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ansas, as second class mail
The words “Rone Dry” are
occasionally whispered, but
they will have to be spoken in
thunder tones before the na
tion can hear them.
Five thousand American In
dians are in Uncle Sam’s army.
Their ancestors in their day
made America mighty unsafe
for civilization, and here are
the descendants helping to
make the world safe for de
mocracy.
Vigorous steps should be
taken to punish any person
convicted of originating false
rumors of disasters to our
troops abroad. The families
and friends have enough anxi
ety to bear,without being made
the victims of irresponsible
sensation mongers.
Hartshorn, Oklahoma, now
claims the “honor mother” of
the southwest. Mrs. Mollie
Easley of that city has 10 sons
in the army, her youngest boy
having been accepted a few
days ago. Besides her boys,
Mrs. Easley has two brothers
and two nephews in the army.
Better breeding stock must
be kept if we are to improve
the quality of our farm animals
There is much difference in the
price of a fine draft horse as
compared to a scrub pony. The
value of the 5-gallon cow when
compared to an animal that
produces but one gallon is
striking, and yet the difference
in the cost of keeping the
scrubs and the good producers
is not great. Why not raise
pure-bred animals?—Farm and
Ranch.
Berlin authorities are calling
upon the German people to go
barefooted in order to save ma
terial for the German army.
Rut no matter what sacrifices
the German people may make
now, their army is doomed to
meet defeat, and what little
they may be able to save by
going barefooted will not help
the situation very much. But
it shows to what lengths the
war lords of that country will
go in their efforts to dominate
the earth.
Judge Jimerson has named
Thursday and Friday, August
22 and 23, as Good Roads Days
in Independence county and
urges all citizens of the coun
ty to devote these two days to
the work of helping improve
the roads of our county. This
is a splendid movement and
The Journal hopes the people
of the entire county will res
pond readily to this suggestion
made by Judge Jimerson. Good
roads are of great importance
to our country, and time and
money spent in improving the
roads, is a good investment.
DR. DRENNEN WRITES
OF WAR IN FRANCE
Has Close Call From Piece of
Bursting Bomb Bui Escap
es Uninjured
The following three letters
have just been received by Mr.
and Mrs. M. Drennen from
their son, Dr. S. A. Drennen, j
who has charge of hospital j
Train 6d, near the battle line
in France.
Somewhere in France.
My Dear Parents:
Missed writing my last week
letter; was very busy and ex
pecting to be more so soon.
Don’t know whether I told
you, but we are operating with
the British now and can as
sure you we have seen some ex
citing times, but ’tis strange
how soon one becomes accus
tomed to these things. Have
just finished a very good book
while not far away the noise of
Lhe big guns are pounding
away. But 1 must do some
ihing to break the monotony.
One of the most saddening
and appalling sights 1 have
witnessed was some bombed
nospitals we visited last week.
Each building had a large Red
Cross painted on the roof and
it seems as those were the fav
orite targets of the Huns; and
:o think, the dirty, cowardly
orutes, after having used up
heir bombs, were not satisfied
with killing che sick and
wounded and the poor nurses
and doctors, but turned their
lights upon the orderlies and
mowed them down with their
machine guns. Oh, 1 shall al
ways hate the name of Ger
many! And still, the people
of our country do not believe
hese things.
It wont be long now until the
Hun will have a pill of his own
making. He is beginning to
feel it already and they are
squealing like the cowardly
pigs they are. I sincerely be
lieve the end will be before
another year. Germany is sac
rificing untold numbers of
men without appreciable gain,
and our boys are giving a good
account of themselves, God
bless them! They have just
given two of his crack divisions
the damdest licking yet.
You know 1 haven’t received
a scratch of mail from you yet
and it has been three months
now. Please write me good
and cheerful letters and plenty
of them. Do not worry about
me for I am alright.
Your true and faithful son,
SHEROD.
Somewhere in France.
My Dear Dad.—Was so glad
to receive your long letter. We
don’t hear anything much over
here and we have to be very
careful what we write.
We are more than busy now
iind have plenty of excitement
to keep us awake at nights.
Fritz doesn’t come over during
the day but makes up for it
during the night. I just missed
getting a piece of shrapnel the
other night by dodging under
the car. It struck the ground
on just the exact spot where 1
was standing.
We were followed for more
than an hour night before last,
but our guns kept him so high
he couldn’t score a hit, but I
hear that Train 61 got it. They
were at a station just behind
us. I consider that we have
been most extraordinarily
lucky, but its only a question
of time until he does siore a
hit, then I will have different
things to write about. I would
rather face the guns any day
than those bombs. You don’t
have any idea the destruction
they cause. I saw one hit a
house the other night and you
can imagine the rest. They
cause such nasty wounds; can
you imagine a piece of steel
broken into bits with many
ragged edges, striking a per
son?
We have been with the Brit
ish for more than a month now
and I don’t get along with
them at all. Would like to tell
you many things about them
but fear of the censor forbids
it. I let my temper get the up
per hand the other day and
told one of their thick-headed
officers just what I thought of
him and the whole English ar
my. The Canadians, Austra
lians and the Scotch are as
fine people as one would want
to meet.
