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Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-04-11

Compared to their heroic sacrifice our part is but
small that of providing the funds to keep them
equipped; to build and the ships that will trans
port their food their clothes, their guns and their
ammunition. and to pay for these things
Yes. we. the people of this community, will sup.
port our boys.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-04-11
1 Will You Help to Bring
sS.~~>~ Them Back?

Win you help to provide them with the things
they need, with clothes and food and munitions that
they may complete quickly possible the terrible
task assigned to them?
Will you support our boys while they are fighting
for U.s. fighting the German autocracy that seeks to
destroy our ideals of liberty and justice?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-08-15
WEDNESDAY WAS
HOTTEST DAY IN
AMER|CUS DURING
PAST FOUR YEARS
JNE VI. BRYAN WEATHER OBSERV.
I'D HERE, GIVES OUT INTEREST
ING STATEMENT REGARDING
RECENT UNUSUAL WEATHER
I0I WEDNESDAY AND 30 TUES.
DAY MAXIMTM TEMPERATURES.

Joe VI. Bryan, weather observer
here. has answered the universal
question He says if it isn't hot
enough for anyone, then it hasn't been
hot enough during the past four years,
and hat some people are hard to sat
!s5y anyway
The government thermometer in
his Office registered lO1 Wednesday
anl Tue9Gay the mercury in the tube
ther4 cIawleG up to 9S, which in iseltt
is "s,me weather" for this section.
The weather during the last few
days has been unusually oppressive,
and it was the universal complaint
registered that impelIed the Times
Recorder to inquire concerning tn
maximum temperatures registered h
the government thermometer.
IS to the colors will deprive the in
stitution of a number of students. and
still further reduce its income.
view of all of the circumstances, he
thinks il advisable to suspend the
school for time
In the meantime the appropriation
%: $15.000 win be received. and after
AL defts are paid the surplus will ac-
e. muiate for future fund.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-08-15

Interest was added to the race fog
county commissioners this morning
with the announceme4 t of C. c.
Hawkins and J. Elmore Pc ele as can.
didates for the places to be i-ade va
cant by the retirement of T. B. / aoks
and Arthur Rylander, both of who.a
have definitely decided not to again
be a candidate.
There has been two announced car
didates, J. J. Wilson and F. p. Jones,
both Of Leslie, during two weeks or
Diore, and in Americds there has been
a very general sentiment that this
city should put out a couple of strong
men Tor the positions, owing to tne
large land interests of various resi-
dents here. 1t was pointed out tha.
taxpayers in the city of Americus
now pay a larger amount of taxes
thar, all other districts in the count!
and that unless this district has at
least two members of the county
board, it is without adequate and fair
representation.
Accordingly certain gentlemen here
have been busy several days in an
effort to bring two strong candidates
in the field, this movement crystal1iz-
ing today in the announcement of C.
c. Hawkins and Elmore Poole. Both
these gentlemen are ardent advocates
of not only building but maintaining
good roads in all parts of the coun-
ty; both have large interests in vari-
Gus sections of Sumter and are ad-
mirably suited to serve as members of
the beard of county commissioners
Both have been approached by
numerous friends and after careful
ly considering the situation have con
scented to become candidates. 1t is
predicted by their friends that both
Mr. Hawkins and Mr.. Poole viii he
elected and that they will give the
county some of the ablest and best
iservice ever renderd by any mem
bers Of the county board
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-08-15
BRIDGE over FLINT
MONTEzUMA BEING
REPAIRED BY COUNTY

Parties coming to Americus from
Macon and At,anta by automobile to-
day brought news that the bridge over
Flint river between Montezuma and
OglethOrpe is being repaired, and
that the road between these places is
impossible as result. The road
there runs along low country and
the bridge approaches are not sufti
gently long o Eive necessary warning
TO autoists who travel at high speed.
The usual waraing signs are posted,
but it thought well to further warn
motorists of the condition of the road
there, as many use this bridge al
night and accidents are quite apt to
happen during the period of repair.Ee
the structure.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-08-15

