rflount ^irtj JJetos.
VOL. XLI
JHOUJn AIRY; JfORTR CAMOLIJfA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 1, 19IS.
JtO. S
HOW THE CDMANS
DEAL WITH THUII
PWJSONUS or WAR
M»i«r Fm Who E.caped From
Newport, England. - Major Fm, an
naraped pnr.nrwr of war. spoka of1
his tiptrmirn at a "patriotic mwt
iif" bald at Newport, Monmouth) hire
Major Po* had hean a priaonar in
German handa for three year*. and
thoae thro* yaara ha.l. ha ilarlarad,
antiraly altered hu view* toward an
on •my whom ha would have wiahed
to rail noble. hut whom ha now knew
to ha utterly ignohle It waa at the
ft rat hattle of Ypree that Major Pn*
waa takan pnaoner. Ha had haen
ordered to hold a certain poaitlon at1
all roata, and at the start he and hi*1
man had captured some 200 priaonara,
together with officer*. Thana officer*
wore in hia charge, and ao friendly
war* hia feeling* toward them that
ha offered them refreshment all round,
aaying, "Jolly had lark to ha arup
parad at tha beginning of a 'how Ilka
thia." A few hour* later he '.limaelf
waa a priaonar in German handa, and
when taken to tha officer who waa to
have chant* of him. thia officer turned I
and apat at htm full in the face. Prom
That moment began three year* "f m-j
auita. suffering and degradation; for
4# hours Major Pox and other pria- j
oners on their way to Germany were
kept without food nr water, 'raveling!
in nithy rattle trucks. Arriving *t
one station a party of German ladies
with supplier of hot toup opened the
door of their truck, asking, "Any Eng
lish there?" Yen! was the ea<rer,
hopeful answer. Immediately the
door was hanged to ainin; there was
no soup for the hated English! Majnr
Fox told hia audience that he had |
been a soldier all his life, and hail I
seen a great leal of warfare—he had I
seen atrocities committed by the man-,
eating tribes in Africa, by Turks anil'
by Bulgarians—but he bad never seen;
atrocities to equal those perpetrated
by the Germans in the present war
Ike following at* seaae at the ex
ample* given by Major Fox, out at His
own experience, of the treatment
prisoners received at the hands of
the Germans: "Three Frenchmen—!
clerks from Paris—were pot to;
Work in a coal mine; they ex
plained they were ready to do
clerical work, but knew nothing of I
mining bat to no purpose. At the end
of the day their output was naturrlly
small, and their hands and knees were
bruised and bleeding, as a result of'
* their inexperienced efforts—punish-.
ment, 24 hours in a iteam cell. The'
steam cell is small, and when the men
are inside and the door closed, hot
steam is turned on, and there is .101
release for 12 hours. At the end of1
12 hours the door was opened, and the
strongest of the throe men was ,~_bie
to walk out, and pull a half-co iscious
hrough after '..im—the tr.ird wan den!.'
h.other after h:m—the third was dead.
Soup was given to the survivors, anil 1
then they were ordered hack—the
stronger of the two being ordorrd to'
carry the other one. He refuse!. 'One
hrot.her died last nijebt; I wiH not
carry anotlwr one in to die." The
Corman 'erffeant in chargr for all,
reply took his rifle and shot the half
stupcfieU Frt i-liman before th? eyes
of his comrade."
"A row of prisoners orwimu na
tionalities were receiving order". A
R i- an hesitated to obey, be2~'-i? for
Moae conce? ion; the guafd struck
him r.croes the fare with a huge
hunch of keys and then stuck a
Brit sh Tommy in the «; me way. The
British Tommy hit back, his blood
being up—he was (lung to the ground
and t-eaten with the but end of rifles
into a shapeless mass.
"Another prisoner. underlining pun
ishment strung up to a poet, his feet
off the ground, was shot through the
head because too weak to obey an
officer's order to hold hi* head up.
"A hut went on fire, about a doxen
prisoners being inside and unable to
escape—as these men cane to the
window* and tried to climb out they
were pushed back into the ffnme-> by
the Oman guard."
Officer on Submarine Lived
In The United States.
