!, W. WEST DRUG CO.
MAIN STREET
MOUNT AIRY. N. C.
SIj .RINK WAR CROWS
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Deliberate Murder For E»«ry
Ship Sunk—Death By Slow
T >rture For Submarine Cap- !
tain* Who Let Big Liner*
Etcap*.
Wa hinffton, June 14. "The -.ubma
rine w ir trrow* more bnrbaroun every j
day. It ha* now icached 1 hi- plaiie of
delil tU murder for every nhip sunk
and will no continue to the end. Il m
not the fault of the (lermani that ev
ery I jk' !o doe* not produce n t.um- (
tnnia mu nacre.
"Death by slow troture for -uhma
rine captain* who let big liner.. oacapv
them • reported to lie the fate meted
out ' >n Tirpit/.."
That i:< the kar-cr'* unrestricted
nohmaiine warfare, in iT:e word* of
the run who probably knows more
about he human »ide of the >«u trair
eify than uny other—ce. tai'nly mere
than nnv other American.
He i Wetdoy Frost, American con
sul ai. (^ueenstown, the port on the
*outhu ■ t coa-.t of Ireland, where all
the Atlantic ocean lane* to Hritain
come together. Off the hores near
Queun own the thou isnd* of -hipi
which feed Kritain py.ia by day and
nifrht.
In Washington n»r a R<*t.
Fro-t i- in W'ashin.rtMi for a rent.
For over two year i he hu. been in at
tendance ut the funerals of merchant
ships struck down by the under-sea
terror. It hox been his* ta k to collect
the eviil ce as to «o sinking in whirh
Ameriiai.. were imperiled or slaught
ered. lie ha.-; fcccn the cemeteries on
the Iri-h hillsides (foiled with fre.'n
mound'. He has heard the chrieks
of m ithei for their murdered babie .
seen men stark ma I with the tortures
of hunger and t1 irst, brought in from
day aiul night in food) lifeboat
It i with tiifticulty ti nt he can be
induced to talk, but when hi.* doe1*, the
full throated indignation of thi clean
cut young American ;s almo t terrible
in its intensity.
"The Germa.i guilt m double," said
Frost to-day. "In the first, place, no
civilized government would have re
torted to such method-, even when it
was possible to ink ships or; i ionally
without murdering non-combatants.
Now that arming of merchant ships
and the effectiveness of the pain I
makes it impossible for the subma
rines to risk giving warning, they
would drop it if they were white."
Call* Murder by Real Name.
The sporting world he u « explains
the soil of man Frost is. Born hack
in Oberlin, Ohio, his life has been that
of the sturdy young American who
m-ikes his way m the world by hard
work and lighting fan. It is not
atrange that he hi no use fur the
nophistrles tf "frightfulnc s".—and
calls murder by i. real name.
Now that the -u >ma.r r have bee.i
driven to attaack ships ubmerged
using the torpedo almost exclusively
—the murder roll is pound to grow,
Frost explained. Most hips when
struck by a torpedo, go uown in two
or three minuses, which Rives no op
portunities of escape to those below
decks.
Recent sinkings which came under
his observation, since the beginning of
the ruthless warfare, shuw this con
clusively.
A freighter loaded with iron ore
and convoyed by a destroyer went
down in two minutes. Kightcen of
her crew of iJii perished.
Another »unk in two minutes after
being struck. She was hit in day
light but *ubmartlie «n. nut seen.
Twenty-eight of her crew of 82 por
apots or by more than one torpedo.
The Mhmatine* ate now s.. fearful
of exposing themselves to the deck
(tins of slowly (.inking ship that they
Id im come up to f|uenti'Mi the ••■.rap
ing rrcwit nf pa i rh.p». Out of
>ix ?• - .enger hip* ninkirgn investi
gated by him, tin happened in only
mhed.
The AIiokko sunk in three minute*
ami 30 women a <1 children died.
"Sinking of Ihu iwrt fioin now on
will I * the i ule- not th; exception,"
uid Front. Only the larger passen
ger Khipc will remain ufloat long
enough tii launch tlie L»nt» anil get otf
the crew anil pai vngtr.i; end theie
will not flout ho long I! atl m k in vital
one ca e that of the I-acoiua, which
wan sunk near midnight.
