12
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE
WITH EMPEY
(Continued)
___________ The ship, a
huge three stack-
On Board er, was lying
alongside. We
• were shoved Into
single lile, ready to go up the gang
plank. Then our real examination
took place. At the foot of the gang
plank were a group of men around
a long table. They certainly put us
Through a third degree to out if
there was any German blood in us.
Several men were turned down.
.Luckily, I got through and signed
for the voyage, and went on board.
At the hand of tho gangplank
stood tho toughest specimen o£ hu
manity I have ever seen. He looked
like a huge gorilla, and had a big,
rtrescent-shaped, livid scar running
from his ieti ear under his chin up
t,o his right eye. Every time he
spoke the edges of the scar seemed
to grow white. His nose was broker
and he had huge, shaggy eyebrows.
His hand was resting on the rail of
the ship. It looked like a ham, and.
inwardly 1 figured out what would
happen to me if that ham-like fist
ever came in contact with tho point
of my jaw. As we passed him he
showered us with a few compli
mentary remarks, such as "Of all the
lousy scum 1 have ever seen, this
.hunch of lubbers is the worst, and
This is what they give me to take
thirteen hundred horses to Ror-:
ileaux." Later on I found this Indi
vidual was foreman of the horse
gang.
We were ordered aft and sat on
the after hatch. The fellow on my
l ight was a huge, blue-gumnn d
negro. He was continually scratch-|
ing himself. I unconsciously eased i
away from him and bumped into the,
tallow sitting on my left. After a i
{food look at him I eased back again
in the direction of the negro. I {
don't think he had taken a bath
since escaping from the cradle.
Right then my uppermost thought 1
was how I could duck this trip to
l'Vance. The general conversation!
among the horse gang was: "When
do we eat?"
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May your New Year be filled with goodness I
® and prosperity beyond measure. And may your
thoughts and prayers—as ours—be given to our
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WE EXTEND NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS
and thank you for past favors, wishing you all
success and prosperity during 1918, hoping
to have the pleasure of your continued patron
age at our new location, 10 South Market
Square, about February 1, 1918, with larger
quarters, larger stocks. We again thank you.
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A New Year Wish
The best thing we can wish you is suc
cess and happiness. And one way to
attain them is through preparation
for j our future. We will serve you in
the years to come with the same effi
ciency.
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i!
MONDAY EVENING,
By Arthur Guy Empey
Wo must have sat there about
twenty minutes, when the second
1 foreman came aft. I took fifteen
■ guesses at his nationality, and at last
came to the conclusion that he was
} a cross between a Chinaman and a
' Mexican. He was thin, about six
' feet tall, and wore a huge sombrero.
1 His skin was tanned the color of
• leather. Every time ho smiled 1 had
1 the impresion that the next minute
3 ho would plant a stiletto in my back.
His name was Pinero. His introduo
• tlon to us was very brief: "Get up
■ off of that blankety blank hatch end
I line up against the rail." We did as
ordered. Then he commanded: "All
: the niggers line up alongside of the
port rail." I guess a lot of them
I did not know what he meant by the
. | "port rail" because they looked very
; much bewildered. With an oath he
snapped out: "You blankety blank
s Idiots. The port rail is that rail
over there. Come on. Move or I'll
soon move you." Ho looked well
. able to do this and the niggers
promptly shuttled over to the place
l designated. He quickly divided us
I into squads of twelve men, then or
: dered: "All of you who are deserters
: from the Army or who have seen
• service in the Cavalry step out in
~ front." Four others besides myself
: stepped out. The first man, he came
; to he informed: "You're a straw
I boss. Do you know what a straw
| boss is?" This man meekly answered,'
| "No sir." With another oath, the
I second foreman said: "All right.
• I you're not a straw boss: fall back."
I got the cue immediately. My turn
; came next.
"Do you know what a straw boss
is?"
I said: "Sure."
He said: "All right, you're a straw
| boss."
I had not thej
I T , least idea of what;
i m a waß talking
I "Straw about, but made
■Rcicc" "P mind thati
■ DO " it would not take I
me long to flndi
out. Then he passed down the line,
picking out straw bosses. I asked j
j one of the men in my gang what were j
I the duties of a straw boss. He had]
i been over with horses before, and,
told mo that a straw boss meant to j
I be in charge of the gang to feed thej
horses and to draw and keep careful;
| check of the straw, hay, oats and!
