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Fires and Wrecks.

Conductor Thompson was killed and
two brakesmen We're injured in rail-
road collision on the I. and r., near
BOyce, last Friday morning.
The Campus Ward school building ut
LOngview, Texas, was totally burned
Tuesday night. LOSS, $1,000: insured
for $4,000. The cause Of the fire il
unknown.
Three men were killed and several
injured In an explosion at the plant Of
the Dupont Engineering Company, Mt
penninlan, Va, last Friday. The cause
of the explosion is unknown.
ABOUT noon last Saturday there was
a riot at the Old Hickory Powder
1laht, located near Nashville. Tenn.
About 300 men, white and black, par
ticipated. No casualties are reported.
Fffty-seven arrests were made.
A cotton house and six bales Of cot
ton. Oh the plantation of ]. Il. Rails
back. on Bayou Pierre, Il few miles be-
low Shreveport, were burned Sunday
night. The fire is believed to be the
work of an incendiary. The cotton he
lOnged to Il negro tenant, and was In
Sured.
The buildings of the military camp
ut Yuma, Ariz., We're destroyed by fire
to-day. The 30 negro troops lost all
their clothing. personal effects and
number Of Liberty Bonds. Explosion
Of the ammunition prevented the fire.
fighters from doing work, and every
thing was burned. The origin Of the
fire is unknown.
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Miscellany.

Thanksgiving services were held sun
day in all the churches throughout
England
1t is estimated that Germany war
debt is $3:.OOO.OOO.OOO, which is two
fifths of the estimated national wealth
of that country.
The Barron Aviation Field, near
Fort Worth. Texas, has been discOn-
tinued as a training school. OF the 214
men under training 175 announced that
they would accept the choice of return
ing to civilian life.
The Supreme Court Of California re-
Mooney. sentenced to he hanged on De
cember 18th for killing several people
by hurling bombs during street pa
rade in San Francisco.
In New York city. last Friday, three
separate Lutheran churches were
merged into one ecclesiastical body
under the name of the United Luther
an Churches of America. The word
German" was dropped.
1t was announced to-day that the
authorities at Paris demand that Hol-
iAhu cApci w 1IOACuZOilCiH 1IOHl
that country. 1t is claimed the former
kaiser appears to lie plotting with the
Bolsheviki and some Of his German
followers.
Saturday Of last week the Chinese at
pekin threw down monument to Won
kettler, German Ambassador to China
who was killed several years ago in the
:" Boxer Riots" Germany forced the
Chinese government to put up this
monument.
Japanese and Chinese newspapers
are suggesting that Japan and China
raise the race question at the Peace
Conference, and protest against fur
ther discrimination by the United
States and other nations against the
peoples Of those two countries.
Clarence H. AIackey, President of the
Postal Telegraph Company and the
Commercial Cable Company. has issued
statement in which he claims that
the taking over by the Government Of
these lines is not now a military ne
cessity,' AZ the war is practically
ended. He said that the Government
had entire control Of the lines through
censorship Of messages. and that tn
take the lines now would be an addi-
tioital financial burden to the Govern
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the fire was returned. Five people
were seriously injured, and several
others received slight injuries
George Howie shot and killed his
young wife at Jackson. Miss, Thurs
day Of last week. in the presence of her
mother. His wife had given her ell
gagement ring. which had Eeen given
to her by her husband, to Carl White.
a former heaux. This excited Howie's
jealousy and caused the killing.
Deputy Sheriff Thomas Hammons
and Miss Irvine Grammer were arrest
ed ut vandervoort. Ark, last Friday,
charged with robbing the bank at that
place Of $4OO in cash ard $4,000 in
Liberty Bonds. This Is the fourth time
the bank has been robbed within the
past few months Hammon was re-
Gently appointed because Of series OF
burglaries in the town.
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Shreveport.

