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JOFFRE, HERD IP
FRENCH ARMY,
GRAVE, CALM
Nerve Centre of the 2,000,000
Soldiers is Quiet Schoolhouse,
70 Miles From the Firing
Line- -Work All Night.
General Joffre'* Headquarter*.—The
nerve center that moves more than 2.-
000,000 men of the french army is in a
village schoolhouse seventy miles be
hind the firing lines The rare ob
server who Is permitted to approach
finds an absolute contrast between the
tranquility here and the Intense ac
tion near the trenches. No cannon,
machine gun or rifle can be heard
here.
The commander-in-chief works, not
only far from the disturbance of actual
conflict, but In the depth of the coun
try' away from the first and second line
of reserves, the Incessant movement
of motor transport and the dislocation
of civil life. An air of repose sur
rounds the headquarters, but life Is
Intense here also, a twenty-four-hour
day of study and acts of Judgment,
Young Colonels.
"What young colonels you have
her*." r*marked the correspondent to
a member of the staff.
"They are the men of the future,” he
replied. "Borne of these young col
onels are at their desks at 5 In the
morning and go to their quarters In
pleasant private dwellings nearby at
10 at night. They are relieved by
others and work goes on throughout
the night.”
Bix Generals.
fleneral Joffre has six subordinate
nerve centers In the six armies into
whlph his forces are divided The six
generals commanding the armies. Pm,
Koch. Dalsteln, Tranche d.Esperray.
t'SHlelnau and Manoury, each with his
general staff, bts connected by direct
telegraph and telephone wires st head
quarters fleneral Joffre often talks
over situations and gives orders by
telephone. He Is also In direct and
frequent communication with Field
Morahal French and Belgian head
quarters, and with Bordeaux and
Parts.
Single Sentinel.
A single sentinel pares in front of the
entrance. Except for a few forester
guards, there are no soldiers In Oen
eml Joffre's village except the young
ish men on his staff, picked for their
talents from among the RO.OOO officers
of France. The roads of approach are
watched by gendarmes, and It Is im
possible to enter except by a pass
signed by one of a few select officials.
The headquarters of a commanding
general used to be distinguished by
the orderlies and horses In front, and
Ivla rank could be pretty well leter
mined by their number. Now It la
the number of motor ears. Home fif
teen or twenty long, hlghpower run
ners usually are lined up In the play
ground of the achoolhouse
Quietly and Swiftly.
There la no tooting of horns. The
cars come and go quietly and swiftly;
but for the most psrt, there Is little
coming and going. The vast business
Is transacted by wire.
General Joffre, when he goes to the
headquarters of one of the armies,
rides In sn automobile filled as an
office. It looks Inside, very inyeh like
the little drawing rooms of steamers
There is a writing desk snd two divans
are along the sides
General Joffre. htmself, appears in
grave, calm mood, and In vigorous
health.
SPECULATION RIFE
WHETHER WAR WILL
BRING ON “FACE FUR”
London.— -Thara Is snma nawspspar
spaonlatlon n» to whathar the wnr will
follow pracadant In Instituting sti.v
chanra In fashion* of whst norno of tha
wrltarM dellKlit to call "fsca fur." Tha
Waterloo campaign Introduaart tha
mouma.h* among tha English troops,
for It wa» fli'Rt horrowad from rartatn
Austrian offtoar* than alllaa It wn*
takan up by tha Guards, who rasantad
vary much any attempt to follow tha
fashion on the part of mere line rent- 1
menu, while aa for clvlllane It will be
remembered. nays the Manchastar
Guardian, how ureal a anub Olive
Nawcoma drew upon hlmaelf by wear-
Ing a faroolous moustacha.
The Crimean War. hrouaht In the
whlaker attain. In desperate civilian
emulation of the gallant officers, who
having grown all their hair front she. r
tteceaalty and perhaps from a certain
companionable warmth In the bitter
winter In the trenches, brought back
their new appendages to grace Bond
street and Pall Mall.
The British War Office has made
some effort to encourage the growth of
moustaches among subalterns wthout
conspicuous success, end there are few
elans tliat the trenches of 1911 are go
ing to bring In a new rnahton of
beards. "As far as one baa observed."
eay* the Ouardian. "the average Brit
ish aoldieiU first desire when he gets
a breathing space from the trenches,
and sometimes In the trenches them
sch es Is to rid himself of the beard
end whiskers, though one has seen a
few stalwarts in haae towns still
l carded, and It must be confessed that
they look much more nwe-lneptrlng
than Ihe clean-shaven variety. Franch
Mddiers near the firing lines are much
less abashed by beards, and contrive
to wear the most ragged growth with ,
S'crethlng of ‘an air.' while the young
er Belgians seem to follow the British
In their preference for clean shaving "
TWO GOVERNORS. DANIELS,
ATTEND FOOTBALL GAME
Richmond, Va.—Oovernor Craig and
alb trainloads of North Carolinians.
Oovernor Stuart of Virginia Beers- I
tary of the Navy Daniel*, and the !
president of the rival universities were
here today for the Virstnta-Norih
Carolina football game this after- !
noon. I
The west her Is ideal In the sea
son's record the teams are about I
even. North Carolina has not won I
Iroro Virginia since I*ol. j
PAN-AMERICAN
THANKSGIVING
Diplomats and Cabinet Officers
Attend Mass at St. Patrick’s
Cathedral Today in Washing
ton.
