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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-11-01
WRIT OF ELECTION.
The State of Mississippi.
EXocntiYe Dent. Jackson

n StaJe OF MISSISSIPPI
,., Executive Dent, Jackson
To the Election Commissioners of
Noxubee County:
Whereas, a vacancy exists in the
Legislature of the State of Mississip-
nj by reason of the resignation of
Hon. T. W. Brame ae Representative
for Noxubee County.
Now therefore, l, Theo G. Bilbo,
Governor of the State of Mississippi
by virtue Of the authority vested in
me by the Constition and Laws of the
State, do issue this my Writ of Elec-
ton commanding you to hold, OF
cause to be held at the several pre-
cincts in the County of Noxubee
Mississippi, on Tuesday the Fifth
day Of November, 1918, an election
for a Representative for NoXubee Of
the State of Mississippi to fill tn,
vacancy caused by the resignation
of the Hon. T. w. Brame and vo,
will in all respects conduct said cleo
ton and make returns thereof in tn,
manner prescribed by the Constitu
ton and Laws and Ordinances now il
force in this state pertaining thereto
In testimony whereof | have here
unto set my hand and caused tn
Great Seal of the State to be affixed
Done at the Capitol in the City o
Jackson this the 18th, day of Octobe
A. D. 1918.
THEO T. BILBO.
BY the Governor
JOS. w. POWER,
Secretary of State.
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The State of Mississippi
County Of Noyubee

County OF NOXuDee
Whereas there is now prevailing
throughout the entire country, anc
in said county and state afroesaif
an %cpidcmicof Spanish Influenza. an
by reason of such epidemic the Stat
Board Of Health of Mississippi al
the various City Boards of Health
have passed an order prohibiting al
public gatherings within said state
and the Bar Of NoXubce County b.
reason Of sickness among its mem
bers, and the officers Of the court
and by reason of said epidemic, hav'
petitioned me, the undersigned Chan
Cellor, to pretermlt the regular De
tober, 1918, Term Of the CHANGER
Court Of Noxubee County, Mississip
pi- and whereas | believe that thu
above and foregoing reasons are goo
and sufficient reasons why said our
should not be holden. and that the
same are good, legal and statutor'
grounds for not holding said court
Now, therefore, I,Albert Y. Wood
ward, Chancellor of the CHANGER
Court of Noxubee County, Mississip
pi, do hereby pretermit said Octobe
1918, Term of the said Court, an
the same will not be holden.
The clerk of this Court will ente,
this order and petition upon the min
utes ofsaid Court, and furnish a cop
Of the same to the local newspaper
for publication and adjourn said
Court according to law in such cases
made and provided.
Ordered adiudged and decrced a
my office in the Town of Louisville
in vacation, this the 10th day of Oc
tober, 1918.
ALBERT Y. WOODWARD
Chnooollu,
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Notice to Dealer, in Convict Supplies.

No. &
Sealed bids are invited TO be filed with the un.
dersigned clerk on or before 2 o'clock p. m. on
Monday, the 9TH Day Of November, 1918
for furnishing supplies for the county convicts
for the month Of August. 1918, to be delivered
At Macon. Brooksville or Shuuuslsk, Miss. to the
Convict Overseer, as called for.
Supplies to be furnished az heretofore.
Contract will be awarded TO the lowest bidder.
The Board reserves the right to reject all bids.
by order of the Board Of Supervisors Of Noxu,
bee County. Mississippi. this 7th day OF Oct.
1918. JNO. A. TYSON, Chan. Clerk
BY JN0. A. TYSON. JR., Dept &C
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the ChAncery Court OF Noxubee Co. Miss.
The Estate Of Ben NJ. Boggess. Deceased
No. All.
Letters Of administration on said estate
having been on the 22nd. day Of October
1918, granted to the undersigned by John
A. Tyson Chancery Clerk Of said County OF
Noxubee.
All persons having claims against said
estate are required to have same porbated
and registered by said clerk within one year
from this date.
A failure for one year 10 probate ant
register any claim will bar the same. mi
22nd day Of October 1918.
MAUD W. BoGGESS,
Administrix Of said Estate
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Registered Durocs.

