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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-15
HOG ISLAND WAYS ARE
idle FOR LACK OF STEEL

PHILADELPHIA, May 15.-Twenty
of the rs ways at the Hog Island ship
yards are idle.
The reason is lack of steel.
The United States Steel Corporation,
the Bethlehem mills, and other big
steel producers are failing to furnish
the steel required.
Here Charles M Schwab is finding a
foeman worthy of his steel. The foe
man is the old Giant Delay, and the
steel mills are somehow encourag-
ing the giant.
Since Mr.. Schwab took charge of
the shipbuilding activities of the coun-
try there have been sgns of greater
speed at Hog Island, but only three
keels are being laid in two weeks
period, instead of five in same length
of time, as contemplated in the pro-
gram.
There is plenty of labor The fed
eral employment bureau has been
sending 900 workers day to Hog Isl
and, and could send three times as
many without interfering with other
industries. Four thousand men were
sent form one section of Ohio.
Can Schwab get the steel?" is the
question of the day at Hog Island, and
$4,000 workers in the employ of the
American International Shipbuilding
Co. are among those who hope he
can.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-15

Farlow back on her chair; with the
other she thrust at her the half fin
ished bandage. Her tone as grim as
her face, she spoke, and again the
sound Of 1t was like hail pattering on
slate. you're not thinking of your
son." she said. You're just thinking
of yourselfp'
There was a murmur of remon-
STRANGE. Mrs. Britt heard 1t, and she
flashed a look about her. But when
she spoke again it was to Mrs. Farlow
she spoke.
Think of Your Son.
You're not the only mother In this
war;" she said. IF you thought lit
tie more about them and a little less
about yourself you'd be doing some
thing. You'd be helping your son, for
one thing!"
"Why, what do you mean?" gasped
Mrs. Farlow.
Mrs. Britt smiled another adamant,
Icy smile.
Your son wouldn't die for want of
care. Any one of those bandages I've
seen you ruin might save his life Any
one Of them might save the life of
some other mothers son !"
Mrs Farl0w shrank as if she had
been struck. She'd never thought of 1t
that way before.
The silence, the grim reserve, which
had cloaked Mrs Britt seemed for a
moment to quit her. 81 have no son."
she said, her fiinty voice biting out the
words. 81 had one, but he died at
Guantanamo. 1t was in the Spanish
war;" snapped Mrs Britt, land there
were no understanding. That's
why he died. That's why I'm here
now It's to keep other women-moth-
ers-from becoming the sort of woman
1 am" A harsh, brittle laugh escaped
her. ooh, / know what you think of
me. I've heard what you said. Well"
said Mrs Britt, my son wouldn't have
died like that maybe IL hadn't sat
around smiling and snuffiing. never
doing thing"
Then, her lips drawn into a bony
smile, she glanced about her once
more and stalked back to her place in
the corner.
That night Mrs. Farlow rose from
her place at the bandage table and
sought the table at the back. For the
first time that day Mrs. Farlow had
managed to create half dozen band
ages, none Of which had to be thrown
away. Timidly she held out hand to
the drab, dingy figure in the corner.
T-rve done better today" she said
timidly.
Mrs. Britt looked up at her. Out of
the corner of one CLASSY eye something
welIed, then fell, running slowly down
her cheek.
"He was only twenty. He was all I
had" said Mrs Britt.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-15
The Maker of Bandages
Red Cross Workers Solve in One Minute the
Mystery of the Stony Hearted
Mrs. Britt.
By MAMMALIAN FOSTER
OF the VialIantes.

