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PATHETIC FIGURE! AMONG WAR RUINS | Lone, Aged Woman Is Sole Inhab. i Kant Left In French Vil lage. * NAMED LA DAME INDOMITABLE All Who Survived Hun Carnival of Rage and Rapine Which Swept the Place, Left Long, Long Ago. American Army Headquarters In France.—In the charred village they call her La Dome Indomitable. Not a bad name far her, either. There Is i great gnn In the French army called Indomitable. The enemy has trained Its heavy weapons on this giant cylin der of destruction, but old Indomitable still belches^ Its deadly hall upon the • Hons, and so the old lady of — was named after this famous gun, writes Don Martin In the New Tork Herald. I saw her the other day In the recon structed ruins of her once comfortable house. Two artillery officers—Ameri can—have billets with her. She takes care of their rooms, shines their boots and leggings and puts on a button now and then when they know nothing about It Then, when she Is not busy at home, she washes dishes for the Salvation Army canteen or performs more labori ous service, for all of which she re ceives ten cents an hour. That Is enough. She doesn't need much. She begins her dally routine at five lp the morning and finishes at seven in the evening. Then she walks two miles to a shop to get her allowance of bread, and after ten o'clock, when her “boys” are In bed and asleep, she throws herself on a bed of boxes and old clothes, with one blanket for cov ering, and sleeps. Village’s Only Inhabitant Lp Dame Indomitable Is the only In habitant left In the village. It Is no place for women. Children—all who survive the Hun carnival of rage and rapine—left long, long ago. The old folks dragged a weary way from the humble, aged stone buildings In which they and their ancestors had lived for many generations—yes, for hundreds of years. Soldiers occupied the town. Then the Germans came. Three times the quaint village was taken and re taken. The gaunt remnants of the | ■>' old dwellings could tell frightful stor ies of slaughter and magnificent tales of valor. So can La Dame Indomit able. Rut she says little. She Just works. She wants to help France. Of ficers told her a long time ago she ,could go anywhere she wished. Even .the grandeurs of Paris were pictured to her in the hope that she might bo lured from the abode of danger In which she resides. But why should she go? . “No, I’m not old,” she says. 'Tm only sixty-five or maybo seventy. I'm a strong woman yet, but when I carry water this long, long distance and then walk to the boulangerle for bread some times my heart beats too fast maybe, but that’s all." So there she stoys. She has been seen away up on the brow of the hill looking down on the German-held terri tory. One does not need glasses to see It She trudges along shell swept roods when it Is necessary, as It often is. “A shell may hit me—yes, perhaps, sometime. But we nil have our work to do.” Waves of deadly gns swept over the stricken group of ruins from time to time. Ln Dame Indomitable has her mask. An ofilcer gave It to her. It Is the best. The officers sec that she gets the best. Her two American artillery officers hurry to their billets when the gas drifts Into the village. They have nothing to do there. They Just go to make sure that their hostess Is safe. I had a cup of chocolate with her In her house and learned her story. I do not thmk she ever told It before. Thanked by General. “When the war was Just nt the be ginning," she said ln French. “I hod three sons. They hurried off to get their uniforms and rifles. Then I waited. One day our soldiers came pouring Into the town. They had been driven back by the Germans. Many were injured. I took ns many as I could in my house and made coffee for them. You see my house was better before It was struck by shells. “While I was making coffee a big shell struck this house and killed : some of the soldiers. Another one had both legs taken off. 1 helped them all I could, but they went away and the •^Germans came. They are cruel, but I am g old, so I am alive. Then our boys came again and I made my house a hospital. It was struck twice more and I was hurt a little, too, but not much. I don’t nt to leave. I have lived here all r life and here Is tvhero I shall die.” The eyes of the old lady glowed un der the spell of a thought she find not yetexpressed. “A French general came and thank ed me for what I did tor our soldiers,” she said.. “Then, long after, he wrote me a letter saying I was a brave wom an and bad brave sons. I have the letter —you may sco It" TURKS PROFANE HOLY PLACE Mount 8lnal Disfigured by All 80rts of Markings of Spots That Christians Hold 8acred. “ " nlma * laatlTe man -(Dental corps of the United States fl^rTTn^. " ee ^:_” h0 “ cend 'Army. Examinations have been clos- gaol without a thrill of reverence. Here was given the law that Is In scribed on the countless tablets of half a world, the maxims that have ruled much of the lives of billions of men and women for thousands of years. The barren grandeur of the peaks, the rocky difficulty of the as cent, are pitched ln the proper key. Unfortunately, the Moslem rulers of the region have cluttered up the neighborhood of the mount Itself with all manner of childish legends and "authentic" relics. Orientally toler ant, they have not only accepted the Jewish traditions of the spot, which havo become a part of their great ri val religion, Christianity; they havo DENTAL CORPS OF ARMY CAN TAKE CARE OF 8,000,000 MEN The dental requirements of an army of more than 5,000,000 men now can be met bythep resent force of the ed and no further additions will be made to the corps for some time, number of dental officers has expand ed since war was declared from 58 t 6,810. Commissions were offered tc 5,457 dentists in all parts of the coun try, and all but 271 were accepted. The averagen umber of tooth fill ings in the Army ranges from 226,000 to $260,000 a month. Special dental infirmaries have been established in the camps and cantonments, to which newly inducted soldiers are sent for examination shortly after arrival in the camps. RETAILERS MUST EN FORCE SUGAR RULES HOUSEHOLDERS MUST PLACE THEMSELVES ON HONOR AND NOT TO HOARDE. Atlanta, Ga., July.