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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-05-19
The TIE THAT BINDS

Readers OF The Ccutury Magazine
,aggoi lal To read uith pleasure the
article. Twenty bgr Years ia America
Il, FIR uugu Muusterberg professor 81
at Harvard tie relates with
naiyele the circumstances
If his coming to America professionally
for three years only, but as II pro'ea
In remain twenty Eve years, uhlH MS
death ia fact several months age
Strange to say this very e'entuall'F
uas foretald by a Western lawyer
ubetp he met on board ship during his
grst irlp over This gentleman said,
~Dur civilization ia eItll crude ati an
laIIshed aud It's harshness and t'S
tri,lallty and its dirty streets @tll hurt
ypn from the first day Their" II only
one fact which wi'l surprise sou ana
witch sou viii not belieye nov yea
all slHI be there after twenty pee
years
pr Munstefberg does not attempt to
expIain the futatiment Of this prophecy
other than to say that he became ih
bHed With tho idea OF bringing about
the fuller contact ot Germany with
the culturaily higher layer Of the
American people IN this assertion
h, admits that there Ia an American
culture comparable With that Of Ger
many. His word picture Of tea amons
I the professors at Cambridge Is a case
. IN paIpt when he had not dtned pre-
/ y,ousgy. expecting feast oil many
courses aud wines such rs an occasion
of that kind would call f0f ~ Germany
/ He found instead only coffee. lemonade
thin brown bread sandwiches aud pos
slbly ice.cream Aud yet h. says whei
/ be and Mrs Muusterberg drove hem'
they felt "A JOY and satisfaction suci
- few paftics had ever given Hs be
fore" II vas a matter Of inteihetna
atmosphere.
Hut With all 81 what America CAV
him AN abundance Of Inner values o
problems and tasks, OF joy and fftene
.ship" he siill felt the tie TO the father
land tie refers to his biennial visit
/ to Germany. of being detained IN lsl
hy the illness Of daughter aud late
hy the shot which was fred az seraJeFt
and concludes When shall SEE IN
fatherland again ," The tone is a
mournlul az II he knew the ansHr
Never"
This leaves the reader with tn
; thought, What IL this lure, Whte
, despite the innumerable benefits, III
; cordial welcome, the perfect friendl
: ness. that the Germans Ia this eeaht'
: receive make so many Of them te'
T that the tie io the fatherlahd oatNetgE
: all else sometimes even their Anne
+ lean citizenship With Germans OF his
! rank Iike Df Munstcrberg who de- +
. ceise honor In their own country II ca
! t,e In measure understood but amor
middle. aud lowe relass Germans, who's
g social position. not 70 say peeuhlal
condition, Is immeasurahly better be
than Il could possibly be IN the talh'
land Il is inexpltcahle to the pla
q mind of an American
nt nevertheless the charm de-
exist. and the American, ~ho Won
o be- just as we'll ~ friendly to !
5 German born fellow citizen must ina
d due allowances for 1t in she yafto
II relations 1T life
A. a
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-05-19

senator Nafdaman gets his son into
the training camp for the reserve
officers corps through political tnfiu'
ence. although the young man has
Respiratory trouble The senator sets
an example 81 nepolism and faulty
patriotism. not "a speak of rushing bis
own into "unheiS var
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-05-19
ASSESSORS NOTICE.

The public is hereby notified that the
assessment blanks will be on Gle al the
Court House. ~ FraBCisyIlle, from
MAY II until May 22, 1917
IL HARAtss0N, Assessor.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-05-19
sRAVoi

The Baptis,s OF the Southern Baptist
Convention have taken step IN al.
vance oi all other denominations aud
the south generally ~ granting women
80 equal right With men to represent
their churches IN future conventions
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-05-19

Rivers must take soads roads can.
not handle Necessity may bring the
Misslsslppl back into It's oNn again.
The enorts making 80 that end cannot
he ton heartily endorsed
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-05-19

II the Germans hadn't had their
hands full already, they could put
Ia some strong blows against us before
we get ih" army bill passed
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-05-19

Have you seen the governments
own newspaper. the offleial Bulletin :
No seareheads. and nothing small about
il but the size II h official
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-05-19

