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The Washington times., 1918-01-14
ser Take Hope AS Bys Throat Puts Him in Bed For "a Hours
Billy on CamoufIaging

There's too much camoufage about everything.
Science has put new dress on sin.
Man is no longer a thief: he is kleptOmaniac.
He is no longer drunken whiskey-soaked bum, he
is dpsomaniac
1t is no longer adultery 1t is affinity.
When woman passes up her husband for some
other man. it is because of her artistic temperament
say she's got the devil in her. Artistic temperament,
wow
A man is fool to think he improve on Gods
plan whether in nature religion You might well
blot the sun out and hang taow candle in Heaven and
expect it to melt the SHOWS and rpen the fields (No
camouhaging)
1 believe in hell A rea red-hot hell, fire and brim-
stone plain old-fashioned HE'LL.
The Washington times., 1918-01-14

Everybody knows iron helps aPpe-
tito. nerves. blood aud complexion.
Why not have the boy shake "a drop
or two IN your soft drinks instead Of
lime or ammonia" Try II II builds
you up. Many fountains gladly serve
IL now Adyt
The Washington times., 1918-01-14
HISTORIANS DAUGHTER DIES.

LONDON, Jan. 14.-Mrs. AlgernOn
Brlnsley Sheridan, daughter of John
Lothrop Morley, the famous historian,
died today.
The Washington times., 1918-01-14
SPECIAL NOTICES

REGISTR RANTS - Draft Information free.
daily from n 10 l o'clock. FRED GEIGER.
notary. 1905 IL st. y. ". Il
The Washington times., 1918-01-14

city in which the campaign was un-
der way, no city has given larger
percentage of attendance per capita
to the population.
The Washington times., 1918-01-14

swift & Company's sales Of beef in Wash
ington. D. e. for the week ending Saturday
January u. 1915. averaged as follows: Domes
tic beef Is 81 cents per pound.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1918-01-14

q THIUWe . NJ IOe
4t30
Prices: $50. s..
u.5O. 81. Boxes,
80 On sale at
Mrs. Greene's Of
ice I'm Droop's,
18th and g.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-19
DOUGLAS BIG TOBACCO MART

Douglas. Aug. 1S.-Douglas' tobac-
co sales last week exceeded in amount
and in price any sales ever held in
Douglas, the average price being 40
cents In fact Douglas is proving an
ideal tobacco market. Tobacco was
brought to Douglas last from anothe-
er tobacco market having a warehouse
on account of Douglas paying better
prices The tobacco sales this year
have had material bearing on the
estate in Coffee county-since the to,
bacco market opened there have been
several real estate deals in the county
ty at fancy prices, and numbers of
people from other sections are here
daily looking for farm locations suit
able for growing tobacco.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-19
aONVHd Nj SNOS 5AId
SVH DNINNVW AOD

Columbia, Aug .18-Gov Richard l.
Naming was advised today that his
fourth and fifth sons have now ar
rived safely overseas, making five
sons in the battle area for the South
Carolina governor, and the sixth, WV
ian Manning, just commissioned a
lieutenant> after attending an oIll
GERS training school. The sons of
the governor now overseasare: Maj.
Wyndham NJ Manning, Maj. Bernard
Naming, Capt William S. Manning,
Serg. mai John Adger Manning and
Corp. Burrell D. Manning.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-19

When this New Zealand aviator APP
peared on the teps of the New York
Public Library, one of the most con-
spicuous places nj the city, there was
a riot. He got there about noon, when
the shop girls had possession of Fifth
avenue. They had seen the kilties,
but never anything like this, and they
couldn't understand the New Zealand
er's bare legs. Thousands collected
and finally the police had to shoe them
away
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-19

HOG LOADING DAY. will ship hogs
on Thursday Aug. %. Bring your
hogs in nthat date and receive high
est market price. c. o. NOBLE.
8-12-22-pd
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-19

FOR SALE-About fifty bushels o.
seed rye. c.. F. SARGENT.
Route B, Cordele, Ga. 8-15-3t.pd
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-19
GROVES CHILL TONIC TABLETS

