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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-08-14

The CIysmic Spring Co., the Wan
kesha Roxo Co., and the Arcadian
Waukesha Springs Co., all of Wauke-
sha, were invited to pay respectively
S49.4S, $9S.24 and $34.04 to the Red
Cross by the food administration for
violation of rules limiting sugar con-
sumption. Use of sugar and the OPP
Grafton of the ginger ale departments
are prohibited temporarily. The She
boygan Mineral works exceeded its
sugar allotment from January to July
/ bv 1851 pounds and the food adj
ministration advised the payment OF
S132.24 to the Red Cross, closing the
plant until the future sugar allot-
ment equals the overrun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-08-14

DR.. Louis Falge, 81, member of the
Wisconsin State Historical society
and chairman of the county war his
tory board, is dead at Manitowoc. He
has three sons with the colors, Lieut..
John Falge being in the American
fleet overseas, and one son each in
the aviation and infantry. DR.. Falge
was prominent in Masonic circles.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-08-14

A heat-crazed bull inflicted terrific
injuries on Henning Beckus, 14-year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henning
Beckus of Beloit. Ribs broken and
severe decorations all over the body
comprise the lads injuries. He went
to the pasture to drive the cows home
for the night when the bull attacked
him. The boy managed to crawl to
a fence and escape the enraged ami
NAL. The bull made n last rush
and threw the boy through the fence.
Beckus was taken to a hospital and
will ecOYer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-08-14


There were 7,4S5 deaths in the sec
ond quarter of the year for Wlscon-
sin. Pneumonia leads with l,lO9
deaths, Pulmonary tuberculosis sec
ond with CSC deaths. Cancer took
4S1. Violence caused 428 endings.
Diphteria caused IS deaths. Deaths
of children under n year numbered
1918: from 1 to A. years, 4O3; at the
age of SIS and over, 2,31O. Deaths
from violence and other unusual
causes included: Accidental drown
ing. 6S: suicide, 81; fractures, 30;
burns and scalds, So; automobiles,
So: accidental falls, 81; railroads.
AZ: infantile paralysis, II; accidental,
II; syphilis, Is; shotgun, ~; erysip-
elias. 9; cyclone, s; horses and vehlc-
les. n; ele~ctrocution, z; tetahus, Q;
accidental poisoning, 5; lightning, .;
machinery, a; homicide, 4; smallpox
a: explosion, A; streetcars, 3; SUMO
cation. g; coal-gas, 8; ptomaine pols-
oning, 2; strangulation, heat-stroke'
exposure, food-poisoning, motorcycle
and logging, n each.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-27
FIFTH HUN DRIVE FAILS

IUST as The Transcript last Wednes.
} day ventured to predict, the Kai'
ser's final. BIG peace" drive that wat
to smite his foes such stunning blow
that they would be glad to talk peace,
has indeed proved "a fizzle," aye.
worse, huge disaster whose losses are
hourly augmenting.
This fifth drive of the Huns that has
been turned into a victorious drive by
the Allies, clearly marks the beginning
Of the end. If any more big Hun drives
are attempted, (which is doubtful)
they are fore-doomed to failure.
Nothing now remains but for Amer
lea to put her mighty millions in the
field. and to darken the whole vault of
heaven with her air squadrons innumer-
able; then the first and last American
drive begins which will not end until
the Stars and Stripes float proudly over
the Kaiser's Palace in Berlin, and the
brutal world assassin begs mercy from
out the very dust.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-27
CHRISTIAN DUTY.

A man who uses an account agai0ge
another as camouflage to add 10 or
20 cents just because the account may
bear it. and no questions asked. is as
much a criminal as the Taper of
till. and yet it is done every day BY
people who regard themselves as hon
est. It is Christian duty to be rigid
y honest to the final penny, and new
er to take cent that does not mean
an adequate service performed, says
Ohio State Journal. But somehow or
other in these days. when moral duty
Is so widely preached, there is an EVIL
dent tendency to think th2t smartness
is something akin from Justice and that
one has right to be smart even If he
Is unjust. Now there is no hope fol
change in the habit Of the sharpers,
but thelEs ought to be in all who Deal
with these sharpers, to see that they
are honestly treated and that every
thing they pay for represents full val
ue In service or maternal. A man who
permits himself to be cheated Is little
different in a moral standpoint from
the cheater himself. He is simply q
particeps crmdnis every time he al
lows another to impose upon him with
an adequate consideration in a trade.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-27
AMERICAS GLORY

