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Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1918-06-20
PROCLAMATION
WAR SAVINGS DAY

President Wilson has designated
Friday, June 2S, as national war saw
ings day. He says in part:
II appeal to all who now own eth
er liberty bonds or war savings
stamps to continue to practice econ
omy and thrift and to appeal to all
who do not own government securi-
ties to do likewise and purchase them
to the extent of their means. The
man who buys government securities
transfers the purchasing power of his
money to the United Estates govern
ment until after this war, and to that
same degree does not buy in compe-
tition with the government.
i earnestly appeal to every man,
woman and child to pledge themselves
on or before the 2Sth of June to save
constantly and to buy as regularly as
possible the securities of the govern
ment; and to do this as far as possi-
BILE through membership of war saw
ings societies. The 2Sth of June ends
this special period OF enlistment in
the great volunteer army of produc-
ton and saving here at home. May
there be none unenlisted on that day.
WOODROW WILSON"
Gov. Tom C. Rye has also issued
proclamation, which says in part:
Now, the month of June is set
apart by the White House as peri
cd when war savings is to be the one
absorbing subject. Tennessee is
called upon, along with all the other
states, to pledge it's allotment OF ap-
the pledge now. To rnat end one
$47,000.00O and to make
particular day has been set apart as
war savings day throughout the Unit
ed States and Tennessee will observe
the day.
To this end, I, Tom c. Rye, COVER
nor of the State of Tennessee, do
hereby designate and set apart as
war savings day IN Tennes-
see, Friday, June %, 1918, and do
hereby call upon our people to de-
vote the afternoon of that day to the
intensive drive to be made so that
every man, woman and child in the
state may have the opportunity to
invest their small savings and large
savings-all their savings in tn gov
ernment's short term, attractive and
practical securities-the war savings
stamps, that are always worth their
cost, draw liberal interest through
out their. life and are mature and are
worth their face at the end of five
years
TOM G.. RYE, Governor"
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1918-06-20

According to the council of national
defense. the experience gained in
cross-country convoy work has made
the truck companies able to travel en-
tirely independent of the countryside.
Camps are made at the regular hour.
no matter where the company is To-
Gated, except that open country is CIV
en- preference over cities.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1918-06-20

Night driving of motor-truck supply
trains from the West to the seaboard
has been started by the quartermas-
ters department as step toward final
training to fit men for service In
France.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-09

ords showing the condition of over 400 men in the district. Cases in which the board has positive .eYid dHnce-n of reg= fstrants' physical unftness are being assigned to- Glass 5. though the reg -istfants claim Glass 1, and regtsra nts who have not been before the buard,
 but who Claim to be physically iiAfit lon account Of dsfortiities, deafness,
 bAiftdness, loss Of lffnbsc etcs, are .baing
 called to prove their claims, and they
 too, are being eliminated from the
 's It would | s seem. therefora..ssqthas. sl the
 district win have men enough in Class
 1. to supply two, and possibly three, not call for more than 530s00ooi 1Taep for two more dfatts that are no heavier than the first draft seainAz in the light of present available figures, to be a safe prediction. ar e.r 4
 New City Court Judge Takes, ofRces
 The customary routine of sessions pf the. city court took On special interest Tuesday morning. when Judge IL H. Fuller, who has served the +.city 4 so faithfully and well. retired from office and Judge .MahIon H -AGeissief,A who was appointed by the last 1egislature, was sworn in and took. up the duties of the office, which he has previously fill- ed. < There were rnatdaf words of respect and good wil1 and PfqseGntin Ing; Attor- ney Eric H, Johnson took oeeasioa to
 pay tributes to the retiring and inconn- : | ing judge. .,. st- t7- .z- !. ., There was only one case, of minor
 importance, to be passed upon and, iii tdeference to a wish expressed by Judge Fuller, Judge Geissler dismiss
 ed this. 1
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 ;ofders aS quickly as possible. Season ed wood is at,a premium. People are, glad to De able to buy any kind of wood until. their orders for coal can be gotten out. T F: ! -4-- -S'- -- Heard and Seen. ,- Miss Stella Brown has returned to Sterling, where she is principal of the school. .A-t T 4rcrg' r-x'ta7.'y' ' ' Thatcher Hatch of Philadelphia and Miss .Eduac Hatch R.. N,-. of Boston, 'fprperly of Baltic, were recent guests of Mrs. A.. W. Collins. Louis Radefs has rstlnned home after "a visit with ,Waterbury friends. < : : [; D;Eylployes Of the town sprinkled sand on the icy walks Tuesday,. y--JeAa .L- Brown is assisting J,=J.s, V. Woods, C. E.. in state construction.
 Edward Farrell, IT, was Provi- denee visitor Tuesday.
 M H. Donahoe and daughter Fidelis have returned from visit with. New York friends s=es ss tE i
 Alfred Faucher of Central Village was a. recent guest of Louis lTrudeau
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ELMy1'Lj..jLE I
M Club Entertsined ,Ry-Mrs. Howare
 S. Wood-Two Tables of Whist.

