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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-25

Georgia swamps Could Be Reclaim
ed and Sold for $10O Per Acre" says a
headline. There are hundreds of acres
of Georgia swamps that have been sold
for more than that price without re-
e,areatiea or much of anything else.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-25

The steady reduction in losses re-
sulting from submarine attacks indi-
Gates that the desperate efforts OF
Germany's foes to effectually combat
this menace, have finally borne results
worthy of consideration.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-25
Americas, Ga, May 20, 1917.

That chap in New York who declares
he will put up fight in the courts to
prevent his being hailed into the mil
itsry service appears to be strong on
argument but weak in common sense.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-25
AMER!cUs SHOWS
ALCAZAR THEATRE.

Friday
E. H. Sothern in "The Enemy of the
King Acts.
The Final Chapter Of "The Secret
Kingdom"
Saturday
Dorothy Gish in stage Struck
Acts.
"A Bachelors Finish. Triangle
Comedy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-25

The bi-annual Far Eastern Olympic
Cames held in Toxic. Japan. last week,
proved unusually successful The en-
try list was larger than in any previous
meet and the competition closer. Al
though the japanese athletes emerged
v:ctors they were forced to show bette,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-25
PROPERTY OWNERS ARE
URGED TO TAKE NOTE

The tax books of the city OF Ameri-
Gus will be opened at the Office Of the
undersigned on April 1st to July LIST,
and all propert. owners are requ sted
to make their returns. The matter Is
important. e. ]. ELDRIDGE,
2-tf Clerk aud Treasurer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-10
TOOMUCH' CHARGE
This Handy Way of Buying often
Cause ior Those sIeepless
Nights of Worry.
WHAT 0NE HOLIAE VIII. no
Every Person Realizes Part Credit
Plays I'm Commerce and BaI Re-
suit oi upajd Bills.

The practice OF having -FaE Tp
Week" each YEAR has taken weE au
over The country. and BIZ has now Da-
come national habit ta consider the
Importance. tu business sense. az =
pay up week
Too many "a gs SET iH The habit ae
haying things charged 81 fs So
HANDY. 50 conyenient seems llaa Ee
5ting things without paw. We sire a5l
inclined to feel that we are going -
have much more money some other
sdav than ws find in cur pockets TODAY
4 The reason that paw wp Weea takes
SO well IS because il has been found
sof fuestimsble help 10 the world al.
credit- one OI tha principal slogans
sused for she occasion has come to be-
.@I'l Pay My Bills. So You Can Paw
Yours. A moments reelection wifi
show what a splendid thing tais IS
sThink of how many times q single dol
lar NAV turn over iB q single day.
with practice like this
You NAV owe the ieWaIer q dollar
for repairing clock. ana the 3eweier
may owe tha shoemaker a dollar fer
repairing his shoes, and fas shoe
aBaker may owe the butcher dollar
FOR the last bacon he Got and The
Butcher NAV owe the timer "a dollar
for the last garbage can he bought
and the timer may 0we the e.0thler
for a shirt; and the cl0thier may owe
She druggist for a bottle Of medicine
sand the druggist may owe YOU a dollar
& 80. don't you see. you get hack your
xsoliar-and what a wonderful lot or
.iebts it has paid Ia the meantime, aud
sou still have d.
And YOU can 50 on for Yourself TIA
Jhis l{ue. showing the jIiimtable good
! hat a Merry Dollar can do iu a.
slay. by paying neglected bills EVERY
q linking person realizes the part that
*redit PLAYS in modern CcmmerriaIlsn
and the haneful result cf unpaid bills
redif has been SO ab0nlnahly abuse3
That every business man and citizen
9nels the drag Of the heavy credlf load
&c lis forced 10 carry
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
Another FaHacy Shattered,

Contact with young people is sup
posed to be rejuvenating! Indeed, this
contact is the only good thing many
see in that absorbing and in every
other way desirable profession of
teaching. Was ever so false an idea
How could SO obvious a fallacy get
the popular ear? Think how little
aware of passing years we should be,
were it not for the young! Their very
presence prOclaims our greater years.
They themselves seem to have con-
spired together to help us to a suitable
Every possible aid is Of
fered, and offered in the kindest spirit
Of courtesy. One is helped into wraps,
relieved Of carrying loads or opening
doors, guided up and down steps, de-
posted In easy chairs, and generally
treated as fragile. 1t is all delightful /;
but the force Of suggestion as exerted
by so many vigorous young minds will
sooner or later have its effect. We
may resist for a time; ultimately, how
ever, we shall take ourselves at the
of the community in which we
live. l have seen my friends capitu-
late n by one, accept the verdict of
the majority, and settle down into the
accepted properties Of middle-age.-
Atlantic Monthly.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
The Art Of Conversation,

