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[ A. M., NOVEMBER 11,1818.
When the British Retook Mona.
(By Cap't. T. P. Cook, a Terrell County Boy with
the Canadian Army.)
November 11, 1918—For fourteen dayaave
len following-up, gaining contact one day
ck} a nasty machine gun fight, the rourid-
i of the few Boche gunners left behind, a
i improvised bridge to get our field artill-
Ver, and again, contact. The regiment had
1 veof the days, had marched nearly
Nad cleared out the village of Nemy
with a sentry line in front, on the
bbles of the sunken road which strctch-
Jemappes to Mons. There were a few
^Whizz-Bangs and Gorblimey’s, and the
ft’ incessant putter and whine of machine
Sj-The outfit slept on the night of the 10th.
home three thousand miles away the
had declared one premature armistice
$ere almost set-up for another; we in three
l yards of the Hun met the Commanding
r at regimental headquarters, that is, all
era except the subalterns, to receive the
i for the attack that was to bring back to
3reat Red Map every inch if ground on
British troops had ever stood in the Great
_ie.
e idea was simple, on our left the Princess
to feint at the road to Brussels,
bp by the Royal Canadians, and the
h, on the right, which was really to
^centre of the attack, the Little Black
forced by the remainder of the Sec-
de, were to swing down the main road
( from Jemappes and overflowing the
front of Mons, to enter from
rthe Twelfth, (my own brigade)
^crossing of the canal and get into
’ ns best it could.
. of a cessation of hostilities,
i in the morning I walked up the
l Ralph Rieger for the last time.
, clear, cold and windy (we cas-
: at sunrise to hide the flash) at
, .^attack was timed for 8:00—the re-
headquarters ate its breakfast ten
a>British cross, lettered, "Unknown,
no, 1914,” *
sited 1 the companies of the outfit, found
right; saw the Transport officer between
! shearing at the mules, decided that
i were functioning properly, and back
seven. The last details. The “Old
£*Mah”'t&ihanding of the Padre, the prayer for
Igfee .swcjj of His Majesty's Arms and a hurry
i Orderly Room Sergeant, whose on-
s, “Rot,” as he handed me the or-
knicssage form with the laconic
for an unknown period
ritered into, effective at eleven
1918. After that hour
plete cessation of hostilities.
1 Commanding requires that
1 taken to avoid contact with
Repeat and Acknowledge
Id "Tama,” and Tama was
fadian Infantry Brigade!
acknowledgment, it went
.read it aloud. The Padre
hg “Thank God,” Freddie
harge of the Lewis guns, won-
b to get a chance to use those
|e “Old Man” saying over and
■•damned politicians,” “Those
elephoned the companies, the
gade. Back came the word, “The
BP‘ The Canadian Corps will attack
city of Mons. Zero delayed
“ were the usual details. At
een-pounders that the gun-
i get up opened their piti-
l minutes belched forth all
fid been brought up. It
yonet show. From the
che slowly trailing out
lit behind were enough
business.
ier even than usuual—
7 Man—cheated. The
[only infantry and ma-
hey fought like tigers,
pualties in one regiment
thirty saVc us in the
K 1 with Le Grande Louise
■PRhe cathedral doing her best to
gSrbraGonne.” mixed with “God Save
ad “Tipperary.” Out came bottles
Urs, and as the regiment straggled,
Ha the rear, into the Grande-Place,
■ of Godfrey de Bouillon, thunder-
leav-
jlnd a moment or tw« later from
I canal we heard the Bang of
jits, as the docks In the dty be-
! hour. It was eleven o’clock,
• '. “i ■••- ■ ■Vv '
yu
offering $200 a ton for
Mr. Webb was giving
when he urged them
the maricet -was
. The Driest October. :
“The driest October I ever saw.”
Which is cumulative evidence that man’s
memory deceives h'im,
late fall anld early winter of 1885, thirty-
four years ago, was marked by a prolonged
drouth which lasted, with slight intervals, from
early in October until late iq December, rain
coming just before the‘ Christmas holidays.
There were a few showers but not enough to
“wet the ground” thoroughly fell during that
period in Wiregrass Georgia—or in this imme
diate section, at least. Heavy dews and foggy
mornings helped, but despite these, the drouth
was severe enough to ’cause considerable dis
tress.
