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Tl)® Manchester Journal
published in the interests of Man-
chester and vicinity and for the
Publishers Profits if any there be.
WOOD A SON, Proprietors.
E. A. WOOD, Editor.
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FOR PRESIDENT:
Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey.
FOR V-PRESIDENT:
Thomas R. Marshall, of Indiana.
It is the Socialist Election Law
amendments that come up next
and in the fiery and eloquent lan-
guage of Pat Nagle and Arthur
Geissler, we want to urge our read-
ers to vote “No” on all amend-
ments.
The Republican and Socialists
who have been working in collusion
in Oklahoma, had scarcely got
through congratulating themselves
over the defeat of the Literacy Test
when they discovered that they
hadn’t accomplished very much
after all. Under the Registration
Act the illiterate Negroes had been
pretty successfully eliminated from
the voting lists and the hyphenated
minority can’t find any legal wav to
get them on the list.
Presidential candidate Hughes
has thus far done nothing but find
fault with President Wilson’s poli-
cies, and he offers nothing of a con-
structive nature in place of the ad-
ministration methods which be con-
demns. In 1912 we had "Roose-
velt’s Roar” and “Taft’s Twaddle”
and in this year of grace it will take
something more than “Whiskers
and Whine’ to mislead the intelli-
gent American voter. Mr. Hughes
will have to offer some more sub-
stantial reason for a change in the
administration tha then ill disguised
desire of his crowd to obtain the
offices.
REWARDED FOR
GOOD WORK IN
FIRST BATTLE
Commander Writes Mother of His
Timidity and Conoem for
His Men.
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Dr. R. L. Hall A Sure Winner.
In the recent primary election,
the vote for a democratic candidate
for State Senator, in the 9th Sena-
torial District resulted in Osage
County as follows, Chas. B. Peters,
4$2; R. L. O’Mealy, 156; Dr. R. L.
Hall, 7S2. Hall’s majority over
both 144.
In Kay county Peters received
314 votes; O’Mealy 149; Hall 659.
Hall’s majority over both 196.
In Grant county Peters received
184 votes; O’Mealy 250; and Hall
474. Hall’s majority over both 40.
Thus Hall has a clear majority in
the District of 380. From recent
developments which are being
brought to light, if they prove as
authentic as they are said to be,
the Journal believes that Dr. Hall
will be elected in November by
fully as large majority over his Re-
publican opponent, as he had over
bis democratic competitors for the
nomination.
The following letter was received
this week:
Pawhuska. Oklahoma,
August 19, 1916.
Editor Journal:
I hereby wish to express my in-
debtedness to the many friends who
gave me their personal assistance
and secured for me the nomination
<>f State Senator from this District.
My gratitude is more than I can
express to each voter who helped
to roll up such handsome majorities
for me in the three counties com-
posing this District. 1 shall use
every honorable endeavor to beL mound. It wa8 the Boche trench,
elected and hope and trust that my and at the same moment a bullet
friends will be as untiring in my be- j whistled by my ear. I leaped forward
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half in the coming election as they
were in the primary. Again thank-
ing all my friends, I remain,
Sincerely, R. L. Hall,
THROUGH A TERRIFIC ORDEAL
Frenoh Subaltern Is Twloe Mentioned
for Bravery and Then la Killed In
Battle After Two Weeks In
Hospital With Frozen Feet
—Wae Only Twenty-One
New York.—Veritably a letter from
the dead Is the communication sent to
hia mother by Lieutenant B-of the
Alpine Chasseurs, which tells of his
first battle, of his timidity, of his con-
cern for his other men. He passed
through the terrific ordeal only to be
killed recently In Alsace after having
been mentioned twice In the orders of
the division and the army for his
bravery.
His letter has just been sent to
Frederic R. Coudert of this city,
among many others that have been re-
ceived from the French front. Lieu-
tenant B- was only twenty-one
years old when he was killed. His let-
ter reads:
"My Very Dear Mother: You must
have been much surprised latterly to
have had so little news of me. Now
that the storm Is over I can tell you
that 1 spent five days within thirty
meters of Mm. les Boches, and that
this proximity prevented my sending
you any news. Here is what hap-
pened: On the 16th we found our-
selves In the trenches of the third
line, 800 meters from the Boches.
The major assembled the company
commanders; Lieutenant M- re-
turned and took me by the arm, led me
up a little slope, Indicated a wooded
ridge about 400 meters away, and said
to me:
“ The battalion Is ordered to take
that ridge; the Third and Fourth com-
panies will attack. The affair Is for
tomorrow afternoon.’
Chilled and Heart Troubled.
"At t^at moment I had a chill and
all day my heart was troubled. I
prayed as 1 had never prayed before In
my life, and In the evening my cour-
age had come back. I slept all night.
