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Newspaper Page TextWednesday, Dec. 4. ii mi i The Activities of the Week In the Main Training Depots LIVELY SPORTS IN THE SECOND GROUP; FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, STIRRING (By Corporal J. J. Isaacson.) Second Group's football team still iW-3 ail undefeated record to its credit. Bumping into the First Group In laM Wednesday's athletic the Second Group eleven emerged with a 43-so-0 victory. As in Its previous victories, the for ward peeping- of the Second Group | Wain Was responsible for the big score, i B’lret Group woe unable to stop the f en 4» and backfield men of Bocond } Grtrap, even though two elevens were i WMid by the defeated team. A com- L Spate lineup was sent in by First f CwVup »t the end of the first half. The Indian players of Second Group < were In the limelight all during the jjfSUne So was Holmgren, who played f gUarterbeck after DeWitt wa« knocked ■ <mt fa the first quarter. Verkett, who L made a 60-yard run for touchdown af ‘ ter snagging a pass, drew the specta- I tors to their feet. t Squirrel who recently returned to Group, was pressed into serv ‘-•’fce in the backfield after Holmgren c,switched to quarter, and acquitted himself nobly. With the other two red skin stars of Second Group, Sum mers and St. Germain, he carried the ball for continuous gains. Second Group had no trouble making Its distance, seemingly carrying the ball just as far as was needed. The First Group eleven was utterly un equal to the task of stopping the plunges of the backs and the end runs and passes. On the other hand. First Group was able to make first down through Second's line only a few times. Lieut. C. K. Perrin, group athletic •fficer, is morb than ever pleased with the showing of the eleven and is con fident that they can defeat any team in the South. He is trying to arrange a game with the Ordnance eleven in the near future A game with Fort Screven, at Savannah. Ga., has been scheduled for Saturday. The men have been practicing stead ily and the team work has improved wonderfully of late. There is still n weakness in the line, but no enough to cause any worry. There is a strong possibility that Second Group will lose Suihmers. the big Indian star* however. He has been asked to try out with the camp eleven, and there is no question in the minds of those who have seen him play but that he will make the first team without trouble. This big grid iron warrior had three years' experi ence at tackle with the famous Car lisle Indian team, tinder the instruc tion of Glenn Warner, one of the. most successful coaches the country has ever known. Warner’s team this sea son, at Pittsburgh University, has du plicated its last season’s achievement, coming through without a single de feat. Any player who can play three seasons under Warner must have “the stuff,” Summers' friends say. The acquisition of Squirrel will in Rome way offset the loss of Sumemrs. Squirrel is also a star pigskin lugger, and i svery anxious to get into the thick of rhe fray. Basketball prospects in Second Group are picking up. The first game of the season, played at “Y” 76 o utdoor < our’ during last Wednesday's athletic program, showed a possible Second Group quintet in ac tion against all comers. Th team con sisted of St. Germain, Summers, Squir rel, McArdle and Grady, all members Os the football team. These five mon bumped albowa with a number of other quintets during the program and in every case proved an overwhelming superiority. All of the men know the game well and handled themselves on the difficult clay court as though they were perfectly at home. Lieutenant Perrin is arranging for an Indoor floor to be used by the bas ketball emn, and will probably secure the use of the Augusta “Y" floor, From all indications, the five men mentioned above will represent Second Group in the basketball field, unless some other good men come to the front noon. Lieutenant Perrin insures every candidate for the team a fair tryout and says no man has earned a perma nent position until he can demonstrate satisfactorily that he can hold down one of the five points better than any other candidate for the team, Second Group men took part last Wednesday in the first of a series of weekly athletic programs. The principal attraction was the football game between First and Sec ond Groups, which was won by Sec ond Group. 