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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-08-03
PIECE PROSPECT AS VIEWED
BY GERMAN CHENCELLOR

The new German Chancellor has
just about properly sized up the
war prospect in a statement given
out to newsper men last Satuay.
He says that:
France wants continuance OF
massacre Of nations" whichis cor
rect when interpreted that France
wants the war continued until Ger.
many shall have been annihilated
He says further that Germany Is
waeine defensive War which is
correct. but he does not state that
Germany's chance from offensive
to defensive was involuntary, bu,
that the defensive was forced on
Germany when Papa Joffre.. turned
the tide at the battle Of the Marne
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-08-03

Chancellor Michaelis goes on to say,
and with eminent correctness, that
England does not want peace by
Agreement and understanding but
a conclusion Of the war which
means enslavement Of Germany to
the arbitrary violence Of its ene-
rlies"- lin other words, Great Brit
ain will entertain no peace propos-
al until Prussian militarism shall
have been wiped from the face Of
the earth and Germany forced
to agree to make restitution for the
enormous crimes she has commit
ted. Germany was the prime
cause Of a war which. in three
years, has cost seven million lives
land Gefmany must make settle.
ment accordinfily.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-08-03

sooner or later 60 as far North as
cotton erows--and some are in
clined to believe that instead Of be-
ing a curse here ii prove to be q
blessing in disguise.
The rains have been bad on po-
tatoes Of both kinds, rotting many
of the Irish potatoes both in the
ground and those that have been
dug and 1t is a known fact that
sweet potatoes have to have fairly
dry weather to make the tubers.
Farmers are thankful that so lit
tie wind has accompanied the rains
and that the corn is still standing,
notwithstanding the turning plow
has been practically abandoned in
laying by the crop.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-08-03
Meeting Of West
IT ennessee Board,

: Tke'West Tennessee District Ex.
emption Board; which, with the
Eastern ana Middle DIVISION Boards
= An0.n g -. appcia'e coul' y
t;on. IN fro,,, y. r, na,,ss.sa. - osssh, y,
State. net il ,Jackson last Monda,
for the purpose Of organizing. Ths
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-08-03
The Devil is Dead
His Skeleton.

Wheeling--Boys here have un-
earthed a skeleton closely resem-
bling the popular idea Of the devil.
The skull is much like that Of the
present human race, with the ex.
ception Of two horns, which pro-
ject from just above the temples
on each side. In life the creature
was about four feet high, with a
long tail. There are four powerful
legs or arms, each Of which has
four fingers.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-08-03
To The People
of Tennessee;

The General Assembly Of the
State Of Tennessee has made large
appropriations to the State Fair and
lit has been aided and encouraged
by all departments Of the State
Government in many substantial
ways, with the hope that the peo-
pie Of the State at large would
profit BY the annual exhibits pre-
pared under the supervision Of the
State Fair Trustees, and beg Ia
call to the attention Of those en-.
gagged in agricultural pursuits the
benefits derived from attendance
I'll ~ (II6 6llgl / l|II SiId lI6iz 6fl
ticipation ii the exhibition Of agri'
cultural products. In view Of the
great necessity Of an increased pro-
duction in all food stuffs, | believe
1t would be profitable to all oul
farmers to avail themselves Of the
opportunity for the advancement ol
their own interests, which are Of.
fered by the State Fair MANAGE
ment, if they would participate in
some one or more Of the various
departments in this State institu.
ton. Very respectfully.
Tom c. RYE, Governor
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-08-03
Seems to Have
Been Free and
u Mira m eied :

Reports from mthe election Of last
Saturday. over the State, presen1
the aspect Of Free and Untram-
meled" having been made by the
people F0RTY-FIvE THOUSAND
MAJORITY which reminds Of the
year 1910. when the people casi
party aside and buried Ham Pat
terson's Supreme Court ticket un'
der a majority 10000.
In a list presented by the Nash.
vile Banner on Monday evening oi
this week, but six counties show "a
majority in favor Of holding q con
stitutional convention, wiz; Dyer
Fayette, Franklin. Gibson, Hay.
wood and Shelby, the latter with I
majority Of 4,O00.e
First report gave the convention
a majority ! Of Is in Davidson, but
later it was shown that the con-
vention was lost by exactly twice
that much--46. Notwithstanding
Col. Acklen. Of Nashville. Gave II
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-08-03
Kansas Has
Wedding Record,