..- 5.iFE- 9t -r
 The Center -sehoel eRened Wednes- day for. the. winter term. : Mrs. John F. Purvis is with her hus- band at Fort Terry. for. a few days.
 Miss Sadie Hilton of Danielson spent Sunday with Mrs. Martha. Jones.
 ' Daniel Gallup. Mrs: John Gallup and son, Linder, of Danielson, and Miss Doscas Gallup eof athe Connecticut coll slege9 have been guests of Mrs H. S Call; }cssi 4 v = r, t,z 7-4. i''1 ME and Mrs. Clifford Davis are vis- iting, in New, York sz-.44,i-si-1
 Miss Florence Brayfon; is. i'll. --r-r7 ,sMR. and eMrssi,Js H. -MiHigan vtisted their son and family in Wauregan on sNewtY ears day. 'l'HF;i 7z-l
 Mrs. Howard S., Wood T entertained ] the M club -atsher@ home Friday after noon. Two tables of whist were play ed. -Menhefs Bsre present from Dan ielson and Elrnviile.
 Mir, and, Mrs7 R. r: Kenyon were ir Putnam Thurs4ay for the anfIua church night Services of the Second Consres esationa1 church, \ - :-,.-4t,--- X < Mrs. Kate Norton was in Providence last week, to, attend the funeral of 6 friend. 'S-.sfE..-f-
 Miss Mary DeMi1ler- of Rockville spent tf:e week end and Sunday at the fEIin Crest house. s-.' S A Andrew Archer was a Worcester wis Mrs. Merrill Wood Of the Green Hei. E low load called on local friends Sun- daty -s.,. t~, A-SEsa.s+ z, t77fff
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f storehouse- door. :aYnung MeFarlain, seeing the truck start ahead thought it was going up the road! and at tempted to cfinb5 aboard the rear of the truck AS Mr. Bri16neI1 did not know of the boys Intentions, he start ed the truck backward, which caused the boy to be thrown to the ground He got bad shaking up and several bruises. -, -r FS;EE.~.ErF1 zesoe rsee Rsd Cross Meeting. !. , On account. of the extreme cold on Wednesday the local Red Cross society did not, open its rooms, but held it's meeting at the home of Mrs. Ralph H. Melcer. The afternoon was spent working on hospital shirts and ban ydageG -t-s-fso -s- ! Z 'St 2-s s,4 pr v -'' F The cross road just above the Palmer, Bros. O. mill has been given "a coating of coal ashes by John Clark.
 Daniel Rogers has leased of Harry Rogue the use of ieeheuses and right to harvest the ice. crop on the c. R. Bogue pond. ..Iyt
 Quarterly Conference.
 F EThesfourth quarterly conference was held at the Methodist church Thurs Fdays evening. saReH G.: G. Scrivener, district superintendent, of Norwich, conducted the meeting:3>a 43
 Mrs. Arthur BlaisdeHs iseconfined, to her home with a severe attack of grip. Miss Campbell to Speak. |, Thursday, Jan. 10, Miss Nellie J. Campbell, county demonstration for the farm bureau, will address the Thurs day club on the use of corn.
 i. The Methodist Junior league held its meeting at the parsonage Saturday afternoon: r- 9tq4s'' s7r E Cellars Not Erostproof. Many cellars, that have previously
 been considered frostproof. have fail r ed in the. past week Farmers and home gardeners who had stored their potatoes: for home use. or for market
 later have in many instances lost all they had r---r-; ~c- = -.c,l-'7
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URGED TO RECONSIDER.
Citizens Persuadins Eireraen to Re.
 main in the Department.

