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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-12-18
OFFICERS AND CLERKS OF
ELECTION

We hereby appoint the following
persons as election officers to hold
the above called election in then
respective precints, and to the
positions designated. Said election
to be held Jan. IL, 1915:
First Ward
Officer, Frank Everett; Judges,
G. H Caldwell, Drew Boyle, Cal
McClain; Clerks, Frank Mitchell,
S. M. Everett,
Second Ward
Officer, S. P Clark; Judges, NJ.
Haworth, William Burns, W. A.
Nuchols; Clerks, M. S. McAdam,
DR.. Rowan.
Third Ward
Officer, J M. Gates; Judges, Joe
McNutt, Joe Lamon, R. r. Kramer;
Clerks. Charles Keny John McTeer.
Signed
J. P. Chandler, Chairman
A. G, Robbins,
M. H. Gamble.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-12-18

CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Sunday Sholl 9:15.
Preaching 1880
Sunday night:
Christian Endeavor $3.50
Preaching 1880
Prayer meeting Thursday night.
II. L. Hayes, Minister.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-05
FOR THE CHILDREN
JOIIy Miller.

This is one Of the lively ring games
that children always enjoy. They first
stand in q double circle. the arm of
each player in the outer ring being
linked with that of a player in the in
ner ring. A player stands within the
inner circle. The two rings march
around. singing:
Jolly is the miller who lives or the hill.
His wheel goes round with a right good
will.
One hand in the hopper, the other in the
bag;
The right ones hasten. and the left ones
lag.
AS the song ends each player in the
outer ring lets go his hold and tries to
grasp the arm Of the one in front Of his
former partner. This movement is the
opportunity of the player within the
ring. who tries to grasp the arm Of
some one in the inner circle while it is
free. If he succeeds the player in the
outer ring. who is thus left without a
partner. must take his place.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-05
Tragedy Of a
Mining Camp
How a Girl Became Her
Champions Defender
By F. A. mitchell

In a western miners camp composed
Of a number of mel and a few women,
the latter mostly the wives of the for
mer, was n girl about seventeen years
old who belonged to no one. She vas
the property of the camp. not having
q relative or a friend in it. Just how
she happened to be there. where she
had come from, what was her name,
no one knew. They called her Madge,
but who had given her the name was
also unknown. If any n asked her
about her antecedents she replied that
she had grown up with the camp.
If Madge had been well dressed and
clean she might have been considered
comely, but since nc Il had see her
under these conditions it never occur
red to those who saw her that she
could be anything but homely. The
only part Of her person that was ever
clean was her hands, and since this
came from washing dishes they were
usually greasy. She attached herself
to a household to do it's dirty work I'M
til the temper of her mistress rendered
her position intolerable, when she
would find another abiding place.
The men. who We're as rough as the
women. if they did not illtreat Madge,
inflicted upon her their coarse jokes.
When she was spoken to in a way cal
culated to hurt the feelings of any of
her sex she would show no repugnance,
no pain. though she never returned the
insult in kind. If her hair was de-
scribed as Il mop she would neither
take otfenSe nor would she comb it.
There was 4 man called John in the
camp whose position correspondent with
Madge's, only Madge worked and John
did not. He made a living no one knew
how, though all admitted that he did
not make 1t honestly. When persons
desired to be facetious at Madge's ex-
pense she would be asked why she
didn't make a match with John. The
thrust was all the more cutting mas
much rs John was the only man in the
camp who illtreated the girl other than
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-05
Campfire tiandicraft.

Chicago girls practiced a new handi-
craft at their campfire camp last
summer. They made Indian willow
beds according to directions furnished
by Ernest Thompson Seton in his
Book Of Woodcraft." They cut and
peeled seventy willow twigs thirty-two
inches long and notched them at the
ends. Then they bound them together
with heavy Irvine and fastened them
to a framework of heavier boughs.
When the work was complete two
campfire honor beads were awarded
to each craftsman. Another Indian bed
was made on the ground by arranging
layers of leaves at the bottom and lay
ing hemlock boughs upon them.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-05
Animal Barometers.

