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Treasurer's Office.

IreaSuTorS UIuce.
We, the committee appointed to ex
anime the books of the county treasur
er, find them to be in a most excel
lent condition.
G. W. WALTERS,
w. M. HUMBER,
J. B. CLARK.
County Farm.
Your committee to investigate coun
ty farms, find Mr. Collum in charge;
two Tenant house; colored in
mates, about 100 acres in grain; one
and one half acres in potatoes; one
and one half acres in garden, grain
laid turned ready for crop of hay;
all necessary assortment of implements,
such as binders, hay rakes, harrows,
hay press, eight acres in corn We
regard the farm as a valuable asset
to the county.
Respectfully submitted,
S. A RODGERS, Chairman.
]. w. MURRAY,
T. j. FRAZIER.
Tax Receivers Office.
We, the committee appointed to ex
anime the Tax Receivers books, find
they are neatly and CORRECTLY kept, as
far as we had time to investigate
Respectfully submitted,
J. B. CLARK, Chairman
T. B. WOOLRIDGE,
G W. MONTGOMERY.
County Schools.
We, the committee appointed to in
spect the books and records of the
Continued on Page 6.)
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great changes that ara taking place
among Christians all over the world,
They are forgetting their differences
and all sects are coming together as
one. You look down on American mis-
sionaries, but don't forget that It is
the best element in America that sup
ports their work, especially their edu-
cational institutions. Americans are
not mere materialists, always chasing
money-they are broadly humanitarian,
and Interested in the spread OF justice
and civilization throughout the world.
After this war is over you Will race
a new situation, You say that, II vic
torious, YOU can defy the world, u you
are wrong. You will have to meet pub
lie opinion everywhere, especially ~
the United States. our people will
never forget these massacres, They viii
always resent tho wholesale d~estruc-
ton of Christians in Turkey. They will
look upon II as nothing but wilful muir
der and will seriously condemn all the
men who are responsible for It. You
will not be able to protect yourself
under your political status say that
you acted as minister Of the interior
and not as Talaat, You are defying
all ideas OF Justice as we understand
the torn In our country"
Strangely enough, these remarks did
| not offend Talaat. but they did not
shake his determination. I might MS
| well have been talking to a stone wall
From my distractions he Immediately
| came down to something definite.
ITO BE C~ontinued.)
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ADJUSTMENTS
Loew's Lyceum.

Film patrons found especial delight
in Cecil De Miles production of "The
Squaw Man. which is the feature film
on the bill being offered for the first
four days of the week at Loew's Ly-
ceum.
The cast includes 10 stars of the film
world and even those who saw tho
stage production a few years ago, de-
clare the film presentation adds to the
absorbing interest of this unusual story.
Cecil De mile has given his best arts
try TO The Squaw Man." and no bet
ter cast was ever assembled than that
with which this picture is provided.
The bill is a popular type, one ap-
propriate for the holidays. Music and
comedy are predominant, with Corbett,
Sheppard and Dunn leading. These
three songsters put over a number Of
popular songs n make an instant hit
with their audiences.
Finn and Finn. two Southern singers,
are excellent entertainers in blackface
with a new line of comedy.
Miss Olive May in a revue OF songs
adds a touch of femininity to the bill,
and the Four Casters are sensational in
aerial feats.
, Loew's News weekly and a comedy
reel complete a bill that is happily
chosen for the Yuletide.
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HOROSCOPE
TUESDAY, DEC. 81. 1918.