His picture was in the loeket she
wore. Every half hour she would stop
her work to look at it. Sometimes, her
face wistful, she would show it to the
other workers. voicing the anguish that
with every waking breath she drew
twanged hollowly in her mothers heart.
One afternoon Mrs. Farlow's oldest
daughter came hurrying in. Her face
was white She had just learned that
the Rainbow division had been ordered
overseas.
Mrs Farlow rose, her face tragic.
One glance she gave about her, then
she collapsed, sinking to the floor. In
her fall she overturned huge pile of
antiseptic gauze just torn into squares
for Triangulars No. 10.
The room instantly was In cOnfu-
sion. Instantly every one sprang to
the mothers aid-that is, every one
but Mrs. Britt. She rose and rescued
the bandages under foot. Then, her
face hard as nails, grlmly Mrs. Britt
went back to her work. When Mrs.
Farlow, still stricken, was led away to
her car outside the drab figure in the
corner was plugging away as mechan-
ically and methodically as ever. The
one glance she threw over her shout
der at the weeping woman was almost
contemptuOus.
A hard woman, Mrs. Britt; heart
less one, too, it was agreed.
For days nothing was seen at the
auxiliary of Mrs. Farlow. It was I'M
derstood that in her grief and appre-
hension she was i'll In bed. Then one
afternoon, pallid and quIvering, she
came in at the door, She smiled visit
fully when the others gathered about
her. LET me work." she appealed
plaintively. work may help me not
to think"
Her 6andages Worthless.
She took a bandage and tried to
sew. She made poor work of 1t, how
ever. Then her head sank on her
breast and the bandage slipped from
her hands. 81 can't-oh, can't" she
wept.
Once more she was led away.
The same thing happened three or
four days later. A week later the
mother wandered In again. BY now
the first of the troops were In the
trenches, and her pale. transparent
face was like a wraith's. She took a
bandage; she tried to sew, and for
third time Mrs. Farlow gave In.
"Oh, my boy, my bOyl !" she walled.
The next instant a face was thrust
into hers. The face was Mrs. Britts,
and the hard. bony visage was CULVER
ing with Ill concealed anger and con-
tempt.
"Sit down. Stop I'll" said Mrs.
Britt With one hand she thrust Mrs.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-15

A diamond is not the hardest thing
in the world. A diamond will cut
glass and bore through case hardened,
tempered chrome steel, but glass and
steel-the diamond itself toO-are soft
compared to some things. The hardest
thing in the world is hard woman.
Mrs. Britt was such a woman.
have seen hard women In my time,
but never one who was harder. She
smiled seldom, and when she smiled it
was like the glitter of ice. She spoke
infrequently, and when she spoke her
speech was the tinkle of hail on slate
roofing. She did not look as If she had
ever wept in her life.
Every morning Mrs. Britt appeared
at the Red Cross auxiliary in upper
Broadway. She was the first to arrive
in the morning, the last to leave at
night. No one knew much about her,
though. She was not the sort that
make condolences. But that she was
worker-a hard worker-no one would
dispute. Efficiency, as you'd suppose
was a trait of Mrs. Britt's.
Are Efficient Women Hard2
Efflciency-dreadful word that How
often hard women are efficient F! How
often efficient woman are hard She
was both. Mrs. Britt. The moment she
came in at the door she had her hat
and Jacket off. The next instant she
was at her place, her mouth set, grim,
austere and hard-hard at work. PROB
ably she did her work only from sense
of duty. Hard women always profess
that trait. Duty, duty But, then,
few women are as hard as Mrs. Britt
In contrast to her was Mrs. Fariow.
She was soft and womanly and gentle
the exact opposite, She was not
very efficient, of course, though she
tried. Day after day Mrs. Farlow sat
at the work table, her mouth culver
ing. smiling wistfully, the tears starting
in her eyes. The bandages that came
from her were often soiled and rum
pied, poorly sewn, too, Dy her poor I'LL
tie trembling fingers. 1t was a Won
der she could even see to sew at all.
Again and again what she turned In
had to be thrown away.
But no one reprlmanded her. No one
even let fall a hint that she was more
Of a burden than a help. The hearts
of all those women ached with woman
" pity for the poor, stricken mother.
once in awhile, though, in her corner
at the back of the room Mrs Britt
would turn around and throw a glance
at her. The glance was as hard as
rockszharder, in fact.
Mrs. Farlow had son in the Rain
bow division. The son was the Oldest
of her four children, and until he went
away the little mother had been the
htppiest woman In the world. Now any
dav he might be ordered Oft to France.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-15
YOU ARE INVITED TO
HUNT OUT TRAITORS

