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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-29
English and Irish Sing Merry
Songs Facing Death
NIGHT FIGHTS MOST TERRIBLE
Chaplain Who Served With Britt ii
Regiment in France Describes Con-
duct of Scholarships Germans
Were Herled Into Battle of Mons
Like Sea Waves With Absolute Reck-
IeSSneSS,
IeSSneSs.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S-A tale or war
fare from the British camp in France,
vivid with description of the way the
English forces faced death on the bat
tlefeld, of the jokes they cracked, and
the prayers they said with the bullets
sweeping their ranks, was brought to
New York today by the Rev. James
Molloy, a native of Trenton, n. j., who
served as chaplain for several weeks
with one of the British regiments n
France, and returned home today on
the Mauritania.
I'm modern battle there is an over
towering sense of unreality," he said.
"The business of seeing men kill each
other seems mechanical because of the
preponderance of the machine element
in the affair; the human element SIM
ply bleeds and dies, but the machine
continue in their perfection of slaugh-
ter.
THE conduct of the English and
Irish soldiers in the trenches was sur
prising. There these men stood be-
hind shoulder-high mounds of dirt,
facing level sprays of death in front,
yet cracking jokes and singing snatch
es of music hall ballads between vol
leys. Stupendous bravery, l call It,
of stupendous absence of nerves.
GIVE heard men under the crash
ing fire of the terrible German guns,
and with comrades dropping all about
them unite in roaring IT'S a Long
Road to Tipperary," as if they were in
barracks. Sometimes I'd hear a big
Irishman call out to a neighbor in the
trenches, We'll, l winged that Dutch
man, all right" The business of kill
ing with them, seemed personal, and
to partake somewhat of sporting
event.
Germans Move Like Sea Waves.
! But how the Germans did yound
! that British line at Mons! They came
on, and on, never stopping, never fal
tering. 1t was just like the waves of
blue-gray sea rolling up through the
fog, One wave would break and die
away, but another would be right be-
hind it, pushing on inexorably. The
German commanders threw their men
into the face of the British fire with
absolute recklessness, counting on
the sheer weight of numbers to over
whelm us.
ITO see those German lines move
forward through glasses was like
watching regiments of toy soldiers
pushing across a table. You'd see
long row of pale blue blocks, topped
with spiked helmets, break from
cover and conner ushing at you. Then
a British gun at your elbow your
speak, a she'll would drop in the midst
of the blue block, a great hurting UP
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-29
BELGIAN SOLDIER
IS LUCKY FELLOW
DOES BEST HE CAN DESPITE THE
KNOWLEDGE HE HAS NO CHANCE
TO WIN.

Antwerp, Sept 2S-(By courier to
Ostend and mail to New York The |
little Belgian soldier was dead tired as
he climbed into the compartment. His
rifle trailed behind him and he threw |
himself into seat to fall asleep within
the minute. He was ready to talk |
when he woke an hour later.
Yes, l was up all night with Ger
man prisoners" he said. There are
500 German prisoners and only sixteen
of us to handle them. 1t was bad job.
We divided them into cars with four
guards in each car stationed at the
door and in the center. We rode five
hours that way, holding our rifles
across our arms ready for instant use,
but the odds were heavy against US.
Expected every minute that the whole
125 Germans would jump on US and
kill us. But we have to do it. You see,
there aren't enough soldiers in Belg-
ium to do all the work necessary, So
we have to make out the best we can"
That's the plucky little Belgian SOL
der all over.
In the first place he is different from
most soldiers. He's willing to fight
when he knows he's going to lose.
I'VE have to make out the best We
can," is his motto.
In the second place, he's a common
sense little fellow Even while he's
fighting he's doing it coolly and there
is no blind hatred in his heart th9t
causes him to waste any effort. H.
gets down to the why and wherefore Of
things.
German Soldiers
Decent Fellows.
Il really felt sorry for those Ger
mans" he said They were all decent
fellows. They told me their officers
had fooled them. They said the officers
gave them French money on the Ger
man frontier and then yelled ON into
France They marched for three days
and then reached Liege, thinking until
then that they were in France.
eve didn't want to hurt Belgians,'
they say, because we are from Alsac =
Lorraine ourselves"
you see," continued the logical lit
tie Belgian, cit wasn't their fault so we
couldn't very we'll be mad at them"
That is the Belgians' idea; cool logic.
"Why did you fhgt the Germans%' I
asked high government official
because" he replied, civilization |
cannot exist without treaties and it is
duty that nation owes civilization
to fight to the death when treaties are
broken"
He said tina tit was rule among ma
tons that broken treaty meant a
fight. The Germans, he said, by break
ing their treaty, forced Belgium into 4
fight.
But did you expect to whip the
Germans?"
How could we? We knew The hordas
that would follow the first corners. We
were called upon to fight. We're doing
our best"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-29
C.ofCa.Ry
@The Right Way"