You can now get Groves Tasteess chill Tonic in Tablet
form as we'll as IN Syrup the kind you have always bought
Inc IabetS are intended for hose who prefer to swallow
tablet rather than syrup and for those who
travel The Tablets called GROVES chill TONIC TAB
and contain exactly the medicinal properties and
produce exactly the same resu Groves Tasteless chill
Tonic which is put bott The Price either is 6Oc
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-19

it isn't hard work or exercise then its your blood.
Your blood has been poisoned by the bite of maar
ia mosquito or by stomach and liver disorders. In
some low vitality and lack of energy is due to
thin, weak blood
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-19

aoW0vh sneasJ is5s
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-19
Groves Chill Tonic Tablets and

Groves Chill Tonic Tablets and
Groves TasteIess Chill Tonic
You can now get Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic in Tablet form as weel as
in Syrup. the kind you have always
bought. The Tablets are intended for
those who prefer 70 swallow a tablet
rather than a syrup, and as a conven-
fence for those who travel.
GROVES chill TONIC TABLETS"
contain exactly the same medicinal
properties and produce the same re-
suits as Groves Tasteless chill Tonic
which is put up in bottles. The Price
of either is Coo. Mon. If.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-19

"PoOR ROBIN SPRINGs":-An Ideal
Camping Place; Pure Water, Bath
ing, Boating, And Fishing. Electric
Lights. Man in charge, day and night.
Under new management. Special rates
to camping parties. NJ c. Paxson,
Abbeville, Ga
TIA to 1O-1.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-19

The French army was the first to
use a magazine rifle
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-19

MACHINERY FOR sALE-Ford Tour
ing Car, good condition: 10 horse Mo-
gul Gas Engine, good condition; Inter-
national Hay Press, good condition;
Cotton Seed Cutler, good condition;
Hand Corn Shelter, good condition;
Pea Thresh, good condition; Ford
Trucks, good condition.
Will sell Grist Mill and Power Corn
Shelter and rent building. Come to see
me. JAS. r. KELLEY S-15-26t.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-19
GE'C-~9'S
TaSfeEeSS chill Tonic

EnricheS the Blood and Purifes the Blood by this
means it Strengthens the body from head to toe and
you can soon feel its Strengthening, Invigorating
Effect 1t contains just what the blood needs. Iron
and Qunine, in form acceptable to the most deli
cate stomach.
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC is an ex-
cep4onay Good General Strengthening Tonic for
the Chiid for the Mother any of the Family, youns
or Old. Pleasant to take. Price 60c.
Perfectly Harmless. Contains no
9GEE.-v0t1fca OF. OTHER Poisonous Drugs.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-19

WE ARE PREPARED-to do your
heavy hauling S. J. Hill IL rs
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
New Postal Service
For u. S. Army Abroad
(By The Associated Press)

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 18. A general order
issued to-day establishes for the Amer
lean expeditionary forces a military
postal express service similar to the
French system. 1t is hoped the result
VIII be material improvement in the
delivery of mail to the American troops.
Under the adjutant generals Office,
Lieutenant Colonel Thorndike d.
Howe, National Guardsman and ar
tilleryman. will direct the service, re-
ceiving all mail for the American
forces and supervising it's distribution,
as well as attending to the collection
OF outgoing mail from France and it's
delivery to postal agents.
The director is authorized to estab-
hsh his own regulations in regard to
the size and weight of packages. He
will have close relate with the
Allied postal authorities A central
military postoffice will be established
at the headquarters of the supply SER
vice, where mail will be received and
where 1t will be delivered by a CORPS
OF divisional and regimental orderlies.
The various military units will have
their own orderlies to care for the
mail. At the general postoffice will be
records which will make possible the
speedy redirection of letters incor-
rectly addressed. Branch offices will
be established to take care of the mail
to and from troops attached to the
British and French forces, Other
branches will be set up for troops as
they arrive in France.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

