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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-08-22
GERMAS ARE COMPELLED 10
GIVE GRoUD DESPITE STRONG
DEFENSE.
ARE KNOCKING At The D00H
French and Canadians Gain Three
Miles Front and Knock a.
Door Of Roye.

Evidently it is not in the pl;ua
Inc entente allies to leave tn,
mans secure in their possession 81 /
new line they are now holding in~ >
region between the Somme al
Disc. Although the front fro
south Of the Somme past Cb nl,
and running through Roye to Nov
has been studded with, fresl r3
forcements and innumerable gun
order to keep back the allied WOO
the Germans nevertheless agai III.
been forced to give ground I'D
points where seemingly their tctor
soon must crumble and the rct,
eastward be resumed.
French and Canadian troop
tween Goyencourt and Laucour Ii.
front Of about three miles
fought their way west Of Roye al
they were virtually knocking at
door Of the town which is one III
keystone positions Of the Germ n
Tense in Picardy.
The retirement Of the Germ
parts Of the northern front col t.r
but these manuevers as yet lac l..
mite explanation. Following .,u
upon the evacuation Of front l,ga
sitions north Of Albert, which
taken over by the British, has
another voluntary relinquishm
trenches in tn Lys sector. TIE
lage of Vieux Berquin has beer
up and ground over a front of
nine milse to depth Of from yn.
two miles has been ceded '
fighting.
Along the Vesle river from
Germans are deluging the
tions held by the French
Americans with shells, gas prof
and bombs from airplanes, bu'
effohts have gone for naught
as causing q REIMBURSEMENT OF
tory IS concerned The An .
ayiators are busily engaged in ,
ing operations behind the G
lines, especilly against the h +
leading northward across the
river.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-08-22

The navy department has released
from office and shore duty the resu,
lars of the navy and the reserVlsts ehu
has assigned them to active duty with
the fleet. Their places us clerks Will
be taken by women wherever possible.
Rear Admiral MCGOWAN, pnymaster
general OF the navy, issued the order In
connection with this change In policy.
"Gvery man released from shore duty,
whatever his rank or rating, adds just
one more to the fighting force" says
this order "Every man OF every rank
and rating desires, Of course, to get to
the firing line us soon us his services
ashore can be spared.
no man in the navy is willing in war
time to do anything that Il woman can
do as we'll; whereas no officer can be
expected to be content in any part Of
the shore establishment unless engaged
upon supervisory work so important in
its nature that it cannot properly be
delegated to any person of lesser rat
ing
"Whcreforc it is requested and di-
rectcd that the officer in charge of
each division OF the bureau of supplies
and accounts make Il careful and criu-
cal survey of his personnel, both com
miSSioncd and enlisted, to the end that
the paymastcr general may know how
many and which men can be spared
without seriously interfering with the
work These reports will include not
alone rcservists but regulars as well,
and 1t is to be distinctly understood In
this connection that applications from
individuals for sea or overseas service
will not be ncccSSary-the one and
only object being to carry on the work
here and ut the same time release the
maximum number of men for duty ut
the front"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-21
ALCOHOL NOT a sTIMULANr,

Fifteen years ago, it was believed
by competent scientific authorities that
alcohol to some extent stimulated res%
piratiOn because it seemed to cause
an increase in the volume of air pass,
ing through the lungs, which was
thought to increase the absorption Of
oxygen. In the interval, it has been
learned that the mere amount Of mir
that goes into and out of the lungs
does not necessarily measure it's value,
to the tissues and the cells where
gases are exchanged. The air must
not only pass into the lungs. but 1t
must get out into the tissues beyond
the "dead space" in the lungs, Some
new careful experiments in the nutrf-'
tional laboratory of the Carnegie insti--
tuition of Washington, lately reported
by Harold L. Higgins, show that after
taking into consideration all the fac
tors Of respiration, alcohol, when given
in way to exclude other factors such
as activity or the digestion of food,
In amounts of from one to one and
one-half ounces, indirectly acts upon
respiration as depressant, not as a
stiTnulant. There is not much, If any
thing, left of the old stfmulant theory.
and it is time that everybody stopped
using the term "stimulants" as syn
onym for alcohol.-The Union Signal.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-21
BEER CHRONOLOGY.