If you find your cat particularly live
ly and playful prepare for a thunder
storm.
When rain is due you will find the
cat busily washing her face.
If in the early morning you see COWS
lying down. huddled with their tails to
windward. look out for a storm.
If a donkey brays loudly you will not
have to wait long for the pattering
drops.
Sheep urn their heads to the wind
when the day is going to be fine, but
it is a sign of rain, say the shepherds,
when they Craze with their tails to
windward.
The most dignifed and sedate Of pigs
will become lively at the approach Of
rain.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-05

undress in order to save themselves.
There was Il sloop which was abso
lutely full of men.
"All around We're other sailors Who
immersion in the cold sea. Some were
clinging to the wreckage and others
were holding on to a floating table.
II got out my boats. and all my men
did their utmost to rescue as many as
they could. Altogether we saved ia.
including three officers. l fell into the
water myself in my anxiety to get the
men aboard. The first thing IL man
whom | picked up said as he opened
his eyes and smiled was. That was Il
long swim He told me he had been in
the water about three hours. The
watch on his wrist had stopped at
7:O5; it was 10 o'clock when I picked
him up.
what do you think of this for one of
your brave little English midshipmen?'
asked the captain. "He was Oh board
the first cruiser that struck, and as she
was settling down he jumped clear of
the vessel and swan through the ire
mendous wash that followed the sink
} ing of the cruiser. He was picked up
by another cruiser. but shortly after
ward this vessel was also torpedoed
and she began to settle. Once more he
had to take to the water. He had the
good fortune to escape injury from the
explosion.
"a third cruiser now managed to res
cue him. but he had not been aboard
long before this ship was struck, and
for the third time he had the harrow
ing experience Of having his ship tor
pedoed from under him.
every luckily he was able to jump in
time and, once in the water, be man
aged to cling to a piece Of passing
wreckage and keep af1oat until he was
picked up. He was mighty glad when
we got him aboard. I wanted to bring
him to Holland. but he refused to
come. saying he would rather go right
back to England, so I put him on a tor.
pedo boat. | hope he is safe home by
now"
The disaster again brings up the
question Of the strength and equip
ment Of the German submarine aotil'
las. The greatest mystery has always
surrounded the German submarines, as
no Information was ever allowed tc
leak out concerning their number, size
or equipment.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-05
A YOUNG SOLDIER PRINCE.
Despite His Wishes, Prince Albert Ed
ward Is Kept at Home.

The Prince of Wales has been any.
ious to go to the front. but he has been
unable to get Lord Kitchencr's con
sent to do so. AS the prince has not
completed his military training. the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-05

German Submarine Raid:
Story Of Sunken Cruisers
Told by Eyewitness
THE destruction Of the three Brit
ish armored cruisers Greasy,
.Aboukir and Hogue by Ger

y NIAAL uSSSA ~ VI LIZ "a
ish armored cruisers Greasy,
Aboukir and Hogue by Ger
man submarines in the North
sea has spread alarm throughout Eng
land. The ships sunk were each of r.
900 tons burden and We're Of Il com
paratively obsolete type. having been
built fourteen years ago. But their loss,
nevertheless, has emphasized the dire
power Of the submarine. a power
which threatens the British fleet.
The daring raid Of German subma-
rines across the North sea, which re-
suited in this disaster. momentarily
diverted attention from the battleields
Of the continent. Such an attack the
British navy had been led to expect,
for the Germans had frankly avowed
that their plan was to reduce British
naval superiority by submarine raids
and the sowing Of mines. They had
been training their young officers for
sallies of this kind.
Nevertheless, it came as a shock to
Englishmen that big ships such as
CuOSG SuQk COulu SO easily De dltdChcu
and destroyed while the German feet
had been able to remain in safety in
Its mine protected and fortress pro-
tected harbors. 1t was pointed out,
however, that the British feet must
keep the seas to insure Great Britain's
food supply and in doing so must run
great risks.
The only detailed story of the sink
ing OF the cruisers came from Captain
Berkhout Of the steamship Titan. which
carried survivors to Rotterdam. The
Daily News correspondent there had
an interview with Captain Berkhout.
who told him the following story:
early in the morning I saw three
English cruisers far away On the hori-
on. A little later l noticed that n
had disappeared. but took nc notice of
this. imagined she had sailed.
"When l arrived on the spot l found
two cutters saving men who were
struggling in the water. All the men
were naked. as they had been in the
water so long they We're compelled to
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-05
Boring Thin Glass.

