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The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03
ADVERTISING RIGHT NOW
is THE THING

A great many merhants are "short-
handed" The difficulty of securing
a sufficient number of employees to
properly handle their business will be
steadily increased when the drain
upon the 18-to-45 classes for army
service gets well under way.
, In these circumstances, the advan-
tage of getting two peoples work out
of one salesperson without increasing
his hours of service is obvious. 1t can
be done by intelligent advertising.
1t may take an average Of is min
utes to serve a customer who visits
the store for the purpose Of making
certain purchase without having
previously formed definite idea OF
exactly what that purchase is to be,
where it is to be found and what
price will be charged. Such a Gus
toner will expect OF be shown a doz-
en- or more articles Of the general
description he or she desires, and will
take up lot of salesperson's time in
examination, discussion, deliberation
and decision.
On the other hand, the customer
who has obtained from newspaper
advertisement complete information
about the contemplated purchase can
be seved with satisfaction in less
than half the time. The salesperson
who handles well-advertised wares
can wait upon two or more persons
in the time that it takes another to
serve one buyer of unadvertised goods
because. in the latter case the seller
has to do the advertising personally
as he goes along. Philadelphia Re-
cord.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03
BUSINESS MEMS CLUB NOTES
By the Secretary.

The Business Mems Club received
a, letter this week from Mr.. c. E
Brehm, of the Cooperative Extension
Work, U. s. department Of agricul-
ture. asking for our cooperation in
securing an increase of 1864 acres
q wheat in Upton county. Blanks
are being sent for statements of what
each farmer will increase. These
blanks will be sent out to community
centers, and we hope our people will
let the government know what their
intentions are. From reports al
ready received we believe this acreage
win be easily reached.
The clubroom has been a place of
much activity for the past several
DAYS. Conferences Of Liberty loan
workers have been held every day and
might, and an organization has been
perfected which will raise the coun-
Ity's quota if it can be done. Commit
teemen from all parts Of the county
deserve great credit for the faithful
and unselfish service they are rem
dering the government in this work.
Our people should make their work
as light as possible by volunteering
their subscriptions in such amounts as
will raise the quotas in each district
At the Farmers Institute held in
Jackson some weeks ago. Miss Moi
fatt, our home demonstration agent,
was asked to give a demonstration
in meat canning. The work met the
approval of the experts who had
charge Of demonstration. This work
would be worth a great deal to our
people if they would take the trou-
Bile to learn it.
The county exhibits were good at
the Tr-State fair this year, and we
were very sorry that we did not have
county farm agent so that we could
/ have an exhibit. We are trying to
get the department to furnish US
one, and they have romised to do
SO if the right man can be found.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03
COLORED RALLY DAY

Sunday, September 20, was Sun
day school rally day at Kings Hill
colored Baptist church. Landon Jones
and Vertie May Davis were the lead
ers of the clubs. Landon raised the
sum of $40, and Vertie May raised
S33.1S. Total collections for the day
were S146.57.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03
OFFICERS APPOINTED TO
HOLD MUNICIPAL PRIMARY

The following officers have been
appointed to hold the municipal pri-
mary which is to be held on October
"a:
Registrar, W. o. Menefee.
officer, Will Pace.
Judges: /. R. Calhoun, j. R. Fallin,
E. D. Richmond.
Clerks, W. C. Sullivan, W. W. Bid
IL JOHNSON Sec,v..
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03
LIBERTY LOAN
SPEAKING DATES

The following dates have been ar
ranged for speaking in the interest
of the Fourth Liberty Loan. There
will be two speakers at each place.
LOAF ommittees and citizens are ex-
peeted to advertise these meetings.:
Friday Night. October 4th.
Tabernacle Hall, colored-Rev. R.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03
BRIGHTON Baptist Church

All the members Of the Brighton
pantist church who are interested IN
tbe Affairs of the church are request
81 "a be present at conference on
Saturday afternoon October 5, at $3.50
o,rlock Very important business is
q come before the church that re-
cures all of the members to be pres
~ d. r. Lyles, Clerk.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03
The fuel administration announc.