V1HEN was an American ever more
+" proud of his country than at
this hour! Prodigies of skill and valor
everywhere. winning every day from
the disdainful Huns new victories each
more splendid than the last
Deeds of self-s acxiice and generosity
each one as fine a. the unselfish act of
Sydney dying ON the field of Zutphen!
Not only our regulars, marines and
land forces, have covered the American
name with glory imperishable, but the
civilian soldie1y. nav recruits but few
weeks ago, now by the system Of in
tensive training born Of the pressing
need Of the situation, transformed into
veterans Is FINE as the best--thauks to
the native wit and grit Of the average
Yankee youth
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-27
ROOSEVELT SPARTAH

A LAS !. for that superb patriot and
"a statesman, Theodore Roosevelt,
who with seer-like vision over three
years ago again and again solemnly
warned his country of the perils Of the on
coming War Calamity from whose evils
all are now suffering Alas that be-
cause his wise counsels were not heed.
ed, the consequences should have fallen
so heavily upon himself ! But of the
four sons so nobly laid by his wife and
himself upon the altar of their country,
one, Major Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., is
now in hospital suffering from bad
wound received when heading q charge
against a dangerous machine-gun
nest" another. Captain Archie Roose-
welt, is also lying in hospital badly
wounded: while the third, their heroic
youngest son, Lieutenant Quentin
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-27

In supporting the governments hill
for full control of the production Of
wheat The J, ,ch minist r Of pro,is-
ions urseal the need Of Increasing the
growth Of grain. Wheat production
in France. has been increased during
the NM; hL,: only sufficiently to pro-
vide supplies for an additional fifteen
days. The vessels which France is
using to import wheat are greatly
needed to bring in other things. Il
tha~ bill is passed, the government will
ba. prepared to supply seeds and fer
tiEzers to farmers and to compel land
owners to grow wheat, fixing mini
mum acreage. It will please Ameri-
cans to know that the French govern.
uent is making such a strong effort to
increase food production. That makes
II easier to bear the food restrictions
which are on u.s.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-27

During the Civil war ip the United
States a number Of locomotive engi-
neers earned distinction for heroism
by running trains in dangerous terri.
tory. Frequently they were under fire.
and commanding officers found occa.
sion to praise their GOODNESS and cour-
age, says Illinois State Journal. The
same patriotic spirit which animated
the engineers of the eos persists in the
craft. President Stone Of the Locomo-
tive Brotherhood has just submitted
to the war department the names Of
400 engineers who volunteer for the
most dangerous service Of the war
that Of plotting the great tractor tanks
across No Mans Land on the French
front.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-27

Roosevelt. slain while with genuine
Roosevelt courage fighting odds in his
aerial battle. lies in foreign grave !!
With true Spartan courage the par
ents hide their keen grief, Col. Roose-
welt with touching patriotism express
ing his joy that his son was permitted
to do something in the defence Of hia
native land. Heroic chips Of heroic
Old Block The whole land shares his
pride and his sorrow.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-07-27
Vacant lot cultivation is one of tn

Vacant lot cultivation is one of the
most admirable means of adding to the
food supply. The land used is that
which would otherwise be idle and SO.
generally, is the labor. No land Is
taken from another field Of productive
ness ard the gardeners utilize spare
moments that might otherwise be
wasted. Much food was produced BY
the vacant lot gardeners last year.
Much more, can and ought,to be pro.
duced thiarYaaE.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-08-30
First OF Nations
Wartime Currency.

Washington, Aug. 26.--Two new
greenbacks- the first Of the nations
wartime currency-are In circula-
ton. They are the ST and 81 Fed
eral reserve bank notes planned es-
pecially to replace the silver certifi-
Gates withdrawn from circulation
as the treasuay's silver reserve Is
melted into bullion for export to
the allies.
The one dollar note bears a por-
trait Of George Washington in the
upper left hand corner Of the face
side, and otherwise resembles gen.
erelly a Federal Reserve note. On
the reverse side is shown in a CEN
ter oval an eagle in full fight. typi.
cal of the nation modified for war.
The two-dollar note is similar, ex-
cept that it bears portrait Of
Thomas Jefferson on the front and
a picture Of a battleship on the
back. Banner.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-08-30
Last Weeks Report
OF Total Casualties.

