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GRADY COUNTY PROGRESS. CAIRO, GEORGIA.
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA
This photograph of a block of buildings In Mexicala gives Borne Idea of the damage done by the recent earth
quake that shook the Imperial valley In the southern part of California. Many towns there and across the line In
Mexico suffered greatly and some lives were lost.
DIED LIKE DEDOES
Two Companies Hold Position
Five Days Without Relief.
Only Handful of Wrecks Left of As
saulting Party With Mission to
Capture Chapel—They Cap
tured It.
How two companies of French In
fantry took a chapel defended by Ger
man trenches and held their narrow
strip of captured ground for live days
under a continual fire from German
artillery is related In a letter pub
lished In the Figaro of recent date.
The letter was written by the officer
commanding the party, who was one
of the handful who remained when
they were at last relieved. The ap
palling gruesomenesB of modern war
fare 1b told in thrilling phrases In this
recital of a herolo act. Parts of the
story have been elided by the French
censor, but enough Is left to give a
graphic description. It is as follows:
"There was much agitation upon the
plateau. The order had been given to
my major to. take the chapel at all
costs. My company had the honor of
being designated as the attacking
company; and I am sent to reconnol-
ter the point of departure.
"The chasseurs who man the
trenches from which we are to leave
look at us with Interest, because we
are going, to give the final blow, and
because everyone Is sure that the
chapel has been mined and that the
storming company will be blown up
with it.
‘ “1 give my last orders, then the
whistle signal and we start off on the
run. For two hundred yards, a great
distance in an attack of this kind,
wo run through shell holea at points
deep as a man’s height 1 . We take
three trenches that are not heavily
defended. But by the time we arrive
at the chapel halt the company Is
down behind us, for we made the trip
In the cross fire or three machine
guns.
“My sub-lieutenant, a cashier of the
Bank of France In times of peace, but
a lion on the battlefield, at the head of
ten men, jumps into the little trench
that surrounds the chapel and drives
out the German sections. We have
taken the chapel, but It has been a
hard task; then my lieutenant signals
to Captain X's company. Without an
instant’s hesitation he leads his com
pany behind mine, through the cap
tured trenches. He joins me and is
killed just as he shakes my band. 1
. take command of his company as well
as mine, and throughout the night a
savage struggle takes place.
"The positions we occupy are in the
form of a spoon, the captured trenches
form the handle and the chapel the
large end. Through the trenches am
munition and food are sent to us; as
we are being attacked on three sides.
“The next day, seeing that they
could not drive us out by assaults and
not having been dble to blow us up,
for the precaution had been taken to
cut all electric wires which the shell
explosions revealed, the Germans be
gan bombarding. All their artillery
in that neighborhood was concentrated
upon the small space we held, and 1
humbly pray to God that I may never
again find myself in the midst of such
a hell.
"Huge shells burst among the liv
ing and the'dead uninterruptedly; we
breathed only a thick and nauseous
vapor. Everything was burning, every
thing was whistling all about us. The
reinforcements that were sent In to
me melted away and I was -obliged
to send again and again for more men
to add to the handful of heroes whom
I have the honor to command.
“We could no longer get supplies,
and for more than twenty-four hours
we had to go without food or drink.
“What a sight! When, both day
and night, hands and feet slip cease
lessly upon unnamable things which
once were' human- bodies; when of
these things one has before one the
thickness of four men, ono realizes
how small one really Is In' the scheme
of things, and it restores religious
ideas to the most skeptical. For five
days that continued, and for five days
iny colonel, who was watching the
boinbarilment of the chapel, kept say-'
ing to his staff officers: ‘How can
you expect a company to hold out in
that hell? It is not. possible!’
'
“But hold we did! We held until
the moment when a huge twenty-one
centimeter shell struck three yards
away fVom me, tearing everything
about me to a horrible mess and bury
ing me with five other soldiers. We
dragged ourselves out, and finding that
no one of us was wounded we took
off our kepis and on our knees we
thanked the Blessed Virgin for having
saved us.
“Shortly afterward we were relieved.
And when I descended that slope to
the plateau with the handful of men
left from what had once been two
full companies we were all crying
from fatigue and shattered nerves.
“Some of us, with eyes sunk Into
our hends and contorted mouths, were
chattering our teeth, without being
able to stop. With our clothing torn
and covered from head to foot with
blood and brains we were horrible ob
jects to see. But the chapel was
ours!”
SPURRED RESTA TO VICTORY
There Is a story connected with
Dario Resta’s brilliant record-smash
ing victory In Chicago's first 500-mile
International auto derby. Even hap
pier than Dario himself, who was re
warded with the handsome sum of
123,000 for his efforts, was Mrs.