Current Schedules, Corrected to DATE,
Central Time.
From Savannah, Augusta
Atlanta and Macon ....% 7:S9 D M
From Columbus and in
termediate points 1880 Q a
From Lockhart, Dothan,
Albany, Troy and Mont
gomery .....,.." 1O:4S p N
From Lockhart, Dothan,
Albany, Troy and Mont
gomery ................* 2:O5. p Ii
From Atlanta and Macon " 2:1O p Nd
From Augusta, Savannah,
Atlanta and Macon .....H 5:20.R.m
From Columbus and in
termediate points .......! 7:10 D n
From Columbus and in
termediate points III 80 a N
From Albany and Jack
sonVille ..........,.....% 1866 q IN
From Albany ............." 6:SS Q m
TRAINS DEPART.
For Macon, Augusta and
Savannah ..............+ 6:Ss n
For Albany, Dothan,
Lockhart Troy and
Montgomery ............+ 5:20 q 10
For Albany, Dothan,
LockhaTt, Troy and
Montgomery ...........* 2:10 p n
For Macon and Atlanta. - 2:05 p m
For Macon, Atlanta, Saw
annah and Augusta ...*10:49 p m
For Columbus ............" S:45 p m
For Columbus ............i $500 q M
For Columbus, Birming-
ham and Chicago ......* 1855 m
For Albany ...........* 1880 p m
For Albany and Jackson
vile 1880 Q m
%Daily Except Sunday.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18

end to shopping hardships. It guaran- teed him a Christmas to his own liking.
 He was bound by family custom to buy Christmas presents for his rela- tives. He had promised his sister that he would remember every one in the list. But he was under no obligation to give presents which would be well come. Why not give to each of his rel atives some present which would be entirely useless, inappropriate and superfiuouse 1t would serve them right for involving him in the childish per formances of the Christmas season. It would be a bIrlesque on the whole nonsensicahty of Christmas giving It would irritate and puzzle his relatives and probably deepen their Eatred or him. At any rate, it would be satire on silly tradition, and thank good ness, it wouldn't be conventional.
 MT. Sidney Paysop went into the first department store and found him. self at the book counter.
 Have you any work which would be suitable for an elderly gentleman of studious habits and deep religious con yictions?" he asked.
 We have here the works of Flavius Josephus in two volumes" replied the young woman.
 All right, I'll take them, ne salo 'I want them for my nephew Fred. lie likes Indian stories"
 The salesgirl looked at him wonder ingly.
 Now, then, I want love story, said Mr. Payson. T have a maiden sister who is president of a Ruskln club and writes essays about bua- dhism. I want to give her a BOOK that tells about girl named Maoei who is loved by Sir Hector Something. brother. Give me book that is fuii of hugs and kisses and heaying DOS oms and all that sort of rot. Get Just as far away from Ibsen and HoWeiIs and Henry James as you can possioiy get"
 Here is a book that all the giris ih the store say Is very good repiiee
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18
The Gifts That Failed
 By GEORGE AIDE
(Cop7right. Doubleday. Page < Col

