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Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1917-07-19
PARENT-TEAcHERs ASSOCIATION

At a meeting of p. T. A. Wednes.
day, at the Rest Room it was decid-
ed, owing to the absence of some
leading workers. and owing to the
fact that all members are very busy
doing their bit" canning, that the
meetings will be discontinued for the
summer
The second Wednesday in Septeni-
ber the years work will be resumed
with the election of officers.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1917-07-19
DAMAGE BY WATER

The heavy rains of Saturday and
Sunday caused great damage to the
crops, fences and buildings in some
sections, particularly on Roaring riv-
er and Spring creek, where several
mills were washed away according to
report Several bridges on the Ten
nessee, Kentucky e. Northern rail-
road were swept away and trafis
between Aigood and Livingston will
be delayed for several days. Land
washed badly in some localities ard
much corn was blown down.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1917-07-19
METHODIST CHURCH

The membership of this church is
looking forward to the revival which
is to begin Aug. 5, the first SUNDAY
Bro. Craig will be assisted by Rev.
Lewis d. Lowe, of Lakeland, Fla. a
good preacher. Every member should
earnestly pray and work for real
revival
Next Sunday morning, July %, the
pastor, Rev. R. J. Craig will preach
A special feature of the service will
be a male choir, who will give seve-
raj songs. No service at this church
Sunday night, however. Bro. Craig
will conduct vesper service at the
First Presbyterian Church at p. m.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1917-07-19
STORY TELLERS LEAGUE

Mrs. ]. G. McDearman,' president
OF Story pellers League wishes to an.
nounce Red Cross benefit, to be
given at city school building Thurs.
day evening at o'clock
Mrs. Shook Keith of Birmingham
who is remembered by many Cooke
vile friends as Miss Anna WalIing,
will give program of readings,
among them the "Mollusk", and a
number of old time favorites.
Mrs. Keith is recognized as one of
the best readers in Birmingham, but
needs no introduction to Cookevil'e
audience. Admission 10 and Csc.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1917-07-19

Cookeville Masonic Lodge No. 266
will meet in regular session Satur-
day night at 1880 p. m. promptly.
Important business and work in Bird
degree. Call meeting Monday night
7:30 p. m. Work in 3rd degree. All
Master Masons cordially invited
w. A. HOWARD, w. NJ,
HENRY ALGOOD. Sec'y.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1917-07-19
CHANGE AT STRAND

est of r. e. Lee in the Strand Thea
tire. John Milton will have active
management of this popular place OF
amusement, and proposes to contln-
ue giving the people of Cookeville
the same high class of pictures that
have been shown in the past-in fac.
the best obtainable.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1917-07-19
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

In the absence of the pastor, Rev.
A. Cole, there will be no preach
ing at the First Presbyterian church
Sunday morning, July %, and this
congregation will worship with the
Methodist church. The vesper SET
vice will be held as usual on the
lawn at q O'clock, and Rev. r. J.
Craig will preach the sermon.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1917-07-19
BAXTER SEMINARY

The catalogs for Baxter Seminary
are being distributed. This school
was successful last year under the
direction of President Patton Broyles
and has bright prospects for an even
better year than ever. Long live
Baxter Seminary. May it grow and
grow, and accomplish a great work
among our people.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1917-07-19
THE BIG DRAFT
Will be Made Friday, July 20

The, great draft for soldiers will be
made in Washington Friday morning
July 20, 1917, beginning at $3.50 am.
according to to dispatch in the Nash
vile Baner of today. The result of
the drawing will be made known by
telegraph as rapidly as possible.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1917-07-19
BoYp-BURT

Mrs. A. w. Boyd announces the
engagement and approaching marri-
age of her daughter, Marjorie, and
Mr.. William Marshall Burt, Jr., of
Pittsview, Alabama. The marriage
will take place August 18th at 200
O'Clock at the First Presbyterian
Church.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1917-07-19
SCHOOLS TO OPEN MONDAY

Supt. J. M. Hatfield announces that
all OF the rural schools of Putnam
County will open next Monday morn
in, July 20, except those where new
buildings are being put up.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1917-07-19
T. p. !. cATALocs OUT

