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. ' - vu t-" '.' ' r .......... , ..... ... mint: ; - MP :';'.a VOL. XXIX. BOONE WATAUGA COUiTY,N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1918. Hh 7 '."' '"" ' 1 f If" 11 NT V Hi tilftrtkaT. H.C. i Dear Folks Back Home: I heard that you want to help the boys at camp who are get ting ready to "Can the Kaiser," and I just 'wanted to tell you that the bst way I know to help thetn to help the Y. 'M. C. A. You Ke I am speaking from ac tual knowledge of conditions. The brightest spot iu camp is the "Y" building or it may be a tent. Ask the other boys, if you don't believe it. Folks, the Y. M. C. A. men are the first to greet the recruit on his arrival at camp and smile away any symptoms of home sickness. He is furnished stat ionery to write home, good mu sic, the most wholesome enter tain nent, the place to rest "after the hard day is over, and spiri tual aid to keep him clean and pure in his new environment. And I don't believe the true re hgionofthe Nazarene has ever been so well exemplified since Be went about doing good. There's no repelling saintliness about thisY. M. C. A. religion. It is the religion,, which following Christ's teachings, ministers to men, and the men ministered to happen to be the khaki-clad sol diers of America., Is it a game of checkers,, or a tune on the' Vic trola, or an ice cold drink of wa ter the soldier desires? The "I" is on the job. ' Does he want to Dny a stamp, fir wrap a package, or tM'ii" itifoimation? The 4Y" is on the. job. The ways the "Y" finds to help a man are .so nu i crous, .you would have to live hi an array, cantonment a few months to find out the half of them. And is ther worship? The other night I heard a 4,Y" secre tary awk the soldiers to fo'd their letters for a service! and as they gathered around and a young minister from my own Alma Ma ter, Wake Forest, stood before them, with t-leeves rolled up, rea dy to fight the Kaiser or the devil, arid, delivered a man's mes sage to "men straight Irom the shonl.'er and from the word of God. ls,pev their hearts were readied' n.'d touched. Tne '"i ' thinks of the men s bodily needs, their needs for en tertainment. and their spiritua. needs Am folks, with all hon or to TJiiele Sam for the splendid caiujM h h is constructed in which to train his soldiers, I'n h ole to think what they would be without the Y. M. C. A. So if vou wa'if to help your boys, for God's sake come acrosx liberally for the Y. M. A. General Per- suing said "Instead of tn fight ing men, give me nine fighting men and a Y. M. (J. A. man." Un cle Sara is sending the nine men. Your boy may be among them. You can send the other man, vour dollars can send him, and I tell you, folks, we need him. I wish you knew as we do how much we need him. As one of the nine, 1 1 11 you that you can't do better than nelp to send mm. Sergeant Ira T. Johnston, Camp Greenleaf, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. CURE FOR DYS1NTERY. ''While I was in Ashland, Kan sas, a trentleman overheard me npeaking of Chamberlain's Colic and DiarrbOa Remedy," writes William Whitelaw, of Des Moines Iowa. '.'He told me in detail o what it had done for his family but more especially his daughter who was lying at the point o: death with' a violent attack o! dvsinterv. and bad hen given up by her family physician. Some of the neighbors advised him to cive Chamberlain's Colic and Di- arrhoPii neineav, wnicn ne .nio, and fullHieHevesthat br doing o saved the lifn of hi" child. He gtated that he had also used this remedy hiruself. with equally, grat if) iDg results." Mindsisbt ud Fsrisifht v Germany says that for 4 years her troops have been figuring on going out of the St Mihiel sal ieut. Had she used foresight en ough to retire two or three yeare ago when tie going was better she might not have left behind her some 20,000 trocps large toumber8 of cannon, munitions, etc., that she did not have time to take when she finally moved. Had Germany posessed suffi cient foresight to go to Paris 4 years ago by way of Metz and Sedan instead of going into Bel gium she ould not have aroused Belgium to oppose her and hold her until France and also Great Britain could get ready to meet her, and it is a chance that she would have reached Paris and perhaps repeated the quick vie tory of 1871. But Germany can not gain anything by taking a hindsight view of her fatal error there. She threw away her chance by jumping on Belgium and for cing that disinterested country into she war and threatening the channel ports which was a useless stroke and compelled England to come in. That sett led Germany's hopes of winning a war that oth erwise she would probably have won, and saved the world from German dominion of all of Eu rope, i Could Germany go back and retrace her steps now, with the benefit of the hindsight she would know belter than at any cost to get the United States into the war. She might, possibly, have won as a against France, Eng- and and Italy. . But she lacked good horse sense, and she invited the United States in. All these little failures of rea sonable foresight brought wholly useless aggressions against thoe nations that Germany should have kept neurtgl. But the Ger- man egotism Ofjprshadowed in telligent foresight, and each suc cessive step brought its own ser- ious disaster. If Germany had had sufficient foresight to make her sudden war on France alone in the west and Russia in the east it