Ili.icoun uh this u .-ahmnation from
ambunh is, it ilw* not equal the wan
ton crime- commit led in the day lie
fore "ruthlcs" wa. when the jl>ma
rii came to the urfaM and attacked
with gun foe.
Tile Wamiii m the t cases
wai simply the beaming of the uttack
and ailorn were o.'to.i lulled by the
"warning ."hots."
Suffering* of Survivor* Terrible.
This sort of warning was tfiven only
to j-ave the? expensive torpedoes—
worth >7,000 a pi^e of which a . ub
ma me run rarry only a few. Whin
the hip jrave ^ijarns of surrender, the
firing Kenezally ti pped and a board
injtr party from the -ubmnrine destroy
ed her with Ik,ml» . The crew t«jofc to
their life l> -at -.
I nl» • picked up they were left to
certain death by starvation, or drown
ing, a . these attack* took place 150 or
200 .mile off hore. In only one can
did Frost find that the «uh marine of
fered to ai*t the victim i by towing
their boats toward the land.
The sufferings of these crews who
were picked up by patrol boats were
terrible. Maay of them were never
picked up. The men probably went
mad and leaped into the mm. In the
v a >e of the Cairnhiil, a British freight*
it, with a new of lw men. five of
\ hom were American., the German
deliberately gutted the lifeboat, took
the provisions which the men had
placed in the boat and tnrew them into
the sea, emptied the water ketf of
fit h water and to make their joke
complete filled it with salt water.
The boats sails were taken off and
that wa practically the only hope of
KtltinK to land if the wind were favor
able. She was attacked 150 miles out
at sea. 1
While the Germans were indul^rin^
in tht e pranks with the lifeboat a
party wa wrecking the ship
and the men were kept standing on
the dei k of the submarine. The Ger
man officers searched them. Most of
them had little ditty bags or bandanr.a
handkerchiefs in which they carried a
it'w ■ 111 it; per- nai keepuKes such a
photographs of their sweethearts
mothers or wives. These were taker
fr. m them and thrown into the sea.
The first officer, Matthewson, wit
kept below decks fur an hour ami put
| through the third degree as to thi
routes of other ships.
The Germans overplayed this little
drama of frightfulness, as they used
up a whole hour in preparing the life
1 boat as a torture chamber for the niei
I
■ who were to he set adrift In it. A de
: stroyer smoke was seen on the horiior
and the Germans made haste to dive
Mattewson was thrust t?irou|(h th<
hatchway and the submarine divei
with the lti men still standing on hei
deck. They were left floundering ir
the water to swim to the empty life
boat as liest they could.
Itirty Work is tarried On.
The American schooner Wood wan
Abrahams was attacked loo miles of!
shore. Captain Van N.imme and hij
crew of eight were put in a lifelmai
while the Ceimans aet the lumber lad
en *ehoc ner afire with Iximbs. Thi
A merit an sailors drifted about thi
Atlantic for two day* and lughti
r- ~r~i
wk«ti lhay wart- pickad up by another
lumbar Kkuorar, tha Norwegian Anna
Maria. She waa aubmanned
mile* <47 •bora, and tha men *g*ui
took to *k( lifrboata t*« crew of
the Anr i Maria »eie never »aoii
adiift, Captain Van Namme and the
Americana ware picked up. Then
lurk held and they landed. Tha Nor
wegiana diad.
Front believe* from the evidence
I.im that tha aubmarine rom
i'< widely different. Som»
of Ihem delight in making their work
a* flendiah a* p«»«aiMe. S<me of them
when they mn Ion* nothing by it, put
on a little "gentlemanly burrane-r"
i omedy.
Th<-y were very polite to the crewa
they ahtived off into the lioata, ex
preaaed regret nnd hope* for u apecdy
reacue.
In no ca-e, however, did thin politc
m-aa affect their intere t». [t ill ap
peared aa the moke of u patrol boat
*«« sighted or as annincr victim ap
proached. In auch caaei the maak
waa dropped and the dirty work waa
carried nut at top peed.
A British steward* and her hus
band, a sailor, who were taken below
deckn and qutMtionid, most politely
•it flr»t, were taken to the d !. ai.«i
the submarine submerged, leaving
them struggling in the water, after
they had refused to give up any infor
mation. In a very f»*w in-tanc**
there were niirtia of regret on thpart
f the suhira: ine officers. Oi• of
them wan related by Second Officer
Kohl-aat. a naturalized Briti: fc
ject, who wn allowed to touch off the
bombs which destroyed *i own hip.
