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Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-09-03

and is building II more; France has
20 and is building 20 additional ones;
Russia has 25, and is building 10;
while the United States has 20, and is
building 81; Austria has Is, and has
four under construction, while Italy
owns IS, and is building two. Yet the
submarine is still an unknown guam
tity in warfare.
Submarine in War.
Many of the early submarines are
small and probably of little efficiency,
and France has numerous types about
which little is known by the outside
world. The German submarines are
said to be built along the Holland
lines, while the Russian submarines
are said to follow one or more of the
French types.
The submarine, from romantic
viewpoint, should be great factor in
deciding a naval engagement, but the
fact remains that up to the present
time it has done nothing to prove its
value. 1t was believed that the moral
effect of the submarine would be al
most as important as its physical eff
feet upon an enemy's warship, but
this belief has not been justified up to
the present moment.
There we're notions that there would
be terrific fights under the seas by
submarine meeting submarine and de-
stroying each other But 1t has been
found that when submerged the sub
marine is as blind as the traditional
bat. It's crew cannot see any object
under water, and is compelled to re-
sort to the use of the perlscope, which
energies unostentatiously above the
water, in order to see its own course.
1t is known that the periscope Is
the eve of the submarine, and natural
ly attention has been paid to the best
way of destroying this vital part OF
these boats.
Submarine Versus Airships.
The designers of the submarine did
not count upon 1t being seen. 1t was
believed that it would go upon it's way,
dealing death without observation, al
though its periscope does make a
slight wake on the water, and when
submerged there are telltale bubbles.
But 1t has been discovered that from
a certain height an observer may trace
the course of submerged submarine
with as great accuracy as If 1t was
running on the surface. The dirigible
balloon and the aeroplane now can
ferret out the sneaking submarine, and
they both are supposed to be armed to
destroy the warship that moves like
fish
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-09-03
SLAUGHTER AT CHARLEROI
IS GREATEST in HISTORY

face OF a whitening FIRE from machine
guns mounted IN the steeples, and
driving the German defenders In con
fusion across the river Sambre-
Many Houses In Flames.
They found many houses smOldering
or IN flames. The inhabitants. terror
stricken. we're in the cellars. German
officers and soldiers we're found dead
I'm the streets. side by side with
Frenchmen who had fallen before or
aIterward.
One German officer was shot while
he was washing his face, and his head
was bowed over a basin, while his
face was covered with soap
Another had been lifting a cup OF
coffee to his lips when a French bull
let brought death He was found ly-
ing face downward across table, the
broken cup beside him on the floor.
German Losses Enormous.
An idea OF the enormous losses OF
the Germans In the great battle In
southwestern Belgium and OF the bray-
cry OF the kaisers soldiers Is given in
the story OF a returned traveller who
witnessed part Of the fighting along
the Sambre river, southwest OF Charlie
roi.
II was near FereuX, In a region
covered with dense woods, while the
fighting was taking place. said he. i
could hear the sound OF cannon away
to the east and knew that big battle
was raging. From my place in the
forest | suddenly saw the advance
guard of a German army approach
ing along a roadway which skirted the
trees.
There seemed to be an endless pro-
cesson OF soldiers, all dressed in a
uniform of gray Rank after rank
passed by and | thought that the END
would never come.
There was no hesitation. The men
swung forward with quick steps and
saw officers galloping along the lines
urging them forward
French open Fire.
Suddenly there was a fresh sound
Of battle, this time in front of me and
| knew that the French artillery had
opened upon the advance guard OF
the Germans. | moved cautiously for
| ward to a point where | could get
view of the battle scene. 1t was a
view which scared itself into my mem
DRY
"The French guns were hurting a
hurricane of steel and flame into the
| German ranks, but the soldiers pushed
| forward with their battle shouts on
their lips Straight into that pit OF
obstruction rushed the advancing
troops. Men fell. on every hand. It
seemed that whole platoons melted
away
cover the bodies of the dead and
wounded pushed the rear ranks OF
the invading army, rushing with hxed
bayonets upon the smoking muzzles
Of the French artillery. 1t was a SUI
perb picture of gallantry.
Aeroplane Is Smashed.
Near Erquelinnes | saw a German
aeroplane brought down. The mill
tary aviator was flying high in the
air taking reconnaissance Of the al
lies positions The specially construct
ed guns, designed to attack air craft.
were turned upon the aeroplane, but
the aviator continued his work. Sud
denly l saw the machine lurch, spin
ters flew, and then the shattered ma
! chine began to drop. 1t had been
smashed by projectile."
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-09-03