The House evidently likes excite.
mcni II put Roosevelt aud his Fel'Iii'
ter army back into the army bill,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-05-19

Subscriptions for the Liberty Loan
bonds Amounted to $500 minute on
Saturday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

of the French would amount to a million
men, which is approximately 2OO,O more
than what the reserves Of the Germans
will be. Here is refutation of the assertion
that France must stop because she has
teen "bled white" Ny own Judgment Is
that all these figures with reference to
France are slightly unfavorable, and that
the French situation is in degree better.
1t certainly is not worse.
Now, as far as the British are concerned,
their losses have been very greatly less
than those of France or Germany. 1t was
not until the Battle Of the Somme in July,
1916, two years after the beginning OF the
war, that the British began to participate
in the European campaign on something
like the scale OF France and Germany. 10
all intents and purposes, then, the British
casualties were from year to two years
less than those of the Germans or the
French. and to this extent British reserves
are still superior. England has, first and
last, with her colonies, put in~France or
marked for service in France something
around four millions of men. She has lost
permanently not less than q million. she
has available not less than three millions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

now consist of the two classes of 1913
and 1920 not used in any part The 1920
class has not been called up; the 1919
class is merely coming up for instruc-
ton. With the $4,000 wounded who will
return, that means some 100000 men,
and that the French have on the line and
on communications now something like 81
100000. These French numbers will be re-
duced by the French losses in the next six
months, which will probably be almost as
great as the men coming out of the hospi-
tai. Therefore one may reckon that the
French reserve has something like 100000
men for the campaign of next year.
To these reserves Of France it is now
necessary to add whatever troops America
will have in France during the campaign
Of 1918, because we are to take over por-
ton Of the French line, and the effect of
our arrival will be precisely as if France
had had another reserve amounting to the
number of American troops which will be-
como effective next year. Suppose then
that France has 100000 men in her two
classes and the United States should get
500 900 men to France for next years cam
paign. This would mean that the reserves
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

dHsc~

permanent loss of Austria cannot be less
than 100000 and the temporary loss in
men in hospital who will return at least
400, 900. Four million eight hundred thou
sand deducted from man power Of $780,
600 would leave 100000, of whom AGO.
900 would not be available until later. And
as the Austrian-Italan campaign is likely
to continue for two months, there will be a
further reduction Of Austrian man power.
1t is very unlikely that Austria will have
available many more troops than are nee
essary to man her lines at the beginning
of the campaign of 1918 unless Russia
should be eliminated from the war. But
even if Russia is eliminated from the war
Austria can hardly have more than three
and half million troops, and Italy, which
had a man power Of about five millions az
the beginning of the war and can hardly
have lost more than one million in her
three years Of fighting, has-not less than
four million, and probably nearer five mill
ion men available for the campaign Of 1918
that is, she will have at least million
larger army than the total man power OF
Austria next year, and can therefore pre-
serve superiority Of numbers against
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Germany's Total Strength

In sum, then, Germany had available Tor
service for the first four years of the war
100000 men, while 100000 men were
prevented from returning to the colors
~ the blockade of Germany, which cut on
overseas contingents.
Eleven million four hundred thousand
The total figure, represents just about one
sixth of the population of the German
Empire at the outbreak of the war-that
is, something more than 68,OOO'Ooo. Ger
many, then, has permanently lost 4,OOO,Ooo
and has 100000 on the line and behind
the line in necessary services. PROBABLY
not more than 100000 to 100000 at
the most are actually engaged in tighting
or are in immediate reserve. She has ooo'-
900 men, mostly of the class OF l9Zo-
that is, of boys who are now only seven
teen years old-and 100000 more men no"
in re hospital who some time in the next
nix months will be returned to duty. This
total will be reduced before the begin
ming of the campaign of 1918 by the per-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