AMSTERDAM, August 14.-Soviet
troops have begun to evacuate Mos
COW. The gold reserves which had
been in the basement of theKremlin
already have been removed to an un-
Known place.
Dispatches received in London on
Monday reporting that Premier Le-
nine and War Minister Trotzky had
Fed to the naval base at Kronstadt
added that all the government de-
partments also would be removed
there.
Whether the soviet troops were
forced to depart from Moscow is not
clear tut the loss of the city to the
soviet government undoubtedly will
be a serious blow to their cause.
Moscow. the ancient capital of Rus
sin. w;.s made h esoviet capital in
March.
Czecho, Slovak troops have been re-
ported in force along the Volga, about
SOC miles cast of Moscow.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-08-15
.ACGIE SCHOOL IS
LIKELY To CLOSE
FOR YEAR ANYWAY
HON CRAWFORD WHEATLEY.
CHAIRMAN OF TRUSTEES, BACK
FROM ATLANTA. SCHOOL DOES
NOT GET APPROPRIATION.

1t is probable that the Third Dis
trict Agricultural and Mechanical
school will be closed for the duration
of the war, at least for one year
This is the suggestion of Hon.
Crawford Wheatley, who will recon
mend such action to the board of
trustees at meeting which he, a.
chairman, has called for tomorrow
Mr. Wheatley has returned from
Atlanta where he worked for sever
days in an effort TO get through the
legislature an appropriation of 500
900 for the school. He lacked only
one vote in the Senate of having
enough to put the appropriation
through, it having been passed by the
House already.
The annual appropriation of Sl5,-
000 from The state for maintenance
and support is inadequate" says Mr..
Wheatley, "to take care of the school,
and. besides. we have a 5000 build
ing in progress of erection without
money to further proceed with it.
To add to the troubles of the school
FIVE members of the faculty have re
Gently resigned.
Mr.. Wheatley himself has advance.
money to the school in recent mont
to tide it over during time of fnan-
cial stress, the school running sew
eral thousand dollars behind.
1t is Mr.. Wheatley's opinion also that
the new draft law, calling boys OF
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-08-15
FOUR MILLION ARE
NEEDED To BREAK
GERMAN LINE SAYS
CROWDE2 To PRESS
IMMEDIATE EXTENSION OF DRAFT
AGES NECESSARY TO INSURE
SPEEDY WINNING OF WAR
THREE MILLION MEN TO BE IN
FRANCE NOT LATER THAN JUNE
3Oth.

WASHINGTON, D. c., August T.
In reporting the administration man
power bill extending draft ages today,
Chairman Chamberlain disclosed to
tie senate that General March told
the m lItary committee it was up 10
The United states to put enough men
in France to win the war on the west
'front.'. and he expressed the belief that
4.>aG.Go' Americans under one COM
,naadcr could go through the German
lines a:hehever they pleased.
immediate extension of the draft
es was declared by he army repre-
sentati,cs to be imperative in order
that the United States may throw it,
fulI strength in the struggle and win
The report also revealed that the
new American war program calls 10"
eighty DIVISIONS. or something over
3,Nnc coo men in France by June 80
reM year with eighteen more divis-
ions in raining at home then
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-08-15
VITAL STATISTICS
To BE COLLECTED
ANDPREsERvEDBY
CITY AUTHORITIES
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR
APPROPRIATED TO DEFRAY EN-.
PENSES OF THIS WORK AND
PHYSICIANS WILL BE REQUIR-
ED TO REPORT ALL BIRTHS
AND DEATHS PROMPTLY.

