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!gu:t. who is quite a gentleman. concerning women. In every branch' tie Ut R. M. Milter, father of R.
iloaw you wi:j your sentries for a of the woiks where a prisoner wasiM. Miller, Jr.. of this city. He sail:
" " " " jtime. He reappears shortly, aroorn- employed he had women and sirls "Mr. Mi!l?r started ae in busier.
The t.rj of a Piiv.net Women ' panied by a Gt-ruijii oftioer of high neighbors. The drill:ng. boring, slot-'as well as business aliiii'jr. judgment
' ranS. v. no. tie informs you, U in tin? ana turning mci-nines naa, wun-. anj aavice mat uiaae me a success,
I chaise of the works and also of .out exception, if operated by a oris-; if a utvess 1 have been. Mr. Rod-
ni:r.Ki-iM or thk ;kr.mas
Nothing rif T tut n Chattel
Further revelations are now beine I prisoners of war. and that he is in- oner, a machine on the immediate' una was one of the largest cotton
made of the almost increditable fe-!vst"J witn supreme power over er-. right and left operated by a woman, planters in the Carolina.-;, as well a-s
rocity on the one hand and the r-er' employee. He can. if he wishes, or a girl. I questioned different on- of the biggest merchants. Ht
fined cruelty and wickedness on the i sentence you to death and to various Frenchmen concerning what I'd been told me that he wanted to do some
other with which the Huns treat pris-! "ther things. Well, you again refuse I told about the women, and learned . thin? special for the government aaJ
oners of war, and particularly the t work, and immediately you are sur- that it was quite true. As many a) ; :h.iu?ht he would give aa ambulance.
British. Here is an extract from one! rounded by about SO sentries, who' 500 prisoners of war were allowed , and that he took the nutter up mltti
of the mauy shocking narratives i playfully tickle you under the ear i as much freedom of movement after the surgeon general office-but heard
which u typical of the former ineth-j ith the butt of their tides or the working hours as the Germans them-, nothing from it. He also stated that
od of treatment: end of a bayonet, and you regain
A British master mariner had his; consciousness to find yourself in an;
ship torpedoed and was taken prison-! underground cell, quite close to the!
er in a submarine. Kef using to an- exnaust pipes or various machines.
Crepe de Chene and Georjett Crep
from $3.44 to $.J?
Entirely new and exclusive styles
no two alike.
Also a line of Lawn. Organdies and
Voile Waists from .. 59c to $147
Buster Brown Collars and Ties for
boys and girls S3 to 75c.
Ladies Collars to please the most fas
tidious. These will have to be seen t
be appreciated, and the prices are
from J5c to Jl 41
New Silk Hose in White. Crey. Navy
and Champaigne.
' selves. ; wanted to furnish a room in the
Mark you. don't censure thes- Presbyterian hospital, and was evi-
; men. They aian t voluntarily go to dentiy malting nis pians to mat ei-
this work of painting guns; they were feet. Mr. Rodman had a great big
swer questions, he was sentenced to, and you soon realize you are neither j rorcea. ana are noi 10 oe oiameu. neart. Me was me mosi useiui man
be shot on reaching port or before! in Kew Gardens nor the Crystal Pal-, but pitied. And I do hope that some. In his whole territory,
'that if he caused any more annov-!ace. You stick this for what seems j day they will receive recognition forj
1 s ance. At Heligoland, while his' to be a lifetime (it is usually three, i the hopeless and futile resistance thej- Anecdote of Stonewall Jakn
clothes were searched, he was kept four or five das i. then suddenly your j put up before they finally succumbed . It is related that "Sionewall" Jack
snaked in intense cold for three hours. 1 smooth-tongued interpreter pops up ' to the gentle persuasive methods em- son. shortly after uniting with th
whil German oincers stood about! like the devil out of hell and asks: j ployed by those blasted-German slave church, was called upon by his pas
1 mocking him. Eventually his clothes ! "Will you work now?" Should you an-; traders. tor to lead In prayer at a mid-wee
were returned to him wet. and he was swer In the negative the devil disan-i I think I have stated all the out-; service. He attempted to do so. but
'placed in barracks, his only cover-! pears and you are left to your own Islanding features of Interest at such being unaccustomed to public pray-
ing being some blankets which ! reflections for another three to five i a factory. Before concluding let me broke down in confusion. After
i abounded with vermin. He adds: , days. Should you tell him you are! impress upon any one who may read the service his pastor apologized for
J ; "The treatment of prisoners here was i thirsty and would like a drink of wa- this story that it la absolutely true, calling upon him without warning.
