ST QILNTIN NOW IV
HANDS OF THE ALLIL.S
( (nWISSIO hits' I'W)( EKDIN'HS.
September. 30, 191$
Board of countv conimimionpr mn
Quentln, upon pursuant to adjournment, presen'
nan so firmly springer, HOTmlnghausen, Koch un
UtA L HAKK, Kdllnr mid Publisher ,l'nof St
H'titPii Ml Martnnm
wr ! - I H mi , m t III I r , I r VV U (4 ! O w ! Italt llivl f 41
bullded their honas of Droving an In- countv dirk
Or,,, aw li, Vi,,i Tin ...lrnnrn :i wperall barrier to the kIIIm. at last Claims were allowed as follows:
wi,v hft" bM,n entered br the French and C. L. Grant, dragging rotidt, tf4.6
Ono U-ar bj (nrrk-r, In mhniicc.OII He6M1,giy th0 gateway fa open to $523.30.
1 HffltBllat t r M t .11,1th ..lnnUAa 0. . .. t 1 . t,mm - -
""'" invu ui nvm nuiii--w aumiiy iirrmHia, runu worn, joo.UU
iwhuihii iu me .urui nuiie, ABDranKa unaiwuru in niH ibsk 01 reclaiming
Powtofflce &s Second Class Matter. northern France.
- Moanwhlle the Germans and their
PJIMAY, OCTUIIKIt Jth, 1018 allloe on all the battle front havo
.ll:. L continued to play a losing game and
.... . .. 'It In raivnrterl t.hnt Mim Turk ruolWIno-
Gorman Allliiiiro rriinibJIiig. . the critical altiiatlnn Mir.. wmnwl
Hogtetter, bridge
VVork.
V.
i. liib critical Biiuaiion inru successive
Now that tho German alliance ha. Mmtt uuA the wltnilrttwa, of ,.
started to crumble, there are freh KIirlft from t, war t
liiutcauons inai is will go mat. "peace feel ors.
iAt ,atCil trwn neneva to the From ortiiern HelgHm to the re
Dally KXpru says that Turkey haa- glon of VonllII1 tho ,m?t, front ,
sent an ultimatum o Iterlln demand- B(H)UlIng wllll activity .and with the
Ing Germany koep t ho Hlack sea open entente force continuing to make
grant now financial loans ami aend;gnlniJ llf;aIn8t the Germans which are
reserve to Pa est 1,0 and Mosopo- gorlously imperilling tho In ne
amla, or o herw so Turkey would fol-; In Klandem the Ijolglnns and BrIU
low Bulgaria out of tho war. !(m ln the TOICUm from nixm ml., in
The correspondent of the Exchange Ar,ont Imv" fur her Hven n
Telegraph reports serious uprlslnga tIl0r we,,e 0a4war cant.ir-
account o f tho ow n; .r v ' . " 1H" nc?PH t0 tho Krocl
tho Gorman Invadnra. " I .u .r' ". L . "y lno "n""B or ?aw.7
Tho collapso of Bulgaria baa had a
tremendous moral oirect in lioth Ger
many and Austria and is a vital fac
tor In bringing about the downfall of
the German ministry.
All account from Switzerland om
iphaHlzo the growing desire for peaco
on tho part of Austria-Hungary. In
addition to tho political effect the
breaking down of Bulgaria opens the
way for direct invasion of Austrla
JIungaryY At tho prosont time no part
of tho dual omplro Is occupied by hos
tile troops.
Will .I.ciuo Belgium.
Under tho determined blows of
Marshal Foch, the time of the oxpact
ed Gorman withdrawal from Franco
and Belgium apparently Is drawing
nearer, With tho taking of St. Quen
tln, tho cornorstono of tho Hlnden
burg system has fnllon.
Undor tho attacks of British, French
nnd American troops the Hlndonhurg
dofonso system from tho Scarpo to
bf; Olso, a distance of fifty mlloa, Is
be ng overrun.. In the north tho valu
ohlo not work of railroads ln Flandors
rapidly Is hocomlng usoloss nnd In the
south tho Fremh aro pressing vigor
ously tholr udvanco west and north!
ui it..-ieims.
: ;o: :
Stuart Anderson In (Seorgln.