In talking with the auhmarine • ap
■ tain, the latter «xpre«!wd di.sgu r with
the worl. rut out for him. With tears
in his »• t-H, he said that submarine
!captain; had been put to death by
slow torture in Germany for -letting;
I big pa fcenger liners escape them.
K'-hlsaa* wat a ked by Fr t if he
. "all;, believed that.
"I do not know about it," he a»i
. wered. "I am ready to believe any
thing of von Tirpitz. Rut I do know
that whether any men nave been tor
tured to death or not, the captaiu
: who was talking to me believed it and
1 feared it."
THE DANGER OF CARDS
Youths Forbidden; Only Old
Folks May Play in St. Louis
Saloons.
St. Louis Star.
Kxcise C mmis&ioner Edward S.
Lewis issued a .second set of instruc
! lions for th<^ conduct of saloon,- fol
lowing his recent pronouncement of
t'.^ht commandments. The most
! striking of the new rules provides that
<»nly "old men" may play cards in
aloons. No card playing will be per
mitted in bar-rooms proper, but will
be allowed in adjoining rooms. No
I your&K men, however, will be allowed
j 10 play.
When asked what would be the age
I'.mit, the commissioner remarked that
i that a "policeman or a bartender will
' Know what is an olu man." The
special permission granted the aged
is intended to provide diversion for
nun who are too old infirm to in
dulge in athletics; young men are
pointed to gymnasiums for exercise.
The old men, however, will not be
permitted to play for money, drinks or
any other stakes under the latest rul
! ing of Lewis. 'I hey may l>e served
drinks, however, at the can! tables.
He announced that all excise laws
will he more rigidly enforced than
they have been in the past, especially
■ laws closing saloons un Sundays and
j election days.
Has s (iood Opinion of Chamberlain's
Tablets.
"Chamberlain's Tablets are a wond
er. I never sold anything that beat
them", writes P. B. Tresay, Richmond,
Ky. When troubled .with indigeatior
or constipation give them a trial.
Ther* la more Catarrh in thla section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and for y< ars It was sup
posed to l»e incurable. Doctors pre
I scribed local remedies. and by conatant
! ly falling to cure with local treatment,
prnnounc<nl it Incurable. Catarrh la a
local dlaeaae. greatly Influenced by con
stltutlonal conditions and thi refore re
quires constitutional treatment. Hall's
f»tRrrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney A Co.. Toledo. Ohio, la a consti
tutional remedy. Is taken Internally
and nets thru the fllood on the Mucous
Surfaces of th« Ifyatvm. one Hundred
foliar* revrtrt is off- red for any ca*»»
that Hall'a Catarrh Cure falls to euro.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
F J. CHENEY 4k CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
Bob! by Dru*ffl*ts. 7So.
llall's Family Pills for constipation.
BEST YEAR YET
FOR OftPHANACE.
Dr. Archibald Johnson Makes
Splendid Exhibit For Institu
tion.
To others besides the Baptist peo
people of Surry rounty tha following
editorial from the currant issue af
Chanty ami Children will ha interest
ing reading:
••The current fund exceed* by nev-1
eeal thousand dollar* that of any year
in ina history of the Orphanage, 154,
(HW was tha large it aver received
heretofore, this year's current fund
will go considerably beyond %M.immi.
The contributions were xteadicr thin
year than ever liefore. The "lean'
months were not no tean a* usual, in
the year now cloning. The Sunday
schools nnd churches enlarged their
contributions and a g<>odly number of
new one* fell into line.
"The memorable Thanksgiving col
lections of last November wax the ;
great event of the year. So far as we
know that vant offering was n'tt ap
proached by any other Orphanage of
any denomination in the S..uth, It
was love*soffering Indeed, ami it re
veals the depth of affection of our no
ble people for this institution. N<
body is the poorer, hut many are rich
er and happier, because of that title of
love coined into cash that poured in
to the Orphanage treasury.
"All the departments of our Or- '
phan-woik have done well. The Ken
nedy Home farm ih our strength ar.«l
stay. Under the skillful management
of Mr. Herman Sutt u, that tine plair
tation made a l- ndid contribution
toward Orphanaupport.