Copyright, 1918, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
Mercury rises strongly for good to-
day n Venus is in benefic aspect,
according to astrology.
The last day OF the year brings a
hopeful augury for the future and
ends a twelvemonth more eventfuI
than any hat will come for four
decades, when there may be again an
upheaval that brings world changes.
Warming is given hat there may
be a seeming restriction of business
and decrease of average incomes, but
this will not be serious and will sim
ply prepare for great stimulation in
industry,
New occupations and new methods
of carrying On old occupations viii
mark 1919,
Education which will focus atten-
ton win be brought to all according
to government guidance that will
benefit women as we'll as men.
On this day letters are subject tc
the best possible rule of the stars. l,
is an especially suspicious government
for love messages,
Leases or contracts made during this
configuration will be most lucky, as
the tendency will be toward long ten
ure n general success or satisfaction
Housing comes under a planetary
sway, making Tor many reforms
Great problems will be met in many
cities of this country as well as Eu-
rope.
Honors for newspaper writer's are
f~oreshadowed and these will include
important appointments in foreign
service, the seers declare.
one of the distinctive features OF
life in the new year will be a changed
attitude toward labor with the hands
This will assume a dignity not hither-
to accorded to manual work,
This is an extraordinarily lucky
day for weddings and all entertainments
of II social character, as the stars are
held to give an access of buoyancy and
gayety.
Progress in all branches. of artistic
]endeaVor is presaged by the stars. MI
SIC and drama will be provided at little
cost, if the stars are read Alright.
Congress has the forecast of much
activity in which sharp contests or dis.
cussions will mark debates. A young
nan will gain fame through leadership
in a national movement.
Persons whose birthdate 1t is have
the augury of a busy year that will
be successful if care Is exercised il
the promotion of personal interests.
Children born III this day are likely
to be unusually clever. These subject;
Of Capricorn are generally prosperou,
and are favorites with both men anC
/ women.
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CONTINUED from previous issue.)


The martyrdom Of the Greeks there
fore COMPRISED two periods, that ante
dating the war and that which began
in the early part OF 1915. The first
affected the Greeks living on the sea
coast OF Asia Minor. The second az
fected those living in Thrace and In
the territories surrounding the sea OF
Marmora, the Dandanelles. the Bospo-
rus and the Of the Black sea,
These latter, to the extent Of several
hundred thousand, were sent to the in
terror Of Asia Minor. The Turks adopt
ed almost identically the same pro-
cedure against the Greeks as that
which they had adopted against the
Armenians. They began by incorpo-
rating the Greeks into the Ottoman
army and then Transforming them into
labor battalions, using them TO build
roads in the Caucasus n other scenes
OF action. These Greek soldiers, just
like the Armenians, died by thousands
from cold, hunger n other pTiNattons,
The same house-to-house searches for
hidden weapons took place in the Greek
Villages. and Greek men and women
were beaten and tortured Just as were
their fellow Armenians. The Greeks
lad TO submit to the same forced requi-
sitions, which amounted in their case,
as in the case Of the Armenians, mere
ly to plundering on a wholesale scale.
IHS 1uThs ATTEMPTED " lNiNt Aht bitth
subjects to become Mohammedans;
Greek girls, just like Armenian girls,
were stolen and taken to Turkish ha-
rems and Greek boys were kidnapped
and placed In Moslem households, The
Greeks, just like the Armcnians, were
accused Of d~isloyalty to the Ottoman
government; the Turks accused them
OF furnishing supplies to the English
submarines in the Marmora and also
OF acting as spies. The Turks also
declared that the Greeks were not loyal
10 the ottoman government, and that
they also looked forward to the day
when the Greeks inside Of Turkey
would become part Of Greece. These
latter charges were unqueStionably true,
that the Greeks, after suffering for five
centuries the most u~nsprakable out
RACES at the hands OF the Turks, should
look longingly TO the day when their
territory should be part Of the father
land, was TO be expected, The Turks,
IS in the case Of the Armeniaus, seized
upon this as an excuse for d violent
onslaught on the whole race, Every
where the Greeks were gathered in
groups and, under the so-culled protec-
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were manifesting In the Armenians. He
explained his policy on the ground that
the Armenians were in constant CORE
Spondence with the Russians, The def
mite conviction which these conversa-
lions left upon my mind was that IA
laat was the most implacable enemy OF
this prosecuted race. He gave me the
impression such Is the entry which |
find in my diary on Aug. 3, that Talaat
Is the one who desires to crush the poor
Armenians." He told me that the un-
ion and progress committee had care
fully considered the matter In all Its
details and that tho policy which was
being pursued was that which they had
officially adopted, He said that | must
| not get the idea that the de~portattons
had been decided Upon hastily; in reali.
ty they were the result Of prolonged and
appeals that he should show" mercy, TO
these people he sometimes responded
seriously. sometimes anErily and some
times flippantly.
''Some day he once said. II will
come and discuss the whole Armenian
subject with you" and then he added
in a low tone in Turkish,
"Rut h day will never come
"Why are YOU SO interested In the
other occasion, You are n Jew, these
people arc Christians. The Mohanlme-
dams and the Jews always get on hSr-
moniously, We are treating the Jews
here all right. What ave YOU to com
plain or? Why can't YOU let us do with
these Christians as We please
| had always remarked that the Turks
look upon practically every question as
a personal matter, yet his point OF
view rather stunned me, However, u
IA a complete revelation Of TURKISH
mentality. the fact that, above all con
| atlArotlDnH nj Fnrn and FNltyinn thNFn
are such things as humanity and ciNili'
cation r"Ner for "A Trnrlent enterS their
mind. They can understand a Christian
tlguung lur a InrlslEtn, a Jew lEhtnG
for a Jew, but such distractions as
Justice and deCency from no part oI
their conception Of things.
You don't seem TO realize" | re-
piled, that | am not here as a Jew
but as American ambassador. M!
country contains something more thar
81, 900, 600 Christians ana something LEST
than 5000. 600 Jews. so, at least in my
ambassadorial capacity. l am 81 pc
cent Christian, But after all that Il
not the point I 10 no, appeal to yol
In the name Of any race or any re
ligion. but merely as n being
You have told me many times tina
you want to make Turkey a part o
the modern progressive world. Thu
way you are treating the Armenian
will not help YOU to realize that am
billion: II puts you IN the class o
backward, r~eactionary peoples,
We treat the Americans all RICH
too" said Taiaat, Il don't see why yo'
should complain"
Pvt Americans are outraged by you
prosecutions Of the Armenians." l re
piled, You must base your principle
on humanitarianisn, not racial dis
elimination, or the United States wi
' not regard you as a friend and Al
} esuaL. And you should understand tn
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-30
CHAPTER XIV
TalaAt Tells Why He "Deports" III
ArmenlanK,

