CRUELTY OF GERMANS
SHOULD BE AVENGED
Brevard News. ; . ' r.
A great many of us have limited jnanMrt Mary, Brinson, and Mi.
opportunity to fully, inform our- a. j piSt ; Secretary 6( the Chap
selves on the World War conditionstlryigjtM the Culiownauxillary
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and I sometimes wonuer 11 we uuvcl
realized that our own Christianized
America is endangered by the in
vasion of the Hell-hound Huns:
Madame Bernhardt, who has so
delightfully entertained hundreds of
American audiences, recently gave
the press an account oi ner mvesti-
gations in trance.- one oi wnicn re-
. m 1; I
lated the acts oi two enemy orncers. j
x accompanied by two privates. These
brutes forced their way into an eie-
brU mt JL uv n
pant r icuu i
f ,;f onri twn vmino
aurihtprs. The husband and wife
were sefli 10 uie uasciucui ui iuc
home, and there detained over uigui
by the privates. The two dau hters
were nepi uum uiuuuur u,uk tw
officers, ana Deiore leaving me nome
of the abused family, the officers
turned over to the two privates, tne
two young girls for further abuse. Miller for a donation of outing flan
In anoth r home, a mother with a uej for the gylva work room. '
male babe in arms showed . resist
ance. Her ears were cut off, and
the hands of the baby amputated.
Eighty war-beaten American sol
diers are now in an army " hospital
in New York, supervised by Col.
Duva , Commanding Medical Officer,
where they are being nursed back
to health under American freedom,
One of these shell-torn boys, Albert
Sykes, tells this story of the damn-
able acts of the German forces
the dirty cusses: c , $
mghtpatwlMtiSlS
;:wj ts
return, could not De touna, ana 111
was concludtkl they had beeu taken
prisoners. So they ha i. The second
night, however, these men in some
nr.MPPnnntfihlft wav found the Wav
back to us. When dawn came, fol-
lowing the night after their disap-
pearance, they were found lying out
ia front of our trenches. Every man
had his eye . gouged out, their bodies
horribly mutilated, and some with
hands and legs gone."
Do we feel se2ure here in the
gorges of the Blue Rid2e Mountains?
If we have this feeling, let's disabuse
our minds of such a thought. The
enemy has gone over the mountains
and through the gorges of Russia,
"Our mountain are no more secure
from invasion than the Russian
mountains. We say "0! wdl, they,
won't try to cover the mountains."
But they will. Why? we ask. Be-
cause the people of the Valley will
take refuge here as they took refuge
in the Russian mountains, and the
enemy follows in the trail of h'slventive.
Drev. If t'hev nome we cannot hone
to suffer any Igss outrages and
butchery than our foreign allies
have suffered.
American money is collected by
the "German-American Alliance.
and is being sent to these German
assassins as testified to by one John
Tj ark, treasurer of the "Alliance."
He was made- to testify before the
Senate Sub-Committee holding hear-
ings on Senator King's bill to revoke
Forir nhartpr.
Over eight hundred thousand do!-
lars was collected bv this gang, and
wh le they were getting this sum
together, they gave out the inform
ation that it was to. fight prohibit! n
and the anti-prohibitionists tumbleo
substantially. " 'v ;
The Third Libe ty Bond Sale will
be launched on April 6. Let us
grasp this opportunity to help win
the war. feed, clothe and arm - our
nghti.ig forces while they are in the
uencnes, and give to mem upon
OUr return hnrrlP thp nprnptuntpH
Arrvr
ism tnev pth .sMe Tn n
thexr Diuuu iur.
Chuck,"
COUNTY
liHAP I ER RED GROSS
MreV i: L. McKee, Mrs. M. Buch-
la: i Monday.
The . formal organization of the
Red Cross workers of Cullowhee
will be at an early date. Arrange
ments are being made for a speak-
er, and patriotic music will be a
Texture of the evening.
Cuiiowaee v- ill probably organize
as a Gran h oi e Jackson County
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Chapter, as th- membership will!
warrant s,ldi an' organization. The
. . , ,
ladies are cuuc and hope to
do good work this spring. Mrs.
Thomas Cox, chairman of th Aux
mmy, is m uuiisiauiuumuiuuicauuii
with th Ja.trnn rmtu Chants
and ig directing the work welL
We expect grca: things from Cul.
iowllee
vVe are indebte i to Mrs Geo. P.
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cm
D SEASON
Mi
PREDICTED
u
'There are at present only thirty-1
six cases of typhoid fever known to j
exist in North Carolina" according
tb a report just furnisiied by Dr. A. j
jcR. Crouch, Stati Epidemiologist.
"This? continues the report, "is the
lowest number of cases of 'typhoid
iit nViu
mane a reportauie uisease. iviaxuu,
however, has shown the lowest hum-
ber of deaths from typhoid of any
moma m the year for the last lour
vears. The average for the entire,
I .