brutal and their condition pitiable, j ter, or hungry, having had nothing; with this exception, that I'm doubt- ana promised not to ask him to leal
'iSkoletons in raits, if. on belne out to ; to eat from three to five days, he in-1 f ul whe-ther the name of the firm is, Tib ptayer again. Professor Jack-
"iwork. they fell down from weakness. ; forms you that If you will consent to i Henschall's or Henchel's. but it was son for he was then only a profes--
they were kicked and clubbed, beaten j work you will have anything in rea-jan ammunition tactory in vasei.
' i with the back of swords, and kept son that you desire. Well, you are
I standing at attention in freezing i beat, and realize that it is better to! XK(ilU) SOLIHKKS HANGKl)
!i weather as Ion it as tu?v could stand 'await an opportunity of enabling you!
it. Many had unhealed wounds. Wei to get back to your lager, which, in j t-onfevswi to the Crime of Aault- au3e I made such a failure tonight.
all had to fight like wild beasts for ; the circumstances, seems heaven com- j ' , If it Is my duty to lead in prayer.
(food that a dog would refuse." j pared with the shop wehere they; tng loung wwte oin.
! And the following story of a pris-j paint guns and shells and make pen Three negro soldiers, convicted of I
'oner's life in a munitions factory ; nibs. So you accompany the slave inl, anj nutrnrine" vnniz
snows a pernios uer nenaisnne.-s : am er on a lour oi me woi n. ! white girl on the cantonment grounds
. ana aegenerary. me siory is given, rirsi ne lanes you to me employ- , ,he njj?ht were hanged at Camp
in a war prisoners own win us: ees aimng nan. ana s you nave nm ; Dodge Iowa Friday with virtually
Henschei s steel tactory oetore tne had tooa. water, light or recreation , th .:,.- HivUion witneina the ex
ecution.
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Company I
THE FAMILY STORE. !
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We Are Prepared
to Save You Money
on Fancy Groceries, Country Pro
duce, Meal Oats, Corn. Mill Feed,
Sweet Feed,Dairy Feed,CottonSeed
Meal Hulls, Hay, Etc.
Our prices are right. Phone us your orders.
BENTON'S CASH STORE,
Thonc ITS. The Store That Appreciates Your Trade.
food
war was a steei-proaucing (Siemens for rrom tnree to nve fliys you ao
prat-ess and cruciable furnace ( and justice to the really good food given
tool and machinery works. Since the to you. Then w hen you are given a
outbreak of war it has naturally turn-' few bottles of lager beer and a cigar
ed its whole resources to the produc- you begin to regard this devil oppo
tion of munitions. Approximately site you not as a devil, but as your
2 0 . 0 ptfiitt ' were employed In this guardian angel. Then over the
factory in the l itter part of 1913. drinks he unfolds to you a wonderful
amoiu these boiiu 2.'i)'J prisoners of tale. I will give you the conversa-
The three traps were sprung simul
taneously at 9:30 A. M. and death
was almost instantaneous. The ne-
; sor in a ooy s military acaaeuiy
wis surprised at his pastor's words,
and said. "I beg of you not to re
train from calling on me simply be-
call uoon me any time. Whether I
succeed or fail is not material. I
want to do my duty." Thus spok
the brave soldier. The Christian
Harald.
war, who nil ton .rent tnere not
knowing, until they arrived, the na
ture of the work they were to per
form. The majoiity of prisoners of
war. immediately they realize they
are at a munitions factory, refuse to
work, but either by force, persuasion
or iJUile they suhso'iu-nMy reniaint'i
there.
