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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-07-09
ILLICIT DISTILLERIES
INCREASE IN TENNESSEE

NASHVILLE, July 1.-TWO hun
dred and eight-nine illicit distilleries
were destroyed in Tennessee during
the fiscal year that closed June 80, ac-
cording to preliminary statistics that
have been complied at the Office of
Revenue Agent Knox Booth. During
the previous year only 1889 were de-
stroyed During the past fiscal year
40 men were found in illicit distiller-
les as compared with eight-three ar
rested the previous year.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-07-09

settlers to the territory along it's
lines.
President Harrison feels that the
South offers greater opportunity than
any other section and that people liY-
ing in the South cannot improve their
conditions by moving and that conse-
quently the decision to withdraw per-
manently any rates which might
serve as an inducement to some per-
sons to leave the South is in their in
terest as well as in the general inter-
Railway Company.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-07-09
WASHINGTON
TO ATLANTA
PRESIDENT HARRISON HAS
Made Arrangements for Financing
This Great Undertaking of
Importance to the South.

Atlanta, Ga, June 26-Within five
years the management of the South
ern Railway expects ia have a double
track line the entire distance, 64'
miles, from Washington to Atlanta
President Harrison has made arrange
ments for financing this great under
taking of immense importance to The
entire South, and it is planned thai
the work shall go forward as rapidly
as it is possible to carry it on with
out interfering with the heavy freight
and passenger traffic which moves
over this line.
The funds for this work will be
provided by the sale of $20,000,000. OF
bonds of the Atlanta and Charlotte
Air Line Railway Company. this issue
of which has been authorized and ap-
proved by the Georgia Railroad Com
mission. OF these bonds $5,500,000
have already been sold and the pro-
Ceeds will be used to refund an equal
amount of Atlanta and Charlotte Air
Line bonds now owned by the South
ern Railway. This sum will be used
by the Southern Railway in double
tracking those portions of its line be-
tween Washington and Charlotte
which are still single track. When
this has been completed attention will
be turned to double-tracking that por-
ton of the line between Charlotte and
Atlanta which is still single track.
This will involve a great deal of
heavy work, especially in the noun
tains of North Georgia, and will call
for the expenditure of between $751;
100000. and $14,OOO,OOO.
The single track lines north of
Charlotte to be double-tracked are as
follows: Orange, Va, to Amherst
Va, 1899 miles; White, Va, to Dan
vile, Va, 2209 miles; Pelham, N. c.,
to Greensboro, N. c., 37.14 miles;
Concord, N c., to Harrisburg, N. c.,
GA miles; a total of 1852 miles.
OF the line from Charlotte to Allan
ia, 267.5 miles, double-track has been
constructed between Atlanta and Du-
luth, 24.52 miles; between Sewanee
and Gainesville, 1928 miles, and be-
tween Spartanburg and Spartanburg
1888 miles, a total of 1913
miles, leaving 21S.2 miles of single
track.
The completion of this great work
of double-tracking the main thorough
fare for travel between the East and
the South will mean a new era of
transportation for the South and is of
to all parts of the section.
trains between the Eastern
cities and New Orleans, Atlanta, Mem
phis, Birmingham, Chattanooga,
Asheville, Jacksonville,
Savannah and Columbus, are handled
over this line, or parts of it. In ad-
dition to the great increase in trans
pOrtation facilities to be given, the
expenditure of the $2O,OOOOOO. which
the work will cost during the next
five years will of necessity have a
most stimulating effect on business
throughout the South, as
all of this money will go
for labor and for material to be sup
piled largely by the South.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-07-09

Hot weather. Little clothing. Plenty
of water inside and out. DR.. Fair
neys Tething Syrup. Babies don't
get sick.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-07-09

Have out for hot days-Cholera In
fantum Don't worry-use DR.. Fair
ney's Teething Syrup. 25 cts. Sam
pie free.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03
GERMANS DRAG GUNS
OVER THEIR OWN DEAD

London.-The correspondent of the
Daily Mail describes visit among the
French who we're wounded in the bat
ties of the Vosges and have been
brought to Vichy, where the hotels
have been transformed into hospitals.
A wounded artilleryman contributed
the following experience:
Il witnessed one horrible scene. The
Germans were shooting from the deep
trenches among which our artillery
was doing terrible work. But as fast
as German dropped fresh man
took his place until bodies of the Ger
mans were on level with the surface
of the earthworks.
AT this moment German battery
was ordered to advance. The heavy
wheels sank in the trench, but the
drivers furiously lashed their horses
and finally dragged the guns across
the human bridge"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 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
Pull 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 particularly destructive man
ner, with the philanthropic intent that
war was fast becoming SO horrible and
terrible that 1t 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 contrivance was
invented and introduced into armies
and navies inventors Immediately
busted themselves by offsetting and
discounting its probable effect. Con-
sequently war not only has not passed
away, but we still have it with US.
Thus it is that each big war, after be-
ing heralded as the worlds last con-
tiagration, 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 hostilities 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. The
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03
WHAT PRISONERS
OF WAR WILL EAT