Stuart Andorson, writing to the
home folks from Atlanta, Ga., under
dnto of Soptombor 28th, says in part:
I am down horo lit Georgia now
ylioro thoro aro lots of blacks, but
thoy aro vory sociable with us sol
diers. Arrived horo one day tho foro-
Jmrt i,f,th, wook ',n1 wa ro tirod,
nio lid Cross canteen fed- us whore
ovor wo Btoppod. Wo came thru Iowa,
Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
Tonnofliioo, North Carolina and Anally
, Htoppod In Georgia. Tho soil of this
country looks llko brick dust. Tho
wind doesn't blow much, and tiio
weather Is vory ngreoablo. I urn In
tho motorcycle repair department nnd
stortod to work this aftornoon. The
8hps cover about two blocks and aro
suroly equipped with tho host of
machinery. I have taken my oxomln
"l(Jn fr this work and passed tho
ilghost of any of tho boys that took
it. 1 llko my Job flno because you
know how woll I used to llko to ride
niotorcyclos at homo. Thoy fgod us
llko Wo worn ldiioi rri.
r V ". luu uuiur morn
in for breakfast wo hnd pancakes.
nnd Just all wo could oat. too. Don't
lenhw whan I will got my chanco a
n i Hun but as Clayton Is over thoro
t,,L? wU1 lry niy ,uP,f t some of
TOtrrd 101110 raycals. Tho oaptnln
Imll V" L1",lt wo wmhl Probably ho
ont 'ron horo tho flttoonth of Vv
month. Tell ovet-ybwly Miollo' for mo.
Women IVnuled for Vnr Service.
An examination for womon for war
Horvico , u clorIcal Cttpnclt, wI
4n 1 U1? ,N,orth VhMo I'OBtofllco
Saturday October r.tl... for position
tnko tho oxamlnntlon will bo placod In
four groups: Those who havo grad
uated from a collego or university,
thoso who havo graduated from a high
school mid havo n i.; '."
years of ofllco ox'periouce, those who
C. E.
S82.flE.
A. E . nielior, blade man, $1XS,00
Standard Oil Co, oil, $61.01, i.
J. W. Rose, road dragging, $4"1,S4
J. It. Itltner. hrlrien work, t-iti vt
I B. II. Springer, aorvlcea ai Wile
Carl Fletcher, road work, $
ii. r . wootlgnte, road nrKr'si
Minn. Steel Mnch. Cn . :
u. ii. tuuu norn, --l.UU,
raye reiuer, salary, 55.00.
Alloeu Gantt, salary, $133.31.
Alleen Gantt,, offlco exponses, $67-.orl
Alluon Gantt, viaHting chiO0ls. j
Paul Meyor. office rent. $7.80, ' '
A. J. Salisbury, salary, $146,00. !
Frank Knnpp, aorvlces. $20.00,
Fred Tobaa, bridge work. $48.00. I
iTOd Touas, rrolKlit and rtrnvn 1
- k- ,
Jamos Connolly, chalnman, $8.50.
ianig Bros., blucksmlthlng, $36.
J. W. Nugent, assessor, $116.16.
Sundry porsona road work. $20.60
Esslo Wosahure. salarv. $70. nn
P. H . VanClen'fj, blacksmltbl.m
their submarJno bason on Uie
Soa. '
From Cambrol to St. Quentln, not
withstanding most violent reactions,
from tho Germans, tho British, Amer
icans and French again havo won '
heavily fortified positions bv the $40. 7S
onomy all along tho front midway be-! August
twoen St. Quentln and f'ambral, the $42.85.
remaining' portions of the old Hlndon- Waltor
burg lino aro slowly being demolished $60.95.
nltho tho Germans have composed tho Walter Wilson, road work, $175 00
strength of noarly half a million mmi I Standard nil rv nil tii n-j
against tho alllpd troops to hold thai Standard OH Co., oil. $124 73
uiivu, liiu urutiKiiig inru or wnicii
Splinter,
Wilson,
refund taxv
road dragging
in conjunction with Mm iiiKrni
matlOllVOrs In Flandnra. nlnno fi,n
Alsno and in Champagne, would mean
UlHHHIOr.