A recent essay by a distinguished
American philosopher and essayist
announces the paradoxical PROPOSE
ton that as a nation, we talk too
much and too little. The
terms are not, as most people have
thought, interchangeable. One may
be able to talk a great deal and yet
never know the first principles of
genuine conversation. The essay In
question attributes the loss of con-
versational powers to the modern de-
mnnd for action, the speedier the bet
ter, so that we have reduced speech
to terms of business and action. Our
conversations In all the relations we
sustain to our fellow-men are OBJ
%jective and must, therefore, be limit
ed to the accomplishment of some i'm
mediate end, says the Pittsburgh Ga
zette-Times. Interchange of thought
is confined to such things as may be
within the scope of our vision at the
time. Antecedents are wiped out SO
rapidly that we have no background
and, therefore, no real perspectives.
The mOtiOn-picture screen Is the
browning emblem of our modern
processes. We live by flashes
of light Immediately before our v
while the entire surrounding areas
are inclOsed In pitch darkness.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29

amount Of whispering that went on on
board that evening may be readily
imagined.
Just before midnight, as I was about
to turn In, / received a command to
go to the emperor's cabin wherein he
worked.
On entering I found him seated Mt
his table, his uniform tunic unbut-
toned, his hair slightly rufied, by which
l knew that he had been writing hard.
"Von Heltzendorff," he said, as l
stood beside his table, "you were wit
ness of the insults placed upon me this
afternoon. Does anyone except our
selves know what occurred In your
cabin?"
81 have not told a soul, your ma
jesty," was my reply.
But the officer who has raised his
hand against the sovereign to whom
he swore allegiance may have done"
he said. "There Is but one way In
which he may atone for his offense
against majesty. Hand this to him."
And he gave me a letter addressed
In his own hand-addressed with all
Won Lantzsch's titles and distinctions.
1t was sealed with the emperOr's we'll
known black wax.
Ten minutes later l handed the cap
tain the emperor's letter.
He tore 1t open, read its contents,
and then gave a queer, nervous laugh,
1t seemed to me.
Thanks, HeltzendOrff. 1t was my
turn tonight to be on duty with his
majesty, but l did not feel equal to 1t.
Goodnight"
Early next morning one of the i'm
perial stewards entered and, awaken
ing me, asked me to go to Captain Won
LantZsch's cabin.
On entering I found him lying dead
on his berth with blood oozing from a
pistol wound in the temple.
Upon the little shelf of the folding
washstand was a note addressed to
me.
On opening 1t I found these words
scrubbed In pencil:
Dear HeltzendOrff: l have taken
my life at the order of his majesty.
Am l not a loyal subject after all?-
Rudolph"
BY noon the body Of the kaiser's
victim had been landed at Bodo, where
1t now repOses In the little cemetery
beneath those high snow-clad crags
which rise against the gray, turbulent
sea.
Many fantastic reports have been
whispered concerning the incident, but,
being n Of the actors In the drama,
l am able here for the first time to
reveal the actual truth.
Copyright, 1917. Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29