The following scale of daily rations
for prisoners of war has been ap-
proved by the military authorities:
One pound OF bread, three-quarters
of q pound of biscuit. one pound of
preserved meat. three ounces Of
cheese, tive-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 q
pound of fresh vegetables.
Two ounces of tobacco will be fur
nished each week for smokers.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03

ing few years ago, already has ~
and is building 12 more; France has
70 and is building % additional ones;
Russia has 25, and is building 1S;
while the United States has 20, and is
building 21; Austria has 18, and has
four under construction, while Italy
owns 18, and is building two. Yet the
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 a romantic
viewpoint, should be great factor in
deciding naval engagement, but the
fact remains that up to the present
time 1t has done nothing to prove its
value. it was believed that the moral
effect of the submarine would be al
most as important as its physical ef-
feet upon an enemy's warship, but
this belief has not been justified up to
the present moment.
There were notions that there would
be terrific fights under the seas by
submarine meeting submarine and de-
stroying each other But it has been
found that when submerged the sub
marine is as blind as the traditional
bat. Its crew cannot see any object
under water, and Is compelled to re-
sort to the use of the periscope. which
emerges unostentatiously above the
water. in order to see its own course.
It is known that the periscope is
the eye of the submarine, and natural
ly attention has been paid to the best
way of destroying this vital part of
their boats.
The designers of the submarine did
not count upon it being seen. 1t was
believed that it would go upon its way,
dealing death without observation, al
though its periscope does make
slight wake on the water, and when
submerged there are telltale bubbles.
But it has been discovered that from
a certain height an observer may trace
the course of a submerged submarine
with as great accuracy as il it 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.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03

submarine, which was dream in
1865, is owned by the navy Of the
smallest power. 1t is true that single
submarines are not expected to ac-
complish much in a real struggle, so
the larger navies of the great powers
have fleets of submarines. The aero
plane and the dirigible balloon are to
be found in the possession of all arm
les in Europe today, yet they, too, are
only expected to be Of real service
when they are possessed in large num-
bers.
The airships and the submarines are
the wasps of modern warfare. Like
the little insect, while they have a
powerful sting, they are very vulner-
able, and may be easily crushed and
rendered powerless.
AeropIane and Wireless.
In the recent smaller wars, aero
planes 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 custom every day, to send
and receive messages from distance
of more than 5000 miles. This, then,
is 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 it was very different sea
wasp to that which England, France
and Germany are using today. Yet its
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
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03
SLAUGHTER AT CHARLEROI
IS GREATEST IN HISTORY

face Of wlthering fire from machine
guns mounted In the steeples, and
driving the German defenders In con-
fusion across the river Gambre.
Many Houses II Flames.
They found many houses smoldsrins
or In flames. The Inhabitants, terror
stricken, were in the cellars. German
officers and soldiers were found dead
in the streets, side BY side with
Frenchmen who had fallen before %
afterward.
One German ofloer was shot while
he was washing his face, and his head
was bowed over Q basin. while his
face was covered with soap.
Another had been lifting . cup Of
coffee to his lips when . French bul.
let brought death. He was found ly.
Ing face downward across table, the
broken cup beside him on the door.
German LesseO Enormous.
An idea OF the enormous losses Of
the Germans In the great battle In
southwestern Belgium and of the brav.
cry Of the kaiser's soldiers 10 given In
the story of q returned traveller who
witnessed part Of the fighting along
the sambre river, southwest Of Charlie
roi.
Il was near Fereux, In q region
covered with dense woods, while the
fighting was taking place." said he. Il
could hear the sound of cannon away
to the east and knew that q big battle
was raging. From my place in the
forest I suddenly saw the advance
guard of a German army approach
ing along roadway which skirted the
trees.
There seemed to be an endless pro-
cession of soldiers, all dressed in
uniform Of gray. Rank after RAM
passed by and l thought that the end
would never come.
There was no hesitation. The men
swung forward with quick steps and
l 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
I knew that the French artillery had
opened upon the advance guard Of
the Germans. I moved cautiously for
ward to a point where l could get
view of the battle scene. 1t was
view which scared itself into my men,
ory
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
destruction rushed the advancing
troops Men fell, on every hand. 1t
seemed that whole platoons melted
away.
"Over the bodies Of the dead and
wounded pushed the rear ranks of
the invading army, rushing with fixed
bayonets upon the smoking muzzles
Of the French artillery. 1t was a su-
perb, picture Of gallantry.
AeropIane ls Smashed.
Near Erquelinnes l saw a German
aeroplane brought down. The mill
tary aviator was flying high in the
air, taking q 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 saw the machine lurch, splin-
ters flew, and then the shattered ma
chine began to drop. It had been
smashed by projectile"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03
the following morning. He then dis.

the following morning. He then dis.
covered a ball had gone through his
arm. The only outward indications
were two dark spots on the skin, such
as might be made BY a lead pencil.
The men in the hospitals pass the
time gayly and spend many hours lis
tening to accounts Of the progress Of
the war. They make no complaint,
except b deplore the delay in getting
back to the front. At one hospital
private with four bullet wounds In one
leg smiled and said: "I'll get them
yet in spite Of thiA"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03
eunners Made stone Deaf.

