MISSIONARIES ARE TORTURED.
English Men and Women in German
East Africa Victims of Degrading
Insults. Had No Chance to I.eave
Men )lade to Humiliate Themselves
by Working for Natives. Women
Forced to Witness German Soldiers
Bathing.
Washington, Oct. 1(5. ? Insults and
physical torture inflicted upon help
less English men and women by their
German captors in German East Af
rica during the early day^ of the war
form the subject of a special British
parliamentary paper, copies of which
have just reached this country.
This report, embracing the sv?orn
testimony of many missionaries and
native teachers, will form part of the
terrible indictment against German
officialdom which it% is expected will
be broupght up at the final reckoning
at the end of the war. The affidavits
are by British civilians, mostly mis
sionaries, men and women, who were
engaged in church work among the
natives and who under all rules of
warfare were privileged to quit Ger
man territory in safety until 24 hours
notice after the outbreak of the war.
Permission to leave was refused by
the German officials on the ground
that the* military exigencies and the
unfortunate civilians were kept as
prisoners, the testimony says, confin
ed in crowded quarters, with insuffi
cient food, mostly unfit for consump
tion, and forced to do all sorts of ex
hausting lrbor so that some wore per
manently injured.
Every effort was made to degrade
the prisoners in the eyes of the na
tives. The men were obliged to act as
laborers for native masons and to
perform many degrading tasks. The
women are declared to have been
obliged to witness the bathing of
German soldiers and to submit to in
sults and abuse from the native
guards and German civilians.
AMERICAN PRISONER ESCAPES.
Frees Himself From the Clutches of
Germany, and Says That Without
Red Cross and Y. >1. C. A. Rations
Interned Americans Would Starve.
Washington, October 16. ? Minister
Moris at Stockholm cabled the State
Department news of the arrival of
Willot Charles Smith, of Norwalk,
Conn., who escaped from a German
internment camp at Kiel and brought
word that American prisoners in Ger
many would starve but for food sent
thvm by the Red Cross and Y. M. C. A.
Smith was a horseman on the Brit
ish steamer Esmeralda, captured by
the German raider Moewe, and was
carried into Germany just before the
United States brqke diplomatic rela
tions. No details concerning his es
cape were given by the minister.
"Smith stated," said a State De
partment statement announcement,
"that without the food packages sent
by the Y M. C. A. and the Red Cross
prisoners would not be able to live as
the daily food ration consists of a
slice of black, sour bread and a drink
callea coffee for breakfast and for
dinner and supper about a pint and a
half of warm soup apparently con
sisting of water and turnips."
The Soldiers and the Bonds.
The Wilmington Dispatch.
There has been no greater display
of patriotism in this country since the
war began than the manner in which
the men drafted into the national
army have answered the call for sub
scriptions to the Liberty Loan. They
have already taken two million dol
lars worth of the bonds. This re
futes the idea advanced by some that
those soldiers feel that they have
been forced into the army and that
they are doing military service un
willingly. Had they any such feel
ing they would take the position that
as'soldiers they were doing their full
duty and nothing more should be ex
pected of them. In fact they do not
feel that they were forced into the
army, and to call one of them a con
script would be taken as an insult.
Getting Back.
Willie, your master's report of your
work is very bnd. Do you know that
when Woodrow Wilson was your age
he was head of the school?"
"Yes, pa; and when he was your
age he was President of the United
States." ? Exchange.
OESEL IS IN ENEMY'S HANDS.
Russian Forces on the Island \re Cut
Ofi From Communication With I'e
trograd. May He Big Naval Attack.
Port of. I'ernau Is Raided by Ger
man Airships. Expected Renewal of
Allies' Drive Has Not Vet Taki^i
Place.
The Germans were entirely in the
possession of tht* Island of Oesol, at
the head of the Gulf of Riga, anil the
Russian forces still there are cut off
from communication with Petrograd.
Small naval engagements continue in
adjacent water. Pernau, an import
ant gulf port north of Rigand. due
east of Oesel Island, has been bomb
ed by German naVal ariahips.
The Berlin war office announces
that large quantities of booty v/cre
captured on Oesel and that more than
1,100 prisoners were taken by the
Germans Wednesday.
On the mainland to the south of
Riga there has been considerable ac
tivity on the part of the Germans,
who at one point endeavorod to throw
pontoon bridges over the Dvina river.