I am commanding officer of
Train 63, have two lieutenants
under me. We get along splen
did. One is from North Caro
lina and the other is from
Pennsylvania.
You asked me when I
thought the war would end. I
don’t believe it will last anoth
er year. There are many
things looming up now in the
foreground that point to a
speedy end. 1 see we have
1,100,000 men over here, but
I don’t think that will begin to
reach the exact number. If we
could put 15,000 airplanes on
the front tomorrow it would all
be off with Fritz. They are
the boys that Fritz is dreading
and I hear they are coming
over, and they can’t be too
early.
Daddy write me often with
lots of news and don’t worry,
for I am well. My eyes are
giving me some trouble, but
ion’t think it is serious. Think
[ got some gas in them from a
load of patients up front and it
is simply hell.
Your loving son,
SHEROD.
Somewhere in France.
My Dear Mother.—Received
^our sweet letter last week,
but we have been so busy that
this is my first opportunity to
write and am almost asleep
now. Have just finished un
loading patients and we will be
moving again at 4 o'clock.
Wish I could tell you the
numbers we have handled in
the last two days or nights.
You would be quite surprised.
Mother it sure makes me
feel awful good to know you
are getting on so well and you
must not worry about me for
I am well, which I am very
thankful for.
Yesterday was France’s In
dependence day and they sure
had some celebration, but of
course we had to do as we did
>n the Fourth. Everything is
looking much brighter for us
now. Fritz is getting a pill of
his own making and I am
thinking it won’t be long until
-he long expected happens. Am
triad little sister is well. Would
sure like to see her and also
the little doctor. Mother write
me often, good and cheerful
letters.
Your true and faithful son,
SHEROD,
HAND ME DOWNS
Small boy—“My father’s got
a new set of teeth.”
Friend.—“What’s to become
of the old ones?”
Small Boy—“Oh, I guess
they’ll cut ’em down for me.
e CENTER GROVE ®
^ i ^ IHHHI ^ i
Center Grove, Aug. 7.—Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Harrelson made
a bosness trip to Batesville
Monday.
Mrs. T. A. Bullington and
children spent from Satorday
until Monday at Augusta visit
ing Mrs. Ola Panter.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Sexton
and children of Hazel Grove
| were the pleasant guests of
[Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bullington
here Saturday night and Sun
I day.
| Allen Harrelson spent a few
days the first of the week at
Tuvkerman visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Rider
and children spent Saturday
night and Sunday at Walnut
Grove visiting the lady’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Ed
wards.
Squre T. J. Jones and little j
son, Paul, made a business trip
to Batesville.
Several from here attended
the meeting at Hopewell Sun
day night.
W. D. Bullington transacted
business at Batesville Monday.
Miss Luiy Bullington spent
Monday nght at Dota visiting
Mrs. G. S. Saylors.
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BEGIN WORK ON
ARMY SUPPLY HOUSE
George W. Donaghy, con
tractor, has commenced work
on the million dollar ware
house in which to keep a vast
amount of aviation supplies at
Little Rock. The main ware
house is to be the largest build
ing in the state and will be
constructed of concrete and
hollow tile.
The Strong Withstand the Heat of
Summer Better Than the Weak
Old people who are feeble and younger people
who are weak, will be strengthened and enabled to
go through the depressing heat of summer by tak
ing GROVES TASTELESSchillTONIC. It purifies
and enriches the blood and builds up the whole sys
tem. You cau soon feel its Strengthening. Invigor
ating Effect. 60c.
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The Skydome
GOOD PICTURES
TWICE-A-WEEK
Every Episode of the Seven Pearls seems
to better than the one before. This week Episode
No. 9, “The Warning on the Wire’'is full of ex
citement and thrills. It is teeming with interest
all the way through and there isn’t a single dull
moment in the entire episode.
OATS SINK
U. S. LINER AND FISH
ING VESSELS
! Two German submarines off the Jersery coast sink
! ocean liner and fishing smacks and allow ship
; wrecked crews only a few minutes to escape.
; HAROLD LLOYD IN A GOOD COMEDY ^
j “Rainbow Island” \
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! WALTER’S GARAGE
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i I now have complete charge of the Garage
| formerly conducted by the II - S Co. and am pre
X pared to give every auto owner quick and efficient
| service day or night. I sell gasoline, charge stor
♦ age batteries and supply you with free air. I aim
X to give you the best service possible and will ap
| predate your patronage. Everything reasonable.
WALTER COX
Lend Your Money
As Freely As They Are
Giving Their Lives
You don’t have to fight, you don't have to die
BUT—
^t out son does, or your brother who is now across the
way—or the kid now in khaki to whom you used to
give pennies a short time ago.
That money you have laid away for a “rainy day”_
wouldn’t you give every nickle of it to keep a Hun’s
knife away from his throat?
Well, the Hun is here, and so is his knife—and so is
the rainy day ’—its raining now, raining bombs and
snarpnel upon our boys “over there.”
Make Every Day a Thrift Stamp Day
\ our government is calling on you, not just your nei
ghbor but you, to buy Wur Savings and Thrift Stamps
Lend your money as freely as they are giving their lives
This Space Contributed by
The Newark Journal
As a part of its contribution toward winning the war
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