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Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-28
Splendid Farm

wish to sell my splendid farm
and attractive home in Irrelevant.
The farm contains go acres, 5 or
10 acres lies in the corporation
of Irrelevant. Splendid 6-room
residence, good bath room, private
system of water works, good out
buildings, two acres of cultivated
blackberries, nice orchard, cold
frame 80 by 70 brick, 4 acres of
alfalfa, convenient to churches
and good school. Will sell at
reasonable price for cash or bank
able notes.
c. D. ADAMS.
34.4t Irrelevant, Tenn.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-28

the purchaser to pay off the notes
and stop the interest if he so de-
sires. Approved personal security
will be required on said notes, and
a lien retained on the land as adj
ditional security.
This September -, 1917.
j. w. WILLIAMS, Clerk.
j. w. MURPHY, Solicitor for Com
plainants. BAT
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-28
AMBASSADOR GERARD
Tells Why We Went to War
With Germany

my Four Years in Germany"
the book recently written by Am
bassador Gerard upon his return
from Germany, after the outbreak
of the war, is probably one of the
greatest history making pieces of
literature ever presented to read
ing public.
This story will be published in
the daily and Sunday Tennessean
and American beginning Sunday,
September 30. and continuing for
about seven weeks.
We in this country only guessed
at the feeling Germany entertained
towards us-we with our uncen-
sored press heard both sides Of the
story, pro-German and otherwise.
But Gerard tells us facts. He
lived with the German people and
came in daily contact with the inn
perial German government. He
was aware of their intrigues, their
manipulation of the German mind.
He saw the deadly peril existing
in their military system'-he
heard their tOasts to The Day."
He knew the exact feeling toward
the United States as it really ex-
listed without the veneer, thin as
it was, of the now famous" Ger
man culture.
And Gerard tells it all in his
my Four Years IN Germany" 1t
reads like a fairy tale. He gives
the reader, for the first time, first
hand information of just what hap
pened in Berlin that made it neces-
sary for America to join hands
With the entente allies and declare
the fight one tG a finish.
He tells why we are lighting for
world democracy why we must
win, and he tells it in an intensely
interesting way.
After Gerard received his trans
ports after he arranged for the
handling Of what little business
there was left for an American
ambassador in Berlin-he gath.
cred together his data, put it in a
little black grip and started for
the land of liberty. German gov
eminent agents knew that the bag
contained the evidence of their
guilt which would probably be
given to the outside world. But
German secret service men could
not get it by trickery and they
dared not take it otherwise. They
viewed it with hungry eyes and
would have gladly given their lives
to keep it ia Germany safe from
the rest of the world.
But Gerard brought it home
and what it contained what the
German government would have
given an untold fortune for-is
row the property of every indi-
vidual in the United States who
will take the time to read Ger
ards's my Four Years in Ger
many"
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-28
saxlnn liome entden sufpIue.

Often in the home garden there are
enough vegetables wasted to keep the
table supplied all winter If they were
put up in glass jars. 1t is possible to
put up vegetables in. such manner
that they will lose little Of their at
tractive color and flavor, and through
canning the surplus from the home
garden win do much to reduce the cost
Of living next winter,
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-28

Give Your Subscription to Our Agent
in Your Town Now-Or IL You Live on
Rural Route Send II to The Tennes-
sean and American, uhinH Coupon Be-
low.
FIJI out this coupon and have The
Tennssaean and American mailed or
delivered to you during the entire pc
Rod OF the Gerard articles.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-28
Non Resident Notice
In the Circuit
: Court of Carroll
County

