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The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-08-23
Held 100 Yard Record.

New York, August 20.-John W.
Overton was one of the best long dis
tance runners ever developed at Yale
University, and was captain of the
track team. While a student at the
university 0verton was twice winner
OF the international cross country
championship, defeating big field OF
competitors in 1915 and again the fol-
lowing year. He ran second to Potter
at Cornell in the two-mile champion
ship race of 1915, and finished third in
the one-mile event year later. Over
ton won a place in the all-American
track team at. 1000 yards in 1916
when he was record holder for that
distance.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-08-23
FIRST HAYWOOD COUNTY
SOLDIER TO go WEST.
JIM FERRETER DIES IN ARMY
HOSPITAL.
Death Occurred July 2S: Funeral was
Attended by Entire Battery ID. ia
F. A.: Body Wrapped in American
Flag: Was Among Our First volun-
teers: Reached France in May.

News reached Brownsville a day or
two ago of the, death of Jim Fer
reter, step-son Of ]. H. Cobb of this
county. Jim volunteered for service
soon after our country entered the
war and was a member of Battery D,
ia Field Artillery. He reached France
about the 23rd day of May. Early in
July his people had letter from him
stating that ne was getting along all
right. More recently news came that
he was sick in the hospital, and then
Miss Annie Sue Covington received
letter from Alvin Cook giving the sad
account of his death. He was buried
en- July 2S. The entire battery attend
ed the funeral and the body was wrap
ped in the flag of our country before
being lowered into the grave.
Jim Ferreter was young man of
many noble traits Of character. For
some time he attended the Haywood
county high school where his record
was good. His genial nature and open,
candid manner won for him many
friends, especially among the young
people of his neighborhood. He was
twenty-five years of age.
All honor to the name of Jim Fer
reter, who was the first Of our Hay
wood county boys to make the sacrifice.
He gave his life for the great cause of
democracy, liberty and humanity just
as truly as if he had been struck down
while going over the top. He did his
full duty. He fought the good fight.
He finished his course. May his noble
example inspire all Of us to greater
zeal and more determined loyalty un-
til the bunch of murderers who started
this cruel war shall have beAp driven
fr0m power on the earth. I
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-08-23
OUR COUNTY SOLDIERS

A cable received by Mr.. and Mrs.
Dee Chapman announced the safe ar
rival overseas of Lieut.. Lyman Chap
man. who is member of DR.. Smythe's
hospital unit.
Sergt. Thad Crandell is spending a
ten days furlough at home and his
splendid appearance proves the good
treatment he has received at Camp
Jackson.
Notice has been received that Prl-
yate Gordon Claiborne has arrived
safely overseas.
Allen Taylor has also been enjoying
a visit at home from Camp Pike, Ark.
Herbert Sternberger and Edgar
Rothschild, who enlisted for the navy
several weeks ago have received or
ders to report for duty in Nashville
August %, and left Wednesday. They
will go to San Diego, Cal.
Private Hiram King writes from
Hattiesburg, Miss, Of his new expert
ence with army life. He says ne has
rot had time to be homesick, but ne
wouldn't mind hearing from his friend'
Milton Langford will enter the Of
ficers' training camp at Camp Gordor
September /. This is the second pop
ular employee to leave from our post
office.
PVT. Harvey Hudson writes IRON
France that he escaped a serious
wound in peculiar way. He wal
thrown into the air by an exploding
shell, but received no wound, but plen
ty of scare.
Many Of our boys have been in th'
thick Of the fighting and it keeps u
constantly uneasy as to their satety
Lieut.. William Owen was in tow
this week, being at home on leave o
absence. He received commission
as second lieutenant from Camp Tay
lor, Louisville, KY.
Private Miles Bradford has arrives
safely overseas.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-08-23