French theory is the refuge of the
weaker party, and that is true; but
it is also true that it brings victory
to the weaker party when it sue
ceeds.
At any rate, we have the righ.
from our knowledge Of our enemy's
fixed theory of war to think it prob
able that he will continue the great
offensive he has begun. It failed in
the first chapter in front of Amiens,
for the alternative plan of the de-
fensive held it. 1t may we'll be that
the enemy has terminated the second
chapter in Flanders and that after
the great defeat Of April 20 he will
turn elsewhere. But it would be
most imprudent to believe that he
had already abandoned, before losing
three-quarters of million men (and
he has as yet lost far less than this)
the great offensive which he con-
ceived and elaborated through all
the months Of last winter, and which
he first put into action in the tre-
mendous blows between the rivers
Disc and Scarpe on March q.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
Foe Follows Frederick the Great.
Foch's Strategy That of Napoleon

ter of opinion, we have the added
ground that the enemy has ALWAYS
acted. throughout the war upon a
long conceived plan, carried out in
detail and up to the very point of
exhaustion or success. Such a plan
is in the very nature of the funda-
mental beliefs of the German school
of war, and the contrast between it
and the French school may be dis
covered by any one who cares to
read the works of the two great ex-
ponents of either scheme, the Prus-
sian General Bernhard on one side
and the French General Foch on the
other. Each of these authorities en-
pressed the national system of strait
egy long before the war; each taught
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
American, Victor
In Air Battle, Near
Deatl, in Collision
Rammed by German, Rick
enbacher's Machine Is Sent
Spinning Downward
(Bu The Associated Press,

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 17.-Lieutenant Edward
Rickenbacher, of Columbus, Ohio, who
yesterday encountered three enemy
airplanes along the sector northwest
of Toul and brought down one Of them,
himself had narrow escape. His ma
chine collided with a German plane,
sending him spinning downward, but
he was able to regain control of his
machine.
One of the German airmen, approach
ing the lieutenant, misjudged the dis
tance.
81 saw his mistake and tried to get
out Of his way by turning upward"
said Lieutenant Rickenbacher, "but I
was not fast enough. The tail of his
machine scraped my top wing, ripping
it. The Germans tail was carried
away.
'The force of the collision sent US
both toward the earth in spinning nose
dives. After dropping a thousand
metres managed to straighten out my
machine, but the Boche dashed down
completely out of control until he was
just over the trees. There he wabbled
for second and then took another
dive to the field back of the edge of
the forest. 1t was just pure luck that
his machine was damaged more badly
than mine:"
A German airplane bearing French
markings was discovered TODAY fving
ever the lines nothwest Of Toul.
American aviators tried to intercept
it. but it escaped. The incident shows
what cunning, and deceit American air
men have to deal with and what eau
ton they have to display in dealing
with supposed friend.
American patrols were very active
on the Toul sector last night and to-
day but did not establish contact with
the enemy.
The artillery firing on this sector
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
Factors Governing
Germans Action

Speculation upon where the great
action will next develop and upon
what the inauguration of it's third
phase will depend is valuable to us
only if we keep it speculation; it
becomes futile if we make it
prophecy. 1t is valuable if we make
it speculation, because under that
form we can appreciate the elements
of the enemy's judgment. 1t will be
remembered that in these articles
many weeks ago I similarly esti-
mated the values Of the various Sec
tors on which the enemy might open
his spring attack. / said then that
any one of several was available to
him, but pointed out that his best
chances lay along the fifty miles be-
tween the Scarpe and the Disc,
where, as matter of fact, his Of
fensive came. To-day a Judgment
of the same sort is open to US.
The enemy may prefer to hold on
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

salient around Arras by his attack
in FLANDERS from the north; to in
crease the danger to that salient by
an attack from the south would be
consonant with all he has hitherto
done in this war, and would, if it
compelled the evacuation of the sa-
lient of Arras, gain him very great
immediate advantage.
Second-A rapid success here
would lead him to Doullens, which is
a point where all the railroads and
roads of the Allied communications
behind this front meet; it would
give him Amiens as a byproduct,
and it would heavily hamper the
communications of the English on
the north with the French on the
south.
Third-He is here at less disad-
vantage from the nature of the
ground than on the west of the big
salient.
Fourth-The lateral communica-
tions Of the Allies Immediately be-
hind this line are worse than else
where.
If the enemy attacked on the Las
signy front he would be dispensing
his effort and meeting the French
just where they could concentrate
with the greatest ease.
If he put in his weight at the
apex of the triangle against Amiens
he would have but narrow sector
upon which to effect his purpose.
Such are the elements Of the cal
culation-they are no more than
this-upon which our judgment of
the existing situation depends. The
Allies deliberately leave the initia-
tive to the German, and the Ger
man can continue his offensive
where he chooses, upon sectors the
value Of which vary, but of which
the most valuable is that between
Albert and Arras
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
Mar, Power Chief
Element of Victory