$50 I nov know the opinion you
hold Of your emperor, Won Lantzsch !"
his majesty said very slowly, his gaze
fixed upon his assistant personal nd
j%utant.
"YOur majesty, I have nothing to
%retract," replied the hussar.
you declared me to be irrespOn-
sible."
"FOr your words, your majesty; not
for your actions" was the cool re-
tort.
The emperor, boiling over with rage,
for he had never before had such
plain words spoken to him, made a
spring forward and struck the captain
full in the face.
The latter, his cheeks scarlet, reeled
and clutched Mt the table.
His first impulse was to hit back ;
but, with self-possessiOn, he drew him
self up, clicked his heels together and
saluted without Il word.
The kaiser, his face white as paper,
turned and left the cabin.
! stood aghast.
"Well," exclaimed Rudolph at last,
she shall pay for that blow, even
though he be emperor! !" and he strobe
out, leaving me speeches. with sur
prise.
A few minutes later ! assembled to
the deck in order to refresh my mud
died senses. l was walking up the
deck when suddenly l saw before me
several of the personal suite, who sa-
luted as the kaiser, naughty and erect,
passed with quick, angry step.
AS he approached l saw a figure
emerge and stand in his path. 1t was
that of Won Lantzsch.
The kaiser lifted his hand, and, with
some imperious words, struck the man
who stood in his path.
In n second Won Lantzsch, in a fury
of passion, raised his fist, planting a
direct blow at the emperOr's jaw and
sending him spinning against some
deck chairs.
Wild shouts arose from the officers
who had been chatting near, two of
whom rushed towards the emperor,
hut the latter had instantly recovered
himself, and with n grim smile con-
tlnued his walk and went below.
Naturally, we all expected the hus-
sar captain to be put under arrest.
But he was not. He entered my cabin
smiling and merry an hour afterwards
the only man who had dared to give
back blow for blow to the emperor.
A Midnight Command.
Among the encourage there was, of
course, much gOssiping. The cause
of the fracas was to them a complete
mystery. What had occurred previ-
Ously in my cabin was unknown to
them, and as a loyal servant Of his
majesty at that time it was not my
place to reveal anything whatsoever
of a private nature. Therefore the
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
Author Was q Jurist.

"The Clockmaker," by Thomas
Chandler Halliburton, who used the
pen name of "Sam Slick" was pub
lished originally by a Boston house.
Halliburton was a native Of Windsor,
N. s., and was born there in Deem
Der, 1896. and he died at Isleworth,
nea London, England. August %,
1865. He was at one time chief JUS
tice Of the court of common pleas of
Nova Scotia, and when that court was
abolished In 1910 was appointed q
judge Of the supreme court. He re-
signed from the bench in 1856 and
went to England and remained there
until his death.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29

W sphere she was a%utOcratic, and
ruled her court just as sternly as did
the emperor rule his army. But to
overrule the emperor!
YES" she said, after a few mo.
ments' further reflection. "You are
quite right, count. l give you orders
to act just as you wish. Please give
your commands in my name"
In Il few seconds l had written out
an imperial dispatch to be transmitted
by wireless, and to this the empress,
grave and ~sad-eyed, appended her sig
nature. -.
A quarter of ar hour later that mes
sage to the German minister in Chris
tiania was being taken down by the
wireless operator at Lagesund, in the
Christianla ford.
A Sudden Apparition.
That same evening / was reading in
my cabin when Rudolph Won Lantzsch,
In the uniform of the Red Hussars of
Potsdam, entered. He was a tall, fair.
haired man, a typical Prussian cav
alryman.
well, H~eltzendOrff," he laughed,
my remarks during the emperor's SER
mon seem to have stirred up quite a
lot of trouble"
Trouble for yourself, I fancy, my
dear comrade," l said.
swell, after all. | mix smoke no
truth. Didn't he declare to us that
he has been sent by providence as the
war lord Of Europe? Why, Heltzen-
dorff, any man who would talk like
that is crazy"
"Hush!" l cried, starting up-the
next second to find ourselves In the
presence Of the kaiser himself.
We both started, staring at the fig
ure In naval uniform, pale and hollow
eyed, standing before us like a sudden
apparitiOn.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
MACHINE GUN IS BEST WAR WEAPON

been known to stop an entire regi-
ment. 1t is indisputably the most ter
rible instrument of war.
Yet a well-directed battery of "75"
cannon, sweeping n space of ground, Is
more certain to leave nothing alive.
These, then, are the primordinl
means Of defense, to which naturally
are to be added the numerous rifles
of the defenders Of the trenches, those
trenches in which are invisible loop
holes where the enemy awaits our up
pearance.
Heavy Shells for offense.
What are the adversary's means of
annihilating these hidden, powerful de-
lenses? Only heavy artillery the large
shell. the huge torpedo, the heavy pro-
jectile of steel, inclosing n violent x
plOsive, is capable of dem0lishing a
netting, of demOralizing those Occu-
pants of the trench whom 1t does not
kill and keeping the adversary's nerves
on edge by the menace of its sudden
arrival several kilOmeters behind the
lines. Thus the means of offensive are
the heavy cannon, the large trench
mOrtars, the large caliber hOwitzers,
the formidable marine gun mounted on
rails, all that Is longest, most difficult
and costly to manufacture, to trans
port. to set In motion. A machine gun
can be installed anywhere In two min
utes or less. A month is required to
install the "320' trench mortar. To
put a naval gun on rails in running
order necessitates months of work and
the installation of a railway. Even
guns that are easy to handle, such as
the "155," are moved with difficulty
at times it takes two or three days to
place them In a battery.
And this is not all. The heavy mr.
tillery is naturally less accurate than
the field artillery. When one consid-
ers that heavy guns soon wear out, as
the big gun can fire only q more or less
limited number of shots, as its caliber
increases, and as 1t must constantly
replaced, one understands why II is
30 much easier to take the defensive
han the offensive, and why the situa-
Ion on the western front, at all points
we'll defended, was stationary for so
ong a time before the means of at
'ack were sufficient to permit of an
offensive.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
IndisputabIy the Most Terrible
Instrument Of Defense,
Says Observer.
Big GUNS Often INACCURATE
While Necessary in Offensive Warfare
Heavy Artillery Is Not In Same
Glass With Machine Guns
In Defensive Tactics.
By A FRENCH SOLDIER.