After considerable delay the cata
logs of Tennessee Polytechnic Insti
tute are out T. P, l. had the great.
est first year of any school ever es.
tablished in Tennessee. apd the pros
poets are good for healthy increase
in attendance the coming year.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1917-07-19
PREPARE FOR DECORATION

All who are interested meet me
at the Byers cemetery Saturday, July
2S, for the purpose of preparing for
decoration on the following Sunday
]. X. FLATT.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1917-07-19
TO BUY HORSES AND MULES

Grissim, Thompson & Taylor, the
popular stockmen of Lebanon will
buy horses and mules in Cookeyille
next week, Thursday. See advt.,S and
bring in your stock.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1917-07-19
CARLOAD OF MARES

Witt & Pruett will be in Cooke
vile on Saturday of this week with
a carload of mares and colts, which
will be sold at public auction. See
their big advertisement and come in
on the day of sale.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1917-07-19
ENGINEERS ON SURVEY FOR
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Start From Chattanooga to Locate
Route Probably Terminating
At CookevilIe

From advices received here from
Savannah, where are located the ex.
ecutive Offices of the Central OF
Georgia railroad, it is as assured that
before very many months have
passed Chattanooga will be connect
ed with Nashville by a trunk line
railroad approximately lis miles
long, thirty six miles shorter than
the existing route, and that many
thousand acres of hitherto inaccess-
ible coal lands will be opened to
consumers in this section. Whether
or not the new line will be operated
by the Central of Georgia or the nli-
nois Central, is not yet ascertained,
but no doubt is felt in local indus
trial and railroad circles, where
speculation is most active, that It
will be one of those roads.
The Savannah advice follows:
Savannah, Ga, July 10-A
corps of engineers and surveyors
attached to the engineering de-
partment of the Central of Geor-
gia railroad left here yesterday
for Chattanooga, from where, it
is understood, they will go on
survey of the old Fiske route to-
wards Cookeville, in Tennessee.
1t is understood here that the
expedition will verify that sur
vey through very rich coal fields
that are understood to exist in
the Cumberland mountains above
Chattanooga.
Upon inquiry here it developed as
a certainty that the engineering
party arrived in Chattanooga yester-
day and following the purchase of
supplies and equipment left either
last night or very early this morn
ing upon their trip into the noun
tains.
Officials of the Central of Georgia
were backward in comment last
night, but it is generally accepted
among railroad men that the time
has become ripe for the realization
of the Hartman. dream and that the
proposed route will follow the gene
raj lines of the route favored in the
plans of the former genius OF the
Illinois Central. 1t was ascertained
here that the survey now being made
would go only about sixty miles in
general northwesterly direction.
but the supposition is strongly held
that the survey at the end of that
sixty miles will connect with either
the Tennessee Central or some 9TH
er survey made from Nashville, with
the weight of opinion favoring the
old Fiske survey made years ago.
The new road would go straight
to the heart of what is considered
one of the largest bodies Of untouch-
ed coal lands in the country, where
the fuel is reported to be of excep-
tionally high quality. The new road
will probably go by way of the Little
SeQuatchie river, it was surmised
generally yesterday, and climbing the
Cumberland plateau, tap the broad
coal fields on that mountain.-Chat-I
tanooga Times.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1917-07-19

Mrs. Samuel Pincus, who is spend
ing some time at Bloomington
Springs, was in Cookeville one day
last week meeting with friends.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1917-07-19

Now, before you forget it, why not
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Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1917-07-19

The constitutional convention elec-
tion will be held Saturday, July 2s.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-10
No Articles viii Be Charged
at Sale Prices

blows is ably demonstrated
of
pie o Tulsa a opportunity seldom equale1
poured articles
the
little polish will establish all original beauty be little damp i'll
ando oon ughourhu aricl
willing will be offered during
who willingness little
ability without willingness Of little Importance This sale
together with the result that able purchase furniture
beodseng
priced within the history the
The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-25
GEORGIA PLEDGES
 TO FEED HERSELF
STATEWIDE MEETING OF FARM FRS AND BANKERS ATTENDED
 BY NEARLY 1,5oo MEN.