end of this huge total | do not believe
many more than million and half are
actually engaged. At all events, England
should have a million free reserves to re-
pair the wastages of the campaign of 1918.
This would mean that the Allies would
have on the Western front alone reserve
man mower twice as much at least as the
Germans. II is probably greater, and If
the submarine situation can be faced and
surmounted during next year the Allies
will then have the huge reserves OF the
United States, which will then be available
for the campaign of 1919, and should not
amount to less than million 20 million
and half of troops by that time, trained
and equipped.
Now as to Austria ard Italy the situa-
ton is less clear. If Austrian losses have
been in the ratio of French and German
losses in the first three years of the war,
Austria would have lost 2,975,000 men per-
manently and something like $4,000 men
temporarily-that is, 100000 out OF a
mobilizable strength of 100000 men. But
Austria has lost in prisoners out Of all pro-
portion-at least a million more prisoners
than France or Germany. Therefore the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Tie French Situation

Turning to the situation in France, we
NAV take the percentages of German man.
power and apply them to France. Inc
French loss has been a little smaller IN
proportion to the French population than
the German, but not much This is evil
6enced by the fact that the French have
not vet called up any of the class OF 1871
or put in any of the class OF 1917. Inc
Eranch class consists of some 22500O. SO
we NAV saw that the French are just one
class better off than the Germans. Now,
the total white population of France and
If the colonies from which troops nave
Lean drawn was, after deduction Is MADE
for alien population, little more than
40 400 900. France, therefore, modifying
one-sixth of her population, would have
called to the colors 6,75O,OOO, and tins IN
mint of fact, is the case, as OUTSIDE IN
forr,ation has demonstrated. The perma-
ront German loss was 80 per cent or the
toto, mobilization, and this would mean IN
the case of the French 10000 The tenn
norarv loss of the Germans-that Is men
in the hospital who will come back at some
+;me-is 100000, which is, roughly SPEAK
inc r ner cent. On the same basis the
French temporary loss would amount 70
about $4,000. In all, then, the French
nermanent and temporary loss would be =
10000, and the French troops no" avaii-
able would be 4,O5O,OOO. In point OF TACT
France has used somewhere between loo'-
coo and 100000 native troops ana troops
Of the Foreign Legion coming from other
countries, and this element has reduced
slightly the cost to the French population
itself. We may say, however, that the
total permanent loss OF France mas o.e"
something less than two millions ana d
half, and that the reserves OF France
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

.
the 1st of April. These losses will not be
less than $4,000 month, and we may
safely figure that 100000 men will thus be
eliminated before the next campaign opens.
In other words, the maximum Of possible
reserves Of Germany for the campaign Of
/ 1918 will be 100000 men, and of this num-
Der over half will be boys not more than
eighteen years of age, and 100000 more
will be boys Of the class of 1919, who will
have reached only the age of nineteen next
year. Three-quarters of the reserves that
Germany will have for next year, then, arc
boys Of nineteen and under.
The permanent loss of Germany in the
first three years of the war was slightly
under 4,000,000-an average permanent
loss of 100000 year, but the loss was
much greater in the first two years of the
war than in the last year, because in the
! first two years there was much heavier
! fighting. The Russian collapse of this
year has resulted in relieving the pressure
on the Eastern front and thus directly re-
ducing the casualties. 1t has also COM
PEELED the Allies on the Western front TO
abandon their plan of seeking a decision
this year by tremendous offensives, and
thus the German loss has been materially
smaller on the Western front, too, than it
was either in the days of the Marine cam
paign or in the later Verdun episode.
German Reserves Exhausted in 1918
1t is not too much to estimate that the
German losses for the six months of cam
paign next year will be in excess Of 2oO,-
900 a month, and this means that some
time before September German reserves
will be exhausted and Germany will have
to face the problem of shortening her lines
or else counting disaster. If Russia is able
TO take her part next year, or any consid-
cradle part, then Germany's loss will not
be less than 100000 month. 1t is bare
" conceivable that complete failure OF
Russia would enable Germany to hold on
next year. even with reduced electives.
This would postpone decision until 1919,
but it would mean that after the cam
paign of 1918 Germany would be una
/ DIC W DtIllS W lHc iiOIAN ~''y ''N'
except the boys Of the class of 1921, who
would then be eighteen years Old. The I'M
portant point to notice here is that the
war now has become for Germany the
sacrifice of her youth. Jefferson Davis's
phrase Of grinding the youth corn Of the
Confederacy" is finding significant ap-
plicaton in present German military sta
tistics.
So far as Germany is concerned, then,
the mathematics of the situation are SIM
ple.. Having lost over million and quar-
ter on an average in each of the three years
Of conflict, Germany now confronts the
certainty of fourth year with reserve of
less than million men, made up OF boys
who cannot have the military value Of the
older classes. This was the situation Of
Napoleon in 1912, when his famous Marie
Louise" youngsters displayed a gallantry
never surpassed, but were unable to re-
peat the achievements of the soldiers OF
the Revolution with which Napoleon won
his great battles.
tt. Er.rch Situation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
MATHEMATICS OF EXHAUSTION
Attrition Will Win
War for Allies
Unless Subma.
rines Pre-.
vail
Copyright 1s17-The Tribune Association