49, wv"
Paris.-Months of furious assault on
the French lines at Verdun, which
have brought into play the most pow
erful known means of attack, have
barely succeeded in bending the adj
versary's lines. There is, it Is true, a
diminutiOn of forces on both sides, and
one may look forward to the day when
the accumulation of material and the
superiority in numbers of men on the
side of the allies will enable the latter
to break more rapidly the adversary's
tenacious resistance.
But why Is 1t, one asks, that despite
the accumulation Of heavy cannon it
costs SO much in men and money and
time to break the enemy's resistance?
II is because this war Is being fought
in a period of development of the art
of war, in which the means of defense
are vastly superior to the means OF
offense in the facility with which they
can be brought into action and manu-
featured at low cost, and above all In
their efficacy, arising both from the
difficulty which the adversary finds In
demolishing them, and from the absO-
lutte accuracy Of their aim.
Means Of Defense.
To understand this one has merely
to review the means of defense at the
disposal of the armies In the field.
First, besides the trenches, and the
barbed wire that prevents access to
them, which are the basis of the pres
ent system of defense, and Of which
the shell hole wherein the soldier con-
ceals himself from the enemy, is but a
variation, the two great arms of de-
Tense are the machine gun and the
''75" cannon, the last resort of the
French army and one Of the great de-
tenders of verdun.
In the factory there is nothing
easier or relatively cheaper to make
than the machine gun. And at the
front there is nothing simpler to trans
port than this light arm, which three
or four men a carry as they rum.
Its aim is most accurate; 1t can, when
necessary, fire from 500 to 600 car
tridges per minute, sowing death on
every side with incredible speed. But
against a trench it is powerless, and
therefore 1t Is prominently the arm
of defense. When properly handled,
1t is so redoubtable that q alone has
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
Arizona PeopIed Ages AGO.

There are ruins in Arizona that
prove beyond a doubt that 1t was peo-
pied generations before the pyramids
of Egypt were erected. OF course,
outside Of these ruins we know MOTH
ing Of these prehistoric tribes, but the
evidence of their occupation are with
us.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
With the Kaiser on His
Private Yacht.

ERMANY'S greatness is due
to beef, beer and Bis
marck," declared the kali
ser IN mo with a louUb nc
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29

of the crew being the wiser.
The kaIser's Amazing Sermon.
Next morning he appeared fresh and
active. and apparently quite normal:
but that evening at sunset he ordered
the officials. suite officers, and crew to
assemble on deck. and then, appearing
in clerical garb, he preached a most
marvellous and amazing sermon.
II am Gods instrument !" he cried.
"He has sent me to unsheath the sword
against the world, to lead on the
of our empire to victory and to
world-power! In me-" he cried, you
see the one sent unto you as a de-
liverer - the all-highest upon this
earth-your kaiser"
He raised his arm toward the. sun
and shouted: THE enemies of Ger
many shall wither as grass before the
fire. I am your emperor. your deliver
er, your master!"
Next morning, at Won Wedell's in
stigation, the captain swore the whole
crew. the officers, and the encourage
to secrecy, but the old Norwegian pilot
was. a month later. indiscreet when he
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29

Your blunt people seldom live up
to their name"
How sof".
"Aa a rnle. they generally come to
the point"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
A LETTER FROM THE GROWN PRINCES PERSONAL ADJUTANT
TO WILLIAM LEQUEUx, PosSESsoR OF THE
SECRETS OF EUROPE.

