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The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-12

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Oct. 2, 1916.
TO the Hon. Board of Supervisors
of Claiborne County:
We your committee, appointed
o inspect road at Flowers creek
o be changed, report and recon-
mend the change to be made,
provided satisfactory arrangement.
can be made with Jim Greer fol
he purchase of his land throuOi
which the road will have to run.
Respectfully submitted,
1. w. FIFE,
A. c. CALENDER
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GERMANY'S REPLY.

Germany has lost no time in mak- ing its reply to the note sent to the belligerent nations by President Will son, but it cannot be looked upon as either an answer to the petition made in the note or the raising of any new points which would encourage the other belligerents to look more fla vorably upon the question of peace at this time.
 Regardless of the statement in the note that it was not based upon the German move for peace, and the statement of Secretary Lansing that neither the president nor he regarded it as a peace move, Berlin bastens to take advantage of it as if it was a supplement to the German peace pro- posal.
 President Wilson asked for an avowal of the views of the respective belligerents as to terms upon which the war might be concluded and the arrangements which would be deemed satisfactory as a guaranty against it's renewal or the kindling of any similar conflict, but Germany, the first to re- ply, fails to comply herewith. It seeks a conference of the warning na- tions for the purpose of talking over terms, just as it did in it's peace proposition, but such was not sought by President Wilson, except as a pos sible result from the setting forth of the terms. And as to the guaranty against future wars Berlin says that the great work of preventing future wars cannot be begun until the pres ent struggle is ended.
 It is therefore indicated that Ger many is adhering to it's original plea for peace and is endeavoring to turn the move of President Wilson to its own account. Such may be disap- pointing in Washington but it is per- haps no more than might have been expected at this time.
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NEUTRAL APPROVAL.

Look at it from any standpoint there is no reason why any neutral nation, if it is actually neutral, should not be rdesirous that the war in Eu- rope should come to an end, for that would not only mean a check upon the horrible conditions which are pre- vailing in certain of the belligerent countries but it would mean a dis tinct relief for them, since the neu- tra9s have been called upon to under go no small amount of sacrifice and suffering.
 Thus it can be appreciated that in asmuch as this country has sent a note to the belligerents, they have an excellent opportunity to endorse it as a step looking towards peace, without bearing the responsibility of starting 1t or of saying which side should give way to the other.
 Hemmed in on all sides as Switz- erland is, that country must naturally want to see an end to the present sit- uation. It has felt the burden of the war and so has Holland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The whole world knows other than through the reports of the battles that all Europe Is at war.
 I1OW0fcT tHSy 1udy DTeISf LIldl one side should be victorious, for the effect which it would have upon the future, and the establishment of cer- tain principles. respect for neutrals and the rights of humanity, they can not as neutrals take action along that line. The best they can do is to en- courage peace. but even then it must be as apparent to the neutra1s as the belligerents that unless peace is going to be made permanent the war better go on to a finish at the present time. The most that can be hoped for at this time is the successful outcome of an endeavor to determine whether a permanent peace could be effected un- der the existing state of affairs. The allies give little encouragement that it would succeed but the neutrals may feel like lending an influence in be- half Of a test.
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sharpshooters, among them- the Mor- ocean regiment which had previously been honored because of heroic con- duct at Dixmude and at F9eury. To this Moroccan command was given the honor of attacking Douaumont Next came the division commanded by General Passage, made up of troops from every section of France. Next was the division commanded by General Bardmelle, composed of troops of the line and light infantry. A battalion of Singalese also took an equal part in the attack.
 "On the 23d the troops were in place. The hour had been set al 11:40 A. M. on the 24th. The action was to assume two phases. The first stroke would be to take the Quarries of Hardaunont, the height north of the ravine of Dame, the intrenchment north the farm of Thiaumont, the battery of la Fausee- Cote, the ravine of Bazite; then in the second phase after an hours stop to consolidate the first conquest, the forces were to push or to the crest of the heights to the north of the ravfne of Cobeuvre, the village of Douaumont, the Fort of Douaumont, the dam and pond of Vaux and on to the battery of Dam- loup.
 "Oct. A came A thick fog pre- vailed and covered the valleys and
 hills. The commander, however, did not modify his orders and 11:40 A M the attack was launched in the fog. The artillery increased its range. Observation by airplanes and other observers was very difficult
 The aviators went up and descended very low to follow the operations. The telephone lines were broken every moment or so, but communication was maintained by carrier pigeons by op-
 tieal observation. and acoustic ar rying out in detail of the difficult phases of the battle as planned We accomplished the first object of the
 first phase with insignificant losses and imediately started for the second objective.
 At 2:30 P. M. the fog lifted, and tke observers could see magic spec tacle. It was our soldiers. filing like SC many shadows along the crest o1 Douaumont, approaching the fort from all sides. Arriving at the fort they quickly established themselves within, and through the glasses could be seen the long columns of prison CTS as they filed out.
 '~The Fourth Regiment charged with | taking the quarries of Haudromont | went beyond their objective, whicE was the trench of Balfourier. The division under General Guyot de Sal ins had taken Thiaumont and Douau-
 mont, while that of Passage had seized the wood of Caillette and ad- | vanced to the heights of the ravine oi Fausse-Cote.
 Tn the taking of the revine ol
 F'ontaine energetic resistance was en-
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fire prevention have been of much val.

