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ROCKINGHAM POST-DISPATCH, ROCKINGHAM, N. C. Mrs. Bowser Tells It Bowser Goes Out to Hunt the Chestnut (Copyright, BIT, by the McCluie Newspa I per Syndicate.) By M. QUAD. For several days I have observed a spirit of restlessness about Mr. Bow ser, and I had made up my mind that he was longing for a trip out Into the 'country. In his conversations he spoke 'of the chestnuts and acorns; he men tioned the rabbit ; he spoke of the fall 'apple, and so I knew that he would take a day off spon and refresh his boyhood memories. ! Mr. Bowser came down to break fast one morning prepared for a jaunt 'and he said to me : "I think I will take a little trip out Into the country today. I want to saunter around and see farm scenes. I want to pick up the great brown chestnuts under the trees. I want to pick the golden pippin right off the apple tree. I want to buy a quart of buttermilk of some farmer and drink It down without stopping, to breathe, It seems as if it would almost make me over to spend the day out in the coun try" "There's nothing to hinder you from going," I replied. "In fact, I want you "He Ran Into a Currant to go, for you look a little weary. Will 'you bring home some chestnuts and apples?" "You bet your life, and don't for get to let me take a basket along. Maybe I will gather some mushrooms, 'also. At any rate, I will make a day of It and come home feelinc; as fr'jl-y as a darling colt." "You will telephone if anything hap pens to you? Most of the farmers have telephones." "Oh, nothing will happen to tele phone about It will be a very quiet day with me." In half an hourMr. Bowser was off, carrying a market basket on his arm. He was as pleased as a boy on his way to a circus. It was about two o'clock In the after noon when the telephone rang me up and a strange voice asked: "Is this Mrs. Bowser?" "Yes." "Mrs. Samuel Bowser?" "Yes, that Is correct Who are you, please?" "My name is Ballard, and I'm a farmer about ten miles from the city on the oil Boston road. Can't you take the trolley car, which runs right by my door, and come out here?" "But why should I come out there?" I asked, a chill of fear coming over me. "Because there's a short, fat, bald beaded man here who says he's Sam uel Bowser, your husband. "He Isn't - dead, so you needn't be alarmed. He has simply met with an Incident and maybe you will have to stay for a day or two, but I'll make it as pleasant as I can. Mr. Bowser sent you his love and thinks you'd better come out" "Do you mean that an accident has happened to Mr. Bowser?" I asked. - "Well, you might call it an accident, but I call it an incident An accident 4s where you cut your foot with the ax, but Mr. Bowser hasn't cut his foot An accident la when you fall out of a tree and break both legs, and Mr. Bow ser has had no fall and no broken legs. You had better put on your bon net and come put" I tried hard to get the fanner to tell me just what had happened, but he teemed to have good reasons for hold ing baCk the truth,. This Increased my fears, of course, and I soon got ready for a trip. , All the way out to Farmer ' Ballard's I was so pale and nervous that all the passengers on the cat no ticed me, and three or four women came Over to me and said they hoped that nothing serious had occurred. The " ' farmer was at Us gate as I got off the car, and the first question I asked him was: i "Is Mtr Bowser dead I" "Why, no, ma'am," he replied. "Come right Id and you'll see him alive. No need to be alarmed about him." I went In and found Mr. Bowser In bed. That Is, I supposed It was Mr. Bowser, for It was some time before I Vas certain of bis Identity. -1 had a few words to say in praise of the man and he went on : "I have four hives of bees, I wanted to move them to a new place to pass the winter. I mentioned It to Mn Bowser and he offered to help me. Two men con carry a beehive very nice. All you have to do is to place a piece, of paper over the hole where they come In and go out Then you can carry the hive between you. Mr. Bowser told me that he was not afraid of bees, but he had always loved them and they seemed to love him. He was very anxious to help me, and, of course, I was willing he should. We had to pass over some rough ground to reach the new place and I warned him that we must go slow and carefully. We had got half the distance with the hive all right when he strikes his foot against something In the grass and down he goes and down goes the hive, for I couldn't manage It alone. You can Imagine, ma'am, what happened then." "Yes," I said. "The hive went down with a crash, and the bees came pouring out. I was scared, which I shouldn't have been, and I took to my heels. Mr. Bowser got up and took to his heels also, but he ran Into a currant bush Bush and Got Tangled Up." and got tangled up. The