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IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place In The South
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Washington.
The Brazilian chamber of deputies,
by an almost unanimous vote, declared
that a slate of war exists between Ger
many and Brazil. 'The vote was 149
to 1. The senate unanimously approv
ed the declaration, and the president,
pursuant to the passage of the resolu
tion, issued a proclamation declaring,
in substance, the wishes of the cham
ber of deputies.
Copenhagen dispatches state that
the total prohibition of pork exports
is anticipated in order to Insure an
adequate supply of fats to the Danish
population.
The coal question will not down.
" The miners of the western Kentucky
district have asked that prices be in
creased to meet the increase of wages
agreed to between them and the oper
ator. It is not yet known what Doctor
Garfield will do.
A gift of $320,000 toward the work
of providing camp libraries for Amer
ican soldiers and sailors has been an
nounced in Washington by the war
finance committee of the American Li
brary association.
No change in Italy’s foreign policy
nor weakening of her aggressive pros
ecution of the war is expected in this
country as a result of the fall of the
Boselli cabinet.
Assurance have been given German
citizens resident in this country by the
alien property custodian that their
money on deposit in banks in the Unit
ed States is not in danger of seizure
by the government.
The shipping board has agreed to
charter the Italian government approx
imately 25 American commandeered
steel ships or an aggregate of 100,000
dead weight tons, to relieve Italy’s
shortage of shipping to transport vital
ly needed supplies.
George Roussous, Greek minister to
the United States, expressed in fitting
phrases the friendship of the new gov
ernment of Greece for the United
States. The felicitation was on the
occasion when the new minister pre
sented his letters of credit to Presi
dent Wilson, who, in turn, assured him
of the United States’ appreciation of
the entry of Greece into the war.
Another twenty million dollar loan
has been extended France.
The total credits the United States
government has extended to the allied
nations is $2,826,400,000.
Food Administrator Hoover says a
pound of fat is better than a bullet,
and a pound of hog of more value than
a shell.
Food Administrator Hoover says the
fight against the submarine will be
won if the United States and Canada
will stimulate production and effect
economies so as to feed the allies from
this continent without sending a ship
farther afield than the American At
lantic seaboard.
The human body must have a certain
amount of fat, and pork products have
an influence in this present war wider
than any one would ordinarily attrib
ute to them.
President Wilson, speaking to 10U
leaders of the New York State Wom
an Suffrage party, said that woman
suffrage is one of the fundamental
propositions growing out of the present
war.
Domestic.
Albany. Ga., in the heart of the cot
ton belt, sends out a telegram to the
effect that 27-cent cotton has helped
the boll weevil as well as the farmer
this year, and goes on to say that it
is possible that the advantage will rest
with the pest next year instead of the
farmer.
Lord Northcliffe, head of the Brit
war mission in the United States, in
an address in St. Louis, Mo., said the
Austro-German offensive against Italy
is an attempt to knock Italy out of
the war, and that recent disturbances
in Italy have been fomented by Ger
man agents.
The labor unions have won a sig
nal victory in Nebraska. The district
court of Douglas county, Nebraska,
has decided that peaceful picketing is
legal, and that men engaged in that
means of opposition to the “open shop’
are acting clearly within their rights
as American citizens. Labor union
leaders say this decision is a long
step in the direction of victory for
their contention —the right to collect
ively bargain for the sale of theii
labor.
Fifteen carloads of peanuts have
been shipped from Moultrie, Ga., in
one week. They sold for more than a
hundred dollars a ton.
Seven of the ten German sailors in
terned at Fort McPherson, Ga., have
been captured and there is hope that
the other three will be apprehended in
a short while.
The Indiana woman suffrage law
was held to be unconstitutional by the
Indiana supreme court. Asa result,
thousands of women who expected to
vote at the municipal elections to be
held in November will not be permit
ted to do so.
Frank A. Scott, chairman of the war
industries board, has resigned, and
Robert S. Lovett, priority director, has
assumed temporary chairmanship of
the board.
European.
The Austro-German armies on the
Isonzo front are fast developing their
offensive against the General Cador
na’s forces. Already the Italians on
the northern wing of the 25-mile front
have been forced to give ground and
at several places are back across the
Isonzo north and south of Tolmino,
which the battle, at last accounts, was
waging on Italian territory.
The Italian war office announces
that the evacuation of the Bainsizza-
Heligengeist plateau is necessary—a
retirement which will render null, in
a great measure, the brilliant advance
of the Italians in the summer cam
paign.
The Teuton advance against the Ital
ians has so far resulted in the capture
of not less than thirty thousand pris
oners together with over three hun
dred guns.
The Germans who were so active re
cently in the Russian Riga sector are
retreating. The Russians have come
to life in that section, and are show
ing some of their oldtime fighting
ability.