r f fHa ?
 Reconsideration of their ffeternina- . tion to resign from the fire. department with the passing from ofice- 1os Chief. Engineer c. D. Arnold was being urged Tuesday upon the members of Com :pany No. i --1.-4. t-s. =
 Leading. citizens. were prominent in. a movement the intent of (which was to have the dissatisfied members of the department view the. whole, situa- tion from different standpoint and to stand loyaily by the city which they love and in which they. : make, their homes and not to deprive that city of the very able and efficient pro lection that their training aa frefnen enables them to give to Putnam in
 time of need. -------4
 f The spirit of this propaganda had "a get together basis. Those who Were urging it, though fully cognfzapt of the position of the firemen who have said that they would resign, feel that they might reconsider with. very good grace and decide to remain in the de- pertinent and make the valuable ser :. vices they are able to render availa
 bfe- to the city. -------------. --- ..------ = az Such. action upon their nart; Wnnld be highly appreciated by many prop
 erty owners and important interests. 1t
 was made clear during Tuesday, and would be regarded in many quarters
 as an evidence of absolute fidelity to, their horpP city in the welfare of which it<fs certain Iaflcef3 them are Yi-
 tally interested, notwithstanding the ttfiht Of the political whee1s. si
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- Ia ' , 7Js1- BROOKLYN
Churches Unite For Watch Night Ser Viee-AHnuaI Meeting of Congreoa- tionat society-Jail Prisoners HeIr
 Fxt'nguish Fire. ..

A watch service New Years eve
 was held in the Episcopal 4church. four of the. resident, ministers taking part. Owing to the excessive cold not many turned out. e 'h- cl .t The mercury Sunday morning stood at 4 degrees below zero. Monday 10 below afd Tuesday 8 below, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver F. Downs with their son gre visiting relatives and friends at their former home on Long i, Annual Church Meeting. The annual meeting, of the Congre gational church was held on January list. Reports were made by the pastor, the trustees and of the different so-
 cietiesI connected with the church. An excellent port was made by the su-
 ncrinteEGeLt tf the, Sunday school These were all accepted and ordered rec. .rdedz The following officers were chosen for the coming year. John E. Myers, Geacor, for three years; James | I-cwry, trustee for. three years and | William R. Thurber, clerk and treas urer for one lear. The. church and envelope committee the same as last year. .- -.7.-,-r / ,,,-t.
 | Prisoners distinguished Fire.
 ! C. H. Blake Ead, a bad scare on Sum- day forenoon when the chimney caught 1 fire. Mr Field, with eight jail pris- ci.ers with pails came, to the rescue
 and ir sl1or: time had the fire out.
 Miss Grace. Thu Der had her vaca-
 cation extended nearly a week longer Ton account of!tlle lacil, oL fuel, She lief:
 on Friday for Lowell ...-t7
 Sailing Deferred. On account cf tr,' steamer upon
 which Charles Edwin Blake expected
 to sail not arrivlng in port and the | fact that the government had taken
 the berth he had secured for his | l.assage fol officers who were going to join the army at the front returned
 home for short stay with his parents
 and sisters. leaving Saturday for Hart
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ford expecting to sail soon.
 Lcss Thrcuoh Cold.