Portland, Main.- The coal steamer;
Snug Harbor arrived tonight with .ele
ven men of the schooner RoUrt and
Richard, including Captain Robert
Wharton, of the schooner. Wharton
■aid the second officer of the subma
i rine who boarded the schooner, told
hua he had lived in America for a
number of year* and had had a sum
mer home in Main tince 1894.
THE HEAVY GUM ARE
!*OW MOVED FA* BACK
ProfraM Mad. by F
With the Amartna Army on the
Ai»iw-Marn« front, July 27.—The prr>
rraa* made by the Franco-A marican I
troop* on the A iana-Marne front ill
considered eminently atmfactory hy
the commander* and the failure of the
German to employ artillery «xten*ive-1
ly ha* tended tn confirm the belief;
thnt their heavy gnn» on the irraatar
part of the field have baan moved
far bark, perhap* to a poaition which
may mark a new tin*.
While xtaady praaaura ia being
maintained on1 the arc forming thai
bottom of the nark, the alliea arc de
terminedly hammertnir the flanks
where Von Uoahm and Von Khan have |
ronreleh rated their armie*. return in (fj
blow for blow in tha hope that thayi
can hold out until the main body of!
tha German* can ha withdrawn with,
a minimum loaa.
A anal operation! were a«rain of lean
importance today on account of the
weatlmr It waa cloudy all day and
there ware numeroua <howera, making!
it impracticable, to keep up tha obaer
vat ion hatlooona which usually mark
both line* Occasionally both the al
lies and the enemy attempted to usai
plane* but thaaa in moat caaaa ware
forced to descend on account of the 1
ram.
There ia a growing belief that the
enemy will make no e<Tort to itanil
on the Arde nf»r. Fere-en-Tardenoia i
and even Ville-«n-Tarilenois, directly
eaat, are already under heavy Are
from the flanks and the south line,
making the roads a* wall ax the tem
porary railroadn virtually useless for
transport purposes T leae positions
muat be almoat untenable.
The Germans are doing their ut
most to holii the high ground south
emit of doisacna for a continuation of
their line either along the Ante or
farther north alone tha V eela.
and other armies ar* withstand lag
every effort of the Germans, who ap
pear to be making a moat determin
ed effort south of Soiaaana. The line
remains much much the same aa it
haa been for the past two or three
days, the only changes being slight!
advances. The battle line now totals i
approximately fifty miles, although'
there ia not actua^fighting every mile
of it, and it ia more broken one, made
so by the character of the enemy's
withdrawal, especially on the south
side.
The effort has been the prenenta-i
tinn of a highly dangerous, spongy
front, into which any part of the ad-'
vancing line might fall. Were it not
for the hunting down of the enemy
and cleaning out of points of obstxuc-j
'ion. some parts of the line could be
far in advance of where they are. 1
The Germans have left officers whoj
know how to maneuver skilfully par
tially deserted units so that at times j
it appears almost ironical to refer to
their defense a-s a rear guard action.
It is just that, however, although by;
any standard except e"=tabli-hed in
this war. the almost half-daily and
rvally minor encounters would be styl
et! big battles.
i-r-.soners Drougnt •<> one of the
American division headquarter? to- >
'lay were men of the landwehr who.
confirmed former statements of pris
oner* that the armies engaged in the'
retirement arc leaving only enough
men to resist efforts to harry them, >
Like other prisoners, they professed!
weariness of the war and said this'
'eeling was general but supposed they
Bust go on. since the men in high
command so willed.
30,000 Prisoner* Taken
By Allies in Offensive.
Psrv. July 27.—The number of I
German pruon.f-s captured by the
alies since the beginning of the
counter offensive is placed at SO.OOO
by the Hsvas Agency.
Americans hate discovered at Brecy
north of Chateau-Thierry, emplace
ments of tierman super-cannon which
UxBl«rded towns behind the front
and perhaps Paris.
Some I aying Hens.
flnffney. 8. 0, July 18.-N. W
tin-kill, who lives within a few miles
of Ctaffney, has sold since Februarys
IS of this year $112 worth of eg*.
Ihe product of 70 hens. The price re
ceives! <or the eggs was an average
of 46 cent! the dozen. Mr. Driskill
wilt go more largely Into the poultry
business nest year.
