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The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-11-30
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
CASTE YIELDS AN INFLUENCE
Santals Prefer Starvation Rather Than
to Eat Food Cooked by the
1rahmins.

Occupation Is still preserved among
the Indian natives by inheritance and
tradition, so that the diversion of la
Dor to industrial pursuits has been
an almost impossible task confronting
rhe British government, the National
Geographic Magazine observes. The
supply of agricultural labor constantly
outruns the demand, thus keeping the
wage scale extremely low. Caste slso
prevents people from leaving crowded
districts and going to sparsely inhab-
itcd regions, of which there are many.
In time of distress the restrictions
Wtich caste throws about rescue and
relief work would be exasperat.ng if
they were not so tragic. For example,
in the terrible Orissa famine thousands
Of Santals persisted, in the midst OF
ample supplies furnished by the gov
eminent, before it was discovered that
there is a peculiar tenet of their faith
which forbids them to touch food
cooked by Brahmins. 1t was also dis
covered that skilled weavers would not
90 to the ordinary relief work camps
for fear that the hard labor would
cause them to lose the delicacy OF
touch which they value SO highly.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-11-30
Home Of Poets.

1t is a strange fact that although
Kilmarnock is very prosaic looking
factory town--the, most commonplace
in the region-it is the home of nurl-
bers of poets. Perhaps the rhythm OF
the shuttles in the great weaving mills
is productive Of poetic measures.
At the Burns monument in Ayr you
may see the wedding ring Of Jean Ar
mour and the Bible Burns gave to
Highland Mary, and you may walk
across the very field where Burns
turned up daisy with his plow. and
turned it into lyric.
But to try to recreate a personality
by looking at books and rings and
even houses, or by following the foot
steps of the great man, is really a
hopeless task. The spirit Of Burns
lives rather in the homely wit Of the
Ayrshire people, in their ways of liv-
ing and thinking, which are not much
changed since his day. And it lives
even more wildly in the Ayrshire
country side, landscape lyrical and
homelike, with its velvety fields and
whispering streams, its bonnie banks
and braeS."
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-11-30
The Son Of Tarzan
BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
yFh Mh

| them-he, too, was firing Of the blight
ing sameness of existence upon the
ship.
The island was heavily timbered.
/ Dense jungle ran down almost to the
beach. The scientists were far inland,
prosecuting their search for the valu-
able commodity that native rumor
upon the mainland had led them to be-
| lieve might be found here in market
able quantity.
The ships company fished, hunted
and explored. Paulvitch shuffled up
and down the beach or lay In the shade
of the great trees that skirted it.
One day, as the men were gathered
at little distance, inspecting the body
of panther that had fallen to the gun
of one of them who had been hunting
inland, Paulvitch lay sleeping beneath
his tree. He was awakened by the
touch of a hand upon his shoulder.
With a start he sat up to see huge
anthrOpOid ape squatting at his side,
inspecting him intently.
The Russian was thoroughly fright
ened. He glanced toward the sailors
they were a couple of hundred yards
away.
Again the ape plucked at his Shout
ders. jabbering plaintively. Paulvitch
saw no menace in the inquiring gaze
or in the attitude Of the beast. He got
slowly to his feet. The ape rose at his
side.
Half doubled, the man shuffled eau
tiously away toward the sailors. The
ape moved with him, taking one of his
arms. They had come almost to the
little knot Of men before they were
seen, and by this time Paulvitch had
become assured that the beast meant
him no harm. The animal evidently
was accustomed to the association of
human beings.
1t occurred to the Russian that the
ape represented considerable and GER
tain money value, and before they
reached the sailors he had decided that
he should be the one to profit by 1t.
When the men looked up and saw
the oddly paired couple shutting to-
ward them they were filled with amaze
ment and started on a run toward the
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-11-30

same curious fashion into the faces or
the mate and the two sailors who had
arrived with the officers.
In each instance he sighed and passed
on, returning at length to Paulvitch's
side, where he squatted down once
more, thereafter evincing little or no
interest in any of the other men and
apparently forgetful of his regent bat
tie with them.
When the party returned aboard the
Marjorie w., Paulvitch was accompa-
MED by the ape, who seemed anxious
to follow him. The captain interposed
no obstacles to the arrangement, and
so the great anthropoid was tacitly adj
mitted to membership In the ships
company.
Once aboard he examined each new
face infinitely, evincing the same dis
appointment in each instance that had
marked his scrutiny Of the others.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-11-30
A Typewritinu Tip.