submarine, which was dream IN 1900,
is owned by the navy of the smallest
power. 1t is true that single subma-
rines are not expected to accomplish
much in a real struggle, so the larger
navies of the great powers have fleets
of submarines. The aeroplane and the
dirigble balloon are to be found in the
possession of all armies in Europe to-
day, yet they, too, are only expected to
be of real service when they are pos
sessed in large numbers.
The airships and the submarines are
the wasps of modern warfare. Like
the little insect, while they have
powerful sting, they are very vulner-
able, and may be easily crushed and
rendered powerless.
Aeroplane and Wireless.
In the recent smaller wars, aero
plans have been used to limited eX-
tent, and this use has been so much
limited that their real efficiency is ex-
pected to be finally determined by the
present war.
1t is much the same with the wire
less telegraph While it was used in
the Russo-Japanese war of ten years
ago, the apparatus was still rudimen-
tary, and the installations too few,
while the range of the apparatus was
too limited to show the greatest eff
cheney. In the intervening decade, how
ever, great advance has been made in
wireless. 1t is now possible and in
deed, is a custom every day, to send
and receive messages from distance
Of more than 5000 miles. This, then,
is a new and important factor IN naval
operations, as was seen by the censor
ship put over the great sending sta
tions on this side of the Atlantic by
the United States authorities.
Wireless has also been successfully
attached to aeroplanes.
The submarine was in existence in
1904 but 1t was a very different sea
wasp to that which England, France
and Germany are using today Yet it's
real value is yet to be determined, and
it is expected that this demonstration
will come during the present conflict.
Rapid Increase Of Submarines.
At the time Of the Spanish-American
war there were only five submarines
in all the navies of the world.
The latest edition of Brassey's Naval
Annual for this year gives the number
Of submarines in the various navies,
and shows what interest is being
taken In the wasp of the sea- Great
Britain has rs built, and is building 20
more; Germany, who only began build
ing a few years ago. already has 81.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-09-03
$500 MILE ROAD.
U. S. Building Highway From
New York to California.
Lincoln Highway Retraees Much o.
Route Of old Overland Trail From
Point Near Chicago to San
Francisco.

New York.-Hitherto America. Ike
Canada, has ignored trunk roads anu
promoted railroads. II was charac-
teristic OF her that she should seize
the swiftest thing tirst-that the rail-
way should precede the highway IN
surmounting the crest of the con-
tinent. Uncle Sam coolly reversed
the policy OF every kingdom and re-
public which since Roman days mas
drawn its military highways across
its soil He has not built an inch OF
national road since the time OF Thorn
as Jefferson. Ii is now A years since,
in Utah, the transcontinental locomo'
tives met for the first time between
the oceans, half world behind each
back" as Bret Harte put ii. But not
until this year of grace 1914 has the
ocean-to-ocean road followed the lead
of the iron rail and supplanted the
series of ragged and primitive trails
stretching from the rising to the set
ting sun.
The Lincoln highway retraces
much of the route of the old Over
land Trail from a point near Chicago
to San Francisco. That trail was
constructed long before the days OF
the red or white man by the most I'M
erring road engineer the world has
ever known-the migratory buffalo.
The bison, indeed, was a regular
transcontfnental traveller when the
earth was young. He marched along
the lines Of least resistance to the
Rockies. He discovered water. He
discovered mountain passes. he
found all the bases of supply which
have since been utilized by man, even
indicating, long before the birth OF
Moses, the actual course which the
future railroad should follow. Along
the ancient trail beaten into the SOD
by myriad hoofs followed the moe
casined feet of Indian trapper and ex-
pIorer, followed the prairie schoon-
ers" of homeseekers, the hand carts
of Mormons painfully seeking their
promised land, followed the thunder
of the stage coach. the whirlwind
rush of the pony express that car
ried for 500 the letter that now costs
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-09-03