—Attention of ail householders in the State is di rected by the Food Administration to the,fact that, under the sugar rul ings which went into effect recently, ther etail merchant is permitted to make sales of only two pounds at one time, to town or city customers on five pounds to the customers, and no sales may be made to families in ex- imi FOR SALE iOO aeres of land’B ntilea north east of Cbrdelo on Tremont Public Road. One 3-room house and one 4 room house on same, about 86 acres of land in cultivation. See or write W. E. Ward, Cordele, Ga., Route B. Just received car of Hickory wae- on>. Heard & Grace, Every hour is valuable in farm work this year, wainti the Department of Agriculture. Avoid delays in thrashing. Every hour a thrashing machine is kept Idle because of a breakage or bad adjustment means timel ost in the work of getting food for the soldiers fighting to preserve American principles and America. „ „ . t - • - A 8ch ° o1 f ° r dental instruction as cess of tlfrec pounds n added to them and overlaid them with been established where 85 officers are . • all manner of crude superstition. assigned each month to take the 2- number of members in Thus they will show you the very months’ course. ‘ ncl “ dm ? 8ervants - - - The burden is put upon the mer chant by the United States Food Ad- rock where the children of Israel set up the golden calf, and another com monplace bowlder which Is guaranteed to be the ode smitten by Moses w,hen the wandering Hebrews were thirsty. Exhibit C Is the rock on which Moses broke the first tablets ln his anger. Then there is a garden with a chap el, Inclosing the spot where Elljabwns fed by the ravens. A second cbapel In the garden is sacred to Moses. Near by Is a Moslem relic in the shape of- a rock which bears the footprint of Mo hammed’s camel, a sort of a legendary fossil. Even ln a Christian monastery this somewbat primitive Insistence on marking the concrete spot where re ligious history was made seems to per sist, for you will be shown an altar which Is said to be erected over the site of the burning bush. LEG&L ADVERTISEMENTS Olin Black MIND SUPREME OVER PAIN Notable Instances When Agony Was Subdued by Determined Exercise of the Power of the Will. It Is said that even the most acute physical pain can be overcome by a determined effort of the wilL Dr. Edward H. Clarke suffered from a fatal malady, which produced the most agonizing pain; and yet he could detcrminately withdraw his conscious ness, so to speak, from that pain by fixing It upon another object, that, ob ject being the working out of his own neutral train of thought ln the compo sition of a book. This Is well known to havo been the case also with regard to Sir Wal ter Scott, who, during n very severe, and painful Illness, dictated the “Bride of Lammermoor.” The most remark able fact about tbo composition of this work was that, after his recovery, ho entirely forgot nil that he had done, the book on Its publication coming to him as an enflroly new work, with which he had nothing whatever to do. He only remembered the general out line of the story upon which he had composed his novel; this he had heard ln early life, and it remained with him; but of the working up ft this story into the novel, while he . lay on his sofa contending with paroxysms of agony, ho had no recollection. Laura Black. ’ Petition for divorce, Dooly Super ior Court, August Term, 1918. To Defendant, Laura Black; The plaintiff, Olin Black, having filed his petition for divorce against Laura Black in this Court, returnable to this term of court, and it being made to appear that Laura Black is not a resident of said county, and al so that she does no reside within the State, and an order hhving been made for service on her by publication: This therefore, is to notify you, Laura Black, to be and appear on the First Monday in November, 1918, then and there to answer this com plaint. Witness the Hon. D. A. R. Crum, Jndge of the Superior Court of the Cordele Judicial Circuit. This July 3rd, 1918. C. A. POWELL, Deputy Clerk, Dooly Superior Court. 2 a m f t m. Measuring ThoughL Interesting experiments In measuring the action of the mind, or thought, havo been made by scientists. It takes about two-fifths of a second to call to mind the country In which a well- known town Is situated, or the lan guage Id which a family author wrote. We can think of the name of the next GEORGIA—Dooly. County. Whereas C. S. Thompson, guar dian for Lillian Thompson, has ap plied to me for a discharge from his guardianship of said Lillian Thomp son. This is to cite all persons con cerned to file objections if any they have on or before the first Monday in August next, else ho will be dis charged from his guardianship as prayed for. This July 1, 1918. J. D. HARGftOVE, Ordinary. ministration, of taking a statement from each purchaser that he has not on hand, including the intended pur chase, an amount of sugar in excess of the above basis, and the merchant is required for his own protection to hold these statements from