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The Tupelo journal., 1918-02-22
A TWENTIETH CENTURY PAUL REVERE.

Listen, my children, and you will hear,
Of another rider than Paul Revere;
OF. a tiny lad on a strange, strange steed,
Who rode a race for his %country's need.
He heard of his country's call for men;
He heard of their sacrifice, and then
He heard of the need of money, too;
For food and clothes to help them thru,
He wanted to help, tho he could not fight;
He wanted to serve in the cause of right.
So he mounted a Thrift Card, reins in hand,
And rode and rode thuout the land.
Money!" he cried, money for clothes"
The boys in the trenches"-off he goes;
And mid the sound Of the gathering hoofs
The call re-echoed across the roofs
Help the Nation! Prepare, these times!"
And out of the stockings laid away,
And out of the closets hid from day,
They gathered their savings of many years,
And poured them forth with heartxcheers.
"Take these!" they cried, sin the cause of right,
We'll save for the boys who nobly fight!" ,
AS on he sped, he heard them say,
We'll do our bit-save every day"
And when the boy on his valiant steed
Had spread the call of his country's need
He drew the reins on old Thrift Stamp"
And patted his nose, all sweaty and damp;
"Our work is DONE" he said, sold man,
"The nations reused to the War-Thrift Plan"
BENNETT CHAPPLE.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-02-22
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The Tupelo journal., 1918-02-22
100000 Women Are Engaged in
Agriculture in United States.

According to a late report, of the
100000 women engaged in agri-
culture in the United States, $780,
900 are under 20 years of age and
100000 are negroes. A majority
the Southern States.
The lines of work in which women
will be likely to increase their farm
ing activities, according to the re-
port, are vegetable gardening, poul-
try raising, butter making, hog rails
ing, etc. It is suggested that women
who know how to operate motor cars
may with little additional training OPP
crate tractors.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-02-22
Smokeless Powder Plants Will Have
Capacity of Million Pounds a Day

Capacity of Million Pounds a Day
Plans and contracts are completed
for the construction of two smoke
Responder plants, each to cost APP
proximately $50,O0O,0 600. The esti-
mated capacity of each is 100000
pounds of powder a day, and from
10000 to $4,000 men will be en-
ployed at each plant.
The initial output at each factory
is expected not later than next Au-
gust. Much of the product will be
available for the allied nations.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-02-22

Several additions have recently
been made to the list of trains dis
continued in Canada.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-02-22
.W.S.S,

There r two sides to every story.
The victory you win means defeat for
the other fellow.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-02-22
WEEKLY WAR NEWS DIGEST
Stories of Activities and Conditions
Throughout the United States
and on the Battle Fronts.

1t is reported from Berlin that a
trust is being formed for handling all
motionpicture films.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-02-22

Men who are capable of handling
horses are still wanted for the Veter-
mary Corps. They must be physical
ly fit and not of selective-service age.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-02-22
-W.S.S

Some men who imagine they are
cut out for politicians are poor fits.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-02-22

Secretary Lane has recommended a
bill for the further protection of men
engaged in the present war who prior
to entering the service had initial
claims on public lands.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-02-22

Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic.
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
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The Tupelo journal., 1918-02-22

But 2,001 men have been exempted
on the ground of moral deficiency"
This phrase was defined by the Pres
ident's regulation to include persons
convicted and sentenced for felony
in any court of record.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-02-22

Stating that reports show men in
Army camps have made remarkable
Improvement in physique and bear
ing, Secretary Of War Baker has adj
vised that troop parades be held in
cities near the camps and canton
ments.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-02-22


A large harvest of natural ice is
being strongly urged. The Food Ad-
ministration states that assurance
can not be given that there will be
a sufficient supply of amonia for the
manufacture Of the customary
amount of artificial ice next summer.
According to a statement by the
manager of the Emergency Fleet
Corporation, the Shipping Board now
has ,716 shipways, of which 312 are
for wooden ships and 404 for steel
construction. The program calls for
the construction in 1913 of eight
times the tonnage delivered in 1916,
at a cost of more than S1,000,000,-
900.
1t is the opinion of the United
States Food Administration that the
gross maximum profit for wholesalers
in flour should not exceed from so to
rs cents per barrel. The profit to
retail dealers In original mill pack
ages should not exceed from 80 cents
to $1.20 per barrel, depending upon
the character of service performed.
Where retailers sell in amounts less
than the original mill packages, the
gross profit should not exceed | cent
a pound.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-02-22