is more than likely that she would have dtfeated France quickly and then as quickly" de- feated Russia and beeu the fore most military power of the world Hut Genuany has persistently lacked foresight. And she lacks foifesight now, and she will lack foresight to the finish, lorshecan not see beyond that veil of con ceit and coverousuess that blinds her. Had she posessed foresight she would never by her war on wpmen, children and bospitalsJ alienated the entire world. She would have maintained some friends. But Germany never had foresight enough to know that a friend has a value. And it is probable that she has not even hindsight yet. At least she shows no- evidence of any. News and Observer. Reverse the Law. The Lenoir Topic reports that a recent automobile collision on the Blowing Rock turnpike, in which "it was fortunate no one was killed or seriously injured," was caused by "blinding head' lights." Perhaps if the next leg islature would "pass a law" re quiring all automobile drivers to use the brightest and most glaring makes of headlights pro curable, the State might auto raatically drop into an era of dull-lighted automobiles on the streets and highways. So rc ligiously are the automobile laws m North Carolina towns and on North Carolina highways disre garded that we have about come to the conclusion it is mainly out of a stubborn disposition to do i what the jaws says one shall not Stirvatioi li Rossii The American refugees from Moscow reached Stockholmn last Wednesday 12 days after their departure from the Bolshevik capital. They were met by Shel don Whitehouse, the American charge d'affaires and a party of Americans and Europeans who were anxious to learn the lot of friends aud relatives in Russia. Immediately after crossing in to Finland the Americans were impressed by the orderly condit ions prevailing. There was no shooting at the railway stations, the trains were clean and the car windows not broken and hood lums were not breaking down' passenger and freight trains by overloading them. The Finns near the border had sufficient food except flour and sugar. Conditions improved as the special train approached Tornea, opposite the Swedish side they were almoet unbelievable for ref ugees from Soviet Russia, which is staggering on, hungry and miserable, toward a hopeless win ter. When the Americans left Russia they say, flour sold at dollar and twenty -five cts" a pound'and was seldom obtainable at mny price. Sugar, also scarce, Bold at three dollars a pound. v , The refugees say that starva tion had become so prevalent in Moscow that late in August the food commission was forced to remove all regulations on citi zens and permitted them to en ter the city with 60 pounds of food each. This step, it was as serted was an admission of the absolute failure of the food com mission, which had no bread and was fdrded, through the pressure of the rebelling citizens, to let the people take the food supply mto their own hands. Wheat and other grains were not available, as the peasants in the grain sections still under so viet control refused to feed the cities. Potatoes and other veg etables were selling at-25 cents a p und. They are the chief fooc supply of Mosoowand Petrograd. The workmen of Moscow and and Petrograd factories cannot obtain food from the commis sion which advised them to shiou der rifles and take the grain a- way from the peasants. This ad vice has seldom, been heeded as a majority of the workmen regard the peasants as brothers. Wholesale charges by the Bol shevik newspapers that the Bou rgeois" are wholly responsible for the food shortage, no longer qui et the hungry laborers whose faith in the Bolsheviki is waning appreciably. The promises of Le on Trotzky. the Bolsheviki for eign minister, to queu tne i;ze- Clio Slovak rising and tap the supply of wheat no longer are generally credited. TO IMPROVE YOUR DIGEST ION. "For years my digestion was so poor that I could only eat the lightest foods. I tried everything that 1 heard of to get relief, but not uutil about a year ago when I naw Chamberlain s Tablet- ad vertised and got a bottle of them did I get the right treatment. Since taking them my digestion is fine. "Mrs. Blanche Bowers. Indiana, Penn. DAY & STAMPER, FARM BROKERS Waynesburg, Lincoln Co., Ky. Catalogs Sent on Request. 7-4 3m ' do. On what other ground can existing conditions be accounted for?-Editorial in Charlotte Ob-server. filtir Warier Writes bis Mother. ' Mrs. Bettie Winebarger. of Sands, R F. D., has received the following letter from her sou, Walter, who is with the Ameri can Expeditionary Forces in France, which, by her request, we are publishing in full: - I take Great pleasure in wri ting you a few lines tonight, aud hope this letter will reach you safe and find you all well and happy. This leaves me well, and getting along as good as could be axpected. It is raining here to night, and it is the coldest rain I have ever felt. Well, Mother, I hear from Mae very often. She said in her last letter that you had written her that you had not heard from me in a long time. I hope you ase getting my letters now. I have written you once and twice a week ever since I came over here. I don't know much to write' to night; but will ask you a few questions: Where is Roby now? Is he in the service yet? And what did they ever do with Leo nard Wiison? Did they get him? And JI want you to be sure and write me what Carl Wrood ring's add res is. Be sure and give