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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-04-27
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.

GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.
To All Whom it May Concern:
Moses Middlebrooks having npro-
per form applied to me for Perma-
nent Letters of Administration de
bonis non on the estate of Oma
Evans, late of said County, this is
to cite all and singular the credi.
tors and next of kin OF Oma Evans
to be and appear at my office with
in the time allowed by law, and
snow cause, if any they can, why
permanent administration de bonis
non should not be granted to Moses
Middlebrooks on Oma Evans estate.
Witnes my hand and official
signature, this End day of April,
1917.
]. M. GAM, Ordinary.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-04-27
BAPTIST MINISTER
GAINS 10 POUNDS
Thought Most Patent Medi-
cines Fakes, But is Now
Convinced That Tanlac Is
An Exception.

81 am an ordained Baptist Minis
ter, and have always been greatly
opposed to patent medicines of any
kind" said Rev. Jno. NJ Sims, of
Atlanta, recently. "In fact, | have
always regarded the great majority
Of them as nothing more or less than
fakes, but / want to say to you that
/ believe Tanlac is an exception to
the rule, because | have never taken
anything that helped me as much as
this medicine.
Mrs. Sims had not been very well
and on the recommendation of
friends bought the first bottle for
her, but when | took it home she re-
fused to take it. / was also very
badly run down myself and in need
of medicine of some kind, and as
my friends had spoken so highly of
Tanlac | decided to try it myself. l
have only taken two bottles and have
gained ten pounds in weight. When
l weighed with my overcoat on |
weighed two hundred and fifteen
pounds When weighed a few
weeks later on the scales up the
street without my overcoat, | weigh
eds two hundred and ten pounds,
which is ten pounds more than l
weighed before l began taking it.
Il suffered principally from ner-
vous Indigestion and inactive liver.
My kidneys also gave me great deal
of trouble. / would lay awake for
hours at night as l was so nervous
l could get no rest or sleep-in fact,
L was so rundown | was almost a
nervous wreck. was not myself
at all and was losing weight and
strength rapidly. My digestion was
so badly impaired | had to avoid
sweets of all kinds, as much as |
loved them. Frequently after eat
ing | would suffer for hours with
heartburn and other forms of in
digestion.
i0N SSSihS W nave corrected
these troubles entirely. | have been
entirely relieved of indigestion and
can now eat anything with impuni-
ty, l can even eat honey without
suffering any i'll effects whatsoever.
las | told you before, | used to
suffer great deal with my kidneys
and would have to get up at all hours
of the night. l can now go to bed
and get good nights rest, and new
er wake up until morning. | get
up feeling rested and refreshed and
ready for my work.
Yes, indeed, Tanlac is a wonder
full medicine. There is no doubt a.
bout it. | heartily recommend it
for what it has done for me-"
Rev. Sims son was also present at
the time he made this remarkable
statement, ard was so favorablv i'm
pressed with what his father had to
say regarding Tanlac that he at
once decided to get it for his wife.
IahIac is sold exclusively IN Mari
eta by Hodges Drug Co.; in Austen,
ia, by Strickland Pharmacy: in
Acworth, Ga, by Durham Bros. In
Roswell, Ca, by G. T. Lyon Drug Co;
In Smyrna, Ga, by the City Phar-
macy; in Powder Springs, Ca, by
vaughan and Baggett; Kennesaw
Pharmacy, Kennesaw, Ga. t. j..
Lowe, Middleton, Ca, j. H. Car
michael & Sons, Gilmore, Ca. F.. F.
d. from Smyrna, ia adv.
IlnlaC sold axCl11-
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-04-27
PIANOS
ORGANS
Musical instruments
Of Every Description
Tuning
MARIETTA, GA.
Observation-Disclosures
500 Reward, $lO0

The readers of this paper viii he
Pleased TO learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and
acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces of the System thereby destrovine,
the foundation of the disease, giving the
patent strength by building up the con-
sutution and assisting nature in doing its
WoTk. The proprietors have so much
Gatarrh Medicine that they offer one
hundred Dollars for any case that it fails
10 cure Send for list Of testimonials.
o1A.ooress ~ ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo,
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad Go.