! bran. Having served in the Cavalry,
i this job, as 1 figured, would be a ,
I regular pie for me.
! In about an hour and n half's time
Pinero had selected his straw bosses
I and divided the men into gangs, and I
assigned us to our quarters on the
i ship. These quarters were between j
decks and very much crowded; the.
j stench was awful. Iron bunks, three I
S deep, with filthy and lousy mat
! tresses on them, were set into the!
'sides of the ship. The atmospherei
in that dirty hole turned my stomach
i and X was longing for tho fresh airj
of the deck. A dirty bum, with to-1
bacco juice running out of the corner |
of his mouth, turned to me and!
asked: "Do the gray backs bother!
you much, matey'.'" A shudder ranj
{through me as I answered: "Notj
much." Rut I figured out that aS|
j soon as I got them, which I knew
1 in a very short time would occur,
I they certainly would bother me, but
i I had to keep a stiff upper lip if I
i wanted to retain their respect and
my authority as straw boss.
One old fellow in my gang was a
trouble maker. He must have been
! about forty years old and looked s
| hard as nails. He was having an
I agument with a pasty-faced looking)
specimen of humanity, about twenty-i
| six years old. To mo this man ap
peared to be in the last stages of
[ consumption. 1 told the old fellow
I to cut out his argument and leave
the other fellow alone. Upon hear
ing this he squirted a well-directed
stream of tobacco juice through his
front teeth, which landed on my
shoe. I Instantly admired and re
spected his accuracy. I saw my
authority waning and knew that X
would have to answer this insu.t
quickly. I took two or three quick
steps forward and swung on his jaw
w'ith my fist. His head went up
against the iron bunk with a sick
ening sound and he crumpled up and
fell on the deck, the blood pouring
from the cut in his head. I felt sick,
and faint, thinking that he had been
killed, but it would not do to show
these signs of weakness on my part,
so without moving toward him I or
dered one of the men to look him
over and see if he was all right. He
soon came around. From that time
on he was the most faithful man in
the section and greatly respected mfc
The rest of the men growled am*
mumbled and I thought I was in for
a terrible beating. Ikying close at
hand was an iron spike about IS
inches long. Grasping this, I turned
to the rest, trying to be as tough
as I possibly could:
"If any of the rest of you bums
think they are boss around here,
start something, and I will sink this
into their head." Although I was
quailing underneath, still I got away
with it, and from that time on I was
boss of my section.
Now every man was smoking or
chewing tobacco. Pretty soon the
hold became thick with smokf, and
1 was gasping for breath, when the
voice of the foreman came down
the companionway:
"Turn out on deck and give a hand
loading the horses. .Look alive or I'll
come down there and rouse you out
pretty quick."
We needed no second invitation
and lined up on the deck. I looked
over the rail. On the dock were 1
hundreds of the sorriest looking'
specimens of liorsetlesh I have ever
laid eyes on. These horses were in
groups of ten or twelve, being held
by horsemen from the New Jersey
stockyards. A lot of the men who
had shipped as horsemen had never
led a horse in their ltl'e, and it was
pitiful to see their fear.
The foreman let out a volley of
oaths for them to move quickly, and
they decided to accept the lesser evil
and take a chance with the horses.
Then the work of loading com
menced.
J have been in a Cavalry regiment
when hurry-up-orders were received
to entrain for the Mexican border
and helped to load eleven hundred
horses on trains. The confusion on
that dock was indescribable. The
horses were loaded by three run
ways. My gang and I were detailed
on tho after runway. The foreman
was leaning over the rail, glaring
down upon us and now and then
giving instructions mixed with hor
rible oaths. He had a huge marlin
spike in his hand. On the dock was
the second foreman, in his large
sombrero, a red neckerchief around
his neck, wearing a blue shirt with
the sleeves rolled up to the elbows,
and in his right hand a coiled lariat.
It did one's heart good to see him
rope the horses which broke loose.
I'pon watching his first performance
I knew I was correct when I figured
him as having Mexican blood in his
veins.