The fuel administration announc-
q that automobiles for use IN the
Fourth Liberty loan Sunday meetings
come under the same heading as au-
fomobiles for use in going to church
The conscience of the rider shall be
his guide. However, it is suggested
fhat wherever convenient other
menas of transportation be used.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03

Quarterly meeting will be held at
Pisgah on Monday, October z, in
stead of on October 6, as previously
announced.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23
BOOST FOR GOOD ROADS IDEA
Highway Magazine Does II by Asking
Four QuestionseDeIivery FaeIi.
tiles Increased.

Four questions which every Ameri-
can is requested to put to himself are
suggested by the Dixie Highway. the
good roads publication Of the Dixie
Highway association.
Do you " stop to consider that
every bale Of cotton the farmer can
add to his wagonlOad makes his prof
its that much greater?
And that every pound of merchan-
disc which can be added to the truck
load makes truck haulage that much
more reasonable?
And that every foot Of good road
over which these wagons and trucks
travel increases the nations delivery
facilities?
And that every inch of bad road-Of
Extraordinarily road-makes hauling
that much more expensive; makes the
farmers profit that much less than it
should be?
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23

From the moment the train startet
on its way to Germany. the thought
kept coming to my head that unless
could make my escape before We
renched that reprisal camp ! might al
well make up my mind. as far as
was concerned, the wal a over.
1t occurred to me that II the eight
of us In that car could jump at q given
signal and seize those four Hun guards
by surprise, we'd have a splendid
chance Of besting them and Jumping
Off the train when 1t first slowed down.
but when I passed the idea on to my
comrades they turned 1t down. Even
If the plan worked out as glOriOusly
as l had pictured, they pointed out.
the fact that so many Of us had es-
capped would almost inevitably result
in Our recapture. The Huns would
have secured Belgium till they had
got us and then we would all be shot.
Perhaps they were right.
Nevertheless, l was determined that,
no matter what the others decided to
wv 1 was 6CluS " hunt OlC w v
freedom, come what might.
AS we passed through village after
village In Belgium and l realized that
we were getting nearer and nearer to
that dreaded reprisal camp. l con
cluded that my one and only chance Of
getting free before we reached 1t was
through the window! would have
to go through that window while the
train was going full-speed, because If
l waited until 1t had slowed up or
stopped entirely, it would be u simple
matter for the guards to overtake or
shoot me.
l opened the window. The guard
who sat opposite me-so close that
his feet touched mine and the stock
of his gun which he held between his
knees occasionally struck my foot
made no objection, imagining no doubt
that l found the car too warm or that
the smoke. with which the compart-
ment was filled, annoyed me.
As l opened the window. the noise
the train IA making as 1t Numbered
along grew louder. 1t seemed to say:
you're a fool if you do: you're a fool
If you don't-you're & fool if you do
you're a fool If you don't"-and l said
to myself 1.-THE noes have it." and
closed down the window again.
AS soon as the window was closed,
the noise of the train naturally sub
sided and its speed seemed to dimin-
ish, and my plan appealed to me
stronger than ever.
l knew the guard in front of me
didn't understand a word of English,
and so, in a quiet tone of voice, l con-
tided to the English officer who sat
next me what l had planned to do.
"For Gods sake, Pat. chuck it," he
urged. Don't be a lunatic! This rail
road is double-tracked and rock-bal-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23

