The Olney Enterprise. (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, January 18, 1918 Page: 8 of 8
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¥HE OLNEY ENTERPRISE—100 Per Cent American
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The War News Summary
By the Committee on Public Information
ment are supplied each company
boxing gloves, and other equip-
in part, from a Government ap-
propriation.
Applications for Insurnce
by Fighting Men
Now Near $3,000,000,000
Applications for war-risk insur-
ance by men of the Army and j -
Navy have nearly reached the $3,-: German Paper Tells
000,000,000 mark, and continue to of Hardships of
come in at a rate of about $60,000.- j Soldier’s Family
000 a day. The average amount! The Committee on Public In-
-.applied for per man is $8,630, the | formation has made the following
average having increased steadily translation of a story appearing
in the October 15, 1915, issue of
the Leipziger Yolkszeitung.
“A sample of the fashion after
which bloated landlords treat the
wives of soldiers has been brought
to our attention from Upper Lang-
enau in Silesia. One of the hired
men of Dr. Mueller’s-agricultural
estate has been for a long time at
the front. His wife, who had work-
ed along side her husband before
since the act went into effect,
Octomber 6.
For persons who joined the
colors before October 15, 1917, the
last day for applying for Govern-
ment insurance is February 12,
1918. Intensive efforts are being
made by commanding officers to
have all their men take insurance
before that date.
The maximum amount which
may be taken by any man is $10,-
000.
foreign
United
War Credits Granted
to Allies by United States
Total Over $4,000,000,000
War credits extended to
Governments since the
States entered the war total $4,-
236,400,000. Of this Great Britain
received $2,045,000,000; France,
$1,285,000,000; Italy, $500,000,0-
000; Russia, $325,000,000 ;Belgium
$77,400,000; Serbia, $4,000,000.
Lower Requirements
for Admission to
Army Nurse Corps
Because of the great need for
nurses for the Army Nurse Corps
certain requirements have been
waived for the period of the war
emergency. Registered nurses are
preferred, but registration may be
waived.
Nurses between the ages of 21
and 45 will now be considered, as
well as those who are graduated
from hospitals of less than 100
beds . Under the temporary re-
vision of rules they are not re-
quired to purchase new uniforms.
A nurse traveling' under orders
is given a first-class ticket, Pull-
man-car accomodations, and trav-
eling expenses not to exceed $4.50
a day.
Denmark’s Restaurants
and Theaters Closed
by Illumination Orders
Theatres and * restaurants in
Denmark close at 10 p. m. to save
lights. To save kerosene, which is
sold at a price regulated by the
Government at 72 cents a gallon,
Greenland whale oil is being tried
for lighting. It is estimated 200
000 acetylene lamps are now in
process of manufacture.
The distillation of all kinds
alcohol except for industrial uses
is prohibited. A large part of the
available alcohol will be needed for
use in the new incandescent lamps.
It is estimated that 2,000 tons of
grain will be saved by the new
regulations.
mounted photographs, signed
across the face so as not to obscure
the features, and the finggp prints
of each registrant shall be taken.
Between 10 and 15 days after
registration each alien enemy must
again appear before his registra-
tion officer to obtain' a registration
card, which will bear his name and
his left, thumb print. This card
must be carried by the registrant
for future identification.
An alien enemy who changes his
place of residence to another place
within the same registration dis-
trict must at once report the
change to the registration officer.
rNo alien enemy shall move, out of
the district without a permit. Ap-
plication for a permit must be
made upon a form furnished by
the Department of Justice, giving
full particulars as to date, reason
for change, and intended place of
residence.
KEEP EVERLAST-
INGLY AT IT
the war after the usual custom, re-
mained in the ranks of the field
hands and accordingly retained
her farm cottage. October 1 this
woman got the following letter:
“The undersigned bailiff of the
estate hereby gives you notice as
to this date to the field" service for
January 1, 1918. On that day you
are to give up your house. The
work which you are doing on the
farm does not compensate the farm
for the loss which accrues to it
through the continued support of
your family. Look out for yourself
way from this farm, your house is
needed for other use.