The Russian artillery, however, frus
trated the plans.
A report which, if true, probably
indicates that the Germans are pre
paring for a big naval demonstration
against the Russians from the Baltic,
comes from Malmo, in southern Swe
den. It says a large numbr of Ger
man war craft were observed Mon
day and Tuesday and that the belief
prevails that they were reinforce
ments for the German Baltic fleet.
The expected renewal of the great
offensive by the British and French
troops in Belgium has not eventuated.
Heavy bombardments and reconnoiter'
ing movements still continue.
There have been only bombard
ments or? the southern front in
France and in the Austro-Italian
theatre.
There has been a noticeable return
of bombing operations by the British
airmen in Belgium and across the
line in Germany and by the Germans
against French positions. British avi
ators have dropped tons of bombs on
Bruges and also have loosed explos
ives on a factory near Saarbrucken,
Germany, while the Germans have
bombed Nancy and Dunkirk at the
former place killing ten persons and
wounding forty.
The Italian parliament has just
convened and probably will discuss in
secret session rioting which occurred
in Turin in August as a result of
food shortage and political discontent
and also the general food crisis
throughout Italy, t In the Turin ri
ots, news of which has been received
for the first time, large numbers of
persons are said to have been killed,
machine guns and bombs dropped
from airplanes being used to put
down the disorder. ? Associated Press
War Summary.
SECOND LOAN BONDS NOW ON. j
A Thousand Johnston County Farm
ers Could Buy Thorn.
There never was a time when our
farmers were in better condition than
now to help the United States gov
ernment. Farm products have be^n
bringing good prices and a very large
per cent of the farmers have money
on hand ahead. The government
wants to sell bonds and they will pay
four per cent interest on them. There
will be no cost to^purchaskers in get
ting or collecting th*se bonds. There
will be no tax on thccc bonds and
that will make them vtry much better
than four per cent bonds which are
taxable. Besides being a good and safe
investment it is a patriotic duty of
everybody who can do so tD buy some
bonds. The government is asking its
people to take these bends and this
request should be granted. The gov
ernment needs the money to carry on
the war and its citizens should fur
nish it. The business men are ral
lying to the government's aid and the
farmers should do their part.
We are forced to ?dmit that the
farmers of this section up to this time
have dene but little for the bends,
but it is none too late if they will
buy them now. There Are mere than
a thousand farmers in Johnston
who could buy Liberty Loan Bonds
and it is to be heped they will take
up this matter at once. Sec your bank
or your postmaster and buy a bond.
Help in this way to win the war.
Buy a Liberty Bond and help the
Government.
REGISTER FOR GREAT WORK.
F. H. Brooks, Who Has Been Appoint- ;
ed Food Administrator for Johnston
I'tfunty, Appeals to the People to
Register on Saturday, October 27,
and Get .Ready to Do Their Bit.
As noted in Tuesday's paper, the
registration for food conservation
and also the women's work has been
postponed until Saturday, the 27th
of October, and the week following.
I am giving this notice through the
papers to again call the attention of
the people of the County to the greai
importance of going to the school
house in th?ir respective districts on
Saturday, the 27th day of October,'
and registering in these campaigns
that are planned for that week.
The President has issued his pro
clamation calling on all of the peo
ple of the country to show their pa
triotism by enlisting in this work and
in helping to win the war by con
serving our food supply. 1 hope that
every man and woman in the County
will arise to the necessity of the
hour and "do his bit" in this great
world war that is now being waged.
Our sons have gone forth to the
training camps and to the battle
fields and it behooves each of us who
remains at home to back these
boys by making thy personal sacrifices
in our homes in order that they may
be fed and properly cared for.
Those who enlist in this food con
servation campaign will not be called
to go into camp or to go to the battle
field by reason of this enlistment. The
Food Administra\or of the United
States will from time to time have
sent to each person who registers sug
gestions as to hoW to save and econ
omize in the home and on the farm,
and suggestions will be made by* the
various departments of the Govern
ment as to the way we can serve in
this campaign.