Have a few choice Duroc pigs,
twelve weeks old, for sale at SIS each
P. H. HUNTER,
-. Macon, Miss.
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Ladies' Coat Suits made new.
$BrLL Passing SHOP.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-25

German patrol boat heard him and
flashed a searchlight. They picked up
Joyce right away, but Barney was
making good Roadway and was almost
free when they dragged him in. They
beat them up on the patrol boat, and
when they put them back on the
Yarrowdale Badewitz beat them up
Then he began to shoot at their feet
with his revolver, and he had a sailor
stand by to hand him another revol-
yer when the first one was empty.
Then he would cash their faces with
the barrel Of the revolver and shout,
"Tm Badewitz. I'm the man who
fooled the English" and shoot at them
some more.
All the while the sailors were cele-
brating, drinking and eating, and yell
ing, as usual, and the whistles on all
the German ships were blowing, and
they were having a great fest. After
about thirty hours we left, being es-
corted by a mine-layer and ! mine
| sweeper. / asked a GermAe garby II
that was the whole German navy, anc
he looked surprised and did no know
1 was kidding him, and said no. Then
I said, $50 the English got all the rest.
did they?" and he handed me n In
the mouth with his bayonet hilt, so I
quit kidding him.
We saw rows and rows Of mines,
and the German sailors pointed out
what they said were II. M. SIS. Lion
and Nomad, but l do not know wheth-
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-25

er they were the same ones that were
in the Jutland battle or not Finally
we landed at ~Swinemunde just as the
bells were ringing the old year out
and the new year in. We were a fine
bunch Of blackbirds to hand the kaiser
for a New Years present, believe me.
They mustered US up on deck, and
each of us got a cup Of water for our
New Years spree. Then we saw we
were in for it. and all hope gone, but
we were glad to be released from u
hole, because we had been prisoners
since December 10-three days on the
Moewe and eighteen on the Yarrow-
dale-and the coal was not any softer
than when we first sat on It.
So we began singing, "Pack up your
troubles in your old kit bag and smile.
boys, smile. What's the use Of worry
ing? It's never worth WHILE" and SO
forth. They made US shut up, but not
before we asked ourselves If we were
d~ownhearted, and everybody yelled
"No! I"
And that Is how we gave our re.
CARDS to Swinemunde.
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Badewitz, who began mauling him be-
fore the sentry even had told his
story. After a while Badewitz quit
pounding the cook, and listened to the
sentry. Then Badewitz said the cook
had put q note In the dixie before he
dropped It, so they beat him up again
and put him in irons. After that they
sent the rest of the cooks back, and
would not let them on deck again.
They had plenty of canned goods and
meat aboard. but they would not give
US any.
Five Of the men were buried at sea
that day. More men were going mad
every minute. and 1t was q terrible
place; pitch dark, grimy, loose coal
underfoot, coal-dusty air to breathe.
body-flth everywhere. Some of the
crazy men howled like dogs. But we
were not as much afraid Of these as
we were of the others who kept still,
but slipped around In the dark with
Jumps Of coal In their hands. We
got so we would not go ear each
other for fear we were running into a
crazy man. Those of us who were
sane collected as near the fiddley as
we could, and we would not let the
others get near us, but showed them
back or SHE'D Jumps of coal at them.
And every once in a while ONE one
Of us would begin to act queer. May
be he would let out a howl suddenly,
without any warning. Or he would
just quit talking and begin to sneak
around. Or he would squat down and
begin to humble. We could not tell
just when a man had begun to lose
his mind. He would seem just like
the rest Of us, because lone Of US was
much better than a beast.
We could not take turns sleeping
and standing watch against the crazy
men, because when we talked about
II, we agreed that none of us could
tell whether or not the sentries would
go crazy while on watch and have the
rest Of US at their mercy. 1t was aw-
full to talk about going crazy in this
way, and to figure that you yourself
might be the next, and that 1t was al
most ure to happen If you did not
get some sleep oon But 1t was worse
to find a man near you going, and have
to boot him out with the other insane
men.
The days passed like that, with
nothing to do but suffer, and starve
and freeze. 1t got colder and colder,
and all we could wrap ourselves in
was the coal. We began to speculate
on where we were. 1t was not till
later than an old skipper in our bunch
told us that we had rounded the north
ern coast Of Iceland.
Finally, one day. a lad yelled down
'Land !" and we all dove for the fid-
dley like wild men, and those who
could get near enough looked out, and
sure enough there vas the coast Of
Norway, very rugged and rocky and
covered with snow. We thought 1t
was all over then, and that we would
be landed at Bergen sure. Then there
was the usual running around and
yelling on deck, and we were not so
sure we would be landed, and very
suddenly 1t got colder than ever.
I was In the iddley. aching to get
out, and ready for anything that
might happen, when the door opened
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CHAPTER XVIII.
"Pack Up Your Troubles"

