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The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-30
Chas. Q. Godsey
And 3 Children
Meet Auto Death

Charles Q. Godsey and three chill
dren were killed in an auto wreck
on Christmas night, on the Bristol-to-
Bluff City pike, near Avoca, and in
sight of Mr. Godsey's home. His
three children had been over and
spent Christmas with thend grand
mother at Mendoza, and their father
had met them at Bristol to bring
them home in his car. They started
from Bristol about 8 o'clock for their
home and when nearing their home
on the pike about five miles east of
Bluff City, near the railroad crossing
at Avoca, their car turned upside
down, pinning them al Ito the ground,
where they lay undiscovered until the
next morning. They were all dead,
and, from all appearances, had been
instantly killed. There were some
indications that the two smaller chill
dren may have lived while, but died
during the night from exposure and
injuries.
Mr.. Godsey was one of Sullivan
county's most progressive farmers
and dairymen. Also live church
and Sunday school worker. He was
indeed a leading spirit in the county.
He is survived by his widow and
four children, also three brothers.
His widow was a Bluff City girl, Miss
Blanche Wiles, who was first married
to Capt. ], G. Haun, a prominent rail-
road man, Captain Haun was killed
by an accident about four years ago
on the Mcclellan trestle on the v.
e s. w. railway, while riding small
motor car. He and w. H. Walker
had started from Bluff City to Bristol
in the night, when they came in con-
tact with a dog on the high trestle
three miles from town and only two
miles from where her second husband
met his death. The car was thrown
from the track and both men hurled
to the ground below, where they met
instant death and they, too, were not
discovered until next morning. Mrs.
Hsun was then married to Mr.. Chas.
Q. Godsey, last May, and is now again
left a widow, by this horrible acci-
dent. She has the sympathy of all.
Bluff City Developer.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-30
5,936,5O4 Men Lost
Lives In World War

LONDON, Dec. 3O.-With the issue
of the official figures Of the French
losses in the war, it is possible to ar
rive at the approximate estimate of
the appalling toll of life. The dead,
so far, number 5,936,5O4. The in
dividual national losses in dead thus
far announced are:
British, 7O6,72e; French, 1,O71,-
300; merican, 5S,47S; Russian, 1,7OO,-
600; Austrian, 100000; German, l..
100000.
The total German casualties are
given by the Berlin Vorwaerts as g.
100000, and the Austrian total was
placed at 100000. Serbia in killed,
wounded and prisoners lost 100000
mon
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-30
II Would Be Lying IL | Said | Agreed With
Wilson On All Points, : Premier Clemen-
ceau Declared.
(By The United Press. }

PARIS Dec. 30.I would be lying if said agreed with
President Wilson all points, Premier Cemenceau declared
addressing the chamber of deputies today Mr Wilson's
ideas aren't the those of whose country
devastated four years and which in justice be restored
Premier Cemenceau expressed confidence that the allies would
enter the conferences in the united spirit they
played in war At the conclusion Of his speech the chamber
passed vote of confidence of the Cemenceau
The premier made plain that his intention support
Great Britain the freedom of the question He de-
cared that President Wilson approved Of his attitude this
matter.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-30
German Group Trying to Force Allied Oc-
cupation Of Berlin by Arresting News
paper Men.
(By The United Press. }

BERLIN Dec. 3O.-The German group which favors the
allied occupation Of Berlin political coup plans to force
this BY arresng all American and British newspaper
men in the city Police Prefect Echorn warned today
Echo said the politicians believed the arrest of correspond
en would draw allied troops into Berlin Immediately, thus
probably resulting in the overthrow Of the radicals Conditions
here far from stable yet with the socialists and Sparacde
struggling for power Further disorders with casualties are
reported from Dresden today with 10000 workmen striking
Punderng continues in Hamburg.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-30
HARRISoN-LARUE.