Whether you raise a thousand bush
els of wheat, or no wheat at all, or
whether you raise a hundred barrel*
of corn, or no corn at all, if you ar<*
a consumer of these and other food
stuffs, the Government wants your
aid in helping to win this war; and
co-operation on the part of every man
and woman ? and even children ? is
necessary in order that the United
States may do her best and most ef
fective work in assisting the Allies to
win this great world war.
Enlist in the campaign next Satur
day, get your instructions later, and
"do your bit"
Thewomen are also requested to reg
ister on the same day for war emergen
cy work. Each and every woman and
girl in the County who is willing in an
emergency to do any kind of work
will be given an opportunity to regis
ter, stating the work preferred, and in
the event the emergency arises, they
will be notified and prepared for the
line of work they prefer to do. Cards
will be present at the school houses on
the 27th of October and some one will
have them in charge and explain the
full meaning of this work. The wom
en and girls are, therefore, requested
to asl^ for the work registration cards
and have this work explained at the
same time.
I most earnestly plead that there
be no slackers in this movement, but
that the men and women of Johnston
County register promptly and assist
enthusiastically in the carrying out of
this groat war program.
F H. BROOKS,
Food Administrator Johnston County.
October 18, 1917.
Rural Carrier Examination.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an exam
ination for the County of Johnston,
N. C., to be held at Dunn, on Novem
ber 10, 1917, to fill the position of ru
ral carrier at Four Oaks, and vacan
cies ^thrt may later occur on rural
routes from other pest offices in the
above-mentioned county. The exam
ination will b" open only to male cit
izens who are actually domiciled in(
the territory of a post office in the
county and who meet the other re
quirements set forth in Form No.
1977. This form and application
blanks may be obtained from the of
fices mentioned above or from the
United States Civil Service Commis
sion at Washington, D. C. Applica
tions should be forwarded to the Com
mission nt Washington at th eearliest
practicable date. ?
Be sure to attend the Johnston
County Fair at Smithfield, November
Jth, 8th and 9th.
GREAT JOHNSTON' COUNTY FAIR.
Hero Friend Will Greet Friend and
the Stranger Be Given the Glad
Hand. The Airplane AN ill He a Fea
ture Worth t'ominfi Miles to See.
The Merriest Mid-way Will Be
Here.
Johnston is reckoned us one of the
great counties in the State. Its terri
torial size, characteristic conditions,
fertility of soil and her people have
given the people of the 8tate just
cause for this classification. The
County Fair held annually at the
[county seat is an index to the coun
ty's progress and the social spirit of
her citizens. The best people exhibit
the best of their products, friends
greet friends and strangers are wel
comed and given a hand of fellowship
on this occasion as at no other time of
the year. The annual Fair has be
come an institution, it has become a
school of comparisons. Neighbors
compare their products, citizens from
remote parts of the county learn what
each other are doing and see the re
ward of their efforts. Farmers, house
keepers, cattlemen, pig-club boys,
poultrymen, canning-club girls, crafts
men, artists and those of jjvery voca
tion and itylustry^compare their best
products and reap valuable results
from such an opportunity.
The management of the Fair As
sociation promises a bigger and bet
ter "display of products and a bigger
attendance thrn ever seen at our
County Fair heretofore.
The unusual mass of people who
will attend the Fair this year must
be not only instructively interested,
but they must be given a chance to
choose their entertainer. To this end
a number of free attractions have
been secured. The special free act
feature will be the airplane which will
make daily flights. This feature alone
will dniw thousands of people. Every
child in the county will want to see
the airship and every parent should
bring his child to see it.
Aside from the exhibits and free
acts the Dorman & Krause Carnival
Company will have a merry-go-round,
a whip, and a Ferris Wheel for rides.
They also have several high-class
shows and concession stands which
will make the mid-way look like a
place of genuine merriment and fes
tival.
A dozen or more good race horses
have already been entered for the
races which promise to be the rac
iest races ever held in the county.
From all indications, the County
Fair is going to be a great success
this year and no citizen of the county
or member of his family can afford
to miss it. Crank up your Ford, hitch
up the old mylc, or put your feet in
the road and prepare to spend three
days* in Smithfield, November 7th,
8th, and 9th.
PULL ON U. S. TREASURY HIvVVY
Government Expenses Since July 1st
Nearing $."{,000,000,000 Mark. State
ment from Treasury Shows Outlay
Eor Period Exceeds Income by
$800,000,000.