7R. SIDNEY PAYSoN was
 5: $: :: ]: E: 5: : j: .: :: !: !: : ,: X : sPDGtS that they were not look z IF ing as well as usual, and @Ezxss:.E5N who frightened young hus-
 bands by predicting that they would regret having married He seldom put the seal of approval on any human undertaking. It was a matter of pride with him that he never failed to find the sinister motive for the act which other people applauded Some of his pious friends used to say that Satan had got the upper hand with him, but there were others who indi- eated that 1t might be bile.
 Think of the seething wrath and the sense of humiliation with which Mir Sidney Payson set about his Christ mas shopping! In the first place, to go shopping for Christmas presents was the most conventional thing that anyone could do, and Mir. Payson hated eonventionalities. For another thing, the giving of Christmas pres- ents carried with it some testimony of affection, and Mir. Payson regarded any display of affection as one of the crude symptoms of barbarous taste.
 If he could have assembled his rela- lives at a Christmas gathering and opened few old family wounds, re- minding his brother and his two sis ters of some of their youthful folles, thus shaming them before the chil- dren. Mr. Sidney Payson might have managed to make out a rather merry Christmas. Instead of that, he was condemned to go out and purchase gifts and be as cheaply idotic as the other wretched mortals with whom he was being carried along. No wonder that he chafed and rebelled and vainly wished that he could hang crepe on every Christmas tree in the universe.
 MT. Sidney Payson hated his task and he was puzzled by it. After wan dering through two stores and looking in at 20 windows he had been unable to make one selection. It seemed to him that all the articles offered for sale were singularly and uniformly in appropriate. The custom of giving was farce in itself, and the storekeep- CTS had done what they could to make 1t sickening travesty.
 ''I'll go ahead and buy lot of things at haphazard," he said to himself. T don't care hang whether they are ap- propriate or not"
 At that moment he had an inspira- tion. It was an inspiration which could have come to no one except MT. Sidney Payson. It promised speedy
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18

Dear Brother: Greetings to you from the happiest household in town. thanks to a generous Santa Claus in the guise of Uncle Sidney. I must be- gin by thanking you on my own ac- count. How in the world did you learn that Roman colors had come in again? l have always heard that men did not follow the styles and could not be trusted 10 select anything for wem- an, but it is a libel [ base libel, for the scarf which you sent is quite the most beautiful thing l have received this Christmas. I have it draped over the large picture in the parlor. and 1t is the envy of every one who has been in today. A thousand, thousand thanks, dear Sidney. It was perfectly sweet Of you to remember me, and l call 1t nothing less than stroke of genius to think of anything so appropriate and yet so much out of the ordinary.
 John asks me to thank you-but must tell you the story. One evening last week we had little chafing- dish party after prayer meeting, and I asked John to open bottle of olives for me. Well he broke the small blade of his knife trying to get the cork out. He said: If 1 live to get down. town again, I'm going to buy a cork screw Fortunately he had neglected to buy one, and so your gift seemed to come straight from Providence. John is very much pleased. Already he has found a use for it, as it happe. ed that he wanted to open a bottle of household ammonia the very first thing this morning
 As for Fred's lovely books-thank goodness you didn't send him any more story books. John and I have
 been trying to induce him to take up a more serious line of reading. The Josephus ought to help him in the study of his Sunday school lessons. We were pleased to observe that he read it for about an hour this morn ing.
 When you were out here last fall did Genevieve tell you that she was collecting silk for doll quiltg She insists that she did not, but she must have done so, for how could you have guessed that she wants pieces of silk ! above anything else in the world? Fred and Genevieve send love and kisses. John insists that you come out to din- ner some Sunday very soon-next Sun day if you can. After we received your presents we were quite ashamed of the box VIC had sent over to your l hotel, but we will try to make up the difference in heartfelt gratitude. Don't | forget-any Sunday. Your loving sis | ter, KATHERINE" It would be useless to dwell upon | the reflections of MT Sidney Payson after he received these letters.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18

