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HISS EMILY WOODWARD
Managing Editor
Entered at tka post office in Vien
na, Oa., ae second class mall matt'
according to the net of Cong
March 3rd, 1878.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1*18
There are not a few good Ameri
cans who, while ready to obey the Di
vine command to give food to ihe ene
my if he hangers, are at the same
time of the opinion that it might be
well to have the assurance that the
enemy, in this instance, is really in
need from lips that can be relied
on to apeak the troth, and they have
learned by sad experience that Ger
man lips are not veracious ones.
Did you add your mite to the Unit
ed War Work Fundi If you did not
you missed an opportupity to give
service that will never come to you
again, a chance to carry comfort to
the boys over here and to bring- a
sense of happiness and satisfaction to
yourself.
before the war.
And there must jjgcessarily be a re
adjustment of affairs in the business
world, the- intenaive activity that was
made imperative by the exigencies of
war will now quite naturally give way
to the more moderate pursuit of every
day affairs. The return to the normal
routine of life will be gladly welpom-
edby many who need to relax after
the strain of many months.
But we should not n aks the mis
take of withdrawing too quickly from
the field of action, for there is much
yet to be done. In carrying out the
war program there hiss been revealed
the opportunity for o great deal of
activity at our very doors so to speak,
for there are conditions of ignorance,
carelessness and prodigality that in
telligent and concerted effort could go
far toward eliminating.
Winning the war has been a mag
nificent, brilliant stroke, those who
have had a part in it deserve the
highest commendation. To give one’s
self to a cause like this, however, does
not require greater courage or hero
ism than it does to give one’s life day
by day to the uplift of humanity. A
great man of the present age has said:
To diq for one’s country is to reach
the heighths of glory; to live for hu-
hunity so that each succeeding age
will be happier is to attain immortali
ty.” Ail of tho heroes do not die in
battle. It takes as much courage to
live right as it dpes to die right.
It is tree-planting time again, there
are many bare places in the borders of
our little city that would make ideal
locations for new trees. JThcre ore
numbers of fruit and nut trees that
are also ornamental. Set some of
these, they will repay you many times
‘ for your trouble with their fruit and
beauty.
m
THE NEW TASK
For something more than a year
now America has been utilising her
every energy in tho one purpose of de
feating Germany anil her allies in
their attempt to murder, crush and
starve the people of every nation that
dared to stand in the way of their do
sire to dominate the world with mili
tarism. This great task has been ac
complished and now America is call
ed upon to gird herself for another
—the sustenanco of not only those
nations that have been depleted by
the work of these inhuman creatures,
but of these enemy nations also whose
peoples hove been reduced to starva
tion and suffering in order that their
leaders might .carry forward the cam
paign of bloodshed and rapacity thro
Which they hoped to satisfy their
thirst for pre-eminent power. And
though apparently her hands arq full
with the readjustment of her own af
fairs, many of which are in a rather
complicated state ss an outcomo of
the war, America will rise to this new
and great responsibility with the same
spirit of determnation that has char-
actcrzcd her throughout tho perform
ance of. the task just completed.
American people must give of their
plenty to help feed the starving peo
ple of Europe. Mr. Hoover, whom
the world has learned to look upon as
authority on the question of food con-
/ serration ami distribution, says that
there are conditions of famine in Eu
rope that will be beyond our power to
remedy, that the most dreadful
suits of starvation, beyond human
power to alley may be anticipated
This means that we must produce
more foodstuff and utilise leas. It
* means also that we must maintain an
agency through which this conserva
tion and distribution can be effected
fairly and intelligently.
The American people must co-ope
rate heartily with this agency ■ that
America may show herself as glorious
ss she goes on o mission of mercy as
she did when she went as the adver
sary of a force whose designs and pur
poses were evil.
NO TIME TO LET UP.
During the war period a' great
saany people who had previously nev-
eh engaged in any kind of work, ac
tuated by motives of various kinds,
patriotic, pecuniary dr desire for per
sona] glory, have sought occupation
either in the service of the govern
ment or in the business world where
the ranks of service have been greatly
depleted by the military draft on the
nation’s man-power. Now that
many of these men who were called
into military service will be returned
to civil life, many of these who have
gone into the field of business, thro
a spirit of patriotism or simply thro
a spirit of adventure, to lend a help
ing hand to the government in the
hour of extreme need will go back
tie Ufa of iaactfvRg that they lived
had served continuously as a division
in the trenches for a longer time than
any other American division. Al
though you entered the sector without
experience in actual warfare, you so
conducted yourselves sa to win the
respect and affection of the French
veterans with whom you fought Un
der gas and bombardment in raids, in
patrols, in the heat of hand to hand
combat and in the long dull hours of
trench routine so trying to a soldiers
spirit you have home yourselves in a
manner wholly of the traditions of
your country.
You were withdrawn from Lorraine
and moved immediately to the Cham
pagne front, where during the critical
days from July 14 to 18, you had the
honor of being the only American di
vision to fight in General Gouraud’s
army, which so gloriously obeyed his
liard battles and long campaigns
lie before us. Only by ceaseless vigi
lance and tireless preparation can we
fit ourselves for them. I urge you
therefore, to approach the future
with confidence but above all with
firm determination that so far aa it is
in your power you Will spare no ef
fort whether in teaming or in combat
to maintain the reedrd of our division
and the honor of your country.
CHARLES T. MENOHER,
This Is no time for hunting up the
made-for-tbeoccsslon hero. That self-
exalting, kcep-your-eye-on-mo Individ
ual Is extremely busy calling attention
to personal merits. In the swirl of
common-places you would never see
them if they were not thrust before
your eyes. But he keeps you posted.