extension of the draft ages to secure
deferred classification"
"The unsolved problem of this is
the maintenance Of academic education
in America during the war;" said Sec
retary Baker. Il think it would be
most unfavorable if academic educa-
tion was suspended or seriously inter-
fered with during the war"
"If we are to get as many men as
we need" continued the secretary, 1--WE
will have to draw upon more classes
than are available among those above
the age of 81.
"There are two classes above 81 we
are particularly interested in. One
that wants to serve, but is needed in
industrial work and should not be per-
mitted to go. The other is a relatively
small class that does not want to serve
and should be made to CO."
"And," added the secretary with en-
| phasis, "We propose that they shall
go!"
In response to a query by Represen-
tative Mckenzie of Illinois, Secretary
Baker said it was not intended to ex-
empt the college men as whole. He
explained that they were greatly need
eG for the army highly educated and
intelligent men for the engineering
/ and mechanical and other special
branches of the army. He expressed
the thought that colleges would have
to be largely drawn upon, but again
voiced the hope that there would be no
suspension of or serious interference
with academic courses while the wal
lasts.
"What we need are men who car
learn more engineering, chemistry anC
physics than they can at West Point,
said the secretary. Asked if West Point
was not primarily an engineering
school, Secretary Baker made it plair
that West Point was far from large
enough to meet the great and growing
;, needs of the army for engineers.
Secretary Baker and General Crow
der explained in response to questions
that under the present program of th'
war department boys of IS and 1!
would most likely be called by tn
middle Of next March or April
"My only advice to parents" sai'
Secretary Baker, "who desire thei
sons to receive an academic education
is to send them to college and thel
await any interruption to their course
by the demands of the draft"
Representative Kahn said that onl
20 per cent Of American boys continu
the academic education or take u
college courses after they are 18; 1
per cent after they are 10 and 10 pc
cent after they are 20 years old.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-08-23
NURSES WANTED
By the U. S. Government.

This is the greatest field of National
serv;ca for women and is more nearly
the equivalent of the army and navy
service and training than any other.
Let the young women from the ages
of 10 and 35 enroll with Miss Laura
Bradford at the court house, or tele..
phone Mrs. L. M. Short, chairman OF
woman's committee of Council Of Ma
tional Defense. The response from
all over the country to this call for
nurses has been remarkable. Many OF
the brightest and best Of our young
women of the Southland have respond
ed to this call and have already enroll
ed and will soon be at work among me
sick and wounded, a work which Is
Just as important, though less spectac'
ular than the work on the firing line
in France.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-08-23
THOSE SUBJECT
TO FIRST CALL
Men From 10 to SO Years Will be in
Special Classes.

Washington, Aug. 20.-Boys from
1s to 10 years, who will be made liable
to military service in the new man
power bill will be taken last, so Sec
retary of War Baker told the house
military affairs committee.
There would be no objection he said,
to putting the men of the 18-year-old
class in a separate classification, to
be called $50 far as practicable" only
after the older classes have been ex-
hausted.
He explained that Provost Marshal
General Crowder is now preparing reg
ulations that will put the men from
10 to SO in separate classes, which will
be subject to the first call.
"There are two ways of fighting this
war" Secretary Baker said. Zone is
to make every possible effort to win it
soon, and the other to proceed in q
somewhat more leisurely fashion and
to win it late. The advantage from
every point Of view-economical, social
and financial-is to win it soon.
"Tn working out our program OF
eighty divisions in France by the mid
die of next year, it has become nee
essary to take the whole industrial
output and transportation situation
into account, so that we shall be able
to supply and equip the divisions We
send abroad.
"The ninety-eight division program
is the maximum we can undertake
Secretary Baker added, ''but any max
imum is only momentary. We may
find that in few months we can adopt
an even larger program"
There is sentiment in the country
that the men of Is years are too younl
although Of course, there is also
sentiment in the county that the wa
must be won," said Secretary Baker
Il believe, however, that provision
should be written into the bill that tn
men between 18 and 10 be put in a sep
srate class to be called so far as prac
ticable after class one has been ex
hausted."
'T think it would be a mistake" h
added, ''to put the older men in on
class and the younger men in another
| think they should be mixed up"
i Secretary Baker corrected an earle
statement that it might be possible t
fight the war without calling any mar
, ried men. He said he would not OBJ
ject to provision in the bill tha
would make It impossible for ma
who had married in anticipation of tn
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-08-23
A MEDAL OFFERED

We offer to award beautiful French
gold medal to be given to the winner
the 9th of September for the best es-
say on the subject:
"Joan of Arc"
Conditions Of the contest are as
follows:
The writer must be a student or q
prospective student in one of the pub
lie schools of Haywood county. The
essay must be in our hands by Septem'
Der 3. The points of favor are a.
Originality, (2) Truthfulness, 90 In.
terest.
MRS. E. c. STURDIyANT,
MRS. c. A. WATERFIELD.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-08-23

Lieut.. Overton. was related to quite
number of people in this county, be-
ing cousin of the late Senator Clai-
borne.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-08-23

New Pair money-weight computing
scales for sale. See R. E. White
hurst 50
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-08-23
LIEUT.. JNO. M. OVERTON
Is KILLED IN ACTION.