Resta, who was glad to see her hus
band come home the victor In the
contest. Her joy was Increased by
the fact that her husband finished
without any injury to himself. The
speed king admits that his wife was
really the goal that spurred him on
to victory. Mr. and Mrs. Resta were
married shortly after the last Van
derbilt cup races, in which Resta
landed first honors.
IS THE OLDEST BLACKSMITH
Michigan Man Is Eighty-six Years of
Age and Still Shoes
Horses.
Homer, Mich.—The oldest black
smith in Michigan—probably the old
est in the United States. That’s what
Jacob L. Lyon of Homer believes he
is. He will be eighty-six years old
next January. And It there are any
competitors for the honor, Mr. Lyon
hopes to remove all doubt by remain
ing at the anvil for many more years.
“You see, my father lived to be
elghty-two, but he had two brothers
who lived to be ninety-four and ninety-
six years old,” he declares. “So 1
have a few more good years in me
yet.”
Mr. Lyon hasn’t missed a day at his
shop In several years. His arm Is as
powerful-and he Is as active as the
man, forty years his junior, who Is his
employee.
He lives with his wife, who Is sev
enty-seven years old, in a pleasant
little home only a few yards from the
blacksmith shop.
Found Long Lost Brother.
Minneapolis, Minn.—James Forman
of St. Paul has found the brother he
has not seen In 20 years. He located
him In Minneapolis municipal court
facing a vagrancy charge. The broth
ers had a family reunion at James
Forman’s home In St. Paul.
More “Old Bones.”
Clxickasha, Okla.—While making ex
cavations at Shanoan Springs, W. A.
Hopkins of Chickasha unearthad. sev
eral large bones which apparently are
the remains of a mastodon.
Real Fun Is Cut Out of It by the
Great War.
Sardonic Representations of Alleged
German Cruelty Typical of Hu
morist’s Exhibition—Soldiers
Show Sketches.
Paris.—The dreadful effect of the
war on the spirit of humor is illus
trated In the exhibition of caricatures
organized by the “Humorists” for the
benefit of their wounded comrades
and of the widows and orphans of
artists killed In action. The French
genius for making fun of everything
haB disappeared and the enemy Is not
seen comically but horribly. The sub
jects are difficult for caricature, con
sisting for the most part of alleged
atrocities.
The deteriorating influence of the
subjects on style Is seen abundantly
In the contributions of almost all of
the caricaturists and Illustrators.
Foraln tries to avoid topical slavish
ness by using side themes set at the
front and suggesting amusing discom
forts like rain, wind and mud in Flan
ders. One Is a sketch- of two dirty
soldiers In a front-line trench reading
Paris papers, with the remark that
France will be saved if her civil
population hold good. Another Is one
of a sentry calling to the driver of
an automobile ambulance stuck in the
mud to haul down the Red Cross
flag In order to escape bombardment.
The large number of English Carica
tures shown are better in Bplrit than
the French, though most of them are
bad drawings. The subjects are char
acteristic of English humor, “bulls"
by Irish corporals, recruiting absurdi
ties, front discomforts and some amus
ing notions of German types which
appear to be based on knowledge and
a certain physical sympathy for fat
ness, roundness, redness and square
ness as expressed In the uniformed
Teuton. The tone Is genial through
out, and never sardonic in the grandi
ose fashion sought by the French
draftsmen. The trouble with the Eng
lish caricatures is that they show a
deadly identity of style, variety ap
pearing only in the choice of humor
ous Incident.
The sculpture shown is as poor as
most topical or humorous sculpture
usually it, far and away the best ex
hibits being ebampagne bottles
dressed up as drunken German sol
diers. Various heroic eplBodes from
the official communiques are done Into
sculpture, notably the famous incident
of the zouave prisoners who yelled to
their comrades to fire when the ad
vancing Germans used them as a
shield.
A few sketches by soldiers actually
'in the trenches are of interest be
cause they give a vivid notion of the
dirtiness and lack of picturesqueness
of trench warfare.' Sem’s “Crown
Prince” Is the familiar death’s head.
The motive of stolen clocks Is rather
more amusingly developed than most
of the other stock traditions about
German behavior on campaign and a
few of the jokes about German lack of
taste In woman’s dress are well
aimed.
HEN ROLLS THE EGGS BACK
Wyandotte Chicken Makes Owner
Stop Sawing Wood So
She Can Set.
Winsted, Conn.—Michael L. L. Dane-
by Was- puzzled when he found six
hen’s eggs on a pile of sawdust at
his wood sawing plant after the gaso
line-driven power had been running a
short time.
Through the sawdust-filled air came
two more eggs as he debated. He shut
off the power to learn if possible where
the oggs came from.-Presently one of
his Wyandotte hens appeared. Finding
one of the egg S she rolled it to a nest
which she had made in “V’’-shaped box
where the exhaust from the engine
carries away the sawdust.
One by one the hen rolled the eggs
nestward. She then resumed setting.