Guy Bledsoe County
In the cause it appearing from
the allegation in the bill. which is
sworn to, that the Defendant, Guy
Bledsoe, is a nonresident of the
state of Tennessee and a resident
of the state of Missouri, so that
the ordinary process OF law can
not be served on him, it is there
fore ordered by the court that
publication be made in the Carroll
County Democrat, a newspaper
published in Huntingdon, Tenn,
for four consecutive weeks, CON-
handing said nonresident defend
ant to appear on or before the
fourth Monday in October, 1917,
the same being the 22nd day of
said month, and make defense to
compliments bill, or the same
will be taken for confessed as to
him and the cause set for hearing
exparte.
This Sept. 90, 1917.
G.. w. PARISH, Clerk.
j. 7. PEELER, Sol. for Petitioner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24
Scope Of the Fund
Widened in 1915

The scope of the fund was widened
in February, 1915, 10 include temporary
assistance 10 invalided soldiers and
widows and dependents Of soldiers
killed in action. As now operated. the
Patriotic Fund payments continue until
the first pension payment is made IN
such cases.
The Governor General Of Canada. for
the time being. Is the president OF the
fund Sir Herbert B. Ames. XII, VI. 7"
of Montreal, is secretary, and one OF
the keenest and most enthusiastic Of
workers. devoting practically his whole
time TO this work. Sir Thomas White,
X. c. VI. c., VI. p. Minister of Finance,
is treasurer, while j. Fraser, the Audi
tor General of Canada, is the fund au-
ditor. The executive committee is COM
posed Of representative men from all
parts of the Dominion. Of all religious
denominations and political persus-
sions. These men and thousands Of
others acting on the branch executive
and relief committees all over the coun-
try serve without remuneration.
, The head Office of the fund in OF
tawa centralizes the work Of all branch
organizations. receives all subscrip-
tions wherever said in. and disburses
relief funds 70 each branch on requisi
ton. Il also keeps q complete record
Of enlistmcnts, etc, working n har-
mony with the militia department. and
sends out to the interested branches
reports o. TO discharges, casualties,
promotions. pensions, etc.
The one broad principle upon which
all these branches work is that each IS
supposed to secure all the funds poss
slble from its own district, renting
the total 70 Ottawa and in turn draw
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24
Care Of Dependents Of Soldiers in
Canada Furnishes Guide for U.S..
Assistance Graded According to Cost or Living in Different
Provnces-Wife Receives $50 Month Exclusive
of SIS Assigned from Husbands Pay

emit receives 80 fs.oosa.:..., separati,,
allowance and that the soldier h..
assigned SIS a meuls o. mis- nav TSs
allowance for wiys. - tbep, depondir.
on the age of tho ch,idrSv. as follow.
No children. 81 = R9n.l: one Gina
Sl3 TO $3.50; two eEi.Gr5f, SIS 10 500.
three children, si9 70 s25: four chi.
dren, SD 10 SIS; five Children. sos "A
$50; six children. S2S 70 $50: nov
than six children, $50. Larger aiiow
ances are made in the cases Of deperS.
ents of rcseryists whose separation IL
lowances are below the $50 A month
standard. \ widowed mother NAV Va
ceive $40 in addition to the separatio,
allowance and assigned pay. and ds.
pendent parents $50.
Applicants for relief must an on.
a form giving full information "a :,
the soldier on whom they had depcnsss
for support. and details as 10 ,bei.
own condition and individual earni,e
capacity.
Acting on the information contained
in the application for relief and N,
reports Of the fund visitor, or OF Ne
references given, and in couformancs
with the local schedule adopted. The
relief committee passes Mrs. John
Smiths case at SO much month.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24
Fifty Acre Gift Of John D. Rockefeller Jf, to People
Scene Of One Of Comty's First Fights for Liberty

Land Now Dedicated to Recrea-
ton Bristled with RamParts
When Washington's Soldiers
Fought the Hessians in De
fence Of New York-Highest
Point in Manhattan-Natural
Gateway to State Park Across
the Hudson.
History, great natural beauty and
the deft hand of man have been com
bined TO give unusual charm TO the
spot in upper Manhattan which John
d. Rockefeller, jr., has recently Of
fered 70 the people as a park.
Long before the subway burrowed
northward. hardy adventures from
the Battery Jared TO these island high
lands. and when the American Revolu-
ton came the land around Fort Wash
ington Heights was dotted with their
little farms.
Not far from the main gate OF Iryon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24
By JOHN J. LEARY, JR.