PASSENGERS TELL OF
ATTACKS BY U-BOATS.
British Liner battUd With Sub
marine 750 MiU* off the, Jer
An Atlantic Port, July a.— Passen
gers on a British liner si riving hare
toitay said (hat last Friday their ship
gave battle to a fierman IMluat. "">0
mild* off the New Jersey coast, and j
last night fired three alwt» at what j
wan Relieved to ha an \mericall 4Ui>
marina. Apparently neither under' »,
craft wax wit.
Thm linar was one of several which'
were being convoyed wi'h th<. gwil
Jtisticia when 'Kit vessel wan torpe
doed and *unk <•* t>e north I Hah roaat
on July 20. According to the |«u.»en
■era, a torpedo which hit ths hut'cia
panned intern if their own »hip, and
narrowly miaaed mother merchant
man before finding ita hoal.
E. H. Butt, of Augusta, C,m., 3 bro
ther of Major Archibald Bull, once
aide to President Taft, who lost his
life on tha Titantic, described the
liner's three encounters with nubma
rinea.
The first he laid, came on July 13,
two days after the merchantman, con
voyed by destroyers left a British port
The booming of guns and the shriek
ing of whistles brought the passen
gers to the deck.
i nr» <»a wa* nmonin, wr iook
our stations at the lifeboats," said
Mr. Hutt. "We crowded on all steam
find zigzagged aa in company with our
convoying destroyers. we left the
scene in a race to save ourselves. We
heard during the night that the Jua
ticia and destroyers were fighting the
U boats, and later learned that her
struggle to survive had failed."
Mr. Butt Maid that the ship met no
more submarines until laat Friday at
noon, when 750 miles off the New Jer
sey coast. the call to quarters waa
again sounded and the ship's gun* be
gan ft ring at a object apparently sev
eral mdea away.
"This waa a super-submarine," aid
Mr. Butt. "It made no attempt to
come nearer and after firing solid shot
taa
begaa te
46 minutes according te Mr. Butt, who
said the U-boat then submerged and
waa not seen again.
At the same time he said, another
submarine engaged a Britiah freigh
ter in the same waters, and it waa
thought the U-boat waa sunk.
"If so, the Britiaher got a good one"
laid Mr. Butt, "for these boat* are su
per-submarines which depend more on
destruction by gun ft re than by torpe
does. "
"We got our next shock last night,"
he said. "Tn a smoth sea a big sub
marine broke water not three miles,
away, and at once our gunners fired
three shots at the boat, while our
commander signalled: 'Who are you?'
"The shots fell close to the boat and
we could see the flutter of flags, but
no sign of a flag to denote the nation
ality of the U-boat. Finally our com
mander signalled to the crews to cease
gring, and we came on, lea- ing the
submarine on the surface. Rumor*
on board had it that the latest U-boat
was an American."
Among the passengers were Capt.
John H. Pratt and the erew of 37 from
the American steam.hip George L.]
Katon, which was abandoned June 22
in European waters, after she sprang
a leak.
Mtj. Theo. Rootcrclt, Jr.,
Slightly Wounded.
Oyter Bay. N. Y.. July 29.—Major
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. as been
slightly wounded and taken to a Hos
pital in Paris, according to a cable
message rtn'ml tonight by his fa
ther, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt,
from his daughter-in-law, Mr*. Theo
dore Roosevelt, Jr.
The "Cowcumber."
Greensboro Rerord.
A Ion|t, lank, pale grey rreen cu
cumber looks it. It look* like cholera •
morbus, and the nun who keep* far•
away from it is a winner. If you.
conclude to eat a fresh on*, put plen;j
ty of vinegar and salt and pepper on;
it—let it stand over night and then {
soak in water—run it through a
clothes wringer and then put it in a
bowl and stand on it with both feet |
for «i* hours. Then send it to an em - ■
halming parlor and have it coated
three »imes with glue and then mail it
to Katser Bill.
The Beat Piaster.
A piece of flannel dampened with
ChamWrlain's Liniment and bound on
over the «eat of pain is often more ef i
fsrtive for a lame bark than a plas-1
ter and does not cost anything like:
a* much.
