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VALUATION COMMITTEE A BIG
Il ASSET TO REAL ESTATE BOARD
Publicity and Reputation for Fairness
: Chief Factor in Obtaining Both Public
J and Private Business.

a bridge or grade separation Of ran.
roads, the board should see to 1t that
it's valuation committee is selected
to appraise the property. influence
can frequently be brought through
the newspapers to secure It's ousineass
as the appraisal committee Is usuauy
considered non-political and the best
qualified medium to do such work. II
may not always be secured at the out
set, but II q campaign is kept up
long enough it will have results;
A very definite way in which ousi-
ness for the committee can be Sc
cured is through its own members.
who can frequently offer suggestions
to clients that they have property
appraised by the COMMITTEES. The
committee member securing SUCH an
appraisal naturally should De one ol
the appraisers to make the VaiuatioH'
II properly qualified to do the work;
he encouraged to refer to the COM
mittee all valuations they come IN
contact it'll, and it has been the prac-
tice in Cleveland when a member re-
fers such an appraisal he is, 1t quail
flied, made one Of the appraisers.
Valuable in Trades.
A fruitful source Of business, II
properly cultivated, will be the ap-
praising of properties involved IN
trades or sales Frequently brokers
are unable to get clients together be.
cause each is suspicious that he Is not
receiyine real value. A broker can
frequently close a deal by having his
clients agree to accept the appraisal
value placed upon the property IN
yolyed by the valuation committee OF
a board. Both parties are thus satls-
fed that they are receiving fair treat
ment and the deal is closed. In
Cleveland 1t is a frequent practice Tor
persons to agree to sell or buy prop.
erty by accepting the value placed
upon it by the boards valuation com
mittee. Estates valued at hundreds
of thousands of dollars have changed
hands on this basis. A..
Manufacturers frequently desire 70
expand their plants, but have dlmcui,
ty in persuading the owners OF small
properties to sell them at reasonable
figures. Business of this sort can be
adjusted by the committee to the sat-
isfaction of every one concerned.
Committed to Fairness.
Deals Involving the purchase OF
land by the city or county invarianiy
are given tone when an appraisal ID
made by the boards committee as tne
public should be educated 70 the rae.
that the committee is unbiased ana
fair ana Is cohposeo VI NO.
not be parties to an unfair valuation:
Regular fees established by the poara
sho,ld be charged for this work as
thew are usually lower than apprais-
ais will be furnished by real estate
men who are politicians on the side.
In conclusion. let me impress three
things as being the basis for secur-
ing business for a valuation commit
tee:
i. Appoint the very best men avail
able as members Of the committee.
2. Prepare and circulate live, pro-
eressive publicity regarding the mer.
its of such valuations as are supplied
by the committee.
4 Hustle and get the business.
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IRIG0YEN ADS TO GARNET.
Fills Three Vacancies in His On.
cial Family.

BUENOS AIRES. Friday. September
13.-Presidsnt Irigoyen today filled
several vacancies in his cabinet.
Honorio Pueyrredon, minister OF
agriculture. who for more than q year
has been acting minister Of foreign
affairs. was appointed minister OF
foreign affairs. Julio Moreno, CHIEF
Of police of Buenos Aires, was named
as minister Of war to I'LL the vacancy
caused by the recent Resignation OF
Elpadio Gonya,es to campaign for
governor Of one Of the provinces.
Alfredo Demarchi Is the new minister
Of agriculture.
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Won Hutier, Perhaps.

From the Boston Transcript. 49,.
general" cried the orderly. riding
up in great excitement, "our left wing
10 gone"
'Then 1t is no longer possible to
fy." replied the general. thought
fully. However, we should not for
get that our legs are left"
Thereupon he led the way.
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TO FURNISH UNIFORMS
FOR OFFICERS OF NAVY

