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*. f' This Department Supplied by - erican Legjen News Service.) WtfgUILL WON HIS EMBLEMS Honors Everywhere for Sergeant Who S nuo minated Machine Gun nests and Many Germans. * 'trgt. Samuel Woodfill pays A~ , :" nial on u friend nowadays, he is given "the freedom of the , P city." It is no " o n g e r possible for him to travel K". merely as a "pewr son." The mlan who cleaned out t h r e e machine gun nests and r .killed 19 Germans aps a morning's job tound Jersey City. N. J., wait ing for him with (,rI, :s when he droppel in to A merican' Legiop The next t"- urged over to New York ias guest of Supreme Court - \ ook, he was welcomed from - to the Battery. i ' says of his soldier-father .yarned abhout shootiti' from he shifts all the c-re.dit for deeds to tile government. st the vilicie'nt t ratiilug of fr army," he explains. He his t w'nt y years us "regu I qualil'y hhn to spea1k. :ant weats his httrels well. ;ilking in app)1enran lce and serious in manner. lice - 11 mor' hglty than dloeor-it riltte of his vivtrIeous hlle 't'ims he is "jiperless at 'lice duty," PART OF UNCLE SAM 'rivate in Civil War Needa lakeup to Participate in ageants and Parades. Sam, long the product of Is, exists in the iie'h in the C fGeorge former In the who 1.4 his lot - at the Slites "," ". .omne in .i steel mplbell perfect of the ception _? tin that he needs no make e him the most attractive ageant or a parade. ington .egion, --He is 3 unit, -ighting war for the benefit of buddies. reland, Campbell was nerica as ant infant. Dur war he served with the Infantry. Now-a-days eos hinm more than to don te, and blue costume and de. ces French NatIvIty. immy) Broeco, who with as for the past twvo years adison Squtare Gardlen bi ns announced bis French or reports had himti an was horn in Fismes, on iver, Department of the years aigo. Fismes was y' Amnerle'an troops in July, desperate encouinter, St Is Thanked. ters of thanks from Lord rent Britain and the Bit dor have boon received by LegIon post at Somner 'hich held a military fu body of a British army he captain had no reo country, the city was he body ini the potter's Day Casualties. ,912 casualtIes in the 1st ice day, November ding to the adjutant Of these, 268 were rely wounded, 466 77 sltghtly gassed (I gassed, degree th division bore casual ties. Ig 8[aff, r War," saidl of France, ip of 16,000 Bthe guest lose in the ofor or eont my can peo R. imended ialn trahn. .ens, Dix, Custer, Fort vls LEGION POST PICKS BEAUTY Miss Edith Patterson Crowned by AI, kansas Body as Most. Beautiful Girl In America. Arkansas comes forth with Miss -dith Mae Patterson to prove that, as a state, -its prod ucts are unsur passed anywhere in the world. Miss Pattersen won a mi d - western beauty contest, and has subse quently been crowned the most beautiful girl in America by criti cal members of the . Itoy Klntird post of the Amer. ican Legion. Arkansas stands ready to stake her against all comera. Digging around in oyster flats in the Arkansas river, assiduous citizens pro dpeed a beautiful pearl which they bestowed on Marshal Foch during his visit. And picking around in the Ar kansas diamond mines other citizens uncovered an Arkansas diamond, which was presented to Hanford Mac Nider, commander of the Legion. Per sistently refusing to be "misunder stood," this hearty state is manifest ing surprising fertility of soil, with its diamonds and pearls and women. PLANS GREAT MOUNTAIN CAMP American Legion in New York to Pro vide Hunting Lodge for the Tu bercular Ex-Soldiers. Curing tuhercular ex-soldiers by giv' ing thenIt a hunting lodge in the Adl Irondacks is the huost recent iIan of the ' Alnierian Legion in N-ew York state. A 'nnoumnth mouttai canIp, 30 miles from Salran n11fe le, has igern se (e tid, its (dooUts to 'he oipeed to the 10.008 ser'vice mn11( vho eannot now fid it hei l. In Ile adjoining forest. comirising 12.