lasted and the other track Is on your
side. You stand every chance in the
world Of knocking your brains out
against the rails, or hitting a bridge or
a whistling post, and if you escape
those you will probably be hit by an
other train on the other treck. You
haven't one chance in a thousand to
make it,"
There was a good deal of logic in
what he said, but l figured that once l
was in that reprisal camp I might
never have rel one chance in a thou
sand to escape, and the idea of re-
naming a prisoner of wal indefinitely
went against my grain. I resolved to
take my chance now at the risk of
breaking my neck.
The car was full of smoke. I looked
across at the guard. He was rather an
old man, going home on leave. and he
seemed to be dreaming Of what was In
store for him rather than paying any
particular attention to me. Once in a
while l had smiled al him, and l figured
that he hadn't the slightest idea of
what was going through my mind all
the time we had been travelling.
l began to cough as though my throat
was badly irritated by the smoke and
then l opened the window again. This
time the guard looked up and showed
his disapproval, but did not say any
thing.
It was then 4 o'clock in the morn
ing and would soon be light. 1 knew l
had to do it right then, or never, as
there would be no chance to escape in
the daytime.
l had on a trench coat that l had
used as a flying coat and wore my
knapsack, which l had constructed
out of a gas bag brought into Courtrai
by a. British prisoner. IN this l had
two pieces of bread, a piece of sau-
and a pair Of flying mittens. All
of them had to 60 with me through the
window.
The train was now going at a rate of
between thirty and thirty-f1ve miles an
hour, and again it seemed to admonish
me as 1t ratified along owe the ties.
you're a fool II you do-you're a fool
II you don't. You're a fool II you don't
you're a fool II you do. You're a fool
II you DON'T"
I waited no longer. Standing upon
the bench as IL to put the bag on the
rack and taking hold Of the rack with
my left hand and a strap that hung
from the top of the a with my right,
| pulled myself up, showed my feet and
legs out Of the window and let 60.
There was a prayer on my lips as I
vent out, and I expected a bullet be-
tween my shoulders, but It was all
,ver IN an instant
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23
(TO BE
TRAIN MIND TO REMEMBER
BY the Proper Exercise Of Will Ono
Can Teach the Brain to Regis.
ter Photographs.

A man who has a wonderful memory
says in the American Magazine:
If you can train your right arm to
deliver a good blow, you can train
your memory to retain facts. There
are just as many flabby-mlnded men
In the world as there are flnbby-bodied
ones. Both kinds of fabbiness are due
to laziness, the one mental. the other
physical.
Above all, you must remember that
the brain is a Photographic machine
and you can make it take an enormous
number of photographs. I don't CON-
tend that each nan may eventually
have as good a memory as his neigh
boris, but I am firmly convinced that
80 men out of 100 can have better and
more serviceable memories than they
now have.
Teach your brain to register photo
graphs of what you want 1t to retain.
Be enthusiastic about 1t. Work at Il
every day while you are doing your
other work. It isn't very hard. Most
use about 80 per cent of their
available energy when they're work.
ing. Concentrate on what you are
doing. Let 1t soak into you. Absorb
it-and always absorb 1t with the con-
viction that 1t Is going to stay alb
There you have my recipe for a
good memory: Determine to remem-
her, don't worry, and learn how not to
let your office worries and work 90 to
bed with you at highland, above all
get into the open and give ma
ture a chance. Fresh air and sun.
shine have as beneficial an effect on
memory as they do IN the other
parts of your general makeup.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23