A bill authorizing the Secretary of
the Navy to furnish uniforms and
equipment to officers In the Navy and
Marine Corps. as well as to midship-
men, has been introduced by Senator
Calder of New York and referred to
the naval committee.
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/, One Of the important activities of
the work carried On by its valuation
committee. No better influence can
be found to standardize and properly
control the price of real estate in
any community than sane action on
the part of a board of live appraisal
officials. A boom" is bad for any
town and valuation committee can
head off q boom" and keep reasona-
BILE prices prevalent better than any
other agency in a growing city. says
Stanley l. McMichael, secretary OF
the Cleveland Real Estate Board. in
the National Real Estate Journal.
During the year 1917 the valuation
committee of the Cleveland Real Es-
tate Board appraised about $14,oOo.OoO
worth of real estate. receiving nearly
$4,000 in total fees, of which the
boards portion was about $500. II
can readily be seen that as matter
of maintenance of board work 1t can
also be made a very profitable issue.
How can a board secure appraisal
business? This depends upon now
active a canvass is made Tor II; II
does not require genius, but hard
work. to sell real estate. The same
hard work must be done in an INTEL
ligent way to secure appraisals for a
valuation committee.
Personnel Is Important.
At the outset the personnel of the
committee must be of the hlghest
character and made up of the best
men available for the work.
Publicity of various sorts IS the
chief medium needed to secure APP
rraisai work. The members of a
committee in a community must be
well and favorably known, and q
certificate issued by a board must De
recognized as the best authoritative
statement regarding values that can
be obtained.
Newspaper publicity must be Sc,
cured. The publicity must be secured
in the news column, through the CIV
ing OF interviews and articles TO thd
newspaper men, who will usually run
them very fully in sections devoted
to real estate interests.
Frequently, large appraisals can be
secured for the committee from es-
tates which are being divided. oral
narily there is not very much money
for the committee In securing ap-
prafsals from a probate court as tne
amount of fees paid is small ana the
-hoJa AFFAIR Is gummed up with red
tape. -.
The valuation committee should be
the official appraiser of all real es-
tate purchased by the city. county
is brought to bear. this work can
msuaiiv be secured. In the past it has
usually gone to a few favored real l
estate men who make politics sue
issue. having in mind the securing U.
.mch pIums when they are handed
out.
Securing Public Business.
vy.rv time land is to be appro-
nriated for a public building, school,
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SWISS MEDAL FOR PRESIDENT.
Committee to Offer Nations Token
Of Appreciation Of q, 8, Aid.

BERN. Switzerland. September IA
A committee has been formed here
for the purpose Of Offering to Presi-
dent Wilson . gold medal - . token
Of Swiss esteem for the valuable A..
sistance the United States has Stvsn 70
Switzerland BY providing bread grain
and other victua1s.
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1914 .Farrasut street nerthweaf,
aaul's Addition, was sold by Mrs.
Joeeph 3. True to Mary l.. King.
This property was among several
built q few years ago by Horace g.
6mithy, contains ten rooms: two
baths, has hot-water heat, electric
lights, oak floors and large porches.
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This Village Had Changed Hands
More Than Fifteen Times.

pect of having to go to that spot.
Scarcely had we crossed the heights
when some shells burst behind US. The
French artillery even singled out indi-
viduals. While Vauquois was In their
possession they could coordinate the
entire neighborhood. We understood
now why this ash heap had been con-
tested for SO bitterly.
We ran down hill till we came to
Varennes. The southern section of the
town had been wrecked by shells and
fire. Many chimneys were all that was
left standing Of whole rows Of
houses. Soldiers everywhere collected
scraps Of metal which were transport
ed to Germany. The church bells were
loaded on wagons and sent away. All
the copper, tin, brass and nickel which
could be found was gathered.
The next morning we went into the
trenches. We had to reach our posi-
ton before daybreak, for with daylight
the French kept all the approaches I'M
der fire. There was not much of a
trench in Vauquois. All that could be
seen was a single stone pile Literally,
there was not in this town, one stone
left upon another. The ruins Of this
village had changed hands more
than fifteen times. When we arrived
one-haIf of vauQuois was in German
hands. The French were In possession
Of the highest points from which they
could overlook the country for many
miles.
In default OF a trench we sought
cover behind the stones, for 1t was inn
possible to dig trenches here, as the ar
tiIlery leveled everything. The soldiers
concealed themselves behind stone
walls and fired. Artillery Of all cali
Der covered these ruins. Amid all this
destruction lay an army Of eorpses,
mostly German.
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Ing in on the four Their bullets
whizzee around our heads. One man
was shot in the mouth. That left three.
They turned and tried to flee.
In such moments as these one is in a
great rage and forgets danger entirely.
We were very close to our enemies
now, right on their heels when the last
man stumbled and fell.
/ sprang on top of him. He defend
ed himself with his fists. My cOmrade
went after the other two. Bleeding at
the mouth, this man fought on. After
/ had knocked several of his teeth out
he raised his hands mad surrendered.
l released him from my grip and
looked him over carefully. He was
about thirty-five years old He showed
me his wedding ring and talked to me.
/ knew what he wanted, he wanted his
life.
He gave me his canteen that / might
drink some wine and wept. Perhaps
he thought of his wife and children. l
pressed his hand and he showed me
his bleeding teeth. I called him fool
and told him he was lucky to have got
ten away with the loss of only few
molars. | was glad had not killed
him. / took him back myself, in order
to protect him against being misused
AS delivered him over to where the
prisoners were being assembled, he
pressed my hand and smiled.
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CHAPTER XVII.