Everybody who has tried under
stands how difficult it is to bore a
hole in a strip of thin glass. The fol
lowing method is said to be very sue
ceSSful:
Press a cake of wet clay upon the
glass and then make q hole through
the clay Of the desired size. laying
bare the glass at the bottom of the
hole. Then pour melted lead into the
hole, and it will drop through the
glass, making a round aperture. The
explanation is that the sudden applica-
ton of heat cracks the glass in a circle
corresponding in size with the hole in
the clay.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-05
Hard to Produce the rs" Sound.

There is one sound Of the human
speech which it is practically impossi-
BILE to perfectly reproduce by mechan-
ical means. 1t is the sound of the let
ter IS" Neither the telephone nor the
photograph renders it properly. Lord
Rayleigh, IN English physicist of note,
was the first to observe this and to
subject the phenomenon to scientific
investigation. He found that to pro-
nounc the sound 50 the muscles of
the mouth must exert only a slight
pressure upon the air. but at the same
time the breath must be projected with
such force as to produce not less than
1000 vibrations of the air a V per
second. This is Il higher number than
in the case of any other sound Of the
human speech.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-05

MAUDE ADAMS AND SIR JAMES ARRIE.
this. l assure you this is the first time
l have ever been interviewed. 1 may
stay here a month.
while l have no intention of lectur-
ing on the war and presenting the Brit
ISL side of it. l naturally have my
opinions on the subject.
II believe it will be u long war. The
British people did not appear to ap-
preciate its significance until the first
casualty list was published. Then they
seemed to awake to Il realization of
its import. There was Il great rush of
young men to enlist. and it has kept up.
The tale that the Irish have been luke
warm in volunteering is absurd. They
We're all armed and ready to fight any
how, and they have responded gener-
ouSly to the call OF the nation. There
have been nor enlistments in Ireland
in proportion to population than there
have been in England or Scotland"
The only other time that Sir James
visited the United States was in 1896
On that visit he went to the Empire.
in New York. to see Maude Adams in
Rosemary" The next morning he
visited MI. IHrohman and offered to
write il play for her within q year
The play was The Little Minister"
That was the only time he ever saw
Miss Adams on the stage. though She
has since acted all his plays. One OF
the objects of Harrie's second visit is
to see Miss Adams in his new play.
The Legend of Leonoru."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-05

peat lef.
One day John ordered Madge to
blacken his boots. She obeyed, and
when she handed them to him he swore
at her for not having taken off the dirt
before putting on the polish and struck
her. 1t happened hat a young man, Il
graduate of q school of mines who had
come out to investigate some mining
property, was walking through the
camp and saw the blow. He had been
IN athlete of promise in his college
days and quite capable of handling
several men such as John both for
courage and physical strength. Walk
ing up to the latter. he gave him q cuff
in the face.
Take that for striking a woman" he
said.
John glared at him, but did not re-
turn the blow. Tucker, the man who
had cuffed him, stood for a few mo-
ments waiting for what was to follow,
then, since nothing followed, said to
Madge, eff he illtreats you again let
me know" and walked away.
A new being entered into Madge and
took possession. Inwardly the story
will tell what it was; outwardly it
showed itself in cleanliness. She wash.
ed the dirt off her face, combed her
hair and sewed together the rents in
her garments.
The mining engineer was obliged tc
spend some time in the. camp. He was
much engrossed in his work and waa
not a man to take an interest in any.
thing except that pertaining to a min.
ing camp. The next time he saw
Madge, tdied up and cheaply orna.
mented, he failed to recognize her. For
the first time in her life a sad expires.
sion came over her face, but she passed
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-05
Catching a Melon Thief.

A farmer was losing his canteloupes,
and he couldn't catch the thief. One
day he hid his camera in a thicket, TO-
cusing it upon a fine melon just ripe
enough to pick and attaching the shut
ter by a dark cord to the stem. When
he visited his patch a little later his
melon was gone. but upon developing
the film a STOPPING figure he knew very
well appeared. A print of the picture
mailed to the chief actor in the Incl
dent stopped the farmers losses.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-05
Boy Scouts Prevent Train Wreck.