Lynn, Mass, June 23.-If the manu-
facturers Of this city, the largest shoe
manufacturing centre in the world, have
their way, women's shoes will not only
be simpler in design and fewer IN pat
tern this fall than in any season for
years, but lower in price. The i'm
pelling reason for the change is
request from the National Council of
Defence that the manufacturers SIM
plify styles generally, reduce the num-
Der of lasts and patterns so that the
national supply of leather may be
conserved, labor freed for other in
dustries and prices lowered to the
public.
The request comes at a time when
the manufacturers are IN highly
nervous frame OF mind, conditions,
thanks 20 the competition for the more
varied lines, having shown manu-
facturers little OF the comfortable
profits that were possible VII 4 lines
were staple and before the craze for
fancy SnOeS mad developed.
II was then possible with compare
lively small line of samples to so place
orders that factories could be oper-
ated on reasonably full time. This has
been impossible with styles changing
overnight, and overhead expenses have
mounted 10 prices that would have
been unbelievable a few years ago.
Added TO this the constant changing
of patterns and lasts, the cancellation
Of orders after they had been placed
because of some change in demand.
and the manufacturers lot has not
been altogether a happy one.
More recently men in off the road
have reported a tendency on the part
of women TO rebel against high prices
for shoes. So strong have these re-
ports been that many manufacturers
have been seriously considering ways
and means Of cutting costs prior 10 the
action of the national council. The
demand for plain pumps and oXfords.
costing less than the high-cut shoes,
has emphasized this demand for some
thing less expensive and demonstrated
70 the satisfaction Of many that the
plain shoe is beginnin. TO come into
its own again.
Local manufacturers, however, insist
that they are in no way responsible
for the high prices charged in some
centres for women's footwear, insisting
that II is not possible 70 get more
than fair manufacturing profit on
the fanciest of shoes. no matter what
rrice they may retail FOR. They de-
clare that the jobber or the retailer.
who may buy direct. insists on rock
bottom prices here, and then boosts
his own prices as nigh as the traffic
will bear.
In this connection the story is told
OF manufacturer who has been
specializing in fancy shoes seeing
some shoes in New York show win
dow that looked familiar. lie asked
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24

ing on the central organization for its
actual needs. PAY what you can, draw
what you need" was a slogan largely
used in branch organization.
Funds have been received from pro-
vincial, county and municipal grants,
large grants by the more important in
dustrial and financial institutions, local
campaigns, grants of days pay
n month" etc. The local campaigns
wherever carried out have been revela-
tions in the generosity of the Canadian
people.
The actual canvass is preceded by an
extensive advertising campaign, making
use of street banners, sidewalk signs,
window cards. picture show announce
ments. Sunday talks from the pulpits
and advertising and reading notices in
the local press, followed up by leaflets
or circulars addressed through the mail
10 a carefully prepared list Of every one
to be canvassed, taken by a psinstaking
compilation of the records OF voters
lists, factory payrolls and telephone
and city directories. These circulars,
calculated TO give all essential informa-
tion and TO answer the usual objections,
do much to pave the way for the can
vasser, who follows with the personal
approach. Generally two or three days
are set aside for the collections, and
the results have in practically every
case greatly exceeded the widest ex-
pectations of the committees.
Towns there are which have put or
a second and even third year cam
paign, and in almost every case the
response to each succeeding appeal
has outdone the previous ones. The
payments are generally extended over
a period of nine TO twelve months. a
card taken. and the collections handled
through the local banks. These collec-
tions are very well attended TO. around
20 per cent being paid in without trou
bic.
Besides securing local funds. it is
the duty of the local branch 10 see
that no soldiers wife in its jur.sdic-
tion is in need. The fund aids alike the
family of the Canadian volunteer. the
British reservist and the Belgian.
French. Italian, Russian. Serbian ard
Rumanian rescrvists who have re-
turned to fight for their respective
countries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24