The exhaust engine had swept the nest
clean of eggs. Mr. Daneby has tempor
arily suspended operations at the mill
so that the hen can finish her work.
Russia has 25,000.000. horses,' tl;e
United States has 24,000,000 and the
world contains about 100,000,000.
LITTLE ITEMS OF
state'interest
Atlanta.—Robbers took the gas mo
tor from an Atlanta church.
Rome.—William A. Whitfield, aged
60 years, died at his home here, as
the result of an accident In a balloon
twenty-five years ago.
Atlanta.—Local postofllce receipts
are only 5 per cent' below normal,
a good Indication that general busi
ness conditions are Improving.
Atlanta.—Jitney bus operators have
asked for an injunction restraining
the state railroad commission from
carrying out Its ruling that Jitneys
are common carriers.
Thomasville. — The Thoinasville
Commercial association has secured
the services of L. C. Busch of Fon
du Lac, Wis., os secretary of that
body and he will begin the work con
nected with his office in a short time.
Atlanta.—A reward of $500 has been
offered for information leading to the
recovery of his son, who disappeared
several months ago, according to a
letter received at Governor Harris’
office. •
Atlanta.—The local Ad Men’s Club
•is behind a bill that will make it a
crime to misrepresent an article In
any kind of advertising. The bill Is
especially designed to stop fake sales
and it is expected to prove of value
not only to the honest advertiser, but
to the buying public. - '
Savannah.—It Is announced that the
operation of the boats have caused
Augusta and Savannah will be contin
ued. Unexpected difficulties in the
operaiton of th eboats have caused
much trouble, but it Is thought a way
to overcome these difficulties will be
found.
Scottdale.—C. E. Chewnlng shot and
killed C. D. Bishop, alleging undue
friendliness between Bishop and Mrs.
Chewnlng. Preliminary hearing was
waived and it is expected that the
case will come up for consideration
at the approaching session of the De-
Kalb county grand jury.
Rome.—At the session of the Floyd
county commissioners, a resolution
was adopted naming two routes
through the county for the Forrest
highway, the northern one from Rome
to Coosa and on to the Alabama line
and Cedar Bluff, and the southern
route goes via Cave Spring and Hanie
to.the Alabama line and Center.
Tifton.—The largest cotton deal
closed in this section recently was
the purchase of 686 bales of cotton
from J. B. D. Paulk of near Fitz
gerald, by George W. Branch of Tif
ton. The transaction involved about
thirty thousand dollars, the basis be
ing 8% cents middling. Mr. Branch
sold, the cotton immediately for ex
port.
Swalnsboro.—L. R. Smith, now a
resident of Emanuel county, was
brought to Swalnsboro and turned
over to Sheriff R. W. Coursey, charg
ed with kidnapping the 14-year-old
daughter of his wife, Mrs. Anna R.
Smith, who resides about fifteen miles
from Swalnsboro, who was formerly
Mrs. Anna Redd.
Atlanta.—W. E. Rushtn of Vienna,
member of the Georgia general assem
bly from Dooly county, was reported
in a serious condition at the Wesley
Memorial hospital, where he was tak
en suffering from hemorrhage of the
brain. Mr. Rushin, who Is sixty years
old, was stricken while in a dentist’s
chair in the Candler building.
Atlanta.—A cablegram to Dr. Wil
liam Perrin Nicholson announces that
his Bon, Perrin, has arrived at Bor
deaux, France, where he will be an in
terne in a Red Cross hospital until
October, when he will return to At
lanta. The younger Nicholson studied
medicine for several years at Colum
bia and was studying in Berlin when
the war started.
Tifton.—Berrien county has just
completed a hard-surfaced road from
Nashville to the Tift county line,
where it connects with a road of like
character leading Into Tifton. This
road has been badly needed for a
long time, and its completion marks
the first connection of the county seats
of Berrien and Tift with a splendid
road.
Macon.—When the Jones county
commissioners ordered a coffin ship
ped to Round Oak in Jotfes county, It
developed that another negro had been
killed there as a result of the murder
of Silas Turner, a farmer. This makes
three negroes who are known to have
been shot and killed. The latest; vic
tim was known as Earl Palmer and
he lived 6n John King’s plantation,
where the murder of Turner occur
red.
Augusta.—-Warren E. Sturman, a
prominent young business man of this
city, was drowned in the surf at Sulli-
van’s Island, S. C. '
Macon.—Macon relatives are bend;
ing their efforts to get In communi
cation with Ethel, the 12-year-old
daughter of the late Walter Flowers,
and his wife, Mrs. Minnie Flowers,
now held In Lake Providence, La., for
the murder of the husband.
Americus.—The Dixie Highway cel
ebration at Americus was largely at
tended, fully 10,000 good roads boos
ters being present. Six companies of
military, representing Macon, Colum
bus, Albany and Americus made a
striking feature.