(1() acres of si te pre serve, will soon hcs settered I:-ills and sheJters, where disab1led 111en will hunk in solid comtfort, breathing the tir wlhich 4an restore them to hlt4lith. I-Prinis :ion to use Ile preseve as a hunting ig:round tis been granted by thse stale; antd 1t the main eunmp 'lon l'.: upinT1 flake there wtill be bowl I'm+ alleysI. tunteir bocats anel IIihi erte th l ! t I t d 4ii 441s l (of the at ieint:. Elich I.,.gi-n po.st lin the state hals been given the elatnce to put Ip its o.wt Iean-to. nien oif that fWist to he given precedence in occupancy. Twenty thousand dollars has already been sub scribed to the fund. CHIEF FUN-MAKER BUSY MAN President Elvers of "40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux," Forced to Resign as State Adjutant. Edward .1. Elvers, national presi dent of "-1t hiontines et 8 chevaux"-. fun-matking s o - ciety of the Amuer 111ian Legion. tils that the duties as head of at "funny" organization are. . ' m o r e pressing 4: I than any serious Y wvork. Making fun " . took so mutch of / ''' his timei that . he was forced to re sign his formerL position as state adjutant of the Legion in the state of Oregon. One of the proud moments in Elver's life was wh'len, before a crowd of 7,000 people, hte presented Marshal Fioch the little gold badge of the order-box car, htorse and all. Eivers began his military dareer in 1910 in the National Guard. During the wvar he served 15 months overseas as captain of thte machine-gun comn pany of thte One Hundred and Sixty tecond infaintry, which wvaA not, as lhe Inys, a fun-making society. A Footless Hunt. "Whoof'J' panted Dottie Dimple knees as site sank itto a chtair in the theatrticai agency ofile, "I've simply run my legs off trying to see the mana ger of this show about a job in the chorus." "Ladiy," said Otiis the ofiee boy, "I nin't seen the mantager, hut if thtat's the case you might's well go b~ack home"-Ameriean Legion Weekly. : Carrying On With the3| | American Legion mm...m...m..m... m........ mm Twenty hospitals in three years ls te record of one disabled fighter dre covered by the Amrrlean Legion. * * * Ex-soldiers wvho have lost their dis charge papers will be able to obtain duplicates under a bill now before congreSS. * 9 A sum of $50,000,000 has beeni raised by Auistr-alia for the use of her un, gr-eat sumt htas been raisedl to buy liand for farms to be cultivate-d by themt. Frederiek P. i'eters, F~ort Worth, Trex., was unrcontselous when lie was htanded over to te Amewrieani Legin 1pos t itat city. Diagntosis r'evealed thtat whiat hte needed tmost was htaui andl eggs. Marshltn F'och was plade an htonoratry member of the Cambrhiidge (Mass.) Pont of thte Grand Army of thte Re public. A delegation of Civil war veterans pinned a brontze medal orn his chest. MPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SandaySchool ' Lesson ' (HIt.. It. 1;. 1"'lA v bbA 1 L"t,U.I. Teacher of English Bible in the Moody Bible institute of Chicago.) Copyright, i82, 'Western Newspaper Union. LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 26 ELISHA'S HEAVENLY DEFENDERS LESSON TEXT--I1 Kings 6:8-23. GOLDEN TEXT-The angel of the Lord encarnpeth round about thern that fear Him, and delivereth then.-I's. 34:7. REFERtENCE MATERIAL-Dan. 6:1-23; Heb. 1:14; 11:27. *PRIMAllY TOPIC-God Takes Care. of Elisha. JUNIOR TOPIC-Elisha and the Armies of Jehovah. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC -Our Unseen Defenders. YOUNG PEOPILiL AND ADULT TOPIC -What Faith in the Unseen Can Do for Us. 1. The Syrian King Sorely Troubled (vv. 8-12). ' 1. The King's plan. (v. 8). His method was a kind of guerrilla warfare -armed hands made incursions Into the entmly's territory. He determined 'as to where camps should be locate:i so as to intercuept Israel's army. His phant1 % wits clever, but his great muis take was that he left God out of his calculations. There is one place where all plans and movements tare known. (leb. 4 :13). 2. T'le ilenmy's mliovelnelnts dis closed (v. 9). '1'he man of Gad, know lug the enemy's mloveinents, wits able to tell the kinig about them. Elisha's advit-e was InIore than it match for the wily plans of the shrewd Ien itiIl. Israel's safety lay moiire u the ant of Genil than inl their wvarriors. 