Armenians,
1t was some time before the story Of
the Armenian atrocities reached the
American embassy in all their horrible
details. In January and February fnag-
fmentary reports began to filter In, but
the tendency was at first to regard
them as mere manifestations OF the dis
orders that had prevailed In the Ar
menian provinces for many years. When
the reports came from urumia, both
Enver and TalaAt dismissed them AZ
wild exaggerationa, and when for the
first time We heard Of the disturb
ances at Van. these Turkish officials
declared ina they were nothing more
than a mob uprising which they would
soon have under control. | now see,
what was not apparent In those early
months. that the Turkish government
was determined to keep the news as
long as possible from the outside world.
It was clearly the intention that Europe
and America should hear OF the ami
hilaton OF the Armenian race only at
ter that humiliation had been accom-
plished. As the country which the
Turks particularly wished to keep In
ignorance was the United States, they
resorted to the most shameless prevari-
cation when discussing the situation
with myself INC with my staff,
In early April the authorities arrested
about 200 Armenians In C~onstantiuople
and sent them into the interior. Many
OF those who were then deported were
~educations and social leaders and
men who were prominent in in
dustry and in finance. knew
many OF these men and therefore felt
"a personal interest in their misfortunes
But when / spoke to Talaat about their
expulsion. he replied that the govern
ment was acting in self-defense, The
Armenians AZ Van, he said, had already
shown their abilities as revolutionists,
he knew that these leaders In Con-
stantinople were corresponding with the
russians and he had every reason 10
fear that they would start an insurrec-
ton against the central government
lThe safest plan, therefore, was to send
them to Angora and other interior
towns. TAlaat denied that this was
part of any general concerted scheme
TO rid the city OF its Armenian popula-
tion, and insisted that the Armenian
masses in Constantinople would not bt
disturbed.
But soon the accounts from the In,
terior became more specific and more
disgusting. The withdrawal OF the al,
, lied fleet from the Dardanelles produced
n distinct change in the atmosphere
Until then there were numerous indi
cations that all was not going well II
the Armenian provinces; when II at las
became definitely established, however
that the traditional friends Of Armenia
Great Britain, France and Russia, coul,
do nothing to help that suffering PEG
yle, the mask began 10 disappear. il
April l was suddenly deprived of tn
privilege OF using the cipher for som
municating with American consuls. Tn
most rigorous censorship also was ap
piled to letters. Such measures coul
mean only that things were hsppeninI
ia Asia Minor which the authorize
were determined to conceal, But the
did not succeed. Though all sorts o
impediments we're placed to travelling
certain Americans. chiefly missionaries
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-30
New Lyric.