According to a report of the Shrev
port Health Officer. made Tuesda
there were then only twelve cases
Influenza In that city, and eight
those were in one house
Thanksgiving services were held a,
the Union Tabernacle in Shreveport
Sunday. All creeds were represented
and united iii thanks fnr the Allied vic
tory and the triumph of Christianity.
J. V. Bartley was iiaed $3.50 and
costs In Shreveport to-day by Judge
Samuel on the charge of using profane
language. He was then given into the
custody Of agents of the Department
of Justice. Bartley, in heated con.
versatiOn, said that the ex-kaiser was
better than the President of the
United States" also. that he had
grandson In the German army. He
claims to hail from Ringgold, Bienville
Parish. and stated that he was of Ger
man-lrfsh descent. mere German than
Irish" and also was a naturalized citi-
zen Of the United States.
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ment. just as the government opera
ton Of the land telegraph lines result
ed In a loss.
The troops at Camp Shelby, Miss.
will be demObiliZed When the news
was received the troops held a jubilee.
4 detachment Of Mexican troops
crossed over the border to Presidio.
Texas, last Thursday and drove of a
number Of cattle belonging to an Amer
lean rancher.
Mrs. Henry Wilson was killed and
twelve others We're injured in
cyclone at Prague. Okla. last Friday.
The damage to property is estimated
ut $4,000.
The HOpewell Powder Plant, ut Pc
tersburg. Va. now employing about
1000 men. will reduce the number of
It's employees to its normal working
force, about $500 men,
The rreSlytery of the United Pres
'.yterian Church ut Cleveland, Ohio.
adopted Il resolution yesterday asking
the Allied powers to try ex-Kaiser
Wilhelm before court Of justice and
'Nunish him fefore the terms Of peace
are signed.
The National Defense Society Of New
York city adopted resolution TODAY
oDlOSing the extending of credit by
american banks to Germany, and that
any hank lending American money to
the Huns should be reported to the So
ciety for publication.
Wierd Outl,urStS of religious mania
have been reported from several Sec
tions of Germany. These enthusiasts
say that Christianity is out Of date
as It is foreign to German ideals" and
they favor revival Of the Pagan wOr-
ship OF the ancient TeutOns.
Acting on Instructions from the War
Department. about 6O0O students OF the
officers training camD at Waco. Texas.
were given the privilege Of being dis
charged last Friday. or remaining to
complete their training. All except
a''Ont twenty asked that they he dis
charged.
All the daily newspapers in ROches-
ter. y. u. suspended publication yes-
terday In consequence of strike Ivy
the printers. The printers had de-
manded S3j per week for day work
and $40 for night work. An arbitration
board awarded $31 and $3S. respec-
lively. which the printers refused to
accept.
Fcur hundred carpenters quit work
ut Camp Shelby. Miss. Tuesday he
cause one man was discharged The
workman was told to remove a plank.
and he told the officer that he received
orders only from his foreman. He was
then discharged. and the men struck,
and called meeting to discuss the
| matter.
The labor unions at Oakland, Calf,
Seattle. WASH. and other cities have
voted to strike OH December gth unless
the assassin. Thomas j. Mooney. is
granted new trial, dispatches Of to-
day announce. Mooney il sentenced to
le hanged for killing several people by
throwing bombs into a parade In San
Francisco.
Cotton planters held meeting af
Columbia. s. G., Monday and pledged
themselves to hold cotton for 81 cents
a pound. niddling basis, and petitionesl
the President to abolish the cotton
committees healed by Charles ]. Brand
and Thomas w. Page. B. NJ. Baruch.
Chairman of the War Industries Board,
was criticised for failure to correct a
report some time ago that the price Of
cotton would he fixed.
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Crimes and Casualties.

X. Dewey Crothwaithe. aged twenty
years, was sentenced to life imprisOn-
ment at Oklahoma City last Friday for
the murder of Miss Thelnm LOvejOy.
She was a school teacher, and had re-
fused to marry CrOthwaithe.
Earl Hoffman. Rowland Il. Darling
and w. L. Whitehurst were indicted
Tuesday at Norfolk, Va, for pudding
army payrolls ut the army engineering
depot. Walter s. Fleming was convict
ed several days ago on Il like charge.
a large crowd storii,ed the Jail at
WinstOn-Salen, n. c.. last Saturday af-
ternOOn for the purpose Of lynching a
negro. who was charged with killing
J. +. Childress. assiulting Sheriff Flint
and attacking Mrs. Childress. Three
shots were. fired. and the. negro was
wounded. The home guard was called
out; the guards fired OH the mob, and
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THE EUROPEAN WAR.
LAST FRIDAY.

The authorities of Vienna refused to
permit Charles late emperor, to reside
In that city even as private citizen.
The German army began a general
evacuation of Poland. German troo,s
in Warsaw have been ilisarnled and
arrested. and all German citizens in
the Polish capital have also been ar
rested.
Investigations are being made by the
Allies in the Lille and other regions
lately occupied by the Huns. Criminal
proceedings will he brought against a
number of Hun officers for murder and
theft. and they will be tried by court
martial.
The presence of the former kaiser in
Holland is causing grave apprehension.
and there is large Bolshevik element
Indirectly supporting him. and foment-
ing revolution. 1t is pointed out that
while Wilhelm is practically prisoner
in the Won Rentwick Castle, he is not
the prisoner Of the Allies.
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LAST SATURDAY.


