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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-17
Y. N. {. A. Man Aids
y. s. CdptiUes In
Hun Prison Camps

PARIS, Dec. 1.-THE condition OF
American war prisoners In German
prison camps was to some extent anne
liorated by the work Of Conrad Hon-
mar an American Y. NJ. G. A. worker
who was permitted to remain In Ber-
lin after most other Americans either
had left or had been interned.
Hoffman convinced the German gov
eminent that the more he was allowed
to do for the American prisoners In
Germany the better would fare German
prisoners In American hands. He was
allowed to employ neutrals as his as
sistants on his promise that members
of his organization would not act as
/ spies or ~propagandistS, but solely to i'm
prove the physical and mental welfare
of the prisoners.
Largely through Hoffman's efforts, 1t
Is now stated, prisoners help commit
tees were organized In all prison camps
in Germany containing Americans and
their needs were communicated to Mr.,
Hoffman, who forwarded them to A. c.
Harte, international Y. NJ. c. A. sec
Rotary In Berne, Switzerland.
Both the Red Cross and the Y. M c.
A. co-operated In supplying the pris-
oners with food, clothing, money and
other neCessaries, operating through
that channel. Many letters have been
received at Y, NJ, c, A, headquarters
In Paris from the American prisoners
OF war In Germany testifying to the
receipt OF this aid.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-17
TO HELP SOLDIERS
IN GETTING Jobs
Iowans to Assist Returning
Fighters Obtaining
Positions.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Dec. Livery
Iowan and soldiers from other states
~demobliSed at Camp Dodge. near here,
Will be asoieted to obtain employment
OF a desirable nature n In any COM
munity he may designate.
Federal and state labor authorities
are cooperating TO this end, and .
joint labor bureau has been established
at Camp Dodge as the hub OF an elab-
crate plan to enlist assistance OF county
defense councils, chambers of cem-
bureau will endeavor to get In touch
with every mar as he is discharged and
| assist him in promptly landing a job
Of his own specifications.
Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ne,
| braska, Western Illinois, Missouri and
several other states sent men to Camp
Dodge In the mobilization period, and
as a rule they will be mustered out at
Dodge, labor authorities say,
1t has been stated that the S4th d.
vision, which trained At Camp Cody,
up largely Of former national guards
men from Iowa, Minnesota. South pa
| keta and Nebraska, would be demoeil-
ised at Camp Dodge.
The ssth division, the first organised
at Dodge, and the 10th division, new in
process Of rehabilitation there, are
other units that will be broken UP at
| this camp, while the distinctly Iowa
| unit Of the Rainbow divfsion--the leStl
| infantry-also will be sent here.
The Camp Dodge bureau will enlist as
many men as possible for farm work
and encourage those recruited from
farms to return to them, as the demand
| for farm labor in Iowa and other agri.
| cultural states next spring is expected
to be tremendous,
J, C, Neutsel, Davenport, lows, In
| charge of the camp bureau. said that a
discharged man with M definite posi-
| ton In view, should get In touch with
the bureau. The bureau then will com
munieate with the cooperating agen-
vors, and II possible the kind ~ EN-.
ployment asked for will be obtained.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-17

