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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-24

The artillery Of the opposing armies wa
active. particularly east Of Amiens. alonJ
the Aisne and IN the Champagne coun
Try. The text OF the afternoon repor
was az follows:
Yesterday in Belgium we made
slight progress between the sea and
rhc highway from Nicuport to West
ende, a well as IN the region between
Steeustracte aud BNschoote. where
We occupied a forest, some houses and
IA redoubt.
To the east OF Behunc. working in
conjunction with the British army,
we recantured the village of Gvenchy-
l"s-la Bassee, which had been lost to
uS.
In tho region az Arras a heavy fog
made IL niece. S,lry for both the enemy
and ourselves to Lessen our activities,
To the east of Amiens, on the Aisnc
and IN Champagne there have been
artillery engagements
In the region OF rerthcs- les IIurlus
we carried, after u spirited cannonade
and two as aults. the last section of
the ltne which we occupied, In part
December 81. We made an average
gain of 500 yards In the last trench
which came into our possession We
captured section Of machine guns.
including tAe Eun crews \ violent
counter attack was repulscd.
We also nude progrc IN tho north
cast of BeauscJour, where further
counter Mtacks on tho part OF the
enemy were without success.
There has been "A pVrCeptihlc adj
vance on the part of our troops in the
forest of La irurle against a front OF
trenches 400 yards vide and running
not lesS than 200 yards deep. We
blew up with mines two OF these Ger
man lines OF works and occupied the
excavations
The fighting is going on in the VI
entity of Boureullles, with the out
como fairly serious. II would appear
not to have been possible 20 retain
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-24


PARIS, Dec. 23--The French attacked
fercely north OF Verdun to-day ana
rove the Germans from a long line OF
advanced trenches between the Argonne
and the Meuse. Their bayonet charges
carried them to the barbed wire en-
ta D rncnts which the Germans hold
x o., second limo of defence In the re-
sion of Varennes. To-d1y's energetic
tack seems to have turned the scale
IA the fierce battle which has continued
orth OF Vcrdun for several days
Yesterday the French and British. as-
sisted by their Belgian allies in western
Flanders, continued their determined Of
nsive and gained ground toward Os-
tend, toward Bixschoote, at the western
edge OF the Argonne forest and in the
Argonne, although check was reported
al Boureuilles, which was captured by
the French on Tuesday. II has been diff
fcult for the French to hold fast at that
roint under the persistent violent
counter attacks by the Germans.
In ten days OF offensive operations the
Allies have driven the German line back
areas Of lighting between the North Sea
and tho Alsatian Plain. Such slight
progress, comparatively. IL reported IN
me Governments daily announcements,
and the difficulty OF dislodginE the Ger
mans from their numerous and skill
ully prepared trenches Is so great that
the success Of the Allies general Of
,nsive Is realized only when the gains
nf TON DAYS arc surveyed
Gnin of Four Miles.
| From Newport To D!xmudc the Rel
gians and the French have gained four
miles and have compelled the Germans
10 retire 20 the east OF Lombaertzyde
/ On the salient OF Ypres the French and
British have forced their way north and
east about Two and Il half miles. and
now hold line which IL virtually Blk
schootc Basschendaele - Gheluvelt -
Hollebeke. Heween Ar'as and La Bas-
sec. where tho iighting has been very
severe. the British and French have
gained a total OF five miles and have
driven the Germans to second line of
defence.
Z Along the line OF Bapaumc--Albert-
Roye-Noyon, and turning the corner or
the old battle lire to the north OF sos-
sons and Tracy-le-Val, the Allies have
gained in yards rather than miles. but
have held the offensive and have poured
a destructive artillery fire on the Ger
man positions, IN ih- arsvun- AMI 10
| the Meuses the net gain has been about
I three miles. The field forces protecting
Verdun have pushed northward while the
loop around 81 Mlhel has been con-
stricted appreciably. In Alsace tho gain
has been slightly more than ten miles.
The only report made by he French
Government tonight on any area covered
by the allied offensive refers to the ad-
Ndnces in the Argonne. II was as follows
The advances made by our troops
between the Neuse and the Argonne
have been almost entirely maintained.
According 20 the latest Information
orr front IN that region has reached
tho birbed wire cntaglcments OF the
enemy at the salient southwest OF the
FORCES wood (east OF CusyD and runs
/ along the road Ia the Boureillcs wood.
There is no other important in
formation TO announce,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-24
ITALIANS HOLD TWO AS SPIES.
Alleged Newspaper Correspondents
Halted on Austrian Line.
Special Cable Despatch 10 THn Sc,

hpecid tdoe Dtspdtch 10 The SuN.
ROME, Dec. 23.-The police of Udine
have stopped ON the Austrian frontier
Marquis Pateras, a former naval officer,
and Signor Sanford. who were going to
Vienna ostensibly a. newspaper corre-
spondents.
The men are suspected OF spying,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-24