We were of the opinion at first that
this was only temporary condition,
but after few days we saw a
slaughter bordering on insanity under
taken again and again. BY night and
day 1t was always the same. Using
Verdun as their base, the French con-
stantly brought up new masses Of
troops. They had marshaled their
heavy guns from the nearer Verdun
forts BY the use of field railways.
In the spring of 1915 both sides be-
gan an offensive of local, but Of an In
comprehensive, murderous nature.
German and French artillery lombard
ed Vauquois so that not square foot
of land could be found which had not
been torn up by shells. Thousands and
thousands of shells, large and small,
were hurled into the town for three
days and three nights.
This continued until not single sol
der was left in the village, for both
French and Germans had to retire
from this fire from both sides, as 1t
was absolutely impossible to have sur
vived this hell. The entire Hill and adj
joining heights were enveloped In
smoke.
On the evening of the third day the
enemy bombardment abated somewhat
and we We're once more sent into the
pile Of debris, which had been torn by
a hundred thousand shells. 1t was not
yet dusk, and as the French had also
advanced an attack developed. They
came into our lines with strong reserve
units and the widest kind Of hand
to-hand encounter ensued.
Sharp daggers few from head to
head, breast to breast. Men stood on
corpses in order to make new corpses.
New enemies continued to arrive.
For each man who was killed three
(Continued Tomorrow
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.Desorter
coSydsat b paOa E,es Press
Continued from Yesterday