3. The king of Israel leededl -lisha's w(ord (v. 1(1). This w'as true wischios. lBy obetying the prolliets wordis lie saVed htiimset- '.1)nd army mantuy timhes. h'12.se who are truly vise heed the ill v'ine warnllinigs. 4I. 'T'he Syrian king's ierplexity (vv. 11, 12). In his pereIi'xity he um8 setbhletl his servant. a1nd1 detiiandeti thit the tI'aitor he miaide kn'iwi. IlIe ielieved tIhat som121e were piaying iito the bind, of the tenemny ; thereforte lie woiiuld [ut an end to the Ireacehtry. This was tenlel, tutid tne of ils ser vanits thi'i red that. the k~ing's tuove tuents were reported by EI1liha tle piroiihet, even tellIinhg to the king of Israel what iHenI-hadad spake inl his bedchamber. Ben-hadad was worried not. because of hl sins, but because his plans misearried. 11. The Syrian King Tries to Trap Eligha (vv. 13-18). 1. lie sent an army to capture him (vv. 13, 14). Upon iearinig that Elisha was making known his ac tions, he determined to put an end to the liatter by trapping him and making him11 a prisoner. how foolish to put human cuming against divine wis dom. Horses and chariots are useless when God is against us. God's pur poses cannot be thwarted. If God be for us, wvhio can be against us? 2. Elisha's servant frightened (v. 15). Wheni he awoke one morning lie sawal that an artmed host was en camipinig abiout the city. Viewed from the, human standpoInt, we (do not wtond~er thmat lie was affrlghted. 3. Elisha's encoturageiment (v. 16). Hie aissured his servant that, thloughi they' were surroundedl by the SyrIan army, there was a mightier host of heavenly defenders round about theml. Elisha d1(1id ot shut his8 eyes to the real danger, butt loqked to the helpers of God watching about thlemi. 4. ElIsha's prayer- (v. 47). He asked1 that th~e Lord wouild open21 the eyes oif Is servant so as to see spiritual things. Whenh thle Lord opienled thle eyes (If the youing 11111 lie saw thait "the mloutain was full of horses and chariots of firea roulnd about\ Elisha." Round about us all the wile are angels guardinig use from dnnger. 5. The Syians sittent with blind ness (v. 18). The samie God who oplened thle eyes of the younig man11, blinded the eyes of thle Syrianls. Glod (deals with menitl accoiing to their moral attitude. Wh'len men wvill ntt hia'e tile light, God send~s dlarknless. til. The SyrIan Army Trapped ,(vv. 19-23). The would-be trapplers are now trapipedi. 1. Army led by thie man sought by them (vv. 19, 20). ElIsha led them to Samnaria and asked the Lord to open thleir eyes. When their eyes are OPen! they saw the man whom they souight, but not at the plaice where they sought him. Instead of seeIng him at Dothian as they expected, they saw 2. The generous treatment of the Syrians (vv. 21-23). The king of Israel wanted to smite thle captives, but Elisha forbade himu and ordered instead that they should be fed and sent back to theIr master. 3. P'eace between the natIons (v. 23). The mercy shown to the Syrians had such a profound effect upon themi that they came 110 more to make war upon l'arael. WVhat a fine thing if we could have such hutmnanity shiownl today I Give Thanks to God. Sleep should lbe light, so that we may eiaily awake ; for we ought to rise frequently in the n!ght, in ordler to give thatnks to Goi.. .. W... who hatve the word, tIl~ waitchmiena dIwellig in uis, must not sheep I iYu~tem the night.-St. CloeIu..enlt of A lexuindrir, Bodily Exercise and Godliness. Bodily exercise profitet h little: but godhlness is profltable utto all thintgs, having promlise of the life that niow Is, and1( of that whichl Is to come.-! Thnotiy. 