The vital statistics question which
has been agitated more or less con
stantIy by Americas physicians and
others during several years, appears
nearing solution
The board of health here has long
sought to have all births and deaths
registered here, but always the prop-
osition TO establish the office of reg
istrar of vital statistics has met op-
position. and it has seemed impossi-
Bile to have the work done efficiently
otherwise.
Council at its last session, how
ever, determined to settle the ques-
ton once and for all, and appropriat-
ed 500 annually to defray the eX-
pense of keeping such records. In
addition physicians will be paid %
cents for each report of births OF
deaths they make, and these are re-
uuired to be made promptly, Failure
to report either a birth or death sub
iects the attending physician to pen
atty for violation of the ordinance.
The ordinance was passed by coun-
Gil at the request of the United States
public health officers here, and is
considered a model one. The result
of it's enforcement will be the COM
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-08-15
SUMTER MUST
FURNISH MORE
MEN FOR ARMY
DURING AUGUST
TEN WHITE MEN WILL GO TO
CAMP GORDON AND TWENTY
FIVE NEGROES WILL BE SENT
To ATLANTA AUGUST 22-RE.
CENT REGISTRANTS AMONG
THOSE WHO MUST GO THIS
MONTH.

Tea young white men must go from
Americus to Camp Gordon during the
5-day period beginning August 26th
and there will also be a further drain
upon the man-power of the country
August %, when twenty-five negroes
will be sent to Atlanta for induction
into military service
Chairman Maynard and Secretary
Nesbit, of the Sumter County Local
Board already received orders to for
ward the quotas given in the fore
going paragraph, and are busy no.
preparing the list of those who must
go.
The men to go, of course, will al
be selected from those in Glass One
A, and as a result, it is very probable
some of those young men who regis
tered for military service in June 5th
last, will be included among the num-
Der sent to Atlanta this month
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-08-15

pilation of ltal statistics which !
future years will be of almost in
calcutable benefit TO the health au-
thorities here
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-08-15
c. c. HAWKINS AND
]. {. POOLE ARE
CANDIDATES F D R
PLACES ON BOARD

PROMINENT AMERICUS MEN OF
FER FOR PLACES AND LIVELY
RACE is IN PROSPECT. BOTH
NEW CANDIDATES ADVOCATES
or BUILDING AND MAINTAINING
GtnD ROADS.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-08-15
MOsCOWtvACUATEO
BY THE BOLSHEv|K|-
COLD IN KREML|N
ALREADY IS STOLEN

TROTSKY AND LENINE HAVE GONE
AND SOVIET TROOPS ARE ABAN-
DOMINO CITY TO ADVANCING
CZECHO.SLOVAKS WHO ARE
STRONG IN VOLGA REGION 500
NILES EAST Or MOSCOW.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-25
BEAUTIFUL BETHLEHEM

prtf fhe roar ~ ff- ci'~t
over ite hiie tud ih,ne ~ ,'D'i.
With . message ~ pear''''ie"' "'''
hinF the bta4f.f1i
hat are s.eriut
Erinf jo4 "a sse ~ poverty i~eiit-
Zoo rs. novels is ife ~ fhe ay
There IS nfe
f.r .li Bethlehem nel's
fu SIS. FfsHt stanton
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-25

homes there & $685. steitef fa deeds
n blood. but byirf Hffs sni acts -
kirdnrss"
rn4 fir tree. ftr common evergreen
~ enc norfhsi1 feE pns. seearne iht
aoiy Tres ~ ~ rpafsf'ei pa2aes. ana
80 lfs honor ~ a in.ugsy - iaf
fho1ehts y tod f1r they 1seeiatei L
wsth Hshts ard ~ ai chrlrimas.
The Washington times., 1918-01-12
A Pie asing New
Good Night Series

whom GroWn-ups have never for
gotten.
My son, Ny SON" cried the old
gentleman cat. the tears coming to
his eyes for very JOY. You have
re'"rned at last
Yes. papa" said little Puss
Junior. and he almost wept. too. II
was so good to be once more with
his dear father.
Now come with me. and Will
take you to my Lord and Lady
Carsbas" And presently Puss
Junior found himself In the pres
ence OF the royal owners OF the
great castle.
And great was their delight to
see again the son Of their faithful
Senesehal, and my Lady picked up
little Puss and held him In her lap
ard looked into his eyes and said:
MY Lord. he grows more like our
faithful Puss in Boots each day.
lie II the image OF our faithful
PuSs in Boots" And in the next
story you shall hear what Puss
Junior did at the castle OF Ny Lord
or Carabss.
Copyright. 1917. David Cory.
ito be continued AOndsyJ
The Washington times., 1918-01-12
Do YOU KNOW
THAT

