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The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
WINS GLORY IN
FIGHT At FISHES
HUN SOLDIERS HAYoNETTEp OR
cLUHsED TO DEATH sY
PERsHINo's BOYS.
FIGHT IN cITYs STREETS
During Terrific Battle Prussian Guards
Stand BY Guns in Fruitless ct.
fort to Stop Victorious
Americans.

Paris-Both flanks of the German
forces between Rheims and Scissors
appear to have been turned.
The town of Fismes, Germany's greet
storehouse on the Aisne- Marine battle
front, has been taken by the French
and American troops, according to the
French official communication The
French also have crossed the Vesle at
several points.
The Americans covered themselves
with glory in the handtohand fighting
in the streets of Fismes, when they
captured that German base.
The fighting is said to have been
the bitterest OF the whole war, the
Prussian guards asking no quarter and
being bayonetted or dubbed to death
as they stood by their machine guns.
Allied forces in pursuit of the Ger
mans have passed through yeritabls
charnel houses, strewn with the debris
Of war. Bodies of men and horses are
mingled with broken down vehicles
alongside the monster ammunition
dumps, some partially exploded and
others intact. Bodies of Germans
found in clusters beyond the range Of
the allied artillery, indicate that Sc
we're punishment was inflicted on the
fleeing columns by the French, Amer.
lean and British aviators.
Paris.-The allied pursuit of the Ger
mans continues and latest reports are
that only few enemy troops remain
south Of the river Vesle. French pa
trolls have crossed the Velse at Ba-
zoches and Jonchery, west and east of
Fisms, respectively.
Allied troops hold the entire south
ern bank Of the Vesle between Fismes
and Rheims. Stubborn resistance was
| made by Prussian and Bavarian guards
between Muizon and Champigny, but
they were forced back, suffering heavy
| losses.
With the French Army in France
German resistance along the banks OF
the Ainse and Vesle rivers is growing
more stubborn. Allied patrols. which
have crossed these rivers. have met
with the sternest resistance.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
OUTPUT Or COAL !.
SHORT Or NEEDS.
PRODUCTION Is BEHIND SEIZED
uLE, SAYS THE GOVERN.
MENT REPORT.
WEEKLY RECORD DECREASES
Miners Must Show Increase for Every
Week If Current Needs Are to
BE Provided For--Anthra-
cite supply Gains.

Washington. 1.-The output of bitmui.
nous coal In the United States de.
clined approximately IL per cent during
the week of July u, according to re-
ports received by the United States
geological survey. The output for the
coal year to date Is about $4,000, 600
net tons short of the country's re.
quirements, The production Qnclud.
Ing Ignite and coal made into coke)
for the week is estimated at 1892, 00O
net tons, decrease compared with
the week preceding of $4,000 net
tons, but an increase over the CORE
spending week of 1917 of 1,471 900 net
tons, or 10 per cent.
The average daily production is esti
mated at 2.134,000 net tons, as against
2,164,O00 net tons during the week Of
July TO- and as compared with 1889,
900 tons during the week of July ~
1917,
This weeks output is per cent be
NA'Aa ehC dNOidSC WOchly output re-
CURED during the remainder of the
summer months to make up the deficit
to date.
Anthracite shipments increased
slightly during the week, the tota
movement amounting to 40,942 car
loads. as against 4O,664 carloads dur
ing the previous week.
During the week July 20 the bi
luminous mines produced IS per CEN
of the present full-tine output, the
losses in production being distributed
as follows; Car shortage, 81 per cent;
labor shortage, including strikes, A.
per cent; mine disability, Az per cent;
no market, / per cent. All Other
causes, IL per cent.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
RUSS STAY 700 GERMANS
klev Explosion That Claimed Field
Marshal ven Eichorn Only Start,
Social Revolutlonists Say.