countries, for the free use Of all nations,
"on the analogy Of the common use Of
the seas for all nations alike"
Concerning a league OF nations, Prof,
Chamberlin contemplates two great
bodies-one, the present war-born
league OF allied nations, TO settle the
war, and the other, a permanent omni-
national confederation, 20 establish and
maintain peace, the work " the former
TO overlap that Of the lattor and con-
tinue simultaneously with II for as long
n time as proves needtul.
Prot Chamberlin's plan, which will
appear In the Journal or Geology, de-
yelops the following points; The peculiar
fitness of the existing war-born league
OF nations for the settlement OF the war
issues, the punitive wal function versus
the requisite impartial peace function;
the settlement OF the immediae war
Issues a necessary step toward new
organization. a period OF national re-
construction; y further test OF the prtn-
ciple OF ALLEGATION Of resources, and the
new na]tionalities TO be considered,
The basis Of the new organizations
IL given as "a Fair opportunities for
commercial intercourse between all
peoples under such reasonable economic
regulations MS they themselves may I'M
pose tbl Protection ana regulation Of
International Intercourse by an omni-
national body representative Of all peo-
pies in proportion to their participation
IN international World-ways
for universal commercial intercourse
would be established on the high seas,
| certain straits and lesser waterways,
and on railroads, rosdways and other
thoroughfares in specified locations.
The omninational confederation is
\ not proposed as a MODE OF political or
social government (which would be un-
wise because Of the great dlverstttes
In races. religions and customs OF the
different nationsl. but AZ a cooperative
economic agency controlling the es-
sence OF International affairs" Prof.
| Chamberlin says "CoRent reasons for
adopting this basis are:
Il. The commerce Of the world, IA
a concrete, measurable activity.
g, II offers a workable basis OF
control and administration.
- 1nasmuch as each nations COM
merce lie definite snu registration, a
Graded participation in control and ad
ministration Is entire'y practicable,
4. Such control and administration
Is In its nature both JUST and conducive
TO the commo advantage,
The functions Of the confederation:
II shall take entire control Of policing
the high seas and other waterways and
regulating International commerce upon
them as may be necessary and equitable
and shall exercise the right OF pre-
eminent domain on the land 40 TAR rs
Is necessary to provide. maintain and
operate omninAtional commercial high
ways.
''The ruling bodies OF the omninatlon
al confederation,
The permanent sea OF the confed
eration-constAntinople, because;
u. II has been the center OF chronic
difficulties for nearly rive centuries,
g, The possession OF this strategi,
attuatinn by all nations Jointly woult
settle one OF the most serious problems
Of the Near East.
\ 3. The n~Ationalities that most need
to be led into the newer and broada,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-17
ANSWER"
FILM PLEASES DUTCH

THE HAGUE. Dec. 17.-Under the
auspices OF the American committee OF
public infgormation, the first exhibition
OF the American war film entitled
Americas Answer" was given here re,
Gently TO n select audience composed OF
chief military and naval attaches.
The film consisted Of eight reels show
ing the American fleet in European wa
ters, transport and hospital services and
other aspects OF Americas achievements
In the war.
A feature Of interest proved to be the
series OF American aviation. The whole
display wa greeted with warm enthu-
siasm, while views showing President
Wilson and Gen. Pershlng drew sponta-
o cheers,
The musical accompaniment was pa
trlotically American and included ia
nous songs Of tho Civil and spanish
American wars as well az southern mel
odies, many of which were heard here
for the first time. The film will be
shown throughout Holland,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-17
BRUGES IS UNDAMAGED
BY ALLIED AIRPLANES

LONDON, Dec. 17.-Liberated Bruges
afforded a striking testimony to the
work Of the allied airmen. 1t was at
tackled by hembers because the Ger
mans had made 1t an important base
for submarines, Its extensive docks,
connected with the sea by canals. form
ed a safe haven where the German u
for their work of destruction. The
raids OF the allied airmen were di.
rected solely at these detectives, and
despite the enormous damage done to
them the rest OF the town suffered
hardly at all.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-17
JUDGE TO TAKE E A

CONWAY, Ark, Dec, II. (Spl)-
Judge George w, Clark, recently elected
judge of the Seventeenth judicial dis
trlct, will assume his duties with the
converting Of the Arkansas county court
at Stuttgart the first week Of January.
The district over which Judge Clark
win preside includes Arkansas, Lonoke,
Monroe, Prairie and Faulkner counties.
He Is a former prosecuting attorney Of
the district. His predecessor In the Of
flee of Judge Is Judge Thomas G, Trim
bic, Of Lonoke.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-17
READY FOR DRIVE.

HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss, Dec. II,
(Spl)-The doctors won't let Red Cross
workers meet or speak on account OF
the fu, but the organisation for this
section is as complete as II can be made
and literature has been sent out and
workers enlisted all over the district,
The drive will begin Monday morning.
The motto is 400 per cent" Let every
man, woman ana child give 81 to this
great work. II you fail to see a roll
call worker send your name and 81 to
Mrs. c. c. Stephenson. Holly Springs.
Mtsa.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-17
LEMON JUICE
WHITENS SKIN
Girls! Make beauty lotion
at home for few cents

Squeeze the Juice OF two lemons into
a bottle containing three ounces OF
orchard White, shake well, and you
have a quarter pint Of the est bleach
ing and skin whitening lotion and com
pleNion beaut,fier al very very small
cost
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces Of orchard White for a
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra
grant lotion into the face neck, arms
and hands each day and see how tan
redness, sallowness, sunhurn and wind.
burn disappear and how clear, soft and
rosy-white the skin becomes. Yes! n
Is harmless y
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-17
@ ELECTED.