Nashville, Aug. 20-Mr. and Mrs. ].
NJ. Overton of this city, today receiv-
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-08-23
VARDAMAN GOES
DOWN IN DEFEAT
Mississippi Vindicated in Eyes of the
World and Loyal to Government

With every county heard from,
more than half of them complete, the
vote in the Mississippi primary, as COM
piled by the Commercial Appeal early
Thursday morning stood at follows:
Harrison ----- - --4o,zto
Vardaman - ----- ----- 54,5o4
Noel ----- ----- ----- 5,5oO
Harrison's majority over both oppo-
rents, 5,764.
The soldier vote in many counties is
not included in the above. In those
counties in which the soldier vote has
been counted, even counties carried by
Senator Vardaman-Mk. Harrison
leads overwhelmingly, so it is safe to
say that when the final count is in
Harrison's lead will exceed 1000 votes
over both Senator Vardaman and Gov.
Noel.
w. Calvin Wells, Secretary of the
Harrison campaign committee, gave
cut the following statement:
"Unquestionably Mr., Harrison has
been nominated in the first primary.
Mississippi is vindicated in the eyes Of
the world and her loyalty can no long
er be questioned.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-08-23
ALLIES STILL ADVANCE
WAR NEWS SUMMARY
HUNS ARE STILL ON THE Rim
IN FRANCE.
French Go Forward Five Miles and
Take Twenty Villages: British Make
Great Surprise Attack: Many Pris-
oners and Guns Captured: Tanks did
Great Work.

The tide of defeat still surges heav-
| lily against the German armies in
France and Flanders. On four impor-
tant sectors French and British arms
again have been served, and the entire
German front from Ypres, in Belgium,
to scissors on the Aisne now is more
seriously menaced than before.
French troops of Gen. Mangin, oper-
ating from the region two miles north
west of Scissors to the 0ise river, and
those of Gen, Humbert, fighting be-
tween the Oise and the Matt, have ma
terially pushed forward their fronts,
bringing them to positions which
threaten to compel the immediate evac
uation of the entire Somme- -Oise sa-
lent from Braye to Noyon.
Farther to the north, between AL
bert and Arras, Field Marshal Haig
has followed up his successes of pre-
vious days by new offensive over a
front of about ten miles and driven
forward his troops for a splendid gain
over the entire line, capturing a num-
ber of villages, taking prisoners and
guns, and inflicting heavy casualties on
the enemy,
Still further north, in the famous
Iys sector, general eastward advance
on front of more than four miles has
been made by the British, who have
brought their positions appreciably
nearer the old 1916 battle line, running
east of Armentieres.
Numerous additional villages have
been liberated BY the French northwest
ef Sessions and positions havo n
- cured On both sid
"a Seemi2tt Sells tie Gen 6ne
Cd BY French guns from she svo... ..-s-.- :.
west. On the south the French are
standing in Sampigny, a mile and
half distant, while on the west they
have captured the important pivotal
town of Lassigny, the key position to
Noyon and the plains to the north.
With the advance of the French east
Of the Disc there has come under the
range of Gen. Mangin's guns the broad
railway line leading from
Noyon eastward to LIE Fere-the sole
line, except for two narraw
gauge roads, over which the enemy
may transport his men and supplies
beyond the range of the French artil-
lery.
At last accounts Haig was still pres
sing forward on the heels of the Ger
mans between Albert and Arras with
tanks innumerable clearing the way
for the infantry and machine guns
and the field artillery, which was keep
ing close up to the dvance The Arras-
Albert railway already has been eros
sed by the British east of Boislieux-
st. Marc and Mercatel, and south of
these towns the new line has been
pressed eastward in conformity.
On the Lys salient the Germans have
delivered violent counter attack in an
endeavor to recoup in part the losses
they have sustained. Their effort,
however, was fruitless, for the British
everywhere withstood their assaults
and pushed back the enemy beyond the
point of his departure.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