Having occasion to measure a cir
conference that figured out to tenths
of an inch, and not having rule
marked to these divisions, says j
Claude Crews in the Popular Science
Monthly, I tried the following means
of overcoming the difficulty. Going to
a typewriter, / made row Of periods
with each tenth one a comma to show
full inches.
This gave me rule marked in
tenths, also one that could be bent
around shafting, collars, etc. As near.
Iy all typewriters make ten spaces to
an inch, it is an easy matter to &C.
complish what seems to be difficult
job.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-11-30
t'OREWORD.

Those strange original stories
"Tarzan Of the Apes" and
"The Return of Tarzan' cap
tured the delighted fancy Of
millions Of readers. Although
they were full Of thrills, "The
Son of Tarzan" holds the read
er S interest with wonderful te-
nacityandyiieldsno thingtothem
in the line Of breathless adven-
ture. In this wonderful Tarzan
story you will meet Tarzan
himself. who is John Clayton.
Lord Greystoke; Lady Grey
stoke, his wife; Alexis Paul
witch, friend Of the murderer
Rokof; Akut. the gray ape.
and many others. not the least
Of whom is Jack Clayton. the
SON of Tarzan.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-11-30

Musk has certain radioactive prop
critics that cause the odor of the per.
fume to be carried through the air In
a very extraordinary way. The radio
active property of musk affects very
strangely the natives who carry 1t to
market. IL package of musk is held
close to the body for any length of
time it produces sores that are de-
scribed as being similar in character
to those caused by pure radium-
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-11-30
CHAPTER I.
Pauivitch and an Ape.


The Marjorie WIS long boat was
boating down the broad Ugambi with
ebb tide and current. Her crew were
iazily enjoying this respite from the
arduous labor of rowing upstream
Three miles below them lay the Mar
jorie herself, quite ready to sail SO
soon as they should have clambered
aboard and swung the long boat to its
davitS.
Presently the attention of every man
was drawn from his dreaming or his
gOSSiping to the northern bank Of the
3 river. There, screaming at them In a
cracked falsetto, and with skinny arms
outstretched, stood q strange appari-
ton of a man.
the crew.
"A white mani" muttered the mate !;
and then: Man the oars, boys, and
Wen just pull over an see what he
wants."
When they came close to the shore
they saw an emaciated creature with
scant white locks, tangled and matted.
The thin, bent body was naked save
for a loin cloth. Tears were rolling
down the sunken, pockmarked cheeks.
The man jabbered at them in a strange
tongue.
"RoOshun," hazarded the mate.
"Savvy EnglishT he called to the
man.
The scarecrow did, and In that tongue,
brOkenly and haltingly, as though it
had been many years since he had used
1t, he begged them to take him with
them away from this awful country.
Once on board the Marjorie w. the
stranger told his rescuers a pitiful tale
of privation. hardships and torture. ex-
tending over a period of ten years.
How he happened to have. come to
Africa he did not tell them, leaving
them to assume that he had forgotten
the incidents of his life prior to the
frightful ordeals that had wrecked him
mentally and physically. His name, he
said, was Alexis Paulvitch.
. A few scraggly, yellow-white locks
had supplanted the thick dark hair that
had once covered his head. His limbs
were bent and twisted; he walked with
a shutting, unsteady gait, his body
doubled forward. His teeth were gone
knocked out by his savage masters.
Even bis mentality was but a sorry |
mOckery of what it once had been.
They took him aboard the Marjorie |
W., and there they fed and nursRd him. |
He gained little In strength, but his |
appearance never altered for the bet |
ter-a human derelict, battered and |
wrecked, they had found him a human |
derelict, battered and wrecked, he
would remain until death claimed him.
Alexis Paulvitch could easily have
passed for eighty.
The Marjorie w. had been chartered
by a syndicate of wealthy manufac-
turers, equipped with laboratory and /
a stan of scientists and sent out to
search for some natural product which
the manufacturers who footed the bills
had been importing from South Amer
lea at an enormous cost. What the
product was none on board the Mar
jorie w. knew. except the scientists;
nor is it of any moment to us. other
than that IL led the ship to a certain
island of the coast Of Africa after
Alexis Paulvitch had been taken
aboard.
The ship lay at anchor OF the coast
for several weeks The mOnotony of
life aboard her became trying for the
crew. They went often ashore. and
nnaIly Paulvitch asked TO accompany
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-11-30