Macon, Ga, April 2i-Georgia will feed herself for the next 12 months This was pledged in resolutions adopted at a statewide meeting of farmers and bankers held here today, which was attended by nearly I,5OO men.
 The resolutions pledged support O the commission recently appointed by Governor Harris to direct food pro. duction and conservation; disapproved the idea of fixing a maximum price for cotton; urged that bankers loan money on all crops, and that loans be conditionally carried over, and sug. gested that land owners rent their land fer a part of the crop raised thereon instead of all of the cotton as is the general custom.
 Charles B. Lewis, president of the Georgia Bankers Association. pledged the bankers to finance the stocking of farms with cattle and hogs.
 Recommendations that the govern. ment close all breweries and dis. tilleries in the country for the purpose of conserving the grain consumed in the manufacture of whiskey and beer, also were approved.
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PROHIBITION WILL
 NOT BE ATTEMPTED
GOVERNMENT NEEDS THE REV. ENUE FOR ITS WAR CHEST AND
 THE TAX WILL BE INCREASED,

Washington. April 2l--In laying their plans for raising nearly $2,O00,. 00O,000 for war expenses fir m taxa tiOn house leaders are proceeding upon confident belief that there will be no nationwide prohibition legisla tion at this session of congress Even many Of the most optimistic prohi- oition champions now are hoping for no more thah law forbidding tho sale of liquor to soldiers and sailors.
 The case against any attempt at general prohibition legislation has been based up.n the arguments that . constitutional amendment could not be adopted and put into effect in less than year or more, and that the gov ernment needs the revenue from liQd0r taxes for the war chest
 The ways and means subcommit- tee, which is drafting a preliminary revenue bill is being urged to in. crease the leyies on whiskey and beer to the highest possible figure, The pr-p sal is being seriously considered and big advances in the present tax .of $l.i0 gallon on whl skey and $l.50 a barrel on beer are certain to be rec commended to the full committed
 Some commi teemcn haye gone SC far as to suggest that the tax on whiskey should be raised to $5i1 a gallon, the present English rate. The whiskey tax. according @ a reliable authority is certain to be mere thar S2 gallon
The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-25
Food Conditions of
 the Allies Critical
Weight of the Administration to Be
 USed for Controlling the Food Situation.

Washington. April 2t.-'Food condi- tons in several of the nations of the entente allies have been reported to the American government as critical and as a result President Wilson and his advisers at today's cabinet meeting concentrated thelr attention upon what is being done 10 increase the food sup ply Of the United States and provide additional ships to carry products 10 Europe.
 Realinzing that 1t will take time to make more plentiful American har- vests. the object of the government will be to prevent waste and system atl2e the distribution and exportation |of foods uffs.
 Preliminary conferences with mem
 bers of the British commission now
 here and word received from Ameri- can diplomats and commercial at taches in the allied and European neu- tral capitals have convinced admin istration officials that the food prqb lem is grave, and that the situatiEr | constantly Is growing verse. l The president sketched briefly It'
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his cabinet today the information al. ready received from Foreign Minister Balfour of Great Britain. Afterward 1t became evident that movements al. ready well under way to better food and shipping conditions will be speeded up.
 The entire weight of the adminlstra- ticn is to be thrown behind the rec concentrations of Secretary Houston to congress to strengthen the govern ment machinery for controlling the food situation
 Secretary Wilson reported that plans are well under way for increas- ing the labor supply on the farms and on the construction of merchant vessels. Organized labor, he said. is lending it's active cooperation.
 Several European belligerents and neutrals have asked for the assistance of the American government in ob. taining supplies ether than food. but the details of these requests are being kept confidential. so that the markets will not be disturbed.
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DEBATE ON ARMY BILL
 CONTINUES IN CONGRESS
THERE ARE MORE THAN SIXTY MEMBERS IN THE HOUSE
 WAITING TO SPEAK.