BALDWIN. Miss, Dec. II. (Spl)-
At the municipal election just held in
BALDWIN, W 4. Stocks vas reelected
McElroy, alderman, First ward; J. b.
Youngblood. alderman, Second ward;
John Mccarthy, alderman. Third ward
c. p, Mcwhorter. alderman, Fourth
ward; r. ]. Banks, alderman, town at
large j. A. Bonds. W q. Cochran, @.
H. sloan, n. T. MoCrummsn. W. b.
Jonea, executive COMMITTEES.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-17
Cured His RUPTURE

l was badly ruptured while lifting a
trunk several years ago, Doctors said
my only hope Of cure was an operation
Trusses did me no good Finally | got
old of something that quickly and
completely cured me. Years have
passed and the rupture has never re-.
turned, although ! am doing hard work
as a carpenter. There was no opera.
ton, no lost time. no trouble. have
nothing to sell. but VIII give fun in
formation about o you may find a
complete cure without operation, II you
write to me, Eugene NJ. Pullen. Gar
penter, sSlE Marcellus avenue, Manas-
guam, n. J. Better cut out this notice
and show 1t to any others who are rup-
tured-you may save a life or at least
stop the misery OF rupture and the
worry and danger Of an operation.
adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-17
CADETS MUSTERED OUT

CONWAY, ARR, Dec, IL (Spl with
the exception of one enlisted man. who
is absent without leave, the S. A. T. c.
unit at Hendrix college is mustered out.
The action was in compliance with the
war department order to disband the
unit by Dec. al. Officials OF the col
lege have made application to the do
partment for the establishment there
Of a unit OF the reserve officers train
ing corps.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-17

MAY BE

II you have Catarrhal Deafness or
head and ear noises or are CROWNS
hard Of hearing 60 TO your druggist
and get ! ounce OF Psr1nint double
strength. and add to 1t y pint OF hot
water and a little graduated sugar
Take | tablespoonful four times a day
the distressing head noises. ClogEed
nostrils should open. breathing becorne
Easy and the mucus stop dropping into
tho throat. II Is easy 10 prepare, costs
little and lie pleasant 10 take. Anyone
who has Catarrhal Deafness or head
noises should give this prescription a
trial. aav
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-17
THRILLS BIG
CROWD WITH HIS
STORY Of YANKS
Author Who Made PaduCah
Famous Gives Graphic AC-
count of Experiences Across
the Atlantic.

Irwin S Cobb, noted author. traveller,
lecturer, humorist, appearing for the
Memphis Rotary club before more than
1900 persons at Goodwin institute Mon
day nght in a verbal perturbation Of
fhe war and the part Americans had
in it. told some new stories, told some
old. but nevertheless captured the audi
ence and brought 1t behind the lines, '
And though much Of Cobb's address
was made from hits Of stories he has
written and the pubic has read, 1t mat
tiers little
The irlmitahle Paducah man grossly
llheied as to rotundity. fresh from the
fields Of France, where he saw rivers
run scarlet and sward turn gray-Coated
and blue-coated and khaki-COated, took
his audience from sector 10 sector, amid
bursting shrapHel and flying steel. but
without mlshap, Humor would creep in.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-17
HAD EXCUSE.

1t was nearly noon when the irate
travelling man found the night clerk OF
the little hotel in a North Carolina
town.
II told YOU to call me for the I
o'clock train. Now have to lose "a
hours time, why didn't you csr meT'
Il couldn't very we'll" explained the
clark. oheerfuily: y 3ust got up myseif.'
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-17

national spirit would be nearest the
new seat Of influence.
- Tho confederation would be near
the junction VI three grand divisions
a convenient location for future expan-
sion OF It's work"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-17
Deplores Feeding Hun.

