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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-28
GERMAN SPIES IN
NORWAY AT WORK

CHRISTIANIA, Nov. 28.-Norway
during the last half of this year has
had the same experience of German
methods as the United States went
through before it entered the war,
spies working everywhere under the
direction of espionage centres in the
neighboring countries, Sweden and
Denmark.
Thanks to the work of the police,
especially in Christiania, many of
them have been caught, some sent to
Jail and others expelled from the coun-
try
Several mysterious fires in great in
dustrial plants and storage houses
have aroused countrywide sus-
picion against German, Sweden AMI
Finn. During the last half of the
year there have been twenty-one such
fires here, two or three occurring 10
gether. The great store of provisions
in Trondjem belonging to the British
importing agency was burned with
loss of several million dolls/. 1t
proved to be of incendiary origin. Two
canning plants with great exports for
Great Britain were burned, and con-
densed milk plant with exclusive eX-
.pc-t trade TO England was destroyed
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-28

NEW YORK, Nov 28.-Cotton tu-
lures on he call were quoted: Jan
uary, 20, 1881; March, 28.72-79; May,
.28.50-54; July, 28.41-35, and at the
close were as follows: January, 1884;
March, 2S.88; May, 2S.58; July, 28.40;
Deceber, 3014.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-28

ONE BAY HORSE broke out of Iot;
finder will please notify II. o. Jon IS,
and receive pay. est
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-28
THE REAL PINCH

IN the weather is here, and the Weather Man says
we are to have lot Oft with the real sting to it.
" e are prepared to head off discomfort be you
sleeping or waking. We are now showing
NEW MODELS in COATS with the large col
lars so much in vogue now. They are of splen-
did fabrics. and beautifully tailored. Prices to
suit everybody
COAT SUITS of exceptional values in all the
up-to date fabrics and colors We are constant
ly in receipt of new models and can please all
corners with our prices and styles.
NEW DRESSES just received of very pleasing
styles and colors. And too there are some swell
evening dresses among them. You should drop
in and see the NEW THINGS in our READY
FOR-YOU-TO-WEAR Department.
LADIES WAISTS in new swell models are here
in great profusion and at getable prices. Let us
show you this line of Waistsn next trip down town.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-28

Attorney Dan Chappell is spending
today in Leesburg, where be Is en-
gagged in legal business.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-28
LET

THE MIDNIGHT COLD steal before wake
TIE fact that need Fine Wool Blankets Comforts We
have the largest stock part of the YOUR LOSS
forget us when buy All prices. All kinds
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-28
with more than million cans ready

with more than million cans ready
for shipment.
Three planning mills in different
parts of tee country were burned.
Their output was being used for box
es and crates for export. The other
day another planning mill in the vicini-
ty of the governments frearm manu-
factory at Kongsberg was burned dur
ing the night and while attention was
directed toward theis fire a burglar
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-28

I Misses Eufa and Matte McNeal left
this afternoon for Moultre, Ga, where
they Will spend Thanksgiving.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-12-20

partment became revelation of effic-
ienucy.
He had to rely, of course, upon
capable assistants, and chief among
these was Charles Petit, who became
assistant quartermaster general, and
in this capacity served throughout
the war although upon the resigna-
tion of Gen. Greene, Petit was urged
unsuccessfully to succeed the general.
Petit had advantageous social con-
nections, and came from an old HUI
guenot family that had settled in Sou
thern New York. Joseph Reed,
whose sister Petit married, was ap-
pointed provincial surrogate of New
Jersey some years before the war by
Governor William Frankland, who,
although son of DR.. Benjamin
Frankland, became Tory.
Under Reed, Petit was commits
stoned surrogate, and afterward was
secretary to Governor Frankland, but
did not follow the governor away
from the patriot cause. \
After. the war Petit was delegate
to congress and advocated the adop-
ton of the constitution. He was
native of Amwell, N. j., and died
in his 10th year.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-12-20
Cultures and VaccineS.

