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New-York tribune., 1918-06-09
to emphasize the fact, I realized IN
that moment that I was in a gun.
room Of the Eternal Navy.
The Workings of
Some Great Law

SOme Great Law
phere was no question of @show.
ing off" before a stranger; indeed
they had forgotten my existence: It
was not even ragging. 1t was rust
that / had accidentally witnessed The
workings of some great law, in.
mutable and inexplicable as Fate
in full swing about my uncompre.
hending head.
The meal progressed as if moth.
ing had occurred to break its seren.
ity. l pleaded for light.
cts just our mail, you see," ex.
plained the president. Something
has happened to our mails. All tn.
rest of the ships get theirs regularly
and ours hasn't fetched up onc.
since we've been here"
ITS the fault of the ships name,
Clipped in another (the ship bort
the name Of great American
state) directly the bags reach Liv.
erpool, some one looks at the labels
an says: Here, amt that some.
where in American an back they
gol They've been goin' backward
an forward for months" with
Fritz takin' potsfots at them as they
come and CO." added voice.
Muffled requests for reinforce
ments Of buttered toast drifted up
from underneath the table. "WeIl!H
queried, still hopelessly in ths
dark. "Oh, we'll. you see, any ons
who mentions the word mail q,
meals just has to quit an go under
meath the table; we've made it ,
rule"
A British midshipman who draw
a dirk in the gunroom stands
round Of port after dinner. To eaci
navy its own etiquette-and penal
ties.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-09
First Story of Ameri-
canBattleships' s'Work
With the Grand Fleet
Told by Noted British
Expert-High Praise
for Our Men
By "BARTIMEUS"

MO PROPAGANDA poster ar
/ y fist with an eye to lurid back
New-York tribune., 1918-06-09

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/ y list with an eye to lurid back
grounds could have secured
such an effect. Great buttresses Of
cloud, inky black with their burden
OF unshed snow, were banked about
the sunset. The snow that had fall
en- during the past week rested like
shroud upon peak and headland.
promontory and cliff top. enlircling
the sombre waters of Ultima Thule
with dazzling white girdle. Against
this background lay the Grand Fleet.
an agglomeration of tripod masts
and superimposed structures, as
familiar feature of the scene as
the surf that broke endlessly about
the cliffs or the unappeased calling
of the gulls. A little to the west
ward, however, where the cloud
masonry was split and reft by shafts
of crimson light, an outstretched
wing of the vast battle fleet struck
an oddly unfamiliar note. Instead
of the tripod masts and hooded con-
troll tops, slender towers of latticed
steel rose in pairs from each hull.
Against the black clouds every en-
sign of the fleet was clearly dis
cernible, but it was not the white
ensign that showed up so vividly
above the strangers. 1t was the
Stars and Stripes painted with the
glory of northern sunset.
Only few weeks had elapsed
since they arrived, rust streaked and
travel-stained, as ships might we'll
be that had battled through one
winter gale after another from
Chesapeake Bay to Ultima Thule,
and at the sight of them the gray,
war-weary battle fleet of Britain
burst into roar of welcome such
as had never before greeted
stranger within its gates in either
peace or war. For-and herein lies
the magic of the thing-these were
not merely allies swinging up onto
the flank of common battle line,
but kinsmen joining kinsmen as an
integral part of one fleet. The
rattle of their cables through the
hawser pipes was drowned by the
tumult of cheering, and forthwith
the American admiral dispatched a
cablegram to Washington, whose la
comic, businesslike brevity alone did
justice to what may prove the most
significant message of history:
ARRIVED as per schedule" it said.
The Reason for
Merging the Fleets
This linking of the two navies
may need an explanation. 1t may
be asked Git will be asked, if
know anything of the takers in
this wary: Could not the American
fleet cooperate in the war without
merging its identity in that of the
British? The answer is this: Vic
tory in modern naval warfare de-
mands more than mere cooperation
between allied squadrons. Navies
hight otherwise than armies, whose
generals can meet and confer even
during the crisis of battle. Squad
rons working in unity afloat re-
quire one controlling intellect, one
source of orders and information.
one pair of shoulders and one only
to take the burden of final response
bility.
Hence, to the sure shield of civili-
cation and the Allied cause has been
added formidable buckler. The
Grand Fleet has had grated onto
its side new rib and stout one.
1t must be realized, however, that
a common speech between the ma
tions does not necessarily mean that
their respective navies talk in the
same tongue. The system of sig
mailing in the American feet, the
New-York tribune., 1918-06-09