The long-awaited opening of the le-
climate stage season in Memphis will
find its realization Monday night at
S:15 o'clock, when the curtain goes up
on Common Clay" the attraction
which will formally open the New Lyric
theater, and which will be presented
by the New Lyric players. This cast
OF artists has perfected itself in this
dramatic production by rehearsals dur
ing the past few days and everything
will be in readiness when the doors Of
tine now beautiful theater are opened to
~playgoers. Nothing has been neglected
in making the New Lyric worthy OF
Memphis and patrons of the theater
during the coming weeks will find many
of the best dramatic attractions given
New York produced here at popular
prices and by a cast Of excellence; w;
/. Thorne and Miss Lillian Kimble head
the new mpany everyone OF whom
has been chosen for his ability ana
measure of success in the past.
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WHO'S TO BLAME?
Between a real mother and her child there is always a
sort of Marconi System of the Heart that no
distance can affect
ETHEL LLOYD PATTERSON.

now. He was ~nervously and unCon-
sciously tearing up some pieces of pa
per that were on the top of the barrel
before him. And for a moment, there
was silence. But there was silence only
because the elderly man was so an
moved at his own stupidity. And then:
"Well-of course, you're lonely, my
boyI" said the man. ''Of course you
are. What an awful old party l am,
to he sure! And US having chicken and
layer cake this very night; this very
night-mark you"
"Oh, sir" said Freddie, I'm be
there"
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SAVE THESE HENS,

Healthy, strong. vigorous, alert
and active; good eaters; not melting
or Just beginning to mott in Sep
tember, or October; with large,
moist vents; with large, bright red
combs; thin, pliable pelvic bones,
well spread apart, wide spread be-
tween pelvic bones and rear end OF
keel, and large, soft, pliable abdo-
men, In breeds with yellow skins
and shanks, the hens saved should
also show pale or white shanks, and
pale or white beaks and vents,
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Culling the Flock.
GULL THESE HENS.

Sick, weak, lacking vigor, inact-
to mott, with small, puckered. hard,
dry vents. with small, shriVeled,
hard, dull-coIored combs, with thick
or coarSe stiff pelvic bones, pelvic
bones close together, small spread
between pelvic bones and rear end
Of keel. and fun. hard, small alb
domen, In breeds with yellow skin
and shanks, the discarded hens
should also show yellow or medium
yellow shanks ana yellow beaks
and vents.
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BURGLARS ROB HOME OF
FAMOUS GERMAN POET

BASEL. Switzerland, Dec. So.-Burs-
lars recently entered the former home
of Goethe and carried off a quantity
| of momentoes of the poet.
Goethe's house was built in l7OS
| 1S32. II was b~equeathed to the state
in 1885 by the poets last grandson n
| onened as the Goethe National museum.
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ITALIAN ENVOY TO u. S
VICTIM OF INFLUENZA

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-Major Count
Reno Brusati, a member of the Italian
military mission to the United States,
died here last night of pneumonia, fol-
lowing an attack of influenza.
Major Brusati, who Was IS years old,
was a son of Lieut.. Gen. Roberto Bru-
sati, of the Italian army, and at the
outbreak of the war was military at
tache at the Italian embassy in Lon
don
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Orpheum.

As this week is conceded to be one or
the best in the theatrical season, the
bill HfPt tSoroug ghTif IN Keeping with the holt
day s Gus Edwards will bring
his latest musical offering, a Welcome
Home Song Revue" and will appear IN
the cast. He will be assisted by a com
cent o'Bonreil, the Kid Mccormick;
Beatrice Curtis, Alice Furness and Eric
Zardo. His revue will also serve to in
troduce a number of Edwards new
songs. Others ON the bill are Prosper
and Maret, college athletes. Free
Holmes and Lulu Wells, in IAN Old
Fashioned Bride wilfred Clarke, in a
comedy sketch; Grace De Mar, present,
ing The Eternal Feminine;" Shea and
bowman, in songs and stories from the
trenches, and Leonard Gautier's AMI
mated toy shop.
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BRAZILIAN DIES.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3O.-Capt. Gear
Augusta de Mello, commander Of the
BRAZILIAN battleship Sac Paulo, which.
has been in this harbor for several
months. died in his apartment here or
bronchial pneumonia. capt. de Mello,
who was As years old, had held sew
eral posts of distinction in Brazil
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years ago ana tirSt
won recognition at
the age of twenty
with a vaudeville
sketch which was
produced In Paris,
He was always II
playwright. but hts
plays were all In
verse. and indeed
each one was u
poem.
In this country
Rostand was but
little known utiI
"Cyrano de Berg
\ erac" appeared In
1897. The Juror ere
ated In Europe by
remarkable roman
tic drama was
echoed in this u
try; Mansfield's
production OF ''Cy-
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DAILY HOME HELPS
IA8VNCWN IGGILX s.
BEDTIME' STORY
UNCLE WTGGILY AND THE SOUEAKY DOTT.