Between tho V'oslo nnd Almio rivers
the French contlnim in mmii i.nni, n,
Germnns north of tho Alsno whllo ln
iinmpagne tiio French, oporatlng in
conjunction with tho Americans, aro
steadily advancing northward. Their
jruns now dominate tho Airo river val
loy running to tho north of tho Ar
gonne forest, whllo nn fb
fit the forost the Amorlcans nro slow
ly coming up the Alrov alloy from tho
south and porm will bo, In a position
wiui um v rencn to nip tills grcnt
wooded bastion nut of Mm no,....
- .... vigi llltvil
ino.
::o::-
"ihtlng Mack" Tonight.
Frank McDonald, n mombor of the
I'irat Canadian Mounted Itlflos, an
osiiajjod German prisoner, will deliver
an address nt tho Franklin auditorium
mm evening under the ansplcos' of
lumber
Sutherland Lumber rn
John McConnol, rofunfinaxos, $7,fi::
Standard Oil Co., oil, $82.50.
H. D. Jorgenaon, sorvicea, $7.00.
Tim Sutton, salary, $100.
F. W. IlermlnghauFan, service?
and mileage, $93.00".
A. S. Allen, salary, $137.50.
.0?'J' ICocu' 80rvIces and mlloagr
?8(i,00.
Vospor McCormlck. road work, $33
Road petitioned by W. S. Hoot and
othors for public road granted as pet
itioned. Adjournod to October 7. 1918.
A. S. ALLEN. County Clerk.
( ::o:.
Lost a gold . handled umbrella.
With lottor B nnirrnvjwl - TJnHi.,
Mrs. Louisa' Burkq, S21 east 4th anl
rocoivo reward. 74.3
::o::
tjk .1 , 1 ... ,. ,
or"dorod stoma'dji, and weak dlgojiH&n.
ili-'Bit-
mi
Tho Woman's Mlsslonarp Society
wl l moot nt tho Lutheran parsonage
mvn 1.1,1 n iZ ' ' ",U8U wuoi-"'vj .uiunioou nn:ir o'clock. Each
oduca 'A w ,1 , ,. 8C"00 "ll''rsurge,I Jo i,0 present.
offlco oxiiorlonco. nnd thoso who do
?,,2.,n" t0 0,10 of t,, lllov
fro,f ontranco solary Is $900
to $1,000 a year.
-::o:t
Iiiflueiiru Is .Spreading.
Spanish InHuonza eontlnuos to
Hpread In army enmps. Moro than
14.000 now cases woro reported to tho
xifllco of tho surgeon general during
""'ij-imir nours oiiuiiig nt noon
Wednesday. This was an IncreaV
Tho roniddy for It is Pricklv aM
Io,oGardadtho uotVipKels o'f SLtj?
'FJghth AmV' r al . ffiT - . .ooten.' the teaath. cloaCTe
mombor of Tho Sulcido ci. i. n .1 !U1" lunk08 -vou ro1 fllie
bombers, are died I,, L i uVl rlco l1- 'Po. bottle. Gummere-Deiu
was In the midst of the battles of , B fS'.onts.
Klniniol-IIill and others. 1
Ho was throo vunrn in iim ,m.t '
n year. In tho tronchos, throe times
woundcM, nnd "Ovor tho Top" a score
or times. Wounded and captured at
tho battle of ".qminhmn.
named from tho awful Slaughter that
i i M i Ul inuroj, uio Germans took
him to tho prison. "Dnlnioii," from
which ho escaped.
Dotornilncd to kcop him, thoy then'
took him to "Munstor," but several '
mOlllhS llltor l.n nnr-n twi,! t-i...
blttorod at his shrowdness nnd dotor
mltiotloii, thoy hurlod him nto thnt
awn na'filo "Frlodi-lclfollj ' lmt
defying almost oortnln death he e -enpod
from that dunogoii of horror,
torture and gloom.
n?u.?H ,niB .?nd "n,nB'zed aH being
outwitted, thoy thon throw him, ns a
marked niali, Into that fearful Black
r,?n? m. aor,'!y' ",0 "ABUst Victoria
Coal Minos," where, thoy honrtlosslv
told him thoy wero going to torture
and work htm to death.
Hut thoy didn't for God and brav
ery woro upon his side, and today he"
a a free man, honorably discharged!
by his govornniont as "An Kscapod
Prlsonor," for the Allies know that If
audi 11 man woro placed back Into'
Uio ranks nnd was recaptured, that,
v nuiuii do iniinouintoly shot as n
spy.