The next morning we were to be In the
trench ready to move at half-past
eleven. We ate rapidly, and at five
minutes before eleven I started to as-
semble my company.
"All the men were together and we
were about to start when directly over
our heads an enormous bomb explod-
ed, then a second and a third. The
Boches had found our point of assem-
bly and were giving us a heavy bom-
bardment. The men showing some
nervousness, I brought them back un-
der shelter, then, turning about, 1
found M-deadly pale, and he said
to me:
" 'I am wounded In the leg. Take
the company to the point for the at-
tack and report to the major.'
"I can assure you that at this mo-
ment I did not feel very heroic. Out-
side the bombs were exploding with a
horrible noise and the moment of at-
tack was approaching. I marched my
men along and halted them in a place
of shelter. I then went to find the ma-
jor and reported to him. He said:
“'You are In luck to find yourself
at the very outset the commander of
a company; to be acting captain at
your age Is splendid.’
"I answered: ‘Major, I am not suffi-
ciently experienced. I beg you give
me a company commander.’
"He replied: Tome, come; a little
courage, you will see It Is not difficult.
The signal for the attack will be given
to you by Lieutenant 8-.’
“I could but obey. k I advanced the
men as far as possible In the trench
and passed the word that I was taking
command of the company.
Covered With Artillery Fire.
"The French artillery was firing on
the ridge which we were to attack. It
was a fantastic sight. The ‘220’s’ went
whistling over our heads and explod-
ing over the Boche trenches within a
hundred meters of us. making a horri-
ble noise and thick black Bmoke. At
half-past one the ‘75's' began to fire.
Two thousand bombs were thrown
against the Boche position. It was
an Infernal din. Uprooted saplings
were carried a hundred meters away
and thick black smoke covered every-
thing.
“Our machine guns began to take
part. Suddenly-the voice of Lieuten-
ant 8-called: ‘Ready! Third com-
pany, forward!’
"Without a moment's pause I sprang
out of the trench, shouting:
“‘Come on, boys; forward!’
"The ‘75's’ had then Increased their
range. All the men followed me and,
shouting, we scrambled forward at
double time toward the Boche trench.
I had my revolver in my hand. In the
heat of the attack I had distanced all
my comrades and found myself thirty
Last Monday was about one of the
most sultry and disagreeably hot days
that we have had this summer, Hot
winds blew for a few hours, which only
a good rain can dispel. We hope to
say in this issue that the rain came,
as a change in the weather has been
promised for several days.
E. E. Buich, wife and two sods,
who formerly lived on the Penrose
place near the White Church, but had
moved away about a dozen years ago,
were here last Saturday afternoon
They now I lve near Fowler, Kansas,
and were taking the motortrip forthe
health of the two sons who have been
laid up for some months with Inflam
matory Rheumatism. From here
they were going down into the old
neighborhood to spend Sunday and
then they were going to El Reno to
visit with friends While here El.
had the Journal sent to him for the
coming year,
This office has had much trouble in I OUTSIDE OF UNITFD STATES
the past few months in getting the
sort of stock that we have always been
accustomed to for using in job work.
The price, tho’ seems to be all right
as we are paying more than double
for everything we order, than we did
two years ago and si ill many patrons
ask us to do work as cheap or cheaper
than we did in the former days.
It has for several days been threat-
ening raiu Heavy clouds have ap-
peared in the west which have come
near enough that we could hear it
thunder. Then they would either
swing around north or disolve into air.
Monday evening Harper city, north of
us had a good rain of near two incties.
Anyway it is much cooler, which is a
relief even if we get uo rain aud at
this writing, Wednesday A, M,, all
promises have been dispelled aud it
don’t look like it would rain for a
week.
Our Shears!
Are sharper than
a serpent's tooth and
will cut everything
but friendship. We
have all sizes and
prices from---
25c to SI.
Your wife will be
pleased with the scis-
sors and Shears she
gets of us.--
Do Vour Trading- With us, We
Promise To Treat You Rigdit.
BADGER LUMBER COMPANY
F. N. ROOD. Mg'r. MANCHESTER. OKLAHOMA.
t found a Boche, his gun still smoking
In hts hand, with the Red Cross bras-
sard on his arm. He dropped on his
knees, crying:
** ‘Pardon, kamerad.’
SLAUGHTER & SONS
Auctioneers. Solicit your business
dates made at the Journal office or
call at Slaughter farm. Reference
anybody.
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KANSAS STATE FAIR
{BY THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
Hutchinson, September 16-23, 1916
THE BIG LIVESTOCK AND AGRICULTURAL
EVENT OF THE GREAT SOUTHWEST
Judging in all departments begins Tuesday morning, at 9:30.
See the livestock by Classes.
Seven Harness Horse and Thoroughbred Races Daily.
