The Williamstown News from Williamstown, Kansas • 1

ws Williamstown, Kansas, Thursday, August 8, 1918 VOLUME Rev. J. D. Chapbelle left Wed-nesday. for his month of vacation.

Virsie McKnight and Geneve' Cailpens of Menote, spent a couple of days with Mrs, Hamp Evans. and Mrs. Burgess spent Dr. Kerr Writes From Franco Blois, Fiance Mr. Geo.

Connell, Lecompton, Kansas. Dear Mr. Connell: I think of the Lecompton people very often General Blacksmithing LOCAL NEWS Jake, NealandGuy Vasbinder have been called to the colors, this week. Rev. Chappelle and wife were in town a couple of days" this week.

The Ladies Aid served lunch and ice cream for the primary, Tuesday, C. E. Wilson spent Sunday in Lawrence. I Jim Baker Sunday morn- Thursday in Topeka. Kenny Kyle' spent the week end with his wife and daughter Horse shoeing, Plow Wagon Repairing, Disc Grinding, Machine v-orl: L.

D. egener shipped a car of a'nd the time that I have spent there seems much more pleasant as the distance from there increases and the likelihood of a speedy return thero decreases. I certainly feel as -though I had It ft a great many friends thor.1 in Lecompton and expect you as hogs and cattle from Lecompton. Tuesday night. Returning home from Kansas City, Wednesday It Its Br I Can evening.

Steve Welter dug a couple of a sort oi mouth piece lor the community to at least give tlv cars of potatoes the first of the C. A. I a word of remembrance from out of this letter if vou ever ing for Excelsior Springs, Mo. for a few days. John Tucker answered his country'e call, Sunday.

Jeff Parnel! returned from Topeka, Monday morning. Jake and Mat Stallard motored to Kansas City, Monday evening returning Tuesday. Leslie Legar is now world ng at the-Pcrry Motor Perry. Jim Leger started to dig pota- toes, the last of the week. it.

I cei tainly have had a fine Kansas Williamstown, lot of travelling since the first oi June-Thaf day we left Ft. Riley Had a pbasant trip to the week. Walter Kunkle has purchased a new Dodge car. R. family of Mc-Clouth spent Tuesday night with Mia.

Hamp Evans. Mr. and Mrs. L. D.

Wegener were in Lecompton, Thursday afternoon. Atlantic coast. Were in camp near the harbor for about' one- week, then took shin. Were on the water for 14 days. Was a little seasick the first clay out.

i' it roirm 01 ue i sterday morning 5, of us start Lost one meal and failed to tst Clarence Lesly 5 one other one. Had-very con- ed out and crossed the Loire river on an old stone arch bridge an 1 Rev. Chappelle were in Lawrence, Tuesday, afternoon. that was built in.1717. It had -en partially destroyed in some iajf id Ji -ijiir i.i meters thick (b0 thickness of th.1 space' for the passages.

The more 1 s-eo oi' Franca the Dober i the French people gt anything i'r of the old wars of France and re built as it now stands by Napol eon in 1804. It should be a les son to Americans in puilding to Mr. and Baker went to Lawrence, Friday, where Mr. Baker was operated on for tonsils. He is reported better at this writing.

Mrs, Bud Hudson went to Kansas City, to visit her davgh-ter a few -days, Charley Baker has spent the past week at Excelsior Springs, Mo. Mrs. Mame Bush of Perryf spent a couple of days with her parents. Mr. and Mrs.

Earl Chit wood spent Friday with Mrs. Chit-wood's brother at Linwood. Mrs. Rose Cray was in Lawrence, Wednesday, see the old structures that have ovjr here 1 hip, 1 pavl 01 Y.kj ir, an i If. I don't my ii 1 obliging.

p.iie-d y-i I xageroted been standing here for centur be more gracious an. L. C. Biggs will be in this neighbhrhood representing the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. shortly.

This company writes policies on the entire family from one year to 65 years of age. It accepts policies from 5.00 to $1,000,000. Largest Life Insurance in ex-istance. Mr-W. R.

Aylsworth, Dept. Supt. No. Bowersock Lawrence. Kat.sas, will be with him.