At Rerne Switzerland. the German
hattleshap WieSbaden refused to sur
render to the revolution Ships and was
torpedoed and blown up. The entire
crew. numbering $50 persons, perished
The Huns are reported as stealing
chickens on their retreat hOmeward
through Belgium, also plundering
houses of clothing. sewing machines.
and everything that can be carried
away.
German and British naval delegates
met at RoySth. Oh the coast of Scot
land. where the German delegates sur
rendered to the British ten hattleships,
six battle cruisers. eight light cruisers
and fifty destroyers.
The Germans. in force. began to
leave the points they occupied north
east of the American lines. Opposite
the American front there was much
wagon and automobile traffic, the Ger
mans apparently hauling out the sup
plies Of war material which are not to
lie left behind. A small German rear
guard was left to pick up stragglers
should any of the Huns attempt to de-
sert. The Allied armies will administer
civil government In the occupied re-
gions west of the Rhine.
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YESTERDAY

YESTERDAY.
Yesterdays dispatches stated that
the Bolshevik government in the Tx
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MONDAY.

MONDAY.
1t is understood that the Supreme
War Council will convene the Peace
Conference at Versailles the first week
i'll January.
The large fleet of hattleships, cruis-
ers and torpedo boats to be surrender
ed by Germany to the Allies left Ger
man ports Monday. This will be the
greatest naval surrender the world has
ever witnessed.
American troops entered Briey. the
industrial center of the Lothringian
iron fields. The town was bedecked
with flags and 1900 civilians greeted
the soldiers. The Germans abandoned
a large number of trucks, dynamos,
etc, in their haste to withdraw
The American and French forces
moved Sunday morning toward Ger
man territory. The army was 80 form
ed that it could lie quickly transformed
into battle array in case of treachery
on the part of the Huns. The Allied
troops are forbidden to fraternize with
the German soldiers who may be found
in the villages or along the roads.
OESUA1.
At two o'clock Tuesday afternoon
French troops entered Metz, headed by
Marshal Petain, Commander-in-Ch thief
Of the French army. Metz was the
stronghold of Lorraine, and the pivot Of
Germany's efforts to crush France. 1t
was taken from France during 1871. .
1t was stated In the dispatches Tues.
day that American troops We're IN Bel
gium and within few hours march of
the German frontier OH the south. In
accordance with the plans, the march
has been halted for short time 10
that the artillery and supply service
may be brought up. As the Germans
withdraw the concentration Of the
army of occupation Is increased, and
no vigilance has been relaxed All pos
sible tactical advantage Is taken, and
in case Of treachery the forces can be
easily depl0yed 50 as to attack the
Huns. There have been a few cases
where surrendered materials have been
damaged. hut the retreat of the Huns
Is so rapid that they have little time to
destroy war materials.
YESTERDAY.
Yesterdays dispatches stated that
the Bolshevik government in the Tx
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SUNDAY

The Belgian forces have occupied
Antwerp; the Germans hastily re-
treated.
French troops entered colnar and
Mulhausen. two Of Gernany's strong
est foftresses in Alsace-Lorraine.
Paris celebrated the delivery. o /
Alsace LOrrtape- BY services at the
churches and d parade Iii Which, about
100000 people took part.
1t was announced Sunday that Brus-
sells had not been liberated. German
patrols and some other enemy troops
We're still lingering, plundering the
people.
There is great confusion in Berlin
over the powers to he given the various
councils. committees and officials The
soldiers oppose the BOlslevki method,
and the soldiers returning home are
also causing trouble.
A German newspaper at Berlin stat
ed that the entire German fleet had
been ordered cat for a general engage
ment OH October Goth, and which was
to be fought until the last ship was
sunk. But the sailors Of the fleet mu-
tined, and the. revolution followed.
Marshal Foch ordered an advance OF
the Allied army toward Germany. The
advance began Sunday morning at :L3O
o'clock and is being made in columns
and not i'll the order of battle There
is an advance guard in front of the
army, with engineers and road builders
to inspect every object that may seem
suspicious. and to remove mines. etc
Water sources will also he inspected
soil is reached, as all precautions are
being taken against possible trap,
or treachery.
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Germany's Debt to France.