Dear Brother: The secret is ont I suspected it all the time. Ii is need less for you to offer denial Some times when you have acted the cynic I have almost believed that you were sincere, but each time l have been re- iieved to observe something in you which told me that underneath your assumed indifference there was q genial current of the romantic senti- ment of the youth and the lover How can l be in doubt after receiving a little bGok-a love story
 T knew, Sidney dear, that you would remember me at Christmas. You have always been the soul of thoughtful ness, especially to those Of us who un- derstuod you 1 must, however, con- fess that I expected you to do the deadly conventional thing and send me something heavy and serious. knew it would be a book All of my friends send me books. That's what comes of being president of literarE club. But you are the only one. SIG ney, who had the rare and kindly Jndg ment to appeal to the woman and nos to the club president. Because l am interested in a serious literary move ment it need net follow that l want my whole life to be overshadowed by the giants of the kingdom of letters Al though I would not dare confess 1t to Mrs. Peabody or Mrs. Hutchens. there are times when like to spend an aft ernoon with an old-fashioned love story. You are a bachelor, Sidney. and as for me, have long since ceased to bIush at the casual mention of old maid It wa. not for us to know the bitter-sweet experiences of courtship and marriage, and you will remember that we have sometimes pitied the headlong infatuafien of sweetnearts, and have felt rather superior in our freedom. And yet. Sidney, II we enose fo be perfectly candid with each otner' dare say that both of us would con fess to having known something aDout thai aThich men call love. We might confess that we had felt it's subtle in- Auence. sf times and places, and Witn 2 stirring uneasiness, as one detects draft. We might go so far as 10 ao- init that sometimes We pause in our lonely lives and wonder what might have been. and whether it would not have been better after all. l am afraid that I am writing this like senu- mental school girl, but you must know that 1 have been reading your charm ing little book. and it has come 70 me as | message from you. Is J not real
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18
JriEnMllng che ChrlsGMas Tree
Bu CORA A WATSON polSoN

D4 AOAA A BUN 00lSON
 lCopyrsh;. st by American erySs Asseeatenl ! wish that could help trim the tree: They all gre In the perlor 'ceStina watch the light that skins along the floor When they are walking past the locked door. But believe the trimmings lots of fun Earl says his mother never locks him But lets him wind the tinsel things about And makes the smelly hemlock branches shine His presents never cost much mine But he threads popped out kernels q string. And takes hand in almost everything All by himself: when Auntie chose the shoes Sine had me buy for mother; Ia sight Rather have got the fan that hufS white. Showed in the window. but Aunt Lrma smiled And said No; get these shoes. you foolish child" She marked them. too. with mothers name and On red card and said sNow. that s fine A useful present for boy buNl'' I'd like to hang them there mSssf but Went see Che tree till everytn.4t. Is hung. Earl told me that his mother olsn sung 0lu Christmas carols while they trimmed the tree. 1 wish to sns with me. Or reaa. something. while lEl aSSs E lt seems ths ioueest night that have known Since they went in and shut ght eNnt e-hlia. Al farfs the windows haven't Gat bind And any stand outside an0 Earl and hs mother while they trim the here. outside. all shui up dark l cannot hear. although hark and hark For what they'r saving. MAsa Tn bs you'n Ny little boy shall help 10 trim the trse,
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18
Ron. is as strana as Steel.

Recent experiments show that ma nna rope is as strong as solid bar steel. weight for weight, whereas leather belt is less than 40 per cent as strong, compared in the same way. A years use zill take 60 per cent of a rope's strength. after which the weak ening is more gradual
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18
Fo, old Gliding.

Take some cotton and form II Into 2 hard tuft as large as nut and then din il in strong liquid ammonia and apply il carefully to old gliding. This restores 1t pretty well II the gold # nor worn of.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18

Letters received by Mir. Sidney Pay. son in acknowledgment of his Christ mas presents:
 Dear Brother: Pardon me for not having acknowledged the receipt of your Christmas present. The fact is that since the skates came have been devoting so much of my time to the re-acquiring of one of nay early accom- plishments that l have not had much time for writing I wish I could ex- press to you the delight I felt when opened the box and saw that you had sent me a pair of skates. It was just as if you had said to me: Will, my boy, some people may think you are getting on in years, but 1 know that you're not I suddenly remembered that the presents which I have been receiving for several Christmases were intended for an old man. l have re- ceiyed easy-chairs, slippers, mufflers, smoking jackets, and the like. When received the pair of skates from you l felt that twenty years had been lifted from my shoulders. How in the world did you ever happen to think of them? :? Did you really believe that my skating days were not over? Well, they're not. l went to the pond in the park on Christmas day and worked at il for two hours and l had lot of fun. My ankles were rather weak and I fell down twice, but without hurting my self, managed to go through the mo tions, and before 1 left I skated with a peach of pretty girl. We'll, Sid, owe this renewal of my youth to you. Thank you many times, and believe me to be, as ever, your affectionate brother. WILLIAM
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18