fire prevention have been of much val ue.
 But what has been Accomplished in the way of checking the number of fires during the Christmas season only shows what can be done towards the reduction in the number of fires every day in the year if there is but the proper amount of thought given to the subject. It is no difficult matter to understand that aceumulations of pa per or many forms of waste material are always a menace, particularly if they are where a lighted match care- lessly dropped can set fire to them, and it requires no actual experience to demonstrate that many of the se- rious fires each year are started in some such thought1ess manner, or by the failure to give the proper atten- tion towards safeguarding the very conditions which are known to be dangerous.
 Fire prevention has done much in the saving of property. It is even possible for it to do greater work than the firemen, but regardless of what has been accomplished in that direction there is plenty of opportu- nity for much more of it to be done.
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ARMoRTEs GAN WAIT.

Governor Holcomb apparently be- lieves that Connecticut should know exactly where it stands relative to the federalized national guard before it makes any further moves involving large expenditures of money in behalf of the various military organizations
 This statement was made in con- nection with appropriations in behalf of armories and 1t is well known that for several sessions of the general as- sembly there have been determined efforts to secure large sums for new buildings on the ground that the pres ent ones were not large enough or did not quite meet the requirements.
 In the testimony which has been taken by the senate committee on mill itary affairs. it has been declared that the scheme of federalizing the na- tional guard has been complete fail- ure. It is therefore desirable that it should be known whether it is going to be continued for further trial or whether it is going to be abandoned for some more practical plan of rais- Ing and maintaining an army such as. the proper defense of this country demands.
 The governors advice is therefore deserving of serious consideration Connecticut has not gotten to the point where it can afford to disregard each and every opportunity for prac- ticing wise economy, and whatever money might be available for new ar mories can certainly be put to good use in other directions until the fu- ture of the federalized national guard is fully determined
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The friend of the returned traveller speaks. My dear, you don't know how glad l am to see you! l think 1t is simply too dear of you to come right over to tell me all about your lovely trip. And how perfectly sweet of you to bring all your post cards and pho- tographs with you! Pm simply fran tice about post cards! I think they give the most wonderful idea .of things. Go right into the living room, while l run upstairs and get the baby. want you to see him just a minute before you begin to tell me about your trip. We have the most wonderful news. No, I won't tell you now. want to surprise you--no, I won't really. YouIl have to wait until l.
 There now, here he isl Now, Too dlycunls must let Aunt Mollie kiss his his tongue on her like that. Just let her kiss his sofe little cheekums.
 'tOh; my dear, don't let him get hold of those cards, please. Pm afraid and, besides, I couldn't bear to have your lovely cards spoiled.
 Now, dear, want you to begin right at the. beginning and tell me everything. You don't know how I've been looking forward
 NO, no, baby darling! You must not pull Aunt Mollie's glasses off That's naughty. Of course it is naughty, but I really do think it's per fectly remarkable how he notices when people wear glasses. I saw the minute I brought him into the room that he was looking right at them.
 You went by boat, didn't you, dear part of the way? I remember you ex- plained just how you were going, but was so worried that day because the baby-and, oh, that reminds me! We haven't told Aunt Mollie about our wonderful secret, have we, mothers love? Take off your gloves, dear, won't you? Now, I wonder -aof course, dear, I know you'n understand so I'm going to be perfectly frank with you-but would you mind just washing your hands?
 T didn't mean for a minute to in innate that your hands aren't perfect iy clean? Of course, I suppose, hope that is-of course-I know they're per- fectly clean. But, don't you know, l feel as though I couldn't be too care ful-"
 "Of course, dear, you aren't really hourt, and I expect you'll go away and make all kinds of fun of me-but ger in the listerine for minute?
 "Oh, thank you so much! Now, darling lamb, here's Aunt Mollie's nice clean finger and we'll just put it in the babykins' ittly, bittly mouth and -there--
 There, what did I tell you? Aren't you just too surprised for words? l almost tainted when I first felt it. l couldn't believe itI It didn't seem pos sible for a baby of his age really to have a tooth. It seemed too awfuIly clever or something, and I just sat there for a minute without saying a word and Jack said afterward I looked so Dala that hp wa friphtepad
 Just hold up the cards one by one won't you, dear, so that I can look at them? I don't believe he'll let me get near enough to take them in my hand. He seems so perfectly pos sessed to put them in his mouth
 'Oh, isn't that a beauty? It's just like the one you sent me, I think, but
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INVERTED TRAvELoGUE