Mr.. and Mrs. D. M. Myers an
nounce the marriage of their daugh-
ter. Nell LaRue, to Rev. William
Henry Harrison, Thursday evening,
December 10th. at $50 o'clock, al
ParrOttsville Tenn.
The ceremony was quietly solemn
ized at the home Of the brides par
ents by DR.. J. w. Perry. Of Norris
town, using the ring service.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-30
American Line Steamship
On Rocks OFF English Coast
(By The United Pres..)

LONDON, Dec 30.-The American line steamship Tena-
does the rocks off the English coast Loyds announced
today The Of passengers has commenced No steamer
by the Of Tnadores is listed Loyds register here
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-30
Asst. Sec. Roosevelt Sailed Today
~ For Great Britain and France
(By The United Press. }

WASHINGTON Dec. 30To demoblize the navys business N
establishment abroad Assistant Secretary Roosevelt left today
for Great Britain and France He plans to be gone about two
months
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-30
America is as Unprepared Today to Take
Care Of Returning Soldiers as She Was
a Year Ago to Expedite Their Depar-
ture."
(By The United Press.)

WASHINGTON, Dec 30.-"America as unprepared today
to take Of the returning soldiers year ago
expedite their departure for France Senator Chamberlain
chairman Of the military committee declared the floor Of
the senate today Senator Chamberlain said General Persh
ngy handling of the magnificent UnIess something
ii done to existing conditions returning soldiers will
make themselves heard and felt" he declared
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-30
Matthias Erzberger Says Germany Will Pay
All Damages Caused In Belgium and
( Northern France.
(By The United Pres..1

AMSTERDAM, Dec. 30.-Mathias Erzberger, chairman Of
the German amistice commission delivered speech in Berlin
in which he said Germany will pay for all damages caused in
Belgium and northern France according dispatch received
here today He said the allies and Germany have agreed
the general question of damages
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-30
American Flag Was Fired Upon
In Street Fighting at Posen
(By The United Press. }

WASHINGTON, Dec 30.-The state department was dis
posed today to consider only street fighting at Posen in which,
according to press reports the American flag fired
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-30
BoIsheviIxi Warships Routed and
Forced Aground by British Ships
lBx The United Pres. }

BERLIN Dec S0Britsh sailors and Esthonan troops ef-
1eced landing near Narva dispatch from Hengfors
ported today On Thursday adves said the British routed
and forced aground boshevih warshps which were sheng
Wuf island.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-30
An American Food Delegate Due
To Arrive In Austria in Few Davs
(By The United Press }

COPENHAGEN, Dec. 30--An American food delegate is
enroute to Austria and due to arrive in few days. Vienna
dispatch reported today American foodstus are already be-
ing sent from France toAustria the dispatch said,
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-09

before her-an extension-aladder. 1T
wabbled and quivered before the win
dow and then slowly the ends settled
against the ledge. She looked down,
and there he was-the Thanksgiving
his way up, inch by inch, thru a
shroud of yellow flames and blacknses.
In a few moments he would be at
the window and she would be saved.
A dense cloud reached out, enveloped
the ladder and blotted out the fireman
from sight. When it rolled away there
was Dan on the ladder-faltering. AS
she watched he shook his head. point
ed at the flames above him and slow
ly began to descend. Verna' tainted.
The next sensation she experienced
was one of being jolted. She OPEN
ed her eyes and discovered she was
in a street car which was humping
swiftly over the rails. She was half
reclining on a seat-and she was the
only passenger.
There was a step in the aisle and
she saw a bedraggled figure in a blue
uniform standing over her. It was
Ben.
How'd I get here?" was her first
question after a silent moment OF con-
temptation and wonder.
IT put you there" he responded
simply. I'm taking you home as fast
as I can. My machine Che laughed
dryly) was stopped by the fire. I saw
you at the window and went after
YOU" e~es-.st,
She took a long breath of RELIEF: or
to get her lungs full of air or some
thing. Then she noticed that about
his forehead was a bloody handker-
| chief that his cap could not entirely
conceal.
''where'd you get that blood?" she
demanded, shuddering.
He fumbled with his transfer
punch.
at wasn't much of a hurt" he said.
"altho it did bleed a lot. You see l
was able to reach you by running the
elevator, which found standing open.
There was a regular blanket of fire
| in the shaft, but I guess the soaking
I got from a hose when I made the
| run for the building helped to keep
me from burning up. I got the blood
when Irammed my head into the iron
gate at the fourth landing, thinking
it was open. The blow sorta dazed
| me, but 1 managed to open the gate,
picked you up in the office and beat
| it back down the elevator with you.
| I bet I made an awful dent in that
gate. My head feels like 1t had busted
right thru the iron"
verna reached up and clasped one
/ of his hands.
Ben" she sad. "do you know you
| have all the qualifications of a regu-
lar hero?"
| copyright, 1918 by the Mcclure News
| paper Sypdicate.)
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-09