Fresh gains are reported by the Brit
ish and French in the Ypres sector.
The French in Flanders report some
gains, but military critics attach very
little importance to any of the recent
fighting in this section. It is mostly
of a tactical nature, and the result
cannot be foretold yet.
The French continue to hammer the
German crown prince north of the
Aisne river.
A cablegram from a “French sea
port” says: Escaping from a German
submarine after a bitter fight lasting
nearly four hou*s and with seven of
her crew wounded, two of them seri
ously, an American steamer arrived
there from an American port. The
timely intervention of an American tor
pedo boat saved the ship from' being
sent to the bottom.
Roumania will fight to the bitter end
until the struggle for the freedom of
the world and the restoration of the
rights of small nations is achieved, the
Roumanian queen says.
While the allied troops were busily
engaged in consolidating positions
won in Flanders, the French forces of
General Petain struck a mighty and
unexpected blow against the German
line northeast of Soissons and made
some of the most important gains of
terrain since they threw back the
army of the German crown prtnce
which was besieging Verdun. The
stroke W'as made over a front of about
six miles. Numerous important posi
tions fell one by one into the hands
of the French, together with more than
7,500 Germans, an enoimous amount
of war material and 25 heavy and
field guns were captured.
The Austro-Swiss frontier has been
closed owing to the serious internal
situation in Austria. Several munition
factories were wrecked in recent food
riots in Vienna, Brunn and Laibash,
the rioters being mostly women.
Two German dreadnaughts, one
cruiser, twelve torpedo boats and one
transport were put out of action by
the Russians in the fighting around
the islands in the Gulf of Riga, but
their ultimate fate is unknown.
It has been definitely established
that six German torpedo boats were
sunk in the fighting at Riga. The
Russians lost the battleship Slava and
a large torpedo boat.
Lloyd-George, British premier, says
Germany is plotting for another Irish
revolution, and that arrangements al
ready have been made to land arms
on the Celtic isle.
British casualties reported during
the week totaled 17,041, divided as fol
lows: Officers killed or died of their
wounds, 362; men, 3,018. Officers
wounded or missing, 427; men, 12,564.
General Pershing has cabled the war
department the complete casualty list
in the destruction of the homeward
bound transport Antilles by a German
submarine. He gave no additional de
tails from those already known.
The average British tonnage lost
weekly now to the submarine toll is
stated to be not much more than one
third of the total destroyed up to and
including the month of April.
THE NORTH GEORGIAN. CUMMING, GEORGIA.
WAR INFORMATION
SOOGHIRY WILSON
MEN WHO HAVE MADE OBSERVA
TIONS ACROSS WATERS WEL
COMED AT WHITE HOUSE
ALLIES TO CONTINUE WAR
President Getting Testimony About
Conditions Among Civilian Popu
lation Of U. S. Allies
Washington.—From a number of
prominent Americans recently return
ed from European war fronts Presi
dent Wilson is gathering first hand
testimony concerning conditions there
and among civilian populations of the
United States’ allies. Men who have
made observations within the last few
weeks across the water have been wel
comed visitors to the white house,
where they have been plied with ques
tions by the president.
Of special interest to Mr. Wilson, ac
cording to most of these callers, are
reports on the spirit of the civilians
whose morale has such tremendous ef
fect on the enthusiasm of their ar
mies.
“How do the people talk?” “What
do they think?” “How strong is their
determination to win the war?” These
are typical queries to which the pres
ident is reported to be seeking full an
swers.
So far the answers almost universal
ly have been that the great mass of
civilians of France, England, Russia,
Italy and other allies want no cessa
tion of the war until Germany’s men
ace is removed. Peace agitation, food
riots and other seeming indications of
dissatisfaction, reported occasionally
by cable occcasionally by cable from
allied countries, are said to be caused
by only small proportions of the peo
ple and represent the spirit of the
nations no more than cases of draft
resistance represent American’s ideas.
Russia holds the president’s special
interest. Dr. Frank Billings, the Chi
cago physician, who headed the Amer
ican Red Cross special mission to that
county, gave him strong assurance
that the Russian common people wish
passionately for the defeat of German
militarism and intrigue and have little
thought of courting eace until that
result is accomplished.
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100,000 ITALIAN PRISONERS TAK
EN, WITH MORE THAN SEVEN
HUNDRED GUNS
Many Units Comprising Second Italian
Army Ran Without Firing a Shot,
And Others Surrendered
New York. —The Austro-German ar
mies, under the command of Emperor
Charles, who has as his chief assist
ant the brilliant Field Marshal von
Mackensen, are shaking the entire
Italian line from the Julian Alps re
gion to the Adriatic sea. Pressing
back the Italians at several points on
Italian soil, the combined enemy forc
es have pushed forward on the Italian
left wing and captured
to the northeast of Udine, and are
nearing the plains beyond. In addi
tion, the Austrian town of Gorizia, a
point of great strategic value, on the
Isonzo river, has been retaken from
the Italians.