AMERICANS WELL LIKED
BY THE FRENCH PEOPLE
Robert Rankin, of Ro.dsv.IU,
Write* at Lifa in Hm Army
(orrmpondenre Gratn.iivm Mows.
Keidsville. July 24.—Robert C. Ran
kin writee his mother from "«oaw
where France" aa follows:
Today i* .Sunday and aa usual I am
writing you ray weekly letter. This
time I will try to make it a letter in
itca<l of the rhort note that I have had
to ..end you for the last week or so.
It happened that no tracks wore or
dered oat in the ronpsny today and
the men have hoen lying around sun
ning, writting letters home and read
ins. It happened that a big bunch of
mail came in today, your letter of Mar
io among them. The hoys had a go<«i
dinner and not much Anns going on
along the front, so it Hoems like .Sun
day to ua, more so than any other day
we have spent" in France.
We are beginning to feel like old
timers now, one reason being they did
not loaa any time running ua up to the
scene of action. Then we are becom
ing acquainted with conditions, too.
Our hunch has always taken things
as they came though very little grum
bling from anyone no matter what
kind of detail they happen to be onN
may 1MB to ruliu that we are over
here where nil must pull together
and there in more good feeling among
the men than ever before. Petty gri
evance* are a thing of the past, men
who wouldn't hardly apeak to one an
other over in the state* are good
friends here in France.
No one. if he can help it, take* the
war seriously. Junt go to everything
the tame aa if we were at home—if
you are called out at midnight for a
trip up around the front 'ines put on
your helmet, sling your gaa maak
over your shoulder and never think
about getting shelled.
The French are the same way. But
they have ban at war ao long over
the Americana ie the beginning of
the end. Aa I told you in my lact
latter though, they can't understand
the American'! way of fighting. They'
May an American yella "Over the top,
gangway, bang, bang," and they are
after the (iermaiu like a crowd out
rabbit hunting.
The Americana are making a name
for themselves both at the front and
behind the line*. They are lota more
p<>p«lar with the people than the En
glish soldiers, mainly because they
are mora friendly. An English sol
dier will come down the street with
hi* hands behind his back looking
straight to the front with the "su
perior look" that all Englishmen have,
never seeing anyone, while an Ameri
can takes in everything in sight and
has a smile for everyone.
When they are off duty they get out
an<l mix with the inhabitant* and try
to talk to every girl that come* along,
play with the kids or if it happens to
be a French soldier they offer him to
bacco or cigaretls. We are nevjr
in a place long enough to get very
well acquainted with the people but
we did stay in one little village near
ly four weeks.
>ome of the crowd were beginning
to feel at home there as th*> got ac
quainted with a bunch of the "Oui"
ifirlj anil would go around in the even
ing" when they came in from a trip
and look them up. Then ahoat 9 o'clock
they would come piling in the billet
and worrying the rest >( us talking
about Joxette, Suzanne and Georgette
But since we left some time
agv> we hardly ever see any one except
the soldiers unless we are sent farther
hack on Afetail.
Am sleeping in a space about 10
feet wiile that I cleared up, it was for
merly a briar patch, with a pup tent'
over me for a shelter, bat it u not
half bad. At Urast I don't think so.
My bunkie says he catches the dickens
every night, that when I am not pul
ling alt the cover off of him 1 am
rolling or kicking, .ftara getting quite
a reputation in the company and 1 am,
afraul that Hotlerstedt will lease n«
before long.
I tell him that it ia the big guni
shooting V> dose to us that they haw
gettcn him nervous. We are right at
the part of this sector where we gvt
the benefit of every shot that •* flre-1
anywhere dose even the machine gur»
are in hearing. We get to see kiibc
pre:ity air fights, too. where we art.
Our kitchen is in the edge of the
woods right ia the top of a little knoil
where we see up and down the line fer
nine or ten miles each way. Most
every day you can i«t the big obser
vation )>aHnuna (ning up, about mi
an «u4l old* a# you—than I hat'* when
tha fun baoaa. It alway* happen*
about it up par tima whan aa ara -it
tin« around. Tha 1 ill am ipot tha
balloona and •end a (lack at aoro
planaa over to rhoot than down about |
tha iawa tuna tha French plane* ara
getting into action. And whan it
c-oaaaa to air fighting tha Dutch ara
not in it. I hav nam French pianee
fly «v*r thair linaa and than up and!