the young woman. ~It is called svir- gle's BetrothaI: or The Stranger at blrchwood Manor It's by Imogene Sybil Beauclerc"
 If it's what it sounds to be. it's just what l want" said Payson. showing his teeth at the young woman with a devilish glee. You say the girls here in the store like it?"
 Yes: Miss Simmons. in the hand. kerehief-box department, says it's just grand"
 "Ha! All right, I'll take it."
 He felt his happiness rising as he went through the store. The joy shone in his face as he stood at the skate counter.
 T have brother who Is forty-six years old and rather fat" he said to the salesman. T don't suppose he's been on the ice in twenty-five years He wears a No shoe. Give me a pair of skates for him"
 A few minutes later he stood at the silk counter.
 What are those things?" he asked, pointing to some gayly colored silks folded in boxes.
 Those are scarfs"
 Well. if you've got one that has all the eolors of the rainbow in it, I'll take 1t. l want one with lots of yellow and red and green in it. I want something that you can hear across the street You see. 1 have a sister who brides herself on her quiet taste Her cos tunes are marked by what you call 'urobtrusive elegance I think she'd rather die than wear one of those things, so l want the biggest and noisest one in the whole lot
 The girl didn't know what to make of MT. Payson's strange remarks, but she was too busy to be kept wonder ing.
 Mir. Payson's sisters husband is the president of a church temperance SO ciety. so Mir Payson bought him a buekhorn corkserew,
 There was one more present to buy.
 Let me see," said Mir. Fayson. What is there that could be of no earthly use to a girl ofssix years old?"
 Even as he spoke his eye fell on a sign: Bargain sale of neekwear."
 T don't believe she would care for cravats," he said. T guess III buy some for her"
 He saw box of eravats marked "25 cents each
 ''Why are those so cheap?" he asked.
 Well, to tell the truth. they're out of style"
 That's good I want eight of them -oh, any eight will do. l want them for small niece of mine-a little girl about six years old"
 Without indicating the least sur prise, the salesman wrapped up the cravats.
Putnam patriot., 1914-12-18

ly a confession. sidney2 You have made me very happy, dear brother feel more closely drawn to you than at any time since we were all together at Christmas. at the old home. Come and see me. Your loving sister.
 "GERTRUDE.n
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-09-22
The Chosen People.

In time OF danger TO make a prom.
Use, and to break ,nat Word wher
the danger has the Object &C r5Qulr-
ing he aid of the jew sE people,
each warring na IN has mede def,
mite promise Ca ono sort to tna
people OF the Hebrew race, with all
the world as witnesses. Is it to be
wondered at then, that these chosen
people see turning point now for
their race that will mark modern
history? The car Of all the Rus
slams took the first step, and the
changes address OF his imperial com
muniCation startled the world. MY
beloved Jews" was not the usual
salutation these people received from
his imperial highness His address
promised that to the Jewish race
hereafter the door Of progress shall
be opened: and later it was an
nounced that promotions to COM
missioned grades in the Russian
army were TO be given to those who
showed themselves worthy. Not to
he outdone, Austria issued warn
ing to the Jews against the flatter-
ing delusions promised by the car
and spoke of their suffering under
the iron yoke of Moscow. TO her
own flag she pointed telling of JUS
tice. freedom and equal rights as
citizens under its colors. The Haps-
burg idea has been that of friend
liness to those of the Jewish race
from whom much might be expected.
but in this proclamation all Jews
were urged to work with us for
freedom"
France assigned Capt. Dreyfus to a
command of some importance, and
decorated his son for bravery on
the field. England in turn has an
nounced that no opportunity of en-
couragement looking toward the en-
ancipatiou of the Russian Jews will
be neglected by her These state
ments afford the race a solid basis
for political hope and certainly
mark a change in the attitudes Of
the largest nations: and that the
world has heard is the most power
ful Of all incentives toward keep
ing faith with these people
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-09-22
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