IoNnos. Dec "a Tho tesmsh!p Zee
land of the Red Star Line. which steamed
from Liverpool to- day for Portland. Me,
was slightly damaged in II collision with
tho British steamship lei Paraguay and
put back, anchoring in the river.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-24

@ INCE the Allies offensive began
- the French have gained about three miles and
half between the western OF the and the
Meuse Violent counter attacks by the Germans have
made the Aghng In this OF desperate
and sanguinary character Generally speaking offensive
movement the French objects.
Germans northwest and north Of verdun
through the Pass Of Senay and drive the
and south Of verdun Metz incidentally
the offensive IL designed cut or
force which holds ST. Mihe the Meuse
Toul.
There has been hard fighting souan and In the
region OF Pertheses Hures where French
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-24
CZAR REACHES MOSCOW.

Moss "", De-" - The Emperor and
'mpr's" arrived hrrc Yesterday and re-
''N cd a T. o>t enthusiastic reception. They
"er" Welcomed at tho raj road station by
= he military and civil dignitaries and the
local delegates cl The Iemstvo.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-24
MINES SINK MINE sWEEPERs.
Two British TrnwIers LOst-TwO Of
Crews killed.

LoNDoN. Dec, 24,--The Admiralty an
nounoos that two mine sweeping trawlers
strucks mines and were sunk OF Scar
borough, one on December 10, the other
on December 20. Two members OF their
crews were killed, ten wounded and i've
are missing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-24
OFFENSIVE STILL ON.
Gen. .Ionrc's plan Apparently Hav-
linz Success.
Special cqbir Despatch 10 Tnr s

Special cabie Despatch 10 TnI stN
LONDON. Dec ga Daily Mail CORE
spondent in northern France telegraphs:
The Allies have met nothing yet to
upset their plan of general Offensive
since Gen. Joffre issued his new order
nearly week ago. Everything has gone
soundly. Progress. slow but sure. can
safely be recorded on almost every part OF
the line"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-24

official the Germans defeated yesterday and
driven from long line of trenches of the region
has the struggle been nerce than the wood Of La rurie
northwest OF Verdun Foot by foot literally tho French have
bayoneed the Germans from strong defence works At
Boureue just south of Vaennes along the
roads In the wood OF Boureues the have counter
attacked hercey but the advantage the French
last night according to the official Further east, to
the north and south Of Verdun tho heights OF Meuse
the French slowly driving the
where heavy guns mounted Around 81. Mihe,
north and south the tightening French
oval with only from
Mhel to Metz In this n
manized territory and within miles Of Metz
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-24
Mig Gums Active.

The artillery Of the opposing armies was
active. particularly east Of Amiers. along
the Asne and in the Champagne coun-
Try The text OF the afternoon report
was az follows:
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20
The Old Fashioned NIOthsIs

Thank God, some of us have an
old fashioned mother Not a wOm-
an of the period, painted and enam-
eled with all her society manners
and fine dresses, white jeweled
hands that never felt the clasp of
baby fingers, but a dear, old fash
ioned mother with sweet voice,
eyes into whese clear depths the
love light shines and with hair just
threaded with silver, lying smooth
upon her faded cheek Blessed is
the memory of an old fashioned
mother The music of other voices
may be lost, but the enchanting
memory of hers will echo in our
soul forever.-Selected.
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20
Dependency Due to Indigestion

1t is not all surprising that per-
sons who have indigestion become
discouraged and respondent. Here
are a few words of hope and cheer
for them by Mrs Blanche Bowers,
Indiana, Pa. For years my diges-
ton was so poor that could only
eat the lightest foods | tried ev-
erything that heard of to get re-
lief, but not until about year ago
when saw Chamberlains Tablets
advertised and got a bottle of them
did | find the right treatment. |
soon began to improve, and since
taking few bottles of them my
digestion. For sale by all dealers
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20
Best Cough Medicine for Children

