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%S- Page6? rm III u fTV' 3>*ot j |i| TKtikfl ' *#& /*/& >T^^| m mm] wowmL^ BH y 0 I TM? O/Jti.7 f*CX>& J / I rS^t~ ^ 11 PLUCKY Limt^iin M GOODJITNEY DRIVEB: Mrs. Newton Is Not Afraid of Her' ^hL"*1 Job?Says Soldiers Are "Big Brothers." Brjii Laughing at what convention might sav about the matter a.-ui feeling thor- ! ^8/9 |0 oughly at home on the home, Mrs. S. I VTI8 L>- Newton, a plucky little Charlotte I M !.-# woman, is numbered with the jitney I drivers who carry the soldiers of Camp I uU 9 uH (ireene back and forth from the camp j Sil I iD and city. Mrs. Xcwton is not driving' her cars ' just for fun." though she ju gets a lot of fun out of it. but it is a : K straight out business proposition. 9 laiVrn -Mrs. Newton goes after the busi- | fU ness. and .-he gets it. too. All during' fl US fl the winter, when the roads were ren-! * 1w clered almost impassible by the snow. ! <d gB mu l and holes, she kept her Ford ! D IV'fn 1U running and got the patronage she! U' It H II sought. In fact Mrs. Newton thinks | Sll 1 g that she has the record for the Ford ] (rVTBrW drivers. One night she started for the i <',inip. and the soldiers began piling' Uflrj&BB When 'she reached her destina-j tion she counted up the number, find- , ing that she had had fifteen passen This driver not only knows how to i * ru" her car. she can crank it herself! and change a tire if necessary. You j \ wouldn't think that she would have! Wei!, she doesn't. I'sually there are, ^~^y\ too many r.ohliers nearby who arc al- ; ways wi.ling to "i.-ml a hand." ? "Aren't you just a little afraid in \ i}ie midst of so many men." we asked \tWwV_ he:-. "N'o. indeed." she said, laugh\A19h? Inirly. "the soldier.-: act just like 'hip: j \wA brothers' to me" She told us a little j story that illustrated the point. One I H\; oold ,light during the winter she had: l\ a great big young follow as a passenjjo 11 iter, over lier protest, lie would not "j /I nt^: h*f h'T put him out in eamp but in- ' * '! sisied that he gy along with her on! her trips and see that nothing hap- ! m|B| j ; i'i!?vl to her or the ca& The sol- j s iliers not only patronise her. they re-< II \ ?pert her ami at a moment's notice v. mid constitute themselves her UeI ^ "Whv should 1 he afraid of men?" ? 3?j sll" as|;? (l. "when as a trained nurse ~A 1 have mothered men. played with | II them as 'i>itr brothers.' and in othejIB BR ways heen thrown with them till of | fiinjl " An:l as far the possihilitv of : I LT H th-ir taking any ht>erties with her. 'Ww ivi'll they know that it is a pl^in busi- ' ness proposition with her and they I respect her desire to make it so. O.Mr- Newton is a married woman and has tw.i bright tittle tots that some*iines accompany her on her trips in the eamp. She is setting an example of self reliance th'it may be somewhat new. hut it should he an inii/i! inn inn siiir.-ition to other women who imag Ill] Rj II iti?* that their sex is a bar to accomI! II || i> 1 :shmerit in almost any line of en|l| U 1 1TII M. M. S. C.. 1ITII COMPANY. ( U BY "TAD." 0 H|I II The old "chums" from Wadsworth tiu jjjfl [lfl are glad to hear the pood news that : James Skinner has been made first riWfiL.'i class sergeant. More power to you, nrafiWii sergeant, and the boys from the old TRENCH Tessie in Seai W JMCATJ * j Y-04W& ' . _ PV|pfe^>> MM-MO, Ttf* m((\y(\ Bxrmcr/rM, KA/// / TMr r : ///A J . ZT^Z J9K*ao7 tecs*** tarn rjo/ovs - jj g) " ^ Spew mcMrr mm**' *OM you ntT oorvr tro <w ?w? WW/av AWr (Drawn especially for Camp Ore First infantry will also be glad t< hear the good news, not forgetting th? 107th X. Y. infantry. Camp Wads worth "Gas Attack" plesae copy. The old rifle would feel kind o: funny on the shoulder. Better that a pick and shovel. How about it Corporal Dean? The "Beau Brummell" of the Four teenth company. Bill Williams. Righ there with the dress, Dill. When ii it coming off, Bill? Let us in on it. Stressler says he will be best man. Wake up "Tssy," the buzzers an around early. .The man who cat sleep on a match if he didn't hav? to make his cot. Take notice, "Win ery." The leggins look becoming, Em ery. Hope* no order comes througl