conversation Jagged. and | suppose 1t
Is the same In other prisons too. What
were the chances of escape.
Every man seemed to have a differ
n idea and n way, / suppose, was
about as impracticable as another.
None of us ever expected to get a
cfilnce to put u IDEAS into execution,
but 1t was interesting speculation. and
anyway n can never tell what OPP
rortunities might present themselves.
one suggestion was that we disguise
ourselves as women. "O'Brien would
stand n better chance disguised as a
norse.' declared another, referring to
the fact that my height Il am six feet
two inches) would make me more con-
splclous as Il woman than as a man.
Another suggested that we steal a
German Gotha-a type of airplane
used for long-distance bombing. 1t is
these machines which are used for
bombing London. They are manned
by three men. n sitting in front with
a machine gun, the pilot sitting behind
him and an observer sitting in the rear
with another machine gun. We fig
ured that, at a pinch, perhaps, seven
or eight of us could make our escape
In Il single machine. They have two
motors of very high horse power, fly
very high and make wonderful speed.
But we had no chance to put this idea
to the test.
worked out another plan by which
l thought | might have a chance if |
could ever get into one Of the German
airdromes. l would conceal myself in
n OF the hangers, wait until one Of
the German machines started out, and
as he TAXED along the ground l would
rush out, shout ut the top of my voice
and point eXcitedly at his wheels. This,
figured, would cause the pilot to stop
n get out to see what was wrong.
By that time l would be up to him, and
as he stopped " to inspect the ma
chine, l could knock him senseless, |
jump into the machine and be over the |
lines before the Huns could make up
their minds just what had happened.
1t was Il fine dream, but my
was not to come that way.
There were dozens of other ways |
we considered. One man would
be for endeavOrlng to make his way
right through the lines. Another
the safest plan would be to
swim some river that crossed the lines.
The idea of making ones way to
Holland, a neutral country, occurred
to everyone, but the one great obstacle
In that direction, we all realized, was
The great barrier of barbed and cleo
charged wire which guards ev-
cry foot of the frontier between Bel
GUM and Holland, and which is closely
watched by the German sentries.
This barrier was a three-fold affair.
1t consisted first of n barbed wire wall
six feet high. Six feet beyond that
was n nine-fOOt wall of wire power.
fully charged with electricity. To
it meant "electrOcution. Beyond
hat, at a distance Of six feet, was
another wall of barbed wire six feet
high.
Beyond the barrier lay Holland and
liberty. but how to get there was a
problem which none of us could solve
few of us ever expected to have
| chance to try.
Mine came o n than l expected.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23

must have followed my escape, they
probably didn't stop within half Of a
mile from the spot where l lay.
I came to within a few minutes and
when I examined myself and found no
bones broken, l didn't stop to worry
about my cuts and bruises, but jumped
up with the idea Of putting as great a
distance between me and that track as
possible before daylight came. Still be-
Ing dazed, l forgot all about the barbed
wire fence along the right of way and
ran full tilt into it. Right there l lost
one of my two precious pieces Of bread,
which fell out of my knapsack. but I
could not stop to look for it then.
The one thing that was upper1nost in
my mind was that for the moment I
was free, and 1t was up to me DOW to
make the most Of my liberty.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23

NPPssSAssVu " 0eNS VOAs III PTVVTeSUs
larly we must save the foundations If
we are to protect the commerce and
industries of the country which are
supplying the needs of our men on the
battle fronts as well as the taxes of
the government and the necessities of
the men, women and children who are
keeping the wheels going at home.
"The federal government, the manu-
facturer and the farmer for months
have been depending on the highways
for the transportation Of enormous
amounts of materials and supplies by
motor trucks. The roads fast are
wearing down and hundreds Of miles
of highways will become useless I'M
less the resurfacing of these roads Is
encouraged so that the foundations
may be saved. In road construction,
the principal cost is in the foundations.
The top, or road surface. naturally is
the first to give way, break and finally
grind up and disappear, leaving the
foundations exposed.
Foundations costing hundreds of
millions Of dollars now are in danger
Of being ruined forever, when they
could be saved by proper resurfacing,
but this should be done at once or else
the costly foundations will have to be
done all over again. In some states
and localities there Is a disposition to
delay work until after the war on the
theory that men and materials are
more needed in the war work. This is
a mistake which should be corrected.
Without the highways the business of
the country would be crippled. The
roads must be preserved both for war
purposes and for the safeguarding of
u industries, upon which our coun-
try's revenues depend. Makeshift sur
facing will crumble in a few months
and will have to be done all over
again. II properly surfaced now, hum
dreds Of millions Of dollars will be
saved"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23

landed on my left side and face
burying my face In the rock ballast.
cutting 1t open and closing my left
eye. skinning my hands and shins and
straining my ankle. For a few mo
ments l was completely knocked out.
and II they shot at me through the
window, in the first moments after my
escape. I had no way of knowing.
or course, II they could have stopped
the train right then, they could easily
have recaptured me. but at the speed It
was going and In the confusion which
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23
Width Of Earth Roads.