Washington, Aug. 24.-America's
casualties in the great war announc-
ed by the war department to date
total 2S.574, Of which 2O,673 were
in the army and 29O1 in the ma.
rines.
There were 2,403 casualties re.
ported the past week.
A recapitulation Of the army list
shows that 4,226 were killed in ac-
ton (includine 291 lost at seal
1871 died Of wounds, 1895 died OF
disease; 726 died Of accidents and
other causes; 10,653 wounded in ac-
ton and 2,202 missing (includinl
prisoners).
The marines have lost 884 men
by deaths; 1920 were wounded; six
are in the hands Of the enemy and
81 have been reported missing
Banner.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-08-30
General He'll Is
Correspondent.

The young gentlemen delegated
by the Associated Press to handle
correspondence from the battle
fronts are by no means humorists.
The job is too serious for them to
waste cable tolls with jests. But at
the same time, it is impossible to
imagine them writing, without their
tongues in the cheek, about the ex-
ploits of General He'll, who has
been commissioned by the high
German command to stop the
American offensive at all costs.
The surname, Hell, may not
mean at all in the German lam
guage, what it might mean in the
American. It's a Teutonic accident
for which its holder can not be
blamed. Nevertheless, it scarcely
seems improper to say that before
General He'll succeeds in stopping
the Americans he is going to have
the kind Of time his name connotes
in its broadest American signifi.
cance.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
General Hell is one thing that we
are 6 ing to give back to the Huns.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-08-30
Man Power Bill
Passes House

What is known as the Man Pow
er bill, raising the selective draft
age from 81 to As and lowering it
frum 81 to IS years, passed the
House last Saturday with but two
votes against it--one fellow who
had been beaten for reelection and
one Socialist.
General Crowder had plans fixed
to have the registration in ten days
after the bill became a law for the
government recognizes the necessity
Of furnishing as soon as possible the
man power to forever put the das-
tardly Huns out Of business.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-08-30
Hoover Optimistic
Over Situation.

Washington, Aug 24.-Food Ad-
ministrator Hoover returned to his
Office today, after spending several
week in Europe. more optimistic
over the general situation of the
Allies, both military and economic,
than at any time since the begin
ming of the war. Mr.. Hoover spent
the day going through his accumu-
lated mail and in food administra-
ton problems with his assistants.
Discussing the food situation in
the enemy countries, Mr.. Hoover
said Germany's prospects for grain
from the Ukraine did not material
ize. The stock Of grain in Germany,
he said, is about the same as last
year. Austria's condition is not
quite so good in this respect, accord
ing to information available in
Europe.
Rumania and Bulgaria, he said,
both exporters OF grain, are now
without grain even for their own
use, and Germany must supply both
countries or let them starve. The
food situation in central Russia, he
said, is very bad, and several Of the
provinces are so short of grain and
other food the population is in dan.
Ger of starvation.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-08-30
Cotton Crop Cut
Short In West.

Last Mondays report told Of dis
tressing conditions in the Texas and
Oklahoma cotton crop. The geneI-
al report gathered up till last Sun
day by the Memphis Commercial
Appeal, showed that on last Satur-
day, Aug. "a, the crop was 500 of
normal as compared with a report
of 1873 of normal by the Govern
ment on July Is. The Commercial
Appeals report indicates a crop Of
11,963,0O bales, allowing one per
cent for abandoned acreage. How
ever rains fell in Texas and Okla
homa last Friday night and after
ward and that fact was not taken
into account in this estimate.
Drouth has been responsible for
almost all the vide deterioration
and it was said that in Oklahoma
cattle have been turned into some
fields and that farmers were m0v-
ing out Of West Texas in search of
work and in destitute circumstan-
stances.
! Rust and red spider have been
doing damage in the East includ-
ing Tennessee and Alabama, but
the boil weevil has not figured as a
factor in the loss. Thousands OF
bales have been ginned in Texas, but
the picking generally had been
held back by the extremely hot
weather. The crop is from week
to nearly month earlier except in
the Carolinas, where it is about a
week late
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-08-30
What Has Been Doing In
Tbe Wdr

English, the French and the Ameri-
cans AT the first Of this week, the
mostimportant objective seems to
have been the town or city of Ba-
paunle, a most important strategic
point to the Germans and on that
account, of value to the Allies.
Our people are not encouraged to
believe that the war will end in the
nearfuture. but if America can put
meH{hcross fast enough, with no
failure Of supplies, the Germans
maybe kept on the run until they
reach the Rhine river, the real
boundary between France and the
.Vaterland" Of the Huns.
10 aid the war as we should here
at home, we must buy bonds, buy
stamps, observe all food regulations
and Give literally to the Red Cross
and N, M. c. A., or whatever organi-
zatid may, represent the same
hlaf the. cause--that of hu-
peace drive by the losing Huns
isepsw expected, but Washington,
EepiAsentiDg the people and the
81 yament Of the United States,
IKE no stock in any lying
pl .kor hypocritical whine the
may make, for Uncle Sam
Aen into this war to wipe Prussian
mIl afiom from the face of the
sarlI % completely that it can
aey be revived.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-08-30
NUMBER $
LASER Sends Mes
sage to Frankfort.