Washington, D. C—Members of the
cabinet, the diplomatic corps, the su
preme court and other prominent fig
ures In official life, gathered today at
fit. Patrick’s church for the annual
Pan-Ameriran Thanksgiving celebra
tion.
President Wilson was In Wllllams
town. Mass., spending the day with his
daughter, Mrs, F. B. Sayre, and It was
the first time since the Pan-American
celebration was organized several years
ago that the President of the United
States has not attended.
The diplomatic representatives in
brilliant uniforms, assembled with
other dlgnltarlea and marched into the
church Iri a solemn hut colorful pro
cession where mass was said In cele
bration of peace and Thanksgiving
among the Americas.
AND YET WE ARE
WONDERING AT THE
HIGH LIVING COST
Atlanta, Ga.—Mayor Jim Woodward
and members of the city council are
debating methods of curbing the "tot-
practice in Atlanta. Not "pistol
telirjg'," but something more general
ly affecting public welfare, the “totln"
of edibles from the kitchens of employ
ers.
The average Southerner with three
In the family at least seven If
he boats a negro cook. For the mot
to of the shiftless negro who has a
friend In the kitchen Is summed up in
the poet's Immortal lines:
“1 got a gal, she's Just the card;
“She lives down yonder In de white
folks' yard.
"She totes me chicken and she totes
me lard,
"Ah' she totes me biscuits sum de
white folks' yard.”
A secret service department de
signed especially to search servant's
emerging from the employers’ prem
ises has been suggested. The cook
who ordinarily la slim and slender
often appears to weigh two hundred
pounds when she has stowed away
eleven biscuits, half a ham, ten pounds
of sugar and the remnants of last
night's roast Inside her shirtwaist and
started home. The local police courl
has provided Instances where a family
of five negroes was subsisting In com
fort on viands "toted" from the kitch
en of a white family of four persons.
And yet we wonder at the high cost of
living.
ENTRY BLANKS OUT, GRAND
PRIX AND VANDERBILT CUP
New York. Entry blanks for the
1915 Vanderbilt Cup and International
Grand Prlx Races were being mailed
today to automobile clubs throughout
the country. The Vanderbilt Cup
event for 400 miles will be run on
Washington’s birthday at the Pana
ma-Pacific Kxposltinn In San Fran
cisco. The International race will he
held over the same course on Feb
ruary 27th for 400 miles. The circuit
la only shout 4 miles long and Ihs
races must raverse It 75 times In the
Internal tonal events. Kntrtas will
close on February lOth.
A clause In the Grand Prlx blanks
states that If the number of cars en
tered Is too great considering the
length of the course, the contest com
mittee of the Automobile Club of Am
erica may run on elimination contest.
NO POSTPONEMENT.
Chicago.—The suggestion of Oover
nor Ammons of Colorado that the tn
vesllgatlon of the Unitad States Com
mission of Industrial Relations Into the
foal miners strike be postponed was
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Y Dr. Pierce’s
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Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets tone the stomach, stimulate
the liver, re*mlate the bowels. One to three tiny gran
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If The Gibbs Chef
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JUST HOW he makes GIBBS CATSUP,
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f erlireb today. Frank P. Walsh, chair
man of tho commission sent a tele
gram to (governor Ammons saying It
would he Impossible to postpone tho
hearing.
READY FOR 500,000
BALES OF COTTON
Atlanta, Ga, The state depart
ment, through Robert Lansing, coun
selor. has advised Senator Hoke Smith
that there will be no trouble about
shipping cotton to Germany through
Holland.
The American minister at The
Hague has Informed the state depart
ment that cotton shipred through Hol
land for Germany will be regarded as
"In transit" and that the same rule
will apply to all non-contraband goods.
The British government has given
the fullejt assurances regarding ship
ments of commodities not on the con
trah.-4nl list, such as cotton, tobacco,
turpentine and resin, and Is in no way
responsible for any adverse suggestions
or threats by merchants or Insurance
men in the United States or other
countries.
Under these circumstances Senator
Smith believes that cotton merchants
should he able speedily to arrange for
shipments into Germany. Germany
ami Austria are nearly out of cotton
and are prepared to consume over a
hundred thousand bales a month. In
formation from Germany Indicates
that at the present time they are
ready to buy five hundred thousand
hales.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
Otbbs
Apple Jelly
8-oz. Glass —lO c
11,1111,118,1311 VS.
51,093,813,188
Washington, D. C. —Congress appro
priated at its last session $1,116,118,-
138 for the current fiscal year, against
$1,098,678,788 for the last fiscal year,
according to the final computation an
nounced today by the appropriations
committee of congress. In addition
contracts were authorized subject to
future appropriations aggregating $40,-
333,000 and Including $600,000 for for
tifications, $38,350,000 for the navy,
SBIO,OOO under the sundry civil act and
$673,000 for public buildings.
The total actual appropriations ex
ceeded the total of estimated revenue
for the current fiscal year, the revenue
estimate hing $1,035,000,000.
DIVORCE DECREE PENDING.
Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Lillian Flour
noy had Just one dress from her hus
band's bounty in three years, and it
cost the large sum of 98 cents, ac
cording to her testimony In a divorce
suit today. Her attorneys contended
that If this wasn't grounds for di
vorce on a basis of non-support they’d
like to know what non-support meant.
The decision is pending.
SELF-SATISFACTION EXPLAINED.
He—l like simple things best.
• s ha—I've noticed how self-satisfied
you are.—Boston Transcript.
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Longcloths worth $1.39 per yard,
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71/oC 36-inch John P. King Sea Island
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Date
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26.