Austria even if Russia and Rumania are
both eliminated from the conflict.
Such are the main features of the math-
ematics OF man power in Europe at the
present time. fr-
Mountain advocate., 1917-02-16
For Representative.

To the Voters of Knox County;
hereby announce myself - a
candidate for Repre- s en- tative
from the 69th Legislative District
of Kentucky, subject to the ac-
ton Of the Republican Voters of
the District as expressed at the
polls in the August Primary. /
am fifty eight years Of age and
never ran for any Office before.
| live at WILLIAMSBURG where /
have lived for the last twenty
nine years, having moved there
from Clay County, my native
home. ! have always been a Re-
publican. having cast my first
vote for James A. Garfield and
my last one for Charles E
Hughes. Although ] had a FAM
lily, when my country called for
volunteers in 1898 to fight a for
eign foe, placed myself upon
the altar of my Country and
served for several months in the
Second Kentucky Ragiment of
Volunteers, Company N. ] am
and have always been against
liquor and will vote against it
every time the opportunity pre-
sents itself. | earnestly solicit
the support of all tine voters of
the District.
W. NJ. Rasner.
Mountain advocate., 1917-02-16
High School Put on
Accredited List.

Prof. H. NJ. Oldfeld, Supt. of
the Barbourville High School, re
ceived the following letter from
Hon. Mehenry Rhoads, Of Lex
ington, State Supervisor Of High
Schools.
Lexington, KY, Jan. 81, 1917
Prof. H. M. Oldfeld,
"Barbourville, Ky.
my Dear Sir:
AT a meeting of the Commit
tee Oil Accredited Relations, of
the State College Associations,
held in this office on Saturday.
January q, your high school
was, by unanimous vote of the
Committee, admitted to accredit-
ed relations with the University
and the State Association of Col
leges. Your graduates there
fore. in the future, will be admit
ted to any of the colleges of this
Association upon certificate prop
erly signed by the principa! or
superintendent.
Very respectfully yours,
"McHenry Rhoads,
High School Inspector. "
Mountain advocate., 1917-02-16
Forsees Golden a Winner

The leading men in the cOunty's
affairs concede that James S.
Golden has the combination that
wins. jim isone of those fellows
who has made friends all his
life, the type of man that natur-
ally draws the good will of all
he comes in contact with, kind
hearted and generous but always
with the air of dignity and firm
ness. Besides these pleasing per-
sonal qualities he is one of the
best prepared men that ever was
reared in Knox County. 1t is
the unanimous opinion Of all who
have heard him address an audi
ence that he has a wonderful gift
as a public speaker. This, to.
gether with his thorough training
in the study of law, makes him a
well balanced professional man.
With the foundation that he has,
we predict that his will be a bril-
liant career. Not only will he
win the nomination for County
Attorney, but before his head is
white with the hoary frost of
many years, we utter the proph-
esy that he will bring honor to
his home county and better con-
ditions in whatever field he
enters. -2-l6-lt.
Mountain advocate., 1917-02-16
The Civic League

