Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-10-20

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towns and 100 villages of France, Bel
GUM and England. 1t is q miles
northwest of Lille, miles from the
Belgian border and lie 7miles from the
seacoast. The hill of Cassil attains an
altitude of 544 feet. The place is sup
posed to have been the site of Castel-
lum Morinorum of the Romans and
was at one time strongly fortified. It
was the scene of many important bat
ties during the middle ages. Lace, lin
en-, soap, leather, oil, salt, earthenwara,
beer, and butter are among it's outputs.
HAZEBROUCK-A railroad town of
northern France, % miles north Of
west of Lille and miles from the Bel
gian border. 1t is the junction of lines
running to Calais, DunkerQue, Lille,
Bethune and many other important
cities of northern France, and its pop
ulation of about 10000 is made up pria-
cipally of people in the employ of the
railroads. The town is of no import
ance intellectually, it's chief structure
being the church of St. Eloi, built in
the 18th century The town is in the
midst of an agricultural district and
trades extensively in grain, hops, and
live stock. Many of it's inhabitants
are engaged in cloth weaving.
ESTAIRES-A town of northern
France, 10 miles west of Lille and six
miles from the Belgian border, on the
Lys River. The population is approx
imately 5000. There is some manufac-
turing, with linen and soap as the
chief products. The town is old-fash-
Toned and unprogressive, having
changed but little in the last so years
QUATRE-BRAS-A Belgian hamlet,
IS miles east of south of Brussels, y
miles north of Charleroi, and 10 miles
south of Waterloo, the name of which
is derived from the meeting of four
roads there. The place is famous be-
cause the obstinate conflict between
the French and the Allies on June 1G,
1915, occurred there. The French were
successful in the early stages but to-
ward the close of the battle the tide
turned decidedly in favor of the Allies,
and the French were totally defeated.
At one time the Duke of Wellington
only escaped being captured by putting
his horse to full gallop.
ROULERS-A town of West Fland-
ers, Belgium, on the Mandel, an affll-
ent of the Lys, IL miles north by north
1
east of Ypres and 10 miles northwest o.
Courtrai, which was famous in the 18th
and 18th centuries for it's weavers.
The French defeated the Austriaus
here after fierce conflict in July, 1894
The inhabitants depend for their liveli-
hood on the cultivation of fax and the
manufacture of linen, leather, beer
and spirits. The adjacent pastures are
rich and butter forms an article of ex-
port. The town has had considerable
growth in recent years and now has r
population of about $4,000.
FURNES-An old fashioned town of
West Flanders, Belgium, 16 miles
southwest of Ostend, three miles from
the coast and four miles from the
French border, noted for it's spectacu-
lar pageant depicting the twelve events
in the life of Christ, which has been
aeld annually since 1850. People from
the whole of Belgium are attracted 10
his fete in which the residents of the
little town take the parts of Roman
soldiers, priests, the apostles, officials
and spectators Wooden figures are
even brought in to swell the magnitude
of the performance. With the excep-
ton of this event the place is dull and
of little Importance. Corn, stock, hops
and dairy products are traded in ex-
tensively. The town was destroyed by
the Normans and was rebuilt in So
Its population is about 1000.
ENGHIEN-A town of south central
Belgium, II miles southeast of Bruss-
els and the same distance north of
Mons with a nODulat iOn of about n0O