Paris officials estimate Gernany's
debt to France as 100000, ,000, 900
francs (abOut $4,000 o,G0O.GO0) and will
contend for its payment. The items are
az follows:
Return of the, indemnity of 1871,
with interest, 6D,0OO, 100000 francs.
Expenses in the present war,
14O.0OO,OOO.OOO francs
Pensions, 4O,OOO.000,0O0 francs.
Reparation for damages, 100000
WW.OOO francs
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Cottage For Sale

Nice fivc-room cottage, In Benton. with one
Of land. and located on the model road
viii sell ut bargain. and give terms to
responsible buyer. Apply TO thu nndersign-
ed, at Benton. 43-tfI y. w. HoSIEk.
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For Sale

0ne registered Duroc Sow. weight about 200
pounds: price, $50. Also. six Shoats, six
months old: price, SIS each. I47-2I
WEBSTER DEMoss, ,Eossier City, L;i
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NEWS NUBS FOR HASTY READING

raine had been overthrowil by Cossack
troops friendly to the all-Russian gov
ernnlent. This will open d apath to the
heart Of Russia for the Allied troops.
/. According to dispatch from Berlin
enormous stores Of fOodstuffs were
found in the. castle of former Kaiser
Wilhelm. The stores are. valued at
about 100000.
Mrs. William HOhonzoll&rn has left
Pctsdsrm and gone to theyvilla of her
son, Eitel Frederick. In Hplland. She
has had several -hystericaf sssfits'' within
the past week. Wilhelm. .der kaiser
in Holland, an unlimited guest ac-
cording to the statement vf the owner.
The last detachment sef German
troops left Brussels Tuesday night.
and the Allied troops entered that city
yesterday morning. headed by Marshal
l'etain. The ceremony proclaiming the
liberation of BRUSSELS was performed
in the public square, A procession was
formed, headed by the old banner of
revolution of 1880. symbol of Belgian
liberty.
About 16.00O interneJl prisoners. of
French, British and Belgian nation
ality. We're liberated in Switzerland
yesterday. There are 14.QO Germans
in Switzerland, and about $1,000 Ger
mans who were residents OF that coun-
try before the war DESIRE to return
The Swiss government objects to this
and has ordered that the frontier be
closed against them.
The city Of Versailles isspreparing to
receive the delegates to the Peace Con-
ference. 1t Is expected that the con-
ference will be held in the. Grand Tria-
non Palace. This historic structure
was built by Louis XVI. fpr his favor
lite, Madame Maintenon, and was later
occupied by his wife, Queen Marie An
toinette. and from whiclls she was led
forth to Paris, where she MAS executed
by the revolutiOnists during 1889.
Twenty German suhmeines were
surrendered to Rear Admiral Reginald
at Tirwitt. thirty miles q Hardwich,
England. yesterday morning ut sun
rise Each German submarine COM
mander was required to sign a state
ment that It's periscope wars intact, that
its torpedOes were unloaded and that
It's torpedo heads We're SAT-. The crews
We're transferred to TRANSPORTS headed
for Germany. About eighty more sub
marines will be surrendered within a
few days.
TO-DAY.
The total British casualties during
the war are estimated ut 3,04:l,!91.
The total losses on the France Belgian
&~.x~rr To- - 4 ~
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Fire Barraqe.

Barrage or dam, is a new word In
the military vernacular-speciically
the act of barring by artillery fire.
by exact measurements a line of guns
is brought to bear upon certain ter
rain. The fire creates a complete
screen of projectiles. Behind 1t a body
of troops is safe; through 1t no enemy
can advance. BY moving barrage line
forward ("creeping" barrage) a detach.
iment can advance with a minimum of
casualties. 1t is controlled by observ.
iers at the front. who find ranges and
direct artillery fire by telephone or
wireless, and 1t demolishes, In front
of the attacking force, wire entangle-
'ments, trenches and 'pill-boxes."
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CARD OF THANKS.

To my many patrons and friends
who have given me business during
the time l was connected with the
American Laundry, | extend sincere
thanks and appreciation for their past
favors. Mr.. Albert Fucker succeeds
me in this business and in his behalf
/ ask your continuous patronage.
| have transferred my route to Mr..
Fucker who in turn will give YOU
the same good service for The Amer
lean Laundry. Again | sincerely
thank all my former customers.
BEN. G.. NORTH.
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First Woman LEGISLATOR.