■town than for an hour at a tima. I
hava seen aa many aa 200 ihrapnrl
•Mil *hot at nna machina. (mn( all
around tha plana hut navar hitting
him. Thoaa Frenchmen dy around a
couple of timan. make tha Dutch think
they hava got the range on him. then
he will lope the loop »nn or twice,
make a cirrle or «o, twiat a couple .f
time* and tha Dutch shoot "where he
ain't."
The French on the other hand han
dle their gun* a little Setter. For in
stance. a bunch of seven enemy ma
chine* came over, the French opened
Are on them snd before they could get
tiack brought down three. Now. I
wouldn't swear aa to the machinea be
ing *hot down, aa we never heard any
thing to that effect, but we saw them
fall out of sight behind the tree* and
did not go up again. Aa they went
down on our side of the line, it la pret
ty certain that if they were not de
stroyed by the fall they were captur
ed.
I never will forgot on* evening
when the allied gun* were giving on*
of the (»erman gun* th* very dickens,
(n fact th*y got too hot for him and
h* imat it right over our ramp, flying
about 100 yard* from th* ground and
ihrapn'el bunting all about him. We
wcr* out there watching him and be
fore we realized it he wan bringing
the shrapnel with him. It seumod
that the wholfe sky waa blowing up for
a minute or no.
A couple of F rench soldiers were i
standing around and knew enough to
get out of the tight but our crowd
just stood oat ther* tike a bunch of
idiot* cheering every Lime a shell
would burnt anywhere cloee to 'ha m
it waa falling right aiaanj a* *a do—|
that you could small the smoke froen
th* shall*.
It ia pretty too, altar dark, when
on* at th* big artillery duel* i* in pro
gran*. The sky lit up all around by
ff ashes from the guns and those star
shall* going up *r*ry minute or so.
They are mighty pretty yet while we
do not get the full benefit of them we
can see them go away up above every
thing. hover for a few minute* then
fade away.
You never think when you are sit
ting around watching all this that
what you see is war in the very
strongest sense of the word. I have
been with trucks right up in a mil*
and a half of the front liiMs and craw
led up on a seat going to sleep M
kuick as I would if I was back home
in a sure enough bed.
The Ffreach are hardened to it,
to a degree that would surprise you.
we were going up on trip one night
not long ago and passed a French am
munition train. Th*y had pulled out
to una side of the road for chow and
were tanding around eating. I notic
ed a ca--.' et lor rather a pine box cof
fin > aettin - to one side of the road with
a nag <irap< i over it, a nuncn or sol
diers standing around. I thought they i
were standing there bemoaning the
loos of their comrade but when t pass
ed one of them reached over in the
coffin, got a bottle of wnie that was
sitting on it and waved the bottle at
one of the fellows in the truck asking
him if he wanted a drink.
That may sound a little fishy to you i
but it is a real fact. 1 don't think Ij
will ever become hardened enough to
war to be able to pull a stunt like
that. There are things that happen
every day I would like to tell you—
some 1 can't tell for fear the lieuten
ant will get busy with his scissors.
In fact 1 am afraid he will cut half
of thin out but when 1 get back home
again I am going down in Georgia,
get Mrs. Rankin, Robert C, briny her
back and tell you of the thing* that
happened to me while "I wan ia
France" until you get tired of my hot
air. Until then just remember I am
over hare with a UK of others trying
to do my pert towards ending this
war. That I stand as good a chance
as any of them of coming bark. Nev
er feel worried when you do not hear
from me regularly remember a supply
train ia a transient organisation and
may be called anytime to go anywhere'
and when y*u are on the road it is
hard to write.
1 m>Mt stop fee this time hot will
write yo« again next Sunday. Lola of
love from pur (youngest* ho.
Fifitiag lulu at Army Aiww
Hohind British lima in Kmm.