Three years ago when ! was liv-
ing in Pittsburgh one of my child
rem had hard cold and coughed
dreadfully. Upon the advice Of a
druggist, | bouget a bottle of Cham
berlains Cough Remedy and it ben
Gifted him at once / find it the
best cough medicine for children
because it is pleasant to take. They
do not object to taking it, writes
Mrs Lafayette Tuck, Homer City,
Pa. This remedy contains no opium
or other narcotic, and may be Civ
en- to a child as confidently as to an
adult. Sold by all dealers.
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20
The Christmas Thought

Ideas on Christmas giving are
rapidly changing among the senSi-
BILE. Those who think as they give
are looking for a year-round service
as the important thing.
In a week of shopping, with all
its strain, you will not find a better
gift than a years subscription to the
Youths Companion.
1t offers its service, its clean en-
tertainment, its fine suggestiveneSs
week after week; and the end Of
the year, which finds many a gift
in the attic, dust-coYered and for
gotten, brings the Companion again
with all the charm of last Christ
mastide.
No American monthly magazine
at any price offers the same amount
Of reading, and none can offer bet
ter quality. Less than four cents a
week provides this best of Christ
mas gifts-S2.00 a year.
If you do not know the Compan-
ion as it is to-day, let us send you
one or two current issues free, that
you may thoroughly test the papers
We will send also the
Forecast for 1915.
Every new subscriber who sends
$500 for the fifty-two weekly issues
of 1915 will receive free all the is
sues of the remainingWeeks Of 1914;
also The Companion Home Calender
for 1915.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION,
l44 Berkely Street, Boston, Mass
New subscriptions received at
this office.
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20
AECOURTS

Circuit Court, Northern Dis
trict-First Monday in January
aad Second Monday in July,
Southern District-SecOnd Mon
day in February and August
County Court-Third Monday
in January, April, July and Oc-
tober. Northern istrict.-4th
Monday in January, April, July
and October,
Probate Court-Northern Dis
trict-Third Monday in March,
June, September and December,
Southern District-Second Mon
day in March, June, September
and December,
Chancery Court Southern Dis.
trict-First Monday in May and
November, Northern District
Second Monday in March and
September,
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20
Oldest Pensioner Dead

Micajah Weiss, the oldest pen
sioner in the United States, died a
few days ago at his home in Beaver
Brook, Sullivan county, New York,
from inf1rmities incident to his ad-
vanced years He was in the Hath
year of his age, and was the oldest
man in New York
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20
Remarkable Cure Of Group

Last winter when my little boy
had Group | bought him a bottle Of
Chamberlains Cough Remedy, |
honestly believe it saved his life,
writes Mrs. J. B Cook Indiana, Pa.
1T cut the phlegm and relieved his
coughing spells am most crate
full for what this remedy has done
for him. For sale by all dealers
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20
OEEICIEL-
Congressional

Congressional
Mombcr NJ Congress- 2nd District
w. A. QLueIlLp,
ludcFl
Judge Of The 18th judicial Cir.
cult, j, b, Baker
Pros, Atty,-H, A, Northeult,
Judge of the Chaneery Court,
q. 7 Humphries
Senatorial.
Member State Senate, 9eoond
Distriot--G, B, Ferguson
County,
Representative, j, M, Street,
Sheriff, J, II klrtley
Clerk, Il, A. Boyee,
County Judge, w. r. Horn,
Treasurer, j, l., Gyngard,
Aeaessor, 7. ii. MeGaleb.,
Sur veyor, j, p Easen
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20
Important

Bear in mind that Chamberlain s
Tablets not only move the bowels
but improve appetite and digestion
For sale by all dealers,
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20
WEEKLY LETTER OF
JOHN H, PAGE
Remember The Hog-If You
Haven't A Start Get One
AS Soon As Possible.