A woman physician, DR.. Mary #.
Cushman, of Maine, writes as follows:
'If anything has ever demonstrated
the evil of beer drinking, 1t is surely
the present war. Years ago, when
specializing in mental and nervous
diseases, l was taught that alienists
had proved the crimes for which dis
titled liquors were responsible, are
crimes of passion unprecedented, and
often horror to the perpetrator when
he RECEIVERS from the effects of his
drink. The habitual use Of malt
liquors, however, so affects the moral
sense as to lead to deliberate crimes,
carefully planned, coolly executed,
without conjunction or remorse.
Germany, the great beer-drinking ma
ton, has simply Illustrated this in
war conducted along the above lines
Of beer criminology. What does our
nation want of the drink that makes
men capable of the atrocities perpe~
trated by Germany
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-21
Temperance
Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union)
FOR EACH OTHERS SAKE.

A grizzled Scotch banker in New
York was bidding goodby to his son,
young lieutenant, ordered overeas.
dad" said the boy, "you could give,
me something I'd rather have than
$25,000" whats happened to you,
my boy, that a big bunch Of money
like that seems q trifie?" Nothing,
father, but there's a thing you could
do that I'd rather have than all kinds;
of money" "And what might that fms
thing be?"
Then the young man with the single
silver shoulder bar looked his gruff-
tender father straight in the face and
said, as if he meant it, dad, I wish
you'd promise me to cut out the whis-
ky while I'm gone" The father bristled
up. "Why, boy, you know never take
too much. You know how little drink
here at home, and / don't booze in
business hours. What's got into you,
boy"
But the boy persisted until the man
said, "Son, you're going into tempta-
lions you never dreamed of over there.
You'll need all the stiffening you can
get to keep straight. I'll promise you
to be prohibition if you'll promise me
not to forget your mother and your
covenant VOWS"
And father and son shook hands on
1t.
When the bankers friends down
town see him refuse to Soin them in a
MONDAY cocktail or an evening high
ball, they wonder what has come over
him. He is thinking of the lad who is
with Pershing, and he will keep faith
There are many American fathers
and mothers in these days who are.
living nearer to the level of their
better selves, for the sake Of the
knightly sons who have embarked on
the great adventure Overseas.-The
Christian Advocate.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-21
It's Some Word Now.

= The recent vogue of the word
"some" as an adjective, in a sense for
which there is absolutely no synonym
In the dictionary, has been the despair
Of many parent and pedagosue, ac-
cording to Harold Goddard In At
lantic. "The language is being llauper.
ized," they cry.
Nonsense. 1t would be nearer the
mark to say it is being vltalized
Watch healthy schoolboy when bs
tells you he has just come frop
"some" ball game, and you will per
ceive that the offending word has
ceased to be q mere linguistic sign and
has become a kinetic current within
the body, movement of the spirit,
Some word, It'll A true superword, il
fact.
Philosophize on it-and on the kin
dred subject Of slang-and you may
discover why, when a mans vocabu.
larry begins to expand his powers Of
expansion are generally 0n'tha y-aas.--
Newark News.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-21
HOW HE is HANDICAPPED.

The drinking man is the first man
to get sick, and the last man to get
well, says Rev. M. A. Landing in the
Pittsburgh Observer.
He is the first man to lose his
friends and the last man to apprecl-
ate them.
He is the first man On the toboggan
to poverty and the last man to get on
his feet to find his way out.
He is the first man to get bit by
accident and the last man to recover.
He is the last man to get job and
the first man to lose it.
He is the first man to die and tho
last man to provide for his family
The Pioneer.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-21

Is the well banked up so that surface
water does not find it's way in? Sur,
face water running into wells is the
prevalent cause of typhoid fever and
various other fevers. A little work in
time may save a serious spell of sick.
ness later.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-21
HeInina the Land