State being less than thirteen deaths
each year duri:
ning with April,
March Begin-
nmh0r rtf
deaths each month increases rapidly
to an average of 141 for August
after which the monthly deaths dt
crease rapidly until the following
March.
The special warning contained in
the report is to guard against flies
which carry tae aisease germs from
open back closets through unscreen-
ed kitchen and dining room win
do ws tb pollute and poison food and
drink. Thorough screening of every
door and window-is urged, together
with the construction of sanitary
closets which will exclude liies, the
swatting of stray flies found in the
house and the sud more general use
of anti-typhoid vaccine as a pre-
; W. S. S.-
HASTINGS TO BE NAMED
POSTMASTER AT SYLVA
(Asheville Times)
Washington, March 23. Harr
Hastings has been appointed post-
master at Sylya to succeed J. J. Gr
ay,- who resigned last December to
return to the ministry. Hasting
name to Washington about two
weeks ago and talked over his appo
intment with Congressman Zehu
ion Weaver, and postoffice depart
ment offici.ls. It was understood
at that time that a man namedVOli
ver stood ahead of Hastings on the
list of those who took the civil ser-
vice examinations for the place.
The nomination of Hasuugs will
probably, be sent to the senate eariy
next week.
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I Sylva, N. C.
SYLVA, NriC
WAR ; DEPT. t:
-WEEKLY REVIEW
Washington, MarchaSTKe wal further hostile activity in Italy,
of the departments weekly review imv .
f !T- . -,.-.-,; , . wr-grvgifu. may. uc me preiuae to an
..IT' - . .. tifflfivein this theater. . An Aus-
inessaaiciaunweopymegy,. . ... . .
mans agatnst the British front ha,,,, jn Fren2e,a Va .and
reopened the figbUng season;in; the fcfo able t0 penetrate " ihfo the ad.
"1 Iiis operation confirms; to ; us
tbrt the GeRman higher command
Uible to control the strategic sit
u nion through political agencies.
has been fprcEd to engage in a des
perate military venturE in an effom
to retain its domiuation over th
people of the ceNtral empires arid
force a victodous peace bv ' the
fortune of arms. - c
"The German attack began witlr
a brief but overwhelming artillery;
bombardment. - " f
From Crois 3lles,south of VendeU-'J
" v'vjvi'wvy v t .
"ia" wuul 11110 fiCluulut
ry. barrage in which a number of j
Austrian batteries participated.
'The German infantry division'
there upon advanced to the attacr
along the flan is ot the salient
iront jl j no 1 . l- m i Va 1
continues. Wailc th- :er na is
ve beea abl to make headway no
definite en veloping movEment is y
outlined.
"It would be premature toexpresi
an opinion regarding the-tactical
I phases of the operations now taH
PIace-. must
cnan8es in lce comoat suuaucni
which we are inevitable in a
oaiue
kji auvu 1uug.1i liav. . , .
Enemy cas jalti s have beenlie
ceedingly heavy. The exteiisldh it
the battle front is possible.
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"Prior to the German attack; i.ie
ssfu' 'if
a, number of raids into t
the'enemy
lines, providing there alertness and
initiative,
'Our ow - f ,rces in training in
Lorraine aif; still holding 011 to the
. 1 V 1 1- 1 ..
irencfle n wer capiurea last
weeK- in cmb region our artinery
ccntmums to natter uie bermau
lines an 1a number of scouting par
ties, which peaeuated the German
positions, repcrt that enemy works
have been considerably damaged,
in our sector north oi ioul, our
artillery has successfully bombard
ed enemy works and billets behind
their lines. During a raid one of
our patrols, reached the second Gei
man line and returned with out suf
fering any equalities. In this area
the enemy made a thrust against
the Frerch forces on our flank. Our
own forces became engaged. The
Germans were driven off.
"A hostile raid was also attempt
ed against cur forces at another
point. This ( peration was preced
ed by a strong barrage. Our infan
try,. well supported by artillery, was
able to stop the attacking co'umi
before our trenches,, were reached
Our troops raided hostile works eas
ot Luneville. in the London area
the enemy xl a considerable num
ber of gas ih-;iis causing only sligh
casualties. Gas bombardments were
noted in Lorraine.
"The iien;-h front has also been
extremely 'tive. Large raiding
operation; w re undertaken. A brisk
French attar it against the hostile
trenches in Malahcourt .Wood re
suited in th 3 penetration of the
enemy line. Another very success
ful raid was conducted against the
adjacent positions near Cheppy;
Wood.
