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is THE KINSTON tiAILY FREE PRESS SATUBDAY; NOVEMBER 28, lSl " CTV ", ' .... .. ..; - . I Onrt I IfPtmnnir fsUnilina' In Ihn nMft. handfl Werel I mm ii M T 1 l i i - mbmmm ii n iiiiMif Kin . .. . -7 : : III .1111111 1 1 .111 .111 En Going Out of Business Sale . There has not been a dull moment in this great store since this WON DERFUL SALE has opened, and if you have not attended this sale yet, DON'T WAIT, but come at once and see what Wonderful Bargains we are offering in all Departments. Everything must be sol by Jan uary 1st, 1915. SING AS THEY LAY IN TRENCHES Choral Society Among Kais er's Soldiers in France Splendid Voices SONGS OF THE RHINELAND Big Bearded Fellows Fill Little Church With Music Divine. Beautiful Dis cription by U. P. Corre spondent at the Front. M. Adler & Sons 1 ' '" Monarch Malleable Ranges .the people of , Lenoir County and adjoining counties can save from $10.00 to $15.00 by buying ranges from us instead of buying them from wagons which are can vassing the country. We request all who are interested in ranges to call in and see the Monarch and let us explain its merits. We also carry a complete line of the very best makes of cooking an$f heating stoves. Most truly yours, B. W. CANADY & SON kinston, . - - n. c. Hy Karl II. Von Wyegand. (United Press Staff Correspondent) With the left wing of the German Army, Tiacourt, France, November l.( By courier to Rotterdam.) This is a story of the men who form one of the (rreat human slaughter ma chines of Europe In Tears. It is a story of how the real human hearts of men whose chief occupation now is to kill, showed through their eyes as they sang of home and loved ones. A story has been cabled of the "Gesangverein," or choral Society which has been organized by the Ger mans in one of the trenches north of Toul to relieve the monotony of the hours and days. Most of their sing ing is done in the deep black trench es. There is the dense fog, the gray, ghost-like figures of the soldiers; rifles ready for instant use rest across the protecting ridge of earth, point ed toward the enemy's line only 600 yards away. The stillness is broken only by the booming of artillery in the distance andthen song wells forth from the men whose voices may soon be stilled forever. But the other day "Gesangverein" sang in the old French church at Tiacourt. The company had just come in for a rest after several days and nights in the trenches. There was a soft, dim light in the old church. The ."singing society" of soldiers stood in the choir loft. Other sold iers -and officers sat on wooden bench like pews. Scores of soldiers stood in the aisles. There was intense silence. Then the musical director raised his baton. "It is the day of the Lord," welled out in' rich musical tones. It was sung with the deepest feeling. As the anthem swelled forth a religious fervor shone in the faces of the sold ier. Among those in the pews and standing in the aisles, hands were clasped, heads bowed lips moved in ilent prayer." The anthem is ended. There is a moment of impressive silence and the soldier voices ring out in "dear fatherland, my beloved fatherland." Heads are raised, shoulders squared. Patriotic exaltion comes into the faces the love of the country for which they are sacrificing their lives. Again the music ceases and nre more the leader rases his laln for the next song. It is "Meine lleimat Is An Dem Schoenen Rhein." (My home is on the Beautiful Hhine.) It sweeps softly throufrh the church. There is a movement among the soldiers. The heart chord has been struck. Chins drop on breasts, faces soften, the patriotic fire in the eyes disappears before a softer, gentler gleam. A French woman, leading two lit tle children by the hand comes up the aisle from the door and kneels in front of the dark altar. A soldier at the end of the bench leans over and touch es the hair of the little girl with his lips. The great tears roll down the bearded cheek of a soldier nearby. He is struggling with some great emotion.' His arms are partly out stretched as if reaching to clasp someone in them. In his eyes there is the expression of the most in tense longing man may know the longing for home and loved ones. With the back of his rough hand he brushes away the tears. "Never, never will I see my home; never will I afain see them again it tells me so," he softly whispers. "Oh God, protect them when I am no more." Tenderly he caresses something that seems to wrap itself around his finger. In the dim light it looks like a lock of hair. He raises it to his lips again and again. The song of home is ended. The French woman and her two little children all kneel before the altar. Silently the soldiers begin to leave the church. The concert of the "Gesangverein" is ended. Within a few days these men will be back in the trenches, a part of a war ma chine, but today a song laid their hearts bare. " The Thinkers of the Country 'jAtej the Tobacco Chcwers ? said one of the Greatest thinkers w-.tlus country. ever produced. Says the Ball Player: "There wouldn't be many double plays pulled off, if we players didn't think pretty straight and quick and right. We need snap judgment but it's got to be good judgment too. ' We can't afford to get up in the air except when the ball's up there. "That's why we use PICNIC TWIST instead of a dark" heavy tobacco. PICNIC TWIST is mild and it's better than water for keeping you from getting dry." 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