Checks are made out monthly for each
family.
The main idea underlying the deter
minatlon Of assistance is that az famt
lies should be brought up 10 a certain
income. sufficient, all things considered
10 maintain them IN a reasonable de.
gree of comfort.
The fund estimates that wife 20.
quires at least $50 q month, exclusive
of assigned pay. and the children so
much more. according 10 number and
age Besides the pay and goyemmen.
allowances, items which will affect ,ae
grant are help from the husbands
employer, earnings Of other members
of the family. income from invest
ments. rents. etc.
With r'o Canadian soldier the cues
ton O, assigned pay present. SON,
difficulty. At present II ~ not taker
into consideration, provided 10 is prop
erly used. This money the wife Is sup.
posed TO use to pay any old scores her
husband may have left behind, TO make
the home comfortable, TO educate the
children and 10 save for emergencies.
Numbers Of these women have been in
dUced this year TO save in a small way
toward securing one Of the Canadian
Government War Saving Certificates
which Tor S2l.50 paid IN now viii re-
turn $25 in three years On the other
hand, where no attention IS paid 70
debts, no provision made for the chill
dren or the home, the committee q
able 10 discipline the offenders by de.
duction from or delay in the grant, 70
hand the children over TO some chill
dren's aid society and provide for their
care. The Salvation Army has been o.
great use in cases of this nature
In numberless cases the savings 0,
the wife from assigned pay have helpei
10 keep the family after the lr-slloel
husband has returned until be couia
secure some suitable employment %
augment his pension.
The activities of the average rehei
committee include the adjustment Of
debts. listing rooms 10 ict, securing
better accommodations when existing
conditions are unsanitary. correspond
ence re pensions. separation allowance
assigned pay, wounded, missing or De-
serted soldiers, free legal advice, ma
ternity lists and babies outfits, medi-
cal advice and attention, storage ior
furniture. opportunities for systemse
saving, etc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24

Hall, the great house that c. K. G..
Billings built upon his estate, there
is a ragged cliff surmounted by hum
mock OF earth. This is the site Of
Fort Tryon, a reminder Of the change
that came over the rugged country
when Washington and his Continentals
were fighting Americas first fight for
liberty.
The acres that have now been dedi-
Gated to recreation have bristled with
ramparts and been rutted with the
wheels Of cannon. Hessians have
charged over the hills. and from the
top Of the Palisades in New Jersey
Washington himself watched his men
make their last stand in the defence
Of New York.
Just south Of Corbin Place, which
cuts the loop Of Fort Washington Ave
nue.. was another battlement Of 1875.
Here the Continentals halted the Brit
ISL long enough 20 enable Washington
20 carry out safely mis- retreat from
Long Island. Here, when her artillery
man husband was killed, Margaret Cor
pin took her place at the gun and
served II until she, too, was gravely
wounded Mr.. Rockefeller paid trib-
ute 10 the natural beauty Of the land
when he said that It's possibilities as
a play place for the people had I'M
pressed him as boy.
From the days when ! was boy
and rode horseback ~ that part Of the
city. used 20 stop always and admire
the euperb view from that little knoll
o. land cneircled by the loop Of Fort
Washington Avenue he said when an
nouncing his gift.
Prom that crest, the highest point in
there is matehless out
look. On clear days storm King
Mountain may be seen up the Hudson,
and 70 the south the Statue OF Liberty
Ia clearly visible, twenty miles away.
The western view shows the Palisades
and the Jersey hills, 70 the east one
sees the Harlem River, the Speedway.
New York University grounds, and
FAR away a glimpse Of the sandy shores
81 Long Island Sound.
Into this setting a few years ago
.ame a hoTseman with magnificent
deas Of an estate, and the wealth 70
YORK them out. G. X. g. Billings was
,rfoInally attracted 20 Fort Tryon ~
he opportunities for e1eTcis!ng ms
.rotting horses. but tho stabies ne
damned and built on the crest OF the
in were only incidental 20 his whole
,lsn, -. - - 49,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24
By GLADSTONE PERRY. F. c. b. A.