Automobile Racing Wednesday and Saturday—By the best drivers
of the Best Racing Cars in the world.
Motorcycle racing Saturday, September 16th.
Monday, Republican Day—Speakers of National Reputation.
Tuesday, Democratic Day—President Wilson Expected.
HORSE SHOW AND GRAND FIRE WORKS AT NIGHT.
Superb Free Attractions Every Day and Night.
Johnny Jones Exposition Shows all week.
EDUCATIONAL—INSPIRATIONAL—REC R RATION AI..
Remember the date—Take a couple of days off at the Fair.
Send for Prize Catalogue and make some Entries.
Special Trains and Special Equipment on all Railroads.
H. S. THOMPSON, Pres.
A. I. SP0NSLER, Sec'y
H W RENEAU, Pkks SAM L. SMITH Vick Pres.
▼ J. W. MALLORY, Cashier.
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YOUR IDLE MONEY!
/VOW is the time to save part of your income
^ ^ by depositing it. We want you to make our
bank your banking home. A bank account
encourages you to save a part of your income.
Would all successful business men have a bank
account if there was no benefit in it for them?
Your idle money in this bank will bring you the
benefits they enjoy. Enroll your name with the
thrifty class and follow the procession to
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Uncle Sam Intends to Build Light-
house on Navassa Island, a “No
Man’s Land.”
Because the Panama canal, when It
comes Into Its own with the close of
the European war, will refashion the
trade routes of the world and lead an
endless procession of vessels through
Waters hitherto unfrequented, the Uni-
ted States government is preparing to
go afield and establish a lighthouse on
Navassa island, a small rocky islet of
the West Indies east of Haiti.
The light will be unique, says the
Washington Star, in that It will be tha
only one maintained by the United
States alone on land not a part of its
national domain. The government Is
not wholly without claim to the half
mile of rock that constitutes the
island, however, for a generation ago
guano deposits were exploited by an
American company, which found It a
no man’s land.”
At that time the courts of the Uni-
ted States assumed Jurisdiction when
a murder was committed on the iso-
lated patch of rock, and brought the
murderer to book at Baltimore. When
the need of a lighthouse on the island
was felt, therefore, it was not deemed
necessary to negotiate with any other
country, although several countries
have at times claimed ownership.
Congress appropriated $125,000 for
the erection of the Navassa light and
the federal lighthouse bureau will
soon call for bids. The light will have
a beam of GG.000 candle power that
can be seen for 27 nautical miles.
There Is one other lighthouse that
Is In a way comparable to Navassa.
This Is the light on Cape Spartel, the
Moroccan headland across from Gibral-
tar, which has been maintained since
1867 by joint contributions from Great
Britain, the United States, Morocco,
Austria, Belgium, Spain, France, Italy,
the Netherlands and Portugal.
FOUND MASTER IN TRENCHES
Faithful Dog, Left Behind In London,
Followed Soldier to Fighting Line
In France.
As curious a story as any that the
war has brought to notice is that of
how a dog which a British soldier left
behind him in London succeeded In fol-
lowing him to the fighting line In
France, and Is now running about at
bis heels almost as if they were both
back In their native Hammersmith.
The story would be unbelievable if It
were not well authenticated, the dog’s
owner, James Brown, being a private
in the First North Staffordshire regi-
ment. Private Brown went to the con-
tinent In August, and September 30 his
wife missed the dog, an Irish terrier
named Prince. She heard nothing
more of the animal until some weekB
ago, when she got a letter from her
husband, in which he said:
“I am sorry you have not found
Prince, and you are not likely to while
he Is over here with me. It Is a very
strange thing I should have got him.
A man brought him to mo from the
front trenches. I could not believe my
eyes till I got off my horse and he
made a great fuss of me.
“I believe ho came over with some
other troops. Just fancy his coming
and finding me. He is quite settled
down with me, and I have made him a
coat out of some old greatcoats, which
will keep him warm. He is the pet of
the regiment.”
Economy of a Stock Company.
The economy of a stock company of-
fered interesting Instances here at the
old Boston museum. Some of the ac-
tors had no Intention of letting grass
grow under their feet. One player
was a barber by day; another, the be-
loved “Smithy,” was a tailor—very
properly, the tailor played fops. I had
a particular friend who was a cab
driver. Who shall point the finger of
soorn that these had two stringy to
their bow? Their example might be
well followed; an honest barber or,
for that matter, an honest cab driver,
may be the noblest work of God. And
well may the actor's study of man-
kind be multiplied a thousandfold by
the scraping of Innumerable chins or
the driving of the accidental wayfarer
from the cradle to the grave. Who
could better take man’s measure than
the tailor, dissect him to a hair than
the barber, or consider his final des-
tination than the cab driver.—From
"My Remembrances,’’ by E. A. Sothern
in Scribner’s Magazine.