WASHINGTON, May 15.-Every Cit
izen may act as a volunteer detective
to assist government officers in ferret
ing out persons suspected of disloyal
actions or utterances, Attorney Gen
arel Gregory says in a statement is
sued todaq.
United States Attorney have been
told to cooperate with newspapers IN
their districts so that public notice
0an be given of the nearest offices OF
attorneys of the Bureau of Investiga-
ton, to which citizens may refer In
formation that they think will be
valuable in running down suspicious
persons.
"The district attorneys are instruct
ed to make it clear" says the attorney
general, that complaints of even the
most informal or confidential nature
are always welcome, and that cltI-
zens should feel free to bring their
information or suspicious to the at
tention of the nearest representative
of the department. of justice, or. II
that is not conveniet, Communicate with
the department at Washington"
Hundreds of letters are received
daily by the department from persons
who believe they discover evidence
of disloyalty. Although only a small
part of the information proves of
value the department considers the
system of sufficient worth to warrant
its extension
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-15

To The Voters of The Southwestern
Judicial Circuit:
hereby announce my candidacy
for the Office of Solicitor General for
the remainder OF the unexpired term
of the late Hon. J. R. Williams, the
election to take place in the Septem-
Der primaries.
l have been filling by appointment
the first part of said term and am
now asking to be permitted TO
serve the remaining two years there
of. If elected I shall give to the Office
the same conscientious and painstak-
ing attention that l have heretofore
given it, and shall sincerely appre-
ciate the endorsement and support OF
the people of this circuit, Respect
fully JOHN A. FORT
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-15

To the voter of the Southwestern
Judicial Circuit:
/ beg leave to announce my candi-
dacy for Office of Solicitor General, in
September primary.
If elected shall perform. with cour-
age and fidelity the duties fixed by
law upon the holder of this office.
My conception is that there can be
such policy of its administration, as
that the office will stand as menace
to wrong-doing, and as well, posi-
tive aid and encouragement 20 con-
structive good and peace to the coun-
ties of the circuit
Every effort will be made to make
practical realization of this concep-
ton
Opportunity for extended service is
the strongest reason for this decision.
viii sincerely appreciate and try
hard to justify any confidence an In
terest shown in my race.
Respectfully,
JULIE FELTON,.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-15
Brazil To REMAIN
As ALLY To END

SAC PAULO, May M5y 15.-"Brazil
will follow the course of the United
States to the end of the war. The
change will not altar our policy OF
backing up the leadership of the United
States in the most friendly and gen
timely way"
The speaker was President ELECT
Rodriguez Alves, who will return To
the presidential chair of Brazil for the
second time on November II, In
most convincing manner and without
equivocation, the next executive in
an interview Thursday, the first he
has given since his election, outlined
his war policy about which speculation
has been rife.
1.-THE course of the United States
during the war crisis stirs my personal
pride that during my previous admin
stration from 1903 to 1916, with
Senior Rio Branca as foreign secre-
tary. we gave much attention to pro-
noting the closest relationship with
Alves.
the United Press said President
Alves. by raising our Washington
legation to the rank of embassy, and
promoting the second Fan-American
congress, we so manifested our re-
gard that Brazil was honored with
a visit from that other great states
men, Elihu Root, who like President
Wilson, greatly advanced South Am
erican understanding and appreciation
of the high purposes of the United
States. For stronger reasons the
same policy will be followed during
the second administration. Our main
foreign policy will be eliminate pre-
JUDGES and suspicious between all
American countries just as the occas~
ion of Mr.. Roots memorable visit to
Brazil, 1 personally and heartily en-
dorsed extension of the trip to the
other great Southern republics.
Il repeat that this will continue to
be the basis of Brazil's international
policy. Meanwhile we recognize that
by the enormity of her sacrifices and
her unselfish contribution to de-
mocrary in the present trouble, the
United States in the opinion of the
Brazilians. has earned the right OF
voicing and interpreting the sentl-
ments of the western republic to pro-
mote unity of purpose and mutual con-
fidence which are most essential to
the common good of all.
"Then you prefer Pan-Amerlcanism
to the policy of LatinAmericanism?
the president-elect was asked.
Enthusiastically stands for Pan-Am-'
ericanism," he replied, having been
for years in closest sympathy with
the United States and seemingly have
understood the Washington policy bet
ter than some others have. Brazil has
all the territory she desires and she
covets nothing of her neighbors.
Naturally she recognizes that the
United States is equally endowed ana
equally .uncovetous Brazil has new
er taken seriously the myth that the
United States is ambitious for terri
torial acquisition"
speaking for Brazil only, Pan-Am-
ericanism is the most sensible policy
The resourcefulness and financial
strength of the United States offer
much that we need after the war On
the other hand the developments OF
Brazils natural wealth ofers much
to the United States.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-15
ANNOUNCEMENTS