London.-The terrorist campaign
against the Germans of the Russian
Social Revolutionists of the Left in
cludes an explosion at Kiev which re-
suited in the death of 700 German SOL
dlers, in addition to the murder Of
Field Marshal Won Eichhorn, the Co
penhagen correspondent Of the Daily
Mail quotes leading member of the
party as saying.
A number of anti-German crimes,
the Social Revolutionist said, was go.
Munition works at Odessa, Kharkov
and elsewhere have been blown up.
TN the near future still grayer
events will occur The Social Revolu-
tionJsts are prepared to continue the
struggle with Germany to the last
man." the correspondent was In
formed.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
FINAL CAPTURE OF
SERVICES BY YANKs
AMERICANS PROVE THEMSELVES
MASTERS OF CELEBRATED
II PRussiAN GUARD.
IN HAND. HAND FIGHTING
The Fierce Uproar of Guns Gives Place
to a Strange Silence az Anerl-
cans orapple With
the Huns.

London-It was a day of sheer,
bard. in.and-out fighting ON the Amer.
lean front, telegraphs Reuters CORE
spondent on the front north of the
Marne, He says that the final capture
OF Seringes by the Americans was an
especially oreditable achievement
After the Americans took the vii.
lage, the Germans made no infantry
attack on the place, but kept up
| constant artillery and machine gun
fire to drive them out. This contin.
ued all day and toward evening the
enemy seemed to think that the spirit
OF the defenders might possibly be
bfokeh and then they began to emerge
from the Nesles forest In way that
seemed to forecast fresh attempt to
take the village. OF the fighting
which ensued the correspondent
writes:
THE Americana, after three days Of
to-and-fro fighting through villages
had learned subtlety and were deter,
mined to have real fight to finish.
They consequently withdrew as If re.
firing from Seringes and the Germans
crept down from the high ground con.
ginced they had their opponents beat
Cd. Additional German troops came
pouring in until the town was occu.
pied as II never had been before.
But as the new occupants began to
organize their defenses they found
that bullets appeared to be coming in
from three sides Of the village and
wasn't long before they discovered
that the Americans, while withdraw
Ing from the front of the town, had
commenced an enoircling movement
on both sides. thus forming a ring al
most completely around 1t.
Then came tragic fighting, The
Prussian guard had voted not to sur
render and their opponents were just
as anxious to see the thing through.
It was an affair of small arms, but the
Americans proved to be better shots
and picked off men here and there.
"Then the Americans began to adj
vance, while slowly their encircling
ring closed about the village. AS the
ring drew closer and the defenders
saw their doom approaching, they re.
doubled their fire, but still the Ameri-
cans came on unfalteringly like a
storm or unavoidable stroke OF fate.
when the Americans reached the
precincts Of the village their fire
ceased, and with one wild yell they
closed with the foe. The fierce up
roar suddenly gave place to strange
silence as man grappled with man,
Only the clash of steel on steel and
groans OF the stricken could be heard.
THE issue was never In doubt for
an instant. At this kind Of fighting
the American Is more than equal to
any Prussian guardsman, and in lit
tie more than ten minutes all was over
Except for a few German prisoners
, every German in the village had
) breathed his last. Such was the final
| cantura of Seringes nv Americans.1
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09

With Americans on Aisne- Marine
Front.-The American troops pushed
forward their lines at certain points
on the center of the scissors
salient, Notwithstanding the resistance
Of the Germans, who did not give
ground on some sectors until they
had been shot from their positions.
The Germans are desperately cling
Ing to their strongholds at Nesles and
in the Bots Meuniere, northeast of
Roncheres, but the Americans have
gained hold on the northern edge Of
The Meuinere wood Nesles forest Is
ander range of American heavy guns.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
TAKE $500 HUNS; 1873 GUNS
Enemy Meets Second Great Defeat
Driven in Confusion Beyond Line
of the Vesle.

Washington. ~ Our troops have
taken Fismes by assault and hold the
south bank of the Vesle in this see
tion," says General Pershing's COM
munique covering the fighting as re-
ceived by the war department.
Allied troops in the Aisne- Marine
salient repeated "the full fruits of vic
tory, when the enemy, who met his
second great defeat on the Marine, was
driven in confusion beyond the line of
the Vesle."
American troops alone have cap
tured $500 prisoners and 1873 guns.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
FRENCH HOLD 70 BRIDGES.

With the Americans on the Ourcq.--
A dozen bridges across the Aisne near
Scissors are in French possession. A
score of others are under allied gun
fire.
Advancing east of Scissors, the
French reached Venizel at daybreak
and continued to make progress
throughout the day.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
Allied Eorees al Archanass.

