STRAYED
ONE BLUE MARE MULE, ABOUT NINE YEARS OLD,
WEIGHT ABOUT 875 POUNDS. HARNESS MARK ON HIP.
ONE RED OR SORREL HORSE MULE, ABOUT SEVEN
YEARS OLD, FLAX MANE AND TAIL, BRANDED WITH
“Q” OR “O” ON SHOULDER.
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LAST SEEN MONDAY, JULY 29, 1918, AT J. I. CAIN
FARM TWO MILES NORTH OF MORTON. WILL PAY
$10.00 FOR RETURN OF MULES OR INFORMATION LEAD
ING TO THEIR RECOVERY. CALL ME OR R W. ALLF.N,
MORTON, ARK., OR J. F. MORGAN, McCRORY, ARK.
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J. S. Campbell,
MORTON, ARK.
Please Post.
CAMP PIKE NOTES
Selective draft men who en
tered Camp Pike the last week
or two cannot say they were
not given a warm welcome.
We have experienced hottest
and dustiest spell of the sum
mer season, and right on top of
the discomforts occasioned by
the weather came a water
shortage, occasioned by a
break down in the city pump
ing plant in Little Rock. The
first day it was necessary to
haul the water to the camp by
trucks and then with the aid of
a fire engine from the city,
pump it into the reservoirs.,
Then water trains were inaug
urated and the camp kept ful
ly supplied, as to actual needs
but there has been none to
waste. Guards and inspectors
were placed on the job and the
camp has been conserving its
water supply in the latest mili
tary style. There is no dan
ger now.
One unfortunate experience
with the new men that seems
to have happened here for the
first time was the discovery
that enlisted men in the camp
were slipping into the quaran
tine areas and selling Y. M. C.
A. stationary, both envelopes
and noteheads. They also sold
stamps and other articles at
greatly advanced prices, and
in several instances received
money with which to buy the
stamps and then decamped.
Somft of the men were told
that the stamps would be left
for them at the nearest Y build
ing. It has been difficult to
trace the imposters because of
the fact that to the new rook
ies, all enlisted men in uni
form look pretty much alike.
It only lasted a day or two and
then \ strict company ' orders
made such thieving an impossi
bility> i
Lay of the K of P.
I know how to peal the festive
spud,
And how to string thG bean,
To wash the dishes, clean the,
pans,
And on the mop-stick lean.
So, if I ever get to France, i
And never lose my life.
I’ll know enough of house work
To make a darn good wife. ;
Out on North Avenue, in Y
building No. 169, which is for
the use of commissioned offi
cers, each day meets the board
which is looking after the
matter of naturalizing the sol
diers of the camp who have
taken out their first papers but
not their second. One of the
applicants, an Italian, was ask
ed, “what is an anarchist?”
And the soldier very promptly
replied, “An anarchist is a. fel
low who makes his own whis
key, his own law and his own,
bomb.”
With some fifteen thousand
men in tents and stables the
Red Trianglp men have been
kept on the jump attending to
their regular area and build
ing, and still finding time to
get out among the newcomers
with stamps, stationery and
reading matter, holding song
and religious services, super
vising athletic exercises, wrap
ping and mailing home their
civilian clothes, giving advice
and answering questions, etc.
When a second lieutenant is in
charge of thp 350 men he wel
comes a Y man with the glad
hand and tells him to go to it.
While a majority of the sol
diers and the folks at home
are acquainted with thp provi
sions of the postal and war rul
ing which prevents the send
ing of parcel post packages to
men with the American Expe
ditionary Forces abroad ex
cept upon receipt of a request
from the soldier himself, which
has been endorsed by an offi
cer not below the rank of ma
jor or his representative, it is
possible many people do not
know this ruling does not ap
ply toHhe men in the navy. No
restrictions have as yet been
placed upon packages sent to
men on board our naval ves
sels, whether at home or
abroad, if sent in the care of
the postmaster of New York
City.
During the first six months
of the year, some 40,000 testa
ments were given away free by
the Y. M. C. A. More than 16
GOO men promised to read the
teataments daily, whilp 5,000
made decisions for a Christian
life. While there was no spec
ial campaign along the follow
ing lines, 621 signed the anti
profanity pledge, 761 the per
sonal purity -pledge, and 325
the anti - gambling pledge.
TheSp are some of the worth
while by products of the reli
gious side of the Y work, which
has for its aim the making of
better citizens and the winning
of thp war. That’s a platform
that ought to be broad enough
for any and all of us.
Reports from Camp Beaure
gard are to the effect that more
than 50 carrier pigeons from
the army signal department
were killed in June within a
radius of twenty miles of Alex
andria, La. A visit to thp car
rier pigeon detail in Camp
Pike reveals that none have so
far been killed in or around
Littlp Rock. It is uncertain
whether the people of Arkan
sas are more careful than those
of Louisiana with respect to thp
government messangers, or
whether they are just natural
ly poorer shots.
Soldiers of the 87th Division
who failed to pass the oversea
examination and were left be
hind in Camp Pike while their
comrads in arms went to Camp
Dix have been placed in Class
B and have been sent to vari
ous parts of the country as
members of the United States
Guards. They will be used as
federal guards at ports, on the
border, or wherever troops are
needed for home service. A
number of army departments
are hereafter to be made up
exclusively of Class B men.
A colored boxing match was
just over and the audience was
trying to find a new opponent
lor the winner. They found
a colored boy who expressed a
desire to go on if given an in
vitation by the winner, but the
latter looked the newcomer
over and shook his head. “If
that soldier boy ’sists on fightin
I’ll tackle him, but, niggers, ah
don’t aim to ’vite no black boy
bigger’n me to come up here
and knock my block off.”
It is expected that the ad
vent of the Iowa men will
prove a boost to the athletic
activities of the camp in base
ball, wrestling and boxing. All
of the nine athletic directors
for the Y are combing their
areas to see what the draft
blew in and how many champs
and near-champs are hoping
for new worlds to conquer.
Iowa has held the wrestling
honors so long that a lot of
young fellows have imbibed
aspirations that can very easily
bp tested out in the army
which is strong for all kinds of
athletic sports.
It’s funny to hear the boys
who have been in camp about
twelve hours call the latest ar
rivals “rookies”.
--Buy W.S.S.
Locomotive Engineer Writes
When the kidneys are ndt
working properly, backache,
stiff joints, rheumatic pains,
and suffering result. George
McLain, Turtle Lake, N. D.,
writes: “I am a locomotive en
gineer. I had a bad pain in
my back and my bladder ac
tion was very irregular. I
took Foley’s Kidney Pills and
was relieved in a couple of
days.” Red Cross Drug Store,
McCrory, Ark. adv
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
Take good care of your Ford. The
, war is. reducing the out put of motor
cars, therefore see that your present
Ford is kept in smooth running condi
tion that you may get the full satisfac
tory service it is built to give. Bring
it to us that our experienced workmen
may keep it in first class order. They
know how to do it. We use only gen
uine Ford materials and make Ford
factory prices. Let us take care of
your Ford and it will serve you fine
every day in the year.
RIGGS BROTHERS, McCrory, Arkansas