The test of country's ability to re-
cover from the war and to regain a
state of prosperity, is in its capacity to
produce a flow of goods for trade and
TO supply the wants of the population.
II is not a question of how much mon
ey has been expended on the war or
the size of the national debt. It is a
question Of production. How much
grain, meat, fruits, cotton, wool, coal.
oil and factory products are coming
to the markets? What is the avail
able amount of machine power? What
is the state of the Industrial organ
ization and what is the banking pow
or? If the facilities of production and
distribution are as great as ever, there
10 no real obstacle in the way of pros
perity.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-09
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BIZ ROY X. NoULToN

An Unpopular Song.
The good kind friends all gathered at the
And they gathered there just for to say
And tie M relatives all stood around quite
And the sorrow in their hearts no man
Then the hero came and climbed into the
Pullman.
When he had kissed the women folks
And they waved their handkerchiefs as
But the tears they were a-brimming N
each eye.
Farewell" they cried. The train sped
The relatives ali trembied a. in fear.
The hero sobbed and took a chew Of Spear
He was going to the north woods to hunt
deer.
Tho plowman who used to wearily
wend his homeward way, now does
it on a lizzie tractor.
And over here we are worrying
about the freedom of the freeze.
Sir-I have been trying to raise
hens. but I can't make any money out
OF them. What shall do?-J. w.
Write to Mr.. McAdoo and have the
government take them over.
When they say nowadays that a SOL
der has Joined the great majority,
they do not mean he has died. They
mean he has got married.
Ken Roberts lunches US that the
government has just issued pamphlets
on the subject of 'Brachyceratops-A
Ceratopsian Dinosaur." which may in
some quarters be regarded as a waste
of white paper. He adds that he does
not believe more than q half a dozen
of our 02,326.309 Inhabitants would
suffer any particular mental anguish
if the pamphlets didn't arrive on time
In the mail. Another opportunity for
economy. ....
They have got down to the point
where thye can charge the public for
everything except balloon ascensions.
Our Elevator Man Says:
When a man marries his troubles
are all over. Yes. all over the place.
The young lady who wants to catch
an aviator for a husband should try
flypaper. III
One thing that is pretty hard to step
on is lady's skirt.
believe Herbert Hoover should
really be called secretary OF the in
terror.
No man is a hero to his valet for no
hero ever has one.' 49, l. 49, -55.
Alligator meat, makes a good sub
stitute for beef and 1t Is almost as
hard to get.
The new German government has
appointed a minister of marine. That
guy will have a soft snap with no
ocean.
Everything is cut down on account
OF the war except the holes in the
Swiss cheese.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-09
GLOBE SIGHTS
From the Atchison Globe.1

Very few people do good uncon.
sciously. ~
Not much has been or is invented
It is discovered.
Politeness will never become com.
mon enough to become monotonoua.
What has become of the old-fash.
ioned daughter who took mothers ad.
vice?
An Atchiscn man Is so much of n
microbe that many people think he
started the flu.
II a farmer is good enough at fig
ures he can make every ~bushel OF
corn cost him more than II sells for.
Having a good time occasionally in
a good deal like taking a drink occa.
sionally. You can expect the habit to
grow on you.
How very respectable th2 oldfash.
ioned kissing games were, compared
to some of the doings and carrying
on now days.
The only lasting impressions that
can be made on some men are made
by bricks. Henc. the Lord saw to it
that bricks were invented.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-09