KandaIaska, Russia. - american
troops participated in the landing tof
the allied forces at Archangel. a 10
first detachment Of the ilser eAal
forces included members 81 aus.
sian Officers league. -.
The participation OF the Americans
in the landing has been greeted en-.
Enthusiastically in Northern Russia. Ths
people consider that the United States
is absolutely without selfish interests
% regards Russia and look upon the
Americans as a guarantee of the
frisndlineses Of allies toward Russia,
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
ARREST GERMAN SUSPECT.
Had Wireless and High Flagpole en-
New Jersey Farm. II,

New York.---Bruno Opperman. q Ger.
man, was arrested on his farm near
Englishtown, N j., and brought here
by agents of the department Of Justice
as dangerous enemy alien. A wire'
less outfit and high flag pole which
could have keen used for aerials, was
said to have been found on the place.
He was sent to jail pending investiga.
ton.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
SAY HUNGER STONE VISIBLE.

According to Popular Belief II Pre-
diets Famine In Germany.
Amsterdam--The famous hunger
stone" In the river Elbe near Tetschen,
which, according to popular belief In
Germany, predicts famine when seen,
Is now visible for the first time since
the big war started. The big stone
lies in the bed Of the river and has
never been visible save at an excep.
tionally low tide. On the stone is
chiseled in old German: When 70
see me, We will weep."
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
AMERICANS SWIM THE OURCQ

With the Americans on the Ourcq.--
American troops fought their way
northward, fording and swimming the
Ourcq. It was the only way. every
bridge being under German shell fire.
I'VE got across all right said a
young lieutenant from Des Moines, Ia.
Don't worry about food or ammuni-
ton. We have captured enough from
the Germans in the way of rations, ma
chine guns and cartridge belts to keep
US going for quite while"
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
Roberts majority. 9.Sss.

Memphis.-Without skipping a min.
ute Of the appointed time. the skip-stop
system went into effect on the lines OF
the Memphis Street Railway company.
It Is estimated that the skip-stop and
heat regulations in Memphis will save
1900 tons of Coal per year, valued at
32e,25O, on the basis of $3.50 per ton.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
Double Tax on Show Admissions.

Misunderstanding Of the war
axes on admissions to places OF
amusement and on club dues was de.
.ided upon by the house ways and
means committee, considering the
aew $S,00O,0o0O0O war revenue bill
Majority sentiment of the committee
vas said to favor more than doubling
be present taxes on tobacco, but final
lecision was deferred until additional
Information could be had from the
rcasury department, which had rec.
lmmended only twice the present
rice.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
Shot Down Four AeropIanes.

Washington-"On the line of the
vesle brisk artillery fighting is in
progress" General Pershing reported
in his communique received Aug. 5, by
the war department. ION Aug. 3 our
aviators shot down four hostile aero
planes the statement adds.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
u-soAT SINKS scHooNERs.

Are Sent Down just OFF Nova Scotia
Coast.
Halifax, N S-Three American fish
ing schooners were sunk by German
submarines off Seal Island. Yarmouth
County, on the Nova Scotia coast. The
crews landed on the Nova Scotia coast
The commander of one submarine told
an American skipper that he had sunk
other schooners hailing from Boston
and Gloucester. He did not give the
names OF the vessels or mention what
became OF the crews.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
Earl of LichfIeid Found Dead.

London--Thomas Francis Arson,
the third earl Of Lichfield, director Of
the National Provincial bank of Eng
land and the Bank OF Australasia, was
found dead in the grounds OF his es-
tate at Shugborough Park, Stafford,
with gunshot wound In the head.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
TO RETURN SHIPS.
Neutral Ships to Be Returned to Own
ers az Our Ships Increase.

Washington.-Neutral ships taken
over by the American government grad
ually will be returned to the control
of the nations from which they were
taken as the completion of ships by
the emergency fleet corporation les
sens this country's need for foreign
ships, 1t was learned at the war trade
board.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
Army Health Reported Good.

Washington.--The health of soldiers
In the training camps and canton
ments of the United States during the
week ending July rs was characterized
as good in the weekly report issued
by the war department.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
HUNS LOSE IS APPLIANCES.
London Says Four British Machines
Failed to Return.