Reptiles eggs are not very attrac-
tive objects. Ia the case OF croco-
dies and many kinds OF tortoises.
they are pale colored or white, and
resemble those Of birds In shape.
In nearly every street OF the
cities Of Japan there is a public
oven. where for a small fee people
may have their dinners cooked.
The principal fur-bearinE animals
are the sable. ermine. marten. mink.
beaver. otte-. chinchiIla. fox. seal.
nutria. badger. lynx. bear. and wolf.
The region about the Dead Sea IL
one OF the hottest places II tire
globe. and the sea loses many tons
Of water a day by evaporation.
o
II has been noticed that the ash
tree 10 very Injurious to vegetation
under it, shade. while scarcely any
plant vii; gov Inder = yew
Toe height Of The grave NSrIsA
from nttetn " eighteen feet
The Washington times., 1918-01-12
Puss in Boots T.

No. stree: lie had spent all his
money. so all he could do was 10
look at the big wooden box fun OF
delicious Iollypops and wish he had
one. And when Puss saw him
standing there. wIstfully cycling the
candy. our generous little traveller
took a penny out Of his pocket and
bought a Iollypop for him.
And then he bought saucer OF
cream for himself and a piece OF
cake, and after that he didn't feel
hungry at all. so he said good-by
and continued on his journey. And
ny and by. all Of a sudden. just as
he turned to his right. he saw the
castle OF my Lord CRrsbas.
"Hurrah! Hurrah." he shouted.
and throwing up his cap he started
on at a run. and pretty soon he was
knocking al the drawbridge. And
tFAn in another few short minutes
he was knocking at the little pos
tern safe. and then he was huERiHg
his old father. tho famous Puss In
Boots, whoJs AL children love and
The Washington times., 1918-01-12
Advice to the LOvelOrn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
(To Ne COatInued Tom0rr0w)
lCopyTiShtedl

women II I answer As they desire
I will bring happiness-but think
what infinite mischief I can work
by trying 20 settle this grave prob
lem for people !, have never seen.
This Is my attitude: II were deep
ly in love with a soldier boy I
would want TO marry him before he
went over There. would gladly
take my chancss-If I cared enough
Ii ] cared enouEh-that is the
whole point.
With real devotion in her heart.
any woman who loves the spirit
and mind OF her man would proud
ly welcome him back however he
came. A, lesser love might fail
Years OF separation might weaken
. small love. None OF US can Be
sure OF ourselves or our own 10y
atty. To risk 50 much because OF .
mere infatuation Is foolish. To
risk IL for a big love Is noble.
The hysteria of war time makes
men and women rush into situ-
atoms that will make them un%
happy later on. Try to be reason
ably sure Of yourssives-then aSti
The Washington times., 1918-01-12
The Hidden Hand
A SERIAL STARRING DORIS KENYON

trunk OF a tree to which the wire
had been fastened at the bottom OF
the ravIne
Up on the bridge the two bands
OF the Hidden Hand gang ran for
ward. meeting in the centre.
Here-go after them" the crime
master ordered.
Quickly one Of the emissarIes
stripped off his belt and Iooped II
over the wire. lie swung himself
over the rail Of the bridge and
away he slid
Below Ramsay. whom Doris had
just released from the handouts.
could see the enissary coming. He
seized the gun from Doris and fired
with careful. calculated aim.
With a cry the emissary fell, his
nerveless fingers letting go the belt.
Over and over his BODY turned
In the air until It landed with a
splash in the stream below.
lmpotently the Hidden Hand and
his men now gAsticuIated on IN.
bridge in wild dlsmay. watching the
body OF their comrads as I, float.d
downstream. far below.
The" ran. clamberinE along the
cliffs. where Yerda. hiding, Joined
them. Quickly the Hidden Hand
planned 10 overcome the seeming
escape and advantage OF Doris and
Ramsay
Hurry" he directed. We must
get 20 the station first. Their. is
h''!' chance TO get them"
To BE ContInB~d Moudsy.
The Washington times., 1918-01-12
Mans Final COnquerOr
THE GREAT DESTROYER, ABSOLUTE ZERO
Gradually the Snow Line Is Creep
ing Lower, a Warning of the Far
Distant Day of a Frozen World.