'Allo! Allo! 1924? This is 9S Have
you heard the motors of Boche planes ?,
Perfectly Seven Here too. I'm
calling the G. Fl. O.
"He changes his connection-a quarter
of q secondhand the non-commissioned Of
hcer Announces:
Post 124 heard sounds ten seconds be-
fore we did; it has already informed G..
II. Q. Warn the posts in the rear
"And while he is informing General Head
quarters of the passage of the squadron
another soldier is telephoning to the other
stations, so, 2o5, 176.
'Alo! Ailol Motors heard at great
height. Probable speed of aeroplanes 1920
to l4O Kilometres You will hear them in
six or seven minutes Report to G. II. o.
zone after another the soldier with the
leather helmet announces with the same
degree of precision the passage Of the other
squadrons Without moments delay this
information is carried from post to post
and TO General Headquarters Grand Quar-
tier GeneraD, with the minutes and sec
onds indicated. Let us now leave the
squadrons on their way to Paris.
"A powerful microphone gathers the
slightest noise in the atmosphere and
brings it considerably strengthened to the
ears of the soldier in the listening helmet
ia the observation post. These stations
are very numerous and all constructed in
the same way All Of them are connected
with the General Headquarters and with
each other They watch particularly the
course of rivers and railroad lines. 1t is
known that the German aviators in order
to reach Paris more frequently guide them-
selves by the brilliancy of the surface Of
rivers or by the lights along railroad lines.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

n SEVERAL occasions Paris
has been bombarded by
Gothas; more attacks may
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
An Allied Accomplish
ment in Gas Mines

THE most fendish machine of the
great war is what E. r. Burrows.
writing in "The Illustrated World" calls
q certain gas mine which the Allies tried
out on the Germans:
Five years ago the mere suggestion oe
the use Of such n devilish device woujd
have called down an avalanche Of protest
from the General Staff Of any one of the
countries now allied In exterminatinp tho
Hun. To-day 1t is acclaimed with fierce ap-
proval. Such is the vengeance the Ger
mans have brought down upon their own
heads by their disregard for all accented
rules of warfare. When a powerful foe
insists upon uncivilized combat, the quicker
he feels the consequences himself. the quick
er the light of reason will percolato
through the veil of blood lust he has thrown
over his eyes.
The machine is known as the chloro
picrin-phosgene gas mine To understand
Its working thoroughly II is necessary first
to examine gas masks, and then the con-
struction and working of the mine itself.
Every one has seen the gas mask now
used by the Allies. 1t possesses tin
container, which fits over the nose of the
wearer. This contains various compart-
ments, each holding layer of Offering
substance or neutralzng chemicals
which act on the air as it is drawn
through and up to the nostrils A sep
arate flap protects the mouth, so that an
Allied soldier can raise this to exhale, ex-
pectorate or smoke without unguarding his
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

gan. That investment effected the frst big
break IN the market in the fall of 1916
Since then. despite incidental fluctuations.
the progress has been steady up to the point
where we are now exporting over twenty
1--we times more than we ever did before and
are assured Of our future position.
Potash is the grea, German stronghold
IN TINS country, such potash as we have pro-
duced has been manufactured from wood or
seaweed whereas Germany has vast natural
potash deposits that she mines; and she ia
planning TO hold these over our heads as II
were, as one of her chief clubs when the
time OF settlement comes. She believes we
cannot get on without her potash. But we
nave not only greatly increased our output
of manufactured potash in the United
0'a'es recently; We also are experimenting
no" with what are believed to be large nat
ural deposits here. These are deyelopino
favorably Then, too. there Is a natural
trend nowadays to use soda as a substitute
for potash. This is going to help the pen.
eral situation. Finally. there is Japan
Great natural deposits of potash have been
discovered there
My own feeling is that Japan probably
Will take over the entire Far Eastern drug
held that Germany used to rule She is also
gong to be formd dable competitor of this
country in all other sections Sne ia poinp
TO be a competitor against whom we shall
need strong protective tariff There ia no
sense in mlncing that point The whole in
dustry, IN fact, is going to need protection
II it Is to attain to the position toward
which present conditions are beckonine it.
"lhe great point. though, Is that those
beckoning signs are there, clear, unmistak-
able. We're on our way"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