! The Kaiser has caused a message
to be sent to the bureomaster Of
Frankfort in which the officials and
people or that city are assured that
the Emperor deeply sympathizes
in the misfortune which has befal.
len the open town of Frankfort as
the result of an enemy attack which
was contrary to international law
and claimed many victims"
No doubt the Kaiser is consider
ably stirred by the effect produced
by allied raids on Frankfort. Those
raids have had a most disturbing
influence on German civilians, But
why does the great German crimi-
nal under international law drag in
that code he has violated in every
provision which seemed to bar him
from attaining his ambitionY
The Kaiser began the war with
the lawless, criminal, indefensible
invasion of Belgium, a nation not
only entitled under international
law to immunity from his attack.
but to the protection of whose neu-
trality Germany was specifically
bound by solemn treaty. Luxem-
burg also was seized, and is held in
bondage by the Kaiser's arms in
cynical contempt of International
law.
The whole business or murder by
U-boats, the sinking Of unarmed
merchantmen without warning, the
destructiod Of neutral ships and the
killing Of their crews, is carried on
by Germany in definance Of inter-
national law The Sun has shown
that the destruction Of American !,
fishing boats not only violates In
genational law, but Is sdone IN com
plete contempt Of treaty ENGAGE
ments Of Germany with the United
States, entered into with the great
est care and particularly designed
to endure even though the two
powers be at war.
German air raids on English and
French open towns have been plan
ned, organized, carried out, not once,
but many times, without regard to
international law, until the civilized
world has been forced to recognize,
reluctantly and against the will,
that for Germany there is no inter-
national law that c0nserves the
rights and privileges Of other ma
tiOns.
International law has been mock
ed by Germany in its treatment Of
civilians in every nation German
armies have invaded; whenever a
hospital has been attacked, when
ever an ambulance ship has been
torpedoed.
And yet the head and front, the
titular chief and principal benefici-
ary Of German crime has had the
audacity to appeal to international
law. Could hypocracy 60 furtherY
New York Sun.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-08-30

The War Department gave it out
from Washington last Sunday that
on last Tuesday contractors would
be asked to submit bids for inn
provement Of the Lotus building in
Memphis to be made GONZALES
cent hospital for soldiers, the pro-
posed improvement to cost $780,
900. The government also approx
ed the West Tennessee Normal for
an Army training Corps. The con-
valescent hospital will have 1000
beds and will require force Of ap-
proximately 1000 nurses.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-08-30
LEXINGTON, TENNESSEE. FRIDAY. AUGUST 80 1918
Appointments By
Presiding Elder.

Rev. j. M. Pickens, Presiding Ell.
der, Lexington District, M. E.
Church, South, announces the fol.
lowing Quarterly Conference ap.
pointments:
Beech Bluff Circuit, Big Springs
Aug. "a, Is.
Wildersville Circuit, at Wilders.
vile, Aug. 81 and Sept. 1,
Eva Circuit, at Bethlehem, Sept.
l, 4.
GAINESVILLE Circuit, at Price Chap
ell. Sept. 7,8.
Holiday Circuit, at McIlwain,
Sept. IA, Is.
Lexington Circuit, at Cedar Grove,
Sept. 81, %.
Shiloh Circuit, at Sulphur Springs,
Sept %, 20.
Selmer Circuit, at Pleasant Grove,
Sept. 20, 80.
Adamsville Circuit, at Mt. Zion,
Oct. S, g..
Bethel and Selmer Circuit, at
Bethel Springs, Oct 6, 7.
Bath Springs Circuit, at Cedar
Grove, Oct. IL, Is.
Decaturville Circuit, at Mt. Car
mel, Oct. IS, IA.
Lexington Station, Oct. Is.
Hollow Rock Circuit, at Pisgah,
Oct. 10, 20.
Huntingdon and Mt. Zion, at Mt.
Zion, Oct. 20. 81.
Scots Hill Circuit, at Oak Grove,
Oct. 26, 27.
Saltillo and Sardis, at Sardis,
Fct. 27, Is.
Enville Circuit. At Grove Springs,
Oct. 49, y.
y 'aa !!
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-08-30
Men Who Register
ed Last Saturday.