I have" often read ies and will be for centuries to come provided German bombs do ness of the Fie have never heard it not destroy them, rom the bridge we walked a few rod3 to ah old cathedral in which Joan of Arc worshipped 70- years before lumbus discovered America. Another example 'f tlu aubitun- Bank ThEtAK KERSvWE at all. -Since beginning this I have received the first mail ince lave-ing America A I 't rm Mr; err written the vvi tojk ship to come over hers. Hope I will gat mail along now. Give my regards to your motherhope she is well is usual and cheerful and happy ai ver.

Rt-membtr me to all the fellows along the street and sir i boost for the Uural high school, Hope when I com ba -k wil1 find many changes for ih- better 101 the old town. It is a Ci od plai even if old and slow. Yours with best wishes, C. C. rr.

1 rjyfrff iili filli illlii jjly tial buildings of those times Since being in France I have visited three old Chaleaus or country places of the old kings of ancient France. One of them built as long ago as the 8th century. The oldest of thte havepf course been rebuilt to a great extent but the old tapestries are still on many of the lis and several of the paintings. In one of the chateaus wa3 a painting J. P.

Morgan tried to buy but did not have money enough. That is in the chateau in whicn Alexander Dumas used to live and was used for scene of plot in his book "Three Musketeers." I used to think when reading those old stories that the secret doors in walls and secret passages thru and under the castles were creations of the imagination of the niilhnr in order to iret out of a genul roummate in" the state room and a pbasant trip bat we sure were glad to get sight land and to get on terra fK-nu once more. We never 'saw or heard of any submarine on the whole trip. Spent ona day crossing England by railroad. It iia fine country, intensivly cul liva-led and densely populated.

Tin most peculiar thing in England, to me was the great number oi cr.imneys on the houses, no frame buildings at all and the very old buildings, every thirg is built of stone or brick and il only asmall builuingit is put uj, to stay for years. Southern England is especially very beau-tif j1. Fine homes and gardens and the flowers very beautiful and trees veVy large. Have ben in France now for a week. Am near the central part of France now, yet- am -clear out of hearing distance of the firing at the front.

Took one night and to make the trib by railroad from the coast to here. I believe I like France better than England though it is very dry li, wand crops no: very good. The soil is i 1 1 i vly cu 1 1 i a led a great deal of hay, rye, wheat and potatoes are raised and gardens everywhere. Right here there are a great many grapes and other fruits. Our burraas here are an old and 5 story building erected by Napoleon and am right in the city, a city of about 40,000 people.

It is not spread out like a city of that population would be in America. The business of the city ii almost all conducted by the women. The men arch ilia army or tending erop3. Have lots ot fun shopping but never SjWso courteous or patient people as these women are. Tried to sell me a set of china ware this morning when I asked for a lot-tie of library paste.

Cany a dictionary of Frcnch-Fnlishand can usually make out enough to get what I want. Have spent a g-iod deal of time sight seeing and there are many interesting historical places to visit here. I LLIAM Tuw KAN AS Wash i n.j ton h- erDead 'Ovor A Washington girl today mourns the death of a other in France, She ha thvn him andeduc.ittd hiin hi e-r-ly child.uod. Ihs na a in today's casualty as iding "died from acci 1 jutorotrur Does a General Banking Business Pays Interest On Time Deposits Every Deposit Cluarranteed By Surety Bond Your Banking Solicited dilema. I have changed my mir.d I cause3 causes." I Ha is E.

feini. R. NANCE, Cashier. The Kaw Valley Creamery Co. for have seen a good many, of just such passages and ken through some of the underground tunnels.

In connection with one of tin alone there i3 supposed to bs 7 or 8 miles of these underground passages leading from various parts of the property with dungeons here and there alonv? the tunnel. Have been in some of the old dungeons. The oldest of these old buildings is new Leinguscd by the English as a hospital. In most of the old buildings even the partition walls between the Winfield, Kansa-, AM artiliery in France. His iistf Miss Sylvia M.

Kettering, 2117 street northwest, is a stenographer in the office of the'as-sistant directoi of the bureau of-Imports, connected with the War Trade Board. She had not heard of her brother's death when a representee of the Times approachid her this morning. "Dead? It's hard, but there are other mothers and sisters that bear it, so I gu I cm, she said, and theategan to l. Washington Time3, Ice Cream 510 Miss. Street Kansas Phone B20 Lawrence,.