The laboratory of the army and
medical school has shipped since
April 1 sufficient typhoid and para
typhoid vaccines to inoculate every
man in the army.
Throughout the process of max
ing the vaccine is guarded against
any contamination. 1t is then stored
in sealed vessels in locked refriger-
ators, to which only the two officers
in charge have keys, and none of
these vessels is ever moved, except
in company of one of the officers.
In more than six months of large
scale production not trace of con-
tamination has been found.
One of the tests of the vaccines
includes the inoculation of mouse,
a guinea pig, and rabbit. If too
much tricresol "a coal tar product
used as a preservative and to kill
the bacilli had been added, the
mouse would be killed. Should tet-
anus germs be present both the
mouse and guinea pig would be kill
ed. Wit hthe emulsion correct, as
it must be used, no animal is killed,
and the guinea pig and rabbit are
not visibly affected by the inocula-
ton.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-12-20

that Mrs. Nolf went into the kitchen
to get some medicine for the baby
and surprised a would-be robber;
that she screamed and was kicked
down; that hearing her cry of alarm
Mr.. Nolf rushed to her assistance
and was killed. The verdict of the
coroner's jury was that they came
to their death at the hands Of an un-
known person or persons.
Mr.. Nolf was a sawyer at the Ken
dali Lumber company's' plant, was
originally from Pennsylvania, having
moved to Donora in February.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-12-20

to make sure that the family was not
still asleep. The seachers were then
driven from the house by the smoke
and it was not until the house had
burned to the ground that the bodies
were found.
Mrs. Nolf's body was found in the
kitchen with the baby girl tightly
clasped in her arms, the body of her
husband being found in the dining
room. The skulls of all three had
been crushed.
The assassin left no clue to his
identity. One theory advanced is
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-12-20
THREE FOUND MURDERED.
Father. Mother and child Killed and
Bodies Burned in House.

Barnwell, Dec. 7.-What is appar-
emily one of the foulest murders ever
committed in Barnwell county was
discovered this morning when the
charred bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Nolf and their little two-year-old
daughter were found in the smoking
embers of their home at Donora, a
small lumber mill village about ten
miles from Barnwell.
A post morten examination dis
closed the fact that he skulls OF all
three members of the family had been
crushed by blows from a blunt in
strument.
The residents of the village were
aroused about 5 o'clock by the fire
whistle at the mill and Immediately
rushed to the scene of the fire. The
first to arrive was A. L. LoWman, su-
perintendent for the Kendall LUMBER
company, and a brother-in-laW OF
Mrs. Nolf. At the time the fire was
confined to the rear of the house
and Mr.. Lowman burst into the front
calling Mr.. Nolf's name at the top
of his voice. Getting no reply he
went into a front room but saw no
one.
Other neighbors began to arrive
and one man went into the bedroom
and pulled the clothes from the bed
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-12-20
Judge and Mrs. Hayne F. Ric

Judge and Mrs. Hayne F. Rice
of Aiken, were in Bamberg for a
short while Saturday morning. Mrs
Rice is much improved in health from
her condition several months past.
Mr.. H. J. Brabham has returned
home after being with his wife who
recently underwent an operation at
Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore.
Mrs. Brabham stood the operation
fine, and her many friends here will
be delighted to know that she is
rapidly recovering.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-12-20