The AmeS Monument VI WJo""s'
Erected to the Builders OF the Oihoh
Pacific Railway
a penny. the booming whistle OF the
American train, then the buggy ana
wagon of the farmer, and, last OF all
the petrol prairie schooner IT.
resistible motor car.
The story of the Overland Trail IS
one of the most moving and thrilling
in the history OF the Anglo-Saxon
race.
Happily all that belongs to the
mast Yet when the trail was
"struck" a few years after the first
motor car had coughed its way Ia
boriously across there were still the
primitive track, the vast blue-anu'
pink rolling spaces, the lonely mill
tary outpost and the abandoned
"pony-express" station or the melan'
choly water-hole on the tawny NeYa-
dan desert of the wild horse to point
the moral and adorn the tale. only
sporadic attempts had been made to
adapt the early trail to modern trat-
fic. To cross America was to risk
breaking ones neck. There were
bottomless gumbo-mud and confusing
section roads on the prairles.' Ihere
were dim COW trails through Wyo-
ming sage brush, thousand unbridged
gullies In the mountain wastes OF
Utah There we're trackless deserts
and dangerous alkali sinks in Ne
yada and break-neck pitches in the
lofty Sierras. No signposts, naviga-
ton by the sun, abominable steak
and coffee for wayside fare, rarely
decent hotel, always a bewildering
sense of "lostness," and not twenty
miles of really good road in over
two thousand miles.
The central government turned a
deaf ear to Americas crying need
transcontinental highway. The PEG
pie then determined to build a peo'
pies highway. The project began
with a handful Of automobile manu-
facturers.
What more natural than that the
old pioneer trail which ran through
the heart Of the country should be
chosen for the peoples highway?
Running from New York through
Philadelphia, Gettysburg and Pitts
burgh 1t crosses the Mississippi at
Clinton and passes through the gates
of the west at Omaha TO Cheyenne,
or Denver, Salt Lake City, Reno,
Sacramento, to San Francisco. II
DIVORCES from the overland once by
following the South Platte river In
Nebraska instead of the North Platte
through the famous South Pass of
Brigham Young, and again by sweep
ing south OF Salt Lake into Nevada,
instead OF north to Pocatello on the
Oregon trail. where began the cut
Off to the gold mines OF California
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-09-03
ounners Made Stone Deaf.

London.-A medical correspondent
OF the Times who has just returned
from Belgium says it is morally GER
tain that all the artillerymen OF the
forts at Llege are now stone deaf.
"The nerves Of hearing must fall un-
der the strain of dwelling upwards OF
a fortnight in world of mighty ex-
ploslons," he says For these men the
guns thunder now only In o silence
which may never be broken"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-09-03
WHAT PRISONERS
OF WAR WILL EAT