The troops in the Argonne forest be-
longed to the Sixteenth corps, the Thir-
ty-third and Thirty-fourth divisions.
Neither the crown prince nor Won Mud
ra had ever been seen in the trenches.
One Of the members on the crown
princes STAFF was the old field mar
shall, Count Won Haeseler, former COM
mander Of the Sixteenth corps, who,
before the war, was considered a hui
man hend. These three called Glover
Leaf by the soldiers. were far more de-
spised by most of the men than were
the French cannon, which sought our
miserable lives
The Hohenzollern heir did not find
life hard at his headquarters several
kilometers behind the battle front. It
was easy for him to make himself
popular with his order to 60 ahead at
the cost of thousands Of lives. He was
very we'll liked among the high off1cers
with whom he sat behind stove al
though the progress was not fast
enough for them.
He honored Won Mudra with the or
der "Pour la Merite," but of the SOL
dlers he never had a thought.
They had not seen bed for months.
They were never given a chance to re-
move their clothing.
They received only shells and steel
and were almost eaten up by vermin.
They were covered with lice. There
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French Government, upon the request
of General Petain, decorated Henry
Wood, the United Press staff corre-
spondent with the French Army, with
the cross of the Legion of Honor for
the splendid work which he had done
with the French Army in the last
three years. Mr.. William Philip
Simms is the United Press correspond
ent with the British Army He was
the first American correspondent Gre
dentialed to the British and Canadian
Armies. Henry Wood has been with
the French Army for the United Press
since early in 1915; prior to that he
was our correspondent in Rome, and
put over the famous beat on the death
of Pope Pious, when he announced
the news of the Pope's death some
eight hours ahead of any other press
association. Mr.. Joseph Shaplen is
the United Press correspondent at
Petrograd, 1t is Mr.. Shaplen who Sc
cured the first exclusive interview
with Leon Trotzky. Mr.. Fred S. Fer
guson, formerly General News Man
ager for the United Press, N. Y, is
now our correspondent with the Amer
lean Army in France. Frank ]. Tay-
loris an additional correspondent that
we have with the American Army.
Mr.. Ed L. Keen is our General Euro
pean Manager, located in London.
One of the strong features about the
United Press European staff is that
Keen, Simms, and Wood have been
on the job every day since the war
started in 1914. They have Travelled
every mile of the front from the
North Sea clear into Switzerland, and
there are no correspondents in Eu-
rope who understand conditions more
intimately than these men.
Going back to our domestic situa-
ton, ] would say that the United
Press has thirty bureaus located in
the leading news centers in the Unit
ed States for the collection and dis
tribution of news. You will note
map of our wire system on the back
of this letter head.
About once a month we produce
service magazine called "The He'll
box" A new one is coming out
within the next week. This magazine
contains a great deal of information
about the service that would be of
interest to you, and l will see that
your name is placed on the mailing
list. We are always glad to give our
clients advertising matter of this
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was scarcely enough water for drink
Ing purposes, to say nothing Of water
for washing their clothes.
Our hair and boards were long and
when we were given some hours of
rest the lice would not let us sleep.
While we were In the trenches the bull
lets did not do much damage but daily
men were killed by indirect fire. The
thousands which whizzed through the
air every minute flew over our heads.
They struck trees or branches and
glanced off, striking the men In the
trenches. Failing to pierce their OBJ
ject directly they tore terrible gaping
wounds as they entered the mems
bodies sideways. Whenever we heard
charges concerning dum-dun bullets,
we thought of these cross-shots, al
though we never doubted the existence
of the dum-dums.
Whether or not dum-dum bullets
were made in the munitions factories
/ cannot say. suspect they were. How
ever, ! did see many dum-dum bullets
made by the soldiers themselves. The
points were filed off from German mus
ket shells so that the nickel covering
was perforated, barring the lead filling,
The bullet flattened when it struck
its object. If, for instance, 1t entered
a mans arm, the explosive charge in 1t
would so shatter the arm as to blow 1t
entirely of and leave it hanging by the
skin.
German soldiers were frequently
seen supplying themselves with dunn
dun bullets in the trenches, preparing
to inflict terrible wounds.
On January 5, 1915. the Germans at
tackled on their entire front of the Ar
gonne forest sector and several hun
dred prisoners were taken. The hand
to-hand fight continued until six O'Clock
IN the evening.
A fellow pioneer and myself found
ourselves In a bit of trench held by
eight Frenchmen. It was impossible to
retire SO we accepted the unequal fight
Fortunately we were we'll supplied
with hand grenades.
We cut the fuses short 80 that they
would explode as quickly as possible
threw one among the eight soldiers
Before the men could get out OF the
way Of the first. the second one fol
lowed, which exploded In their midst.
We took advantage Of the confusion
thus created to hnrl Eve more. OuI
enemies were now reduced to four men
we opened FIRE with our nushets clos
KsMaesaS~
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70 work any longer for the German
military officials because they could
not live on what they received.
"They were arrested and are being
sent to Germany, No one knows what
their fate would be there. The men
were being taken away by the Ger
mans and interned In Germany"
We received orders to march to
Varennes and left the next morning.
AS we reached the heights of varennes
about noon we saw the wide country
before us and the city nesting in the
valley Farther up on the heights was
Vauquois. Nothing could be seen of
any houses but through our field glasses
we could make out an enormous ash
heap. Shells fell there continuously
and we were frightened at the pros
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CHAPTER XVI.