, showing how aware it is, perhaps,
was the most graceful imaginable.
For a few days it visited one of the
fleets more southerly bases, and the
ships companies were given leave to
visit a great town. Six thousand
five hundred men availed themselves
of this permission. They were
greeted by the inhabitants with an
enthusiasm that might we'll have
thrown a staider and older set OF
men Off their balance. The tradi-
tional British methods of extending
hospitality were thrust upon these
youngsters fresh from a long and
arduous voyage. 1t might have re-
suited in a tanasha that would have
made the memory of Mafeking night
seem like temperance revival by
comparison.
Yet when these six thousand FIVE
hundred men returned to their ships
end the bonds Of discipline nine only
we're slightly under the influence of
liquor-ninc, all told.
Apropos of this visit, it may be
added that it occurred at Christmas
time. Now, the flagship of the
American squadron is, I believe,
known in the United States as the
"Christmas ship" Americans are all
probably familiar with the origin of
this name, but for the benefit Of my
own countrymen l must relate the
pretty tradition. Every Christmas
Day this particular ship lies in New
York Harbor; on Christmas Eve
the crew goes ashore into the slums
and the Bowery, and every man in
vites a child to a dinner on board
the following day. The little guests
are carefully chosen. They are the
type of child that would not other
wise eat a Christmas dinner, would
not probably eat dinner at all-the
poorest of the poor from gutter anc
dive and archway. And not only
do these pathetic little guests gel
dinner, but also a suit of clothes, g
toy and a present of money.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-09
The Gracious Custom
Was Not Forgotten

For the first time the Christmas
just passed found the "Christmas
ships" moorings in New York Har-
Dor empty. She was lying at the
base l have referred to, within
reach of great British city. But
the tradition remained the same.
They had forty-eight hours in which
to arrange the whole thing, but they
did it. They added one stipulation
that had not been laid down in New
York. Preference was to be given
in the matter of selection to those
waits whose fathers had laid down
their lives in battle.
Britannia, noting this story, may
remember and echo the words of the
greatest Of all child lovers:
'1nasmuch as ye do it unto the
least of my little ones. :"
To the naval officer a ships per-
sonnel is necessarily an absorbing
study. The human element is one
in which he works and lives,- and,
whatever the development of the
machine, man and his ways af1oat
must ever remain the primary fac
tor in navy's efficiency. 1t goes
without saying that when the per-
sonnel belongs to the ship of an
other nation the interest is largely
charged with curiosity.
attempted to convey something
of this interest to the captain of an
American battleship who was my
host for the day. We were sitting
in his cabin, and the talk had ranged
from the Yukon to Brooklyn yard,
and was what certain weekly
paper would call Mainly About
PeOple."
New-York tribune., 1918-06-09
Six Thousand Men
Welcomed Ashore

Not that this absence of self-con-
sciousness is the outcome of indif-
ference. The American squadron is
keenly alive to the intense obssrva-
ton it is undergoing. Its method Of
New-York tribune., 1918-06-09

scae,r.shs.d. 1918. OTIS :. wsa
The Columbus commercial., 1918-04-21
PLANT FooDsTUFFs AND WIN.

Too much emphasis cannot be laid upon the plant
ng Of adequate food crops in every section Of the coun
try In the South particularly. where the prevailing
cotton prices tempt the farmers, there is every reason
to hope that Germany will And Americas ready to lose
money to win the war.
As is well known, foodstufs annually imported
from other by Southern states for their animals
snd population although the farm lands there raise
the foodsufs for themselves The director Of the rail-
ways has pointed that many be saved il the
South will feed herself and the President himself has
Nppeaed to Southern farmers to plant abundant food
stuffs"
We call attention to our farmers to this fact too In
the hopes that every farmer in this county well
those elsewhere will raise surplus of food stuffs, and
BY that that enough to supply his locality. If
every farmer will plant foodstus first, and other crops
second there will be trouble about the food situation
The winter wheat crop is encouraging the wheat crop
good in prospect and large quantities of potatoes
he planted all the nation Whea and potatoes,
f planted in sufficient quantities will win the
Plant your bit
The Columbus commercial., 1918-04-21
EXHIBIT OF SOME PATRI-
OTTO QUICK BREADS