two. The ape showed no sign of fear.
Instead, he grasped each sailor by the
shoulder and peered long and earnestly
into his face. Having inspected them
all, he returned to Paulvitch's side, dis
appointment written strongly upon his
countenance and In his carriage.
The men were delighted with him.
They gathered about, asking Paulvitch
many questions and examining his COM
panion. The Russian told them that
the ape was his. Nothing further would
he offer, but kept harping continually
upon the same theme: The ape is
mine. The ape is mine"
firing of Paulvitch, one Of the men
essayed a pleasantly. Circling about
behind the ape, he prodded the anthro-
poid In the back with a pin.
Like flash the beast wheeled upon
its tormentor, and in the brief instant
of turning the placid, friendly animal
was metamorphosed to a frenzied de-
mon of rage.
The broad grin that had sat upon the
sailors face as he perpetrated his little
Joke froze to an expression Of terror.
He attempted to dodge the long arms
that reached for him, but, failing, drew
a long knife that hung at his belt
The ape tore the weapon from the
mans grasp with a single wrench and
flung II to one side; then his yellow
fsngs were buried In the sailors shoul-
der.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-11-30
Easily ARRANGED.

But why are you so agitated and
distressed? Surely you have been
kissed beforeT
Yes" replied the beautiful girl, with
tears in her eyes, but Il was done BY
some member Of my family"
"Oh, well I'm quite willing TO be
come q member of your family
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-11-30
All the Same

First NeighbU~-My daughter is very
patriotic. She isn't going to play any
more German music.
Second Neighbor-I'm afraid that
won't help any. She will probably play
something else in place Of it?-Judge.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-11-30

Most people are patient when there
Is nothing at stake.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-11-30

The strange ape Is taken to
London and there meets old
friends. Lord Greystoke is
worried and puzzled by his son
Jacks restIessness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-13
H~EDGEDALE LETTER

The Littleby ladies postponed tbei,
Bazaar to Saturday, December 18th
on account of the weather. - A beavy
snow fell Friday night and Sunday.
the thermometer fell 1s degrees below
zero. - Louis Kircher finished shuck
ing corn last week. - George Downs
was ! the neighborhood hauling wood
+. F. Witchie sold hogs at
Mexico Tuesday. - Merwyn Fisher
mas been hauling corr to Rush Hill.
Raymond Shook hauled a load of
wheat to Mexico Saturday. Robert
walters left Saturday night for
Damp Funston after spending two
weeks with homefolks. - Clark Sims
IS mailing wood for Mr.. CowelI.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-13
HAS NEW AIR MOTOR
Former Mexico Boy Inyents New Air.
plane Motive Power

c. II. Chambliss, formerly Of this
city and a grandson Of Mr.. and Mrs,
W. ], Rixey, Of this city, claims to
have invented a motor which will rev.
-oiutionize the airplane industry and
greatly increase the radius and eff.
cheney of the flying machine. lie
claims that his machine gets power
from the air alone, and does not use
other fuel at all. A model was built
and thoroughly tested in Arizona and
later destroyed to prevent the secri
OF its construction from being fould
out. The engine has been Offered to
the government for use during the
war and has been accepted pending in.
spection and testing. Mr.. Chambliss
has a letter from the Government
making further inquiries into the con-
struction Of the machine and the cost
OF its manufacture. He states that
the motor and the airplane can be
manufactured for less than 1880.
If he is not too optimistic and his
comes up to his expectations it
viii greatly help to win the wal AMI
make the flying of airplanes a COM
paratively easy and cheap method Of
transportation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-13