"Pack Up Your Troubles"
We arrived at Swinemunde, on the
east bank, and after we had had our
drink Of water and had been rousted
back into the bunkers, Badewitz went
across to the west side in q launch
with Joyce and Hill and q guard Of
sailors. They were to be shot the
next morning, with some others, at q
public shooting-fest. The rest Of us
wrapped ourselves in Jumps Of coal as
best we could and tried to sleep.
In the. morning crowds of Germans
came aboard us and were turned
loose on the boxes In the hold. It
was a sight to see them rip of the
covers and gobble the salami and 9TH
err stuff that we carried. Table man.
ners are not needed when there IL no
table. I guess. but II you had seer
them. you would say these Germans
did not even have trough manners. I
have seen hogs that were more I'm
icky.
While they were at It. hand to hand
with the chow, giving and receiving
terrible punishment, we prisoners
were mustered on deck. counted,
kicked onto tugs and transferred to
the west bank, where the mob was
waiting FOR us. My wounds, as you
a imagine. were In q pretty bad
state by this time, and were getting
more painful every minute. so that I
found I was getting ugly and anxious
for a argument. I knew that II I
stayed this way I would probably
never come out alive, for there II
every chance you could want to pick
a quarrel while you are a. prisoner
that will mean freedom for you-but
only the freedom Of going west, which
I was not anxious to try.
When we got a the west bank,
on the tugs, we could e that we were
up against a battle with our arms tied.
Over half the crowd was I'M and
children, I should say. and the rest
were laborsrs and old civvies, and TO
serve soldiers, and roughnecks gen
orally. We could 10 the spit experts
the spit Shippers. deployed to the
front. almost.
To BE CONTINUED,
Fully uine-tenths Of our troubles
W0ul6 vnniah n - didn't talk m youch
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suddenly and Badewitz grabbed me,
and asked me In English IL I was q
Quartermaster. I said yes, and he
pulled me by the arm to a cabin. ]
did not know what was going to hap
pen. but he took an oilskin from the
wall and told me to put 1t on.
There were two sailors there also.
and they put life belts on, and then
4 was more r1zzled than ever. and
scared, too, becanse ! thought maybe
they were gufnig to throw me over
board. though what that had to do
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-25

A Bl6omiAqg idiot lint necessary the
flower Of tho family.
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50 q =: - 6. ..! z ' K; g.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-25

Fully nine-tentAS Of our troubles
weul1 vanish II we didn't talk 90 much.
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1sssrlgsncs N the mother q Drsyisy:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-11
Terrific Onslaught on Germans
Kept Up by Pershing's
Two Armies Until Fin
al Hour.
STILL PURSUING THE FOE
French Continued Their Rout Of En-
emy and British Made Ten Mile
Smash Through Teuton
Lines.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.I
NEW YORK, Nov. 11.-During the
last hours Of fighting on the western
front, previous to the cessation Of hos
tiIities this morning, General Persh-
ing's first and second armies kept up
a terrific onslaught on the Germans.
The latest reports from the field OF
combat showed that the Yankees
drive was on front Of seventy-one
and a half miles between Sedan and
the Moselle.
Fierce German resistance was brok-
en- as the Americans advanced toward
Metz, driving the enemy back three
important stronqholds. Stenay, on the
right bank Of the Meuse, ermenau
court. Marcheville and St. Hilare
were storrned In heavy fighting.
Gourad's army, on the American
left, poured across the meuse on c
wide front between Mezieres and Sc
dan and pursued the foe in his in
creasingiy preoipitate retreat
/ The French astride the eeIsiar
boundary continued their rout Of IN:
enemy. Everywhere Petaln's met
swept forward.
The British army had pract'caI',
gotten out of France, advance forces
having passed the frontier, Field Mar
shall Haig announced.
The outskirts OF the fortress o
Mons had been entered by the British
who were almost within long Gistanc
gun fire of Brussels.
Enormous quantities OF war mate
rails and stores and many railroa
trains which had been abandoned b
the Huns in their mad flight wer
captured by the allies.
In Flanders the British pushed fo
Continued IN page 2.)
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-11

