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The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27
RUSSIANS CONTINUE
 MARCH ON TEUTONS
NEW AUSTRIAN COUNTER AT HACKS ON BAlNSiZZA PLA-
 TEAU BEATEN OFF.

London.-EXcept for the eastern front, where the Russians registered signal successes in turning the ta- bles on the Teutons, this was the quietest day in many weeks, as re- gards large scale fighting operations. Briefly summarized, the various war offices reports are:
 Rome-New Austrian counter at tacks on the Bainsizza Plateau were beaten off by the Italians. Gun duels continue on the Carso.
 Paris-Troops of the German crown prince, in a strong attack north of the Aisne, toward the Neufchatel Road, penetrated French positions, but were promptly elected by counter-at- tacks, costing the Teutons heavily in blood
 London-Sir Douglas Haig reported only patrol encounters.
 Berlin-Roumanian local attacks near Varnitza were fruitless, the at tackers losing heavily.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27

London-The official statement is- sued by the Austro-Hungarian general headquarters as received here, reads:
 South of Seloun. Italian advances were frustrated On the southern part of the Bainsizza highland the enemy repeated his attempt to break through our position. Our troops, during des- perate and close encounters, maintain ed the upper hand. the Italians being driven back
 There have been artillery duels near Gorizia and on the Carso Pla- teau"
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27

Petrograd.-R Russian forces on the Riga front continue to make progress in their drive against the Germans The Russians occupied German po- sition southwest of Hapsal and also forced the Teutons out of Sadzen farm, Ito the south of Sisseral.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27
st,Ooc For the Kaiser.

Minneapolis, Minn.1IahAr,S Loyal Legion. recently orga pay s1,0O0 to the who captures, dead man emperor or U
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27
pan,s suffraoe Defe sted.

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The Ocala banner., 1917-09-14
TEACHERS TAKING EXAMlNA
TiON.

The following are taking the ex-
animation for teachers certificates
this week under the general super
vision of Superintendent Brinson. Mr..
A. j. Stephens is in immediate
charge at the white building and Mr.
c. r. Veal at the colored building.
Whites-Misses Myra and Frances
Agnew, Agnes Crago, Minnie Lee Car.
Isle and Mrs. Hazel B. Chambers,
Ocala; Miss Lila c. Frazier, New.
berry; Miss Mary Forbes, Anthony
Miss Mary Gladney, Micanopy; Miss
Eupha King, Dunnellon: Miss Matte
Mills, Ocala; Miss Ollie Mills, Nor.
riston; Mr.. Coyle Roe, Ocala; Miss
Clarissa Whitaker, Dunnellon; Miss
Willie Bernice Williams, Boardman
and Mrs. H. S. Wesson, Ocala.
The following are the colored ap.
plicans-Henry G. Alexander, Ocala
Lila E. Anderson, Ocala; Laura J.
Adams, Martel; Effie Brunson, An.
thony; Estelle Bellamy Ocala; ]. A.
B. Carter, Ocala Sadie Ellis, Ocala
Jeannette Green, Ocala; Arnslow
Green, Ocala; Ada L. Adams, Ocala
Emma Lipscomb, Ocala; Mimi Lutte
man, Reddick; Edith Mccall, Ocala;
Ada Moorer, Fessenden; Bessie Hob
ley, Sparr; Matte Menchan, Ocala;
Ernest Shipp, Ocala; Roberta Wilson,
Anthony; .Addie B. Ward, Ocala;
Maggie Willoughby, Ocala, and Eta
Ward Ocala.
The Ocala banner., 1917-09-14
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TESTS
FOR AERIAL service.

Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 12.-Standing
the examination for the aviation
branch Of the United States army is
not such a horrible nightmare of an
experience after all, according to the
press agent of the aerial fleet, who
is undertaking to unlearn young
Americans of certain ideas cleaned
from magazines and newspapers, and
to impress upon their minds correct
understanding OF the physical and
mental tests required.
Instead of the shooting of pistols,
the use of ice water in the ears, blind
folding a man and spinning him
around ON a BARRIERS chair, and other
wise manhandling him to the limit of
physical and nervous endurance, the
latest examinations prescribed by the
medical and psychological experts of
the United States government are bas.
ed upon a simple test of reactions fol
lowing a short exercise in calisthen-
les.
Major l. II. Jones, who is touring
the country to secure recruits for
the aviation branch, will deliver a
free public lecture in the Atlanta
auditorium next Friday night. and will
examine young men who are curious
to know whether they could stand the
tests required for Uncle Sans Amer
lean Eagles" as the fightin birdmen
Of this nation may be called.
The Ocala banner., 1917-09-14
ANOTHER OFFICERS TRAINING
CAMP.

