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THE STARKVILLE NEWS.
VOL. XVII
Arm them with the morale that wins battle*
BOOKS FOR SOLDIERS
SUPPLIED BY A. L. A.
English Camp Shows the Good
Work of That Organization
for Our Boys.
Something like 13,500 pieces of sta
tionery are distributed dally among
4,000 enlisted men by Uriah B. Bru
baker of lola, Kus., as librarian at the
Y. M. 0. A. writing tent, Woodley
Rest Camp of the American Kxpendl
tlouary Forces In southern England.
The number of troops at this camp
varies from 8,000 to 9,000.
This single detail indicates wlty It
la necessary for the Y. M. C. A., T. W.
C. A„ National Catholic War Council
and K. of C., War Camp Community
84fvtce, Jewish Welfare Board and
Salvation Army have to furnish 125,-
000,000 sheets a mouth for soldiers'
letters.
Hundreds ef books are taken out in
tbls small camp, books furnished by
the American Library Association and
handled by the Y. M. C. A. Most of tha
demands are for u good class of fic
tion. Thirty American newspapers an*
received there dully. One hundred and
fifty magazines are In use dally and
400 pieces of athletic equipment fur
pished by Lite are put to good use.
hooks contributed by flic American
people the association limictit 50(1271
— •
* MEANS! 4
STYLE. FIT AND CLASS IN
MEN’S and BOYS’ CLOTHING
ROSSOFF’S NEW STOCK NOW
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It is something different. It is not the cheaply
made, ill fitting kind.
IT IS CLASSY AND DISTINCTIVE.
MADE BY THE BEST TAILORS.
MADE OP THE BEST FABRICS.
MADE FOR STYLE. MADE TO FIT AND
NOTHING IS A FIT BUT A PERFECT FIT.
We are proud of our new line of Fall and Winter
Clothing, and our stock is large enough to select a
perfict fit from, and we have all styles and grades.
The Prices Arc Right.
M. RQSSOFF, SW S,
Redeem your W. S. S. PLEDGE.
boons, iiiosr ot vTnicn'Twr
”d~ wore .soul overseas. More than
1,.100,0(10 hooks of all kinds have heen
assigned to libraries In V. M. r. A.,
K. of C. or Salvation huts in the
war zone, a similar number being dis
tributed In American training camps,
while half a million are on warships
or transports; The association lias
erected and operates forty-one library
buildings.
The Salvation Army, with 1,210
workers, principally wontetu overseas,
has won the affection of the fighters.
Its 501 huts, rest and reading rooms
are popular gathering places for the
soldiers. The doughnuts fried by Sal
vation lassies in huts or trenches and
given to the men have become famous;
around the world. The Salvation:
Army gave forty-four ambulances to;
the American and Allies’ armies and
in many other ways gives constant un-i
selfish service.
I
Electric]
Bitters
Made A New iviiui Of Him.
“I was Buffering from pain in my
stomach, head and back,” writes 11.
i T. Alston, Raleigh, .N. C., “and my
liver and kidneys did not work right,
but four bottles or Electric Hitters
made me feci like anew man.''
PRICE 50 CIS. AT ALL DRUG STORES.
Wws—mi iii
It Is your duty to help make the
United War Work Campaign a success.
STARKVILLE MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1918
Why You Should Give Twice
What You Did Before
Th government has died the
sum needed for the care of the
men In the .service Mt $1 jti.noo.oOO.
t'nless Americans give twice as
much us ever before oifr soldiers,
sailors and marines In 1910 may not
enjoy their
3,O<K recreation buildings
1.000 miles of movie lilms
100 stage stars
2.000 athletic directors
2, b00 , libraries supplying
3,000.000 books
8b hostess' houses
15.000 "Big Brother" sec
retaries
Millions of dollars of
home comforts
Give to maintain the morale that
is winning the war now
MeaU Served Up-To-Date In
at All Hour. Every Particular
■JL! " i
BELL CAFE
STARKVILLE MISS.
FOR LADIES g GENTLEMEN
'
in town take your meals at the
BELL CAFE. Everything Clean
and Sanitary.
OYSTERS
Extra Selects. Plants.
• 15c Per Dozen 20c Per Dozen
Complete Line of Tobaccos.
Our Sott Drinks are pure.
We Strive to Please You.
Prompt Service ( Phone 181
United War Work
Campaign Program
The campaign begins on Monday
morning. November 11, and ends at
midnight on Monday, November .18.
As approved by representatives
of the Government at Washington
the $170,500,000 will be divided as
follows:
Y. M. 0. A $100,000,000
Y. W. C. A 10,000,000
National Catbo
11c War Conn
ell (ineluding
Knlgb Is of
Columbus)... 80,000,000
War < 'amp ('orn
inunfty Serv
ice 15,000,000
Jewish Welfare
Hoard 3,500,000
• A oi e rlca n Ll
* brary AssocJ
<ll lon 3,500,000
Salvation Army 3,500,000
Any surplus will be divided pro
rata.
irst Victory Boy’s Work.
“Say, I'm wise to you, all right,'”, a
Western I tdon messenger iioy wbls
.pered to one of the directors of the
United War Work Campaign (n the
New York beadriuariers. The direc
tor's desk bad only Just been moved
In and the work of the big drive bad
hardly begun.
"I'm onto your stunt,” the boy went
on as be swung a grimy list over the
desk; “you're goln’ to give us fellows
that ain't old enough to go to war a
chance to earn an’ give to back up a
lighter an' help win the war. Listen;
I'm in on this.”
The crumpled $5 bill be dropped on
the desk made him the first of "a mil
lion boys behind a million fighters'*
who are to be lined up as Victory Boys
during the Week of tlie drive.
There will lie a division of Victory
Girls, too, and every boy and every
girl enrolled will have to earn every
dollar lie or she gixes to the war work
fund.
SERVICE THAT WINS
THE SOLDIER HEART
Fred Lockley, Y. M. C. A., Tell# ol
the Gratitude of the Boys
at the Front.
“On* of th* discoveries men are
making over her*," Fred Lockley, a#
th# T. M. C. A. and of Portland, Ore*
gon, writes from Ixmdon, "1* that
nor* pleasure can h* had out of giv
ing than (elting. Many a man who
has spent money freely In the old day*
to buy pleasure la finding that he get*
more pleasure over here hy the spend
ing of one's self I* the service of others.
"A few montlia age I went our with
a fellow y. M. 0. A. secretary to hunt
up out-of-the-way detachment* of
troop*. A eta Me guard here, a ma
chine gun company there, a platoon
mmewhsra else. W* carried our
goods In sn automobile. We had
plenty of writing paper and envelope*
for free distribution, and chocolate,
cookies, chewing tobacco and smoking
tobacco, cigarettes, raror blade*,
tooth paste and thing* of that kind for
sale. American war service worker*
were busy everywhere. \V* found Sal
vation Army lassies making doughnut*
for the hoys and K, of C. secretaries
giving help. Books furnished by th*
American Library Association were to
be seen on all sides.
‘‘Hearing tiring at a distance, w*
drove down the road and found u
•core or so of men at machine gnu
practice. The officer gave the men
half sn hour recess to buy goods.
"At another place we came In sight
of a lieutenant drilling a platoon. I
said to the lieutenant: ‘How soon be
fore yon dismiss the company? W*
have T. M. C. A. goods for sal*.’
“He said: ‘Right now, Sergeant,
dismiss the company I’
“And ten seconds later the company
was In line wailing to buy goods from
our traveling 'T.' (baleful Is no name
for It. The men can't do enough to
show their gratitude."
Help make the United War Work
Campaign a success.
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