limited Press Leased Wire service.1
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.-The last
hours Of the vigil In Washington
were far from dramatic.
Patchln who had been In touch
with cables day and night since
Thursday, settled down In deep
leather chair In lanslns's private
office for nap.
On the floor below corps Of cable
operators "stood by" but had only
the use Of a single cable wire. They
teIephoned Patchin when the flash
came and he hurried to the press
room shortly afterward.
Patchin was coatIess, burS'ed up
In an old gray sweater. In the press
room of the huge building. where for
many months they have followed the
course Of the war, few men fingered
for the tidings.
All were doing, reading or anus
inu themselves as best they could
during "the watch"
"Get set" said Patchin, dashlng
into the door shortly before three
o'clock this morning.
He paused a moment to see that
every agency was represented.
As men rushed to their telephones
he shouted "the armistiee has been
signed"
! Thus, officially ended, SO far as
America Is concerned, the greatest
war in history.
over a hundred billions of dollars
have been burned, blown and eaten
I'd during its course. Thlrty-three
/ million men have been called to war
sixteen million men have been MAIN
ed and aassed. Emperors have beer
toppled from their thrones. Revolu
tions have swept three of the great
beliiaerent nations. The stronaho!dS
of autocracy, manned by the Roman
offs, the Sohenzoiierns and the Haps
burus, have been disarned and tht
peoples OF Russia, Germany and Aus
tria- Hungary have taken affairs intt
their own hands.
Today Germany stands defeated
and ashamed before the bar OF ~orl'
Justice. She must answer In none,
and deeds for the crimes she ha
committed upon the world. The al
nistice terms, to which she ha
bowed will prevent her hreakin
, forth again in any sudden and Nioien
assault upon her neighbors.
The peace conference which wi
come next, will lay down such law
. that the threat Of German might wi
be definitely banished.
This conference will change tn
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-11
VICTORY For ALLIES.