farmers needed more aid and less
advice about what to do. The
space so kindly given me by the
papers | must use for the proper
purpose, and consequently cannot
reply to attacks made upon me.
However, | insist that the farmers
do know how to diversity, and need
aid to enable them to do so. The
question is what to raise as a cash
crop as a substitute for cotton.
Some will try one thing and some
another. The peanut is a fairly
GOOD crop, they make from 4O to oO
bushels per acre and sell for Is
cents to S1OO per bushel Sweet
potatoes are good also, making 10
to 100 bushels per acre and selling
at from 50 cents to $1OO. Irish po-
tatoes make a good cash crop, but
the market is uncertain. Cabbage
makes another pretty good crop,
but again the marketing feature
presents problem. The watermeI-
on is good cash crop if marketing
conditions are favorable. Suntiow-
ers do very well, selling from . to
cents a pound. Broom corn is
good crop, two. The most reliable
is winter oats or corn. A crop OF
corn. oats, hay, wheat, peas, pota-
toes. and pumpkins, with a milk
COW. some chickens, a garden IN
the spring, and a brood SOW will in
sure a living for any farmer next
year.
Arkansas has more acres OF corn
than cotton every year, so Arkansas
is more of a corn state in acres
than a cotton state. The yield IS
good, too, where the corn is we'll
cultivated. 1t costs too much to-
raise corn in Arkansas-far more
than it does in the corn belt. There
they use modern implements and
methods. They use more horse pow
er and less hand power That is
because corn is their money crop
and they raise it extensively and
prepare for it. If we give corn our
attention it can be raised here
more proftably than it is done in
the famous corn belt, We can pro-
duce hay cheaper and more per
acre. We can raise cattle and hogs
and provide a pasture easier ana
longer. Fat cattle and hogs viii al
ways sell just as we'll as cotton. II
the corn and hay does dot sell, the
cattle and hogs will eat it, and thus
it can be converted into meat at a
good profit,
The first step toward making a
good corn crop next year is TO break
the land this fall and get it in Bood
condition. Plow about an inch
deeper than usual Turn under the
stalks. weeds or GRASS. Then select
aood seed corn, Get It all OF the
same variety, nice uniform ears, .
to 10 inches long, not too taperinB
and with rows we'll filled and
straight. Keep it in a dry place,
and before planting time take four
or five grains out of each ear and
plant in some wet sawdust, ana
see if the seed will sprout. Keep
track Of the ears and throw the bad
ones away Get some farm bulle-
tins and read this winter They
will help you. Write ne what you
want and win send II 10 YOU
Remember the hos II you have
no start gcl one At once Bretd the
sows this moutb have some SIeen
pastunng lorthem at weanine time
in the spring, and YOU can make
lnen weigh $50 pounds each In the
fall
hope the merchants will help
the farmers alone these lines, !
know number of bankers that will
lend money to farmers to buy
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20

James Wilson, farmer living at
Greensburg, Pa, wondered why his
favorite COW was not giving milk.
He followed her one morning and
found the cow was mothering a
fawn that had escaped from the
state game preserve.
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20

Marjorie Davis, the 17-months-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. c. G..
Davis of Detroit, Mich, has freak
tooth. A few days ago her mother
noticed a dark spot on one of the
baby's teeth and took her to a den
tist. The dark spot was found to
be a perfect silver filling. AS the
baby had never visited a dentist
before the filling is looked upon as
a great curiosity.
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20
Directory
CHURCHES s

CHURCHES
CHRISTIAN-Services every
Sunday morning No regular
pastor.
MISUNDERSTANDING aa
follows: Second Sunday in the
month, morning and night, the
third Sunday night, the fourth
Sunday morning. Rev, G. j.
Wade, Pastor.
SUNDAY SCHOOL-At the
Methodist church every Sunday
morning at 10 O'Clock Every
body invited to attend. o. c,
Shaver, Superintendent.
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20
ODD THINGS FOUND
IN The LATE NEWS
Small Items Of Interest That
The Newspaper Reader
Probably Overlooked.

Six policemen at Philadelphia
recently matched coins to see who
would adopt an abandoned baby
found by an officer on a doorstep.
=
Justice of the Peace George B..
Pfeifer of Alton, Ill, recently cele-
brated his fftieth birthday by re-
ducing the cost of marriage cere-
monies from So to 81.
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20

Ten years ago Frank Herse, a
brakeman at South Bend, Neb., lost
a leg when his foot was caught in a
switch and he was run over by an
engine. Recently he lost his cork
leg in the same sort of an accident
at the same switch.
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20

In 1852 u. D, Stephens journeyed
from Buncetown, Mo, to Woodland,
Cal, in prairie schooner. It took
Just 100 days for the oxen to make
the trip Recently the old gentle
man had the pleasure Of going over
the same route in an automobile,
in company with his SON Just IA
days elapsed from the time the en-
GIne started in Woodland until the
machine was brought to stop at
The doorstep at The Old homestead
IN BNncsluu
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20

Angelo Cereiello an Italian, in
prison at Trenton, N, J., un.
der sentence Of death for wife muir
der, cheated the electric chair by
swallowing a solution Of water ana
match heads,
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20

Mrs Eleanor Comber of Sullivan,
Ind, the oldest living white woman
in that state, celebrated her l05th
birthday one day recently She
has If children, 81 grandchildren,
1l7 great grandchildren and II
great GREAT grandchildren, She is
apparently in good health,
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20