third series of officers training
camps will be established after the
second series. which is now in pro.
gress. This is learned from inside
sources at the war department The
third series will differ from the two
proceeding camps in that no civilians
will be accepted for training. The
next series is to be exclusively for
the benefit of the drafted men of the
army in order to give them oppor-
tunities to earn officers commissions.
In due time regulations will be draft
ed which will open the next series to
the drafted soldiers on a fair basis
of competition-Jacks Metrop-
oils.
Brigadier A. H. Blanding, of Flor
ida, has been appointed commander
of the 56th Brigade National Guard,
31st Division.
The Ocala banner., 1917-09-14
"HOUSlNG FOLLOWS THE PLOW,'
NEW RED CROSS MOTTO IN
FRANCE.

Washington, Sept. 12.-The follow
ing cable from Major Grayson M. P.
Murphy, head of the Red Cross com
mission to France, has been received
by the Red Cross war council.
THE Bureau of Reconstruction of
Civil Affairs of the American Red
Cross in France has a new motto:
| Housing Follows the Plow'
I'm view of the overshadowing i'm.
portance of augmenting in every pos
sibTe way the food supply, the Red
Cross will carry on it's first work of
construction in those portions of the
devasted areas which are selected by
the government as the best wheat
growing regions, and to which the
French government sends its bat
teries of tractors for plowing by
wholesale. Representative of three
| divisions of the American Red Cross
in France-Planning, Engineering,
and Civil Affairs-returned recently
from study of conditions in the de
vastated areas, having selected three
villages in which provisional recor
struction work will be begun within
a fortnight
Fifty villages were visited In
some, the destruction of buildings
was complete: In others, a portion
of the buildings can be repaired.
Nearly all the houses are without
roof, without windows and door
frames, and with absolutely no fur.
niture or utensils.
THE Red Cross plans to do pro-
visional reconstruction of dwellings
in several Of these villages, and also,
as the refugees return to the villages.
to assist in their economic and social
rehabilitation. In the light of expert
ence gained in these villages, it plans
to undertake provisional reconstruc.
tion on a larger scale. In these par
ticular villages, the total population
before the war was 3,3S7. Now it is
235.
''The villages first selected are
those in the best wheat growing area,
and the government will plow the
land with tractors The repair of the
houses will permit the return of the
refugees who can do much toward
getting the land sown to wheat this
autumn. In order to encroach as lit.
tie as possible on the limited supply
of lumber, the Red Cross is select
ing villages in which the work will
! be largely that of provisional repair
The Ocala banner., 1917-09-14
APPEALS FROM DECISION OF 10
CAL BOARD.

Claim of appeal by person authoriz-
ed under section 27, Rules and Regu-
lations, June 80, 1917, by the provost
marshal general to take an appeal
from the decision of local board
To local board for the county of
Marion. state of Florida, Ocala, Fla.
The provost marshal general, act
ing through W. E. Smith, Ocala, Flor
ida, hereby claims an appeal to the
district board of the southern district
of the state Of Florida, Tampa, Flor
The Ocala banner., 1917-09-14
The Eastern Star Completes Comfort
Sets for Soldiers.

The Eastern Star sewing circle, di
rected by Mrs Lewis Yonce, the
president, has completed and has
ready for shipment a box of knitted
sweaters, mufflers and wristIets fo1
the battleship Florida. The material
for these articles was donated by the
sewing circle and the knitting was
done by the following ladies: Mrs.
Lewis Yonce, Mrs. Fred Cook, Mrs
R. E. Yonce, Mrs c. E. Simmons, Mrs.
F. G. B. Weihe, Mrs. Lester Lucas,
Mrs. A. Simmons and Miss Ruth Sim
mons.
The Ocala banner., 1917-09-14
ADMINISTRATION is CONFRONT
ED WITH DELICATE PROBLEM.