you know was so worried about the baby when it came that I didn't real ly have time to notice it very much 'No, I don't know what was the matter with him; he just seemed to
 be acting So differently from the way he usually does
 Yes, he ate as usual. That was one thing that worried me. If he
 hadn't wanted to eat. I could have understood
 "No, his temperature was normal
 apparently, but was afraid my ther-
 mometer wasn't working right, and
 while he seemed to be sleeping pro-
 perly I couldn't help feeling that there was something wrong
 Yes, that's just what Jack said,
 but I'm sure he was reilly just as
 much worried as I was. because he
 tor up the minute I suggested it.
 eOh, do let me look at that pho tograph a minute! I believe that's
 the very hotel Jack and stopped at
 when we were on our wedding trip. Isn't it the most wonderful thing that
 you should happened to stop there, too?
 Look, baby darling, look at the pretty picture! That's where mother
 and dada stopped when they were first married years and years ago. Jack says he doesn't believe the pdOy .IIlG WH0n l Idlh IO him like that but I'm positive that he doe ,sbecause he looks up at me in
 the most intelligent way. "Oh. must you go, dear? I'm so l disappointed! I thought of course you would stay to luncheon. Please change your mind and stay See, baby wants you to stay, too See him hold out his little hands If you only would stay, we could take such a nice walk after he's had his little afternoon nap. Well, I am sick with disappoint- ment, but you will come again soon won't you, dear? I don't feel as if I had heard anything about your trip and I was so anxious to have you tell me
 Well, of course, if you really have to go! But do come again soon. Baby and I don't think it's a bit nice of you to go away like this, do we, Lamby ? Say by-by to Aunt Mollie, sweet heart! Isn't it cunning the way he waves his little hand? Good-by dear! Come again just as soon as you possibly can!"
 What the friend of the returned traveller said to her husband that night at dinner: Somehow, Jack, it seems as if that perfectly wonderful trip had been almost wasted on Mol lie. She was here quite long time today and I couldn't get her to tell me a thing about it, hardly. She really didn't seem to have got a thing out of it."-Exchange.
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CARiRANZA RESPONSIBLE FO
 VILLA