-A bleary-eyed drunk was trying to
lead a horse by the halter up our
run. He was looking back at the
horse, at the same time tugging and
jerking on the halter. You could see
the white in the horse's eyes, and I
knew right away, from my experi
ence with horses, that this was a
bad one, or, as we would term him
in the Cavalry, an •"Outlaw." Ths
drunk was cursi.,g and swearing and
kicking up at the horse's head. The
foreman saw this and directed his
barrage at the offender.
"How in h 1 do you expect to
lead a horse while looking at him?
Turn your back to him, you lousy
bum. You are blocking the whole
run. Turn your back to him, X say.
You can't lead him that way. I£ X
come down there to you, I'll soon
show you how to get him aboard!"
The bleary-eyed one became be
wildered and in his excitement lost
his footing on the slippery runway
and fell underneath the horse, at
the same time loosening his hold on
the halter chain. The horse jerked
his head loose, reared up, turned
around and made a break for the
dock. The man on the gangway
tried to scramble <Slit of rtie way. The
horse, in wheeling, let fly with both
heels and caught him below the
right ear with his near hind foot.
With a piercing shriek the drunk
clasped both hands to his head, fell
over backward and rolled down to
the foot of the gangplank, and lay
there in a crumpled heap, the blood
pouring from his nose, mouth and
the wound below his ear.
Upon hearing this shriek several
of the men leading their horses in
their fright turned them loose, and
there was a mad stampede on the
dock.
The pasty-faced horseman, whom
I had helped out a little while before
in the argument about his bunk was
standing near the runway, holding
on to a horse. He turned his horse
loose and rushed to the bloody mass
which was twitching with convulsive
shudders. The foreman, on seeing
this accident, snapped out a long
string of curses, which almost froze
my heart:
"What did I tell you? Didn't I tell
you not to look at him? I knew
you would get it, and a damned good
job, too; blocking that run with your
fool tricks."
Then he noUced the pasty-faced
horseman stooping over the bleeding
man.
"Get 'im by the heels, you cross
between a corpse and mummy, and
drag him out of the way. We've
bloody well got t8 get this ship
loaded to catch the tide."
The pale-faced man kept on with
his examination without paying any
attention to the foreman's instruc
tions. The foreman got blue in the
face and bubbled over with rage.
"Do you hear what X tell you? Get
'lm out of the way. This ship has
got to be loaded or I'll go down there
and pound some obedience into you."
[To he Continued.]
W. C. T. V. MEETING
Shiremanstown, Pa., Dec. 31.—The
monthly meeting of the Bhiremans
town Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union will be held to-morrow
evening at the home of Miss Marie
Strong, in laocust street.
RED CBOSS MEETING
Shiremanstown. Pa., Dec. 31.—A
meeting of the Red Cross Society
will be held this evening at the fire
englnehouse.
To Car* n Cold In One D my
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
Tablets. Druggists refund money if
it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S sig
nature is on each box. 30c.
AdvcrtUtcient.
HAJcOr WP/S 1 ELKOttAl*fT
MmMm ;
TO SAVE STEAM;
Power Company Calls on j
Churches to Abandon
Evening Services
Conservation of steam heat dur
ing the present severe cold snap
was asked by C. M. Kaltwasser yes
terday, of the patrons of .the H&r
rirburg light and Power Company 1
yesterday. Private consumers are]
requested by Alt. Kaltwasser to turn j
off the city heat in the rooms they
are not actually using and thu<
concentrate the heat in one or two
rooms, at the same time saving the
Power Company the additional steam |
needed to heat the whole house.
Churches using city steam were ve-|
quested to suspend their evening j
service in an effort to conserve steam!
for private users. A number cf
churches suspended their evening!
servico to co-operate with the
Power Company.
Additional relief for uptown users
was promised through the boiler
plant of Blough Brothers, which the
Power Company is arranging to have
connected with its mains at Third
and Iteily streets.
In a statement issued last nis'nt,
Air Kaltwasser makes the follow
ing explanation:
Unusual Weather
"The prevailing winter season is
one of extreme severity and the
present under zero weather is most
unusual lor December for this vicin
ity and according to weather fore
casts is likely to continue for sev
eral days. Because of these weather
conditions and unavoidable delay in
installing of stoking equipment or
dered January 11, 1917 (almost a
year ago), our heating equipment
has been operating under adverse
conditions the past four weeks?.