London.--0n July 81 heavy fighting
took place in the air with the result
that rs enemy machines were brought
down and nine others were driven
down out OF control. Four English
machines failed to return.
Several railways, including those at
Cambria and Lille, suffered very heay.
lily. many direct hits being obtained.
Although observation was again diff
ficult, many photographs were taken.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
GERMAN STORES ExP.-cSz.
Defective Quality of Explosives 10
Giver, as the Cause.

Amsterdam number of German
powder stores have recently blown up,
owing to the defective quality of the
explosives, according to the Echo
Beige. In one explosion at Mons SO
Germans were killed, and 100 were
killed when munition train blew up.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
Allies Meet Resistance.

With the French Army In France
German resistance along the banks OF
the Aisne and Vesle rivers is growing
more stubborn. Allied patrols, which
have crossed these rivers, have met
with the sternest resistance
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
FOR LIMITED SERVICE.

Twenty-Five States Called Upon 10
Furnish 5000 Registrars.
Washington. = Twenty-nine states
and the District of Columbia were
called upon by Provost Marshal Cen
eral Crowder to supply 5000 white
registrants qualified for limited mill
tary training. They entrained Aug.
5 for Syracuse, N. ", recruiting camp.
The quotas by states include: Florida,
so; Georgia. 80; Louisiana, so; Mis-.
sisspiiy, 40; North Carolina, 100;
South Carolina. 40; Tennessee, 100.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
HUGE RIFLE PRODUCTION.
100000 Inspected and Accepted up
to Last of July.

k,UOUiUOU IHspcCtcu dHu HccSPteu w
to Last Of July.
Washington million rifles, in.
GLIDING 100000 Russian pieces, have
been produced. inspected and accepted
up to July a., the ordnance bureau
announced.
Machine gun production fluctuates,
but the total to July ~ ran 96,006, in
Guiding S,428 heavy Brownings and a..
S95 light Brownings. More than 400,.
900 pistols and revolvers have been
passed.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
Noted Woman SICK.

Syracuse, N. Y.--Dr. Mary Walker,
so. dress reformer, is critically Ill at
her home In 0swego. For years she
wore trousers, frock coat and mans
hat
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
WITHDRAWN AT ALBERT.
Berlin Claims It Was Effected With
out Opposition.

Berlin.-(Via London) THE Ger
mans on both sides of Albert have re-
treated from the western to the east
ern bank Of the -Ancre river, according
to the German official communication.
The statement says the withdrawal
was made without opposition.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
Mother Receives DECORATION.

Columbus. o.--The mother of Lieut.,
Edward " Rickenbacher, former well
known American automobile racer and
E United States sv'
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
Steel Requirements for Three Months

Steel Requirements Tor Three MONTHS.
Washington. Steel requirements
of the shipping board for the next
three months call for 100000 tons,
an increase Of 100000 tons over the
regular monthly schedule for that pc
Rod. The increase is desired so as
10 provide q reserve Of l.sss. oVo tons
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
EpIdemlo 81 spanIsh crlnpe,

Paris.--Repor.s from Switzerland
s'e epidemic Of Spanish grippe In
has grown to alarming
s're families have
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
CHINA WILL SEND TROOPS.

800, o0o, 900 Appropriated to Finance
Regiment to viadivostok.
Pekin, China.-The Chinese govern
ment has appropriated $100,000,0O0 to
finance the sending OF Chinese regi-
ment to Vladivostok. The date of de-
parture OF the regiment is not fixed.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-09
JUDGE ROBERTS RECEIVES MA.
JoRlTY.

The following table gives the ma
iorities In the race for governor b.
tween Roberts and Peay:
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-24
MINE THE SHOT ON
GUN CLUB GROUNDS
Nothing Should Be Allowed to
Go to Waste in These Days
of Conservation.
Waste spells want.