He said also that he is not without
compassion for "A beaten foe, but en-
nhhsi1ed that before We send one
ounce OF meal or wheat from our gran
aries, one bit Of lard from our smoke
houses, one parcel of provender from
our storehQuse OF plenty to go into
the stomachs Of the Huns, ! want to
be sure every woman, girl and baby
in Belgium and France has all she
can eat with ample left over for the
men, And, II there Is any left over,
after We ourselves have been provided.
we may send some to Germany, But
would have three men distribute this
food one Englishman, one Belgian,
one Frenchman, And these mon would
be allies who had spent the last -four
years IN German prison camps. They
Know best how little one a live on
amidst plenty"
Here Cobb described thousands Of
living skeletons prisoners OF Germany
he saw, and thousands upon thou
sands Of refugees as they fled in panic
from the invading yandals.
Dwelling at length on the great Ger
man drive in the spring OF this year,
when the channel ports were threat
"ned, Paris mcnaccd and "civilization
threatened, as tho speaker put H.
Cobb told Of the tremendous loss OF
life suffered by the attackers. Piles
and piles Of German dead were laid
HtloIt tuP audience as he graphically
untolded the ghastliness Of Il ali
one year and three weeks after the
United States had entered the war.
Cobb asserted, the United States had
completely failed in It's program. There
We're no planes Of American make, no
heavy. guns and only Il rev field artll-
lery pieces OF the Z. 8. stamp-a short
age Of almost everything. Cobb de.
clRred.
My lips arc unlocked now" Cobh
said. and | tell you | was ashamed
IN those days, The French secretly
spoke of US as the Boy Scouts and the
English whispered that we were Babes
In Woods
But overnight tho American army
began to function" no said, and finally
got to be a formidable force. growing
beyond the two million mark, entering
the fray In earnest and winning glory
enough for all time to come" No
soldiers with greater valor ever trod
the soil Of the world. Cobb asserted.
Financially the lecture VAS a sue
cess. Intellectually 1t was more thar
that.
Several "preliminaries." rs the Ro.
~terians called them, preceded the "malr
bout" as Cohb's lecture was labeled
DR.. w. II. Fiueshrihcr, O. X. HoucR
and Earl Palmer performed rs pre-.
Nminaries, Palmer presenting Cobb
or, that is. presenting the audience &c
Cobb.
Miss Virginia Alexander and her or.
chestra, composed Of Miss Margaret
Graves, John SCruEgs. Roland Tam
Ed McGee and Berry Brooks, gave sew,
eral selections as a prelude,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-17

Come again tomorrow with the assurance of participating in markd sale which involves the most
surprises the Wes are uusuayT et-he most beautiful garments thrilling productions! Our dis
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-15
NOTICE OF DISSOLU.
TION OF CHARTER

A meeting of the Stockholders of
The Hot Hustler Racket will be held
at their place of business in Abbe-
vile, S. c., on the End day of Feb
ruary, 1918, for the purpose of vot-
ing on the liquidation and dissolu-
ton of The Hot Hustler Racket, a
corporation doing business under
the laws of the State of South Caro-
lima. All stockholders! take notice.
Geo. G.. Gambrell,
LA. E. J. Adair, Directors.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-15
BIG PACKING PLANTS
ARE CLOSED TO-DAY

Washington, Jan. 14.-The pack
ing plants of Armour and Swift &
Company were shut down today on
account of a shortage of coal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-15

Break your Cold or LaGrippe
with a few doses of 666.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-15
WANTS

WANTED:-Two men to work in
Grocery Store. L. W. White co.
1-15-1t.
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WANTED:-To lend several thou
sand dollars on easy terms.
1-11-3t. j. 5. Morse, Sec.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-15

FOR SALE-Peanut hay for horses
mules and cattle. Milk cows leave
cotton seed meal and hulls for it.
We also have timothy hay.
1-15-1t S. j. LINK.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-15
REPORT THE CONDITION OF
THE NATIONAL BA NIX OF ABBEVILLE,

Abbev the State of South Carolina, at the Close of
Dec. 31st, 1917.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-12-07
Military Training for Boys
Illinois Lads Who Go to Farms Next Year VIII Be Uniformed
and Go Out as Companies