American officers, who are
training w'th French units, partici
notoH in ,hps fnprH(mns
"TheGerrr ans ie npoi aril y were
ao e to penetrate the French trench-
Ni.3 . rf
'stion or
offe
p e ha
been no
iud
Q
xtens. of the!
i tc Frenvh
i. lv ian units
the important
.
have ta&en over
- 'MAK 291918,
forth Sea segment of the western !
front: which had been held hv 'th I
French.
Simultaneously with the German
sive operations in the west we
nee outposts, but was thereupon
ecked.
"The enemy is continuing to ad
vance into Russia. Petrograd has
i evacuated. The Russian gen
eral staff has been moved from
Smolensk to Moscow."
. w. s. s.
GREEN'S CREEK
. ii nas Deen quite a Dit since we
Ti 1 1 ... .
hae noticed any items from Green's
eek, but the silence doesn't indi
cate that we have been removed
roft the map. However, I some-
imes think that we all become
nighty negligent about our every
ay duties. It seems that most of
he Journal correspondents have
evacuated their posts. I shall i e
lad ot "the day when they all rti
to their places and give us the neus
rom the different pans of the coun-
y.
I have about decided that thl
Kaiser is a ground-hog. Why? Be
cause he has a hole in the grou- o
n which he goes every 'Lm; he
hears a little noise. At least thai
Js the way our ground hogs do her
vir. Garland Reed was sent to ht
raining capips at Camp Jacs
ast week, he being one of the
two wrio were lelt over irom last
alls call. Mr. Reed .was maim:
o:rMiss Carmie aamaai, of Jbay ,
Mohd iy nikht. the 18th inst
Misses Nancy aud Belle Buchai
an returned from Wavnesville last
week, where they have been visa
ing tneir sister. , ,
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Hall of Ashe
vilie, are spending a few days hee
with Mr. Had s father.
Messrs. Lawrence McMahan, An-
nis Green and Berlin Buchanan 01
Camo Sevier are spending a few
days here with xelatives and friends
Mrs. Cole Brooks ot f ranRiin is
spending the week here with her
father, Mr G. W. Green.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hensley have
moved to Clarksviile, Ga., where Mr
fiehsley holds a position.
Mr. Normau Hall has been visit
ing friends in Greenville, and Greers
S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bumgarner of
Webster have moved here.
. Mr. and Mrs. John Frizzell o
Webster were here Tuesday visitin;
Mr. and Mrs. A. C" Cagle.
; There is to be a debate here
Wednesday night. The question is
"Resolved, That there should be
heavy tax on all dogs in North Car
pliaa." 1 rather think that the tax
should he imDosed on the owner
and not on the dog. Sunshine.
. W. S. 8.,
PROFIT PROBLEM AND POINTER
Half of an apple tree was sprayed
4 three times aud bore 2 barrels of
marketable apples. The othtr half
was not sprA ed and bore tfne bar
rel of marketable apples. The diff
erence was one bjiRel by spraying
half of the tree, or 2 barrels if the
(.hold tree had beea sprayed. Apples
i are worth at least $4.00 per b rrel
!of tha fdrm Wht would the
profit from adequate spraying of
an orchard of 100 such apple trees?
vV'hat for an orchard of 500 r es?
Of 1000 trees? Hov ma y 100
Liberty Bonds could be L uiht
from, the profits 'if all comnier : 1.
;.pple r;:l rd i.
sprayed,
he state
$1.50
fjFPM h V! flf) VP
ULllilllil Uill I L
WEAKENS
The strength of the great German
offensive in France apparently - is
ast diminishing.' On the seventh
day of the. titanic battle there were
strong indications that the enemy
was feeling materially the strain he
nau undergone ana mat ms power
had been greatly impaired through
hard usage.
While the tow 1 of Albert has been
captured from tae British and west
of Roye the Fre ich have been com
pelled to give ground in the face of
greatly superior numbers, the Brit-
sh have repulsed heavy attacks,
both north and south of the Somme
and also driven back across the
Ancre river the Germans who ford
ed the stream Wednesday. Fight-
ng still continues of a sanguinary
character on all these sectors, but
everywhere the British and French
are holding the enemy Especially
severe has been the fighting west of
Albert, where the Germans, in an
endeavor to debouch westward
were repulsed by Field Marshal
riaig's men with the heaviest cas-
ilries.
The British gains between the
vjjnme and Ancre regions are Tep-
;esented by th re-capture of the
town of Morluncourt Chipilly. South
A t ie Soaime they have advanced
.0 Proyart, which lies to, the South
of Bray.
All akag the fifty mile Trent from
he region of Arras to the south of
.lie Oise, near Noyon, the effects of
vhat was to have been the final
itroke to end the war in a victory
or the Teutons are only too plainly
evident in the re-devastation of the
-ouniry-fcice a itd the wreck and
TOia ol thetow villages and ham
lets through which the armies have
passed.