“The woman communicated the
notice to her husband with these
words: ‘I must tell you my dis-
tress, soon I shall not be able to
see the paper for my tears. What
shall I do. Winter is at the door
and the cottage is full of little
children. ’ ’
‘ ‘ Thus the bailiff of the estate
of a bloated landlord turns a fam-
ily with eight children out of doors
in midwinter while the man is at
the front. Comment takes care of
itself. ’ ’
Motion Pictures Show
How Work of Boys
Increases Meat Supply
To help increase the pork supply
the Department of Agriculture has
released to motion picture theatres
through one of the large companies
a film showing the work of the
boy’s pig clubs .which the depart-
ment is organizing in all parts of
the country. The film shows
methods of instructing farm boys
who have joined the agricultural
clubs how to raise better pigs and
the methods used by club members
in carrying out instructions.
The first pig club was organized
in Louisiana in 1910. Now ap-
proximately 45,000 members are
enrolled throughout the country.
Clubs in several States are plan-
ning to send carloads of fat hogs
to fairs and stock shows, after
which they are to be marketed, co-
operatively.
Other moving pictures being
used to show the importance of in-
creased food production show
activities in the national forests,
important sources of timber and
water supply!
Country Boys Not
Physically Superior to
Those Living in Cities
According to records of the
selective service, country boys do
not show much physical superior-
ity over those of the cities.For pur-
pose of comparison selection was
made of cities of 400,000 to 500,000
population, and a corresponding
set of counties of the same total
size. In the physical examinations
28.47 per cent of the city boys were
rejected, as against 27.96 per cent
of the country boys.
and
Spring Plowing in France
Will Be Done by
Tractors from America
To increase France’s crops
to lighten the burden of toil on her
old men, women, and children 1,-
500 farm tractors will go to that
country from the United States.
The first hundred are already on
the way, and the whole number
will be in France by March, in
time for the spring plowing. Deck
space was provided for the first
shipment on a naval transport.
Schools of instruction will be
organized.
The acreage sown to crops in the
uninvaded portion of France in
1917 was about 10,000,000 acres
less than in 1913, .or 24.4 per cent.
The increased production' through
the use of tractors this year is ex-
pected to greatly improve the food
situation.
Equipment for Men
Fighting in France
Contains Many Articles
It is estimated that 50,000 dif-
ferent articles are needed in
modern warfare. The clothing
equipment of but one infantryman
for service in France includes the
following:
Bedsack, three wool blankets,
waist belt, two pairs wool breeches,
two wool service coats, hat cord,
three pairs summer drawers, three
pairs winter drawers, pair wool
gloves, service hat, extra s^oe laces,
two pairs canvas leggins, two flan-
nel shirts, two pairs of < shoes, five
pairs wool stockings, four identi-
fication tags, summer undershirts,
four winter undershirts, overcoat,
five shelter tent pins, shelter tent
pole, poncho, shelter tent.
Listed as “eating utensils” the
infantryman receives food to be
carried in his haversack during
field service, canteen and canteen
cover, cup, knife, fork, spoon, meat
can, haversack, pack carrier, first
aid kit and pouch.
His “fighting equipment” con-
sists of rifle, bayonet, bayonet
scabbard, cartridge belt and 100
cartridges, steel helmet, gas mask,
and trench tool.
Recreative Athletic Work
in Army Camps Is Handled
by Experienced Men
Athletic work in army camps
and cantonments is in the hands of
32 trained organizers and coaches.
They are civilian aids on the staffs
of commanding officers, and their
salaries are paid by the Govern-
ment.
Particular attention has been
given to boxing, as it assists men
in bayonet fighting. A committee
of best-known boxers worked out
plans, and moving pictures teach
boxing have been made. Baseballs
bats, basket balls, and soccer balls,
“Smilage” Books to Be
on Sale in Nearly Every
City and Town
“Smilage” books, containing
coupons good for admission to
theatres and entertainment' tents
at army camps, will be on sale in
nearly every city and town in the
country during the week beginning
January 28.