The next day we received orders to
march to an unknown destination. We
soon arrived at the depot Of Apremont
where we we're obliged to wait. The
depot had been destroyed. The next
station was Chatel. Both Of these
places are about five kilometers behind
| the front.
| The prisoners were assembled in
Agreement. Several Of them had come
from that town. Their families were
still In their homes and many prisoners
asked permission to visit them. l had
occasion to witness such a visit In APP
remont. Two reserves led one of the
prisoners to the house, which he had
pointed out as his. The prisoners
young wife was.in the kitchen with her
three children. We followed them Into
the house.
The woman turned pale as she sud
denly saw her husband. They EN-
braced. We went outside for we felt
out Of place there.
The woman had not had a letter
from her husband for five months be-
cause the Germans were between her
and her husbands army He had been
In the trenches for a month, realizing
how nearby his wife and children were,
yet unable to reach them and with no
way of knowing whether they were
alive or dead.
How he must have felt as the French
shells flew over his head on their way
to Apremont
There was no way Of knowing
whether the glow in the sky caused
by the burning of house was fur
nished by his home or not. Every
thing became a torturing uncertainty
and all Of life was hell.
Home again for a few hours; then
away, a prisoner At least he would
be able to get word to his wife by
letter through the field posts.
Finally he said good-by. His wife
had nothing to give him, no laundry,
no food.
Everything had been lost and she
lived on the soldiers bounty. She gave
him her last money and he refused to
take It. She accepted the money back.
| 1t consisted of a few 5 and 10 pfen-
mig pieces and some cOppers, all she
had.
Unable to endure this we took col
lection among ourselves. We made up
more than 10 marks, which we gave
to the young woman. She refused it at
first, then looking at her husband, she
took 1t and tried to kiss our hands.
When we refused to let her do this
she ran to a store nearby and returned
with cigars, tobacco, matches and sau-
sage, which she gave to her husband.
she smiled perhaps for the first time
IN a long while.
The children were with their father
nd they kissed him as he left. He had
| me child on each arm and his wife
arried the third.
With the greatest happiness the
FAMILY walked along between the two
armed soldiers. When the moment Of
parting came all began to cry.
This was the fate of thousands Of
poor French and Belgian men and
women, quartered near their homes
yet unable to know who was dead or
alive.
While we stood at the depot ten Ger
man soldiers arrived with fixed bayo-
nets, Between them were three French
citizens in civilian clothing, whom they
escorted. All were elderly men. We
asked an old Frenchman what this was
about and he said:
ave receive our food from the Ger.
man military officials but it is not suf-
ficient to live on. The people have
nothing left. All stock and food had
been seized. These three men refused
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-05-09

PLANTS: Potato, Nancy Hall and
Porto Rico. Tomato Plants, all lead
ing varieties, three dollars per thous-
and, 10000 and over two seventy
FIVE. Egg, Pepper, and Cabbage
Plants. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Enterprise Company, Inc, Sumter,
s. c. d-w-tf
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FOR SALE! FOR SALE!
Used Cars At Bargainst If Sold AT
Once.

One passenger Studebaker.
One 5-passenger Overland
One 2-passenger Overland.
/ 5-pessenger Maxwell.
One 5-passenger 1917 Model Ford.
/ also have the famoua,line of Hud-
son, Hupmobile and Maxwell cars.
Have samples of these cars in stock
to show you, so don't hesitate to call
on me at City Garage. New phone
81 at Garage, new phone 2062 at
residence. CLoYD r. PARMAN.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-05-09

Extra fine Potato Slips coo per
100. Fine late and early Cabbage,
35c per 100. Rhea Floral Company,
GreenevilIe, Tenn. Prompt attention
to mail and phone orders. d6t-W1
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-05-09
PEAS!- PEAS!-PEAS!
Good Seed Cowpeas-Nice Peas That
Will Crow!
Nubbin Ridge Farm, Climax, N. c.

TAYLORS, CLAYS, BLACKS, $3.55 per Bushel.
WHIPPOORWILLS, $3.45, Mixed $3.55--Iimit-
ed quantities. Mammoth Yellow SOFA Beans,
$3.75-freight paid. Terms cash with order and
exception-except it will be agreeable for you
to send your money to The American Exchange
National Bank, Greensboro, N. c., with shipping
instructions. Peas will not las long at these fig
ures. Will return money Immediately if sold out.
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character, and l hope shortly to have
"a regular series Of advertising mat
ter prepared for your use.
Yours sincerely,
K. A. BRIKEL,
Business Manager.
Mr.. W. R. Lyon, The Sun,
Greeneville, Tenn.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-05-09

For sale at a bargain-0ne Soda
Fountain. Will install same-cash
or terms. Address Soda Fountain,
care Of Greeneville Sun.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-05-09

REWARD reward Of SIS will be
paid for the arrest Of party who
stole the Paramount automobile
tire, bulldog grip, from car in +.
A. Vann's yard. 7. C. Vann.