Perhaps of even more interest to
the Southern housewife, than the
loaves of bread displayed last week,
will be the exhibit of Quick Breads.
In all our batters and doughs, wheat
has been given a too prominent
place. From the standpoint of COM
position and food value, we may
consider the cereals as interchange
able. However, if we wish to be
exact, we may call attention to the
fact that corn and oats are both
higher in food value than wheat,
while some others are lower Even
as a breakfast food for either adults
or children, wheat has no advantage,
except from the standpoint of flavor.
At the present time with the limited
amount of wheat available wheat
cereals should be eliminated from
the breakfast menu.
The members of the Hoover Class
are learning to do their part in saw
ing wheat and are exhibiting some
Quick Breads this week in window
ht Pope & Smiths. In order to
export wheat flour to our soldiers
and our Allies, other cereals must
be used by us in making our breads.
Biscuit may be prepared from a
mixture Of wheat and other substi-
tutes, using either one cup of substi-
tue and two of flour, or equal parts
of wheat substitute and flour. Still
greater substitution is possible in
mixtures which contain egg, as mut
fins and griddle cakes. In some of
these, other materials may be substi-
tuted entirely for the wheat
Breads made from the substitutes
are palatable, nutritious, and even
more healthful than breads made of
white flour alone and if they are
well made it is no hardship whatever
to eat such breads.
The Columbus commercial., 1918-04-21
THE SCARCITY OF SHIPS.

Secretary of War Baker, who returned last week
from the battle fields of France states thai his stay
abroad has convinced him of the fact that the niel
States has gigantic task before her in supplying both
and supplies to help defeat the Kasers forces
nd that he expects to enter upon his work with renewed
energy and increased yigor.
There are plenty of available in this country,
While most supplies be easily obtained and the most
serious problem confronting this country is the Difficult
ty which is being experienced in securing ships. The
number of vessels turned out during the three months
ending April /, was large the War Department
expected but the Shipping Board has speeded up its
gran and hoped that a considerable numh Of new
vessels soon win be ready for launching.
The Columbus commercial., 1918-04-21
q o q q q q q o o o O
LUKE. M'LUkE SAYS
Birmingham Age-Herald.

birmingham ABe-nerhlu.
q q {, @ q o q o o q o o . Q o o o
Isn't it funny that the man who
has nerve enough to whip eight men
his own size hasn't nerve enugh TO
tell the truth to his wife who isn't
half his size?
A woman caters as much to her
figure and complexion as man does
to his appetite. And that is catering
some.
When daughter orders a hammock
for the porch she doesn't use the
phone. She goes to the store and
gees to it that the hammock is built
so il will carry double.
A homely young woman shouldn't
get discouraged. II she takes good
care of herself she may live to be
a pretty old one.
Some people are kept busy dodg
ing trouble and others act as if they
were afraid there wouldn't be enough
trouble to go around.
We do not know much. But we
do know that the only husbands who
are not thenpecked are the ones who
admit that they are henpecked.
Everyone else in the house gets a
lot of care and attention when an
ache of a pain comes along. But
mother never gets any attention until
she is too sick to appreciate it.
About two months from now the
big league teams at the bottom or
the list will be overworking the Jinx
alibi. We have often wondered how
big league teams ever managed to
lose game twenty years ago when
the Jnx had not yet been invented.
Isn't it funny how you can always
tell when man is talking to a wo.
man over the telephone?
Poiteness doesn't cost anything,
they say. But, just the same, it is
Just as we'll to close your messages
with: "Your Sincere Friend and Most
Humble and Obedent Servant"
when you are sending telegram to
some one a thousand miles away.
A dutiful wife is one who makes
the best Of bad Job and pretends
to KEEP on loving her husband when
she knows she doesn't.
Matrimony is an awful gamble foi
the reason that many q girl whc
/. looks like Heaven and acts like the
other place when you get her.
1t is none of our business. Bu
we'll bet that there isn't much wrong
with the vision iof man who uses {
/, monocle when he wants to read any
thing.
A sick man is so impatient tina
after he has taken four doses of
. prescription and isn't able to get Vi
| out of bed he is willing to bet tha
all the druggist put in the bottle wa
. water.
at is more blessed to give tha
to receive" said the street car cor
ductor as he passed a plugged nickt
on passenger.
The Columbus commercial., 1918-04-21

Lenine seems to be wrathy over
the japanese landing in Siberia, and
Washington realizes that the propo-
sition must be handled with care.
We think the Presidents advice on
the Rolsheviki problem ought to
have been followed by the japanese
and British in toto.
The Columbus commercial., 1918-04-21
First Baptist Church.