How many people know II is the basis of
the flavor of wintergreen, for example; that
1t is necessary to the flavor of the chewing
gum which is used all over the country :?
How many people who think of it as q
deadly poison know that it forms a part of
all the soft drinks we imbbe-and which it
looks if we should imbibe still more
largely than we do, whether we like it or
not? How many people are aware that car
bolic acid forms an essential ingredient of
every photograph record?
ut also is used in plcrc acid, which is so
important in the manufacture Of muni-
tions. 1t forms the mother of all the sali-
cylates of salol. of nnumerable other com
pounds It's one of the indispensable things
and it's one Of the things for which, be-
fore the war. we relied almost exclusively
upon foreign manufacturers, upon the
porters of Germany and England.
"But what is the situation to-day? To-
day we supplying here at home great
demand than ever existed before the
war, and also are exporting large quantities
of carbolic acid to overseas countries
when the war broke out this commodity
was selling for 812 cents pound. From that
it went steadily up until in November. 1915,
it commanded Sl.76. Then the pressure of
the intensive home production made itself
felt and the price began gradually to recede,
although for long it continued to remain
well over ST. To-day carbolic acid is selling
for 5p "ents pound.
Now '.il admit that there is big diff
fele..ee between 80 cents and the prewar
price of Il sents But that is due in great
part to wartime conditions, which have
raised the prices of all commodities to pro-
digious heights. The same thing applies to
scores and scores of drugs.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
The Versatile Packins
House

IT WAS packer experts who solved
one OK the most important problems
incident to supplying our men with pas
masks. 1t is packer product that is
used to stanch the flow of blood from
the wounds of our soldiers; it is a pack
er product which is used to sew 40 the
wounds; the soap with which the SOL
olers clean up after their turn in the
trenches Is packer product; the olus
which figures largely in the manufactura
OF alrplanes comes from the packers
the aviators' sheep pelt coats are nackas
products; glycerine for use in exn,,
s'ves' animal oils for lubricating pur-
poses and leather for harness. puttees
ana the IKE come largely from pack,ny
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

gene, either the Huns must be caught with
their masks off or they must be made to
take them off in some manner. This is
how 1t was done:
"1n strip Of trench about to be evacu-
ated an immense galvanized iron tank was
put in the ground. This was covered in
such manner that the advancing enemy
did not suspect its whereabouts. The tank
contained two compartments, one filled with
chloropicrin and the other with phosgene,
under compression. ELECTRIC apparatus was
attached to each compartment, which al
lowed the gases to be released by a small
explosion beside each chamber.
when Germans had occupied the sector
OF trench the first explosion took place, re-
leasing the chloropicrin. This, released
from high pressure, filled the trench and
all of the boyaus leading forward and back
lhe result? The chloropicrin cot
through the masks Immediately, and every
German who breathed small quantity
tralghtWay became deathly sick All of
the masks came off. for what man lives
who could keep on one of the binding con-
trivances In such circumstances?
Five minutes after the first compartment
was released the phosgene tank exploded.
This powerful gas caught the Germans en-
trely unprepared. Most Of them were too
SICK TO care, anyway. Over 80 per cent Of
those who had occupied the trench sector
that day were killed outright.
OWlng to the fact that chioropfcrin
causes such intense nausea, it lends to this
mode of warfare humane element. The
men who are victims of the chloropicrin-
phosgene gas mine are in comatose state
when death finds them, and, therefore. their
suffering is not as great as it would be If
they came in contact with phosgene alone"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
Did You Dehydrate Your
War Garden Vegetables?

HoW to have fresh vegetables the
year around by the simple method
of drying them when they are plentiful
and soaking them in water when de-
sired, is explained by f. Clemens Horst
n "Munseys Mazagine";
Throughout the United States, during
he summer now drawing toward a close,
hundreds Of thousands of backyard vegetable
gardens have produced millions of dollars
worth Of foodstufs Moreover practically
all Of it has been used or will be used; for
when a man raises vegetables on few
square feet of q city lot he is so proud Of
his accomplishment that he will not allow
his crops to be wasted. All Of which is a
very good thing, fer this is practical way
to cooperate with the government In in
creasing our food supplies
THE cultivation of small garden plot