When the great war began. Canada
was confronted, as the United states
will soon be, with the great economi;
problem Of The care of her soldiers
dependents. Though only in ITS m
fancy in August, 1914. this promiseI
soon TO become serious question II
not efficiently dealt with from the out
set. The later development of the sit
uation only proved how serious this
matter would have become without or
ganization. How Canada has met and
solved the problem is one of the most
vital and interesting chap N he
war history.
Canada originally undertook to raise
an army of $4,000 increasing the ing
ure until now she is aiming at 100000.
With the enlistments Of the first
Canadian contingent for overseas ser
vice. at Nalcartier, the need of some
central and national organization TO
care for the needy dependents all over
Canada. without neglect or overlapping,
was felt. despite the fact that in many
eases employers continued enlisted
men on their payrolls on full or part
pay and different cities made various
provisions.
70 meet this need the Canadian
Patriotic Fund was organized by his
royal nighness the Governor General
Of Canada and incorporated August %,
1914, "to collect. administer and dis
tribute a fund for the assistance, in
case of need, Of the wives. children and
dependent relatives of officers and men.
residents Of Canada. who, during the
present war, may be on active service
with the naval or military forces OF the
British Empire or Great Britain's al
lies"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24
What will be the main Washington Northern

estate which Mr.. Billings is said to
have spent 100000 in developing, is
Roman road which winds gently up
from the Hudson, dipping under a
great Roman arch, TO the house on the
heights. Its sweep suggests one Of
the great engineering works of ancient
Rome, and since 1t is as solidly and as
substantially built it should last as
long.
1t is 1000 feet long, ascends $50 feet
within small area al grade of about
10 per cent. Mr. Billings wanted a
road so built that he could drive HIS
automobiles over II at high speed
Engineers spent much time over the
project. and 1t was finally constructed
d. d cost Of upward of 100000.
Tryon Hall, built after the plans OF
Guy Lowell, of Boston, Is in the style
Of Louis XIV. and suggests the famous
ch6teauX of France, both IN Its lines
and IN the beauty OF its setting. From
its tall tower there are vistas Of viz
GIN land that have hardly changed
since Hendrick Hudson came up the
river in the Half Moon.
Near the house is a great swimming
DOL and stables that housed Mr.. Biz
lings's trotters. At a little distance a
porgola stands upon the perpendicular
cliff of wall of ragged cliff. What
is 10 be done with these things has net
been decided. but 1t is the donors wish
that they be maintained as rest and
pleasure places when the land becomes
a park.
Across the road from Tryon Hall is
Libby Castle, a quaint Norman struct-
ore, which has been suggested as a
Revolutionary war museum. The castle
was built in the fifties by a Mr.. Rich
ards, and ten years later it came into
the hands Of William VI. Tweed. Of
ursavory political memory.
Tweed lived there for time, but he
became involved in an effort 20 man
age and finance the old Metropolitan
Hotel, and in order 20 pay A. T. Stewart
& Co. for the furnishings of the hos
lery he mortgaged his castle. The
castle was bought on h foreclosure by
a member Of the Stewart firm and has
borne his name since.
Abbey Inn, now roadhouse, was
formerly Abbey Castle and was built
by the Hays family, whose estate is
also included in the Rockefeller gift.
on this property is the famous Abbey
Hill, a testing place for the hill-climb-
Ing qualities Of automobiles.
The Shcafer property, the third es-
tate in the Rockefeller offer, is prac-
tically virgin country. The original
owner had made a fortune in the coal
mines Of. Pennsylvania and. looking
about for an investment, decided that
he couldn't do better than buy New