Rev. T. L. Holcomb, Pastor.
Sunday School, $50 a. m
Preaching II a, m, 1880 p. m.
Prayer meeting, Wednesday, 1880
}. m.
The Columbus commercial., 1918-04-21
Palestine Veuetatlon.

Some Of the vegetation of Palestine
is plainly listed in the Scriptures, thus:
"Go forth unto the mount, and fetch
olive branches, and pine branches and
myrtle branches" This found In Nehe-
miah 7:l5.
The Columbus commercial., 1918-04-21

DEEMS IT USELESS.

DEEMS Ir USELESS
OF all wise men alive today,
The prince is Mike Mcqueen
He's never tried to find way
To rout the submarine.
na Ma ka M Ea
Charles NJ. Schwab, who was recently named d.
rector general Of the United States Shipping Board has
announced that he is willing to- tender his resignation
president of the Bethlehem Steel Company and devote
his entire time to managing the affairs Of the Emergen
cy Fleet Corporation Mr.. Schwab is generally recog
try and if any speed up the shpbuding program
hes the man to turn the trick.
sa No. M ~ a
Camp Shelby visited by a severe storm last
tuesday night, Private Vaughn Deekman. of Marion,
nd having been killed and score Of other soldiers
having been injured. 1t looks like great pity that old
Boreas should have visited his fury upon these brave
lads who entirely willing to risk their lives; but
if physically injury had to rome would have rather
had it inflicted by German bullets than by windstorm
m h ka 2 R
Press dispatches state that cripples in Germany are
being forced to go to the battle fields In civil life il
considered cowardy to attack who are physically
unsound; but is respector of persons and the
halt and the lame who face the fire of the eneny ex
The dangers as those to which their more ro
bust comrades are exposed.
@ S &c wa sa
In speech recently delivered at FL Paso, Texas
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo declared his beie
that the American flag will day fly over Berlin
and sincerely hope that the prophecy will be veri
fed.
Fa Fz ~ IA IA
witty paragrapher remarks that DR.. Muck
formerly conductor Of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
who recently nterned account of having sprea,
German propaganda, is now a non-conductor
| Nc M M w ~
If you don't invest your money in Liberty bond
now you may be forced to later give to the Kaiser
M M "a ~ N
Have you bought that Liberty bond yet?
The Columbus commercial., 1918-04-21
an EMPTY JAIL.

The fact that the opening of the spring term Of cir
cult court found the local jail empty is source of PRIDE
to our people shows that the statutes are being OBJ
served here and that lawessness practically thing
of the past
Never in the history of the United States has there
heon mora urgent need or lawabdng citizens that at
the nresent time for the country is at war and requires
the very best that is in her True II Is that thefe
ara many who can not 30 battlescarred France to
portcipate actively in the struggle; but not
won on battle fields alone, and those who remain at
home to till the soil, work in factories and engage IN
other useul activities are materially aiding Uncle Sam,
thar efforts being second alone to those of the noble
warriors who are actually in the thick of the fight
It is undoubtedly a fact that stringent prohibition
laws enacted during the recent past by national and state
legislative bodies largely responsible for the autary
condition which now exists not only in Lowndes but in
other counties throughout this and adjacent states
These laws have made it practically impossible for men
Of limited means to obtain liquor and the consequence
Is that many who formerly mbded too freely and got
into trouble with less frequency now lead sober
and industrious lives.
Criminals form alabity instead of asset to any
community and Lowndes county has just to feel
proud Of the fact that her Jail is now empty.
H W. Pa Es Fa
BAND WILL BOOST BONDS.
The magnificent band attached to the Great Lakes
Naval Training Station will be here next Tuesday to
boost the local sale of Liberty Loan bonds and the visit
of the musicians will be made the occasion of the most
osentaous rally that Columbus has staged since activ
ties in behalf of war inaugurated year
ago
The parade which had been arranged to mark the
Inauguration Of the third Liberty Loan campaign or
April had to be called off because Jupiter puvius
in an unpleasant frame Of mind and the coming of the
Naval Station band will afford Coumbians splendic
opportunity to show what they do in the way Of
putting on pageant. Mr. f. c. Chapman, who is dl
rectng the local campaign intends to fully avail him
self Of this opportunity and hopes to stage displa!
that will cause all previous efforts of a similar nature
to pale in comparison.
The parade viii be followed by public speaking
which of the most gifted in this sectio
will make stirring appeals in behalf of the Liberty Loa
bonds and it hoped to make the celebration whic
will reflect credit upon the loyal citizenship of Coum
bus and the surrounding country
The Columbus commercial., 1918-04-21

MIR. W. D. Mysick, of Camp
Beauregard, is visiting his parents in
this city for several days.
The Columbus commercial., 1918-04-21
0 o @ q . d q q o o D u-u u
ANNOUNCEMENTS.