The width of the earth road will de-
pend on the traffic. As a rule. Is or
30 feet from ditch to ditch is sufficient
if the road is properly crowned. Or.
dinarily the only bitches needed are
those made with the road machine.
which are wide and shallow.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23
CHAPTER VI.
A Leap for Liberty.

I had been in prison at Courtrai
nearly three weeks when, on the morn
ing of September 9th, l and six other
officers were told that we we're to be
transferred to a prison camp in Ger
many.
One Of the guards told me during the
day that we were destined for a re-
prisal camp in Strassburg. They were
sending us there to keep our airmen
from bombing the place.
He explained that the English car
ried German officers on hospital ships
for a similar purpose and he excused
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23
Flowers on Mountain Tops.

1t is known that upon many Of the
submits Of the high mountain ridges
Of the Hawaiian islands. in the re-
gions Of heavy rainfall. are open bogs
which support a peculiar and interest
ing flora. Many species form more or
less hemispherical tussocks which rise
above the general level Of the bog. A
snowy lobelia with numerous large
cream-colored flowers as much as
three and a half inches long, peculiar
violets and q sundew are found there.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23
Mozart Always Composing

After stating that while composing
Mozart went to the piano. Me
metschek remarks: His Imagination
distinctly and wildly presented to him
the whole work he had conceived"
Mozart, as he told his father, was al.
ways immersed in music. went about
with it all day, and liked to speculate.
study and reflect. From his wife we
learn that his mind was always in mo-
ton, that he was continually compos-
ing,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23
GOOD
ROADS OF COUNTRY
Former Governor Tensr Declares Il
Military Necessity to Keep
Highways In Repair.

at Is up to the federal, state and
local governments to save our high
ways" remarked John K. Tener Of
Pennsylvania, former governor, presi-
dent Of the Permanent Highways COR
pOratiOn of New York. Governor Ten
er declared that 1t is a military me-
cessity for the proper authorities to
protect the roads. 1--WE must preserve
the roads Of the country, and particu-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23
Vibrations Ear Can Detect

The ordinary human a can detect
a tone whose vibration rate is at least
25,OOO vibrations a second, while the
whistle will produce $1,000 a second.
This upper limit varies with the age
Of the individual to such an extent
that, II the upper limit at sixteen
years Of age were $4,000 vibrations. at
sixty years of age It would b about
$4,000 . secoua
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23
Cleanliness In Hen House

ObGUIIue08 N TIeu tIOU8es
Cleanliness is necessary in tile poul-
try house. This is an old-time and oft
given piece of advice, but it still needs
repeating from time to time. II you
doubt it just go into some of the hen
houses on the farm.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23
FROM THE WINDOW OF A TRAIN RUNNING IS MILES AN
HOUR, 0'BRIEN MAKES LEAP FOR LIBERTY.

Synopss"-lat OIrien, II resident of Moncnce, ILL.,. after seeing
serVlc" i'll the American flying corps on the Mexican border in 1916.
JOINS the British Royal Flying corps in Canada, and after Il brief train
Ing Terhi Is sent to France. He is assigned to Il squadron in active
service on the front. lie ngngo in several hot fights with German
flyers, from which he energeS victorious. Finally, in n fight with four
German flyers, oIricn is shot down. lie falls 5000 feet and escaping
death by a miracle, awahes to find himself Il prisoner in II German
hospital, with n bullet Epe in his mouth. After a few DAYS in the
hospital, he is sent to II prison camp at courtrai.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23

Using Convict Labor.
Military roads are being built in
Ohio by the aid Of convict labor.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23

Flock Commands Admiration.
A nice flock of pure-bred fowls COM
mands admiration.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23
When Hiahways Are Wet.

When the roads are wet and heavy
the farmer can haul but one-eighth of
the load to town that he could haul
If a first-rate road were available.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23
ain Cost Of Poor Roads.

Big Cost Of Poor Roads.
The United States Office of public
bill for hauling because of poor roads
at $500, 900, 900 annually.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23
Get Top Market Price.

You can always get the top market
price for pure-bred poultry and eGps.