bees didn't see anybody else around, and so they went for him. There were 5,000 of them, I reckon, but not more than 1,900 got a bite at him. I rescued him as soon as I could and got him into the house and undressed him and put him to bed, and there he Is, lying before your face and eyes. That's about all, ma'am, except that he doesn't talk much, and the reason is that his lips are swelled out like a stuffed chicken." Mr. Bowser had Various swellings that stood out like toads on a log. Just how many, I did not dare count His eyes were shut, and I could not "1 Want to Pick Up the Great Brown Chestnuts Under the Trees." offer him a hand glass that he might see what a beauty he was. The only thing to do was to apply things to take out the poison and reduce the swellings, and to help the farmer aa I could until his wife got back. I stay ed there all that, night and most of the next day, and,' when I left for home, Mr. Bowser could partly open one eye and utter grunts through hla swollen lips. It was four days before he came home, and then several pas sengers -on the car asked him If a tree had fallen all over him. . He didn't say much when he reached the house. All he did say was : "Mrs. Bowser, If this thing occurs again I will see my lawyer and you will see yours, and we will arrange for a quiet divorce. We have reached the dead line at last I". , I realized that; Mr. Bowser must blame someone beside himself, and I didn't "sass" back a single word. GREAT DRIVE FOR SHIPYARD HELP Call for 250,000 Volunteers to Aid in Speeding the New Merchant Fleet. . f0 BE READY WHEN CALLED Reserve Organization Formed to Com plete Glgantlo Program .to Win War Gbod Pay and Living Condition. The United States Shipyard Volun teers of the Public Service Reserve, a reserve organization of American me chanics, skilled workers in many lines of trade, has been formed to brjng to completion the gigantic shipbuilding program necessary to win tile war. Two hundred and fifty thousand work men are to be enrolled and they will stand ready, when called to go to the shipyards and speed America's mer chant fleet to completion. An appeal for volunteers has been made by the department of labor, the council of national defense, the shipping board, the 20,000 four-minute men, governors of the various states, organized labor and business men. The aim Is to fill all the present and future needs of the government's shipyards. Pay of volunteers will be In accord ance with the prevailing wage in the shipyards at the time they are called. Construction of houses for the workers Is being pushed with energy, and the necessary homes will be ready when the men are called. Preliminaries Are Arranged. All preliminary work, such as the building of shipyards and shipways, construction of housing facilities, preparation and transportation of ma terial, and the training of workmen, is being rushed to completion. Thus the organization of the shipyard volunteers is being hastened with energy and en thusiasm. Volunteers are requested to go to the nearest enrollment agent of the public service reserve or state council of de fense and sign up. Should there be no enrolling agent In the vicinity, they are asked to write to Edward N. Hur ley, chairman of the United States shipping board, Washington. Cards are Issued to all applicants, bearing statements of the purpose of the shipyard volunteers, classifying them according to trades and asking signers to respond when called. But tons will be given to volunteers bear ing the Inscription, "U. S. Shipyard Volunteers." This button Is to be an honorary recognition of the wearer's willingness to sacrifice personal desires for public need. In addition, the worker will receive a certificate signed by Chairman Hurley, which reads: "This is to certify (name of vol unteer) of (city, state), has enrolled In the United States Shipyard Volunteers of Pub lic Service Reserve to aid the nation In Its Imperative needs for merchant ships with which to overcome the submarine menace and maintain our forces at the front." Quota of Each State. Each state has been assigned a quota, based upon the population and Industries. The quota Is as follows : Maine 2,972 New Hamp... 1,698 Vermont -1,390 Massachusetts, 321 Rhode Island.. 2,355 Connecticut ... 4,786 New York ....89,526 Minnesota .... 8,762 Iowa 8,531 Missouri 11,812 North Dakota. 2,684 South Dakota. 2,393 Nebraska 4.400 Kansas 6,330 Delaware 811 MarAand .... 6,250 Dist. of Col... 1.390 Virginia ....... 8,453 West Virginia. 6.327 N. Carolina... 9,264 g. Carolina.... 6.253 Georgia U.0O1 Florida 3.435 Kentucky .... 8.260 New Jersey... 11,848 Pennsylvania. 12,771 Ohio 19.802 Indiana 10,847 Illinois 23.662 Michigan 11,734 Wisconsin .... 9,611 Alabama 1,994 Mississippi ... 7,488 Arkansas 6,022 Louisiana .... 7,061 Oklahoma .... 