To the Voters of the Southwestern
Judicial Circuit:
l hereby announce my candidacy
for election to the Office of solicitor
general of the Southwestern judicial
circuit, subject to the Democratic pri-
mary, to be held on the second We'd
nesday in September.
l will appreciate your support, and,
If elected. / promise to discharge the
duties of this Office with fidelity and to
the best of my ability.
Respectfully,
TACK CHILDERS.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-15

To The People of the Southwestern
Judicial Circuit:
/ respectfully announce myself a
candidate for the Office Of Solicitor
General of the Southwestern circuit
in the coming state primary. l prom
ise. If elected. to perform the duties of
the ONCE, to the best OF my ability, and
In strict accord with the obligations
imposed by law upon the holder OF
this responsible position.
/ will greatly appreciate the support
of the people of this circuit in the com
ing primary. G. Y. HARRELL.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-08-23

under a fixed plan. Every one In the
corps will receive proper credit for
service rendered. and ample medical
attention will be assured for all re-
quiring it. There will be four tenta-
tive classes. consisting Of fit-to-tight
men under forty, reserves under fifty
five; home forces over tifty-fire. and
ineligibles. Reserves may be called
on occasion for army. navy. public
health and civilian service. to the home
forces belong those able to perform
only civilian service"
Service OF members OF the corps
will be called and rendered In re-
spouse to requests from the central
governing board, in which the man.
agement of the corps will be vested.
state boards will appoint executive
committees to receive applications for
enrolment in the corps and will make
recommendations concerning them to
the central governing board.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-08-23
FROM PRINCE TO PAuPER
Present Condition of Msxieo's Forme
Cattle King.

Each evening at sunset, says an
FL Paso correspondent. an old man
with silver white hair and a snowy
beard may be seen walking around
the plaza taking his daily exercise
with his two body guards.
He is Gen. Luis Tcrrazas, octogen-
arian exile from Mexico. who lost Hir-
tually all his great fortune in the
revolution of Madero and Villa and
now is forced by political conditions
| in the country to live on the borded.
When the Madero revolution started
in 1911 Don Luis" was known rs the
cattle king of Mexico. His herds
numbered more than 100000 and had
-razcd ON n thousand hills and plains
of Northern Mexico. His estates
stretched from the Rio Grande 10
Chihuahua city and he could ride for
twenty four hours by train over ms
own acres, which then numbered more
than u million.
From his offices in the state capi-
/ tai. Gen. Terrazas governed this vast
cattle empire. conducted bank ana
many other Industries connected win
his cattle business. He and his large
family lived in luxury in the marble
palace on the Alamada or at Quinta
Carolina, his summer home on the
plains. Train after train of cattle
arrived at the border from the Terra
zas ranches.
His annual export averaged 25.OOo
head. and the "T-Running-S brand
was rs well known at the Chicago,
Kansas City and Fort Worth stock
yards as 1t was in Mexico. The Ter
raZas holdings were estimated TO be
worth $4,000 900 (gold) but were not
for sale at any price.
Now Gen. Terrazas and his family
live in a rented house on Golden Hill.
He rides to his office in an old auto
mobile and buys his groceries from
cash-and-carry store,
The revolutionists under Madero,
Orozco and other leaders killed the
Tcrrazas cattle for food. burned his
ranch buildings and looted his stores
and warehouses. Then Francisco
Villa, acting as commander in the
north for Gen. Carra.nza, issued de-
cree contiscating all of the TerraZas
holdings, including the herds, lands
and personal property. Gen Ter
r.,zas was forced to flee from Mexico
before Villas advance on Chihuahua
cit, from Juarez. He made the long
trek to the border at Ojinaga with
the fleeing Federal column. He never
returned to Mexico.
July % last, Gen. Terrazas cele-
bratcd his eighty-ninth birthday an
nivcrsary. surrounded by his ten
sons. scventy-five grandchildren and
many more relatives. He maintains
an office downtown, where he attends
to his private business daily and
keeps in close touch with cattle and
| market conditions.
II Is his dream to be permitted to
return to his native land with sufti-
cient guarantees to allow him to he
gin over again to re-establish the
Terrazas fortune,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-08-23
vances by the Germans We lost 103
huildinpS"