Atlanta.—A special presentment con
demning the “recent manifestations
of mob violence" In Atlanta and Ful
ton county and declaring It to be the
duty of the courts to be "active and
unrelenting against the offenders and
punish him to the limit!’ whs sub
mitted to Judge Hill In superior court
by the county grand Jury.
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Luncheon Meats ^ Pork and Beans
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His Reason For Thinking So.
Williamson — What books have
helped Hooker most?
Henderson—The ones he borrowed
from me, I suppose. He never re
turned them.—Judge,
Good Fortune.
“I found a four-leaf clover on my
lawn today," said Mr. Crosslots.
“I suppgBe.you think that’s lucky?!’
”1 do. I’m lucky to find anything
In that lawn except dandelions and
ragweed.”
LOOK YOUR BEST
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The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. These
fragrant super-creamy emollients pre
serve the natural purity and beauty
of the skin under conditions which,
If neglected, tend to produce a state
of irritation and disfigurement.
Free sample each by mall with Book.
Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dept. XY,
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
Police Would Get It.
The _ talk of parents at home about
conditions in the ’ police department
made a deep'Impression on the mind
of a twelve-year-old boy who was be
fore Judge F. J. Lahr In Juvenile court
for stealing a bicycle. The court had
lectured the boy and his three com
panions on the disgrace of stealing
and finally 'asked 'the boys what they
thought of stealing.
“Now, suppose everybody were to
steal,” the court suggested, “and then
what do you think would become of
all of our property?”
“Oh, the police would get every
thing,” was the boy’s quick response.
—Indianapolis News.
Fooling the Enemy. -
Rain was falling steadily as the
weary cyclist plodded on through the
English mud. At last he spied a fig
ure walking toward him through the
gloom.
Gladly he sprang- off his machine
and asked the native:
“How far off is the village of Pop-
pleton?”
“Just ten miles the other way, sir,”
was the reply.
“The other way!” exclaimed the
cyclist. “But the last sign post I
passed said it was in this direction.”
“Ah,” said the native, with a know
ing grin, “but ye see, we turned that
there post round so as to fog those
’ere Zeppylings!”—Pittsburgh Chron
icle-Telegraph.
When farmers laugh at a town man
ic generally is because of his inability
to hitch up a horse.
Men Out
To Win
appreciate that brain,
nerves and muscles .Can be
kept up to par only by
right living and careful
selection of food.
Thousands of such men
use
Grape-Nuts
because this food yields
the maximum nourishment
of prime wheat and barley
of which'it is made.
Grape-Nuts also retains
the wonderful mineral ele
ments of the grains so
essential for the daily repair
of brain and nerve tissue,
but which are so often lack
ing in the usual dietary.
“There’s a Reason”
for
Grape-Nuts
—sold by Grocers.
Point of View.
Dl°x—Bilktns has the clearest head
of any man I know. .
Knox—I see where you are right.
There is absolutely nothing In It.
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Grove’s
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eral Tonic because it contains the well
known tonic properties of QUININE and
IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out
Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds
up the Whole System. 50 cents. — Adv.
Exceptional Luck.
A vehement argumeiiC in which
two racehorse players were defending
their judgment, was • overheard last
night,
“Why, nobody but a sucker -would
have played that horse,” said tho
first.
“Well, he won, didn’t he? You can't
get away from that. How about this
bank roll?"
“Well,” said No.. 1, as he looked
rather longingly at the money; “well,
all I’ve got to say is this: Most any
old blind hog will dig up an acorn
some day.”—Louisville Times.
Easily Pleased.
“Guess I’d better order a few going
away gowns,” said she brightly.
"Nix on the golng-away gowns, my
dear,” said her husband gloomily. "I
can’t afford to take you anywhero
this summer.”
“All right',” was the cheerful re
sponse. "Then I’ll just order a few
staying at home gowns.”
A 25-YEAR CASE
OF ECZEMA CURED
Mr. Butler Edgar of Danville, Pa.,
writes: “I have had an aggravated
case of Eczema for over 25 years. My
hands were unsightly for a great part
of that long period, I have used seven
60o. bottles of Hancock's Sulphur
Compound and one jar of Hancock’s
Sulphur Ointment. I feel as though
I had a brand new pair of hands. My
case has been such an aggravated
one. Hancock'B Sulphur Compound
hn3 cured me and I am certain It will
cure anyone if they persist in using it
according to directions.” Hancock'a
Sulphur Compound and Ointment are
sold by all dealers. Hancock Liquid
Sulphur Co., Baltimore, Md.—Adv.
Temporary Reverse.
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feel th’ loss iv vodka.
Flaherty (warmly)—Don’t ye loso
any slape over It. Mar-rk me wur-ruds,
they'll retake It ag’in before long.— f
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