Special course of training for
lthlectic instructors have been estab-
The evening leader., 1918-05-30
CRIPPLED FRENCH SOLDIERS
ENGAGED IN MAKING TOYS

Toy making is one of the vocations
encouraged in the re-education of war
cripples in France.
''The Ecole Joffre is situated in the
city of Lyon, and now specializes in
commercial training for the one-arm-
ed and in the manufacture of toys"
says Grace S. Harper, in her recent
booklet. "Toy making is being studied
here with serious purpose. A begin
ming has been made, in the wholesale
manufacture of toys on the factory
system by which the making of sepa-
rate parts is assigned to the mutiles,
whose physical handicaps allow for
easy operation of single processes on
ly. A research expert is constantly
experimenting on new models for
manufacture. When I was there they
had just perfected a papier-mache
horse, such as children ride on to Ban
bury Cross and which, up to the pres
ent time, has reached Banbury Cross
only by way of Germany"
The evening leader., 1918-05-30

HOW THE GALLANT SEAMEN
FIGHT THE GERMAN SUBS,
Story Of Some Thrilling Encounters With the Enc
my's Ruthless SEnkers

quarter. She lay quiet until the u
boat came within range, and then op-
ened fire. The gun crew knew their
business, for they soon found the tar
get, and out of thirteen shots, eight
direct hits were scored. The U-boat,
which had been vainly twisting and
turning to get out of range, suddenly
went down by the bows, and her stern
stood clear of the water for nearly
half a minute. Then she dived per-
pendicularly, and came up again at an
angle of thirty degrees above the wa
ter. For short space of time she re-
mained i this position, and then dis
appeared like a stone."
Early one afternoon the captain of
a steamer in ballast saw the track of
a torpedo coming directly for his ship.
By quick swing he succeeded in
avoiding it. Then the U-boat came out
of the water and opened fire, one of
it's shells piercing the deck and wreck
ing the second cooks cabin. The
Rstearer replied valiantly and the en-
counter continued for fur hours, the
steamer going at top speed all the
time and keeping the submarine dead
astren. A shot from the steamer
struck the submarine amidships but
failed to do sufficient injury to force
the German to discontinue the action.
But after four hours the steamer got
the submarine into smoke cloud, and
a shell appeared to burst close to the
U-boat's bow, after which the enemy
[tlait sse sRhase.
In another attack, which was sue
cessfuIly beaten off, the merchant
mans gunners were handicapped ow-
ing to the deck giving way under the
gun early in the action. Every time
the gun kicked the platform under it
jumped. The man who was sighting
it was injured, but the crew continued
firing and eventually forced the sub
marine to discontinue the action. One
of the first shots from the submarine
broke the wireless aerials of the
steamer, but the wireless operator re-
paired the damage under fire and got
a message through to the nearest de-
stroyers.
The evening leader., 1918-05-30

like the German roads, each employee
having distinct rank and being respon-
sible to his superiors like a soldier.
Many electric lines are being built
in Japan. Locomotives and electrical
equipment have been purchased from
the United States, but freight and
passenger cars have been bought
largely in England or built at home
because the roads are of three feet
six inches guage. The japanese gov
ernment is considering widening tn,
railroads to standard guage as a mil
ltary measure, at a cost equal to tbs
original construction.
In the Philippines American equip
ment has been used except on the is
land of Luzon, where the railroads
were built by British capital. All the
roads are organized on the English
system. In the hill country of the
islands, where official society spends
the hot season, American buses are
used.
Australia and New Zealand have fol-
lowed their mother country in building
railroads. A peculiar feature of the
Australian roads is that in the total
of $4,000 miles, there are three diff
ferent guages and in only one instance
do any two states have connecting
lines of the same guage. A traveller
Continued on page 2.)
The evening leader., 1918-05-30
Youths Continue Joining Colors

jacksonville, Fla, May 3O.-Despite
the fact that thousands have already
responded by enlisting and through
the draft, the number of youthful
Floridians volunteering for service in
various branches of the army is stead
lily increasing, many entering imme-
diately after they reach the required
age of eighteen years. Almost every
day boys under this age ask to be ac-
cepted, but unless they are known to
be eighteen they are rejected.
During the past week Byron Bur-
bage and Leslie Cannon, youngsters
from near Aaburndale, came to jack
sonville to enlist in fighting branch
The evening leader., 1918-05-30
Memorial Day
is Observed By
Entire Nation