Atlanta, Ca, Sept. 12.-The an
nouncement from Washington that
negro select men Of the national
army will not be trained with white
men has been received here with
great interest owing to the fact that
Camp Gordon, one of the national
army cantonments, is located near
this city.
1t was first the plan OF / . war
department to send to Camp Gordon
proportion of about AZ negroes to
So white men, and to send negroes
and whites to other cantonments in
somewhat the same proportion. Then
came the announcement that there
would be less than 5000 negroes at
Camp Gordon, out of a total of 10000
troops, and that these 5000 would
be housed in entirely separate quar-
ters and organized in separate units.
Now it is announced that negro Sc
lectmen will not be trained with the
whites at any of the sixteen national
army cantonments, but will be called
toward the close of the first draft and
will be trained separately.
This is taken in Atlanta to mean
that the government must be at work
on plans for separation Of the races
in the national army cantonments. AL
though protests have been filed with
The Ocala banner., 1917-09-14

the war department by officials and
civic bodies of other cities where can
tonments are located, Atlanta has not
taken steps to prevent the sending
of negro troops to Camp Gordon, the
feeling of officials here being that
the war department appreciated the
delicacy of the problem and would
work it out in the very best manner
possible.
The Ocala banner., 1917-09-14
$3.50 A YEAR

London Sept 12.-German troops
this morning attacked the British
trenches east of Hargicourt, Field
Marshal Haig reported today from
the British headquarters in France.
The assault was launched under COW
er of heavy barrage, but the ad-
vacing waves were met by rifle and
machine gun fire and the Germans
were repulsed.
The statement reads:
Early this morning the enemy at
tackled our trenches east of Hargi-
court (north of st. Quentin) under
cover of heavy barrage. His ad-
vancing infantry were received with
rifle and machine gun fire and re-
pulsed.
1--WE carried out successful raids
last night northeast of Bullecourt
and south of Lombaertzyde. Heavy
casualties were inflicted on the en-
emy and few prisoners were Sc
cured.
Paris, Sept. 12.-French troops last
night attacked the German trenches
in the region of st. Souplet, in the
Champagne, and succeeded in smash.
ing the first two German lines and
entering the third positions. All the
German troops garrisoned three
trenches, the French war office an
nounces this afternoon, were either
killed or taken prisoners.
The Ocala banner., 1917-09-14
DATES FOR ORANGE SPRINGS
FAIR

Orange Springs, Fla, Sept. 12.-At
a meeting of the Orange Springs Fair
Association Saturday the dates for
the 1917 fair were set for Wednes-
day, Thcrsday and Friday, Nov 21,
p and %. There will be no entry
fee charged for exhibits
Mr.. P. Walsh guarantees a prize
of $25 in gold for the best exhibit
made by local of the Farmers Edu-
cational and Cooperative Union of
America, the exhibit to comprise all
kinds of farm products and livestock.
There are already four locals of the
Farmers Union within the territory
of the fair-Kenwood Star, Alligator
Creek, Peniel and Johnson. 1t is ex-
pected that there will be three or
more locals formed in the meantime.
James r. Murphy will provide the
big tent for the fair this year that
was used at the last fair. S. P.
Hollinrake, general manager of the
Ocklawaha Valley railroad has
agreed to furnish transportation for
all exhibits from any point on his
road to and from Orange Springs.
Among the attractions this year will
be baby show, athletic contests and
horse and mule races for home own.
ed stock. w. c. Boque, of Burbank,
was elected president, H. c. Custead,
of Manville, vice-president, and NJ. P.
Walsh, secretary.
The Ocala banner., 1917-09-14
BRITISH REPULSE ATTACK At
HARGECOURT WH|LEFRENCH
SUCCEED IN THE CHAMPAIGN
Waves of Attacking Teutons are Success
fully Met bv Terrific British
Rifle Tire
MANY GERMANS KILLED AND TAKEN PRISONERS

ida, from the decision of this local
board allowing the claim of discharge
filed by or in respect Of:
Charles Grady Martin, Pine; Nit.
chell Hart, Orange. Springs; Henry
Archie Odom, Summerfield; Albert
Shaw, Ocala; Thomas Fl. Bateman,
Ocala; James Goodlow Davis, Sum
merfield
PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL,
By w H. Smith, Ocala, Fla.
The Ocala banner., 1917-09-14
RevoIters Defeated.

Petrograd, Sept 12.-The Associat-
ed Press was personally informed
this afternoon by Minister of Finance
Nekrasoff that the forces of General
Korniloff in the direction of Pskotf
and at Ono, which were marching on
Petrograd, had been outmaneuvered
by the troops loyal to the provisional
government, and that their retreat
had been cut off
The Ocala banner., 1917-09-14
HOW TO ADDRESS MAIL TO OUR
SOLDIERS.