Knoxville and beyond for and
EFFECTIVE JANUARY r 1917
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GUARDIANS DISCHARGE
EORGIA, COBB COUNTY.

GEORGlA, CUBB COUNTY.
WHEREAS, F. L. Sims, Guardian
Of Blanche Waiter has applied to
me for a discharge from his Guar
dianship of Blanche Waiter, this
therefore to notify all persons con-
cerned, to file their objections, if
any they have, on Or before the first
Monday in May next, else F. l.. Sims
will be discharged from his Guar
dianship as applied for.
J. M. GAM, Ordinary.
Cobb County.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-04-27
TWELVE MONTHS SUPPORT
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.

GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.
The return of the appraisers set
ting apart twelve months support
to the family of V. l.. Williams,
deceased, having been filed in my
office, all persons concerned are
cited to show cause by the 7th day
of May, 1917, why said application
for twelve months support should
not be granted. This April 2nd,
1917.
J. M. GAM, Ordinary.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-04-27
TWELVE MONTHS SUPPORT
EORGIA. COBB COUNTY.

GEORGIA.. COBB COUNTY.
The return of the appraisers set
ting apart twelve months support
to the family of Jno. N. Williams,
deceased, having been filed in my
office, all persons concerned are
cited to show cause by the It'll day
of May, 1917, why said application
for twelve months support should
not be granted. This April md,
1917.
J. NJ. GANN, Ordinary.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-04-27
PROBATE WILL
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.
Cobb Court of Ordinary, May Term

1917.
10 the heirs at law of William
Hill, late of Cobb County, Ga. de-
ceased. you are hereby notified that
K. A. Hill, as Executor of the last
will of William Hill has presented
said will to this Court, that the
same be probated in Solemn form
and admitted to record.
This is to notify the heirs at law
or William Hill, residing without
the State, same will be heard at nv
office on the first Monday in MAY,
1917.
This April End, 1917.
]. NJ. GAM, Ordinary.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-09
BY AXEL BJORNSEN

This rumor is credited in Germany
by many ignorant people to the pres
emit day; and its currency is deliber-
ately encouraged by the German Sc
cret police, who assiduously spread
Il.
The reason why they do this is
easily fathomed. The dread Of air
reprisals is a very real sentiment in
all parts of Germany that could be
brought within war radius by aero
plane squadrons, and the authorities
fear nothing SO much as this panic
Whenever British reprisals are dis
cussed, somebody is sure to say, with
a cocksure air: They know better
than to attempt it; they know what
would happen to Lord Kitchener"
The same argument was used when
Britain failed to make good the Off
cial threat Of reprisals for the sinking
of hospital ships, save in the instance
of the raid upon F'reiburg.
This silly story about Lord Kitchen
er spread from Germany to neutral
countries; and I hear also that it is
whispered in Great Britain also.
The ruI1or is backed by the circun-
stance that of the twelve survivors OF
the Hampshire no one saw Lord Kit
chener perish, the last sight of him
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PAGES
II 10 "a