4:dL i . -- /t EFLEQ TRADE MARK REGISTERED F. S.ROYSTER GUm Norfolk, Va. Richmond, Va Tarboro, N. C. Charlotte, N. C Columbia, S. C. Spartanburg, S Macon, Ga. Columbus,Ga. Birnin ham, Ala. Baltimore, Md MORE THAN SHE COULD STAND ISLANDERS SHOULD B Most People Will Be Inclined to Syrn. Fortunate Inhabitants of L pathize With Complaint Made gether Free From Visits by Young Mother. the Tax Co!lectoi The Woan n was sauarp risel and dl* j The stll iend ot Lw (,:1 trssed wheln she stopp ? et iII to see the oet'red biv the ((erlesin2st1i young mother the other day tI 1ind1( sinnuers to aty clerg'riitan tha1t usually" rheerfurl lile pe'rson lake spiritutal vlintueo of' La wItI tenir-staained cheeCs. seeas a fair scit-, ini lew '.la aInd I have simply got to havie that tle Island iieasures a little Jiee of our own,'' whaled lit'the and is half itiles by otle young mother, in answver to the \omaa- nambrs barely two hu ain's unisjoketn qunest h in. ".i's mroth- ItantIs. er Is it dear, and I love her, but now The people of Iundy p theibab Iohasii com weii' simply cain't ra tes inor tafxes;I lhere nr< live together.'' hiecnuse 11ll the IinI nhiats '"Don't youi aigree ablout thle war to f'oaud fo r Iitem; ml there na, wIth1 wlidom horn oIf the ekxperl- Lumly hats ti vce bei'n in ence of her friends, of for'elgel'l--o-'' e d e '"Oh, It Isn't that."'a nist sobbied thle a hanud of Tu rk Ish pi rateIs, young iaothaer. "Buti sh 1'SeemiIs to In thle t ine of WIllIim thInk the baby belongs to her. She Fraenich privaiteers galie (enl1s hlim m~~famm's bioy, and( the othier iossess(ion.-Lndon1 I-ll 1 diay, asfter' she land, lIe'en end~dlling hlim, ________________ she passed hIm over to mae tad saild, 'Go to nunatle.' "-'hiecngo JTournial. Hard Luck. Unkind Supposition.nih. Ju1( 'ibuns 52ays the' man who '1I tser jyI ' star i1 d the story nhoo fit(eelrge Wa'ish- 'S'wtIitdnetai Ingt< n niot be'Iig ale to tell I i false- otyhk.InIftlep hood wias pro(iihhly hookinog for' some iiii' e' liIl( ioi kind of ian nppoit ntent uinle 'i-hode rs Wash-threli "Igtit'ooknlmyt wifte(11to thege Sa"th 'bird ih njo hand" The"ohe ay e Withnough money nough tief thrgans the helth h has nost-o par o Ith eereg IngtTamiitra espaiece tohnnge. Ad The other may be nosces urt tan hntgh whkat manumay lost -bak ort themotsesu healthheasot-resatorer fo.neds. wil taell you. ce to Grae Muc ofthelos of helhi u o wthos faulty, careless diet. Wrong meals at A s all times and right meals at wrong or lun times load the long-suffering digestive~ health Grape Nuts-the Bod "There's a Reasor 0COMPANY .Lynchburg. Va. . WashingtonN.C. .C. Atlanta, G. Montgomery, Ala, Toledo, Ohio E HAPPY i1't( . 11, anipm it we SL1Samr reason(,1 1'4'1i111s silenIt. .undy A-o-- - --- unyt.itions of important to Mothers .,Exanilne enrefully every t~otle CASTIOltIA. tha1t farnous: oil reme-dy-. for Infants and children, and r4e ItWt&t i ync Sign ure h. only iX'ii In Use for Over 30 Yearn. or the rael Cildrl)en Cry for F letcher a CastAorex; only three( -- - --- 131lo and Large Artifiola Lakes. Toled oih ,ardiin. ,ne of the Islaind p1r. iins of Itaty, twill sn have rudge yneither hat r'Eaking canrllyn thry te Fl CAS oo, the Obi. These liaesi are ben-en4 hav wokfrucfted fnr iretin, and hyea. Iee. nr) no peo. trepwr thpss.A hepeet itv-h zrenkrs tIne te forin Ov nthisterys.f1es.s -~ the hands landfrnx nrior ihlntchaer- f M-re outure by lientrtla upt [ea eg and llen protLuagi tfaut Lfa 20,s M femporary to- otheriiui ont'rifes for nnuisaM - s ithx( tydroelecrlI e soonihav ~a1ji, iiy 'lt ie' hex rvulibl, it a expectgat ' thatI as opr last~* lhies andtI varius thie mini('lng oda liite woknn htcel fnaorerltred 11r( htl--4 . D ie wosef. i Th~oet'fi D1iferenc le mVlt~u hsbx-"rs. Sp ieIlender'isig fhusand uems S tall."----lx- with1( pariii lit" "No onlyt wi(ithtq pa tggC ardto ctch l|~reetrcpwrB ub with eement of d lestuctn (X)EW~~w -veu thet thIus and(1i landis of vi,&igPd (illt' elements.ltiuIII >jteussa delicious ceea fodenc ihas theo qualitis of ienterx iiclii em B i an. It supplies the fll,."o ricns wil nhM e spedi oo ris, wheatad. bary tote cathhvia ielements. ootnlcigfo Serveds withdlc cereafoodmik haus gies qule nofurihentc nIt er-lies the fullmachnes e plendid fodgtaforbreakt d. barley, thogethr would thee ita attl forethk, wihoigan ee