The books, which come in two
sizes, to sell at $1 and $5, are to
be used as presents to men in the
camps. The coupons which they
contain are good for any theatrical
event. or entertainment staged
under the direction of the War and
Navy commission on training-
camp activities.
German Alien Enemies
in United States
Must Register
Among the regulations for the
registration of German alien
enemies in the United States dur-
ing the first week of February, are
the following:
All German males of the age of
14 years and upward are required
to register. Notice of time and
place of registration will be given
by publication in newspapers.
The affidavit of each registrant
must be accompanied by four un-
Food Supply of France
and Neutral Countries
on the Decline
According to the Food Admini-
stration, shortage of wheat in
France is becoming more and more
alarming each week, The minister
of general revicfualing indicated
recently that a further reduction
of 20 per cent in the bread ration
would soon become imperative.
Denmark is now looking • for-
ward to a reduction of wheat
rations. Final figures for the
cereal harvest show a total of about
62,000,000 bushels, which is 20,-
000,000 bushels less than in 1916
and about 10,000,000 less than was
estimated in the summer, when the
populace was put on bread rations.
The authorities Are already con-
sidering a further reduction in the
allowed consumption.
The food situation in Switzer-
land is rapidly falling to the dan-
ger line. A ration that is far be-
low the consumption in many of
the countries at war has already
been ordered. Under the new
regulations the Swiss may have
only a pound and a half of sugar
per person per month. The bread
ration has been fixed at about half
a pound a day, and the butter
ration at one-fifth of a pound
month. -
K. LYON ANNOUNCES
FOR SUPERINTENDENT
County Superintendent of Pub-
lic Instruction, D. K. Lyon, places
his name in our announcement
column this week as a candidate
for re-election. The following is
taken from the
porter, Graham,
his candidacy.
D. K. Lyon
West Texas Re-
in reference, to
authorizes us to
place his name among the announ-
cements this week as a candidate
for re-election as County Superin-
tendent for. the second term. Dur-
ing his term of office Superinten-
dent Lyon has endeavored to raise
the standard of' the rural schools
to meet the requirements of the
State. department of edncatiom
How well he has succeeded, the
record of his term will show. Last
year nine rural schools had raised
the standard suffficiently to re-
ceive the appropriation from the
State; this year twenty-four of
our schools had met the require-
ments and received state aid. This
record is due largely to the effi-
cient and untiring efforts of Su-
perintendept Lyon in his endeavor
to fulfil the duties of his office,
and we bespeak for him the en-
dorsement of appreciative voters
of Young County in the coming
Primary election”.
Dr. Albert Parker Fitch, Pro-
fessor of theHistory of Religion at
Amherst. College, was sent abroad
by the War Council to investigate
the progress of Red Cross work at
the front. He ha^ recently return-
ed from “Somewhere in France,”
but before returning to his college
duties he volunteered to speak at
Red Cross meetings. Addressing
three thousand people at a meeting
in Williamsport under the auspices
of the Williamsport Chapter, Dr.
Fitch made a profound impression
upon his audience. As published
in the Williamsport Gazette and
Bulletin, Dr. Fitch’s address is
more than worth while reading
from the first to the last word. One
excerpt in particular we venture
to print if only for the encourage-
ment of those who may, at times
be weary in well doing:
‘ ‘ One-third of all the men of the
French nation are now dead and
many of the. men who are going
back to the trenches have been
,wounded five or six times! We
Americans don’t know what gal-
lantry is! We don’t know what
courage is! I have seen men with
their faces shot away, with their
flesh quivering like a frightened
rabbit; I have seen men with their
skins burned from their faces and
arms; I have seen them with
chunks shot out of their faces and
their bodies. And yet these men,
wha have twice and three times
faced these horros,are willing to go
back for the fourth and fifth times.
They are veritably heroes! And
the worst of it is that the ability of
the nation caring for its wounded
and dying is greatly broken down
now.
“I have been told of many of
the French soldiers brought into
the first line hospitals with their
wounds stuffed with sawdust to
stanch the flow of blood until some
chance could be given the nurses
and doctors to keep them from
bleeding to death! Oh, you women
who are tired of making pillows
and bandages, who are tired of
making surgical supplies, who are
weary with making things for the
Red Cross, keep on with this work
if there is in you any of the milk of
human kindness! ’ ’
spells and was extremely nervous.