This war has taught us that no mat
ter how inexhaustihle may appear the
supply Of a certain commodity there IL
a bottom somewhere In the barrel, and
II we neglect to conserve our resources
we may go some day to find the barrel
empty,
We are not calamity howlers We
don't want to search for trouble. But
we consider 1t wise 20 call attention TO
the possible shortage Of lead We do
not have the word ammunition manu-
facturers that there Is, or is likely to
be. a shortage Of lead. However, with
labor scarce and growing scarceE with
freight embargoes frequent and with
the war a factor in everything that Is
being done nowadays shortage in
lead might come unawares
Because of this possibility, we feel
1t duty to call the attention of trap
shooting clubs 10 the waste that is
permitted by them, Perhaps it has not
occurred to you, but it is q fact thta In
the earth, some 100 yards distant from
the traps, there is veritable gold mine
in lead Actually tons Of it may be
buried in the ground before the traps.
If a club has shot at the same place
any length of time,
1t is not a difficult matter to have IT
mined. Any progressive dealer in lead
viii grab at the opportunity. II one will
point out to him how 1t may be done
and how rich win be the yield One
large club puts hundreds Of dollars in
its treasury by having the lead remov-
ed annually,
But it is rot the money though we
may hazard a guess that every trap
shooting organization can use hun
dred or so. II is the recovery of the
lead. which may be used by the com
panies loading shotgun shells, that
makes the waste Of the shot serious.
Every gun club should investigate
this subject and, II possible, make ar
rangements for the mining of the shot
on its grounds
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-24
SEATS or MY CHILDHOOD


How dear to my heart are the eats OF
my childhood,
The mush and the milk that my in.
fancy knew,
The berries we picked In the deep
tangled wildwood
The fish that we hooked in the mill
race and blue:
The bright speckled sunfish, the clear
sparkling white fish.
The broad mouthed. sleek catfish we
caught in the flue.
Then think of the scrapple, and sau-
sage, for fair nils
When autumn time came and the hogs
had been slain;
The chitlins and sweet breads. the
cracklins and spare ribs,
| wish these old dishes were set up
again;
Those sweetbreads for fair nibs, and
sausage and spare ribs.
l wish those same dishes would come
back again.
Pies, home made from 'taters. and
pumpkins, and mince meat;
There's none like them these days NO
matter where found,
The jams an preserves have not now
that old time sweet.
They had in my childhood when mother
was round;
The pies from potatoes and pumpkins
aud mince meat,
Those good old-time sweet meats. that
mother passed round.
Harry A. Cook. Veterinary Corps
0sth u. S. f. A.
Patronize our advertisers.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-24
A Letter From Jim of
Hdq. Co. Specialists
School To His
Brother Bill

July H. 1913.
My Dear Jim:
Well I got my first pass last Saturday,
and now dip my pen into the fluid made
famous by Stafford to tell you just how
spent my first afternoon away from
camp. After dolling up, l had to HAVE
a Jitney, which took me into the city OF
Augusta for two bits. Down here, autos
are not parked the way they are in our
town. The driver of our jltney had to
PARKER with the front facing the side
FRANKLY speakin, was not very
much impressed with the town. Unlike
our home town, in which most Of the
homes in the residential section are Of
BROWN STONE homes are mostly
frame. In the negro section. IT is just
case Of one wooden SHACK after an
other BY the way. it may interest you
as real estate man, that land values are
very low here, compared to our town.
The PRICE Of an ACRE would just about
buy a square foot in our town. Nor would
a PLOT NICK your bankroll for very
much
The main thoroughfare in Augusta is
known as Broad street spent most Of
the afternoon walking along this street
hopping the perspiration from my BRQW
and drinking Near Beer and WEIGH S
grape juice, Near the lower end Of this
street, they have the Confederate Monu-
ment. II is q beautiful piece Of sculp-
ture. and for many moments | stood be-
fore it. in MUTH admiration, with my
mind on such noted characters Of South
ern history as JACKSON. LEE and 9TH
ers in honor Of whom il had been erected.
The character Of the Inhabitants Of Au-
gusta contrasts fayorably with that Of our
home town, where one in every ten Is
PAGAN and where the talOns of the
DRAGON of Iniquity are eFerlastugly
stretched forth. in an effort to lead youth
astray. The Inhabitants Of this city are
continually HOLDING dances and enter
tainments for the boys Of our camp,
On my way back to camp. the car came
to a sudden stop at the Camp Station,
and 7 suffered a FALL. Luckily I was
not HOYT much brushed the sMUDGE
from my clothing and walked back 70 my
quarters unassisfed. Wen, every ROSE
has it's THORNS,"
When ! got back TO my quarters. ! ate
a fig NEWTON and an ice cream COHEN
and then went TO bed
Best regards 10 all, from
Your brother, BILL.