July 24»—Om at the imm exiting
taska ta wftirh an laen art w«cnW to
what 11 known aa "riaaultory bomb
iac" ovor ono ipot far aa hoar <>r
laoro. The object 11 ta ilulrut the
attention of the aitl-iurmft .lefen
dora of a (hm <llatnrt. ami a ma
rhino carrying a loaen or mora
boala la employed for tka work.
At Ant the airman - pilot and an
observer. appi oarh their target rau
tioualy. With engines throttled
(town, tbo eraft glide* ntarfr and
nearor. Rainw all it <|UMt. No (iar
man warehliflM are ■ wr>eptng tba
nkjr. Whan tha attackers are xiraoet
over their objective a rorket risee to
ward tham and bursts into a cluster
at rod »tars. At once mm or niw
•earrhilght* throw their l«am< aloft.
Tha pilot look* at his watch; it is time
to haftn hia daaaltory bombing.
Ha Iliad Handily on. .ilthough a
t»arrnge <>f bursting -hail* liaa now
in front of him. The observer look*
through tha wires at hia ImalMiikt
to tha ground below. At tha pmpar
instance he thnuta hia lover forward
and rtlrasn two bomb*. A few lae
onda latar he soaa the flauh at their
exploaitma, and above tha crackling
barrage, ho ran hear two ilull roar*.
He r.ignaia to tha pilot and the ran
rhino turns and sweeps away from
the ftery ring of shells and earch
lights.
A few miles aunty Ule airplane flics
to and fro at top speed. The puz
zled searchlight* vainly feel the sky
in all directions and then, one by uM,
are switched off.
Then the pilot quickly moves agnin
toward the target. Another bomb is
dropped. Am it explodes the seach
Iqfhts reappecr and the twrrage ia
renewed while through the thickly
grouped shell burst* are treaded th
chain* of green rtaraing globes, so
much used by tlie Germans.
Again the machine Hies away and
this lime, to bewilder -.till more the
soldiers below, the observer Ares a
white veery light which slowly drifts
below and fadaa W«- Ail the seaefc
mSKKKBS^SSS' S
intervals until the end at the boor
whan the machine departs, flickering
fires and clouds of smoke telling at
the havoc wrought by the bombs.
Rumania is aa Object
Lesson of War's Coat.
London, July 14.—Rumania is a des
olate and barren oountry today—an
awful object lesson of the cost of war
Two years ago it was one of the gar
den countries of the world! teeming
with agriculture I wealth and prosper
ity. More than 750,0110 Russian sol
diers lived in it and on it for nearly
a year, anil they left very little be
hind them.
Anyone who has known Rumania
as she was when peace was forced
upon her by the central powers, must
be convinced that it will be years be
fore Geramny can draw from her field
and orchards any very valuable tri
bute.
Nor is the German control of Ru
mania's petroleum production likely
to be a very profitable investment for
some time. In the so-called "occu pied
territories," the destruction of Ule oil
fields was so complete that Germany
after 15 months of effort, is unable
to measure her .supplies from this
source in quarts.
In the rest Rumania, it ih doubtful
if production can be much increased
beyoud that of the pa.-t year. anil dur
inicthe tast year petroleum has been
one of the scarcest articles in the
country, obtainable only under per
sonal and special license from the
government.
During the middle of the winter a
tour of inspection around perhaps a
score of the frontier towns where the
largest proportion of refugee popula
tion had been dumped in the harried .
retreat before the German hosts. Con
ditions were serious beyond descrip
tion, but the major part of the suffer
ing was due to famine rather than ex
posure.
The shortage of food was such that
in many instance* refugees were see*
in the fields eating - or attempting to
eat - grass.
Ti rrthU as was the plicht °f thee*
-rfacae district* in war time, they
can hope far tittle alleviation with the
eeaatef ef a forced peace Practical
ly ne harvest ran be expected this
year ia this districts, for no seed will
be available, and moreover there are
no agricultural implements WV Mr
any horses or draft animaU of any
kind Thousand* ef Kumsniss hor
see died of starvation during the wia
ler, for the peasants ware toe suhaaa
tad hi raring for tkir ewa needs ha
■Mke any attempt to pro* Ma tor their
O * i.!