Herbert Plunkett, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs J. W. Plunkett, Of this city.
writes the Ledger the following inter.
ezzing letter from the U. S. Navy
radio training school at Harvard Uni
versity, Cambridge, Mass.
Mr.. Mitchell White, Mexico, Mo.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. II. 1917.
Friend Mitchell: / expect we fel-
lows who are doing our little @bits
take advantage Of your generosity
but it saves a lot Of writing and post
age to write all of our friends at once.
thru the Ledger. Since the war tax is
on and pay-days are seldom, I have
induced myself to become a eontri-
butor to your news column.
During my six weeks as a seaman
at Newport discovered that the radio
vas a very interesting branch of the
service and after some preparation
changed my rating. / finished the
preliminary course there last week
and on Monday the 18th was trans
ferred to the Government Radio
School at Harvard w. Cambridge,
Mass. find that very little is known
among our people Of this big work and
hope this may interest them.
Our Government has taken over six
Of Harvad's largest dormitories and
study halls; also their wireless sta
ton, and has now a great school for
radio men in which there are more
than $500 enlisted men Of the navy
who have come from the different
training stations as l did.
They are evidently preparing for a
great merchant marine and transport
service and are preparing well. We
have every facility for gaining a
thorough knowledge Of both the OPP
Grating and theory Of wireless tele-
graphy and only lack for time. Our
course is shortened to four months
here, after which we are sent direct
to sea 1t is very nterestingr-work
but quite a strain on account of the
ne essary concentration. The treat
ment here is the best the navy af-
fords, living in modern dormitories
aad eating in the famous banquet hall
Ct Harvard, Memorial Hall.
The officers are mostly of the naval
Reserve force and are with few ex-
eeptions Of the highest type, none of
the burly bully of training stations.
/ was allowed liberty this first week
to get acquainted with the school and
the city, but start to class in earnest
in the morning. We are at work in
some manner from 8:15 a. m. till
500 p. m. with 2 hours night school
twice a week, which ! think is going
10 be about as steady as | care for.
find Boston to be very much like
our st. Louis, but many interesting
historical points that l expect to Wis
/. My only regret is that / DON'T
someone or haven't a twenty-I
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-13

NJ. c. A. funds. | sure enjoy being
at Y. NJ. c. A. here; we have fine en-
t%ertainments every night, The Red
Cross here is sure a good branch also;
they gave all of US a sweater each; we
are in hopes they will continue to be
as kind.
Guess will meet some of Mexico
boys in France or back home again,
anyway.
If anyone wishes to write address as
below. Must close for this time. Your
old friend, CLAYTON H. BROWN,
Co. D, 9rd Balloon Squadron, Fort
Omaha, Nebr.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-13
RAYMOND LOOMS,
OF THIS CITY,
PROTECTING CANAL
Mexico Boy is on Board U. S. Destroy
er Guarding the Panama Canal
from German Raiders

Raymond Loomis, of this city, son Of
Mrs. Fannie Loomis, of this CITY
writes the following interesting Let.
ter from the Panama Canal zone:
Dear Mother:
COLON, Canal Zone, MOI. q, 1917.
Just a few lines to let you know |
am getting along all right. It has
been a little cooler than last week
and still rains every day. / always
take my bed out on the dock; it is so
warm on the ship. About every other
night we are out on patrol duty and
some nights it gets pretty rough. |
near we are to have turkey and cram
berries on Thanksgiving. II doesn't
seem like it could be Thanksgiving
time its so warm. More like july.
haven't had a chance to see much
except right here around town. Tbev
say out in the jungles a few miles ont
bananas and cocoanuts are growing
wild and lots of big snakes. Want n
get out some distance some day if I
have a chance. Well, l haven't receiv
ed any mail since / left the Great
Lakes, except one letter from Row
that was mailed some weeks o 7
could answer it tonight, but the adj
dress is down at the ship. l am writ
ing this at the Army and Navy Club.
! don't try to write any down at the
it is so crowded.
Hope to get transferred before
spring to some ship where there is
more o and better accommoda-
They say a destroyer is about
most crowded of any type of shin.
That's what u boat is. Well, we are
to protect the canal and are
a good Job of it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-13
A Z AIR FLEET SOON
Many Liberty Airplane Motors Are
Now Being Turned Out Daily

WASHINGTON, D. c., December
II. - Liberty airplane motors on a
basis actually has begun and the Ma
ton is within sight Of realization Of
the great air fleet project mapped
out since the United States entered
the war.
Figures cannot be published, but it
became known yesterday that men,
beers Of the air board, who returned
recently, from an inspection trip to
plants and flying fields, are salts
lied that another sixty days will see
men and machines being turned out at
a rate that insures the ultimate sue
cess Of their plans,
The first machine made Liberty mo-
tor was completed on Thanksgiving
Day and a substantial number Of the
machines will be delivered this
month.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-13
Hello Home Folks:

Hello HOme-Folks:
HARRoWLEY CAMP, Grantham.
England, Nov. IL, 1917. - have just
received your letter of September %,
telling me of the various school activ-
tiles and the things sis and Bob are
doing. So Bob has some more rabbits;
well, that is just fine. The more things
he has to occupy his time the better off
he will be. Lots of work and plenty Of
fun. | wish he could see what the Boy
Scouts are doing in England. Their
services are quite valuable l assure
you. Everything is military here
boys, men, girls and women-all in
some sort Of uniform. One seldom
sees a man in civilian clothes, unless
he is aged or wearing an exemption
button. Women are doing all kinds
Of work, a detail of women cook and
serve our mess. Sherman and ! went
to Nottingham yesterday. 1t is one
Of the largest towns in England.
Quite a treat to be in a real town
for awhile. We met several Canadian
and other British officers. / enjoyed
the trip immensely.
Tomorrow evening is guest evening.
We invite a number Of British Off
GERS to have dinner with US. The
band will play, the talented ones will
give special numbers. These are al
ways enjoyable and are very formal
affairs until after dinner, then fol-
lows a regular get-to-gether-lounge
around and get acquainted. | am sure
there is little need for you to worry
about me. You know | will try to en-
joy life wherever / am. We are in a
very unusual position here. We are
under the disadvantages of being an
American officer with few of its adj
vantages. Just to take it in the old
American way, dollars and cents, it is
us more than we receive in
pay. There are a number Of things
required to maintain the prestige Of
officers; the standard of America. We
are supposed to be soldiers, officers,
diplomats and / don't remember what
Else just now, but hope before long
get in line as many others in this
detachment. II | eyer return to the
J. S. A. when the Huns are defeated
here will be nothing to induce me 10
AXE more than one foot AZ a time
rom off the old piece Of soil known
generally as the Estates"
II you care to visit things ancient, go
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-13

to Egypt, for anything up to the min.
ute and a little ahead Of the times, ge-
up any morning and take a wall
through Columbia or any village il
America.
The weather remains about the same
the grass and cabbage still thrive:
now and then a rose is ~blossominq
in a protected corner but the damp.
ness is always the predominating fea-
ture; ! am becoming acclimated, sup
pose | could learn to ignore the disa-
greeable characteristics of the wealth
or here in time. We appreciate the
sunshine when it does come.
The chimes appeal to me; they are
quite usual in the churches here. Can
you imagine hundreds Of sweet-toned
bells singing away? They add, i'm
mensely, to the drowsy, restful atmos-
phere Of Sunday. Remember me 70
all my friends. Write as often as
possible. Sincerely,
RUSSELL.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-13

Oh, yes, | want to tell you about m,
insurance; not that there is a great
deal of danger, but just in case any.
thing should happen. There will BE-
nc pension from now on, if / under.
stand it, but we are all insured for
S4'5OO until some time in February.
and | intend to take out a $4,000 DOL
icy then-half to go to you and half
to May. Or if l get crippled I will
get 1t, but intend to see both o
and May before anything happens or
at least | hope to. Well, | must get
back to the ship now; have to be in
by midnight. Write DON
RAYMOND LOOMS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-13

The following interesting lette,
from Clayton Brown, of this city, will
interest his many friends here:
Dear Mexico Friends,
Care Mexico Ledger.
FORT OMAHA, Nebr., Dec. 7. 1917
Thought ! would drop a few lines as
am doing nothing; just received your
paper yesterday, was forwarded from
home.
All the boys here are doing fine and
enjoying army life. | am the only
one Of boys from Mexico; am still
with my company, which was at JEFF
ferson Barracks. We have been to
Texas since last wrote, but never any
Of us fell in love with that place-not
much like we expected to find; only
there II days. But we sure enjoyed
the trip and experiences anyway.
This is sure a fine post here and
the boys would like to stop, but are
more eager to 90.
am now in balloon school, have
been having balloon drill, infantry
drill, trench digging drills and all
that goes with it. l think we are pre-
pairing to leave soon.
We had a good snow last evening
and sure is cold today. First snow we
have had.
Guess you saw in papers what one
Of our balloons did. One got away
and went way down in Oklahoma, back
Kansas and sure did some damage,
tearing things as it went; killed sew
eral when it knocked passenger car
track with cable.
See where Audrain and Galloway
counties have sure been helping Y.