHURCH IMRKCToB
Graham Baptist HUM ill
U. Weston, Pastor.
Preaching every first and til
Sunday* at 11.00 a. m. and 7jfl
Sunday School every
9.45 a. m. W. I. Ward, SuptTl
Prayer meeting every
7.80 p. m. *
Graham Cbriatian Church— N
Street—Rev. P. C. Lester.
Preaching cervices
ond and fourth Sunday*, at luH
Sunday School every Sanday at; : l
10.00 a. M.-W. B.
intendent.
New Providence Christian Chunnfl
—North Main Street, near Depst^l
Rev. P. C. Lester, Pastor. Preach-9
ing every Second and Fourth SutSfl
day nlghtb at 1.08 o'clock.
Sunday School every Sunday aH
(.46 a. m.—J, A. Bayuff, "--rrrißM
tendent.
Christian Endeavor Prayer
ing every Thursday night at MM
o'clock.
friend*—Worth of Graham MIH
lie School, Rev. John M. PennSfl
Preaching Ist, 2nd and 3rd Sua-fli
day* at 11.00 a. m. and 7.00 p. m. •;!
Sunday School every Sunday atn
9.45 a. m.—Belle Zachary, Super!d-fl
Undent
Prayer meeting every Tharadasfl
evening at 7.30 o'clock.
Methodist Bpltcopai, South-coll
Main and Maple Streets, Rev.
E. Ernhart, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday at lUM
a. m. and at 7JO p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday atH
1.4# a. m.—W. B. Green, Supt.
M. P. Church-N. Main Street!
Rev. R. 8. Troxler, Pastor.
Preaching first and third Hao-a
day* at 11 a. o. and 8 p. m.3
Sunday School every Sunday a 9
8.45 a. m.—J. L. Amick, Supt.
Preabyterian—Wst Bin fltre*t J
Rev. T, M. McConneli, pastor.
Sunday School every Sunday ati
8.48 a. m.—Lynn B. Williamson,
perintendent.
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