Only on very moist, lands was it possible to
get fall grain crops started and many farmers
did not sow until after Christmas. Sugar-cane
did well to mature four feet and the sweet pota-
oes that fall were better suited for seed than for
family use. Of fall gardens there were none,
and for lack of vegetables, there were many pil
grimages by wagon to the fisheries at St, An
drews’ Bay, on the Gulf.
October and the early part of November were
warm', but cold came before the rain, and the
spectacle of dry, dusty, cold weather was seen
for the first time by many in this section. Thirs
ty animals, watered at wells, would sometimes
drink so much that the excess water would give
them a hard ague. Strange to say, there was
quite a lot of sickness, chills and fever and other
products of malaria predominating.
Small streams were soon dry, and many of the
larger creeks, unless they were fed by springs,
stopped running. Water left nearly all the
ponds and “limesinks" and soon became so,
scarce that travelers sometimes had to buy for
their stock. This was not always the case, how
ever, for the people were usually so hospitable
that they would divide with the passer-by with
out price, although their own supply was grow
ing dangerously low.
In many cases, wells failed, and nearly all of
them had to be dug deeper. Through some
sections, however, notably those where there
was an underground limestone formation, they
failed altogether and water had to be hauled
many miles for family use. Under these cir
cumstances, stock suffered. Hogs did not fatten
well, and occasionally were turned out alto
gether, waiting for the rains. Cholera was ram
pant, and the meat crop was reduced tQ a mini
mum. Hauling water was a task, and the black
smiths reaped a great harvest, fer tires were
loose and a trip to a shop was necessary every
few days. It was not unusual to see a man haul
ing water with a team of mules or oxen having
to stop every few miles to knock on his tires, and
perhaps use a little of the precious water to
tighten them until he could get his load home.
Some folks say that the earth won’t burn, hut
it will. During the latter part of the drouth a
traveller was passing through the north central
part of Worth county. This is one of the lime
stone belts ami,was about the driest. For
several hours he noticed the atmosphere grow
ing hazy until at last the sky was darkened and
the sun was in a yellow rim. Then an acrid
scent became more and more noticeable At
each house, where the man stopped there was
to one at home, until at last he found an old lady
unable to travel, sitting on a front porch.
“Where are all the folks?” he asked.
“Over at the twin ponds, fighting fire,” was
the reply.
The two ponds, Long Pond and Round Pond,
were about a mile away. They covered several
hundred acres in normal times, but were shal
low and for a long time had been dry. It was
the first time in the memory of the oldest inhab
itant that this had occurred,but attracted little
notice under the unusual conditions. For many
years, perhaps hundreds, the beds of these
ponds had been accumulating decayed vege
table matter until they were six to ten feet deep
in muck. This had dried until it was as combus
tible as dry peat. By some means, perhaps from
a careless hunter’s torch, or from heedless boys,
fire had got into the stuff and it had been burn
ing for weeks. At first little attention was paid
to it, but the burning area gradually spread,
broadened and deepened, until it was a great,
smeking furnace. Winds carried the sparks to
the nearby pine woods and when the wiregrass
caught, the people were aroused to the danger.
Several farmers lost fencing, and at last, the
whole settlement turned out to extinguish the
fire.
This was no easy task. There was no water
near, and in some places the muck was burning
to a depth of ten feet. Men carried teams and
plows and a wide area was plowed around the
ponds. Then, with fresh earth the fire was smo
thered as best they could. It was a task of two
or more days to get it under control, and even
then it smouldered and had to be watched care
fully until the rains came. ,
Guess you will admit that when it is dry
enough for the earth to bum, it is quite dry.
You can repeat “You never miss the water
till the well runs dry.” hut you never realize
what it means until you have had the experience
Men who want liquor will go a long why for it,
but men will go much farther for water when
the need is felt.
Like nearly"all the other blessings we enjoy,
we donot appreciate what water and rain are
worth until we do without them awhile.
Macon, Ga.—H. Leo Cross, insurance
■Kent, has been indicted by the grand
jury, charged with the murder of Frank
J. Hodges, a prominent ttal estate dealer,
September 26. The trouble arose over
business difference!. Croat claims when
be tried to collect some notes Hodges at
tacked him. ^
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Just as soon as you cat a' tablet or
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caused by acidity ends. These pleasant,
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never fail to make nick, upset stomachs
feel fine at once, and they cost very little
at drug stores.