Washington, May S0.-Memorial!
Day this year, carrying a deeper
meaning because of the fuller partici-
patton of the United States in the war,
is being observed today by the Ameri-
can people as day Of public humilia-
ton, prayer, and fasting, in accord
ance with the presidents proclama-
ton. While the honor shown veterans
of past wars is not lessened, the
thought of the nation is largely cen
tered on the battlefelds of France,
where the young men of America are
helping to stem the German tide.
The evening leader., 1918-05-30

London.-In the weekly return
showing the number of British mer-
cHa6E vessels attacked by submarines
occurs the phrase British merchant
vessel unsuccessfully attacked" The
admiralty records show that hidden
away in the phrase is many story of
gallant seamanship.
During the month from March Is to
April Is of this year, sixty-four Brit
ish vessels were attacked unsuccess-
fusfy by U-boats.
The submarine which attacks de-
fensively armed merchantmen has no
longer a "sure thing During the
past month there were several cases
in which even two U-boats were un-
successful in an attack on siAgle
steamer. There are several cases, al
so in which the steamer completely
turned the tables on the German, and
seq him to the bottom instead.
Even sailing-ships frequently give
,od account of themselves against
the submarine, ALTHOUGH N the nature
of things they are much less easy to
maneuver than ship with steam pow
er. The following is one such case re-
ported to the admiralty:
"a sailing ship was proceeding leis-
urely on her course when the lookout
sighted submarine on the starboard
The evening leader., 1918-05-30
GAEAT CHINESE WALL BROKEN
BY OUR AMERICAN STEEL RAILS.
Graphic Description of Great Changes in China,
Japan and the Philippines

Washington, May 3O.-West and
East are meeting daily in the Orient,
where American built locomotives CON
meet at Kalgan on the border of Mon
golia with caravans from the far-in-
terror of Asia.
Steel railroads have broken the ar
tificial boundary of the Great Wall
of China, which remains only a relic
OF the past, while long trains go puff
ing through a tunnel underneath,
bearing to the sea priceless furs, rugs,
wool and turquoise, and to the inte-
rior the manufactured products of the
United States and other foreign ma
tions.
The story of railroad development in
the Orient and the possibilities open
there to American enterprise are set
forth in series of reports to the bu-
reau of foreign and domestic COM
merce by Frank Rhea, formerly con-
nected with the Pennsylvania rail
road and the General Electric compa-
ny, who recently returned from tour
as special agent through China, Japan,
the Philippines, New Zealand and
Australia.
In all China there are only $500
miles of railroad, of which 8 800 miles
are Chinese government lines. Most
of the railroad development has been
in north and central China. All ex-
cept one of the government lines are
standard four feet, eight and one half
inch guage, and on the line to Kalgan
which pierces farther into the interior
than any other, so of the 66 loeomo-
tives are American-made. Giant NAL
let compound engines, each with q
tractive effort of $4,000 pounds, paral-
lei the Great Wall to Ching Lung
Chiao, then pass beneath it until they
meet the east-bound caravans of cam
els, gaily caparisoned Mongal horses
and the queer camel-drawn carts of
Mongolia at Kalgan, which is one of
the strangest and greatest markets OF
the world.
Japan has about 5000 miles of rail-
road, which cost 100000 mile to
build through the steep mountains of
Nippon. All of it is government-own-
ed and organized on military basis,
The evening leader., 1918-05-30

of the service. The recruiting officer,
not believing them to be eighteen, sent
them home.
I'VE are of age for military selv-
ice" said young Burbage defiantly,
"and will return Monday with certi-
ficates from our parents showing this
to be the fact. I'd get the information
by telegraph, but our parents live in
the country and can't be reached by
messenger. We're determined to get
into the service and will be back next
week
Tusday morning the boys returned,
armed with parental certificates, were
accepted and went on their way re-
joicing.
The evening leader., 1918-05-30
ENLIsT-AND GO TO COLLEGE.
(By P. P. Claxton, U. S. Commission,
er of Edueation)