. line descends and les all the year
round upon the surface of the earth.
At about IS degrees north or south
latitude IL begins to lift a little, and
at 20 degrees rises to q mean ele-
walton Of 1000 feet. At go degrees
Il goes above 5000 feet; at 50 de-
Rrees it nearly reaches 1000 feet;
at 40. il passes 10000: at 80 IL az
tains 1880; at 80, 5000, and at
the equator from $4,000 to 1900
feet. Above these heights snow re-
mains unmelted all Summer.
Nothing could be more intimIdat-
ing to On imaginative mind than
the downward march OF the snow
on the broad tanks Of a great
mountain, starting from its high
est elevation in midsummer, the
snOw-line, and descending toward
the inhabited valleys. as Autumn
advances. II is fatIdical process
son, kind OF Belshazzar warning.
The axis of the earth mods over o.
little, the sun rays fall at a some
Whit lower angle, so that fewer of
them impinge on q given area, a
Jingle is felt in the air-and 10!
the snow line drops a mile down
the mountain. The sparkling world
where water stops running and nnds
itself an iridescent sister to the dia-
mond has crept visibly SO much
nearer to our world. wherein crys-
utilization means death.
wonder II the Chinese selection
of white as the color of mourning
for the dead may not have been
suggested by n comprehension OF
the meaning OF the Winter robes
of the mighty Tibetan peaks.
OF course, man can pass the
snow-line. but he cannot perma-
nen:ly live there. Every Winter I'm
temperate climes he dwells for
months amid its advanced trenches,
hut il is only by surrounding him
self with precautions and protec-
tions. All clmbets OF lofty noun
taiEs are familiar with the snow
line. Those who go up In airships
detect its invisible presence with
the thermomeHr. In detail. It
does not possess the regularity that
we have Rscribed to it in a general
view.
1t. too. lifts and drops a little
in cycles OF years. and even some-
times between successive Winters,
all of which variations are indica-
tive Of unsteadiness in the danes
since a steadily Frightening sun
lighted lift the earth ever had
that experience-has our planet
seen the snow-line definitely and
continuously rise, every year a
little higher.
There Is only too much reason for
thinking that the time 10 approach
ing, II II be not already here, when
the only continuous change in the
position OF the line will be a de-
scent II is probably coming slow b.
ly. ineTorably. down. like the swing
ing knife in Poe's story OF The Pit
and the Pendulum" II Is perhaps
because the imagination cannot 80
clearly picture extinction by frost
that apocalyptic visions OF the end
OF the world have been. by prefer
ence, thrown against a background
OF IRE, but as far as science can at
present see the real Zine of fate"
for the living earth Is the snow
line.
The Washington times., 1918-01-12
By Garrett P. Serviss.