The public is advised that mail in
tended for soldiers at military camps
should show the address, state, city
camp, regiment and company, and
title if an officer. The return ad
dress should also be shown.
Detailed information showing the
proper method of addressing mail tc
military camps is posted in the post
office lobby.
The Ocala banner., 1917-09-14

A lady farmer was in Ocala yester
day and reported that in her cotton
fields could be seen one hundred cot
ton pickers.
The Ocala banner., 1917-09-14

The host of friends of Mrs. Annie
Van Deman, who has been very ill
in Asheville for the past few weeks.
will be delighted to know that she rs
now very much better.
The Ocala banner., 1917-09-14
Join KorniIon.

Petrograd, Sept 12.-Generals Den
kline and Valuveff, commanding the
southwest and western fronts, re.
spectively, have joined General Korni.
loft according to announcement in
the Petrograd newspapers given out
by the semi-official news agency.
The Ocala banner., 1917-09-14
cuchkoff Arrested.

Petrograd, Tuesday, Sept 11-De-
layed--Alexander Guchkoff, the Oc-
toberist leader and former minister of
war and navy, who after leaving Pet
rograd last Saturday joined the .Kor-
niloff movement, has been arrested.
He is now unde rguard at Pskoff.
The Ocala banner., 1917-09-14
Revolving Commander is Outgeneraled in
March to Petrograd by Loyal Troops
of Provisional Government
FORMER MINISTER OF WAR NOW UNDER ARREST

Petrograd, Sept. 12.-Major General
Bonoh Bruvoyitch has been appointed
commander-in-chief of the Russian
army in succession to General Korni-
loft.
The Ocala banner., 1917-09-14
GEN. BRUV0NITCH APPOINTED
TOSUCCEED GEN. KORNIL0FF

rather than of new construction. 1t
plans to make on the spot it's own
brick and lime"
The Ocala banner., 1917-09-14

Ocala viii send big delegation to
Blitchton on the 22nd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-20
NEW LOW GROUND
 FOR COTTON PRICES
Market Weakens on Report of Spot Selling and
 Closed at Decline

New Yorols, April 19.-The more favor able weather conditions in the south and
 continued talk of free spot offerings, seemed to promote further liquidation in
 the cotton market today. and prices made
 new low ground for the movement July contracts, for instance, sold off to 19.4Oc
 and closed at that level. with the general list closing easy at a net decline of 90 10
 35 points.
 The market opened easy at a decline of
 Il to IS points and sold about 20 to 25
 points net lower before the end of the first hour in response to lower cables
 and the favorable weather map. l. seemed, however. that the technical po-
 sition has strengthened somewhat since
 the beginning of last week. and prices
 steaded later in the morning on cover- ing. Reports of a better spot demand in
 some sections helped the rally of some , to points from the lowest, but the market soon weakened again, reaching the lowest level of the day in the lato trading. May sold off to 19.S0c and Octo-
 mer to 1S30c, making a decline of about 145 points from the high level of a week ago last Monday. Closing prices were at the lowest point of the day. Hhe de- tailed weather reports showed hardly enough rain in Texas to suggest relief from drouth complaints, but there wa good ram in Oklahoma, and the forecast was for showers in east Texas. The weather east of the river was considered very favorable for rapid progress with farm work and the development of The crop, and it seemed the impression around 1 the ring that enough spot cotton had been sold on the recent advance to supply the immediate demand. Trade interests were credited with buying a little cotton on the early decline, but there was not much support in evidence on late break when selling was general. Private cables at- tributed the decline in Liverpool tc further liquidation, with local traders considering it largely a reflection of easier 1 freight rates. Southern spot firms were moderate sellers early in the afternoon, supposedly to undo hedges against pur- chases of spots at an easier basis.
 Exports for the day were $500 bales, making 4,521. 335 so far this season. against 4,293457 last year. Port receipts. 1902 United States port stocks, 1,1079 95S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-20
Ordinance No. 476-C.