An closely
United States branch of the United
Illinois
the produced
be
draft are eligible to be enrolled in the They
fomed and given thorough training the course
The boys Will be organized
instructor
the high school the
schools VIII De grouped
hae an - -
ADDITION TO the classroom work and military
work practa
will divided
harness horses and machinery
cooperate
equipment
method placing the
methods used In the past Boys
have instructor all
will be established
country director
Rigid inspection of sanitary
n
application
So which will Of
the
the estimates will determine
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-12-07
Thousands of Girls Cut Off
Long Hair and Contribute It
to Country for War Purposes

AS proof Of the sacrifices women are
willing to make when their sentiments
or emotions are aroused, 1t Is related
that thousands Of girls, both In Ger.
many and France, cut off their long
hair and contributed 1t to their coun-
try for war purposes, says the Peo-
pies Home Journal. The instance is
not the first of it's kind recorded IN
history, however.
An interesting example Of similar
devotion comes from northern Japan
where great temple was in progress
of erection. Immense tlmbers were
being hauled from the mountains to be
placed in the building, and the work
was delayed by the frequent breaking
of the ropes. At length an edict was
issued calling on the women to give
their long hair which could be woven
into ropes Of sufficient strength for tho
purpose.
So generous was the response to the
edict that two ropes were woven, one,
1t Is claimed, was IT inches In cIrcum.
ference and 1,40O feet long; the other
10 inches around and 1900 feet long.
With these ropes the timbers were
dragged to the temple site without
further breakage.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-12-07
Soldiers of the Air Who
Have Given Up Their Lives.

The first man to lose his life in an
airplane accident was Lieut.. Thomas
L. Selfridge of the United States sig
nal corps, who was killed in Septem-
Der, 1908. while flying as passenger
with Orville Wright at Fort Myer, Va.
The next fatal airplane accident oc-
CURED nearly year later in France,
when Eugene Lefebvre was enrolled
as one Of the martyrs to the conquest
Of the air. Since the outbreak Of the
war, of course, brave flyers without
number have given their lives to their
respective countries, and list of them
would fill pages. The first and per-
haps the only woman killed in an air
plane accident was Nine. D. Moore,
who lost her life at Etampes, France,
in 1911
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-12-07
First Automobile Patent
Taken Out in France Fifty
Years Ago by Pierre RaveI

The first automobile patent was
taken out in France so years ago by
Pierre Joseph Ravel, says New York
World. His patent covered "a steam
generator heated by mineral oils, to
be applied to steam locomotion on or
binary roads," Ravel constructed q
small Tilbury and fitted 1t with his new
engine, which developed three horse
power. Ravel seemed on the verge Of
success, when the Franco-Prussian war
began and upset all his plans for the
time. Later he built several motor
cars In which petroleum was used for
the direct generation of motive power
by burning it under special conditions
in connection with certain quantities Of
air. Later George B. Selden, in Ameri-
ca and Johannes Spiel, in Germany,
simultaneously carried on experiments
that eventually resulted in the auto
mobile Of today. To Selden, however,
belongs the credit of applying gasoline
to motorcars, as the plans Of the Ger
MAN contemplated the use Of kero-
sene to supply power.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-12-07
EX-CRTILE KING
NOW A PAUPER
General 1errazas Once Owned
100000 Herd and Million
Acres in Mexico.
STRIPPED OF WEALTH
Now He Lives Quietly in FL Paso, Tex-
Planning Recovery of Estate
Sought Refuge From
Bandits.

FL Paso, Tex.-lGach evening ut sum
set an old man with silver white hair
and snowy beard may be seen walk
Ing around the plaza taking his daily
exercise with his two bodyguardS.
He is Gen. Luis Terrazas, octoge-
marian exile from Mexico, who lost vir-
tually all his great fortune in the
revolution of Madero and villa and
now Is forced by political conditions
in the country to live on the border.
When the MaderO revolution started
in 1911 "Don Louis" was known as the
cattle king of Mexico. His herds num-
bered more than 100000 head and
graZcd on thousand hills and plains
Of northern Mexico. His estates
stretched from the Rio Grandc to Chi
huahua City and he could ride for "a
hours by train over his own acres,
which then numbered more than u
million.