Invention of Worth.
In a list of epoch-making Inventions
of the last fifty years given In an offi-
cial report, thirty-Blx are credited to
"people of the United States,” four-
teen to foreign inventors. The first
ten in each list, respectively, are as
follows: American—Telephone, type-
writer, cash register, Incandescent
lamp, talking machine, electric furnace
reduction, electrolytic alkali produc-
tion, transparent photograph film, mo-
tion picture machine, buttonhole sew-
ing machine. Foreign—Electrlo steel,
dynamite, artlcflclal alizarene (dye),
siphon recorder, gas engine, wireless
telegraphy, Bmokeless powder, Diesel
oil motor, centrifugal creamer, man-
ganese steeL
I THE CITIZENS STATE SANK
Manchester,
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Make School a Temporary Home.
Ranchers of the McLucas (N. D.)
school district solved the problem of
winter schooling for their boys and
girls by converting the Bchoolhouse
Into a home for them from Monday
morning until Friday night each week,
j Parents planned an addition to the
school and fitted It up as sleeping and
j eating quarters for the children to
live there in care of the teacher.
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PRAIRIE STAR.
Two grandchildren of Mrs. E E,
Burdue are visiting her tills week.
Mrs. Frank Hendrixson was on the
sick list a couple of days last week.
Mrs. Huningtou spent part of last
week with Mrs. Frank Hendrixson.
Miss Mildred and Hazel Jones spent
one day this week with their sister,
Mrs. Hay Heel,
Kinley Burchliel’s bun caught on
fire last Thursday, from a way un-
known, but was put out without any
damage being done.
Those who spent Sunday at the
Jesse Jones home were Gladys Wil-
liams, Lonnie Starks, Ted Phillips,
Arch Heel, Lou Grasser, Itay neeland
wife and Edith Heel.
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ROSEDALE.
Mrs. Maude O’Neal aud little
daughter returned to their home iu
Uordell, Oklahoma, last week after a
few weeks visit with her mother, Mrs
Fannie Starks.
Jesse Yardley of Missouri, is here
visiting relatives for a few days.
Mrs. Wm. McFetric aud children
are visiting her mother, Mrs. J. J,
Bennett this wtek.
Everett Johnson and Joe Kuyken-
dall attended church al Rosedale Sun-
day.
The wedding bells are ringing!
Jim Scott and wife and Miss Ade-
lade Jennings of Iowa accompanied
the former’s sister, Mrs. Stansell to
Cristield, Kansas last week.
Grandma Robinson speut Friday
night with Mrs. Clyde Harding
Doc. Wright and family left for
Hutchinson Wednesday where they
will make their future home.
Edwin aud Garland Burdue spent
Sunday night, with their sister, Mrs.
Erwin Yoder.
Miss Gladys Williams was the guest
of Mildred Jones Monday night
We are ’having cooler weather at
this writing.
E. Ratliff is culling corn for
J. A. Jacobs this week.
BUYING FRUIT TREES.
During the summer months
numerous tree agents are ceaseless-
ly on the job. Some of them re-
present good nurseries, some bad,
and some iepresent no nurseries at
all. In purchasing trees for fall de-
livery, the buyer should first ascer-
tain where his trees will come from.
If the agent represents a reliable
nursery, he is -ill right. If he re-
presents about which you know
nothing, it is best to go slow. If
he represents no nursery at all, he
should be avoided, for he is pro-
bably peddling cull stock. In buy-
ing nursery stock, great care should
be used, for it never pays to make
a poor start with the orchard.— C.
W. Kapp, Department of Horticul-
ture, Oklahoma A. and M. College,
Stillwater.
Some “smart aleck” took one
of the cars belonging to the Bluff CH y
folks aud pushed It around on a side
street intending to take a joy ride but
was uuable to start the car as the
starter had been locked, The party
is known to the c fficials of the village
and should he return to town will be
invited io make himself scarce around
here in the future or lie may have a
chance to sleep in l tie town’s ‘‘Bird
cage ’’
FOR SALE.
1 Emerson bottom 14 inch tractor
gang plow, only $95 A real bargain
R R. Smith & Co , Gibbon, 11 tf
—At Manchester first T uesday in
each month till Saturday noon. All
work absolutely guaranteed. I)r.
McCItirg, Dentist. 49-tf
Chas. L. Vance has equipped a mod-
dern Photographic Studio at Wakita,
Okla , and Is prepared to do any ^ind
of photographic work. Send your
film* to Chas L Yance, Wakita. Okla
Developing io cents per rol'; printing
3 cenls and up. 11 t f
New Weber Wagon regular height
wheel, narrow tired complete, only
5 per cent discount for cash
R K Smith & Co , Gibbon, okla,
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