According to the Berlin official com
munication one hundred thousand pris
oners have been taken from the Ital
ians and in excess of seven hundred
guns have fallen into Austro-German
hands. The second and third Italian
armies are declared to be in retreat.
Rome admits the falling back of the
second army, asserting that cowardice
similar to that shown by the Russians
in Galicia, was exhibited in the face
of the foe, the Italians surrendering or
retreating without giving battle, per
mitting the breaking of the left wing
and thereby offering easy access to
the town of C.ividale. Prior to falling
back, however, the Italians destroyed
all their depots and stores and Civi
dale was on fire when the Austro-Ger
mans entered it.
If they do not and the enemy is able
to keep up westward the fast pace tbit
has been maintained since the com
mencement of the operation, the great
er part of the Italian forces along the
northeastern line will be threatened
with capture.
Break With Germany Urged In Mexico
Mexico City. —Great excitement has
been created through the publication
in El Universal of a statement by Gen.
Pablo Gonzales, former commander of
the Carranza forces in Mexico City,
ami a well known Constitutionalist,
favoring Mexico following the example
of other Latin-American countries and
severing diplomatic relations with Ger
many. The entire front page of the
newspaper was devoted to the state
ment, thousands of extra copies of
which were printed in order to supply
the demand.
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
Dalton.—James and Cynthia Ledford,
aged twenty-one and nineteen, respec
tively, children of Mrs. J. W. Ledford,
of Deep Springs, this county, both died
of typhoid fever and were buried in
the same grave.
Atlanta.—The Presbyterian synod of
Georgia holds its seventy-third ses
sions at Nacoochee institute, begin
ning Tuesday evening, October 30. The
opening sermon wil be preached by Dr.
Dunbar H. Ogden of Atlanta.
Albany. —Doughterty county will
have a thorough health survey soon,
under the direction of the federal gov
ernment. The expenses of the survey
will be divided among the county, city
and federal governments.
Savannah. —W. B. Stubbs, a Savan
nah attorney, has agreed to get two
million Methodists in the South Geor
gia conference to sign food conserva
tion cards He will speak in behalf of
the movement at the coming South
Georgia conference at Albany.
Atlanta. —Three more large state
banking institutions in the sixth fed
eral reserve district have made appli
cation for membership in the federal
reserve system, according to announce
ment by Chairman M. B. Welborn of
the directors of the Atlanta Federal
Reserve bank.
Augusta. —Lieut. Karl P. Beck, Unit
ed States officers’ reserve corps, at
tached to company A, third infantry,
Pennsylvania division, committed sui
cide at Camp Hancock by shooting
himself through the left lung with a
pistol. His homo is given as Phila
delphia.
Atlanta. —Miss W. M. Balenger, a
nurse who attended the late Charles
E. Currier during his last illness, was
left an estate valued at $120,000 under
a codicil to Mr. Currier’s will which
was probated in common form in the
ordinary’s court. Mr. Currier was a
prominent Atlanta banker and busi
ness man.
Americus. Forty-eight thousand
dollars changed hands in the pur
chaserand sale of Sumter county farms,
two plantations being purchased by
investors here. J. S. Batts’ place, near
the Lee county line, consistsing of
500 acres, was purchased for $30,000,
while another tract of 172 acres was
sold for $6,000 and another for $12,000.
In each instance cash was paid
Fort Oglethorpe.—Col. Edward S.
Walton, construction- quartermaster at
this fort, left for Washington in re
sponse to a telegram ordering him to
report to the adjutant general of the
army for assignment to duty. Colonel
Walton was General Pershing’s adju
tant in Mexico, and it is the general
opinion at Oglethorpe that he will be
assigned for immediate duty in France.
Atlanta —Following the receipt of an
appeal for aid in the protection of
negroes in Houston and Crawford
counties from “night riders,” who are
said to have ill-treated negroes who
have been buying and driving automo
biles, Governor Hugh M. Dorsey has
offered a reward of SSO for the capture
and conviction of ony person partici
pating in such mistreatment of ne
groes.
Atlanta.—A scathing denunciation by
Secretary of the Treasury William G.
McAdoo of those “weaklings in the
house and senate” who have undertak
en to block the progress of America’s
war preparations and who, though the
die has been cast for war, still stop to
argue, was greeted by a storm of
cheers that seemed almost to lift the
roof of the auditorium, where the sec
retary spoke upon the subject of the
war and the issue of Liberty Bonds.