The Civic League held its reg
ular meeting Feb. Sth at the
home of Mrs. o. C. McClung.
Fifteen members were present
and responded to roll call by
quotations from authors or by
current events. After disposing
of the regular business, gel5yfts
from different outstsgAibg Com
mittees were heard... Eery in
interesting Letter Pertaining to
club work, fromone Of our for
|mef residents, Mrs. May, was
read. S
A plan for starting = public IL
brary in our town was discussed
by all present. In the near flu
ture we hope to establish an up
to-date library.
Next was the reading Of q
pamphlet, telling that our coun-
try has no national flower as do
all other countries. Through this
pamphlet an appeals being made
to all clubs to try to have, thru
their Congressman, the Noun
tain LAUREL adopted as>our ma
tional flower. ..
Plans for a public fountain in
our town were also under discus
sion.
Mrs. John Matheson was en-
rolled as a memberof our league.
Delicious refreshments were
served by the hostess.
The next regular meeting will
be held at the home of Mrs. Sa-
rah Hughes, Thursday, Feb. p,
at 2:30 p. m. promptly.
Mountain advocate., 1917-02-16

Measles is still prevalent in the
lower grades and which accounts
for the decrease in averages.
Last Friday chapel exercises
were conducted by the Singing
Evangelist, T. E. McCravy, from
whom we enjoyed a most profita-
bic song service. Especially did
we enjoy the song entitled, "A
Chip off the Old Block.
Our basket ball games last Sat
urday night at Williamsburg were
not quite as favorable to us as we
had expected but we were not
signally defeated. Our girls won
by the score of 20 to 6, the Will
liamsburg girls scoring on fouls.
Our boys lost their game 20 to
81. 1t was not so much their boys
that beat us as their lynn.
The ceiling is unusually low and
the building was poorly lighted.
We will play the same teams this
Saturday night at 8 p. m. Come
and see US win both games.
Examinations will be held next
week.
Mountain advocate., 1917-02-16
30, O0ires from 4 new
FolM OF CareIessness.

A new form of fire peril is
coming into prominence as a
! 9luseof much destruction and its
fires are so directly associated
with carelessness that it has been
.fdeemed necessary to issue a spec
ial warning to the people of the
United States. Because of their
convenience. small electric de-
vices. such as pressing irons,
curling irons, coasters, electric
plate warmers, and electric ster-
ilizers or heaters are now to be
found in almost every commune
ty. If these were used with
proper care the danger W would be
negligible, but, unfortunately, a
proportion of their users does not
realize the peril of leaving them
in circuit when not in use. In.
such cases these devices tend to
become overheated. whereupon
they are likely to set fire to any
thing combustible with which
they are in contact.
Most of these fires are small,
but the aggregate loss is large,
and occasional instances show ex-
tensive damage, as in the case of
the $3.50, 600 fire in the Boston
residence of Ex-Governor Draper;
this was traced to an electric
plate warmer in the buffers
pantry.
Fires of this class furnish a
special peril to life, being most
frequent in dwellings and often
breaking out at night. A charac-
teristic example is that which an
electric pressing iron is left upon
the ironing board, with the cur
rent turned on. and then forgot
ten. In such a case the fire may
not occur until some hours later.
The burning of the residence of
John Wanamaker, several years
ago, was due to an electric press
ing iron.
That this form of hazard is al
ready assuming large proportions
appears from the statistics. For
example, the Actuarial Bureau of
the National Board of Fire IN
derwriters in one day noted ap-
proximately one hundred reports
of fires from this cause, out of a
total of two thousand losses in
the days reports, and it estimates
that small electrical devices are
causing fires at the rate of 80, 600
or more in the course of a year.
1t is safe to say that most of
these fires are entirely preventa-
BILE, and can be charged to moth
ing but carelessness on the part
of the user. Various safety"
devices have been added by GER
tain manufacturers of these ar
ticles, and among them are some
that are fairly effective, but there
is one absolute precaution which
should be borne in mind at all
times by every user, namely,
that of shutting off the current
when not personally and contin-
uously supervising the use.
Mountain advocate., 1917-02-16
Barbourville High School

The large banner was won last
week by the senior and sopho-
more classes of Prof. Oldfield's
room. The report of attendance
and punctuality for our school is
as follows:
Mountain advocate., 1917-02-16

Miss Sallie Hoskins has just
returned from the city where she
purchased her Spring stock of
Millinery.