=.
Topeka, Kas., July g. During
the fiscal year ended June 80 there
we're 1899 weddings in Kansas
and the same period shows a rec.
ord Of 1929 divorce petitions filed
and 987 decrees granted. These
figures. reported by the State Vital
Statistics Department, show that
only in IS marriages in Kansas Is
B failure. The average Of failures
for the entire country is ] in s, &C
|cording to federal statistics.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-08-03

Texas has gone to work on the
building Of 10000 miles Of roads
capable Of accommodating any
traffic The first roads laid off to
|be built will cover 8.865 miles and
every road built will connect with
4 main artery, 50 that 80 per cent,
|of the entire population will be in
line for benefit the good roads sys
Item.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-08-03
Indicate
100000 Bales.

pouo..s i - -
~ GO. $50 n'.s 1'on' 'lliolsiou'
~ ~ 49,. ~ ''u oc'',pleu Oy
;,s;sa.a -. X. ' i .'o'o' ,... Appoa'
-, ,s s...:.s aS !. I sO.u'e'o''. az ~
..,.. ~ ~ -. .s''o''0. = .a0
go. In M ~. e.sAs s0oso - ..,'
cnn @ AZ ! 7, !, Z. w. -.
~ =. go, .sc., - -, 1so'os0 - .c''u'
s'.. S'' s''s l.o'A Z ou's Z "ao q pcl ~
= ~ Z. 80 I - .,'S'' I I. 1,'0o''' ], q ~
= " ~ = & 7
Z M Il ", s1s. y. & 4 u. !; 9 ! " /; y Va: s.'
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-08-03
MORE AMERICAN TROOPS
LAND ON FOREIGN FIELDS.

express unconcern over this conn-
try's entrance inte the war, but in
spite of that, by the first Of 1918 or
sooner the Kaiser and his cohorts
are going to be made to sit up and
take notice by the "Sammies" who
are going to join the French and
English in beating back the line
Of the Teutonic armies. The Unit
ed States has never lost a war
which fact ought to impress those
who are imbued with the idea that
Germany is inyincible. Three
cheers and a tiger for odd Glory
the tri-color Of France and the Un-
lion Jack Of Great Britain.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-08-03

jackson was city enough to want
the 'Concon" "--and Madison county
was country enough to turn it
down.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-08-03
n. G. Has Less
han SO per ct.
Own Equipment

Nashville. Tenn, Aug. L. Rail,
roads operating in the Southeast
and listed in the car service com.
missions report in Group 5 are now
operating with an average Of 1881
|per cent freight equipment availa-
[ble
The bulletin recently issued, as
Of Jolly IS, shows that the N. c. &
81 L road had available on that
date 1888 per cent Of all freight
equipment owned by the system
which is less than it had on April
OF all the roads listed in Group
fhe N. & C. had fewer cars than
|the others, while some Of the larger
Eastern lines had in excess of 100
per cent. freight equipment.
Group 5 includes such lines as
The Atlanta, Birmingham & Attain
~ with 1O1.66 per cent. freight
equipment; the Central Of Georgia
|Xith 1920 per cent the Florida
!sast Coast with 4 7E2;S9 E d sspef cent;
R illinois Central With r812l 4 per
the Georgia Raiload with
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-08-03

The province Of Ontario, Canada.
IS said to have a fine potato crop
this year.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-07-26
{ CROSS NOTES

We are in need of a stencil outfit for
marking our boxes preparatory to ship
ment. Would someone like to donate
the necessary $3.50 for this purpose?
Orders have come from headquarters
to make shipment as soon as possible.
Now is the time for college girls to do
their bit. The Red Cross room is open
Wednesday morning and Tuesday
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday af-
telnoons.
The chairman and secretary visited
fcveral of the branches last week. They
found White and Bruce doing very sat
isfactory work.
a branch was organized in Argo
township for home work.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-07-26
SOCIETY NEWS