com pany and regiment. Write me all the news of interest. You know I am only about five thou sand miles from home, and just any old thing you want to write will please me much. Ihavn'thad but two letters from you all yet. 1 have had a dozen from Mae. It now getting so dark that I can not write more now, but will write more next time. Regards to nil. From your loving son, W. H. WINEUARGER. Battery E, 113 F. A., A. E. F. A WORD WITH WOMEN. Valuable Advice forjBoone Read ers. Many a woman endures with noble patience the daily uiibery of backache, pains about the hips, blue, nervous spells, dizzi ness aud urinary disorders, nope less of relief because she doesn't know what is the matter. It is not true that every pain in the back or hip trouble 'p culiartothe sex." Often when th" kidneys get congested and inflamed, such aches and pains follow. Then help the weakened kidneys. Don't expect them to get well alone. Doan'a Kidney Pills have won the praise of thousands of wo men. They are endorsed right in this locality. Read this wo man's convincing statement: Mrs. C. E. Huffman, G01 Chest nut Ave., Hickory, N. C, says: "I suffered a lot from my back aud ki lnoys. I was in such' bad shape I could hardly straighten up after stooping. The pain in my back couldn'thavebeen more severe if someone had run a knife into me. I conldn t sleep and felt miserable Doan's Kidney Pills removed the pains iu my back and made me ferl like a dif ferent pprsou." Price 60c. at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get donu's Kidney Pills the name Mr. Huffman has pub licly' recommended. Foster Miflburn Co., Props., Buffalo, New York. Quality Printing OF EVERY DESCRIPTION turned out promptly and satis faction guaranteed or no pay. WATAUGA PRINTIN6 COMPANY BOONE, N. C. THE BEST PLASTER. A piece of Flannel dampened withChamberiHin's Liniment and bound on the teat of pain is of ten more effectual for a lame back than a plaier, AnJ doesn't cost anything like aS much. Hear Our President The Wbitk House, . Washington. Again the Government come9 to the people of the country with the request that they lend their money, and lend it upon a mere liberal scale than ever before, iu order that the great war for the rights of America and the libera tion of the world may be prose cuted with ever increasing vigor to a victorious conclusion. And it makes the appeal witn the greatest confidence because it knows that "every day it is be coming clearear tov thinking men throughout the nation that the winniug of the war is an essen tial investment. The money that is held back now will be of little use or value if the war is not won and the selfish masters of Germany are permitted to dic tate what America may and may and may not do. Men in Ameri ca, besides, have from the first until now dedicated bo'h their lives and their fortunes to the vindication and tuaintenence of the great principles and objects for which our Government was set up. They will not fail now to 6how. the world for what their wealth was intended. Woodnw Wilson. When tbe Boys Come Hone. (Wilkes Patriot.) . In British Columbia the people recently eler ted a returned sol dier to the legislature by an ov erwhelming majority. When our own boys come marching home they will be elected to ul most any kind of an office for which they are ouaiineu. J c will be a mis- tike for anv of them to assume that they ran be elected because they were soldiers and regard less of their qualifications. Few of them will make that mistake, Rut the ranks of the national ar my were drawn from all classes of people-college men, farmers, mechanics, business men, bank ers, manufacturers, lawyers and public officials, From the entire list of returned soldiers thert'will be plenty of nieu well qualified for the various offices, and the man who didn't go to the front is going Jto have a hard time making a campaign against any of these for either nomination or election. THE FAKERS. Now doth the busy lit le Hun d 'light to pass the bunk, and cl nra a victory is won. when be is knocked kerplunk! The general w!ios! cumbrous name winds up with burg ordorf still claim to have a giant's frume, when he is shown a dwarf. When Foch oi Ilaig in battl" fail, the fact is not denied; these brave men ri.se and say' ''The tail hus traveled with the hide." Thpy want the folks at home to know (be truth, and give it flat; if thy are beat mby the foe, they le t it go at that. But Prussian leaders can not trust the fol-h at home, it seems; they feed them up, until they bust, on fakes and hapjoint dreams. How doth the busy lit tie Hun, his whiskers streaked with foam, hand out the pifflle by the ton, to feed the folks at home! But when tbe facts at last leak in. I wonder what they'll say; will they just wear a foolish griu, in their accustomed way? Or will they swell with righteous ire, their spirits sore and hot, and grumble like a house afire, and have some princes shot? "Dumb driven cattle" is their na-ne if they, with patieut e.ies, forever watch the hocus game, the carnival of lies." Walt Ma son. FOLEY KIDNEY FILLS Ki UGtACrl.t Stilt MU' lUtSkl PRO FES S 1 0 N A L rr-tTii M rr-TTH? E. Glenn Salmons, :, Kesident Dentist. - B00NE, N.c! ' ' Office at Critcber Hotel. : OFIiCE ROUES: ; 9:00 to 18 a. u; 1:00 to 4:00 p. m, EDTUjtfD JONES ' LAWYER LENOItt, N. C,r Will Practice Regularly m thetourt8oi Watavea. 6.1 u L. O.LOWI T. A OTX, Banner Ilk, N. 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