"The result has been that we have
not felt it safe to operate ther*e
stokers to their full capacity. ITn.
der the present operating conditions!
we can very readily take care of
such steam demands as our cus
tomers may put upon us under nor
mal winter conditions.
"The additional demand, however,
placed on our equipment on account
of the extreme cold weather, when
the temperature went below zero,
requires that we operate our stokers
to their full capacity in order to
give an adequate steam supply. We
do not consider it safe, because of
the operating condition of our
stokers, to run them to their full
capacity at the present time, since
it would in all probability result in
a complete shutdown of this equip
ment.
"Since this present weather prom
ise.! to continue until next Wednes
day. we communicated with prac
tically all of our steam customers
and advised them of the foregoing,
with the request that they help us
relieve the strain on our plant by
reducing their demand.
"In order to do this effectively,
wo asked the steam users to heat
only such rooms that must absolute
ly be heated and to take care that
the temperature of such rooms does
not exceed 70 degrees. All radia
tors in rooms which are not in
actual use should be shut off and
the doors of such rooms closed dur
ing the present severe weather.
"By receiving this help we will be
in a position to supply heat during
the present cold snap to such rooms
as must be used and also prevent
thereby possible shutdown.
"In order to offset the partial fail
ure of the new stoker equipment,
we have just completed arrange
ments by which the steam capacity
of the Ninth Street Plant will be
supplemented by the use of the
plant of Blough Bros. The steam
generated at this point amounts to
approximately 400 horse-power and
will be delivered to our mains at
Third and Heily streets. The neces
sary material has been ordered and
received and work was started
this morning, and will be pushed
to completion as rapidly as possible.
This will greatly relieve the situa
tion and should enable us to give
good service during the remainder
of the winter.
"We wish to thank our con
sumers for their hearty and unani
mous co-operation in our effort to
meet this emergency and to assure
them that we have done and will
continue to do everything in our
power to avoid team interruption."
Use McNeil's Cold Tablets. Adv.
<ww*vmv> <■
1918 Greeting
It is a pleasure to us at this time to express
our gratitude to the many people who have
patronized this store during the year just
past.
It is not the business we received from
them, alone that we arc thankful for.
We appreciate the confidence imposed in
our store, the good feeling towards the store,
shown by the public.
In view of these sentiments—for there is
sentiment in a healthy and going business —
we sincerely wish
Your New Year
To Be a Happy One
And Prosperous For You
Gately&Fitzgerald
31 SO JTH SECOND ST.
• V
OHiiATOfi FOR
PALESTINE FUND
Zionists Start World-Wide
Drive to Restore Holy
Land
New York, Dec. 31.—1n every state
Ir. the Union this week the big drive
begins under the auspices of the
Zionist Organizations of America to
raise a million dollars as a prelimi
nary fund for the re-establishment of
a Jewish state in Palestine and the
restoration of the Holy I<and. Docal
organizations are being formed in
400 cities to push the campaign. The
first million dollars will bo devoted
to immediate needs for reconstruction
work In Palestine, and to ascertain
the costs for permanent re-establish
ment. It will be followed by the or
ganization of a huge fund of possibly
$100,000,000, to be raised by Zionists
in all parts of the world.
The National Finance Commission
of the Palestine Restoration Fund,
which will have charge of the cam
paign, has opened headquarters at 44
Kast Twenty-third street. Rugene
Meyer Jr. la chairman, Louis liobison
administratis-! chairman and llenry
G. Alsberg, secretary, and among the
committee members are Nathan
Straus, Mrs. Mary Fels, Prof, and
Mrs. Kichard Gottheil; Judge Julian
Mack and Max Shulman, of Chicago;
I.ouis Kirstein, of Boston; Israel B.
Brodie and Dr. Frederick Sonnerbein,
of Baltimore; Dr. Max Heller, of New
Orleans, and Clarence I. DeSola, of
Montreal.
The million dollars will be used to
rehabilitate the forty-eight Jewish
colonies in Palestine which have been
crippled by war conditions, to start
their re-establishment as going con
cerns. and to take initial steps look
ing toward the Zionist administration
of Palestine.