master general of the Deficiencies of
which Gen. Washington most bitterly
expressed himself.
In a letter addressed to the Presi-
dent of Congress, just before Christ
mas, 1777, the commander-in-chief
declared: "Since the month of July
we have had no assistance from the
quartermaster general. *** The soap,
vinegar and other articles allowed by
Congress, we seen none Of, nor have
we seen them, I believe, since the bat
tie of Brandywine. The first, indeed,
we have now little occasion for; few
members having more than one shirt,
many one the moietyof one, and some
none at all.
1--WE have by a field return this
day made, no less than 1888 men
now in camp unfit for duty because
they are barefooted and otherwise
naked"
Baron Steuben, who came to VAL
ley Forge that winter to organize the
wholly undisciplined army, said: '''Ac-
counts were never furnished or re-
ouired. The men were literally
naked, some of them in the fullest ex-
tent of the word.'
G. w. Greene, in. the Life OF
Nathaniel Greene records; show
"While Congress was celebrating
upon the best way of procuring meat,
the army was often brought to the
verge of starvation for want OF It.
While Congress was discussing by the
warm fire the most eligible methods
of providing the army with tents and
blankets, half of the army was sleep
ing on the snow without either blank
ct or tent.
"The first campaign demonstrated
the necessity of providing by regular
" organized departments for food.
clothing and transportation of the
,, army, but it was not until late in the
second year that a board of war was
organized and not until later still
that the quartermaster general and
the commissary general were allow
ed to devote themselves to their duty
in camp, instead of waiting idly for
orders at the doors of congress-
It was Gen. Nathaniel Greene who
first brought order out of chaos in
the quartermaster generals depart
ment. His self-sacrifcing assumption
of the most burdensome responsible
tiles led Washington to urge him to
take the Office of quartermaster gen.
eral as the one man who could be re-
lied upon to establish and maintain
an effective system.
Gen. Greene, without relinquishlne
his right to command in the field,
yielded to Washington's advice, and
in his hands the quartermaster's de-
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-12-20
PERSONAL MENTION.
People Visiting in This City and at
Other Points.

MIR. O. J. C. Lain, magistrate for
Olar,. was in the city Saturday.
Miss Bessie Armstrong is spend
ing some time in Bamberg with rel
--atives.
Mr.. S. S. Williams, of the Govan
section of the county, spent last Fri
{ day in Bamberg.
Miss Claire Weimer, of Florida,
is on a visit to Mes. Paul J. Zeigler
at her home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Flank Folk, of
Denmark, are visiting friends and
relatives in the city.
-Messrs. H. C. and J. w. Crum, of
Denmark, were visitors to the city
Thursday of last week.
-tMr P. Belton Hair, senior at
Furman university, is at home for
the Christmas holidays.
Miss Vista Brabham, of Con-
verse college, Spartanburg, is at home
for the Christmas holidays.
Mr.. John Frank Lancaster, post
master at Govan, was in the city for
a short while last Friday.
Mr.. n. Pinckney Smoak, Jr., a
Wofford college student, is at home
here for the Christmas holidays.
Miss Arrie Free arrived home
Tuesday night from Converse col
lege, Spartanburg, for the holidays.
Miss Virginia Folk, who is
attending Lander college, Greenwood,
Is at home for the Christmas holidays.
= Miss Edith White, a student of
the Spartan Academy, Wexford, S.
c., is at home for the Christmas hol-
idays
DIR. E.. O. Watson, who has
already entered upon his work at
Camp Jackson, spent several days
in Bamberg this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Zeigler have
returned from their wedding trip and
will occupy the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. II. Henderson on Railroad avenue
| here.
Mrs. w. E. Free returned last
week from the hospital in Charleston,
where she had been for some time,
and is now greatly improved in health
to the delight of her many friends
here.
Rev and Mrs. NJ. W. Hit, who
have been spending some time in the
city left Tuesday morning for Dun
edin, Fla, where they will spend
the winter months with their son
Mr. J. E. Hit.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-12-20
Helped Feed Washington's Army.

Charles Petit, assistant quarter
master general of the Continental
army in the Revolutionary war, died
in Philadelphia September 4, 1906.
The weakest department in the ad-
ministration of the American Revolu-
tionary war was that of the quarter
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-12-20
Stick to 1t.