This department is edited by Mrs. Ria /.
liegler and anyone having social news OF
interest Will confer a favor on the Register
by 'phouiug Mrs Zieglcr. 3i6.
Dinner ~ On Friday Misses Wini-
fred and Marguerite Catlctt entertain
ed most charmingly some of the
young matrons in compliment to some
out of town guests at a $3.50 diGncr. \
beautiful bouquet was arranged in the
center Of the table and in different
parts of tn room Covers were laid
foI twelve aud the doljciou. repast
as served IA three coarse
Complimentary ST. Thomas Gull
enjoyed a very pleasant time Wcdncs-
d~y ,yenin@ July 18th, Win NJ Fo-
2qrty in compliment to Mrs. VI - con
RELY, who leaves soon for her new
hcme in Great Falls, Mont, which IS to
be regretted Mrs. Fogarty and Mrs.
J. Connolly served delicious refresh
mcnts. Music on the Victrola helped
to fill the time very %agreeably. A
pleasant feature was the p~resentttion
Of a hand painted plate by the presi-
dent to Mrs. Connolly with a clever
speech. and was responded to very
appropriately,
Complimentary Mrs $. II. McCarl
in her gracious name entertained the
following guests Saturday afternoon in
compliment to her neice, a house
guest, Mrs John Francis Huxtable,
Mrs. A. II. Stoll, Mrs. Jensen, Miss
butcher, Mrs. l. j. Bibby, Miss Winnie
Paul, Miss Halle Hyde, Miss Lila
Skinner and the Misses Winifred and
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-07-26
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the latest style and portraits of quality
Wornson's studio, over Kendalls store
Miss l.. O. Baldwin, of Minneapolis,
who has been visiting the Horace Fish
back family, returned to her home FRI
day morning.
Blanche and Lillian, daughters of
j. NJ. Stewart, accompanied Arson
Swift to his farm home near Estelline
on Sunday for a visit.
Rev. B. A. Benson and family expect
to leave shortly for a vacation period,
TO be spent among the thousand lakes
of Ottertail county, Minnesota.
Miss Blanch Spooncr went to Lake
Preston Monday morning for a visit
with friends before returning to her
home at Midland. She was accompan-
led by the two daughters of her broth
er, /. D. Spooner, who will make a
short stay with their aunt on her visit.
Mrs. Elmer Thayer, of White, was
brought to the hospital on Saturday
and operated on at once for kidney
trouble, Mr.. Thayer, who is employed
in the First National Bank Of White,
is a son of NJ. S. Thayer of this city.
Her condition toward recovery was sat
isfactory to the attending physician
on last report.
l. d. Spooner and family, and his
sister Miss Blanch, visited or Sunday
at the Arson Swift farm home near Es-
feline. Mr.. Swift drove his car down
in the morning after the Spooners and
returned them after their enjoyable
visit in the country. Ike says that any
other of his neighbors, who are spend
ing the summer on their farms, have
The same privilege.
~Evangelistic services are being con
Quoted in a large tent across the
street from the Register, by Rev. w.
II. Haight, of the Free Methodist
church. The gentleman is the confer
ence evangelist of that church and is
assisted in the work by Rev. Harry
Johnson. who has charge of the song
service. Mrs. Haight, daughter, n a
young lady who assists in the singing.
accompany the two gentlemen, the
party making their home in the tents
they carry with them. They expect
to remain here about four weeks, and
during that time have several minis
tiers of the denomination who Will be
here and assist in the meetings.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-07-26
From the Register
Twenty-Five Years Ago

w. M. Cheever went over to st. Paul
Wednesday for a short vacation.
Geo. lIaber ST., who has been max
inc his home in Bookings for some
time, has returned to Rochester.
ole Erickson, of Bruce. one of the
enicrprising farmers of the county,
was a Brookings visitor on Saturday.
Rev. j. w. Dibble. of Gala. paid
Brookings a visit on Friday. He stated
he had in PAS acres Of small
grain and that it all looks nice.
VIM. Townsend has commenced the
erection Of a neat residence on the
northeast corner of the block on which
the Presbyterian church stands.
Judge j.. O. Andrews and %stenogra-
pher Cheever returned from Water
town Monday evening, having had a
two weeks session Of the Codington
county court.
VIM. Prick and wife accompanied
by Mesdames Wright and Stowe, at
tended the reception rendered Mr.. and
Mrs. Thos. Frick at Aurora last We'd
nesday evening.
Woodward 4 Gray, our popular
liverymen, purchased the entire livery
stock belonging to G. ID. Dewing and
Nj. Dewing will devote his entire time
to training his horses.
VIM. Nicholson returned from the
Crow Creek reservation last week and
stated that the big herd OF cattle ar
rived there in good shape and that
they experienced no trouble along the
way.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-07-26
CARD OF