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, chairman of
the provisional executive committee
of the Zionist organizations of Amer
ica. declared yesterday that the pres
ent campaign was the most Important
ever organized by the Jews in Amer
ica.
"We face the opportunity to re
establish a homeland for our people,"
he declared. "This year promises to
mark an historical turning point in
the history of the Jew. All over tie
world, impoverished by war, Jews are
looking hopefully to us in America
to furnish the means to realize their
age-long dream of repatriation. We
\ave a wonderful privilege and a
grave responsibility."
SERVICE FtiAti AT HALIFAX
Halifax. Pa., Dec. 31. — A servi'
flag containing fifteen stars, whic.
was purchased through the efior •
of G. M. Smith, of this place, 1...t
been ordered from one of the lead
ing flag-making concerns ot I * *•,
country and it is planned to hav
reach Halifax in time for a "'w.
demonstration and flag-raising on
New Year's Day. The committee in
charge of the affair have secured as
the speaker the Rev. Harry Daniel,
of Sinnamohoning, who is state chap
lain of the P. O. S. of A. The flag
will be hung in the middle of the
street in front of the post office in
Market street and will have room
for additional stars, which will be
added as the boys answer their coun
try's call.
NISSI.KY-HKI.SKY WEDDING
Kast Donegal, Pa., Dec. 31.—; Miss
Mary M. Heisey, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Phares Heisey, was married yes
terday to Samuel K. Nissley, of Eliz
dbethtown. by the Rev. L. O. Musser.
at his residence. They were attended
by Miss Susan Nissley and Norman N.
Nissley.
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Weigh Yourself Before Taking.
Price 60 Cent*. Special 90 Cents.
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| Greetings f
| to Our ij:
| Many F|
11 WE THANK YOU ij:
i Mnjr we show our appreciation <1;
1 V to you for the xplcnilld patron-
I !i! nice that we have enjoyed dur
. ;i; ing the paxt year.
! ij: MAY YOU ENJOY A j|;
ji>: HAPPY, PROSPEROUS i;i
[iji NEW YEAR
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NEW CUMBERLAND, PA.
TO KEEP NERVES
FIT IN TRENCHES
Yankees in France Write
Home How Much Ciga
rets Arc Needed
I hear the hemlock chirp and sing
AH If within its ruddy core
It held the happy heart of spring;
never san# like that,
No I* Saadl grave, nor ilaflz gay.
J lounge and blow white rings
of smoke
And watch them rise and float
away.
Imagine a zero day like this with
out a smoke, generous render. Not
much lounging such as our poet liked
'r du,K , 0 ln - Well, hardly! ltead
.. CO,umn " ot tlle Telegraph the
narratives of Airman Shaffer of how
these birdmen put in their day. Bead
„ " ? C ° UntH " f 11,0 American cngi
neeis, tine, well-bred chaps who do
nothing for months but dig ditches,
standing in the filthy water up to the
waist. Bead of the recruits and their
constant drill, in artillery, cavalry
i and infantry, and then deny yourself
a pack of cigarets. It is your duty.
1 Oil niay think you have a hard, tedi-
H ~J ob' but you are not flirting
with death every moment. You have
t ie time to "lounge and blow white
rings of smoke."
Betters* from the front emphasize
that a smoke over in that vale of furv
1? ,ux r.v. no plaything, but it
genuine tonic and soother which you
need in times of stress or when off
y your nerves are still strung
up. \\ hen I landed over here "
writes a sergeant in a machine gun
company, "I determined to keep mv
pledge not to smoke. 1 held out for
nearly three weeks, and then one
night I came back from six hours'
tramping in the rain, chilled to the
bone; and. once again dry, I suddenly
got so mad for a smoke that I think
I would have stabbed anybody who
o jetted. lhi s is the way one craves
a elgaret in this sort of life."
A pipe and fragrant smoiting to
bacco are beginning to be most popu
lar, according to the bulk of letters.
Cigarets are always in demand, but
many soldiers have discovered that
there is more satisfaction in a pipe.
Don t you bother about this, but send
your contribution and let the men
who know decide what should be
shipped, lou will get a personal ac
knowledgement which will fully re
pay you for your sacrifice.