The following scale of daily rattons
for prisoners of war has been APP
proved by the military authorities;
One pound of bread, three-quarters
OF a pound OF biscuit one pound OF
preserved meat, three ounces OF
cheese, Gye-eighths of an ounce OF
tea, one-quarter of pound OF Jam
three ounces of sugar. one-half OF an
ounce of salt, one-twentieth of an
ounce OF mustard, one-thirty-siXth OF
an ounce of pepper, one-half OF a
pound OF fresh vegetables.
Two ounces of tobacco will be fur-
nlshed each week for smokers.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-09-03

ing had grown on It. A scientific sys-
tenn of irrigation and drainage was laid
out, under direction of Lord Kitch-
ener, at cost of $50 an acre, and It
was then handed over to the fellaheen
in five-acre plots for cultivation. Last
year the land was washed, and a crop
of rice was grown, giving a satisfac-
tory Yield. After the rice crop the
salt distribution was measured, and
the percentage was considerably re-
duced. To the great establishment OF
the fellaheen cultivators, a permanent
result had been achieved in one year,
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-09-03
WASTE LAND MADE FERTILE
Remarkable Results Have Followed
Experiments Only Recently
Undertaken In Egypt.

AS an indication of the ultimate out
come in the great delta OF EGYPT
where 100000 acres of wash salt
land awaits development, toward the
end of 1912 about 500 acres OF absolute
ly waste land at Biala were taken IN
hand. The land was so heavily I'M
pregnated with salt that for ages moth
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-09-03
Due to Quick Action

Early in August-when war bcgan-the
worlds rubber markets seemed closed to US.
Rubber prices doubled almost over night.
Men could see no way to pay for rubber
abroad, and no way to bring it in. We, like
others-in that panic-were forced to higher
prices But we have since gone back to prices
we charged before the war, and this is how
we did it:
We had men in London and Singapore when
the war broke out The larger part of the
worlds rubber supply comes through there.
We cabled them to buy up the pick of the rub
Der. They bought-before the ADVANCE 800
600 pounds of the finest rubber there.
Nearly all this is now on the way to us
And it means practically all Of the extra-grade
rubber obtainabe abroad.
Today we have own men IN Colombo,
Singapore and Para. Those are the worlds
chief sources Of rubber. So we are pretty well
assured of constant supply, and our pick OF
the best that's produced.
We were first on the ground. We were quick
est in action As result we shall soon have IN
IL
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-09-03
AND
SUBMARINES,
WASPS OF WAR
Both Are Getting Their First
Real Test in This Con-
fIiCt in Europe.
MAY FIGHT ONE ANOTHER
Each Invention Now is Prepared to
euIl the Others Sting, But Their
Actual Value Is Yet to
Be Demonstrated.

Every modern war has been fought
with new weapons, and for the last
century there have been countless In
ventions for the carrying on Of war
fare in a particularly destructive man
ner. with the philanthropic intent that
war was fast becoming so horrible and
terrible that it must soon pass away
from the face of the earth, says the
philadelphia Public Ledger.
But it happened that as soon as a
particularly horrible contrlvance was
invented and introduced into armies
and navles inventors immediately
busted themselves by offsetting and
discounting its probable effect. Con
seouently war not only has not passed
away. but we still have it with us.
~hus it is that each big war, after be
ing heralded as the worlds last con-
lagration. is found upon examination
TO be false, and the end of war is not
yet arrived.
Trying Out Inventions.
In the present war in Europe there
are being tried under the conditions of
actual hostlities many improvements
and inventions that previously have
been tried only under laboratory con-
ditions. Their real worth will only be
discovered at the close of the conflict.
No army or navy engaged In the
present conflict in Europe but what Is
possessed of nearly all of the modern
improvements made since 1870. me
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-09-03

which under the ordinary system pre-
vaillng in the country would have
taken tire or four years to accom-
plish. Cotton is now, therefore. being
satisfactorily grown on a fair proper
ton of this area, and it is expected
that II will bring from SIS to 800 an
acre
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-09-03
Tires at
Before-War Prices

There exists now a new, compelling
reason for buying Goodyear tires. 1t re-
suits from War conditions.
These leading tires built of extra-fine
rubber, in the same way as always-are
selling today at June prices.
You will find today very wide difference
between most tire prices and Goodyears.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-09-03
Counting Up Fines.