Many 1918 high school graduate
is debating with himself this year:
Shall go to college? or shall / enlist
at once for military service?
The war department has just made
it possible to do both. 1t says, in eff
feet, to the ambitious young Ameri-
can: "You serve your country by go
ing to college. To make sure that you
do not lose thereby the opportunity of
serving your country in a direct mill
tary capacity, you will be asked to
join the special U. S. army college
training units that are to be formed.
You will be liable for service at a
moments notice, but because you are
worth more to the nation with your
college training than without it, you
will be expected to stay in college un-
til called by the government"
The war departments announce
ment provides that beginning with
september, 1918, military instruction,
under officers and on-commissioned
officers of the army, will be provided
in every institution of college grade
enrolling for the instruction one hun
dred or more able-bodied students
over the age of eighteen. The neces-
sary military equipment will be pro-
vided by the government. There will
be created a military training unit in
each institution. Enlistment will be
purely voluntary, but all students over
the age Of eighteen will be encouraged
to enlist. The enlistment will consti-
tute the student member of the army
Of the United States, liable to active
duty at the call Of the president, 1t
win, however, be the policy Of the gov
The evening leader., 1918-05-30
CONCRETE SHIP.

London, May S0.-England's first
concrete ship is $50 feet long, with a.
beam of "a IL feet and displaces 900
tons. Her carrying capacity is 400
tons. Compared to the Faith, the
5,0O0-ton concrete ship recently
launched on the Pacific coast of the.
United States, the British vessel is a
rather small affair, but Lloyd's has.
classed her as Al.
The evening leader., 1918-05-30
SAILING SHIP 1873 YEARS OLD.

Cardiff, Wales, May 30.-A little
British sailing vessel the "Good In
tent" carrying 6s tons of cargo and
built 128 years ago, has just been sold
for three times her original cost.
She was built of sturdy oak timbers
taken from British men-of-war and is
still in excellent condition. The yes
sci has undergone little change in
construction during all these years.
The evening leader., 1918-05-30


ernment not to call the members of
the training units to active duty un-
til they have reached the age of twen-
ty-one, unless urgent military neces-
sity compels an earlier call. Students
under eighteen, and therefore not le-
gally eligible for enlistment, will be
encouraged to enroll in the training
units. Provision will be made for CO.
ordinating the reserve officers train
ing corps system, which exists in
about one-third of the collegiate insti-
tutions, with this broader plan.
"This new policy aims to accomplish
two-fold object" the war depart
ment announces, first, to develop as
a great military asset the large body
of young men in the colleges; and sec
ond to prevent unnecessary and waste
ful depletion of the colleges through
indiscriminate volunteering, by offer
ing the students definite and imme-
diate military status"
I No nation has ever made such gener-
Gus provision for combined military
and college education as has the I'm
tied States in this new plan. The
youths who avail themselves cf the
privilege will be serving their coun-
Itry's immediate as well as future
needs,
The evening leader., 1918-05-30
Two Miles Per
Minute Expected
OF Winning Auto.
Hardness Handicap of 100
Miles With $4,000 Added
to the Money is Being De-
cided Today

New York, May 30.-The Harkness
handicap at hundred miles, with
thirty thousand dollars added to the
money, is the feature at the Sleeps
head Bay auto races today. This is
the first big event of its kind to be
run on a handicap basis 1t is believ-
ed the winning car will attain a speed
of two miles minute.
The evening leader., 1918-05-30