43 to 0. A pushball game, in which the com panies composing the east half of the Group defeated the companies com posing the west half, was another feature. In the tug-of-war, the Fourth Bat talion won the Group championship by defeating the Fifth and Sixth Bat talion teams in succession. A number of volley hall games were played, and the prospective Second Group basket ball team took on all comers at bas ketball. A 100-yard dash, run in three heats, went to a tie in the final heat, with Elaey of the 19th Company and Ser geant Skea of the 15th ('‘Tnpany cross ing the line nc;ck and neck An extra heat was run off and Elsey won by a narrow margin. The running broad jump was won by Raymond Sage of the 15th Com pany, with a mark of 15 feet. Faulk ner of the 21st* Company won the; standing broad jump, with a distance j of 8 feet 11 1-2 inches. There was only one occurrence to mar the program, that coming at the ' start of the pushball game. Private ; Schultz of the 16th Company bumped i Into the big sphere just as the other team got it started and Shultz hit the ground with t broken nose He was taken to the infirmary and the nose set. Al! of the Second Group men who didn’t participate in the program were interested spectators. Officers aided Lieutenant Perrin in conducting the events. Major Willoughby, the group com- 1 rounder, was an interested spectator and was particularly enthusiastic over Second Group’s showing in the football Second Group is looking forward With keen anticipation to the boxing »nd wrest ling championship tourna ment, to start soon. In this group are soem of the best wrestlers and boxers in the entire camp, audit is expected that some of the gold medals to be dished out will find their way Into this part of the camp. One gold medal already graces the chest o' a Second Group athlete. It was won by Jack Williams, of the 31st Company, In the boxing compe tition held last Labor Day. Williams I won the championship of the camp in ’ the welterweight boxing class and bids : fair to keep that honor for some time to eome. In the lightweight boxing class, 14th Company has a mit slinger who is be lieved equal to any man in camp. He is Raymond Sage. Sage has just re- turned from the hospital, where he! worked during the recent infiuenoaa > epidemic, and Is not in th© best of con- ■ ditiop, but be showed in a practice : bout last week that be knows tne game . . and will be able to show his heels to i all of them when he rounds into con- ' ditien. Second Group is well represented in . the wrestling competition. Therei s Paccione of the 2Xst Com , pany. a welterweight who has yet to • ■ meet his match Ln Camp Hancock. Paccione has begun to train for the : contests iwxi is expected to bring home a laurel wreath to Second Group. » Ben Ginsburg of tbe 16th Company ■ is a professional wrestler from Cbi- I cago. He weighs around ISO pounds I ami will enter the heavyweight clubs. • Ginsburg has been working out for the past week and will eetUe down to strenuous mat work from now on to get on edge for the championships. Newsy Items From 7th Group, M.T.D. s 1 During these times of suspension and I tonskm when a fellow's mind is torn . tip by the thoughts of home aud not ‘ knowing whether he is to continue in s army life or ie to be relieved to return to his former vocation, and in many cases, some to take up new lines of ( work, the fellows of the Seventh Group have been spending their ex tra change—if they might be tn any ways in possession of that “extra ; change" —by making the time very pleasant in that all of the companies of the group have been having some of the most elaborate and gumptious re , past that any one might want to par take of. During the past week, five of the companies of the group had “Company Banquets.” The week was started by 77t)i Company On Sunday, the 24th of November, the members of that company were furnished with an elab orate bill-of-fare. An excellent pro gram was also rendered, in which sev eral of the members presented some excellent musical and literary num bers. Among the features of the pro gram were remarks by Bishop Wil liams of the