The method or diifere-nt methods
of finally coii:pellin.5 a prisoner of
war to work in one of these factories
is rathr peculiar. On arrival at the
works prisoners are iiven a ver
sood meal, with a few hottlos of beer
and things to smok-v They are then
interviewed by the firm's interpreter,
a very, vety rle.-r lina'.iii't, and it :
tliis sleni'J.xiian's iluty to impress tip
on prisoners of war that it Is no! a
munitions factory. No, they tnak-
The Strong Withstand th Heat of
Summer Better Tha tb Weak
Old peopls who an ftwbls tad youo peoph
who are weak, will be trfathf aed tod enabled to
rfA.hM.iifh ik. H.nrMund hr of uuniur bv tmk
groes marched onto the scafl'ords, uj,jgrovE'S TASTEtESSchillTONIC. Itpuriflei
i singin-; "God Have Mercy Oa My i and eorfche the blood oJbuildi up the whole y-
Sou 1. " tern. You can soou feel Itt Streaiitheoiai, loir
The negroes were Nelson Johnson . atiu Effect, s.-.
of Tuscumbia. Ala.; Stanley Tramble'
and Fred Allen
all selective service
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lion wnicn aciuau ioor piuie oc Q Stroud Ala
tween the Interpreter and myself. Ceoigina Ala.
tie saiu: i( you win woik ioi men.
us at your trado (crucible steel smelt-; Johnson and Tramble were declai
!ns we will pay jou 25 marks a military police officials to hav
day, out of which you must pay 10 i confessed their guilt, but Allen while
marks for feod an I lodging. You admitting his presence when f i!
shall live in a house in town with 1 ,.rme was committed, maintained ho
only bicycles, pen nibs, pocket knives,
razo'-s. tvc. The field and siece gtin.,
machine a'ins i:id thousands of shells
that yori see stacked in every spare
foot of the yarddell, they paint
! those.
Of course, whether you are British,
French, Russian or Belgian, and
though you were employed In your
nre-war days as a barber or bacon
c urer
! nulling vour le?. Beraue,
i you think to yourself! it does not:
i require furnaces, boilers, electric ,
'crane and turning lathes to paint
! guns and shells or to produce pen j
I nibs, ami, besides, you cannot see any :
paint at all. J
Well, you flatly refu-e to start to
i work, and our before-mentioned lin- :
civilians and be allowed to wear civ-;
ilian clothes. When your work Is
finished yon may iro anywhere you
wish, provided you are accompanied
by the CitriiKin in whose house you,
.iiv Induing. You can hae any girl,
you visii. p:o:ded she Is willing, and
heie is no iiison why should not
be very co'iifot table and have a lot
of Money -avol by the time the war
i. oer. You will only be reiiuirrd
tj work six days a vim'1;, but if it
any time yon work on Sundays you
will receive double pa."
"A vry alluring prospect." I re
marked and then askel If I could
have the r. ir.aimler of the week to
niysc'.f (two daysi. and also go into
the furnace to become accustomed
to the German method of work, which
I thought might be different from
ours. The Interpreter readily com-
' "s ' : ... " "," .nlUrf ul'h thA rennest. and asked me
you realize mat tnis tenow is '.;; ' VWu.VY u.
SUrelV 1 U KtMl. "I- I inrnc-i nni-
er 'iipiomaticaiiy. saying i a sign u
er dilpomatically. saying I'd sign jt
on completion of the first week's
work.
Well, my next two days were spent
in looking around the shops. The
only pi 'uliarity I noticed wai the
truth of the interpreter's remarks
had not outraged the girl. Allen
leaves a wife- and ten-year-old sou. j
Three negro soldiers among the;
spectators fainted when the mn j
dropped to their death and another j
ran amuck.' He started on a ilad
run directly toward the sea f ford but J
guards overpowered him. A whi:
soldier also fainted. !
Four negroes were arrested t!i-j
morning aftor the assault which m-j
cured shortly before midnight May:
2 4. One suspect was acquitted whn
he was not near the scene of V.w
crime.- ;
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Kodiiiiin H lM'd Other to Help
Themselves.
(From the Charlotte Observer.)
"The late J. L. Rodman, whose
funeral I attended," said a promi
nent Charlotte man yesterday, "was
one of the best men I ever knew.!
and one of the most valuable men In
thia section. In fact, I don't know
any man through the large and va-l
riej interests of which he wi3 th-;
head, to help others to help thew
selves. In a recent talk with hian
he was telling me of his earlv sti-t
In life, and paid a fine triour.s
to'
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doach. lie i utterly useless, ex
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Help to free your home and com
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won't injure tha children or thiir
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package. Look for tha
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