them, and the n squeak was Iona
enough for any one. So Won Issru
from this that squeaky shoes have some
use in this world, and If door bell does
not get late for school when it tries
10 wiring out the clothes for the wash
lady, IN tell o next about UncJs
Nlggily and the woodpecker.
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superior strength and vitality, qualities
so essential to layers II they are to
stand up under the severe strain OF
heavy laying, Under war conditions
II is imperative that the poor producers
he weeded out; the Stacker hen must
go. Wedding out the poor hens gives
those left more room and a better
chance. Where trap nesting Is prac-
ticed, culling is a comparatively simple
process.
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rano" was seen and admired by i'm
mense audiences.
"L'Aiglop' and "Chanteler" were both
! produced IN America with Maude Al
ans In the name parts
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Aa'EH
How to Gull.

In going over the entire flock for the
purpose OF culling there are a number
of points or characteristics which should
be given special attention in selecting
the layers from the noutayers Where
the different chara cter1stics or several
Of them in the case OF any individual
agree as indicating good production or
poor production, selection Is compare
lively accurate. Where they do not
agree, judgment must he used in de-
Gliding which should be given the great
est weight. The following are the main
points to consider
Sickness and lack Of vigor are usually
indicated by listlessness, inactivity, ten
dency to stay on or under the roost
| dark or blush color of comb, long toe
nails. snaky or crow head, and the
tendency to SO to roost early in the
evening and to be one OF the last &c
leave the roost in the morning,
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OIL STOVE EXPLODES.

Explosion of an oil stove in the bath
room at the residence of B. S. Dono-
van, 213 Ashland court, Monday morn
ing at / o'clock damaged the place tc
the extent of 800 before the flame,
could be extinguished.
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Because two Japanese are being em-
ployed in the Gait coal mines at Leth-
bridge. Can. United Mine Workers are
threatening to quit work.
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When to Gull.

Culling should be continuous through
cut the year. This continuous culling
should consist of wedding out, when dis
covered, any hen which is sick, which
is very thin or emaciated, or which
shows evidences OF n~onproduction,
weakness. or poo vitality.
The whole flock should also be given
a careful and Systematic culling at some
one time. The hens should be handled
individually and gone over carefully
with the object OF dividing them into
two lots, n the better producers and
the other the poorer producers. From
the better producers 1t Is also desirable
to pick out as many Of the best as will
be needed for breeders. Band or other
wise mark these hens so that eggs
from them only will be saved for hatch
ing. Market those selected as the poor
producers, Save for laying and breeding
those selected as the better producers,
When n single systematic culling Is
made, the best time to do ts%lS Is In
August or September. At this time il
Is easier to form a fairly close esti-
mate OF the relative value of a hen as
nonproducers. Hens which show iudi-
cations of laying at this time are those
which on the average rave been the
better producers for the year 1t must
be remembered, too. tnat the better
producers during the first laying year
are those which will DC the better pro-
ducers in subsequent years. Hens
showing Indications Of having been good
producers throughout the year should
he retained for the mex year regardless
OF their age, but relatively few hens
win prove to be profitable producers
beyond their second laying year II OF
the heavier breeds, such as the Ply
mouth Rock, Rhode Island Red, Wyan-
dotte, or O%rpington, or beyond their
third laying ear ii Of the lighter breeds
such as the Leghorn. Additional GULL
ing during July Is also desirable in
order to eliminate hens which have
started to mott and have stopped lay
| inc
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Copyright, 1918, by the McClur
Newspaper Syndicate,)