Carl D. Groat, United Press Staff
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.-Gerrany
gned today an armistice a0reemnt
at branded her before the world a
paten nation.
BY Its terms she surrendered In
= field to better force than the
lightly military machine her auto
ats had bulided.
BY II she agreed 20 evacuation Of
ecupIed territory. She swore away
Pr hold on generous portion OF
pr warship and submarine fleets.
ne aeceded to demands for surren-
r OF portion OF her war material.
other words, she admitted that
meriea and her allies were victori-
US and agreed to strong stipulations
Phlch made the nation unable to re-
Jew the strife, even " lts shattered
people were so Inclined.
The actual terms had not been. an
ouneed by the state department up
early today. Word apparently
Fas awaited from Paris az to any
possible changes In phraseoiosy at
ne Foch headquarters at the last
noment. The text az shaped by the
versailles conference was In posses
ION Of the state department, and It
vas assumed that It would be made
ublle during the afternoon.
IT'S terms were strong. They were
ueh that Germany could not renew
me war even IL she would. They
nade It certain that the associated
uprenaey should be assured. That
ffas scarcely necessary, for Germany
ENas thoroughly defeated in the field,
nd the crack In morale at home had
tNrltten "finls" on the struggle long
Pefore the document was signed.
The state department. had already
indicated that terms followed in the
Eeustrian armistlc would be the pat
perm for the German document. This
meant, apparently, that Germany was
Poreed to clear her shattered armies
gut OF the last of France and Bel
gum; to haul them from Russia and
fnumania; to surrender a large por-
ZION OF her artillery and other equip
nent; to give up part of her battie
nieet, probably one-fifth to ore-third;
70 give up much Of ner submarine
meet; to consent TO allied qarrisonins
OF certain strategic points along The
herman frontier; to release Ameri
ean-ailied prisoners; to announce 10
cation ct mines and assistance, i
necessary, In clearing them; the aban
oonment ct all rolling stock, coal ane
supplies in occupied territory.
whether she was called upon ts
evacuate AIsace Lorraine was uncer
tain, though sooner or later this Il
70 be portion Of the demands. A:
70 allied occupation Of HeIiuoIand o.
Mel. thlu was said by naval officia
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map OF Europe and the politics OF
entire world.
Participating In It will be mos
eIvilixation-the great nations OF
United States, England, France, u
sesalusn, Japan, Serbia. Gre
China, Brazil, Cuba, Costa =
GutamaIa, Haiti, Honduras, Libe
Nicaragua, Panama, Portugal $
and San Marino Gall associ'
against the central powers),
Germany, Austria, Hungary, Buig
and Turkey.
In addition, Russia and Rurs
forced to a bitter separate peace
Germany, will have a voice at
table-and the plan is to admit
traI nations to the conferences.
Where this peace conference
be held will likely be determined
soon. 1t probably will be nece9
first, however, to see what c4
out of the present revolution In
many. Germany must have ac1
tied representatives to speak fo1
at the table and until order Gomez
Of the present situation, it woui
impossible to know whether the
ernment In Germany really repre-
ed the people. Brussels and Ge(
Switzerland, have been nentionQ
possible locations for the cons
President Wilson Is expected
tend. also Secretary of War
Justice srandeis and Colonel
who Is now in France and PR.
will remain there
The white house was notiti(
telephone before the news wa
ciaIly announced. The night
phone operators and few attach
duty at the white house were
tain as to whether they
awaken the president to tell MIN
had occurred.
White house attendants INA
clded not to disturb the pres
} siumbsrs.
AT SIX THIS MORNING
rsy Robert J. Bender, United
staff correspondent.1
WASHINGTON, Nov. H.
o'clock this morning, United
eastern time the greatest war
tory came to an END.
The state department. offici
: nounced early today that
. pIenlootentiaries signed the
ststes.aIIied terms at Foch'
quarters at five o'clock this
! and that hostilities ceased a
S o'clock. both French time
! While an armistice mere
e Continued on page 2
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to be probabIy doubtful point, but
Il seemed certain that the allies
would demand allied occupation Of
the unsurrendered portion Of the
fleets, lust az was done with Aus
trIa.
FIGHTING HAS CEASED.
NEW YORK, Nov. 11-(6 Z. m.)-
Fighting In the great war Just ended.
Hostilities stopped at II a. M, Paris
time-6 a. m. eastern American time.
OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED.
LONDON, Nov. 11.-lt 10 officially
announced that the armlstiee with
Germany was signed at a. m. today
and that hosAlilties ceased At II a. m.
TIME GIVEN AS $40.
! PARIS, Nov. 11-It was OFFICIALLY
announced that the armistice with
Germany was signed at $40 a. m. and
that hostiIities were suspended at II
a. m.
SHOUTING THE NEWS.
IBy Webb Miller, United Press Staff
Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
| IN FRANCE, Nov. II (2:10 p. m.).-
M otorcycIe courlers tore along tho
roads today shouting:
"It's over, boysl"
Marching columns, tired and mud
spattered, were galvanized into new
life. They shouted, laughed and
sano, I saw several doughboys un.
der full, packs foxtrotting In the mid
die of the road. The cheers rang
from column to column.
In the race back to the nearest
cable office, passed many detach.
ments who had not heard OF the
arnistice. II was easy to tell by
their appearance who had heard the
! news and who had not
Two words "it's ovcr'-chan9eo
the grim men into laughing boys.
ORDERS FROM FocH.
LONDON, Nov. 1f.-{1f:fo a. n.y.
Marshal Foch issued the following
TO all allied army commanders today:
! "HostiIities will cease Nosenbe'
11th at eleven a. m. along the French
front. =,
"The allied troops will not, unit
further orders, go beyond the iine
reached at that hour"
KING HAS FLED.
BEiRNE, Nov. ff.-The king o.
Gurten,burg has fled from Stuttssr
through fear Of violence. His desti
nation is unkrcwn.