8.492 Texas 17.023 Montana 1,683 Idaho 1.621 Wyoming 618 Colorado 8.SM New Mexico... 1,428 Arizona 688 Utah 1,660 Nevada 836 Washington .. 6.906 Oregon 8,204 California ....11.316 Tennessee .... 7,952 Trades Needed In Shipbuilding. The department of labor has provid ed the following list showing the ind of trades most needed In shipbuilding, and a special appeal is addressed to men In those- occupations to enroll In the United States Shipyard volun teers : Aaetylene and electrical welders, as bestos workers, blacksmiths, angle smiths, drop-forge men, flange turners, furnace men, bollermakers, riveters, reamers, carpenters, ship carpenters, dock builders, chlppers and calkera, electrical workers, electricians, wire- men, crane operators, foundry work ers, laborers (all Iclnds), ioftsmen, template makers, machinists and machine hands (all sorts), help ers, painters, plumbers and pipe fitters, sheet- metal workers, copper smiths, shlpfltters, structural iron workers, erectors, bolters up, cement ers and crane men. Life Inspirations. There Is no greater Joy than the feel ing that some act of ours has Inspired tnother to be brave and strong. One of the beautiful things about right do ing Is that It Is an Inspiration to oth ers. No life Is a real success which has not scattered Inspiration along the way. Mutt Human Nature. Another reason why a man Is a man la because he would rather lose $50 in a speculation than 60 cents through a hole in his pocketDallas News. Effectlve'Weapon of Ancients. : Among the simplest and yet one of the most effective inventions -of an cient times was the Javelin with a point of soft Iron employed by Julius Caesar in his Gallic wars. " The Bo man legionaries hurled these weapons against the shields of their enemies. The Iron head penetrated the outer covering of bulls' hide, but flattened against the hard wood or metal back of the shield, and thus became hooked to this protector. The shanks of the dangling Javelins so Impeded the move ment of the barbarian soldiers that they were forced either to throw away their shields and fight uncovered against the Romans or-else stop long enough (a fatal delay In their ad vance) to dlslncumber themselves from this unique weapon, which may prop erly be called the dum-dum pllum, the progenitor of the ' soft-nose, or dum dum, bullet of today. .. ' Colonies Loyal to France. Although St Lucia is under the Brit ish flag, the favorite language of the inhabitants is French either a fairly pure French or an almost unintelligible patois. In this St' Lucia Is only one example of a phenomenon that the traveler meets all over the world the tenacious spiritual hold of France upon all her ancient colonies. France lost by far the greater part of her empire through military weakness, and even that part which she holds today she does not govern with any conspicuous efficiency. Either England or the United States administer colonies in a way far better for all concerned. But while the old French colonies change flags, they always remain loyal to the French tradition In language and In sympathies. There are a dozen In stances of this In the West Indies. The French-Canadian furnish another. New Terms of Government The terms Initiative and referendum and recall relate to certain proposed changes In the form and administra tion of popular government. By the Initiative Is meant the right of a cer tain percentage of voters to originate and propose laws which the legisla ture must either pass or submit to the people for their action. The referen dum means that certain laws passed by the legislature shall not be effectl- until they have been submitted to a popular vote and approved by the peo ple. The recall means the right of the people by an adverse vote to end the term of any elective officer before the expiration of the term for which he was elected. These principles In dif ferent forms and varying In,, details have been adopted in several states. ! They are War Savings a They are of two kinds United States Thrift Stamps (25c each). United States War Savings Stamps ($4.12 plus 1 cent for each month since January). Sixteen U. S. Thrift Stamps plus from 12 to 23 cents in cash will purchase a War Savings Stamo. which" when affixed to a War Savings Certificate is the guarantee of the Hnv. eminent and the people of the United States to repay on January 1, 1923, the full amount with interest at 4 compounded quarterly. The U. S. Thrift card is a pocket-sized card given freelof charge to purchasers of U. S. Thrift Stamps. - The War Savings Certificate is a pocket-sized folder given to holders of War Savings Stamps. War Savings Stamps are as safe as the United States. WHY Should I Buy Them? Because we are at war; - Because the more we save, the more labor and material will be available for the use of the government and for the support of our army; Because we must have dollars as well as men in the fight for freedom; Because they establish the soundest and simplest basis of saving, which is the key to individual success; .