Central Methodist Epis copal church of Augusta, and an ex ' eclient reading by Lt. Harold Sim mclkjaer of the Eighty-fourth com pany. in* Headquarters company followed the Seventy-seventh and on Tuesday evening another feast was spread to the staff and officers of this group, the members of the company ami the the other guests p resent. The program that interspersed the ■ feast was also an excellent one. The quartett of the company was in splen did sh ape ami rendered some very' beautiful selections. Among the other features of the program that might be mentioned were a violin solo by Lt. Dickerson of the Eighty-third com- ’ pany, a reading by Secretary Reddick, a solo by Secretary Johnson, both of "Y” 79, and a piano and vocal solo by Prof. Harris of Paine college of Au gusta. At the conclusion of the pro gram, remarks were made by Major Johnson and other members of the staff. On Thanksgiving Day all of the fel lows seemed to have had the desire for our famous friend, Turkey, either a ; desire or a very strong hate, for on I that day, he fell “like Germans on J the Marne.” Banquets were had by , four companies of the group, Seventy eighth, Eightieth, Eighty-first and the Headquarters companies. That others who did not participate in these sumptous repasts might know •what kind of bill-of-fare were had, the following from the Seventy-eighth company might, be cited as a fair ex ample of those that were had in the group: The Grand Offensive. MENU. Artillery Preparation. Spoon attack on “Oyster Soup,” Shef’s style, led by Lt. Hall. Olive Artillery Fire by J. P. Brown Pickle Barrage by Machine Gunners. Celery Bayonet Charge by R. I). Ayers. Parade Rest, All Fighters Will Drink ! Canteen Punch (Pogue’s Special). I Siege on Turkey, Lt. Ware in Com mand. i The Ham Corps Division, under “Jeff” Will Make Counter Attack on Clarks Sweet Potatoes, Hill Number 1. Aerial Sugar Corn Bombing. By Herman Brown French Pea Shrapnel, By Best. The Italian Offensive (Macaroni), Lt. Broughton in Command, Hostess House Mince Pie, “Porchers Special” Souvenir Pumpkins from the Rhine, ‘ Hush yo’ mouf’ ” Seventh Group Plum Pudding, with Johnston Sauce. “Chocolate Soldier” Cake, Baked by “Mac.” • Plain Cake, “Just as Good.” Made by White. War Bread. Smokeless Cigars, “Keller’s Delight.” French Cigarettes, (Smith Smokes Them). Fruits from Florida, Simpson’s Grove. Emergency Operation on Pvt. Red Apple, Performed By Dr. Jones. Different Kinds of Nuts, i (Not speaking especially of Wads worth either.) Peace Table Demi-tasse. Allied Crackers. All belligerents, before assembling I at the Peace Conference table, will leave their big guns, navy and army equipment, at the door. Bring gas masks, as there will be lots of “gas” , between the courses. i By order of GEN. TH. GIVING. LITTLE LOCALS FROM LUDY BASE HOSPITAL. TENT GROUP A. [ We sure had some Thanksg : ving I dinner, orderlies, patients ond others 1 made a successful raid on Turkey. Very few casualties reported. Lts. i Bemis and Westmore led the raid. •• Things in the orderly room are! about so so. The night nurse gets; ; sold feet these damp nights. Clerk Hommel longs for the day when he can get back to his clothing business. When Louis J. Soul first camo to camp the doctors asked h m if he was sick. He answered: “No, but I am going to make some one else sick.” He has kept .< word, as he Is one I of our cooks. Day Orderly Stewart ought to be i night orderly as he shows much more ambition about 7:00 p. m. Perhaps I some girl or girls in Augusta could expla n this. The most p opular expression these days is, “When do I go home.” Traversing With the 29th Co. Well, It has happened agTiln. We welcome a new company commander this week. Lt Rush D. Richardson has taken command and is warmly welcomed by the members of this or ganization* Ouch! ow! etc., etc., are some of the remarks heard issU'ng from the men after that wonderful dinner last Thursday. Everybody file so much turkey, therefore the remarks. But sexdously sneaking, that was the best dinner we have enjoyed since being in he service. Art elaborate entertain ment was furn shod by the men. Cor poral Meisel acted as toastmaster and nveloomed the men with a short ad dress. Cook Fabrizio entertained with some imitations and songs, which