The folliwing young men of Hen
derson county, registered with tn
Local Exemption Board, as havinI
reached the age of 21 years sine,
June S, 1918:
VIM. Thomas Grissom, Reagan.
Genie Turner Derryberry, Yuma.
Hurcle Pearcy, Wildersville.
Lawson VIM. Mckinley Reeves
Darden.
Ernest Bullock Adcock, Huron.
Ernest Miller, Wildersville.
Aquilla Jr. Hamilton, (col) Lex
ington.
Ira Owens, Lexington.
Willie Smith, Huron.
Carlos Watson, Wildersville.
Kern Hodge, Wildersville.
David Timothy Cogdell, Lexing.
ton.
Virgil Lewis, Wildersville.
James @. Vernon, Lexington.
Lewis Hershel Patton, Juno.
Murole Franklin Flanagan, Lex
ington.
Willie Franklin White, Lexington.
Ellis Ectof Scott, Sardis.
Jesse Graves Raney, Juno.
FAIRIES Wayman Duck, Sasdis.
James Pat Mccall, Chesterfield.
Andy Warren Patton, juno.
Willie Dwight Preslar, Reagan.
James Arlie Stanfill, Sardis.
Tolly 0dell Oakley, Law.
Thomas Andrew Todd, Lexington.
Richard Britt, Lie.
Charlie Christopher, Lexington.
Bill Hart, Wildersyille.
Guy Tomlin, Reagan.
Murray c. Gillian, Huron.
Dock Clark lowers, Alberton.
chesref'E. Wocn lexington.
James Ernest Wilkins, Darden.
Homer Kirk, Cedar Grover.
Jesse l. Gately, Cedar Grove.
James Franklin Flake, Juno.
VIM Odell Crownover, Juno.
Joe Florence Maness, Chesterfield.
Albert Lee Valentine Younger
nan, Shady Hill.
Cecil Madison Wilson, Juno.
Sidney Elvis Johnson, Jackson.
Walter Hendrix, Lexington.
James Gilbert Sego, Warrens
Bluff.
Mather M. Mayo, Juno.
Thetus W. Stanfill, Reagan.
Asa Roosevelt Duke Darden.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-08-30

The American crew Of the u. S.
Scorpion, interned at Constantine
pie, are said to be we'll treated by
the Turks. The Turk is Christian
and gentleman compared with the
Hun.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-08-30

The next Liberty Loan Bonds
ought TO be taken by more indi-
viduals and not put the burden on
the banks.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-08-30

Between five and six million
hand bills will be distributed along
1000 rural free delivery postal
routes.
On the Sunday preceding the reg
istration day all clergymen will be
asked to make the announcements
from their pulpits.
On the final day before the regis
tration, all factories and industrial
companies will be asked to include
announcements in their pay en-
velopes.
School teachers, on the opening
day Of school and the day before
the registration, will explain to their
classes the necessity for registration
and the pupils will be asked to
carry the message to their homes.
For seven days preceding regis
tration day four minute men will
announce the registration in all
the moving picture houses and thea
tres in the country.
The American Federation Of La
Dor will send announcements to all
the International unions and locals
affiliating, so that the word will
reach every member of organized
labor in time.
The woman's division of the
--Ccpncil of National Defense will en-
list the aid Of all women in carry
ing the message.-Commercial APP
peal.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-08-30
MONDAY.

MONDAY.
Mondays report dated August IS
gave this information:
"Austrians arrive on West front
some are made prisoners.
Enemy fortified on River Oise
from Noyon to Chauncey. Can't
check Gen. Mangin. Forces Of
French commander have captured
$4,000 prisoners and 300 guns"
''Yanks advance lines and bomb
Contains.
British reach old line of linden
burg; Patrols in Bapaume. 1900
Germans have been taken since
Aug. Il. Enemy is reinforced.
High wood East of Albert captured
by British. Enemy power crack
ing" &.
Recently we have been attempts
ing to give the war news as had
happened, from day to day, since
the report the week before, but we
find that impracticable from the
fact that the steady, if slow ad-
vance Of the Allies on the Western
front has been designated by the
names Of towns captured, the names
of which are unknown and unpr5
nouncable to our people; hence, III
deem it sufficient this week to state
that the Allied advance from day
to day been satisfactory to all con
cerDed as to all three armies--the