Rev I N. jenkins a minister at
Bradford, Pa, refuses to marry any
more men who cannot show an in.
come Of $4,000 a year or more.
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20

One day last week was pigeon
day" in the yicinities surrounding
Boswell, Ind. Every man and boy
who could get q shot gun assisted
in exterminating the pigeons, which
are said to be the chief carriers of
hog cholera germs.
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20

Laundrymen Of Dayton, Ohio,
have hit upon the scheme of using
balloons as a means of raising laun.
dry above the dust of the city to
bleach and dry
Sharp County record., 1914-11-20

II. F. Swanback Of Greenwood,
Mo-, although aged 100 years, was
an active participant in the meet
ines in the state lodge of l. o. o, F.
recently He claims to be the old
est odd Fellow in the country, as
well as the oldest in point Of MEM
bership, having joined the order in
Germany II years ago
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-18
GIRLS EATING CANDY STRUCK
BY TRAIN AND KILLED
Enjoyment Made Them oblivious Of
Danger-Two Dead, One Dying.

NEW YORK. Nov. 1s.-With their arms
interlocked, three girls laughed and gig
gled as they dipped into a box of candy
and hurried down the path toward the
Penny bridge crossing the Long Island
Railroad in Long Island City last evening
Others cried to them that a freight train
was approaching, but they were so busy
they did not hear the warning.
The train struck the three girls. Frances
Bergstrom. IS years old. of Brooklyn, and
Millicent Branigan, II, of Greenpoint,
were cut TO pieces. Mabel Rankin, l6
years DID, of Brooklyn, was so seriously
hurt that she will probably die
With 100 or more other girls they had just
left their work in the plant of the Ma
tIonal Enameling and Stamping Company,
In Laurel Hill, and were walking down
the railroads right of way to take street
cars for their homes. The three girls.
who had been chums for many months,
had pooled their spare coins when they
left the factory and had purchased a
small box of candy Miss Bergstrom GUS
todian OF the box. was in the centre. The
girls on the autside walked closely to her,
cutching her arms, as they dipped their
free hands frequently into the candy box.
The point where the girls were killed
was known as Dead Mans Curve" and
has been the scene of former tragedies OF
the same kind. The place is dark and
the rails are concealed by a high embank-
ment
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-18
IMPROVEMENT FOR
SUNDAY SCHOOLS is
PROBLEM OF SYNOD
Leaders of Protestant Epis-
copal Church Discuss
Means for Advancement in
New Third Province.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. is.-The sec.
ond days session OF the Episcopal Synod
of the Third Province opened this morn
ing in Calvary Church, East End. with
a celebration Of the Holy Communion fol-
lowed by an microscopy litany for peace.
The officiating clergymen were the Rt.
Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, Of South Bethle-
hem, Bishop Of the Diocese OF Rethle-
hem, and the Rt Rev. William c. Brown,
Of Richmond Va, Coadjutor Bishop Of
Virginia. The Rt Rev. Thomas j. Car
land, Bishop Sunragan Of Pennsylvania
and the Rev Dr. Arthur c. Powell, Of
Baltimore, oficiated at the intercessory
lilany for peace
The business session was called TO or
der at 1915 o'clock in the Calvary Parish
House by the Rt. Rev. Cortandt White
head. Bishop Of the Diocese of Pitts
burgh. Prayer was offered by the Rt
Rev. Philip NJ. Rhlnelander, Of Philadel-
phia. Bishop Of the Diocese Of Pennsyl-
vania.
The principal topic under discussion to-
DAY was Religious Education and In
the conference under that head the open
ing paper was scheduled to be read by
tile Rev DR.. s. U. Mittman, of South
Bethlehem. Pa. It has been only recent
" that members of the denomination
realized that there was a big problem III
the matter OF religious education.
Sunday schools need better organization,
better support. more trained teachers.
and It is to suggest ways and means Of
supplying these needs that tn" subject is
being discussed today by the synod 1t
is pointed out that the denomination is
now thoroughly awake to the fact that
II must see that the children are really
taught the principles of Christian faith
and life. II Is claimed, too, that In this
new province are great universities and
colleges. but that the church Is not do
InT it's full duty with any of them
The Offices recommended by the com
mlttee on organization and constitution
follow:
A president to be chosen from the rank
Of the bishops of the province: a pro-
'incial secretary, a provincial treasurer
and an executive committee, composed of
The president. the provincial secretary
md one layman to be elected by the
synod. Standing committees on missions.
'eligious education and social service were
by the committees report
The sessions continue through tomorrow