General Foch's reserves have
begun to come into action against
the powerful German thrust, and
the enemy is finding progress in
creasingly difficult. Again the al
lied fanks are standing firm. AL
though scissors has been lost on
the west, Rheims is still holding
out on the easterly edge of the
battle front.
The chief progress of the Ger
mans, as reevaled in tOday's re-
ports, was in the center, where
some three miles of additional
ground was covered, from Lou.
peigne, twelve miles north of the
Marne, to Fere en- TardenOis.
The evening leader., 1918-05-30
Ten Draft Evaders
Heavily Armed
Defy Govt
Officer

Montgomery, Ala, May 30.-The
officers again will try persuasive
measures before attempting to cap
tu1e ten draft evaders entrenched in
a series of caves in Coosla county.
They are heavily armed and have de-
fled arrest. One of the men is a de-
serter from Camp Gordon, Atlanta.
The evening leader., 1918-05-30
jacksonville
and Birm' ham
Reserve Banks

Washington, May aO.-Governor
Harding of the Federal Reserve bank
announced today that Jacksonville and
Birmingham have been awarded
branches of the federal reserve bank
system. The application of Nasheville
is being considered.
The evening leader., 1918-05-30

With the American Army in France,
Wednesday.-The American sector
northwest of Toul is again very active.
The artillery duel continues tonight,
and it is not improbable that the Ger
man plans include the employment of
infantry.
The evening leader., 1918-05-30

Paris, May 30.-Premier Clemen-
ceau narrowly escaped falling into the
hands of the Germans yesterday, ac-
cording to the Petit Journal, which
says that the premier left a certain
The evening leader., 1918-05-30

Paris, May 30.-The battle along the
fighting front continued all night, with
the French maintaining the western
outlets of Scissors, the war office an
nounced. North and west of Rheims
French and British forces broke all
the German assaults and maintained
their defensive positions, the French
reserves continuing to arrive at the
front. The Germans made repeated
attempts to break through the de-
fenses in the Scissors region, but each
time were held by the determined
French resistance in the center, the
fighting taking place in the neighbor-
hood of Veseilly, eighteen miles south
of Chemin des Danes.
The evening leader., 1918-05-30

A new portable electric radiator, to
be connected to any light socket, is
filled with nitrogen to prevent rapid
deterioration Of the metal by oxyda-
ton.
The evening leader., 1918-05-30

London, May 30.-A German attack
on the strong allied position in Elan
ders, northwest of Festubert, has been
repulsed completely, it is announced
officially.
The evening leader., 1918-05-30
35Casualties Today

Washington, May 30.-The casualty
list today contained 95 names, divided
as follows: Killed in action, S; died
of wounds, 4; died Of accident, A; died
of disease, II; wounded severely, 81;
wounded slightly, 2; missing in ac-
tion, 8,
Private Richard Murray, Of Rounds
S. G., and Sergeant Harris H Hebb,
of Lakeland, Fla, died of disease.
The evening leader., 1918-05-30

With the American Army in France,
May 30.-From Flanders to Switzer-
land, and from the battle line to the
sea, the men of the American expedi-
tionary force are today paying hom-
age to their dead.
The evening leader., 1918-05-30

place only few minutes before the
arrival Of a patrol of Uhlans.
The evening leader., 1918-05-30

With the British Army, May 3d.
Another strong enemy counter attack
against the Americans in the Castigny
sector seems to have met with COM
plete repulse, according to brief re-
ports from the south. The Americans
evidently have been subjected to al
most continuous attack since they
stormed their way into the village. In
every case the enemy waves have
broken against the stone wall of the
American resistance.
The evening leader., 1918-05-30

Paris, May 30.-The German flood
will soon be damned, says semi-of-
fetal note today, summarizing the sit
uation between Rheims and Scissors.
The statement says the French COM
mand retains undiminished confidence,
based as it is upon the power of our
resources and the incompatible valor
of our soldiers.
The evening leader., 1918-05-30
FIRST IN THE LOCAL FIELD

All the local, county, and state
news-that is news-while it is
news. Boosting Tarpon Springs.
Wide-awake, Truthful, Unafraid
The evening leader., 1918-05-30

Paris, May 30.-An enemy airplane
was brought down by French guns
during an attempted raid on Paris last
night. None of the German machines
was able to fly over the city, but few
bombs were dropped in the suburbs.
The evening leader., 1918-05-30
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