We are authorized to announce
W. w. Magruder, of Stark ille, as
candidate for Congress from this,
the First district. subject To the nc
ton of the Democratic primary.
The Columbus commercial., 1918-04-21

The trouble with the German drive
is that they hold salient; il is like .
very hot potato: too hot 70 have I
Immediate value and likely % burn. |
W.
The Columbia Record says: "We
VIII say this for the CZar and the
Grand Duke, they had better look
ing whiskers than the Bolsheviki."
Mg
We know of some people who are
still keeping their watches on the
old schedule. Why not just make
your plans according to different
hours?
Don't be discouraged about the
war in Europe. The fighting end of
il isn't in your hands. You can do
your part, however, by buying Lib
berty Bond.
We were more than glad when
David Lloyd George took charge in
Great Britain. His manner of car
rying on the war has gratified that
confidence.
President Wilson pledges our en-
tire strength to beating the Kaiser.
The job must be thoroughly done,
or there's no justification for US ever
starting in it.
We would like to see somebody or
ganize q gift campaign to the gov
ernment and pile up billion dollars
as a present to Uncle Sam. We be-
lieve it can be done.
American subs have crossed the
ocean. If it comes to the worse we'll
blockade the German coast, but at
present there is no need Of subs
to make the job complete.
R
Congress will be aked to give fif-
ty millions of dollars for the estab-
lishments to manufacture concrete
ships-fve will be provided for,
three of them in the South!
Although Germany is not yet
alarmed about Russia" the Memphis
Commercial Appeal, reminds her that
"a bear is bear, even when it has
ring in its nose"
/ The landing of the Japs in Siberia
. may complicate the Russian ques.
ton in the opinion Of some people
who think Lenine is under the dom
: ination of the Teutonic elements.
The country is in no spirit to har
Dor German tendencies anywhere
The ehiseling Of names from build
ings in various parts of the countr.
is Indicative of "to be continued"
+ Czernin let the cat out of the bag
about the peace negotiations and ad
mits that the French left the Aus
:. trian representatives, and then trie
to make it appear that the FrencI
sought terms.
AT Utica, New York, 1000 work
men, and the manufacture of Levi
ia machine guns Is halted. These work
men ought to appreciate a free coun
try better-they wouldn't strike !
they were in Germany.
Secretary Baker ought to make an
other appearance before senat
\ committee after his return from Eu
II rope His last statement was 80 in
struetivs and interesting that W
would like another chapter of news
y
/ Since the beginning of the wa
Norway has lost TAG vessels of l.
l01,Sl5 tons, in the destruction o
which SO seamen have lost thei
lives. F'ifty-three other ships ar
| missing with about 700 men o
The Columbus commercial., 1918-04-21

Patronize cur advertisers.
The Columbus commercial., 1918-04-21

For Mayor
d. s. MeCLANAHAN.
Councilman Ward I
B. A. WEAVER.
Councilman Ward 3
l.. A. VAUGHAN.
Councilman Ward 4
<. E. ChAPPELL.
Councilman Ward 5
!. B. LOVE.
The Columbus commercial., 1918-04-21

The only way you can help beat
the Germans is by buying Liberty
Bonds. purchasing War Savings
Stamps, conserving food, and the like.
And. it's easier far than the real
fightine-you should be more than
willing TO share your burden.
The Columbus commercial., 1918-04-21

The Columbia Record says: "We
viii say this for the Czar and the
Grand Duke, they had better look
ing whiskers than the Bolsheviki."
The Columbus commercial., 1918-04-21

The trouble with the German drive
Is that they hold salient; il is like
a very hot potato: TOO hot o have
value and likely % burn.
The Columbus commercial., 1918-04-21

We know of some people who are
still keeping their watches on the
old schedule. Why not just make
your plans according to different
hours?
The Columbus commercial., 1918-04-21

We were more than glad when
David Lloyd George took charge in
Great Britain. His manner of car
rying on the war has gratified that
confidence.
The Columbus commercial., 1918-04-21

Delivered either by carrier or sent through mail
The Columbus commercial., 1918-04-21

Don't be discouraged about the
war in Europe. The fighting end of
ii isn't in your hands. You can do
your part, however, by buying Lib
berty Bond