Brunswick. —The next twelve months
will see Georgia tick-free from north
Georgia to the sea if the seacoast
counties will respond and do their full
share in co-operation of the Georgia
Land Owners’ Association in carrying
out the vigorous program which it
has planned for destroying the cattle
tick in this section of the state, ac
cording to the statement of F. H. Ab
bott, secretary of the association, who
was in the city in conference with Mr.
C. Downing, treasurer, and Mr. Wil
liam C. Little, assistant treasurer of
the association.
Thomasville. —For “ways that are
dark and tricks that are vain,” the
booze-loving citizens of Georgia are
certainly peculiar and one of the most
peculiar methods yet reported in that
respect is the trying to extract booze
from a silo. One well-known farmer
of this county reports having found
holes bored at the bottom of his silo
where the drippings which came from
the fermentations of the ingredients
might pass through. At a certain
state a sort of alcohol is formed by
this fermentation, it is said, and that
mixed with water makes a booze about
on a par with some of the other and
various mixtures that are drunk in
this section. The owners of the silo
was threatening to cover the bottom
with sheet iron to protect it from the
thirsty depredat'Drs.
AFTER 14 YEARS
OF SUFFERING
This Lady Tried Cardui. Let Her
Tell You in the Following
Statement the Results
She Obtained.
Wise, Va.—Mrs. J. M. Elam, of this
place, in writing of her female
troubles, says: “This trouble went on
for 14 years, often I was unable to
work and suffered budly at . . . times,
when I could not be on my feet at all.
Really In bad health all the time dur
ing those 14 years, and was never
without pain, with awful backaching,
had no appetite, was nervous, but at
that time ray husband’s sister . . .
recommended that I try Cardui, which
I began to take ... and which has
caused me to be in better health ever
since. In a few days I felt that im
provement had begun. My back got
stronger and less painful. I got less
nervous and my appetite began to im
prove. In a few weeks my iriOprove
ment was noticeable, and I got into
better health than I had had for 14
years. ~. My walking before had been
very painful, and could not stand on
my feet to do any good. After using
these medicines, however, I could walk
without pain and was able to do the
work and housekeeping for an ordi-
Df.:y family. My back and appetite
were better and also my nerves.”
If you suffer as Mrs. Elam did, take
Cardui. It may be just what you need.
—Adv.
New Belgium Medal.
The Elizabeth medal is anew deco
ration just created by tlie Belgian gov
ernment in honor of the queen of the
Belgians. The medal was designed by
the Belgian sculptor, Victor Rousseau;
it bears upon Us face tin effigy of the
queen and on the back the figure of a
veiled woman bending over a flame
that symbolizes patriotism, honor and
charity. This figure is surmounted by
this device; “Pro Patria, Honore et
Caritate.” The ribbon is blue with
rose border.
Two of these medals lmve already
been conferred, one upon the Princess
Victor Napoleon, who was Clementine
of Belgium, cousin of King Albert, and
the other upon the duchess of Ven
dorae, King Albert’s .sister.
OLD PRESCRIPTION
FOR WEAK KIDNEYS
A medicinal preparation like Dr. Kil
mer’s Swamp-Root, that has real curative
value almost sells itself. Like an endless
chain system the remedy is recommended
by those who have been benefited to those
who are in need of it.
Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root is a physi
cian’s prescription. It has been tested
for years and has brought results to count
less numbers who have suffered.
The success of Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root
is due to the fact that it fulfills almost ev
ery wish in overcoming kidney, liver and
bladder diseases, corrects urinary troubles
and neutralizes the uric acid which oauses
rheumatism.
Do not suffer. Get a bottle of Swamp-
Root from any druggist now. Start treat
ment today.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Cos., Binghamton, N. Y., for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper. —Adv.
His Pet Horror.
“So you chose the navy? Aren't
you afraid of submarines?”
“Yes, mum, but they’re not nearly
so numerous as trench rats, and I’m
scared to death of them.”
COVETED BY ALL
but possessed by few —a beautiful
head of hair. If yours Is streaked with
gray, or is harsh and stiff, you can re
store it to its former beauty and lus
ter by using “La Creole” Hair Dress
ing. Price SI.OO. —Adv.
In Cowland.
First Cosw —It is going to be an aw
ful year for us.
Second Cosw —Yes, it will probably
be treason to kick the farm help.
Dr. Fierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills put up 40 years
ago. They regulate liver and bowels. Ad.
New York now schools policemen in
law and ordinance points.
Indigestion produces disagreeable and
sometimes alarming symptoms Wright's
Indian Vegetable Pills stimulate the diges
tive processes to function naturally. Adv.
A Pittsburgh banquet recently had
100 orators.
When Your Eyes Need Care
Try Murine Eye Remedy
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