I got Doan’s Kidney Pills and they
soon strengthened my kidneys.
The dropsical swelling went down
and the headaches and dizzy spells
left me. I had a slight return of
the ailments later but again used
Doan's Kidney Pills and they act-
ed promptly in restoring my kid-
neys to a normal condition. Of late
I have been practically free from
kidney weakness.”
50c, at all dealers. Foster-Mil-
burn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
*
DON’T RISK NEGLECT
Don’t neglect a* constant back-
ache, sharp, darting pains or
urinary disorders. The danger of
dropsy or Bright’s disease is too
serious to ignore. Use Doan’s
Kidney Pills as have thousands of
others who gratefully endorse
them.
Mrs. A. F. Burton, Main St.,
Henrietta, Texas, says: ‘ ‘ My kid-
neys were weak and occasionally
I had awful headaches and dizzy
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The
Pirate-
“—Sh! What would happen
to me if I were your kid?
Well, if you’re not acquainted
with Calumet Bakings you
don’t know what a good ex-
cuse I have. I Can’t Help
Helping Myself— they’re so
good! Good for me too, be-
cause Calumet Bakings are
wholesome and easily digested.
Millions of mothers use
CALUMET
BAKING POWDER
because of its purity—because
it always gives best results and is
economical in cost and use.”
Calumet contains only such
ingredients as have been ap-
proved officially by the U.' S.
Food Authorities.
jVan sa vo when you buy
Wots save when you use it.
ouauty .
THE MODERN SHOP
Come to this shop, in the Barbering way,
Leading its line in the County today.
A service is here satisfactory to men,
Reliable workmanship brings them again.
Excellence in Shaving, smooth and first rate,
Neat jobs in Haircutting—styles up-to-date.
Competent Barbers, here—on to their “biz,”
Expert execution on hair on ‘ ‘ phiz. ’ ’
Good chairs, and tools antiseptic and keen,
Right appointments are here and everything clean.
In here is the Home Laundry Agencey, too,
Making good record in all work they do.
Excellent Bath Rooms here will be found,
Shines, Baths and Barbering, best all around.
GRIMES BARBER SHOP
The Olney- Hardware Co.
J. K. THOMAS, PROPRIETOR
We have just received a'complete line of “Community
Silver,” and are anxious to show it to you. Community
Silver maqes the very nicest of Christmas presents, too.
Here’s a Guarantee
That GUARANTEES
In the whole battery world there is found
nothing* like the Eveready guarantee. It
is definite. It is liberal. It is written. No
uncertain phrase about “workmanship and
materials,” but a straightforward pledge
of battery service for 18 months. And it
means just what it says.
If the Eveready doesn't stand, up in ser-
vice, bring[ it back. Neither you nor we lose
money by it.
The manufacturer of the Eveready makes
a superior battery—one that does not
“sulphate.” His remarkable guarantee
shows the extent of his faith in his battery.
No other maker has confidence enough in
his battery to stand back of it for 18 months
of service.
We recharge or repair ail makes of bat-
teries promptly and at reasonable prices.
Free water and inspection service—any
battery—any time.
The Marcell Auto Com’y.
'is
FORD
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
There’s nothing of guessing or
spculation in regard to Ford cars. Their
practical value is being daily demon-
strated by more than 1,750,000 Ford
owners representing every phase of hu-
man activity. Ford Service for Ford
Owners is as universal and reliable as
the car itself. Dependability and
economy in car and service. Better buy
your Ford today—you want it and it
will serve you every day, winter and
summer. Touring Car $360, Runabout
$345, Coupelet $505, Town Car $595,
Sedan $645—f.o.b. Detroit. We solicit
your order.
Young County Motor Co.
Newcastle, Texas
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Shuffler, R. The Olney Enterprise. (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, January 18, 1918, newspaper, January 18, 1918; Olney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1105812/m1/8/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Olney Community Library.