Many citizens during the severe cold weather i1st c;atoes ana other veee- tables, One fainer who had bought and I.ut in his cellar 2a bushels of seed nGtatoes for rtay ns ,ntxr sprinE had tl;em tGHtled with fest: perhaps no all were rr ned. A widow had two barrels If pu,s toes ruined hy freez- ing and also al. the fruit she had caa- red. .F44..s ,.
 Mir. and Mrs. Wallace L. Pond and daughter, Rita E., were callers on Mir. Ponds parents, Mir. and Mrs. T. D. Fond, Saturday, making the journey fl om Providence in a Sedan, a car of which he had but recently become the owner.
 The attendance at the churches on Sunday was very light. Although the sun shone.. brightly there were very few. places, if any. where it thawed. T'se ice is very hard. sla J.
 R. R. Witter. was in ClayviIle.- R. |, Sunday to see his wife who is there caring for her mother, who is seriously il!.
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from friends in camp, or if we had any gold in our possession. No one spoke. T take your word as English officers and gentlemen that such is the case" said the major.
 Respect EngIishman's Word.
 The Germans have high respect for the word of an Engiishntan. I'm afraid the feeling is far from mutual. Our persons were not searched but the baggage was thoroughly examined, after which it was packed, labeled and earted off to the. station. s
 My feelings about this time can be gathered from the following extract from nay first letter home after leav- ing Germany 4-r,es5 fv "As you know by now,o of coutTe, | am in Switzerland, or at least think am. Every nninutesf expect to wake up and hear some Hum shouting, e'Auf- stehen, Kaffee trinken I wrote you from Constance, f but you pruhably never got the letters. Permission to write was given very grtfdgingly We arrived there November 15g There
 were sixty -three of us at first.
 ] We were7 there for a. month, and the whole stay was nothing but se- ries of dtsappointments The first was that the commission would not be able to see us for some time, and we, l had come prepared for gia fewdayS'i I stay o1iy. All our timed stpff was left behind in camp or hospital. We
 had to fall back on the horrible Ger man rationse-lnostly ocahbage-4with cabbage on the side as vegetable and fagain as anlientree. Suddenly as a
 bolt from the blue 8 Guillotins list was
 read out containing the names of eight senior officers twha were to, go back to
 camp. It was, some sort Of reprisal am sure.t,e.e e., ,c--~e. e.s.5,4 i 2'l Guillotine Lists, Ersquent..s
 nseWe saw the commission and then
 no -onet netk4ewzwhether he had passed or not, They wouldn't tell us.. GuiHotine I lists became freQuei1t. I managed to escape them. all. but was still in Con stance with IT thirtY-tw two otief officers lon Decerrber 12 when two lists came
 in including us, all One party of thff- I teen was Co, leave at 6 a. m on Me 18th
 for, one camp and the rest of us in the
 evening for another. We weren't very } hopeful but Kept cheerful. As soon as the first lot~had gone we were told ' that the rest of US were to leave for
 Switzerland that night. You never l heard such a cheer as went up. We , were running around in cur pajamas shaking hands and huggtng each other
 Even then we didn't really believe we ! were going till we got on the train at 6. The train wasn't to leave tiiI a7: 50 but, I suppose they were afraid we might miss it. No feari"
 (continued tomorrow5
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as a selected man from Rhode .Isisnd. has been transferrsd to the medical corps. He is, registered pharmacist.
 tneonyenisut fer Pupils.
 High school students who. live in villages to the north of Danielson nov hays to wait more than an hour for a car leaving for their homes, and most of them are unable to get lunch, other than what they bring to school, until nearly 4p.sFn.-- --- ..- ~. .fs
 Amadee Bernier Is to dispose of his business to Simon Kafnfnsky,r of Put nam -4..-.- ~-.- The Brown University AT Stars bas. ketball team win be- hefe this eve ming to play against the Kf1linefy Hifh school teafn.- -
 One bright seuhgstsf, resident ir Dayville, has his own ideas ah6ue how the trolley schedule should be cur tailed. He advised an officiaa of the trolley compapy that it would be wei to take off the. S.10 a. m. car out bi Danielsorf. fhis fs the csf that some teachers use in going to their schools in Dayville.
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first batch of letters, which we were overjoyed to receive, as we felt as though We had been absolutely cut off from the world. After a great deal of discussion permission was also given us to write home
 About December the commission actually came. We were shown one by one into room containing the Swiss doctors and. numerous German doctors and officials We were examined; notes were, taken about Our cases and we left the ft room without being told whether we had been accepted or re- fused. The next three or four days we spent comparing notes as to which had said, in an endeavor to find out who had passed and who had failed. The sGermans would tell us nothing. One day an unterofhzier came in with a. list of six or seven names. This was read out and the officers men tipned were told to pack up and leave for camp at once. Almost every day a, similar list came in, and each of us trembled for fear his name might be included. Gray, Noodle and Addie Slime were victims of these lists.
 |ns On December 5.we were allowed to wire for our parcels. and the Gerrnats told 9us we would probably spend Christmas in Constance, as our Gov ernn1ent would not agree to the terms of the exchange.
 One, day I was talking to a German unteroffizier who hadf a great deal to do with us on account of his l1nowl- ledge of English. Thse conversation drifted around to who started the war He, of course, insisted that England was to blame - -i 15ei 1i-7G Do you yourself, in the bottom ot your heart, really think that England
 started the war ?'"''I asked. al
 1~Wefi.. yot know we've got to be 1 lieve it.""swas his reply. There is more Truth than poetry in this statement. Or. Dseember F a lot of parcels | in camp or. hospital arrived. The.
 were virtually, useless. as we. left tn, tnext day, fer SWitzerlahd. I, part!cu
 larly.. got q very large number whicl the Germans. fried to persuade me t 1 leave. for them, l refused, and sent t i the town and bought a, large basket l.trtfnk into which. I backed them all | ttake to Switzerland, whence I hope l to-, be. able to send them hack to m Hess fortunate, friends" I got permis Esion to- write. a bostcard to the F'renc lcaptafn. in which told him :. wa I Ileayirg,t.aIid asked him to carry ou \ the darrange about my parcels. 7,
 The day we. left, that, baggage whic
 had not been examined and sealed i lrcamp was brought in and placed b 1.-the owners bed. We were sathere I together and asked by a German ma Il jor if we had any, written messa ge
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through the ward ard dressed our wounds. She was a harmless old per son whoe meant we'll but knew very little abort surgery After she had once roughly poked the iodoform gauge down into my wound took the in. struments from her and applied all my. own dressings. ,.-..-- ~.
 soms Expefiences; !
 We heard some interesting experi- .enees from men wlid had been taken .prfsoHer at fhe begfnnipg of the war. One officer had been F'aced in a nen's camp. where they refused to recognize his rank. He did not mind this so much as the ybrttalatrea tment and the terrible food He had seen men ruth : ,lessly shot, and sbayenetted to death for very. trivial reasons. His life of hardship had given him very bad irl-
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INCREASE rEAcHEss, sALARlE.
Town seheol Board. Authorizes Ad
 vance of 12 1s2 Per Gent. cas