vances by the Germans We lost lO3
buildings"
A beloved" gentleman from Ten
nessee, We are told, best personifies
the spirit Of the clergymen doing Y.
NJ. c. A. work in France:
He has a rowing commission.
From end to end Of the battle line he
moves. writing letters for the soldiers,
buying presents for sweethearts lefI
back here in America, and doing o
thousand and one other helpful things
for the boys. Not infrcquently has he
spent an hour in Paris store buy
ing silk stockings in accordance with
instructions from his young friends on
the battle line. There isn't a " hut
that doesn't know him and very few
in which he is known by any other
name than Preacher Bill"
Another newcomer from the fight
ing area puts the matter in such
way as to imply that more imagina-
ton on the part Of the stay-at- t-homcs
would reflect greater credit to their
in the country to live on the border.
intelligence and afford greater in
spirltion TO the boys fighting for us.
Mr.. Raymond Fosdick. chairman OF
the commission OF training camp ac-
tivitirs OF the war department, writes
in the New York Times:
Il saw our troops storm Naux on
July /: | saw the marines holding
the line at Chateau Thierry carly In
June. and | have seen the conditions
under which our fellows habitually
live in the trenches at the front.
Somehow. after what 1 have seen.
Eayc not much patience with those
,s.ollr back home who fret about the
morals of our army. For in big
sense. our fellows are living on a
planc such as men seldom attain. In
loint of devotion. unselfishness. cheer
under hardship, a sense OF honor, and
a spirit OF fortitude and courage,
they make the people who piously
condemn their morals back home
look small and mean.
Even in the narrowest interpreta-
ton OF the word. we have little cause
TO worry about the morals of our men.
The official statistics show that the
ycncrcal disease rate In the American
evolutionary forces Is less than l
DER cent. This is better than the con-
ditions here in the camps at home
and it is infinitely smaller than the
prevailing disease rate in the civilian
population Of the United States. As
far ~ drunkenness is concerned,
SAW thousands of American troops
under all conditions, both at the front
and in the rear, and / did not sec a
single man intoxicated.
Il do not want to give the impress
sion that our men with the American
Expcditionary forces are saints
they are not. They are human fcl-
lows, and even when out of the
trenches are living life of which we
Americans back home can well he
proud. . The question IL whether
we are worthy of them"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-08-23
Nachrichten from Stockholm. by v
NJ ,oforIono

Nachrichten from Stockholm. by VIZ
Of Amsterdam. z
The dispatch. which is dated Az
gust II. says:
Last Monday 5000 Entente troope
reinforced by 5000 Russians. assem-
bled at Archangel and the same nig4
the order was given to proceed soutn
eastward. Three thousand Russlan
embarked on IL river steamers an
a number Of barges towed by tus4
the destination Of which was kotlae
on the Dvina river. The remaind
of the troops marched along the ArcHs
angel -Vologda railway with orders
halt at Trusanovskaya, 20 miles souts
Of Archangel. q
THE fiotilla was first fred upol
from both river banks near kakuta'
kaya, and a half-mile further on eE
countered a barricade OF sunken boa
which impeded further progress. Herr
the. troops were compelled to lang
to await fresh orders.
NOT ulu tHe iduu troopS iSdSh ''Ty
goal. They encountered their first re.
sistance by the Soviet troops at ting
point where the log river bisects ting
railway. The Entente forces halted
here. This movement seemed a feint
and the main operation apparently u
on the Dvina river.
Monday night there arrived al
Solombolsk near Archangel, four
transports from which an American
contingent was transferred directly
to barges in the mouth Of the river
without touching at Archangel.
Admiral Kemp (British) on Mon
day issued a proclamation to the Rus
SLAMS saying that the Moscow rulers
had betrayed Russia to the kaiser
who now was sending troops to de-
stroy the liberty gained by the ex-
penditure of so much blood"