To Mrs. vikova-Kuneticka belongs
the distinction of being the first wom-
and in central Europe to be elected to q
legislative body, according to Cont
mental press reports, one Of which
says:
"She was present at the Prague
constituent assembly on January 8, a
meeting Of all Czech deputies, elected
by the free choice Of the people Of the
Czech lands to the four legislative
bodies. the only woman In the Bohe-
milan diet. She was deprived Of her
mandate by the decision Of the Aus
trfan government on the ground that
the Austrian constitution does not
provide for the election Of women
deputies.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-11-28

This big mine thrower, or mine
werfer, as the Germans call 1t, was
captured from the Huns and Is a part
Of the great war exposition which the
United States has been giving in VT
rious parts of the country and which
will open in Chicago on September 2.
The Minnie" as the British have
named the weapon, Is shown in posi-
ton with big she'll set in the muz-
zle ready to be thrown into the enemy
trenches.
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He Was a Fighter, Too.

He Was a Fighter, Too.
1! sAnd what do you do for livingr'
asked the Judge Of the man before him.
II write poetry, your honor"
what kind Of poetry7"
"War poetry, your honor"
but that seems like a nonessent1aI
occupation just now. Why don't you
90 and fghtT
"Fghtf Say, Judge. that's Just
what I have to do when try to get
money for my poetry"
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Apples Cook on Trees.

Apples cooking on the trees in tina
great orchard region of northern Vlr,
ginia was one Of the freaks Of nature
caused by the hot spell. State Fuel
Administrator Byrd Is displacing from
his orchard, where the thermometer
registered 120 degrees In the sun, fruit
which has been thoroughly sizzled, II
pt actually has not baked, and other
growers Of fruits are threatened with
ruin. Other growing crops withered
under the hot wave, and it is said ire
mendous losses are likely.
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CHIROPODIST

DR.. w. j. Perkins, Chiropodist
Room "a Cusach's Building. Make
appointments by phone, NJ 1888.
Prices reasonable.
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Why Capitals Name Was Changed.


With the growth Of anti German
feeling in Russia early in the war
there was developed a dislike for the
name st. Petersburg. which was Of
German origin and termination. The
car, In opening the duma, said: "The
German empire and later Austria-Hun-
gary have declared war on Russia.
The tremendous outburst Of patriotic
sentiment, Of love and loyalty to the
throne-which. like q tempest, trav-
ersed our entire lands to me, as II
Is to you, a pledge. hope that the
great Russia will conduct to q happy
conclusion the war which the Lord
has sent" One Of the first things the
duma did was to change the German
sounding name st. Petersburg to the
Slavic word Petrograd.
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A Near Employee,

Ever been on government work be,
foref" asked the manager Of the job
seeker.
Every nearly, sir" was the reply
'What do you mean by very near
Tyr
: "Well, you see, sir, there wasn't quite
enough evidence to convict me."-BoS
ton Evening Transcript
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Hysterical Mutism In Ancient Times.


A case of imagined inability of
speech, one Of the puzzles Of today,
is narrated by Herodutus, who tells
that 'Croesus had a son who was
In other respects proper enough,
but dumb. When the city was taken,
one Of the Persians, not knowing Croe-
sus, was about to kill him. Croe-
sus, though he saw him approach,
from his present misfortune took no
heed Of him. nor did he care about
dying of the blow; but this speech
less son of his, when he saw the Per-
sian advancing toward him, through
dread and anguish burst into speech
and said: Man, kill not Croesus =
These were the first words he ever
uttered, but from that time he con-
,tinued to speak the remainder of his
life"
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MISSPELLED WORD.

The word, positions, in the adver-
tisement OF the Reaser School. was
misspelled in our last issue. The
boxes of Jacobs Candy will be award
ed to Stanley Leonard. I'll Evelina
St, Jules Barrios, Jr, $40 Seguin
St, and Aloysius Serpas, 4SS Belle
vile st.
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JOIN OUR MAKE 1T DO, PLAN
MODERN CI,EANEPS

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AS our Government needs wool we have
~ 20 heip you save and you can do
our price Is within the reach of all,
Installation of latest type of machinery
within next thirty days
rhone US and our representative will
call and explain club plan Thoroughly.
b. ]. TREADAwAY, Prop,
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BUDDING Diplomat.

Willie" said his mother. seeing him
eating a piece Of candy, "did say you
could have a piece Of candy?" "Well,"
said Willie, "you didn't say that I
couldn't"
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RULES TO GOVERN CONTEST.

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WEEK To THREE SUCCESSFUL CON
TESTANTS.