While Carranza has been debating what lie will do in regard to the agreement which has been reached by the Mexican American commission, Villa has been doing his utmost to show up the weakness of his former chief and therefore to support the commissions advice that the agree ment should be approved. The bandit chieftain has been demonstrating that nothing unreasonable is demanded by this country in insisting upon the right to pursue bandits across the bor- der on a hot trail. He has repeatedly shown that Carranza is no obstacle to his operations on Mexican soil and therefore he can be of no greater value in suppressing him in any contem- plated raids on this side of the line. The very operations of Villa should force Carranza to a recognition of the justice, of this requirement..
 Long ago, following Villas raid up- on Columbus, CarranZa was given sufficient reason for devoting his eff forts to eliminate this leader, but he failed to respond. Villa has Carran- ga to thank for the stop which he put to the operations of the punitive ex- petition under General Pershing, for had the de facto president given his cooperation and taken advantage of the assistance at hand, Villa would not be the menace which he is today, but Carranza with his usual stub bornness took the opposite view, over estimated his own ability and the re- suit is that Villa is daily gaining strength and becoming more of a menace. Under such conditions this country has no alternative than to insist upon properly protecting the border and a large part of the respon- sibility for the present situation rests upon Carranza.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-28
STORIES OF THE WAR
Morroccans Rewon Douaumont.

In a recent issue of the Bulletin deS Armees, the official publication of the French armed forces, there is an of ficial account of the battle of Verdun, from the beginning of the German advance last Spring to the recapture of Fort Vaux by the> French on Nov. ? last. The account shows that to an African regiment France owes the re- ca pture of Douaumont, while not a shot was fired in some of the most i'm portant engagements that marked the recapture of Fort Vaux.
 Concerning the recapture of Dou- aumont the article says:
 Fort Douaumont was garriSoned on Oct. "A by an important German force and was protected to the last degree that day by sudden stroke on our part Douaumont was retaken. In four hours we recaptured territory which it had taken the Germans eight months to conqueor, and the price they paid in men was several hun dred thousands of their best troops.
 The last big German offensives against Verdun were those of June g, July 1, Aug. 1, and Sept. 3. Beginning the offensive, the French little by lit tie reclaimed the ground that had been lost. The series of local success es inspired our men with confidence, and our commanders began to pre- pare for the opportune moment.
 General Nivelle> intrusted the exc cution of the plans to General Man gin, it having been General Mangin who had re-entered Douaumont on May 22, but who because of the fact that Douaumont then formed a salient in the enemy's line did not consider it wise to maintain his position. On Oct 21 the weather was clear and favored observation by airplanes and captive ballons. The artillery prepa- ration began.
 ''Day by day we could follow the destruction. On the 23d a fire in the Fort of Douaumont followed the ex- plosion. of a bomb. The shelters cov- ering the quarries of Hardaumont were destroyed, as was also the bat tery of Damloup, and the raMnes were blown to pieces. The Germans were uncertain of the point of our at tack owing to the great extent of our action. Little by little we discovered the positions of all their batteries which numbered over 130, and of which 60 were destroyed.
 ''The troops selected to make the assault on the Germans belonged to divisions that had previously operated in that sector. From the left to right was the division of General Guyot de Salins, reinforced on the left by the Eleventh Infantry. This division was made up of Zouaves and Colonial
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countered. The position to the right
 of Fort Vaux also resisted a long time
 before being taken. The Savoyards
 of the Twentieth Regiment finally
 charged and captured the battery of
 Damloup, and so 1t was that in a few
 hours the victory was complete. Tt was the battalion of Nico1ai of
 the Moroccan regiment which had the
 glory of taking Douaumont. Some
 of the enemy remained intrenched in the easement of the fort. On the
 morning of the 25th the fort was freed entirely of the enemy. The enemy counterattacked on Haudro- mont and on Damloup on the 18th, but in both instances was repulsed with great loss.
 "'The French losses in the whole attack did not equal half the number of prisoners taken by us. The Com mander-in-C Chief who assisted in the battle with General Petain expressed his deep appreciation of the magnifi- l cent way in which the French deliv- cred the attack.
 "The recapture of Fort Vaux fol- lowed closely the victory of Douau- 1 mont. Reduced by the precision of our artillery preparation and the con-
 stant pressure of our infantry, Vaux
 was plucked like a ripe apple in the evening of Nov. 2. General Nivelle and General Mangin ordered our line | to retire a little to the rear, about 1 200 meters to the south of the fort. 1 so as to permit the unrestrained pre- paration by our. artillery. The con- l nection between the advancing di- visions was made at the dam on the ! side of the Pond of Vaux. On Nov ? the Germans evacuated the fort, and | in doing so relieved us of the neces- l sity of executing our planned attack 1 Our soldiers penetrated the meats, | and from them proceeded into the | fort. Vaux was ours without shot. ! The seizure was easily an episode i In five days the French recaptured all ! that the enemy had taken eight | months to accomplish, eight months I which for him were months of prodi- gious effort and unheard-of losses"
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tion. There are enough pessimists. We need optinists-men and women who believe in Meriden and who believe in constructive instead of destructive policies. Less suspicion, less prejudice, less jealousy-more kindness, more justice, more sincerity-will make ev- cry mothers son of us better citizens who can make better Meriden.- Meriden Record.
 President Wilson is to be inducted into office again without the accom- paniment of an inaugural ball. Time was when it would have been felt that without this formality there could be no real inauguration. But TOW the pubiic-even the Washington public, composed so largely of office holders and socially ambitious wives -acquiesce in the change. It may be "undemocratic" to cut out the inau- gural ball. But the last few functions of this sort furnish sufficient justifi- cation. They were not balls. They were mobs of people pouring into the White House like election-night crowds and jostling and crushing each other in the limited space so that dancing was impossible and even eat ing a buffet lu1fch called for athletic prowess--Meriden Record.
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MOTHERS REMEDY
 FOR BRUISES
cHILDRENs BUMPS, STRAINS AND MINOR HURTS QUICKLY RE- LEVIED BY SLOAN'S LINI.
 MENT