But that offensive still depends
for it's power upon that factor un-
known to us-the rate of the enemy
loss Of men. The war depends upon
numbers exactly as does commerce
or finance. There are other ele-
ments of vital importance-will
power, provisions, folly, panic and
all the rest of it. But ultimately it
is matter of calculation in men.
The enemy has "budgeted" for
certain losses within certain time.
To exceed those losses within that
time would be to imperil his whole
future. He has budgeted for very
great losses, because he desires a
decision rapidly, knowing that the
American forces within few
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
Very Nature of
Opponents Differs

Indeed, there lie between the two
theories two totally different ma
tional characters-one that of Ger
many, mystical and believing in
some way that confidence in victory
actually produces victory; the other,
French, preferring the known reality
to visions and calculation to emo
ton. 1t is the contrast between the
single swing of battle axe and the
multiple mannuvre of a sword. 1t
may be said that the more subtle
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
Allies Await
German Action

Such situation marks two things
lone certain and the other prob
able.
Inc certain thing is that the AL
ns0 command, with larger reserves
nan the enemy's. having maintained
uelr defensive with the minimum
number Of men, and therefore with
us minimum amount of loss, are
..''i pursuing the same policy, is
'ua leaving the initiative to the
sneny Of its own free will and
ssiil awaiting his offensive, if he
.sOoses to renew it at his own cost.
me Allied high command, therefore,
ss'0ently believes that the future
S'ss IN men to Che enemy is worth
as expense in time to the Allies.
iae thing that is probable, as con-
: ssssed to this which is certain, is
ae the enemy will renew his Of
.sns.7e on large scale. For this
~nc'usion, though it is only a mat
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
Bernhardi's Rule
Contrasts With Foch's

General Bernhard has put the
German scheme in a single phrase:
MILITARY action must follow pre-
viously determined line, and this
must be pushed up to the limit aohere
the adversary, IN spite of all alter
notive plans he may haze formed,
shall be compelled to submit to the
initiative of his opponent" In other
words, you win by making plan
and by following it out in detail
after the fullest preparation and not
by trusting to your own rapiGity of
judgment in the presence of several
alternatives. 1t must be remem-
bered in this connection that this idea
is as old as Frederick the Great and
that under it you win all or lose all.
1t Is the child of victory, and it takes
superiority over your enemy for
granted. 1t has little defensive
power, and if it is once broken that
break is for good and all.
Now, if you turn to General Foch's
great work, 'The Conduct of War;"
you will find exactly the opposite
doctrine. 1t may, if you wish, be
called the child of defeat (though it
certainly does not produce defeat) !,
for it received its full effect upon the
French through their defeat in 1870.
1t is the doctrine that the general
should foresee as much as possible.
should be ready with the greatest
number Of alternatives and should
rely upon his rapidity Of judgment
and the power Of vigorous mind
and eye to change his plans at the
critical moment Just as the Ger
man doctrine was formed before the
victories of generation AGO.
though it was crystallized and solid;-
fed by them, so the French doctrine
was formed long before the defeat Of
1870, for it was the essence of a
Napoleonic method. In fact. it was
never better expressed than in the
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
Will Pay Germans
to Strike Elsewhere