Westward - from where the oid
battle line reared itself the Germans
verywhere have pushed iorward
for material gains, but wi'h foes be
fore them who fought with the
greatesfbruvery and stubbornness
and ceded no ground unless recom
pensed at usurious rates in men,
killed, wounded or made prisoner.
It is estimated that in the great
attacks in massed formations more
than 400,000 of nearly 'a million
men the Germans threw into the
fray are dead, wounded or in the
hands of their foes.
-W. S. 6.--
THE FARM
LABOR PROBLEM
To make sure there will be ample
labor to cultivate and harvest the
largest crop vhich American farm
ers can plant, the United States
Public Service Reserve will creat
an Emergency Farm Labor Section
It will start soon a campaign to en
roll at least five hundred thousand
members for this purpose.
This force is to be essentially a
reserve. It will be composed of men
who are ready to give from one to
two days a week to work on the
farms In their -neighborhood, to
those who can devote a momh or
more wherever they may be needed
Men who can si art at once, and give
all of their time during the greater
cart of "he f arming season should
not 0 into re reserve, but should
find work on the farm immediately.
In view of the possibility that the
supply of labor available, supple-
mented as it will De Dy tne large
force of boys who are joining the
.
U. S. Boys Working Reserve, may
not prove sufficient to meet the de
mands, it is imperative tnat there
e built up an emergency reserve
iare enough to supply any possi
ble demands. The health and com -
fort of tnil'j ' is of Americans as
well as tne lde
of the war, hang
IN ADVANCE
largely upon our ability to xaise and
harvest this year a larger supply of
foodstuffs than ever we have pro
duced before.
There is available a ho$ jof rnieai
who w;ll be abJed'glaif tci 4eVofe
a part of their time thi summet to
farm work if the untr neei
them. College students, profbxml
men, clerks and other emrbyecs
who have vacations should br wHl
ing to give them this year to produce
five work out of doors. Men who
have heretofore worked at fanning
should be especially sought after,
already employers in many com
munitie are getting together and
agreeing to give up some of their
men for limited periods to work on
neighboring farms. In Canada, and
last summer in many places in this
country, employere have been found
who made up the difference in pay
for the men whom they released.
This is not only patriotic, but in
many cases is no more than far
sighted self-interest, for the whole
efficiency of a community may de
pend upon the ability of the local
farmers to raise an adequate food
supply to meet local needs.
The farm labor problem Js in
very large measure a local problem
which cannot be fully met except
with theaid of local initiative and'
energy. On the other hand, the
labor resources of f"" county or
Mate, 111 u su lar as jb can PC
r wi uw0, 0UVU1U VQiUl
times be available to meet short
ages elsewhere. We are engaged in
ci great common enterprise and the
national crisis far transcends any
locol consideration.
See M, Buchanan, of this city the
ocat enrollment agent.
- W. 8. &
fROM WASHIFiT JN TO
CAL10RNIA AND BACK
Wednesday afternoon of January
30th, my brother Jesse, his wife of
two weeks, my sister Pansy. imrself
and baby girl of four years boarded
the cars at Wen tehee, Wash.; out -destination
being Doiris, CaliL - Af
ter a short run of 20 miles running
in and out through orchards up the
oeautiful Wenatchee river, we reach
ed Leavenworth, the end of a divis
ion where we stopped for ten min
utes to hitch on another engine. Aa
we here enter
the beautiful Turn
on. our climb over
water Canyon
the mighty cascades. To say tha
scenery is grand over these moon
tains is but lightly to express it; it
is magnificent! And as I look over
the wonderful scenes of nature my
heart swelled up with praises and I
could but exclaim, "What a mighty
God we serve! Space will hardly
permit a minute description of the
scenes along the way. but must say
something of the wonderful en
gineering feat of crossing the moun
tains. Cascade Tunnel is a hole
three miles long, deep under the
i" . - i . . ,
mountain ana Drmgsus oui on ine
west side of the range. Here we
enter several miles of snow shed
both wood and concrete; at one
placj the road makes three ' loops,
runs into a mountain and turns
around and comes out some 150
yards lower down at what is known
aa AJ.U1DC3UJC iuuuci.
We reached Seattle about 1Q
o'clock that night after a run of 30
miles along the edge of Puget Sound
from Everett to Seattle. After a
wait of one and a third hours we
again went on board the cars ; for
6 o'clock in the morning of 31st.
Here we had breakfast and after a
two hours' wait we got a triin to
Weed, Cal. We had a run of about
200 miles through the Wilhamette
Vallev. Wheat fields and meadow
were so green one thought of snrincs
instead of midwinter.. The Wiliam
. A . ' I" " lM : AA
eue v aiiey is a nne country, ouu
feet raise in 200 milesin fact ia
too level to drain well in place
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