In each instance the flotillas of
transports turned back before they
had left the shelter Of the Helgoland
minefields. Whether they found the
British Fleet too vigilant, or whether
these expeditions were only In the
nature of dress rehearsal, am Untjole
to decide. I only know that the whole
German Navy was tremendously ex-
cited by the trials, which were taken
most seriously by all concerned in
them.
In November of the same year a
third and more serious start appears
to~have been made. In this case the
advance guard of one section of trans
ports at least must have come into
contact with some hostile warships,
F., for have the very best authority for
saying that merchant ships, fitted as
transports, and rather severely dam
aged by the shell-fire of what may
have been the guns of torpedo craft,
were fitting and repairing in Will
helmshaven docks early in 1916.
Unless I am very much mistaken
several Of this squadron of transports
were sunk, and most of those aboard
were lost, in the attempt to cross the
North Sea with troops.
| The mystery observed in connec-
ton with this affair was heightened
by the appearance of a whole swarm
Of secret service agents in the German
naval bases at the end of 1915
| These pests encouraged sailors to
talk about the affair, and a number
of men received summary punishment.
merely for repeating the tales that
! were current at the time.
| They had a very difficult task In
making the navy men who really took
part In the affair open their mouths:
for no German sailor is likely to un-
burden himself of even the most COM
mon place news when any person
strange to him happens to be present
My own information has all been
derived from hints and illusions
dropped in my bar when few cronies
were talking in assured privacy; and
even then, it is very little that any of
them would say before me, except two
or three Of the submarine men who
had served with me for years.
The expeditions I have mentioned
however, cannot be set down az de-
hberate attemps to invade England.
any more than a two minutes' bonn
bardment of Yarmouth can be called
a challenge to the British Fleet. or the
appearance Of one or even ten acre.
planes over London q real attempt
wreck the capital from the air.
|. 1t is safe to say that troops have
been embarked for an invasion. tust
as aeroplanes have been sent to Lon
don Tor a bombardment In both cases
the adventure was an experiment. 4
1oretaste OF what will come If Ger
man plans can be put into execution
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Occasionally they turned upon
Newport, but the time has gone by
when any hope of their fulfilling the
purpose for which they were cast can
remain to the German Emperor.
The plan was a feasible one. all
the same. We learned enough at
Stralsund, in 1914, to declare that
neither the British Grand Fleet, nor
all the British submarines and mos
quito craft could be certain of pre-
venting a fleet of transport landing a
German army in. Kent under cover OF
the great guns at Calais.
When Calais became remote, we at
Kiel at once discerned all the signs
of reversion to an invasion plan
tested at the naval manoeuvres in
September, 1911. Those tests also
took place in the Baltic, where the
fleet was more secure from 'observa-
ton than in the North Sea, and where
the fiction Of defensive trials of in
vasion plans could better be main
tanned.
An outline of those manoeuvres is
worth giving. The whole fleet of 200
war vessels took part, and over half
a million of soldiers as well. The
Navy bases were the two ports of
Travimunde and Swinemunde. The
exact division of forces was, Of course,
hidden from all concerned; but the
result could not be hidden from the
Navy.
In brief, an army of at least 100000
men was embarked on transports,
which operated from ports roughly
corresponding to Emden, W11helms-
haven, Cuxhaven and Kiel.
AS the British did at Gallipoli, the
To- 10 IN he ips
themselves. In the face Of superior
defending forces the landing was
made, and by the clever use Of cover
| ing troops from the transport, was
actually established.
It was in the spring of 1915 that
the idle merchant ships lying in the
deserted harbor of Hamburg and Bre-
men were one by one fitted out as
transports, and slipped quietly away.
! From that time forward the strang-