Mr.. and Mrs. o. l.. Gray desire to
thank the friends and ~neiGhbors. who
in the dark hour of sorrow, when the
hand of afhiction fell without warning
and blighted III family life in the
taking of our dear boy, George, came
to us with warm hearts and ready sym
pathy and ministered to our physical
needs and comforted our %auguished
hearts. We shall always pray that
your happiness may never be cruelty
TO US the sweetest sympathy, you may
always know the blessings of life.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-07-26

Marguerite Catlett. After a season
Of lively converse and fancy work, q
delicious luncheon was served. Bou-
Quets OF sweet peas were profuseiy
and attractively arranged in the rooms
Dinner-On Sunday Miss Halle
Hyde entertained most delightfully."-
some Of her friends at a six o'clock
dinner which was served in three
courses.
T. c. ciub-Mrs. Hubbard was the
gracious hostess to the Il. c.. Club on
Monday afternoon in the Club room
in the Library. Working for the Red
Cross society was the pastime, and
later dainty refreshments were serv-
ed.
CompIimentary-On Friday evening
Mrs. Sparks very pleasantly entertain
ed some of her friends in honor of her
two sisters who are visiting her.
Fancy work with lively chatting Will
ed the early hours away, and later a
delicious lunch was served.
Complimentary-Miss Elsie Pynche-
On, a house guest, was the honoree at
a very pretty evening party given by
Mrs. l.. j. Kendall on Tuesday evening.
Pleasant chat and a fine lunch passed
a most delightful evening.
Complimentary Miss Virginia
Sparks was the gracious young hostess
to a few Of her friends Tuesday after
oon Lively games and a dainty
lunch were served.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-07-26
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09
Menin's Bid For Fame.

ut Is barely possible that had there
been no Mohln there might have been
no world war. for IL Was ut the siege
Of this little Belgian city in 1874 that
the Hanoyerian army officer. Scharn.
horst. won his first distraction Sub.
sequently he wrote Il military paper on
the escape Of the Mcnin garrison and
this broggl, him 20 the attention OF
staff officers of various Germai states.
and he was offered several commits.
si0ns. He accepted service under tho
king OF Prussia. and from this timo
dates the beginning OF activities that
eventually resulted in the establish.
ment Of the RUSSIAN mllitsry System
which was the genesis of the holO.
caust OF nations. 1t was Scharnhorst,
the hero of Mcnin, who induced hii
sovereign TO put aside the PrussiaII
professional long service army which
had been shattered at the battle OF
Jena and To inauguratc the policy OF
universal service. This was not order.
cd, however until after the origina.
tors death from wound Inflicted n,
the battle of Lutzen IN 1913 National
Geographic Society Bulletin.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09

like the rest Of US, must have conclnd
ed that the American missions were
going TO Russia by way Of Niadlvos-
toci..
Because the transports carrying the
expeditionary force to "a French sea
port" We're attacked by German sub
marines in the Atlantic ocean west of
the appointed rendezvous between
the transports and the destroyers from
the Irish coast the war and navy de-
partments are disquieted. How did
the Germans learn OF the route the
transports would take? Who in
formed them as to the locality OF the
rendezvous? Talk OF German spies
the air Secretary Baker has taken
fright and ordered that all dispatches
from France to American newspapers
be sent 20 the war departments fol-
oensorimg before they are delivered
to the papers that own them. He
seems to be acting under the unde
fined war powers OF the president il
his capacity as commander-in-chie
OF the army and navy, for no act o
Congress permits the secretary L
establish a censorship OF this char
acte'
| Censoring dispatches from abroa,
into this country will never cut OF
the sources Of information which tn
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09
Old First Church Choir

In memory of John Fay for many
years deceased, once Bennington's
matchless tenor and leader of the
choir in the old church on the hill.
| stood in trout Of the gallery,
Where the shor used to stand,
And it seemed that | saw the faces
Ranged round on either hand,
And | saw one central figure,
With timing fork sound the key
And heard that matchless tenor,
AS he sang the jubilee.
I've often thought of the shepards,
And the song they sang that night
When the sheep were safe within thu
fold
MA us stars shone pure and bright
And seemed to hear again tina
voice,
In tones so pure and sweet,
When he welcomes home the lost 70
while,
When the circle is complete.
a Former Resident.
Bennington, VT, July 8, 1917.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09
AnlIcs Of Military Ccnsors