Yh$ QuWoa That Dom not Affect the Hut
Because of !ts tonic and laxative effect, LAXA
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flog In bead. Remember the full name and
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.Sylvester Has Cotton Loss of $15,000 to
$20,000 Following explosion.
Sylvester,, Nov. 6,—-Following a ter-
‘ific explosion in the Union Warehouse
here about 5:30 o’clock this morning,
which wrecked one side of the building,
fire was discovered aU over th« eastern
section of the building, which contained
100 bales of cotton. The damage is_ es
timated at between $13,000 and $20,000,
fully covered by insurance,.
Nothing could be found to explain the
explosion, which remains a myatery. The
cotton destroyed was small lota owned by
farmers in Worth county.
ASPIRIN FOR COLDS
Nima "Btyer" is on Genuine
Aspirin—say Bayer
Insist on “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin”
™ A “Bayer package," containing proper
directions for Colds, Pain, Headache,
Neuralgia, Lumbago, and Rheumatism.
Name “Bayer” means genuine Aspirin
prescribed by physicians for nineteen
years. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets
few cents. Aspirin k trade mark
•'.Bayer Manufacture of Monoaoetio-
acidester of Salicylicacid. - •
Messrs. O. B» Womack,-of Eldorado,
and J. W.* Boss, of Omega, bare bought
Hr. Z, BerkowiU’a lease an the place oc
cupied py the United Shoe Factory, pay/
ing $100 fdr the lease, and will use it
for a show room to display Hauahn-Six
automobiles.
Tiftion welcomes this addition to her
business circles and predicts a bright fu
ture for these hustling young men.
m SESSION IN ASHVELLB
Southern Medical Association Meets for
Three Days Session.
- Ashville, N. 0., Nor. 11.—-The thir
teenth annual convention of the Southern
Medical Association opened a three days
gates from all parts of the South and
meeting here today with over 700 dele-
prominent medical men from all over
the United States in attendance. There
are seven sections of the association, rep
resentatives of which are here.
Headed by Dr. I. W. Cooper, of Meri
dian, Miss., the Southern States Associ
ation of Railway Burgeons are in ses
sion this morning. The principal address
tlii afternoon will be delivered by Dr.
W. T. Tyler, director of the division of
operations, American Railway adminis
tration, of Washington.
An important feature of the meeting
day is the sessiu of the National Mala-
i committee, with Surgeon General Ru*
|»ert Iilue, chairman, in charge, and EL
B. Carter, assistant surgeon general of
the United States Public Health Ser
in attendance.
By making elastic then
me anxious months befL
Mother’s Friend renders t
pliant for <
preparing for the coming <
natural tijen that the
looked to in h»on(r
Mother’s Friend is i
At aU Druggists.
Special Booklet on $
AlI.r-U.G- 'j
On Improved Hum Load sad CUjr
Property tor *, 5, T, 10, 1*. sad M
lean. Loans Liberal sod Mads FrtawUr
B. (X WILLIFORD,,
107
TUton, Boards
Secret Service men need net continually toll
the people of the number ot Bolshevist agents
d Bolshevist plots hi tiffs country. We know
about that; what we want to hear next is
t a hunch of the trouble makers
Was
Coats, Suits, Dresses,
and Waists.
THE COATS
The beautiful coats can be had in all of the
fashionable Fall colors. They are bothplain
tailored and handsomely trimmed with fur.
Some are lined with plain or fancy silk,' oth
ers unlined. The materials are Broadcloth,
Duvet de Laine, Novelty Mixtures, Velour,
Silver tone, Plushes, Bolivia, Pompon and
Kersey.
DRESSES
WAISTS
There are a selection of ISO
Dresses that is something
well worth looking at. The
materials are Jerseysi, Tric-
olette, Tricotine, and Bo
tany and French Serges.
Ready tar Your Inspection!
Everything in Georgettes,
Crepe de Chines, Satins and
all selling at below cost,
Come and convince yourself
Anything that the heart
could desire.
There are no two suits in this lot alike. This
means exclusiveness, which is something
well worth looking for. The materials are
Tricotine, Duotone, Velour de Laine, and
Peachbloom. Some of these suits show se
vere tailored lines, braid and buttonshaving
, been used to add to the embellishment of
others. There are numbers handsomely fur
trimmed and the linings are beautiful,
cy pussywillow silks* , -
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