The enemy may attack south OF
the Disc, but it is unlikely, for that
needs a concentration of forces of
which we so far see no sign. He may
attack again in Flanders. That
though quite open to him, and not at
all unlikely, is yet less likely than
an attack between the Scarpe and
the Oise-that is, between Arras and
Noyon. For he has produced a big
concentration against him in Elan
ders; he has found himself held there
and as he is now acting on interior
lines it would pay him to go else
where, forcing the Allies to far
greater expenditure of energy in the
movement of troops and supplies
than would be necessary for himself
in moving to a new battle front.
The most probable area of attack,
therefore. is somewhere on the rec
tangular front between Arras and
Noyon, and here there are three dis
tinct objectives open to the enemy.
There is first the possibility of an
effort on the southern front of the
great right-angled triangle which he
holds as the result Of his recent ad-
vance--on what is generally called
the front of Lassigny, facing toward
Paris; there is the possibility of an
effort at the apex of the triangle
which faces Amiens; and there is
also the possibility of an attack
against the longer northern side of
the triangle, on what is called the
Albert front, between the Somme
and Arras.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
has fallen off to almost nothing II

has fallen off to almost nothing. 1t
is just the opposite on the Luneville
sector, where the German guns are most
active, apparently retaliating for re-
cent heavy American bombardments.
An enemy observation balloon op-
posite Toul broke away late yesterday
after its two occupants had para
chuted from it, and it floated two kilo-
metres inside our lines. Our aviators
were called out. but by the time they
reached the locality the balloon had
risen to another stratum and floated
back toward Germany. American air
men chased the craft twelve kilometres
until it went up so high that it was
impracticable to pursue it further.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
Final Attack
Proved Abortive

Il it was thought that this was
tho end of his effort on the Lys,-that
Judgment was erroneous, for he at
hsked again after an interval of
nine or ten days, though not in a
dsermining fashion. He had con-
tsntrated only six divisions for this
attack, and of these, for some reason
Or other, whether his own change
n plan or the increasing weight of
The Allied artillery, he launched only
two against the Allied line. This in
sufficient effort, of course, came to
nothing.
From that moment onward he has
abstained from any main action.
This is by far the longest period Of
comparative quiescence on the en-
emy's part since he obtained his
great success on March % in front
Of st. Quentin. We must not, of
course, regard this period of quies-
sence as absolute. 1t is only COM
parative. The lines have been in
shvity with partial infantry move
aents in at least half dozen short
ectors; there has been regularly
increasing activity by the artillery,
specially on the Allied side, through
out the whole time, and on May 10
Me French, on the extreme right of
tne active sectors at Grivesnes, re-
occupied the park and captured nu-
nerous prisoners. But still this
PERIOD has been one of abstinence
rom any general offensive on the
part Of the enemy.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
Casualties to Date

months will turn the balances
against him. He will not risk more
than three-quarters of a million of
such losses before the middle of
summer, though as time drags on
the return of recovered men from
the hospital increases his strength
and the new class of 1920 comes
dribbling into his armies. He has
already heavily exceeded the rate of
indeed from the figures he has bud
geted as a final total.
Equivalent of 23O
Divisions Used
What the enemy has really lost in
action is alone the thing that we
must try to determine. Unfortu-
nately, we have very little evidence,
but what we have enables us In
establish a minimum of his casual
ties. We saw last week on the i'm
perfect evidence then before US that
the equivalent of at least 1872 divis,
ions had been identified since March
Il, but the evidence was still i'm
perfect. We have this week detailed
statistics available.
From March 21 up to May 1 more
than 14O divisions of German troops
have been identified in action on the
West front. Of these at least fiftv
have appeared on the front twice,
twenty have appeared three times,
and one has been in action four
times. The equivalent, therefore, of
more than 23O divisions has been
used against the Allies in this inten-
sive effort by the Germans. How in
tensive has been the effort is suffi-
GENTLY proved by the tremendous
rate of replacement Chat is, the re-
passing of already battered divisions
through the mill), which has been
three times that of last year, and
the using up of divisions on the
front (actually four times in one
case during only six weeks).
We have other evidence of the
enormous German losses in the few
examples which are available for de-
tailed examination. These show the
disablement of a third of the whole
number Of detectives in the divisions
engaged. We have the fact that no
one would withdraw division until
it had lost over 20 per cent of it's
strength-it would be hopelesslv
uneconomic to do so.
Putting all this together, we NAV
be certain that we are dealing in
these six weeks with minimum losses
of between 100000 and a half mill
ion. The proportion of light tn
heavy casualties is much what Il
was in other actions-that is. ahon+
60 per cent of the wounded will re-