II you want to make your soil better
year by year you must cultivate well.
drain well and in the most economics:
way add humus and plantfood.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-21

British women have invaded and
conquered another field of industry.
Their latest accomplishment has been
in the line of veterinaries. One is very
likely to say when looking at the pic
ture that their work is dangerous, but
What is that to the brave women of
England who are periodically looking
after the horses of the army?f This
photograph shows the women giving
q horse medicine.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-21
WHY MOTT

VIII WITT
"Why don't the saloons put their
finished product in their windows? A
merchant will put his best goods in
his window, but the saloons call POI
liceman for their finished product,
have him carted of to Jail out of sight
of everyone, and have him returned
after he has sobered up to refinish the
job."--W. J. Bryan.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-21
Metherinq Faults.

If chicken hen is used for moth
or to poults, keep her housed until the
poutts are old enough to be weaned.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-21
cockerels 70 Keep.

Keep over till fall and winter only
such young cockerels as will be used
or sold for breeding next winter.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-21
Watch Raby Chicks.

Watch over your baby chicks and all
Young stock to keep the flock free Of
any that are runts or wtaklings.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-21

God gives us abundant material for
food to sustain life. Man turns MIL
lions Of that material into drink that
destroys life Help stop It.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-03
FEED FOE BY TUNaEL
German SmuggIers on Swiss
 Border Use Pipe Line.
subterranesn Line From House Across the Frontier Is Revealed by
 Chance.

Basle.-Hunger is the mother of in- ventlons. German hunger invented a great smuggling device which did a booming business until discovered by customs officers. Some Germans, nv- ing in Baden, near the Swiss frontier. built a pipe line across the frontier. It ended in a house rented to a Ger man family. What this family con- sumed in the line of food, clothing, shoes, soap and other necessaries was really astounding. However, these people bought things in the open mar ket, which is still possible in Switzer- land, paid cash, never grumbled, no matter how high the price and no questions were asked.
 One day recently two men were seen digging In the ground near the front fer. Customs officials became suspi- cious, and nosing around soon made a valuable discovery. The two men were engaged in repairing the pipe line, which had been used for snug gling. The machinery had become clogged and m opening had to be made to get at the seat of the trouble.
 The officials saw an opening had been made into a spacious tunnel built of concrete. Inside the pipe were long wires. These wires were wound round spools at the end stations and could be pulled either way. Goods, such as meat, cheese, hams, shoes, clothing, etc, were tied to the wire and pulled across the border through the subterranean channel.
 The Swiss government is now after the slnugglers. The fiourishing ''busi- ness" is killed.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-03
Warning

The inhabitants of the Town of North Canaan who are entitled to vote in town meetings, are hereby notified that the Annual Town Meet ing of said Town will be held in the Town Hall in the Village of Canaan, in said Town of North Canaan, on Monday, October 7th, 1918, for the following purposes, to wit:
 1. To elect officers of the town for the ensuing year or years.
 2. To receive and act upon the ere- ports of the officers of the town for the year last ensuing.
 3. To see if the town will vote to instruct it's selectmen to borrow such sums as shall be needed to meet the existing and future expenses of the town.
 4. To see if the town will vote to
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-03
MUSIC KEEPS OFF SNAKES
Berry Picker Plays Mouth Organ as Protection When He Goes
 Into Fields.

Altoona, Pa.-Henry Atherton, a Frankstown township berry picker, plays a mouth organ as a protection against snakes when he goes into the fields. He says that If there are any copperheads, rattlers or other species about they raise their heads and sway their bodies in time with the music and forget all about biting. The snakes are rendered harmless for some time by the vibrations and the berry picker continues his work with se- curity.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-03
START COMMUNITY LAUNDRY
Canton, O., Probably First City Tn Country to Make the
 Venture

Canton, o-This city is probably the first in the country to have a com. munity laundry. Residents of the northeast section of the city have formed an organization for the es. tablishment of the laundry. Shares of stock were sold at S10 each and more than 300 stockholders are interested in the venture. In connection with the laundry the community plant will operate a dry cleaning establishment, hat and shoe cleaning shop and shoe repair shop. While the plant VIII be a profit sharing concern, the price of work, it Is expected, will be held con- siderably below the regular prices to stockholders.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-03
FORMER CANAAN BOY
 FLYING IN FRANCE
(Continued from page l.