purchas ers subject to examination or inspec tion by the agents of the Food Admin istration. In order to comply with the sugar ruling retail merchants have been au thorized, for their own protection, to provide themselves with the following form of household applications, which they are to have signed, after which the merchant will file in his place of business; I hereby apply for purchase of pounds of sugar for household use at Street, City of There are persons in may family, including servants. I hereby certify on my honor that I will not attempt to purchase sugar elsewhere in excess of three pounds per person per month for home con sumption, in conflict with this, state ment. I further certify that this pur chase, including sugar now on hand, or in my possession, or under my con. rol, will ot exceed a thirty days’ sup ply on the above basis. (Signed) Date (This applies only to cane or beet sugar in all forms. The merchant must hold this certificate subject to inspec tion of the agents for the Federal Food Administration for Georgia.) FOR SALE—One 1918 Indian, twin, olectrical equipped, three speed forward, if you want a real machine at almost your own price GEORGIA—Dooly County. at almost your own price seo Mrs. Laura M. Henderson, Gunr- write me at once. Postmaster, Pine- dian of Luther G. Williams has appli- hurst, ed to me for a discharge from her guardianship of Luther G. Williams, this is therfore to notify all persons concerned, to file objections if any they have, on or before the first Mon day in August next, 1918, else she will be discharged from her guardian ship as applied for. This July 1st, 1918. J. D. HARGROVE, Ordinary. GEORGIA—Dooly County. Whereas, T. F. Bivins administra- tor estate of Ella Smith late of said month In half the time we need to [county deceased, has in due form ap- thlnk of the name of the last month. It takes on an average one-third of n second to add numbers containing one digit, and half a second to multiply them. Such experiments give ns wonderful insight Into the mind. Those used to reckoning can add two to three ln less time than others; those familiar with literature can remember more quickly than others that Shakespeare wrote “Hamlet.” It takes longer to mention a mouth when a season has been given than to say to what month a season belongs. The time taken up ln choosing a motion can bo measured as well as the time occupied In per ceiving. / 2,000 MILES FOR FAREWELL Aged Father Travels From Calgary, Canada, to Camp Taylor, to Bid Boys Good-By. want my 11 FOR SALE—Good plug Mule and » good 2 8-4 two-horsc wagon. Ap TO to Empire Cotton Oil Co„ tf Louisville, Ky.—After traveling 2,- 000 miles, Clinton Vance, elghty-two years old, Is here to visit his two sol dier sons, now at Camp Zachary Tay lor. Mr. Vance left his homo near Cal gary, Canada, some time ago, otter re ceiving a letter from bis sons saying they expected soon to leave for “over there.” He and his sons moved to Canada three years ago from Orleans lad, and at the outbreak of the war both of the yonng men returned home to enlist Mr. Vance Is a farmer near Calgary, and said both of his sons own large farms In Canada. “Knows Kaiser Personally.” Carlisle, Pa.—Emil Yonng, who says he Is.personally acquainted with ths kaiser, was detained by the federal authorities because he could show no naturalization papers. He asserted ha had served In the German army. plied to theundersigned for leave to sell all of the real estate belonging to the estate of said deceased. This is to notify all persons whomsoever, that I will pass upon said application on first Monday in August, next, 1918. Given under my hand and official sig nature, this July 1st, 1918. J. D. HARGROVE, Ordinary. GEORGIA—Dooly County. Whereas S. E. Statham Adminis trator of the estate of J. J. Murray, deceased, has in duo form applied to to the undersigned, for leave to sell all of the real estate belonging to the estate of said deceased and nil personal property belonging to said- estate, this is therfore to cite all per sons whomsover that I will pass upon said application at the regular Aug ust Term, 1918, of Dooly Court of Ordinary. All objections must be filed by or beforo said Term of Court. July 1st, 1918. J. D. Hargrove, Ordinary. GEORGIA—Dooly County- Will be sold before the court house door in said county on tjie flipt Tues day in-July, 1918, the same being the 2nd day of July between the hours of 10 a. m., and 4 p. m., to'the highest and best bidder for cash, the follow ing described property to-wit; Lot No. C in Block 4, fronting Main Strict, located in Doollng, Dooly County Ga. Said property levied upon as Ce property of E. J. Folds; the defend ant, by virtue of an execution issued from Dooly Superior Court, in favor of G. W. Fullington against E. J. Folds, defendant. Tenant in posses- sion notified in terms of the law. . This Juns 5th, IBIS. B. O. Davis, Sheriff. Professional Cards. P. E. WILLIAMS, M D. Physician and Surgeon Vienna, Ga. Office oyer Walton Bros. Store r.-r. Bivins, m. i>. u. a. Mobley, m. n BIVINS & MOBLEY, Physicians and Surgeons. Celle Promptly Answered. Vienna, - - - Georgia. L. L. WOODWARD. Attorney-at-Law. Vienna, - - . Georgia. V. O. DAVES Rbvsiciau and Surgeon Office in COOPER BUILDING Celle promptly answered 0HA8. S. GURR Insurance Office in Vienna News -Boildintt PHONE 181 DR. E. P. WHITEHEAD DENTAL SURGEON VIENNA, - GEORGIA DR. T. E. BRADLEY -‘ SPECIALIST Diteasoo of Eya, Ear. Non and Throat Westbrook Bldg., Cordele, Ga. DRS. ELLIOTT A ELLIOTT OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS CORDELE, GA. T. 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