1t is apparent that there is to be
no sudden and violent slump in prices
snywhere along the line. Those who
Gre holding off from making pur-
ehases or starting improvements, in
fhe hope of lower costs may as well
Recognize this fact. The world needs
too much Of food and almost every
thing else, including machinery and
Building material, to admit of any con-
siderable reduction in cost for long
time to come A lessening OF demand
many tend to reduce prices to a small
degree, but the people cannot do with
cut essentials always. Our old clothes
will not last forever. Increases in pop
ulation must be housed. Expanding
business must have room. Those who
DO not wait probably in the long run
will fare better than those who do.
business and progress encounter 30
many obstacles that there should be
no hesitation in removing those the
existence of which are unnecessary.
Let the wheels revolve.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-09

A billion dollaSs worth of meat and
dairy products will be the export rec
ord of the year ending with the pres
ent month. This total. according to q
compilation by the National City bank
of New York. is not only double that
of the highest war record year, but is
actually four times as much as in any
year prior to the war. And this enor-
nous total when measured by val
ues cannot be looked upon as merely
the result of high prices. The guam
tity of fresh beef will aggregate 450.-
600. 900 lbs, as against little over
200. 100000 in 1917, and an annual
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-09
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The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-09

The worm has not turned, not yet,
but that 1t has begun to wriggle may
be inferred by the following from
Conner Davies's paper: 1.-The govern
ment has paid 100000 for the rent
Of a famous hotel at Paris and has
arranged for another of the finest
mansions in Versailles for the accom-
mediation of the delegates to the peace
conference and their encourage. This
morning we received six communica-
tions from Washington for publication
free OF charge, as a patriotic duty. OF
course we'll keep on printing this
stuff, as all newspaper folks have been
doing for a couple of years. and we'll
wear last winters underclothes SO as
to save money to buy war stamps to
help the government, but really we
hope they won't spend it foolishly."
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-09
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
By MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: For three
years I have been engaged to the
same boy. We have loved each other
dearly and never disagreed or quar-
relied until lately. He was in the
first draft age, but for some reason
did not have to go to war. 1 have
askd him repeatedly to tell me why
he was not called, and he has refused
to explain.
Finally I said that il he would not
tell me he could consider our en-
gagement had better be broken.
I have not seen him since that
night and am heart-broken. / think
he owed me an explanation. don't
you? What can I do to find out why
he stayed out OF the war and yet win
him back? HEART-BROKEN.
You were absolutely right in de-
manding an explanation. Cniess he
is physically fit you do not want to
marry him. 1t is not at all unrea-
sonable for you to ask for an ex-
planation, and you should not con-
slider marrying him unless he gives
you one.
You gave him your ultimatum and
now let him go unless he meets your
terms
Dear Mrs Thompson: Is it proper
for an engaged girl to let her boy
friend come to see her every night in
the week. s. B. ].
Every night in the week is too
often for a girl to let her fiance call
upon her. One or two evenings q
week are enough.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-09


sans wheat flour and sans everything
else that is supposed to make a good
cake. Nanny listened to it scowl-
ingly.
"'That ERE aint no recipe, It's a
prescription declared the nanny
when she couldn't hold in her disgust
any longer"
Mrs. William Hardness of the Long
assisting in the Y. M c. A. work at
the navy yard. Recently when act
ing as postmistress she came to know
that in some parts of this country
Mr." is sometimes more than a mere
form of polite address. One rosy
sailor asked for his own mail and for
any letters addressed to his friend,
John Cab. Mrs. Harkness found a let
ter SO addressed and handed it over.
The sailor hesitated
'This amt for john" he said at
length.
Its addressed to him." said Mrs.
Harkness. isn't that the name?"
Still the sailor held back.
Yes" he said finally, but it amt
for John. 1t says Mister and he
"Your husband seems very fond of
golf"
Eyes. I guess it's because it's the
only irritation he has discovered in
which he has all outdoors to express
his feelings"
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-09
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds OF men in
Americas Fighting Service