With half a chance hell talk you Into
oblivion with hero tales of his own ex
ploits. He carries bis worth on the
orders, “We shall stand or die,” and surface and when you have looked him
by its iron defense crushed the Ger- over you have seen all there’s to him.
man assault and made possible the of- Heroes' of the tin-soldier type are
DIVISION
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Private James T. Sanders, of Com
pany A, 117 Engineers Rainbow Di
vision, now in France, has sent his
father, A. J. Sanders, of this city, a
copy of the citation of Major Gen.
Chas. T. Menohor, in which he com
mended the division for its excellent
record of 110 days at the front in the
Lorraine section. This division was
tho first American division to hold a
divisional sector. During July the
division was moved from Lorraine to
the Champagne front, where it fought
Gen. Gouraud’s army. The cele
brated Macon Machine Gun Batallion
a member of tho division.
The citation is as follows:
Headquarters 42 Div., A. E. F.,
in France.
Aug. 13, 1918.
To Officers anil-Men of the 42nd Di
vision :
A year has elapsed since the forma
tion of your organization. It is,
therefore, fitting to consider what you
have accomplished ns a combat divis
ion and what you should prepare to
accomplish in the future.
Your first elements entered the
trenches in Lorraine on February 21.
You served on that front for 110 days
You were the first American division
to hold a divisional sector and when
you left the sector on June 21, you
fensive of July 18 to the west of
Rheims.
From Champagne you were called
to take part in exploiting the success
north of the Marne. From the battle
front before Chalons, you were
thrown against the picked troops of
Germany. For eight consecutive days
you attacked the skillfully prepared
positions. You captured great stores
of arms and munitions. You forced
the crossing of the Ourcq. You took
hill 212, Sergy, Mcurcy Feme, and
Seringa by assault You drove the
enemy, including an imperial guard
division, before you for a depth of 15
kilometers. When your infantry was
relieved it was in full pursuit of the
retreating Germans and your artillery
continued to progress and support an
other American division in the ad
vance to Vcsle.
For your services in Lorraine your
division was formally commended in
General Order by the French Army
corps under which you served. For
your services in Champagne, your as
sembled officers received the personal
thanks and commendation of General
Gouraud himself. For your services
on the Ourcq your division was offi
cially complimented in a letter from
the commanding general, First Army
Corps of July 28, 1918.
To your success all ranks and all
services have contributed, and I de
sire to exnress to every man in the
commnnd my appreciation of his de
voted and courageous effort.
However, our position places a bur
den of responsibility upon us which
we must strive to bear steadily for
ward without faltering. To our com
rades who have fallen we owe the sa
cred obligation of maintaining the rep
utation for which they died to estab-j
lish. Influence of our performance 11
on our allies and our enemies cannot I
bo over-estimated, for we “were one of
the first divisions sent from our coun
try to France to show the world thnt
America can fight.
members of his class. You can tell
them by the rattle of their wares
which they alwqys carry around for
exhibition purposes.—Exchange.
WHERE HINDUS ARE SUPREME
Have No Equals In Balancing, Rope
Dancing and Other Performances
of Like Nature.
“I have seen many balancing, rope
dancing and tumbling performances in
circuses and theaters, but they are not
equal to those of the Hindus in India.”
ways a traveler. “It la not unusual in
India to see girls In their teens bal
ancing themselves on their heads
with their heels In the air, or walking
on their hands and their feet with
their bodies bent In curious postures.
I once saw a performer In India
place her head in a hole 20 Inches
deep and emerge with a bracelet that
was concealed In the sand.
• “One of the most Interesting per
formances Is that of women who dance
on ropes. One plays a musical In
strument, while the other goes through
gyrations, holding a number of ar
ticles in her hands and taking care
not to drop them. The Hindus exe
cute any number of sword-balancing
feats. The most difficult perhaps la
that in which the point of a sword
is placed on the chin of the per
former."
All Follow Bell Mule.
An old flea-bitten, hammer-headfid
ewe-necked bell mare, slowly picking
her way across the corral at the re
mount station at Camp Zachary Tay
lor, followed by a long string of mules .
walking in single Die, beads down and
ears wagging, served as lllustratUti
for an officer attached to the big can
tonment who had just finished remark
ing that "home nature and mnle na
ture and human nature were mlgUy
contrary things any way you take -
them.”
“Now take those mules,* he sold.
“The education of a pack mule Is a
thing that must be begun early. H^
has just two purposes in life.
“One is to carry 225 pounds day
after day patiently and uncomplain
ingly. and the other Is to follow the
bell mare of the train, regardless of
where that animal may go. Well,
there Is in that corral an illustration
of the effectiveness of our training.
The old mare has started after a drink
of water and there goes every dad-
blasted one of those fool mules after
B drink of water.*! ,
For life insurance, see what the
Mutual Benefit has to offer you. Guy
B. Morgan. ll-7-4t
BRING US YOUR
COTTON SEED
We Gin Every Day Ex=
cept Saturdays and
Mondays
EMPIRE COTTON OIL COMPANY
THE FORDSON
Just Received
I have Just received a
car of CYPRESS SYRUP
BARRELS. Get them
while you can.
D. B. Thompson
SUMMERS BARNESVILLE
BUGGIES
I have a few more of the
above buggies at the Old Price,
$100 up, extra for tubber tires.
See me and let me save you
money, I carry a full line of
Wagons, Road Carts, Harness.
TDM SWAIN, PINEMST
PHONE 42
And You Will Eventually
YOU HAD BETTERPLACE YOUR ORDER EAR
LY. IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN ONE WORK, YOU
SHOULD SEE IT. WE CAN TELL YOU WHEN
AND WH ERE YOU CAN SEE ONE IN OPERATION
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