 Rumpler had stopped firing at me. I kept on shooting into him and few seconds later-it felt like hours-on came his wing and he crashed.
 ''The relief felt is beyond words. I hadn't gained any distance toward home nor any higher either and l was afraid that any minute I might be shot down from the ground. started back again when 1 heard bull lets striking my bus. They did not come from the ground. It was a second Rumpler on my left. This bird couldn't attack because I had been so close to the first Rumpler he was afraid of hitting the German and he couldn't maneuver fast en- ough to get on my tail.
 "Rumpler No. 2 was coming di- rectly at me. I headed directly at him. The result was that his ob- server who had two guns, couldn't get in a shot. Then I dropped, and as my nose approached his right wing, I began firing. I went by fast letting him have some 30 bullets in the crossing. On the turn I saw that the cockpit was empty. The obser- yer had fallen into it. I guess shot him dead.
 ''The pilot did not continue the fight. The Rumpler seemed out of control, and it fell near the railroad hung around to see if the pilot would crawl out, but there was nc
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-03
PICRIC PLANT WILL STAY
s7,ooo,ooo Establishment In oeoroIa VIII Be Continued After
 the War. .,W>'

Brunswick, Ga.-Announcement has been made by officials of the govern ment that the $7,0O0,0O0 picric acid plant now being constructed in North Brunswick will be permanent manu- featuring plant after the war. In peace days the plant will make dyes, fer tilizer and other by-products of picric acid which the government is using during war times. The dyes, the process for which has already been perfected, will be equal or superior to those made in Germany. .
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-03
U-B0ATS BALKED
 BY AIR FIGHTERS
AirpIanes Are of Great Assist ance in Finding Enemy
 Submarines.

London.-The measure of the sue cess of the antisubmarine campaign is the safe crossing of the Atlantic by a million American troops.
 There is vcrS properly a good deal of official reticence regarding the methods by which submarines are de- stroyed, but 1t is an open secret that the royal air force has contributed largely toward the defeat of the U- boat campaign.
 Just as airplanes have become an essential auxiliary to the army, so air | ally of the navy, making it clear that l ascendancy in the air in future will be as vital to Britain as her present as- cendancy at sea.
 Airships of two main types, the smaller known as the submarine scout and the larger as the coast patrol type, and seaplanes, are the chief in- struments for dealing with submarines from the air. The first business of all aircraft or submarine offensive Is to find the submarine.
 See Submerged Boats.
 From a certain height in the mir, submerged U-boats are visible to ob- servers and their position is communi- cated to the nearest naval patrol. The work of aircraft is by no means con- fined to detecting the U-boats. They have means of immediately attacking their prey without waiting for the ar. rival of the naval patrol.
 There is the obvious means of drop ping bombs, fully effective when the submarine is caught on or just below the surface. Modern antisubmarine aircraft are almost equally at home in the air or on the water. Should the U-boat dive through the water, its pur. suer can dive through the air and re. lease depth charges, which have a con- siderable range of action, and are much feared by U-boat commanders.
 In claiming for the K. A. F. a large share in winning the safe landing of America's first million the reservation must be made that the range of air craft from their bases is limited, but their bases are not necessarily on land and seaplanes and submarine scouts have accommodation on shipboard and are carried to the area of their deep. sea patrols.
 Where They Are Thickest
 Again, it is naturally in home wa. ters and especially in the North sea that submarines are thickest, outward bound from Germany, so that aircraft patrols are effective from home bases over the sea zone most frequented by U-boats.
 Coast patrol airships accompany conveys through home waters "spot. ting" submarines, to be dealt with either by themselves or by destroy. CTS; and if the U-boat menace is not yet mastered, 1t Is steadily and un- mistakably being brought under con. trol.
 Safe landing of a million Americans in France Is a big fact, the signifi. canoe of which can hardly be missed even in Germany, where, according to neutral witnesses, scepticism has been rapidly growing lately concerning the possibilities ,of the U-boat campaign.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-03

lowed six months from date hereof, for the creditors of said Estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly attested, within said time, will be debarred a recovery All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 William F. Cassedy,
 Executor & Trustee,
 Post Office Address,
 43 Third St., Newburgh, N. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-03
deceased.

deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the Dis trict of Canaan hath limited and all lowed six months from the date here of for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts properly attested, within said time, will be debarred a recov- cry. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make imme- diate payment to
 William J. Reel
 Administrator
 Canaan, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-03
movement. I guess I shot him dead,

movement. l guess SnoC nm dead, too.
 ''That made it exactly 10 minutes from the time we started fighting the Fokkers. I met no more Huns on the way back but when I landed, my mechanic, who saw me coming home without my engine found that there wasn't drop of gasoline in the ma chine. It looks as if the sun had been shining into your tanks, he told me-"
 And the very next day the Ameri- can troops captured the terrain over which Hudson had fought and Hud- son himself went out in an automo- bile and found the wrecks of the two Rumplers. A French balloon con- frmed the fall of the Fokker So Hudson became an ace.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-03

make any specific appropriations for paupers, roads, bridges, schools, ob- servance of Memorial Day, Douglas Library, Visiting Nurse Association, etc.
 5. To see if the town will vote to pay Bond No. 16 for the aid of the Connecticut Western Railroad Com pany, for $1,00O.
 6. To see if the town will take any action relative to the parking or stopping of vehicles on the highway in certain parts of said town. 2. To see what action the town will take relative to furnishing water to the property of Elizabeth Fitz- gerald.
 8. To lay tax to defray the ex- penses of the town for the coming year.
 9. To transact any other business proper to come before said meeting The polls for the balloting of town officers will be open at a. m. and close at p. m. The annual business meeting will be at D. m. Dated at North Canaan, Conn.,, this 23rd day of September 1918.
 Charles c. Smith
 Burton J. Stratton
 Albert A. Hubbard
 Selectmen. 11un Fu11or To1,,r HIorly
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-03
Notice

The Republican electors of the Town of Cornwall are requested to meet in caucus in Town Hall, Corn wall, Friday, Oct. 11th, 1918 at 8 o'clock p. m. for the purpose of nom mating Judge of Probate, Repre- sentatives and Justices of Peace. By order of the Town Committee.
 w. M. Hart, Chairman Dated at Cornwall, Conn, Oct. 1st, 1918.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-03

District of Canaan, ss., Probate
 Court, September IS, 1918.
 Estate of Julia L. Schamerhorn, late of North Canaan in said district,
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-03
CONCERNING the NEW FASHIONS Every Section of Women's Apparel is Completely Ready for Imme-
 diate Selection.
Autumn Tailor-Made Suits
diate Selection.

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 Specially Featured
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 Wonderfully handsome coatings, inclu- ding Velour Bolivia, Duveltyne, Crystal Cloth and Silvertone, designed with the smartest of snug high collars, some in fur, and belts in profusion.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-03
MOURNING SONS DEATH,
 HEAR ANOTHER IS HERO

Fond du Lac, Wis.-While rel atives here were mourning the death of Corporal Roy w. Wat son, who is dead in France from wounds received in action, press dispatches were received telling of charge against the Prussian guards led by Capt. Thomas Watson, Il brother of Corporal Watson. The dead soldier was q member of machine gun unit, while Captain Watson com- mands an infantry company.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-03
HAS TEN SONS IN SERVICE
Oklahoma Woman Claims to Be the Honor Mother of the
 State.

Hartshorne, Okla.-This city now claims the "honor mother" of the state. Mrs. Mollie Paisley has ten sons in the army, the youngest having en- listed few days ago.
 Besides her sons, she has two broth CTS and two nephews in the service. They are all in army camps in the United States, but expect soon to be lover there"