An ordinance to regulate the business
 Of cleaning and pressing men and
 wOmen's wearing apparel and the
 issuance of licenses for such busi-
 ness.
 Be it ordained, by the commission of the city of Birmingham as follows:- Section l. No person. firm. corpora ton or association shall engage in the business of cleaning and pressing mens or women's wearing apparel in the city Of Birmingham without a license there- for issued according to the terms of this ordinance, and no license shall be issued to any person, firm, corporation or asso- citation to engage in such business until such person.. firm, corporation or asso- citation applying for the same shall have fled with the license inspector of the city of Birmingham petition signed by the applicant for such license, accom- panied by certificates in writing, signed by 10 reputable citizens of known good character, certifying to the good char acter and reputation of the applicant, which certificates shall be investigated by or under the direction of the commits sioner of public safety, and if found to be true and that the applicant Is of good moral character and 8 law abiding per- son, such fact shall be indorsed thereon by the commissioner of public safety and thereupon the city~ comptroller shall issue such license, otherwise the same shall not be issued.
 Sec. 2. Be it further ordained by the commission of the city of Birmingham. that if the owner, proprietor or manager of any cleaning or pressing business in the city of Birmingham for which H. cense is required by said city shall be convicted of the offense of larceny, or of the offense of buying, receiving or con- cealing stolen property, said conviction shall ipso facto work revocation Of said license.
 Sec g. Be it further ordained. by the commission of the city of Birmingham, that every person, firm, corporation or association to whom a license has been or may be hereafter issued to engage in or carry on the business of cleaning and pressing mems and women's wearing ap- parel shall be required to keep a record of each days business on books, cards or paper printed or written in a legible hand to be preserved for at least six months after date of each record, which said record shall, among other things. show the names of every person from whom any wearing apparel is received together with the time of such receipt and a brief description of such wearing ap- parel, together with any valuables of any description which may be found thereon or therein. And any police officer on showing his authority shall have access to such records in any such place of business at any time for the purpose of locating lost or stolen garments or any valuables which may be left in or pinned on the same.
 Sec. 4. Any person. firm, corporation or association violating any provision of this ordinance shall upon conviction be punished within the limits of and as provided by section 1216 of the code of Alabama of 19n7.
 Approved April IS, 1917.
 GEORGE B. WARD.
 President Board of Commissioners. A true copy:
 c. B. LLOYD. City Clerk
 Age-Herald, April 20, 1917
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-20
Rotary Club Urges People Keep Business Near Normal
 As Possible During War

Philadelphia, April 19.-The Ameri- can members Of the board of directors of the International Association of Ro- tary clubs, in session here has adopted a resolution urging the peo- pie of the United States to keep busi- ness as nearly normal as possible dur ing the war. "The reasonable pros pect of the cries now being sounded for restriction beyond the stoppage of waste" the resolution says, "is a gen. eral disturbance of business conditions which will threaten the whole nation with disaster
 Declaring that certain tendencies are now making themselves felt which are likely to make the people overappre- hensive and produce commercial inse- curity if they are not halted, the reso- lution advises the American business man to adopt the slogan of Great Britain at the outset of the war, "Busi- ness as Usual" Continuing, the resolu- tion says:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-20
Ordinance No. 477-C.

Granting the Southern Railway com
 pany franchise to construct, main-
 tain and operate a connecting track
 256 feet in length and crossing
 Twenty-fourth street between Pew
 ell avenue and Morris avenue,
 Be it ordained, by the commission of the city of Birmingham, as follows
 Section l. That the right. power and authority is hereby granted to the South ern Railway company, its successors, ii- censees, lessees and assigns to construct, maintain, operate and use a cross-over or connecting track 256 feet in length, con- meeting the main house lead of the South ern Railway company with the first yard track of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad company north of the northerly teamway of/the Southern Railway com pany, located between Twenty third and Twenty-fourth streets, north of Powell avenue, in subdivision H of Block IA as shown on the map. plan and survey of the Elyton Land company of the city of Bir- mingham, the proposed cross-over to ex- tend across Twenty-fourth street, form ing a continuation of the Southern Rail- way company's present main house lead, the portion of the crosse over within tho limits of Twenty-fourth street. being eighty y-three and five-tenths (S35) feet in length, all as shown in red on a blue print map prepared by the resident engi- neer of the Southern Railway company, Birmingham, Ala, file No. 551, copy of which has this day been filed with the city clerk.
 Sec. ?. Said track shall be constructed and maintained in such manner as to impede as little as possible travel along and across the public highway along which said track shall be located, and ill accordance with the grades now or here after esta ablished, and the said Southern Railway company, it's successors and as- signs, shall at all times keep said track and the portions of the highway lying between lines drawn parallel to and IS inches from the outside edge of the rails of said track in safe and proper condi- ton.
 Sec. 3. The grantee shall within 10 days from the date hereof file with the city clerk written acceptance of the terms and provisions of this franchise, which shall be perpetual, and shall pay into the city treasury the sum of one hundred dollars Cs10o-0O as a consideration there for.
 Sec. f. The rights hereby granted shall be had and exercised by the grantee sub ject to the police power of the city of