| est movements of merchant ships in
ballast began to be whispered; many
of the stories told and some of the
things I witnessed can only be ex-
planned under the assumption that the
German High Command was de1fber-
ately seeking to throw dust in the
eyes Of their own people.
Then began the dashes Of sections
| OI LI1G S0Tuldu T lCCI lO1 lAC DI1klSIl
coast, and the hurried bonbardments
Of places such as Yarmouth and Scar
borough, which seemed to have an
noyed the British people SO much.
They were, of course, only trial
trips, made with the object of seeing
what naval forces could be drawn off
by such skirmishing demonstrations
In the end, as will be remembered
the Germans were caught on one OF
these experimental dashes, and made
to pay dearly for their enterprise.
| In the meantime the steady rehear-
sal of troops in the business of en-
barking and disembarking from
transports was going forward on the
Baltic coast.
! In September, 1915. all was ready
for a real trial, and I know that twice
in that month
q force OF seventy thousand men
was embarked from the four
| ports i have mentioned-Kfel,
| Wilhelmshayen, Cuxhayen, and
Emden-and an invasion of Eng
land was actually attempted.
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the German Navy have been entering
them all on merchant ships for years
land years; they have been merchant
sailors for an ultimate purpose, and
to that purpose they have been ready
to sacrifice anything and everything.
That is why we always used to
smile when the Kaiser, or Won Koes-
ter, or Tirpitz spoke of the German
Navy as necessary weapon of de-
fence. The German sailors idea of
defense was to go out after the other
fellow, and for long years he perfect
ed himself in the knowledge of the
best way to go.
1 have myself been engaged in
manoeuvres when, from the general
orders received beforehand, and the
special duties allotted to certain men,
we could make an accurate and unan-
, imous guess at the portion of the
British coast that was aimed at in
theory.
1 mention these things because they
bear very Importantly on the hun
dreds Of English invasion arguments
have heard. The pessimists would
say, 1--WE cannot invade England. The
British Navy has tested the possibili-
ties, and always found them very re-
mote. They know the difficulties from
ACTUAL experience, LOT CAoy covered
the wonderful landings on Gallipoli.''
It is worth remarking here that the
German Navy man has the highest
admiration for the British Navy man !;
and that experts set down the work
| of the British Navy at GallipoH as
|.among it's finest feats, whether at the
landings or the excavations.
The arguments of those who believe
! an invasion could be carried out are
| based on the fact that before the war
the British army was not capable of
testing any scheme, whether for de-
fensive or offensive, and that the
knowledge gained from such manoeu-
| vreS is negligible.
They were only undertaken to
| buck the British public,'' 1 have heard
| a man say, land to make them be-
| 1ieve that the British Navy was quite
sufficient to ensure England against
| invasion. But we have tested our
plans every way and spent years and
hundreds of millions of marks in per-
fectfng them. We ought to know
AS for the actual schemes of Ger
man invasion, I may recall the fact
that the first one, which depended on
the execution of the Kaiser's six
weeks to Paris time table, was that
Of bridging the narrows.
Calais was to fall into the
hands of Germany, and a landing
| was to be forced under cover of
| the great guns, with a twenty
mile range, which were lying, all
ready for the purpose, at Krupp's
when the war began.
That cherished plan was tested at
Stralsund, in May, 1914, and I myself
took part in the test. U-21, among a
number of submarines and other
small craft was supposed to be resist
ing an attempt made to transport
troops across to the Island of Rugan
under cover Of enormously powerful
guns
The distance. the conditions, and
the idea were exactly what the Kaiser
fondly hoped would result from the
+ overrunning Of France
The French at the Battle of the
Marine. and the British at the two bat
ties of Ypres, stood successfully be-
tween the Kaiser and Calais; and his
ltwenty-mile guns are still waiting in
Belgium.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-09