Plan for more than you can do,
Then do it.
Bite off more than you can chew,
Then chew it.
Hitch your wagon to a star,
Keep your seat and there you are.
Seattle PoSt-Intelligencer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-12-20

States and slate pencils at The
Herald Book Store. Save paper by
using a slate.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-03
giving to the vowel of the second syllable sound at all, "cant'nment"
The. Baby and the Smoker

A reader of the Republican at Sacaton. menting late editorial paragraph in The Re- publican, in the language of MT. Kabibble "hendles it to" The offending paragraph was:
 Anna L. shaw's proposal of smokeless day will not meet with ready response Mrs. Shaw means we'll she wants tobacco saved for the soldiers and in that respect she presents favorable to those refOrmers who would deprice them of the soace of the weed. But is harder for to abstain from smoke than it it's from white bread meat. He wants his cigar and his cigarette and the enjoyment of them keeps him in better of mind to look out for the welfare of the soldier well. Deprive tobacco of his tobacco for day and he would not take great interest in anything earth except his misery
 The censorious comment is:
 Did you hear the baby cry? Don't take his paci- fer away from him or he will be cross It is all right to have wheatless days and meatless days, for, friend wife fixes up such good things to take the place of them that a hardly misses them! It is all right for the children to do without candy The allies need the sugar, and besides, much candy isn't good for them anyway. It is all right for the women to and knit for the soldiers every spare moment. Of it is conceivable that a might have something else she would pre- fer to do. She might like to for herself, read or possibly even rest! Probably, tho she enjoys knitting more. else she would be cross about it. But ask man to give up tobacco for day for the sake of the soldiers NO! A thousand times NO- He. WANTS his cigar and his cigarette and would be peeved without them.
 It VIII De observed that The Republican was not offering an argument against smokeless days, but was merely stating fact confirmed by frequent association with tobacco temporarily deprived of their solace We do defend their right to be mean, grouchy and unapproachable But it is evil dent that in that condition they will not do much for their country. They will buy Liberty bonds or subscribe to Red Cross or Y M c. A. funds. They simply will not.
 The comparison between the baby deprived of his pacfier and the smoker cut off from his cigar or cigarette apt enough but in these war times it is not practical The baby help himself; he can merely howl, but that will not interfere with the progress of the In the of consulate smoker if he and all his kind stop on a smokeless day and plant themselves like hog on ice. the gets a jolt
 His misery will be communicated to the Ameri- can and allied troops in the French and every other front.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-03
Our Waste of Sugar

We using too much sugar. more according to our population than any other part of the country. We have been politely requested to restrict our consumption Now the authorities will step in and see that it is restricted The rest of the world also wants some sugar It is especially needed by our allies and by the soldiers If we only half as much as we have been using, there would be enough fer all.
 The retailers are largely responsible for the lavish use of sugar. in selling to their patrons all they ask for and in not apprsing that the is trying to save sugar. We suppose there are many people who had never heard that effort of this sort was being made.
 In other parts of the country conservation is being rgidly enforced. A gentleman and his wife that it was with difficulty that they could buy as much sugar as they needed when travelling through Texas Their purchase limit pound. Some tourists thought they the to get around this limitation. They bought sugar by the single pound at several stores But the authorities had also thought when they found many packages of sugar they con- fiscated the lot.
 We will come to, it. Probably in the first place the merchants who have not limited the purchase of their patrons will shortly find themselves with out sugar and without the of getting any. ants who will do what the government tells them Co do We are at and cannot do as we please.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-03
Reduced Overhead Expenses

basketera the grocereria and the basket-stores are varously given to grocery establishments which engaged in cutting down overhead ex- penses that they may, as they claim, sell cheaper The patron is made to do the work hitherto done oy the clerk the delivery boy and the book keeper or rather the bookkeeper's work is not done for there is no bookkeeping These are cash stores.
 The idea was borrowed from the cafeteria, which, a few years ago, originated in Los Angeles and has spread all the country.
 The propretors of the grocerterias claim that they can sell from 10 to 12 per cent cheaper than those stores which maintain clerks and delivery service, which have book keepers to keep records of charge accounts much of which is never collected. It can easily be imagined that there is saved to the grocer tera more than twelve per cent of the volume of business transacted by this arrangement
 The original saving contemplated only the expense of delivery. That first employed in basketerias where clerks and bookkeepers still maintained That was something of saving but not much. when the amount so saved was distributed among hundreds of patrons Then the elimination of the clerks and boolleepers. One to keep eye on custo- mers as they are about selecting their goods and offering them such aid they need, and cashier to check over packages and take the mony, consti- tutes the force.
 Another advantage of this plan is to release man. power, which is so much needed in other fields. The customer gets another advantage which is probably greater than the reduced prices Under a cash sys- tem, he will limit his purchases to his actual immed ste needs He will not buy much to be uselessly consumed wasted Real money and credit, to some people. are totally different things.
 It is easier in most parts of the country now for one to adjust himself to cash system than it was before There is more work than ever and though money has lost a considerable part of it's purchasing power. it is plentiful
Arizona republican., 1917-12-03
MESA RED CROSS
 AN ACTIVE BRANCH