-, Because there is no safer investment in the world; ' Because War Savings Stamps must increase each month in value. HOW Can I Buy Them? As simple aslbuying postage stamps. This is the simplest security ever offered by a great government to its people. Any man, woman or child who can save twenty-five cents can obtain at any Postoffice or Bank a U.S-Government Thrift Stamp and a thrift card to which to attach it This starts you as an investor, and puts you behind the Government WHEN Shall I Buy Them? Buy them NOW. because the cost increases one cent everv month after Tanuarv 31. 1918. The sooner you buy them the less they cost The price of War Savings Stamps increases one cent each month until in December, 1918, when the price is $4.23. v The cost is as'follows: . Jan $4.12 Apr....... $4.15 July. $4.18 Oct....:. $4.21 Feb 4-.13 May...'... 4.16 Aug...... 4.19 Nov. 4.22 Mar. ..... 4.14 June.. .... 4.17 Sept ..... 4.20. Dee. 4.23 No commissions are charged to you, or paid to any one. Our soldiers and sailors may give their lives; you are asked only to lend your money. - ' WHERE Can I Buy Them? At any Postoffice, Bank, Trust Company, and many other authorized selling agencies. . W.S.S. m& SAVINGS STAINS IIIUID Y tHR UNITED STATES .GOVERNMENT W. S. Thomas, Postmaster OLD WOMAN IS KILLED Lived for Years In a Place Built for Chickens. . J. K. Bwing, humane officer of East St Louis, and Mrs. Jane Law, truant, officer, recently asked County Judge Messlck for an order to commit Mrs. Anstea Latieur, eighty-five years old, to an asylum or home. This action was taken after ft was learned that until recently Mrs. Thompson lived in a shedln the rear of the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Ines Thompson, at No. 1227 North Forty-ninth street A part of the shed was used as a" chick en house.' Since fire threatened the shed last Monday, Mrs. Latieur has lived in tier granddaughter's kitchen. Mrs. Thomp son told Ewlng her grandmother Was feeble and unable to walk and had been satisfied with her Quarters In the shed. ' GREATEST SHEEP PENS Gigantic Pens at Denver Have Capac ity of 350,000 Head. Occupying a floor space of more than eight acres, Denver has opened the largest sheep sheds In the world. The only exercises dedicating the im mense structure was the "turning in" of nearly 85,000 sheep Into the pens on the upper and lower decks. The building is double decked, and constructed so that other decks can be added if required. At present the shed has a capacity of 850,000 head. It is of solid concrete, reinforced by steel; is 490 feet long and 880 feet wide. The structure cost, $150,000. , Time for Strategy. There is no such thing as returning to the days of One's youth. If there were and we were asked if the teacher licked us, our reflly would be "Not ex actly; we nirde a strategic retirement after almost 'losing the seat of our trousers." Houston Post Floods In Brazil. The native Inhabitants of Brazil have lately been suffering from "the disastrous effects of the flooding of the Amazon, whose relentless waters have submerged the countryside fof hundreds of miles around. At regu lar intervals this mighty river over flows Its banks, and a famous traveler estimated that no fewer than 5,000,000 natives have lost their lives during the last five centuries through these terrible floods. Mm, W WHAT Are They? Stamps. Every Stamp Helps to Save a life! Every Stamp Helps to End the War! Thu Advertisement wwwwwwwwyvwwtwtf AMERICAN GENERAL IS f GIVEN CROSS OF WAR To Brig. Gen. George B. Duncan goes theTionor of belng.the first Amer ican general to receive a decoration from our allies in this war. Together with MaJ. Campbell King, he was awarded the Cross of War by France, for his participation In the recent Ver dun offensive, where both he and Ma jor King acted as observation officers in advanced artillery posts. They worked under fire and a piece of shell struck the steel helmet of General; Duncan. The citation in the French award to General Duncan read: "He assisted our forces under circumstances of ex treme danger during a very violent bombardment at Verdun. General Duncan was born in Lexing ton and is a graduate of the Kentucky, Military institute at Louisville, Ky.f He has seen many years service in! the army, Including some time In the Philippines and on the border. 1 Neatly Put We are told that Tom Hood liked best to work In a serious vein, on wch poems as "The Bridge of Sighs." As he put it himself "It'-; oMy for my livelihood that Tva a Uvel Hood." Boston Transcript Contributed by r WwWWWWWVWMWMWW :.iplBipI - ' (!illliffell f 1. K CI C-v.,,. ..,,.i.v,. jCffiil '
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