T1HERE is perhaps no other nat
ural phenomenon which so
vividly presents to the senses
the narrOwness OF mans habitation
on this earth as does the snow
line" BY that line Is meant the de-
narration. in latitude and in alti-
tude. of the limits of perpetual
snow. II is the battle line along
which stand confronted the forces Of
life and death. Behind and above 1t
Grins Absolute Zero! 1t is the limit
beyond which the life forces cannot
penetrate.
But the forces of the frost which
are potentially those OF death,
periodically advance and retreat on
Our SIDE OF the line. thus Offering
an unceasing menace. and one Of
the great questions that science has
to answer, II it can. is whether the
line, as a whole. is gradually sway
ing downward. "A catastrophe. such
as a considerable fall Of the suns
mean radiation, would bring il
down upon US with a mortal sweep.
Above the snow line water is a
Solid. as naturally as iron Is a solid
amid our customary surroundings
We who live in the so-called tenn
perate zone see the battle front OF
the frost advance every Winter
without compromising the stu
pendous fact that behind II. in solid.
unbroken array. the ranks of the
Zero King stretch OF to the stars.
When the next Summer comes the
front retreats to the snow line. but
the snow line never goes backward,
We simply forget that il is there
until its administers advance again
A true image OF the situation of
the earth and its inhabitants would
not be furnished, as one is at first
sight tempted to think, by a low
island surrounded by the sea. which.
ut every advance Of the tide, be-
comes partially inundated. while Its
elevation 10 so slight that an abner-
NAL tide might bury II entirely: but
\ true image is furnished by an
open IRE IN a chimney place. which
alternately languishes. allowing the
Gn-surrounding chill 10 advance
from the windows and the distant
corners OF the room, and then.
through rspleniEhment Of fuel.
,blaxes up and drives back the cold.
reawakeninE the cricket on the
hearth.
Cold IL . negation; there IL no
energy in absolute zero: the real
lighting In done on the side OF heat,
and when that faints the advance OF
the frost Is automatic. But the
earth cannot supply energy Of itself,
and we cannot help it: IL has no re-
source except IN the sun.
1t is easier 10 discover the snow
line by its elevation on mountains
than by its situation in latitude at
ordinary attitudes. However, Il
can, with a fair degree of accuracy,
be marked on a globe. Within
about 10 degrees of either pole the
The Washington times., 1918-01-12
By Arthur B. Reeve,
creator Of the "CraiE Kennedy"
mystery stOrieH, which GOPeaF sK-
slusfTely In Cosmopolitan MaEaHIAs.
The Slide for Life.
EPISODE 8.

- AMSAY locked the other loop
Of the handouts about one
hand while Doris hunE her
arms about his neck. and he grGsped
her in the other arm.
The Hidden Hand and his other
Eangsters were Just arriving At o.
posits ends OF the bridge. firing
wildly. and shouting at Ramsay.
He leaned over. with Doris cling
ing 70 him. and Iesped.
Down the long, saEgiug wire
Ramsay and Dos shor like a hug.
human projectile.
Clasping us.nssy with one hand.
IN the handouts locked over the
guy wire. Doris and he shot down
Through the air. with ever increas-
ing speed.
only the sag Of the wire saved
them. for they slowed up bit as
they reached the bottom. Even ~
s. was they were hurled with al
most stunning force against the
The Washington times., 1918-01-12
War Time Recipes
From Good Housekeeping Magazine for January.
!:alibut Aurore 1880 CaIoriest College Fuda. Cal.

-wo-pound cut OF halibut. table
spoonful -four. l tablespoonful but
ter. cupful milk. tablespoonful
minced parsley. Juice lemon. |
tPblespoOnful mushroom-rstsUp. !
'shlespoonful tarrHEon vinegar.
tho.espoonful cHpers. salt. l tea
spoonful vinegar
j'lAcs hEh in baking dish with a
lftie water. the vinegar. aud On.
Ss-%ertHpoonful OF salt. and bake
us'il tender, but not broken. Re-
move to a large dish and ALLOW to
600 In one saucepan make a sauce
- the butter. milk. -four and pars-
''r. Meanwhile. in another. heat
ts -.ushrom -catsup. tArraEon vine
rsr. lernon Juice, and cspers. When
:'s white sauce has cooled q Iitt'e
e'sBd The two. beating well. and
rou- 0Yer the FISH. Serve very cold
FaTutSh~d with cut lemons and
TrriRS % parsley. This may also be
serve Lot u dSBirsd