Washington, Oct. 16. ? Government
expenditures since the beginning of
the fiscal year, July 1st, are nearing
the $.'5,000,000,000 mark. The total,
reported on the daily Treasury state
ment of yesterday, was $2, 921, 075, ."541.
This is nearly $800,000,000 more than
receipts during this period, including
that portion of the first Liberty loan
paid since the fiscal year began.
The greatest single item of expendi
tures was $1,571,200,000 advanced the
allies. Ordinary disbursements ? in
cluding military and naval expendi
tures and the cost thus far of the
shipbuilding and aircraft production
programs ? totaled $1,029,970,541. A
total of $286,711,722 had been ex
pended in the retirement of short
time certificates of indebtedness.
Receipts from ord"
most part just before the end of the
fiscal year), customs receipts and
taxes on liquors, beer, tobacco and
other .direct taxes, totalled $269,642,
595. A total of $512,674,906 on the
first Liberty load was paid in this
fiscal year, while $1,350,000,000 was
realized through the issuance of rhort
time certificates of indebtedness which
will have to be retired out of sec
ond Liberty bond receipts.
Receipts and expenditures for the
corresponding period last year were
each about one-tenth of this year's
figures.
eluding tiie income
THE SECOND LIBERTY LOAN.
Johnston County Hanks Are Expected
to Raise About One (Quarter Million
Dollars of the Three Billions Called
for by the Government.
A gre U campaign is new on to raise
three billion dollars of the Second
Liberty Lean. The campaign is being
lid by Mi. McAdoo, the Secretary of
the Treasury, and it is the purpose of
the Government to re ich tlv remotest
corners of the natii n. Every man,
woman and child in America are
given . n opportunity to take part in
raising this three biUhn dollars whiclj
is nceik> 1 for the prosecution of the
TV a ? against Germany.
North Carolina is in the Richmond
Federal Reserve District and the State
is expected to subscribe about twenty
seven millign dollars < f the amount to
he raised. Of this amount the br nk?
of Johnston County are expected to
raise approximately one-quarter mil
lion dollars. This amount is distrib
uted as follows^
First National of Smithfield, $51,940
Johnston County Bank &
Trust Company, - 17,920
Farmers Commercial Bank,
of Benson, - - 1,780
Citizens Bank A Trust Co.,
of Benson, - - US, 940
Bank of Four Oaks, - 14,560
First National of Selma, 22,900
Peoples Bank, Selma, - 12,1120
Citizens Bank, Micro, - 3,220
Bank of Kenly, - Hi, 740
Clayton Banking Co., - :}7t520
Bank of Pine Level, - 10,220
Merchant? and Farmers,
Princeton, - - 13,020
Total from Johnston, $249,140
The brnks of Johnston are all loyal
to the Government and each and every
one will do all they can to meet the
expectations of the leaders in the
Second Liberty Loan campaign.
AT THE CAPITAL OF BEULAH.
Kenly State High School Closed to
Accommodate Attendants at Fair.
Literary Societies Doing Splendid
Work. Dr. W. E. Hill Conducting
Revival at Presbyterion Church.
Kenly, Oct. 19. ? The Kenly State
High School closed down Wednesday
of this week and will remain closed
until next Monday morning. This ac
tion was taken to accommodate the
large number of teachers and students
of the school who desired to attend
the State Fair at Raleigh.
The literary societies of the school,
irected by Professors Andrews and
ohnson, are already doing splendid
work. They have recently asked the
heads of the departments of English
of all the leading higher educational
institutions in the State to assist thern
in arranging their programs. In ad
dition to jokes, songs, and recitations,
each program will consist of two main,
features: a lively debate, and the
study of the life and one masterpiece
of either a great English or a great
American literary man or woman.
The purpose is to discuss the most im
portant questions before the American
people to-day and to study the ten
greatest Engjish and the ten great
est American literary masters. As
stated above, our State University
and the leading colleges of North Car
olina have been asked to co-operate
with us.
Dr. W. E. Hill, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Fayetteville,
is ably conducting a series of revi
val meetings in the Presbyterian
church here this week.
For nearly a month, Mrs. M. B. An
drews hap been confined in the ma
ternity ward of the Wilson Sanito
rium. She is expected to return home
the first of the week, bringing with
her a splendid boy, Master Molvin
Bushnell Andrews.