Washington, April ?4.-Debate on the war army bill continued in con gross today with the cesire to talk about the methods the United States should use in raising her millions Of fighting men unabated. Leaders in neither house could predict with con fidence when a vote might be reached.
 The house hopes to vote by Friday, but there are more than 50 members waiting to speak. In the senate only a few senators have been heard, and Chairman Chamberlain of the military committee said many had indicated their intentitn to discuss the bill be- fore agreeing to a vote. He probably will sound out sentiment tomorrow, however, on a unanimous consent ar rangement for vote as soon as pos. sIble.
 Opponents of the administration s selectiye draft plan found new hope during the day when Speaker Clark let it be known that he shared their views and would make a speech to- morrcw in favor of the majority house committee volunteer amendment.
 In the senate Senator LaFollette introduced a substitute for the admin. istration bill proposing to eliminate the draft feature and submit the ques- ton of raising an army to a referen- dun through the director of the cen sus and the pos masters.
 Discussion today in both houses came argely from the friends of the yoluntsec system.
 The longest speech of the day was made by Representative Fields of Kentucky. a Democrat of the military committee, who argued for the yolun- tecr plan, and declared that the war departments proposal ;o draft youths under 2l years of age involved a prin. cirle on which he would not be guided by the military experts of this or any other nation
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bringing down two Germans and with all his ammunition gone, descended, reloaded, filled up his petrol tanks and took to the air again. Within half an hour he had brought down his third machine for that day. Another pilot felled two machines, while the other 35 were divided among similar number of British pilots.
 The greatest fighting yesterday, or derly enough, was a drawn battle. One of the British pilots met a brilliant German flyer and for full hour they maneuvered in a most marvellous man. ner without either being able to bring
 his gun tO bear on the other They rolled, looped, twisted, elaborately 1 stalled their engines and. standing the
 machines on their tail, slid backward through the air, but all to no avail. lt probably was the most wonderful i air duel the ar has yet seen.
 The British pilot reported today
 that several times he felt sure he would get his adversary between his sights, but the latter invariably wrig- gled out of the line of fire, The Brit ish flyer himself was kept busy avoid ing the German. and once he dared dive almost perpendicularly The combat did not break off until both pllots had fairly exhausted themselves ahd their petrol
 Strangely enough later in the day another British D lot encountered the same German machine. The Britisher
 was swinging his way home after a hard days work, but he jockeyed with the German for nearly quarter of an
 hour before flying on.
 In strange contrast to this was the experience of one Britisher who some what peeyishIy complained last night
 that "I only got a rabbit" He ex-
 plained this by saying that while his opponent had a good machine, he was
 clumsy fellow and couldn't fight at
 all, and was sent spinning with the
 first burst of gunfirs
 still another pilot mounted fast new machine and deliberately allowed a German to get en his trail. Then he suddenly looped behind his ad-
 versary and caught him just within
 the sights, the burst of fire killing the 1 German instantly. The machine
 swerved and the dead man pitched out 10000 feet from the ground.
 The fighting yesterday was all
 within the enemy territory. Several
 through their wings, but sailed home unaided and took tho air again tHs' morning. N
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Birdmen of the British and French Corps Bring Down Number of
 the German Machine Men.
Descriptive Story of How Two Flyers Parleyed for Long Time for Advantage and Neither Could Hit Mark Because of the Others Good Dodging.