DF LOInR,
Seine-et-Marne,
February 10th, 1917.
Ny dear LeQueuxt
I have JUS hnished reading the proofs of your articles describing
nay life N n N official at the Imperial Ourt Mt POtsdnm, n h W. or
three small rrOr o made I hav duly corrected.
The TOSS scandals willy intrigues which have related to o
wcre man o Il them known o yourself. for ms the Intimate friend Of
Luisa, the x-crOw princess Of Snxony, you were,b before the ar
closely associated with man of those a court whose names appeari In
these articles.
The revelations which I have made, md which o have recorded
here, nc hut n 1.-THE II the disclosures which I could make, and II the
world desires more, l shall b. pleased to furnish you with other and
eve more startling details, which o IN also u into print.
My service as personal ndjutant to h German crown prince u.s., hap
PLY, a n end, and now. with the treachery Of Germany against ciyni-
satiOn glarfngly revealed, ] feel, in m retirement, M cOmpunciOn In
exposing all know Oncerning the secrets Of the kaiser I'M hi. sn
with mostc cordial greetings from
Your sincere friend,
(signed) ERNST Won HELTZENDORFF.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-21
RUSS CONDITIONS
BOOST FOE STOCKS

Stockholm. Sept. 21.-Conditions IL
Russia occasi0ned a@smal1 peace boom
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-21

Those who have tried eli sorts Of So
tat.s1 agf ES5ss-Eeu1rva in p vain effort
f. lose chose gGVveLaonla traces 81 age,
tf-l.ass or HerEE. can scarcely 1D1 words
3" express tnetr delight W5th taa wonder
= s--s- tEfs raEEGuta- once I1GE have given
e q T~lal The success of ffis method is
Gta haE alone 80 its marvellous effective
CESS Eln TIE deepest 1laas ard crows
5e--s - vel as upon che very fine ones
tat Glao az IFS surprisingly Cuiok action
@.1 tts entire harpsIessHess. It's simple
tss A1a lEs faaXnessi Eeress are other COM
3zss11shla features fer one mead only dts
s9tsa ga ounce OF powdered saGo14ts IN
5ia-E pint witch hazel and baths Ehe face
- tE1s solution. At once g remarkable
u formation IS beheid
= SIS net only the effect or wrinkles ana
erea5es that is SO noticeable, but facial
<aE ,oar is remarkably improved ana th8
FACE looks much younger One should Be
sure 30 ask the druggist for ghs powdered
S&&oi3fa- The lotion. being so refreshing.
II PARTICULARLY grateful 20 tired faces
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-21
MOTHER AND SON co
FIGHT WITH FATHER

Ear-a landowner Of EerEeZe has
Received taa following letter from his
saH- p staff eapeaia-
al heard "a strange story today, shat
q woman and boy OF Is had been
found among -le men Of the 18th
hatfa 5aa "a unWounred c1asseurs. An
H.asr-r .al was made and they We're
faaua ta ua tae wife and the son Of 8
aaa=aar wine had determined not to
sa separated from him Both went into
the trenches with the other poi1as. and
tae most s.rlEinr thiaE about IL Is that
sa-y had been with tle battalion for
I'VE months before the authorities
found 81 OUT or course. everybody ia
the battalion knew. but as you see the
secret was wall kept.
GAS an old eaaszaur yourself. you
w.N ae proud to learn that father,
mother and son have been under fire
together 10 your cid battalion
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-21
STRIKE VOTE BEING
TAKEN BY LAKE MEN

Chicago. Sept. z1-The referendum
on q strike of 5000 great lakes sea
men. dramen and oilers is 70 be con-
1lu5ed next Monday. according 70 as
serttoas today BY Chicago leaders.
The resolution being voted on provides
for strike on Oct ! Of all members
Of the seameu' union and the marine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-21

this week on German stock markets.
So-ealied peace shares, such as ship
ping and colonial stocks, made gains
while munftion stocks were cores
pondingly depressed. The movement
however. according to Berlin and
Hamburg newspapers. was on linn
ited scope.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-21

honor and the war cross with six
palms for as many citations IN the or
Gers Of the army.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-21

fremen's. oilers and water tenders
union if the Lake Carriers association
before that date has not agreed 10 eX-
tend the provisions of the Atlantic
agreement TO the lakes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-21

All the news ell the time-The
Argus
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-06-20

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