r. By a -upanirneus- vote, nt the mem bers present, the town, school commit tee authorized an. increase of 12 1-2 per cent: in the salaries of the teach eps employed in- tife common schools throughout the town of Putnam.
 This ;acticn was taken upon reeofn- mendation of the superintendent of schools and is tR5 line with what has been done in, a number of the cities and towns of New, England. ..,,-..s ,,,r
 In taking the action the board real ized -that-it- was face to face with the danger off having the towns teaching organization disrupted unless. an ad- vance were gfanted. l-k- .
 There is a scarcity of teachers throughout New. England and from many normal schools reports have come in showing that the, number of young women preparing to become teachers is far below the average number for the past few -yiears.-- ---------- -----------.
 This condition is largely due to the war and conditions that the; great struggle is imposing 4pop people in all walks of life, it is held. Girls just out of high school are being offered more for their services to fiji positions with commercial. films than is being paid to hundreds of able teachers en- gagged in common school work and this being true it is only natural that the tempting money offers have taken hum dreds of teachers ut-of their schools and, into new, fields of endeavor.
 This has created a. Shortage of teachers and the towns that are will ing to pay the teachers more money are winning them away from the towns that cannot 50 afford to pay or will not 
 In. Pdtaaaeths situation si sssio has hi: received prompt attentinn Lit is believed that the advance will be the means of keep ing this towns ,teachins organization intact. Teachers, like afl Other per- sons.Smh are earning A likelihood. feel the high cost of. living and the need of the means to meet tsit.,so,. it is only natural that they should be very much interestedoih the attractive offers ot more money that constantly come to
 The salary advances saathorized by the, town school eomnlittee will. total between. s7Qo and sss81 year, which is not Fegarded excessive, all thingsSeof,- sidered, The advances become effective at once. '.a'-J r
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stA- r4-
 EK0NK
A Week of Discomfort-Whist Party al
 Grange Hall.

The zero weather for over week has been hard for all., Many, have lost vegetables and fruit although some have kept fires, in their cellars. Monday morning there was au itss storm. The trees were loaded with ice and the travefing was dangerous for man and beast
 School opened Monday morning aft CT two weeks vacation. - John B. Gallup returned home on Sunday after spending his vacation with his grandparents.
 There was no church service Sun day.
 Both Ankles Crushed. Mrs. Jarvis has received word from d cousin in the U. S. service who is crippled for life, both ankles being crushed A whist was held in Grange hall on Saturday evening.
 Harold Hopkins was caller here Tuesday.
 There is a great call for fire wood from the villages.