The secretary of the navy has COM
mended Leslie Mccormick Barrett,
seaman, U. S. N. r. F.. for his prompt
and daring response to a call for as
sistance on the afternoon of August
10, 1918
Barrett. who was engaged in work
on the dock at the naval station at
Key West, Florida. upon hearing a
cali for help from a diving party en-
deavoring to clear the propeller Of the
q. S. 8. Perry of a target, quickly and
voluntarily responded, and after vigor-
Gus and unusual efforts. succeeded in
releasing the diver from his entangle-
ments and brought him to the surface.
Barrett enrolled March IA. 1918.
His mother. Mrs. Mary Louise Barrett,
lives at Harbor View, Tampa, Florida
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-09

The German crown prince says the
war was lost at the first Battle of the
Marne In 1914. But the Huns did not
acknowledge that they were whipped
until after the second Battle of the
Marne in 1918. The beginning of the
end came for them when Pershing's
marines went in at Chateau Thierry.
It is related that every shot fired by
q marine got a Hun. The crown
princes men had not been accustomed
to that kind of shooting and could not
proceed against it.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-09

average of less than 2o,0o0:oo0 lbs. a
year in the period Immediately pre-
ceding the war. Pork products also
show a new high record in quantities
as well as'in valtfes. The total guam
tity of bacon exported in the ten
months ending with October, 1913,
was 906.000.000 lbs. against a former
high record of 593.Q0o.0oO lbs. in the
full calendar year 1915. Hams and
shoulders exported in the ten months
ending with October, 1918. were 47S.-
900. 900 lbs, against 243,o00.000 in the
full calendar year 1917.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-09
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Keeping Up With Hubby.-1.
BY DOROTHY

Fifteen years age, when they were
married. they were a poor young cou-
pie with scarcely a penny with which
to bless themselves. They went to
live in little two-by-four flat, and
the husband worked early and late,
and the wife did her own cooking,
washing and sewing and scrimped on
every nickel s
I The young husband had brains, and
energy, and ambition, and in fifteen,
years Of pushing hard work he has
made his way from Grub street to
the sunny side of Easy street. Today
he is at the head of his own busi-
ness, . comparatively rich man. and
is making money with both fists. In
a few more years he will be q very
rich man.
This mans childhood was hard and
stunted by poverty. His boyhood and
early youth were filled with struggle
and strain. with strenuous effort and
self denial. Now that his efforts have
borne fruit, he naturally wishes to eat
of it. He wishes to live luxuriously, to
have a beautiful home. to wear good
clothes, to have a good motor. car. to
eat good food. to travel and do the
things that he has always wanted to
do all of his life.
He loves his wife dearly. He appre-
ciates to the fullest all the help she
gave him in their early married life,
ana ne wants TO OreSS ner DeautlIully,
and for her to go about with him and
have a good time, too. But while the
husband has expanded with his pros
perity to meet his new life, the wife
| has still stayed spiritually and men,
| tally back in the little two-by-four
flat in which they started.
So far the husband has given in to
his little piker wife and has stayed
| put by the dull little family radiator
| of an evening. But he is getting very
| restless, and those who are watching
this little domestic tragedy In the max
ing are wondering how long 1t will be
| before he will break away and find
| some other woman who will help him
get some fun out of his money by
spending 1t.
| When he discovers the lady twill
break his wife's heart, and she will
tell him how she has slaved for him.
and saved for him, and will consider
| herself a martyr, but, in reality, she
! will be the ore who IL to blame for
the catastrophe because her husband
tried to take her along with him into
! pleasant pastures, and she refused to
| go9
| She is so stupid that she cannot see
| that a man has to have playmate
as well as a workmate. and that II a
wife will not play with her husband he
| is very apt to find some other woman
who will. Also, she is SO ignorant
| OF life that she does not know that
man always spends his money on some
woman, and that IL his wife will not
let him spend 1t on her. some other
woman will.