"Charity and Children and the job
department of the printing office will
hreak ther previous records in the vol
ume 01 f»u: ine for the year nearing
its cio: We have had *ome u,;!y ob
stacles to overcome. The paper mills
robbed us of considerable revenue. All
the material that enters into the out
putof the printing DUMiness went
soaring skywai ,but notwithstanding
these difficulties, we are glad to report
line a net profit whi< h has gone into
the- treasury to provide meat and
bread and clothe fur the children.
"The high cost of living will wipe
away our surplus* however, but that
is .so well understood by every body
that not a word need be said on the
subject. Such prices for the neces
sities of life we have never paid sin e
the group of faithful founders as
sembled under the*old Hickory tree
and started the Orphanage on its
glorious way.
We are very grateful a* we look
back over the past year and think of
the loyalty of North Carolina. Sure
■ ly no orphanage in all the world has j
behind it a constituency more loving
and faithful and true!"
JOHN MEDLIN WHIPPED
BY MEN NEAR MONROE.
Monroe, June 16.—John Medlin, a
white farmer living on the Kaziah
place four miles from Monroe, on the
! Concord road, was taken from his |
I home at 11 o'clock last night and
I soundly whipped by a (fathering of
! men. It is alleged Medlin so severely
| whipped a stepson a week ago that he
'died Friday morning, June 8, and the
whipping war the outcome.
An investigation was made by the
hei iff at the time of the w hipping of
the boy, and it W'U - v,<nsldered the
rumors were false, but the neighbors
were so positive of the brutal treat
ment of the child that thc-y have de
manded an investigation, and the
event la f night was a culmination of
indignation against Medlin. it i>
alleged that Medlin struck the 12 year
old rhild with a singletree from a plow
and kicked him in the stomach. It is
now proposed to have the body ex
humed and an investigation made by
the coroner and the county physician.
The result of the attack on Medlin
last night is to the effect that his up
per lip was badly lacerated, his head
severely cut ami his trtXJy terribly in
jured by kicks and blown that will not
result seriously unless complication*
set in. Merlin states tt.at at least six
men attacked him in the assault, and
| he recognized two of them, but at thin
time he refuses to divulge the names
: of the suspects.
Medlin is fn a painful condition, but
; his injuries are not considered ser
| ious.
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
There'# nothing of §ue*ainc or speculation in
!«■;»» i to V' <] cars. Their practical value i* being
Hall lev trote*} hv more than 1,750,000 FofS
owner?' r«pre «nti/itf every pha»e of human a-tivitv.
Ford S>rvi<v» for Ford Owner* i* n universal and
reliable a> the car itself. Dependability an'! eronomy
in <ar find n«ue. Helter buy your Ford today
yon want it and if will urve \'»<i every day, wuner*.
and '»mmer. Touring far Rii i?«out *345—
f. o. I . Detroit. We solicit your order.
For Sale By
C. a.iite City Motor Company.
Snug-turlced in many a shiny,
black shoe trunk are several
nairs of La France Shoes.
1
It Is siTiifirar* t!vt rVy <?rserve so
, v.'t!1 c f t!" ncwciC addition t.)
* *1 « » t
. f.iuacy h.j£i£=.
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Their ityle-lure is as pctcnt
to the umtintir^ Ci it
to die d- >ccming wcmori
v ho must tike couruel from Her nurse.
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S.-1 Tib-.i
On. i»
Steele Shoe Store
75 years ago
everyone wore homespun
and, likewise, everyone used hand-mixed
paint. To-day, when machine-spun cloth
is so much better and cheaper, no one
would think of v earing homespun. Miny
people are still usini; hand-mixed paint,
however, because they do not know that
will save them money and
labor. Devoc Lead and Zinc
Faint is simply made of the
same ingredients the old-time
painter used: Pure White
Lead, Pure White Zinc, and
Pure. Linseed Oil. 1 he only
difference is that Devoe is
mixed by machinery, 500
gallons at a time. Therefore,
it is always absolutely uniform in sucugi»»
color and covering capacity.
We guarantee IX-voc Lead and /jnc I'aint to oe pure.
We know it contains no whiting, rilica or other worthlcj*
materials. Stop in and ask for Color Card.
w. E. MERRITT CO.
MT. AIRY, . N. C.
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