all warw heartily received. K. P. Petrr non also sang, and the applause was deafening. Mechanic McEwen enter tained with some Irish ballads, after which the officers were called on, and made short addresses, which were greatly appreciated by the men. Everybody’s doing it now. Wher ever you go you hear that famous song. “Sally, If You Say Wo." They’ve even got the officers singing it now, w'ith variations galore. Keep it up, everybody, and Peterson may have a C’gar or some new brand of perfume named after it. The funniest sight we ever saw was Corporal Riley, as boss K. P. Since we have lost so mans of our men through transfer, the non-coms have been do ing K. P Where did you get those Chaplin feet. Corp.? At last that old bus of Pvt. Coker’s has been put in some kind of work ing order. A few of the leaks have been plugged up. Keep your eyes on Sgts. Intemann and Meister now. Au gusta every night. Oh. this sport ng Hfe is killing. Such dissipation, never hit the bed before 11 o’clock. Regu lar city guys. Our former K. P.'s are hardly rec ognizable with their new Ordnance hat cords, and collar ornaments. S nee leaving a fighting organization, they seem to have lost a lot of the Emma Gee pep. Sgts. Russell and Marini have to in quire each morning as to whether they need a shine or not. They have both asquired a front that obstructs their view of their pedal extremities. Rus. and a Kewpie are hard to tell apart now days. Our supply sergeant has supplied us with a new color. Mumsie Brown. We don't know exactly what it is, but he says it has something to do with the mice in the orderly tent and in Tardy's sweater- Single Shot Searching With the Fighting 33rd MENU Olives Celery Roast turkeys Sage dressing Cranberry sauce Brown gravy Cream peas Cannied sweet potatoes. Mashed potatoes Apple pie Ice cream Oranges Apples Nuts Raisins Coffee Whow! Whow! When is the next Thanksgiving Day? Our guest of honor was Captain Claude B McCartney, our former company com mander. Lieut. William C. Mosher was the toastmaster and a man never held down the job any better than he did. We owe all our thanks to Mess Sgt. Frederick C. for the dinner. For those delicious and wholesome pies we owe our thanks to Private Napoleon D. Henry. We owe our thanks to Cooks Joe Watt, Sa/n Berrnak and Franw F. Dwyer also Privates John F. FeldScher, Artie is Reutz, for their untiring assistance to the mess sergeant. We owe our thanks to Private Wil liam Ansman for the artistic decora tions or the mess hail. Everybody made a speech including Private James Politl. All in all everyone left the mess hall perfectly happy and contented. That will suffice for the feed; now to get down to our regular knocks and boosts. Every knock is a boost, anyway I Poor little Jack Schooler, our assist ant company clerk, is working overtime ever since his partner. Bill Bergmann, has been playing “Blind Man Uluf.” It looks as though Top Kicker will have to travel home o a box-car. At any rate he drew us a beautiful picture of two of them. Welcome to our now company com mander, Lieut. Eudolpho B. .!•-’• We wish you all the luck' in the world. Transfers were so plentiful this week that our Top Kicker also got the habit and transferred (torpor ils Miehacl F. Petlto (lovely boy, and Aloxanil r> Greene (the corporal of the guard) to be K. P. ; We have in our company a champ at the manual of arms—introdu- ing Cor poral Alexander Greene. The rifh- weighs exactly 9 ounces more than he does. “Smiling" Brimberg also got caught in this transfer “draft “ nstead of handling orders he is now juggling dish-pans. A VISIT TO THE 74TH FROM OUR OLD FRIEND Several days ago, we were delighted to ' receive a visit from our old friend (’an- . d’date Prentice Edrington, Jr. Candidate Edrington entrained with some seven hun dred of us from New Orleans on July 25, ! last and was assigned to the 29th Go.. R. R. J>. in commtmd of Lt. Gsten and in a very short time was made acting Sggt. in lue of his aptnes sand previous military experience. Wo were all soon transferred to the 25th. Co.. R. R. )»., in command of Lt. Lettuer, in which organization Sergt. Ed rington did not remain f' r long. The powers that be, soon transfering him to an engineering regiment at Carnp Sheri dan, Montgomery, Ala. From