having been obtained by a seaman
named Rogerson. At that time he was
walking on the deck, calmly convers-
ing with two attendant officers.
I was naturally interested In the
story, and did my best to 'sift it to
the bottom. The witness, who claim
ed to have been aboard U-boat
which torpedoed the Hampshire
laughed the idea to scorn.
I'VE made no attempt to rescue any
Of the people of the Hampshire" he
said, cit would shave been utterly i'm
possible, besides exposing any craft
which made the attempt. to enormous
risks, owing to the high sea which
was running. No survivor was pick
ed up by any German vessel"
Commander Steinbrink dismissed
the rurnor even more contemptuously.
''Untruthful twaddle!" he said. when
I mentioned the idea. Talk for chill
dren and thickheads (Dummkop-
fen)."
i think that should dispose of the
story effectively enough for any rea-
sonable person.
Another perennial subject of con-
versation at Kiel was the invasion Of
England. For weeks at time moth
ing else would be talked about, and
s
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-09
GERMAN PLANS FOR
INVASION OF BRITAIN

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half dozen times we were confident
ly told that such thing had actually
happened.
All these rumors were traceable IN
the first place, to the varying strtn-
gency of the regulations which ap-
piled to the port itself, and to the
guardianship Of the banks of the can
al.
Sometimes access to Kiel would be
cut off entirely; no one would be al
lowed to enter or to leave. One was
Hable-and extremely Hkely-to be
shot at sight for being within sight of
the harbor or the canal itself, while
sudden and large concentration of
troops in the neighborhood was very
evident.
It is important, in this connection,
to bear in mind that all the most in
telligent and up-to-date navy men of
my acquaintance shared my own OPP
inton, that such an operation is not
only feasible, but that it will one day
be attempted.
That opinion is based upon the re-
suit of naval manoeuvres carried out
before the war began.
The Kfei Canal, as it exists to-
day was constructed with an eye
to the invasion of Great Britain;
the naval bases and ports in the
vicinity of It's two entrances have
been specially planned and equip
ped to fill certain purposes; the
channel of the Elbe was mined
in a special fashion to the same
end.
Ever since the year 107 the Ger
man Navy has been testing certain
schemes, bearing on this audacious
military operation, and by each sue
cessive test has added something to
the knowledge of what may be ex-
pected when an attempt shall be made
to invade Great Britain, in the very
teeth of the predominant British fleet.
It is common talk in the German
Navy that the British Army and Fleet
have continually rehearsed an at
tempted landing on the East Coast OF
England, and that the result of their
trials has been to show that, even
been successfully introduced, such a
landing would be so difficult as to be
next door to impossible.
The British tests, it is believed in
Germany, were devised with the OBJ
ject of perfecting defensive
scheme.
Ostensibly, the German manoeuvres
were planned with the same very le-
ultimate object; but anyone who took
part. in them, and had the faintest
gnmmer of the general idea of the
manoeuvres, must have been a very
ninny if he credited that theory
From 1908 to 1913, Germany was
assiduously practicing an offensive
which began with the embarkatior
Of troops and ended by the landing
Of them on a strange and hostile
coast.
The training of German Navy men
from admirals down to able seamen
is designed to the end of an attack
upon some foreign country. Every
manjack of them has served in the
mercantile marine for years, and it Is
the pride of every ships company
that no port in the world has secrets
for them. 4ssafs :.
There is certain to be some mar
aboard who knows the entrance tc
the harbor as well as the way dowr
the street in which his wife lives.
This is especially the case with the
ports Of Great Britain. The men OF
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-09
RUIN IN ARRAs.

Arras, France, Nov. s-only 22s
buildings OF former total of 1921
remain intact in Arras. During two
ana half years of more or less con-
t1nua1 bombardment, 962 buildings
were completely demolished, 1896
were damaged beyond repair. while
1,735 only can be made inhabitable
without rebuilding from the ground.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-09

Some people won't sign the food
pledge card because they think they
have displayed their patriotism suffi-
GENTLY by showing the American flag.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-09

- Soon after the news Of the destruc-
yfion Of the Hampshire was made pub
JIG extraordinary currency was given
ito strange rumor about Lord Kit
chener. The rumor was to the effect
that Lord Kitchener had not persisted
upon the Hampshire, but had been
RESCUED by a German U-boat. and
WAS held In q German prison as a
hostage
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-09

(Axei Bjornsen, Scandinavian
seaman who served many years in the
German submarine and destroyer SER
vice, has written this remarkable ar
ticle ON the German ,U-boats exclusive
ly for The Farmer.
CWhen the war broke out he made
a plea that he did not care to fight
against England and was excused
from the service. He was allowed to
set up little cafe near the water
front, where many of his shipmates
visited him and told him of their ex-
lperiences- He gathered much valu-
able information.
Gone of his staunchest friends was
Commander Steinbrink, champion on
tho U-boat warfare. He confided in
him and told him many secrets un-
known outside of Germany
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-09
Muskrat Goats

Sets, Separate Scarfs, Capes,
Stoles, Muffs, etc, of all skins
in a large selection priced
unusually low.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-09

There is certain to be some man
aboard who knows the entrance to
the harbor as well as the way down
the street in which his wife lives.
This is especially the case with the
ports of. Great Britain. The men Of