The American eXpeditionary force
landed at "a French seaport" What
mystery! "A French seaport tells one
about as little as somewhere in
France Yet a few days later one
read in the dispatches that the
American troops visiting Paris had de
trained in the Austerllt railroad sta.
ton and there was no longer any
doubt in the minds OF those who know
the railroad map OF France cOncerning
the identity OF "a French seaport.
The place where the American eXpe
dition had landed was no longer sec
ret confined in the impenetrable
bosom of oilicialdom. But now, t.
make The matter doubly sure comes
a dispatch from which we quote liter
ally, Tor it was passed by the yisilant
war department censOrs at Washing
ton;
\ French seaport, Wednesday, July
t. q p. m, delayed This little sea
port today celebrated the Fourth OF
July for the first time
so II was "a little seaport All that
puzzles US now is why the censors
did not permit the dispatch to say out
right that the port where the Ameri
can force had landed is situated at
the mouth of the Loire.
1t will he recalled that Gen. Per
shing landed at "a British port" That
was also mystery until one reat
in the same dispatch, dated at q
British nort," that the lord mayor ol
Liverpool was among those who wei
coined the American general. When
the commission of American engi
neers went to Russia the censorship
one day permitted the press dispatch
es to carry the news that the com
mission had reached IA Russian port
on the Pacific" lnasmuch as there il
hut one Russian port on the Pacific
having railroad communications with
the interior the German government
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09
Fancy. Men,p Enyori,e Hymns.

Favorlte hymns Of famous men make
an interesting catalogue. Gladstcnc's
special choice was Praise TO the Holt
est in the Height" and Il was sung al
his funeral Tcnnyson's favoritc was
Heber's Holy. Holy. Holy" Ono Of
RusliIns preferences was Jesus, Here
From Sin Deliver" upon which he
preached sermon to some 300 school
children, his guests one afternoon at
Brentwood. Matthew Amolds choice
was "When | Survey the Wondrous
Cross Watts masterpiece, the third
verse of which NJ, A. was overheard
reeiting to himself only an hour before
his quite unexpected fatal seizure.
And Henry Ward Beechcr declared. -
would rather have written Jesus, Low
err &C Ny sour than have tho fame OF
al The kris tias ever SIT on the
carih.r-,ouGon Standard.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09
FRANK E. HOWE, Editor and Pub
Monday, July 9. 1917


1t is not very reassuring to be in
formed that the thrilling story of Ger
man submarines trying to sink the
American transports carrying soldiers
and their defeat and annihilation by
American guhners was mostly if not
all, a myth manufactured by an official
of the administration at Washington
The public knows that news gathering
particularly in time of war. or any
other time, IS not an exact science.
While it is fact that newspapers are
the most truthfuly and reliable of any
Information giving sources on the face
of the earth, they cannot be absolutely
accurate so long as there are so many
liars loose peddling false information
When the individuals, who compose
the public get far enough advanced SO
that their word can be relied on, Their
viii the newspapers not be occasional
IN misled Until then they cannot hC
absolutely bone-moof In spite Of the
most careful of safeguarding, the care
less habits of exaggeration and inyen
ton that exist among the public, vii
on some occasions contaminate The
press. When however, it transpirel
| that high official inyents a story OF /
naval battle and a glorious victory To-
no purpose apparently, except to eA
cite and please the people, he shoul'
take the responsibility. Even if
should later develop that there was
| little truth in the story, it will be har
TO make the public believe it after bC
ing once fooled. As The Banner ha
previously remarked on numerous o.
casions, don't take too much stock j
the war news and particularly thu
which is marked official Certain SD,
clal correspondents and the reports {
the associated press, are the neare:
TO being reliable, for they come froI
newspaper men, who are trying to b
accurate, but too often it happen
chat they have to take the word {
some officer or official, who is brat
cart or anxious to make u showing Il,
justified by the facts
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-09
Our FISHING President,

Fourteen of the y presidents of the
United States have been fishermen.
When fishing and presidency are men
toned the mind instantly recalls
Cleveland, the fishing president. He
is the one president who wrote a book
discussing nagling 1t is not gener.
ally known, but the first president OF
the republic was an enthusiastic ang
Ter. 1t may be of interest to the en-
thusiastic anglers of the nation e
record the names of the fishing presi
dents They are George Washington
Martin Van Buren,. John Tyler, Zach
airy Taylor, Willard Fillmore, FRANKLIN
Pierce. Abraham Lincoln, Andrew
Johnson. Ulysses Simpson Grant
James Abram Garfield, Chester Alal
Arthur, Grover Cleveland. Theodore
Roosevelt and William Howard Tai
New York Sun.