:o:
Congressman M. P. KIndald, He
publican enndidnto for ro-oloctlon.
By volco and voto hns given his un
qualified support to ovory war meas
uro and urges vigorous, speedy pros
ecution of the wnr until tlm
forced to nn unconditional surrendor
v.. u,uuu uhmuh ovor 1110 preceding day
Pnoumon la cases also Increased with
1.003 and 300 deaths.
Tho total number of Influenza ensoa
in all camps now Is 88,000 whllo
Jmuonionla ensos nuinUor 0,709.
of 1 877 th 0,)lt,0,nlc h0m n
Canin Custor, Mich., whoro Influen
za nnd not previously a p paired ro
ported 1,764 cases. Tiio most serious
'n0080, ,wf B nt Cnn,I Mo"lo, Mary
land, vl.lch rriportod 1,327 cases
against 390 tho day before.
Camp pko, Ark., again report
llanenn1'000 Cn808' while Cn n
Hancock, On., reportod 710 casoa
SutVr th l1,"3' "-foro. At Camp
Junnton, Kan., tho numbor of cascB
Increased from 141 to 750. Camp Do
vens. Mass.. was the only one which
dfd not report nn Incrcaso.
L.vory nvnllablo mOdlcal offlcor nnd
nurse Is 011 duty, said a atntetno i t
from tho offlco or tho surgoo.i gXral
BnLY,,,r0,V0.r 1)088,1,10 niodleal JS
army0,doctobr'nK rCCn,U to il
H was said that despite tho alarm
nn.,ncrc,nH0 ,n Muonza cases tho
Zr ,rnt0 !nt'"s loV re
dovn?nn V'1,,B ,th0 Itfoumonla has
toon ffi1,. a nly 0,10 f ovory mr-
J Q
vnnr SnlT18 '"'.'k COWS. Como pick
ou a good ono bororo thoy aro all
gono. inquiro at tho 0. II, Waltor
tod0HCB08t nd S'XUl BtrU0t r ,)hono
74'2 ' h. h. BAIN.
PUBLIC SALE!
Will otter nt Public Sale at my place 5 miles south of
Gothenburg, the following described pronertv
uuyiiiuuiy ui iu a. m., on
Wednesday, OctoberS 16,
40-
-HEAD OF HORSES
1S8 Head of Cattle
40
a uiticK 'oiled Angus Hulls, some rcgistetod. 100 black
2-year-old steers. 50 red steers and heifers 2 and 3 years
Ono J.I. Caso 20.-40 Tractor Engine, Nearly now. Ono J. I. Caai
Separator and ono J. I. Case Tank, Nash Truck, ono Auto, Ford Com
morlca car, Engines: Throo Fuller & Johnson Pumping, Ono Suc
cess Six Horso Power, o o two-cyllndor Cushman, 12 Houso Power
Ono Dolco-Llght 'plant, 1000 Ampere Hour Battery. Ono J. I. Case
soir-LIft six bottom plow, Four other plows, threo mowers, three
Swoepj j. two hay staclws, throe rakes, hay loader, two cultivators,
?Z2 nu K?'Bt0" I),ac' two slB Gators, two double Listers,
throo Binders, two 2-Hows, seven wagons, trlplo beds, ono grain ioI
vntor, ono corn shollor, ono buggy, Fanning mill, Manure spreaders,
some grain seed, som household goods, and many other articles.
Some Anlloy Laud to Ho,it-Cush $.-,.00 1Cr Aero. Free Lunch nt Noon
TEILMSi-Sums or $10 ancl undor, Ctt3h OnlmWWlSnW
eight months Imo will bo given on bankable paper bearing eight per
soSei forC lU "t0 flttl0 N PrI,0rty t0 b0 "'oved unt.
HARRY HILES,
COL. I,. M. McCLAUA, COL. II. E. ASH, Auct.v J. II, Kelly, Clerk
F
or the Sake of Our
by
Samuel
Gompers
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our
'rim "fv tn hnv I 1 rifrfr
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issue; it is our privilege.
Liberty Bonds are in fact
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until Liberty is won.
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mon battle-ground fighting for a
common cause. All must cooper
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