Boy SCOUTS Prevent Train WRECK.
A train wreck was prevented recently
at Kings Mills, O., through the prompt
action of Troop 1, Norwood boy scouts.
The troop was hiking along the railroad
tracks when they found that a passing
freight train had broken a switch. The
New York fier was due in a few min
utes, so the patrol divided. half of the
boys to go to the station to notify the
station agent while the other half ran
out on the track to flag the approach
ing train. The boys attracted the at
tention of the engineer, and the train
was brought to a stop within a few feet
Of the broken switch.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-05

with words. He would order her to
perform mental services for him and.
whether she obeyed or refused, would
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-05
BARRIE IN AMERICA.
British Author Desires to See Maude
Adams In His New Play.

Sir James Matthew Barrie, the cele-
brated British author, slipped into New
York city the other day in his usual
quiet way, but vas caught by reporters
and submitted to an interview in
which he said:
II merely thought ] would slip into
America and give q few persons a sur
Prise. intended to walk in Oh Miss
Adams and see her in one of my plays,
That is a treat l still have reserved
But publicity has prevented my doins
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-05

PRINCE OF WALES, IN sECOND ROW DRILL
ING WITH HIS REGIMENT.
war secretary submitted to King
George that for the present it is un.
desirable that his royal highness the
Prince of Wales should proceed on ac-
tive service" The prince is a member
Of the Twenty-second grenadier guards
and Is being put through his PAGES
drilling with them.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-05
old King Coal.
Old Zinc Goal

Old King Coal
Is a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul is he.
He burns in the crate
From early till late
And crackles so merrily.
He weighs quite a ton.
You can poke him in fun,
And he'll laugh and burn brightly
in glee;
But. my, how he'd pout
II you'd let him 10 out.
What a chilly old cinder he'd be!
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-12-11
WAR REVENUE IN EFFECT
Federal War Measure 10 to Raise
500, 600 1000 Revenue Cut of by
European War.

Memphis.-The federal war revenue
law, more commonly known as the war
tax, went into effect Dec. l. It will
remain in force until Jan. 1, 1915, and
its purpose is to raise $100, 600, 900
federal revenue cut off at custom
houses as a result Of the European
war.
The war revenue measure Is broad
in Its scope, In railroad offices, ex-
press offices, traffic bureaus and bust
ness houses employees were busy d.
costing the provisions and penalties
of the new law.
Every traveller who buys a Pullman
berth " parlor car seat henceforth
must purchase also a one-cent docu-
mentary stamp and attach 1t to the
ticket. Railroad tickets are not taxed,
except passage tickers by vessel to
foreign ports.
Travellers who desire to check BIZ
cycles, t~ricycles, baby carriages, dogs,
theatrical scenery, etc, also must buy
one-cent documentary stamps. Milk
tickets on trains and the switching of
cars also is taxed under the new law.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-12-11
CARS MEN NEAR CRACOW
Are Reported to Be Mounting Guns at
Wieliczka-New Battle In Pland
Going On.

London.=Wlth the lull in the battle
IN the west, which has become a heavy
c|annonade at widely separated points
with only occasional infantry attacks
interest enters in the struggle be
tween the Russians and Germans II
the east.
At last the Russians have approach
ed within firing distance OF CracoW
their advance from Przemysl having
proceeded without any real check
They were reported to be mounting
heavy batteries around the town o;
Wiellczka, and from which the outei
forts OF Cracow can be reached.
Important as this is-for the fall o.
Cracow would lay open the roads tt
Vienna, Breslau and Berlin-the mali
interest in the east continues to resi-
with the operations on the irregular
front from Czenstochowa through
Lodz and Lowicz to the East PrussiaI
border. Official announcements as &c
progress here are guarded and indefi
mite, and 1t is difficult to arrive at o
conclusion as to the course OF events
1t is apparent, however, that a new
battle has developed southwest OF
LODI, where the Germans have formed
a new line with fresh forces brought
from Kalisc and are again trying tC
penetrate the Russian center.
The Russians, too, have had time to
straighten out their line and, in the
eyes Of the allies, another battle fol-
lowing so closely that just concluded
in this region must help In the long
run, for, it is argued, win or lose, the
Germans must be further weakened
and, in addition, soon will have to turn
their attention to the Russian often
sive against Silesia and around era
cow.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-12-11
REICHSTAG TO VOTE CREDIT
Loan, Which VIII Not Be FIoated
Until the Spring.