MESA, Dec. 3.-The Mesa Red Cross has made up and sent 1O2 Christmas packages to the soldiers. These packages have a value of s1.S5 each, but through the generosity of the Mesa merchants in selling the articles below cost and the donations from other quarters, the entire lot cost the Mesa branch only $115. In addition to this, a check for $50 was sent to Mrs Chalmers of the Phoe nix chapter to aid in the making up of Christmas packages.
 The local branch is urging that the names of all enlisted men from this vicinity be given them without delay, in order that packages may be sent them. This does not apply strictly to Mesa men, but to any soldier whose name is turned in.
 The women of the Red Cross have generously offered Ihe use of their rooms and their help to any of the detachments at Granite Reef in the way of making up any Christmas
Arizona republican., 1917-12-03
ac,n.onmentu or "cant'nment.y

This is not matter of any great importance the pronunciation of the word "cantonment" It is by no means word, but it is to general use in America. "Cantonment" has always been pronounced with the primary accent in the first syllable "can-" In this community people began calling these camps can tone -ments," with the primary accent on the second syllable.
 That pronunciation was probably applied by those to whom the word entirely new, because it is easier to enunciate word of three sylabes by &C., centng the second one As result of this accent the 70" in 'ton' of the second syllable took on the long sound
 We supposed that this pronunciation local, or. at any rate not widespread, but we learn that it prevails throughout the country that the Louisville Courier-J Journal has entered upon cru- sade for it's correction. It points out in the first place that the word had before been pro- nounced that way If people however, insist upon other authority than usage it offers them that President Wilson who using the word in speeches, pronounces it with the accent the first syllable,
Arizona republican., 1917-12-03
Christmas Sale Wednesday

The Toggery of Mesa will begin its annual Christmas sale Wednes- day of this week. George A. John son, the enterprising proprietor, told the people of the southside all about It in a double page advertisement In yesterdays Republican, and today is busy distributing 5000 circulars of the same size and reading con- tained in the ad. The store is filled to the brim with Christmas offer ings and Santa may find wonderful selections for the kiddies. The Tog- gery has beautiful calendar show ing the Roosevelt dam, one of the best pictures of the dam yet ob- tained, and is giving them away to those who call at the store.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-03

bou1evarded California. One woman visiting here, took one drive with her husband through the deep dust near Gilbert, the next day he per suaded her to go to Chandler. But the next, and so far thereafter, she has stayed at home, waiting i'm patiently for the time to get out of Arizona and back to California.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-03
Southside si de: News
 VI D.. JOHNSON
M ESA OFFICE Chandler Court Phone 1-R-2
V. D. JOHNSON

packages the soldiers on duty at these places want to send, and also have notified them that the women will keep in repair the clothing of the men if brought to the Red Cross rooms. The present member ship of the local branch is 32A and another drive for members is on the program for the coming spring
Arizona republican., 1917-12-03

We would rise to inquire whether our quota of sugar is based upos the population given by of fcial estimates in 1915 upon the population arbj trarily fixed by Provost Marshal General Crowder as basis for our draft quota There is difference between the two bases of about 100000 The sugar users would probably elect to stand on the Crowder figures in which case. would really be consuming almost twice share.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-03

We fail to see what allied enormity has been disclosed by the making public by the Bosheviki government of the British Franco Russo Italian pact That there was such an agreement evident If the allies had not made the object of it public they made no concealment of the fact that they were aiming at it.