AOCIDKNTS AT iTK\VIST()\\ V
, Lewlstown, Pa., Dec. 31. —John
arolus, badly injured at the Stand- 1
,;d Steel Works, is in a serious con-,
I aition.
While coasting on a small hill at!
veagertown, Koy Shontz. aged 13;
years, son of John Shontz, had his
left leg broken. The sled struck a
stone and in the mixup the young-1
ster received the fracture.
H. w. BILLOW BURIED
Newport, Pa., Dec. 31. —Funeral
services were held on Saturday for!
H. W. Billow, the Pennsylvania rail- I
road trackwalker, >vho was killed last
\vednesday when st-uck by a train at
lriquois. Services were held at his
late home in llowo township.
I Lost!^
|B "SPOT" WAS THE NEIGHBOR
j||§2! HOOD PET. All the children
i||||!l loved this friendly, playful little
'ISII PUP
ONE DAY when "Bobbie," the
proud owner of "Spot," came
home from school there was no
"Spot" to see him from afar and
jjgsSj come tearing down the street to
iSy| meet him.
lllllj "SPOT" HAD evidently strayed
jj too far from familiar scenes and
iB got lost.
jj|j|j BUT "SPOT" simply had to be
jjpsjj found —for Bobbie and all the
ispis! other kids took his loss mighty
I IIP hard.
jjpsjl Bobbie's father finally hit on the
IB! plan that succeeded. He be
ig! thought himself of the "LOST
AND FOUND" column in the
!g| "TELEGRAPH." And sure
enough the day following pub
lication of the ad, "Spot" was
returned and all the kids are
happy again. So is "Spot.''
IT BEATS ALL," said Bobbie s
!||f father that night, "HOW
S WANT ADS IN THE TELE
GRAPH TURN THE TRICK."
is * 1 '*
oi rrvor" 31. w?
Or. Timt ? kv. YV.-
Calls Described i>
Well-Known Publisher
' U tlie late sixties," says O. 11.
Putnam in "Memories of a Publish
er," N'ew York had not yet outgrown
certain of its old-fashioned or so
called provincial habits. One of the
customs was that of making New
Years calls, a practice that had been
Inherited from the Dutch founders
or the city. Long before the begin
ning of the twentieth century the
growth of the metropolis had made
impossible this pleasant and conven
ient habit of coming into touch (at
least once a year) with a circle of
family friends, but in 1866 the ladies
still stayed at home on New Year's
day, and old men and youngsters did
what they could in the hours be
tween 11 in ihe morning and mid
night to check oft with calls of from
live to fifteen minutes their own vis
iting list with that of their wives,
their sisters or their mothers.
"In my own diary for January 1,
1866, I tind the entry, 'Made thirty
five calls.' 1 remember on that day
coming back in the middle of the
afternoon for a word with my moth
er and finding old Mr. Bryant in iter
parlor. It was sleeting violently out
side. and the luxurious young men
of the day were going about in
coupes. It was the practice, in order
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Store Cl< y Tomorro\^B
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expense, for two or thri
oln In the expense of act
the day. Mr. Bryant, ho\
1 trudged through the sle<
una in response to some words fro
iny mother of appreciation of h
efTort In coming out in such weat) ,
replied cheerily: 'Why. I rather I
a fre.sh temperature, Mrs. Putna
.t Is only the young men who i.J
chilly and lazy.'
' Fifteen or eighteen years lat
New Year's calls in society had 1
come a tradition of the past."
Aged Cousins Die Within
Few Hours of Each Oth<
Wrightsville, Pa., Dec. 81. —Ihu !
8. Grim, of near town, aged 78 ejra
died Thursday night from the eA|<
of u stroke, and a few hours A
his cousin, Hufus Grim, 76 years ■
(tied from a complication of diseal
Both men saw service during l
Rebellion, and were in l.tbby pris
'File latter was at Appomatox tvl
General Lee surrendered. Jai
Grim and his wife recently celebra
their sixtieth wedding annlversi
they being married a short t
when the war broke out. Five c
dren, besides the wife and a brot
survive. Itufus Grim is survived
his wife, two sons and two sisfc
Both men wcro members of
Grand Army.