Many Automobiles Pass Here.
Several hundred automobiles pass
ed through Smithfield Wednesday and
Thursday all loaded with passen
gers for the State Fr.ir. Big cars and
little cars and Fords ? Fords in the
majority ? all Raleigh bound carrying
those who wanted to see the side
shows, the midways and hear Miss
Rankin speak, and some, just a few,
who wanted to see the exhibits. It
takes many things to make a Fair.
The exhibits are the real motive that
causes the Fair to be held. Rut the
fact that there will be a parade, a lot
of noise, a great big crowd of folks
and the side-shows ? yes, all these are
necessary to have a Fair anywhere.
SUGAR SHORTAGE FACING US.
? i
Eastern States .May Have to Reduce
Their SuRar Ration While Waiting
the Arrival of the New Crop From
the West and Cuba. Save and Hold
Down the Trice.
Washington, Oct. 16.? The eastern
States face a sugar shortage, with no
prospect of relief before late in No
vember, when the new Hawaiian and
western beet crcps lurrive. In a state
ment tonight forecasting the shortage,
the food administration again appeal
ed to the American people to cut
down their consumption of candy and
sweet drinks, and at the same time
gave warning that retailers already
have received their stocks at prices
recently agreed upon and the public
should pay no more during the tem
porary scarcity in the east thin it
has been paying during the past 30
days.
The shortage is due, the adminis
tration says, to the fi.ilureof the pub
lic outsid ? of a few loyal hemes to
reduce consumption, and to unusual
exports to France in order that
French people may have their meager
ration of one pound of sugar per per
son per month.
In regard to prices, attention is
called to the fact that by agreement
the price of beet and Hawaiian sugar
has been fixed at 7 1-4 cents a pound,
Atlantic and Pacific seabord basis,
under which the maximum retail
price at interior points should be 8 1-4
cents, while by an agreement with
tfle cane refiners and Cuban produc
ers the price of cane sugar has been
held down so that it should reach
the consumer at about nine cents a
pound.
"There will be a temporary short
age in the supply of sugar to the
area north of Savannah and east of
Pittsburgh," the food admin;stration's
statement said, "during the latter
part of October and the month of
November, pending the arrival in
the market of new sugar. The beet
sugar factories in the western states
are rapidly <?oming into action, and
together with the Hawaiian produc
tion, will be able in a short time to
take care of the territory referred to.
"Practically all of the cane sugar
in the hands of the refiners and the
producers has now been distributed
to the jobbers and retailers at the
prices maintained during the last two
months, or upon a basis that should
reach the consumer in the neighbor
hood of nine cents per pound. There
fore, if. by virtue of the shortage m"~
the eastern states, the price of sugar
should increase, it is only proof that
it has been increased at the hands of
the handling trades ? not at the hand
of eithor the producer or the refiner.
The food administration asks the pub
lic not to pay more for sugar during
the present shortage than it has been
payng during' the last 30 days. When
the supply of beet sugar reaches the
Atlantic seaboard, it should be avail
able upon -a less basis than the cane
prices above mentioned.
"Furthermore, the food adminis
tration requests that all jobbers in
the westr as well as in the east, should
distribute their sugar with care
amongst the retailers in much re
duced quantities, and that the retail
ers in turn, should refuse to sell but
a very limited quantity to any one
customer. We also trust that job
bers will refuse to sell sugar to any
retailer who advances the price,
remedial contribution can be
made if the American people will at
once reduce their consumption of
candy and sweet drinks. Many house
holders of the country have respond
ed to the appeals for voluntary re
duction, and unless we can secure a
wider and immediate reduction of the
sugar consumption in candy", ice
cream, and sweet drinks, it will be
necessary next year to curtail the
supplies to these industries, as has
been done all over Europe."
A l>ollar A Week For Liberty.
The men and women who subscribe
for a Liberty bond, even though they
arrange with a bank to pay only a
dollar a week until it is paid for, will
be upholding the flag of the "nation.
One dollar a week during the year to
come will buy a bond of $50 which
will draw $2 interest every twelve
months. At any and all times, a bond
is as good as money loaned at inter
est and it will always be convertible
into cash anywhere. A dollar a week
to perpetuate American liberty is
cheap. ? Wilm.ngton Star.