this camp Acting Sergt. Edrington was warrent ed Sergeanr, and again through his ability was noon renomendtd to Officers Training School and . beck here to Camp Hancock, Ga.. ami a sign ed to the 7th, <’. O. T S. Where he has remained until this time. Candidate Edrington is the junior mem ber of the wefl known law firm of Ed rington and Edrington of New Orleans, La Where he er:joyed most prosperous business and which he will return to in stead of finishing the coure for his corn mision. As the former attornby tates “If Uncle Sam is no longer in urgent ne -d of me, my business is". The Candidate is a member of the most prominent clubs of New Orleans, enclud ing the N. O. Press t.’lub, and figures largely in all civic and social events of interest concerning the Crescent City. i 9th Casual Company News Notes Our company has greatly depleted dur- ’ Ing the week. Most of the boys being transferred to other organizations. Do you wonder whv our Top Sergeant, Hector I>. Paton, has" a. ' mie these d i”st It isn’t the bright sunshine, but. just notice the new chevron on his sleeve. They appeared recently, and tie is justi fied in wearing rhe new stripes. The quarantine was lifted from the 9th Casual and the b'-v ; ai e might y glad to have the opportof wondering about this beautiful camp It is never tno late to play ba-cbal. It i is as popular in the 9th as football. Our clerk, Private Harry TRENCH AND CAMP G. Mitchell, has more long distance calls than any one in the cornpanq. His as lant clerk, Private Max Kahn, plug* awav at the typewriter, and when Clerk Mitchell takes every other night off to a.;a see Al its Kohn get out the reports tonight, I'm going to bo away. Wo all like the army but we love our “Home, Sweet Home." W 6 have some “guys” in our com pany who think they are a wireless sta tion. Ask them and you can get all the news that hasn’t reached Washington yet Our company went over the top in the United War campaign. Three cheers! We can boast that our company street is one of the cleanest in the camp. The pack and rifle were recently is •■"Afl to member* of the company for guard service, and the boys have already ia e on a beat, and report it as pleasant work COMPANY H, GROUP TWO. FORMERLY 2OTH COMPANY OUR THANKSGIVING DINNER. Once more, boys, "three cheers,” and again for the cooks, their work was a big task but they did the job in great style and their work was a great part of the success of the aft ernoon. Lt. ”O. D.” Horne reported the com pany “all present or accounted for,” they were mostly present. “The s : nging cook." He complained of nuts being cracked while singing. Sgt. Stoiofsky and Pvt. Ezzeß have severed relations. The singing cook.—Page Sol Weiss. We’ve got to hand it to First Sgt. Howell as a. toastmaster and chief en tertainer. He not only surprised them nil, but he kept thorn interested with his “pep,” nerve and b ! ts of humor. When it comes to the “fair sex.” he is there like a duck in the water. We knew that Corporal Gluck would sing "Homeward Bound." This song has been preying on his mind since the armistice was signed. Did anyone notice how Cook Stainer blushed when he was presented? Con sider his age. boys. Thanksgiving Day Cabaret Headquarters Group Two AU present. No skirmish line was needed to stem the crowd. Top Sergeant Mc- Auliffe had no difficulty in keeping order. Rifles, guns, etc, were chocked at. the door. The mess hal was appro priately embellished with high color ings. Plenty of parade rest. Sergeant Holtman prepared a dinner fit for a king. MENU Roast Turkey, Brown Gravy Waldorf Salad Mashed Potatoes Celery Oyster Dressing Cranberry Sauce Pie Coffee Cake Tec Cream Fruit Nuts (’igars and Cigarettes Afetr Dinner Stories. Spicey jokes and savings seasoned with pep was dished around the ta ble. Some guy pulk'd this one: “Hey, do you know what this Tur key tastes like?" “What does it taste like?" (anon*) “Why Turkey, of course!’’ Herns' another: Do you know tin- soldier’s definition of a. kiss? A report to headquarters. Jack Spellman recited an under work! composition of “Slim Jim.” Tears PMHINE GUNNERS mmim IFFIIB OF LUXE With the breaking up of the Spec ialists School. M G. T. C., schools No. 1 for officer students and No. 2 for enlisted st udon Is have been merg ed into the headquarters and supply company of Camp Johnson, Ga. Former company commander, First Lt. Leo Feldman retained command and has been sharing lu all tr’ale and tribulations of the new aurroyndings, already known as “No man’s land. J Bolog practically pioneers on the ■it©, much work was In store and spurred on by the thought of Thanks giving aaid a banquet promised on that date, evervone chipped in and worked zealously to make th© mess hall look aa well as possible. The hall was festooned with pines and leaves in varied autumnal col oring, American flags were much in evidence and the tables were al! cov ered with holiday decorative paper. After the banquet there was quite a program of song and speech making. Major Schroeder addressed the boys with some stirring remarks. Capta n Bell, cqump adjutant, and a number of lieutenants were among those present The enclosed copy of the menu will reveal what helped to make the ban quet such a great success: MENU. Cranberry Sauce. Creamed Asparagus O. D. Olives Roast Spring Turkey a la Tuttle. Giblet Gravy French Dressing Baked Sweet Potatoes. Parkehhouse Rolla. Butter. Potato Salad. Pickled Beets. Mince Pie. Chocolate Cake. Whitehouse Coffee. New York Apples. California Oranges Schrafts’ Chocolates. Regulation Cigars Issued Cigarettes TOMORROW’S MENU. Breakfast Mask! Dinner Hash’! Supper Hash!!! and laughter prevailed. He was given duf appreciation by rounds of ap- plause. Sergeant Martin refused to go to supper. He said the dinner would last him a few days until it could wear off. The gang was al smiles. We had smokes on the house. — ” Plenty of nankin... No leftovers. Now everybody is more than happy. Charlie Chaplin like, tlie mon shuf fled along carrying their heavy feet and turkey stuffed stomachs along. Song hit--By Heck: Hurrah—Hurree, •Said a bedhug to a Flea, I am the father of a family of 23. So I will be mustered out of Georgia. COMMENT FROM P. 0. 1272 Duke Taggart, is still in the maiden class, as a checker player, he makes a good stamp clerk. Oscar Houdini Wyman is figuring on becoming a benedict when he gets back home. If "Big Bill" Watkins didn’t start the fire in the morning and Oscar Furr get the coal we wouldn’t know how to keep warm. Spencer Niv, beau brummel ATTENTION, MEN IN KHAKI! SPECIAL NOTICE This advertisement is to correct a misleading sign for which we are not responsible. Rembrandt Studio Is located at the corner of Ninth and Broad Streets, second floor. We have not moved and do not intend to do so. A misleading sign trespasses upon our walls. Remember the name Rembrandt. It stands for the best in High Class Photog raphy. Your Photograph while in uniform serving your country will be treasured in years to come by Father, Mother, Wife, Sweetheart-—by all your folks. GIVE THEM A HOLIDAY GIFT WORTH WHILE. You Want the Best, therefore Let Rembrandt Studio Do IL Address On Egg, Romantic Cook; ' ® Heart Lonely Beans, a Chance He Took. ” e’ A Letter Sent, Old Man Replies, I ‘T Once Was Young, But Now Am Wise.” Much has been said from time to time about poor, lonesome soldier boys, soliciting correspondence from the girls, through the medium of the press and dtherwlse. But the palm, cake, medal or what ever the prize le called, should go to one Camp Hanoock lad without doubt. He wins it, by all means. Is’s this way: He is an army cook, which, at first, sounds bad, for every one knows that sentiment and beans don’t go well together, and you can put every th*ng In hash except affairs of the heart and get by with it. But never mind, he Is a cook, and he found an address written on an egg. Realizing th? unlimited possibilities which might result upon Investigation and being of a very romantic nature, he copied the address and promptly destroyed the evidence, as it were, by making the egg into an omelet, or what ever it is that army cooks make ’ FOURTEENTH COMPANY LEADERS IN FUN Fourteenth Company last Thursday en joyed one of the most pleas'mt Thanks-1 giving celebration ever experienced by the men of tha torganization. Seriousness, fun-making, speeches, en tertainment, singing and last but ot I least, grub, more grub ad still more grub ; contributed to make the event one thatj will always be remembered by those for- | tuMle enough to