London.-A medical correspondent
Of the Times who has just returned
from Belgium says 1t is morally GER
tain that all the artillerymen of the
forts at Liege are now stone deaf.
THE nerves of hearing must foil un'
der the strain of dwelling upwards Of
a fortnight in a world Of mighty ex'
plosions," he says. For these men the
guns thunder now only in silence
which may never be broken"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03

ing had grown in 1t. A scientific sys-
tenn of irrigation and drainage was LAZY
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 crop
of rice was grown. giving satisfac-
tory yield. After the rice crop the
salt distribution was measured, and
the percentage was considerably re-
duced. To the great astonishment Of
the fellaheen cultivators. permanent
result had been achieved in one year,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03
BULLETS CAUSE NO
PAIN, SAY FRENCH

Paris.-NumberS Of French wound
ed are being cared for in Paris hos
pitaIs.
It is frequently remarked among
the men that their bullet wounds are
not painful. In large number Of
cases men who had been hit were not
aware Of the fact until after the en-
gagement. One man declares that he
did not know he had been hurt until
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 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 800 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
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03

they have accomplished what they
started to do.
Men have quite another point Of
view. The boy In his teens ID already
thinking and planning some path in
life that will take him somehow to the
top. He is perhaps deeply interested
in some profession or trade; he means
10 "be something
Work toward something fixed. May
be It is q small place Of your own
some time in the beyond, out in the
green country. Maybe It Il the top Of
the work you are now doing. Maybe
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03
DEFINITE PURPOSE IN LIFE
Something That Should BE Acquired
by Every Woman Who Has Place
In the Business World.

1t is a fact that many women have
no definite desire to get anywhere in
the work they are doing. They con-
slider their job AZ the least important
thing in their lives. and rarely have
a plan tending toward ultimate ex-
pension and . time when thye can feel
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03

1t is an independent business Of your
own. Whatever it may be. keep your
mind turned toward 1t. put your effort
INTO realizing it. into saving for 1t.
into the necessary study and growth
that must accompany it.
Your life will be far more interest.
Ing and worth while II you do WORK
with some such definite mark. Pos
sibly your ideal may change later you
may decide that there is something
else that seems more worth your en-.
deavor. But so ahead at present to-
ward what you now daaiFa.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03

which under the ordinary system pre-
vailing In the country would have
taken three or four years to accom-
plish. Cotton is now; therefore, being
satisfactorily grown on fair proper
tion of this area, and it is expected
that it will bring from $75 to $1OO an
acre.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03
Goodyear Prices
1t is Folly Today to Pay More

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 a very wide difference
between most tire prices and Goodyears.
Due to Quick Action
Early in August-when war began-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 cabed them to buy up the pick of the rub
Der. They bought-before the advance $780,
900 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 obtainable abroad.
Today We have our 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 we're first on the ground We were quick
est in action. As result, we shall soon have in
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03
Be Careful Now

In Goodyears we pledge you the same grade
tire as always And that grade won for Good
years the top place in Tiredom-the largest sale
in the world
And, for the time being our prices are the
same as before the war. We shall try to keep
them there.
We accept no excessive orders, but dealers
will be kept supplied And we charge them,
until further notice, only ante-bellum prices.
That means that Goodyears-the best
tires built are selling way below other tires.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03
prYs Issue Statement.
Not Under Civil Service Law.

Unskilled laborers employed on
roads by the state highway department
do not come under the civil service
law, SO the state civil service commits
sion has advised the state highway de-
partment. The commission does not
think 1t would be practicable to have
an eligible list from which to select
such help. If steady employment could
be given In any onH county It wouls
be different, but as iaborers are EN-
ployed from two t. four weeks the
plan would not work out well.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03
Counting Up FIne..

Are the running expenses OF an
automobile very high?"
Not If the motorcycle cop fails to
get your number"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03
Tires at
Before-War Prices

storage an almost record supply Of this extra
grade Of rubber.
And we paid about june prices.
Now Inferior Grades Cost Double
About the only crude rubber available now
for many makers is inferior. In ordinary times,
the best tire makers refuse it. Much Of it had
been rejected But that "of rubber" now sells
for much more than we paid for the best.
The results are these:
Tire prices in general are far in advance Of
Goodyears. And many tire makers, short Of
supplies, will be forced to use second-grade
rubber.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03
Federal Food Investigation.

Federal Food Investigation.
The federal food probe has revealed
that during the past few days more
than 100000 pounds of granulated
sugar have been received in Columbus
and consigned to one firm. The au-
thorities think that this indicates that
the refineries are making Columbus
one of their storage points. The com.
pIete report of the investigation made
here has just been forwarded to Wash
ington. 1t recommends that more Sc
cret agents be detailed to come here
TO make Q further search for alleged
Eagulation Of food prices BY dealers.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1914-11-22
N. vi. E. A.

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