to go back to the old ones. It is pretty tough for Sergean Sliney to have a ^weetheart so fa; away.v /How about it, Eddie? It i all right at present, though. She ii right there with "cigs." When d? we smoke. Ed? The ninth squad is always open Call when you receive ine pacitage Clad to see you, Ed. "Rowan" i: here. Pvt. Strissler wants to know i "Grants" still in New York. Taki notice. Rill, the zoo is open again When do you expect a. furlough Don't let Snyder see you. Pvt. Sullivan is wishing he wa back on Broadway once more to se the big lights, and female conduc tors, on Third avenue. A year sine you saw theift. ain't it Jack? Them were the times in the ol "Dough Boys." How about It, Sei geant? Private Rockhill has change since he is a M. P. What make it, Charlie? Say, Delharty, what company ar you in? The boys from the ol Tenth were asking for you. How would you like to be bac guarding the old "Pipe Dine?" Rock villc Center is still there, but Doole has gone. Where is our friend Sergeant^Mc ConugaJ. Some company got brok up. How about you. Mac? "Choi is ready"?rest r-e-s-t. What are ycu doing. Sergear Carlson? Breaking the "rookies" in Wonder when we get that stear whistle at the head of the street, an job open for a tircman. sergeant .. i i.? tnnlr nnvwai V\ VII, "CUT to - ? Murph. HAWTHORN K LANK CHURCH MOTHERS ROYS OF \ 10 The people of the Hawthorne Lan Methodist church, are doing a fin piece of work in making the stay c ! the soldiers in Charlotte a pleasar one. Two Sunday afternoons^. eac month they come out in a body t entertain the men. The presence c old and young in the hut makes th ' soldiers feel almost as if they wer I back at home. These good people want the soldier I to attend their church where the 1 ?riii papaIvp ji warm welcome. Afte the mid-week prayer service eac Wednesday a social is held In th church. A goodly number of the so diers are availing themselves of th opportunity to meet the people at th time, and all who have gone down t the socials report a Jolly good tim< Mr. Motor Mechanic or Mr. Casui Man. why not go dowji next Wednes day? This church is at the corner < Eighth street and Hawthorne Lan< Take tho Elizabeth car and stop i Seventh street. rch of a Millon 1 H? DO#i ^ nuZa Si^Mviviii r fq.MiH 1 0i> n.0. VWh.. *r ?**au nv^5 lfi> h. " ***" UJBjy M& Y % 1 iwm iiwr, ill jWlJ1 Yjk? ?? ! i^J a*ro~* ' - ?CI f r x j Yjf K ' ! . _ r* i \ Bg^lrjl 1 ?v ene Trench and Camp.) ' TENTH MOTOR MECHANIC' COMPANY WINS GAM | One of the snappiest and most inte esting games of baseball played o any Camp Greene diamond this se; - son was pulled off on Wednesday af t ernoon by the Ninth and Tenth mot< 3 mechanic companies ot the Third rej iment. Up until the last inning tl Tenth company held their opponen e to a no hit, no run, and no third baj 1 game. However, in that inning tl Ninth company got extremely bu; - and cooped two runs. The final sco was 7 to 2, in favor of the Tenth. Tl battery for the Tenth company w; 1 Flannigan and Foust. The batte for the Ninth was Pierson and M 1 Question. This was Flannigan's fir session on the mound, but he pitch* * a great game. Both teams have mu< 8 good material, and when they ha' JS mm KM Wg a ) Ld| J frffifr j ll : 1! H8^/f el IgsgjglP^ ^ - ~": ~~^A >t e. **^18 773 ?/!?* ^_T tj^gj v fSkm had more practice will give a good ac^ count of themselves. PRIVATE WILLIAMS ACTS r?" AS MINISTER SUNDAY /JM t- Private J. K. Williams, a former >r secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at Camp s~ Greene, but now a private in base hospital unit No. 64 at this camp, is ** both a soldier and a preacher. He has ,0 enlisted in the line in order that he 16 may give- a very practical turn to hie . ^ sy gospel of love and mercy. Private r? Williams, like many another good /( 16 man who is serving in the different- *ak&B as welfare organizations connected with 1 ry the camps, felt the pull of the li*5b tooVc strong and now stands shoulder, to ' st shoulder with the men in their hardid ships and duties. Private Williams All:h ed the pulpit of the Baptist chifrclu ire at Hoskins Sunday. Bsnt- I \ i ^. y ,-y JmS I BBfflHwB
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