attend. Good fellowship reigned supreme' throughout the day. and when the party finallv broke up nt 3:45 p m . the men retired to their tents, each falling just a wee bit happier and mor? satisfied with life in the army. The first of the good things, was. of course, the Thanksgiving dinner, so lav ishly prepared by Mess Serge mt Rogers and his able cooks. Julius x’hrlsinino, Gus Stilter, William Oberg end James Bon ney. Thera is no use telling h?ro of the many good things that composed the best Thanksgiving dinner ever enten by the men of the company. Suffice it to say that when the lea cream, pie and cake part of the menu was reached, few of - men were able to stow’ away any of these delicacies, usually so tempting to a soid’er After the noon dinner, th? entertain ment started. Corner 11 Albert Balsam was the impresario of the day. and called upon various members of the company to perform. Sergeant Stearns’ singing was one aof the treats, and Sergeant E<kes won loud oeclalm with th? latest d* ;' ; in a buck and win gdance Rerg*Mdoro Aarononson. of skirmish line fame per formed on the piao, and Private Dclaey placed and sang. In the evening, after the ripper dishen had been cleared away the real fun started. First, every man was called unon to perform some stunt, and rearly all responded. Then Sergeant Aaronson called upon eveyvono pre-ent to express . his reaso for being thankful. Sum? of th? answers were serious, zom? Indic- I rous. but all were enjovab’e The boys I "over there" were not forgotten, and ! three rousing cheers followed a toast to them. Story foiling followed, and Gorporal Bernard Marten won the crowd with pis dainty parlor storms. Cornoral W. R. Johnson, the “fighting preacher" of the Fourteenth told a few more dalnry than those of Mullen. of Ashville, N. C.. Is going to naint that town red when he gets back. ■ Oscar Furr proves a worthv sucres- f sor to Avery C. Craven in the office.! Ask the Duke about It, he knows. Duke Faggart was all packed up last ; Saturday to make a trip to Columbia, j S. C., ho was sadly disappointed; de-| t-hm pass and spent the night n his i tent. Page Five \'l the > eggs into. Yes, he got an a; /Amer ' rlsht - i This la it: , "My Dear Young Sir: *'*l if>W "Your very amusing w ■? prompted me to answer at one j ' • requested, and will endeavor to t. . lighten you as to my circumstance... age, etc. “I am 74, married, own and run my own business, that of feed store and ’ livery, having retired from my farm 15 years a'Yo. “When a young man, I was fool ishly sentimental as you, and never ; lost an opportunity to make the ac quaintance of the girls who cared to 1 answer my varied advertisements. This letter of yours calls to mind that i old saying about “chickens come i home to roost.” It’s too bad I did , not put the date on that egg. r “However, there’s no harm done, so come and see me. • “Yours respectfully, , “HIRAM B." Secnd Lieut. John R. Buggeln, com -1 pany commander, made a short talk to ♦he men end encouraged the spirit dis played throughout the occasion. His pleasant manner convinced the men that i the officers weren’t near as bad as they ■ seemed on the drill field. j The climax of th© day was the honor I bsetowed on Corporal W. R. Johnston. I when he was officially recognized as “one l of the crowd," and rewarded as such. After a tender speech by Corporal Isaac son. in which it was explained how the men had at. first misunderstood John oti's religious tendencies, it was ex i plained how he had won the hearts of all, and how he was chosen for the honor of the occasion Then, midst the loud acclaim of all, he was officially installed a*< keeper of the Sacred Parchment, and presented with this valuable record of the Fourteenth Co. Johnson promised to < Perish and protect the Sacred Parch ment at all times. Company singing, led by Corporal Bal sam, then concluded the program. Prof. VanOrsdell Hoorn 202 Montgomery Building. 714 Broad Street. ESTABLISHED 18S0. EXPERT PHOTO ARTIST That Distinctive High Class Work Children’s Photos a Specialty. HAVE XMAS WORK DONE NOW j .. . - KODAKERS If the kodak finishing you are now getting is not en- ■ tirely satisfactory, try us. Our work is done by our selves in our own shop. The Aiken Gift Shop Corner Eighth and Ellis Sts.