Are the running expenses OF an
automobile very hlgh?"
Not IL the motorcycle cop fails to
get your number"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-23
Letter From Want and Barr.

Having sold our interest in
business with a view to move
from the iowa. | take this
method of extending thanks to
my many friends and customers
for their kind and liberal patron
age which you have given me for
the past 30 years.
1t has always been our policy
to try to buy best and most de-
penable goods for the money and
to merit the confidence of the
public.
The business will be continued
along the same lines as in the
past and will be conducted by
Asa B. Harris, w. ]. Mathews
and JAS. w. Barr. All Of whom
are experienced men and we hope
YOU will show them the same
kind consideration that you have
always shown us and we assure
you that you will BIS treated fare
If and given the best prices con-
sistand with honesrmerchandise.
We want to get our matters
settled up as early as convenient
and hope to see each and every
customer within the next six
weeks and settle, If in town
don's fail to come in, whett en-
you are prera AIRED to pay or rot
and we will go over our account
and balance up. and make some
arrangement about the payment
in the future.
Thanking you all again for
past favors, we remain,
Yours very respectfully,
WANT & BARR.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-23
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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-23

'eerving and excepting from said bomb
cry The lot or parcel OF lacd conveyed bv
q. W, Eaylor aud others to Ivan Bush by
deed dated August 10Th, 1906, recorded
IN said Clerks Office in Deed Box No. 81.
at page !"3, 10 which deeds re!r,ence is
made for more specific description III
said reservation.
TERMS OF SALE; Cash ia l,u.d ORA
day Of sale
IUi.ENrz . HAMILTON.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-23

Chenoweth, Wheeler Chenoweth.
w. II. Jackson. r. j. Knots, G..
w. Hays and C. M. Eisman as
sureties and continued.
ChanCery Orders
State Of West Virginia VS..
Warden Bush. order redeeming
az IL acres by P. S. Cox,
A. Hardman. Admr, VS.. G. w.
Hardman ct al, decree confirm
ing sale of Clay county real es-
tate.
Corrected report of D. E. Slut
Ter, commissioner to settle with
Bruce Terrell, school commission
err, ordered recorded.
7. j. Haverty VS.. C, C. Bee.
decree setting aside deed made
by Ezekiel Deems to defendant.
John A. Buck, Admr. VS.. Ma
ry Ellen Buck, referred to A, G.
Mathews, chancery commission
er.
State OF West Virginia VS.. j.
H. Buck ct ais, decree of sale Of
school lands,
s. p. Bell and j. M, Hamilton.
CONS, VS.. G. X. OfPutt ct al,
dismissed.
Greed Yoak VS.. Albert w.
Steele, order of reference.
G. A. Jarvis, Admir-, VS.. Eliza
beth Campbell, order of refer
ence and Worth Barr, Granville
Johnson and D. w. Shock APP
pointed commissioners t. make
partition Of certain lands.
Florence Long vs.. Mont Long,
decree Of divorce and custody of
child awarded plaintiff.
T A. Francis vs.. Francis Ear
lywine, demurrers overruled and
defendant required to answer in
thirty days.
State Of West Virginia vs..
Warden Bush. redemption cf lOC
acres by A. Hardman Jr. allow
ed,
w. d. Whiting & Son VS..
French Queen, dismissed agreed.
Mary Wright VS.. Ralph
Wright, decree of divorce.
Watts, Ritter & Co VS.. u. G.
Adams, decree Of sale.
Bertha Fritz VS.. Eddie Stall
man ct al, decree appointing D.
| w. Shock, NJ. A. c. Board anc
Newman Nicholson to make par
tition Of certain lands.
J. A. c. Smith, Admr., VS.
Minnie Morris, decree confirm
ing sale Of 40 acres to A. b
1 Kehney.
Kate Stewart vs. Leah Stew
rrt, decree appointing ID. w
shock r A. Terrell Jr and G
a. Jarvis to make partition O
certain lands,