Berlin,-The reichstag will meet to
vote a war credit Of 81, $50, 000, 900. DR..
Won Bethmann- Hollweg, the imperial
chancellor, conferred with party lead
ers, explaining the military and finan-
cial situation. He first received so
cialist leaders.
1t is expected the war credit will be
adopted unanimously and without de.
bate. The government does not In.
tend to raise the new loan forthwith
and probably will not do so until
spring.
Chancellor Won Hollweg
speaking to the reichstag committee
said the military situation on boil
fronts was wholly favorable, but that
he wished to defer further explana
lions until the meeting Of the reich
stag. He said he hoped the ~reichstal
would vote the loan unanimously, a!
this would encourage the troops to tn,
greatest energy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-12-11
OGRESsWES IN CHICAGO
Representatives Of "a States Say They
VIII Held Party Intact-Jane Ad.
dams Enthusiastic.

Chicago-Progressives from thirty.
four states in a conference session
bere Of the executive committee Of the
arty expressed their confidence in
q progressive party. principles and
lejr determination to continue the
party in action.
Reports were heard from the vari.
bus states and later a statement was
issued by the executive committee
through its chairman, George w. Per.
kins OF New York, declaring that the
progressive organization and cam
paign OF education should continue and
that the national committee Of the
party would be asked to fix the time
and plac for holding the national con.
vention OF the party in 1916 and to
transact business incidental to the
presidential campaign two years from
now.
Three sessions Of the conference
were held in the rooms of the Chicago
Progressive club, and the statement
Of Miss Jane Adams, member Of the
executive committee, that she was now
more enthusiastic than ever in the
cause of the progressive party" ap-
parently expressed the sentiments OF
the conference members and was ap-
Iplauded vigorously.
Not a speaker made any suggestion
OF abandoning the party and the sub
ject OF amalgamation with either OF
the older parties was not brought up.
1.-THE product Of a rumor factory"
was the Characterization given by Mr..
Perkins to representatives of possible
disintegration or amalgamation.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-12-11
GERMAN COUP A FAILURE
Russian Thunders at CracoW Gates.
Battle In East Waoed Under Eyes
of Gar and Kaiser.

London.--As the Baltic cables are
cut, news from Petrograd Is neces
sarily delayed, 80, for accounts OF the
Poland fighting one must depend
mainly on the German wireless. 1t Is
becoming evident that there have been
exaggerations as to the extent and
character of the reported Russian vic
tory In Poland. The Russian official
messages have not been guilty Of ex-
aggeration, but have been carefully
worded and restrained.
The official facts are that the at
tempted German coup at Warsaw has
failed. with considerable loss, and that
the Russians have crossed the Carpa-
thlans some distance into the Carpa-
THAN plain.
Gen. Won Mackensen's army before
LODI by sheer force managed to hold
its ground.
As a consequence, the old note OF
German optimism has appeared IN the
German wireless. Germany's eastern
frontier, 1t Is declared, Is now safe,
but the Russians, striking hard at the
German left, have stormed Sobota, a
few miles west Of Lowicz, and have
advanced to the attack on the Ger
mar positions at Larzyoa, right in the
rear of the main German line.
The battle Is not yet ended.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-12-11
VILLA ENTERS MEXICO CITY
Mexican Leader Reaches Capital Sub
urbs With Troops-viIia Has
Close Shave.

Mexico City.-Gen. Villa entered
Mexico City at the head of about 25,-
900 troops. He arrived in the sub
urbs, where ne remained receiving del
egations and foreign consuis. Villa
will not enter the capital proper until
the arrival of Provisional President
Gutierrez.
Gen. Villa had a narrow escape from
death just before his entry into the
city. His train collided with the train
Of Gen. Chao above Tula. T~hirty-two
persons were killed and 40 wounded.
One mile below the scene of the wreck
six mines were found connected with
a battery concealed in a ravine. The
generals train passed over the mines.
which were not discovered until the
next morning.