It is the very nature of children to hurt themselves--to come crying to mother with little fingers bruised, with heads bumped. with sprained ankles and wrists.
 They are painful hurts, too. But their pain and sting can't survive the gentle use of this 1iniment. A single application of Sloan's Liniment and the little fellows bravely kept back tears give way to smiles. His hurt is relieved.
 In every home where there are chil- dren a bottle of S1oans Eminent is a necessity.
 Aching muscles, rheumatism, 1um- baSo, stiff neck. backache, childblains etc, can be effectively relieved with Sloans Liniment. Cleaner than mussy ointments or plasters.
 Sloan's Eminent can be obtained at all drug stores, 25c, 5ec and $1.00.
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Peruvians Study Tobacco.

The government of Peru has issued an order through the Department of Fomento, commissioning two Peruvl- an graduate students to spend a year in Cuba in a practical study of the cultivation and manufacture of to- bacco. The order, as published in Fl Peruano, indicates that the Peruvian government believes the expense of this commission will prove a profitable investment. The tobacco industry is a government monopoly in Peru, and it is hoped that with a more scientific knowledge of the raising and curing of the weed this industry may add much to the prosperity of the country.
 California annually ships between 12,000 and 15,000 carloads of deciduous fruits.
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FEWER CHRISTMAS FIRES.

Small in comparison with some years were the fires and deaths re- sulting from Christmas trees and dec orations. To have expected that there would have been none would have in- dicated too much faith in the eager ness of the people to look cut for their own protection, but the large re- duction in the number of Christmas fires resulting from carelessness or a failure to take proper precautions to keep inhammable material away from all danger points shows that the warnings and the work in behalf of
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When there is no demand for the product factories have been forced to shut down but that can hardly be said to be the reason for the talk of closing the United States mint at Philadelphia.
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There are 22 graduates of the Deep Sea Diving school at Newport at. the end of its first year. They will find plenty to do searching Davy Jones' locker after the U-boats get through their work.