lFrom a Staff Correspondent of the
 Associated press)
 With the British Armies in France, via London, April 2i, 10:3O D. m.-The intensely bitter ground fighting of the last two days has been reflected in the air, and the British royal flying corps yesterday established a new rec. ord by bringing down 40 German ma hines. Fifteen of these were actually seen L. crash, while 25 collapsed or fell in spinning nose dives, completely out of control
 The fights took place l5.000 feet in the air, from which distance it is barely possible to see the ground and wholly impossible 10 see an adversary crash, unless the pilot deliberately follows down, Such a course is not feasible where the fighting has taken on the character of a general melee, as is nowadays often the case A re. markable part of yesterdays perform. ance is that only two British machines are missing.
 Ut was the finest day for war flying that the young khaki pilots ever had, and today they have been at 1t again since sunrise, but the full reports of their exploits are not yet in. 1t is known. however, that one in trepid young flyer, failing to find a single German observation balloon aloft sought out one in it's hangar on the ground dived at it and set the big gas bag ablaze from stem to stern.
 Since Sunday the British airmen have been reyelling in weather they have long desired. Not q cloud was in the sky today, behind which a Ger man could find shelter. Deprived of that means of digging themselves, " the German flyers were far scarcer than usual and very difficult to find. British machines were everywhere along the battle front and far behind the German line Bombing raids were carried out 45 miles back, the ma chimes deliberately flying over ground where battles were raging with the greatest fury,
 German trains rushing reinforce ments to the front were attacked and transport columns on the roads were bombed and completely disorganized In several instances the British ma chimes came low over the fighting lines and poured machine-gun fire into the German ranks. In doing this, ma chimes have deliberately crossed the fire of their own as well as the enemy's guns.
 Yesterday one British pilot, after
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England to Recei0e $2OO,OOO,OOO Today
Will Be First Instol1ment of the Three Billion Dollar Loan
 10 the Allies,

Washington, April 24.-The United States will Tend Great Britain s2O0,- 000,000 probably tomorrow as tn first loan to any of the entente govern ments under the $1O0900O,O00 finance law signed by President Wilson to. day The money for this loan will be available out Cf the proceeds cf the Sc50,0G0000 of treasury certificates of indebtedness, due Juue 20, and just placed with the banks of the country through the federal serve board.
 Secretary McAdoo will call for the proceeds of this issue tomorrow morn ing, and as scon as the money is de- posted in the various federal reserve banks. it will be available for the gov ernment's purpo oses.
 The British loan will be made as soon thereafter as the necessary formalties of transfer can be com pleted
 There is no disposition on the part of the American government to insist upon the formal observance of techni- oalities which would tend to delay negotiations. So-called red tape will
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200, 900 BUSHELS 0F
 WHEAT DESTROYED
THE GRAIN BURNED IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN CONSIGNED TO
 THE ALLIES.

Erie, Pa, April 24.-.MOre than 200, 900 bushels Cf wheat and a large wooden grain elevator known as "ele vator A" of the Western Transports ton Company, owned by the Great Lakes Transit Corporation. were de stroyed by fire here tonight, with a loss estimated at $600,000.
 The grain. it is said was consigned to the allies. Officials Of the company assert that the fire started from ar oyerheated pulley in a tower on the lake side of the elevator, The elevator was the remaining one fthree eleva tors built by the corporation, the other two having been destroyed by fire more than a year ago with a loss of more than $SO0,000 in grain con signed to Europe.
 Famed by a stiff northeast wind the flames were driven into the grain pits with such rapidity that in less thai half an hour the structure wal doomed.
 Three large freight beats tied uI at the docks nearby were showereC with burning embers before thel could be lowed into the bay, The! were but slightly damaged, however.
 The company elevated 300,00I bushels of wheat into the pits today later withdrawing 160,0OO bushels fol shipment 10 Canada, but a few hours before the fire broke cut If was thu first grain unloaded here this season Tue fire halts further storage in twt new million bushel capacity elevator by the destruction of connecting cen yeyors in the main building.
 An investigation will be started to morrow.
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be eliminated wherever possible and the money will be placed tO the Brit ish g vernments credit speedily, prob. ably without waiting for the arrival here fr m London ot British bonds 10 be deposited in the American treasury as security.
 In that event the United States probably will take some other tempo. rary form of security. pending the ar rival of the bonds.
 Final negotiaticns for the loan were completed today at conferences par ticipated in by Secretary McAdoo. Lcrd Cunliffe, governor of the Bank of England; Pierre Jay of the New York Federal bank, treasury depart ment, reserve board and British em- bassy officials Official announce ment Of the loan is expected withjE 24 hours.
 The loan is not intended 10 cover Great Britains full share of the s. 000,000 intended for the allies, but .s , designed to meet England's imme- diate and pressing financial needs A somewhat similar loan soon may be made tO Italy.