fine
OF
THE GERMANS.
Same Treatment Given Soldiers
of the United States as
of Other Nations.
LEST WE FORGET
It is surprising to I a great many
people to see how slowly' the Ameri
can people, or at least a considerable
portion of them, are becoming arous
ed over the war situation. The news
papers of the entire country, public
officials and public j speakers, have
time and time again, ;told in the plain
est language, just what the situation
is and to the horrible deeds o'f Ger
mans, and yet so many of our people
are still asleep. Sometimes, even,
Ave hear some one say, "I can hardly
believe that things j are so bad as
painted by newspaper accounts."
va wish thev were not so bad. But
you must bear in mind that the allies
are at war, not with human beings,
for thev have long! since, ceased to be
such, and have j regenerated intc
worse than wild beasts. The German
soldier of today is a murderer, se
ducer and savage, j
One of the worst arraignments
against the Germans was made by
Prof. G. F. Nicolai, former physician
worse treatment before our . people
are aroused as they should be, to
the situation If there is a drop of
patriotic blo.d left in your veins,
such accounts should bring you to a
full realization of ju:-t vhat we arc
up against, and just v. at. manner ..f
brutes we are at war with.
Do you want YOUR BOY sent
home in such a mutilated condition?
Do you even want YOUR NEIGH
BOR'S BOY so maltreated? Of
course you do not. Then there is
but one thing to do. Do everything
within your power to help wipe the
German army off the face of the
earth. One of the best ways to help
is by lending yoir money to the
United States Government to help
prosecute this War. It takes money,
money, MONEY to conduct a war.
Uncle Sam is not asking you to GIVE
HIM ONE CENT, he simply asks you
to LOAN HIM YOUR MONEY, for
which he will pay you interest.
Haven't you faith enough in the
United States Government to believe
that it will do what it promises?
Buy Liberty Bonds if you are able;
buy War Savings Stamps if you can
not buy Liberty Bonds; Buy Thrift
btamps it you cannot buy War Sav
rngs Stamps. But buy,' buy BUY.
NOMES OF SOLDIERS
AND SAILORS. WANTED.
To the Relatives and Families of Sol
diers and Sailors:
The War and Navy Department
here maintains a Bureau where a ros-
to the Imperial "family of, Germany, I or register 4s kept of all officers
A nfessnr nf i nhvsio otrv at thel-"lu eiwotcu men in me Army uiu
University of Berlin. In a recent
published book from his pen, entitled
"The Biology of i the War," occur
these paragraphs:' '
"The military personage who is
numbered among the most prominent
but whose name I shall not mention,
inquired of me whether it might not
be possiole to fix shells with cholera
perms or plague i bacilli so that the
shells could be. sent back of the front
firing line." "
"As I replied to him that I did not
think it would do to use procedures
:s6 lacking in humanity, he answered
me in a tone tinged, with contempt:
"'Humanity is noi to be considered Tin
this war and Germany has a right to
do everything she pleases."
The Baltimore) Sun, commenting
upon the above paragraphs, says:
"Professor Nicolai added that in
Germany many millions of people are
reasoning in th same way as this
man, who in other ways has manifest
ed marked superiority of character.
Others, he said, have even more cruel
ideas, and a medical officer on the
General Staff asked him whether it
would not be possible to inoculate the
Russians with I bacteria, saying: "
With such cattle everything is legit
imate." .. j
"Professor Nicolai is known as a
humane as well as skillful physician
by a number of medical men in this
country who studied with him in Ger
many, one of whom called our atten
tion to these facts. It is perhaps un
necessary to
Navy.
I am addressing this open letter to
ou who have near relatives or loved
mes in the service to ask you to write
me giving the full name and address
jf the Soldier or Sailor near to you
Give me the number of his regiment
ind company. The branch of the
service he is engaged in, v and the
lame of the Camp, Cantonment or
vessel where he is located.
Do this, and in case of emergency
will get first information concerning
vhem and notify you so as to relieve
our anxiety.
I want to do all I can for the noble
Novs who-have .answered, their Coun-
irys call td the Colors and I want to
Impress on theloved ones that are left
oehind that this office is ready to, do
all in its power to serve them and
welcome any correspondence and wil
2rive any matter prompt attention
When you send me the names I wil
ist them in a book kept for that pur
pose in my office and be thereby
ready to render any aid that they
may desire.
zebulon Leaver,
Member Congress 10th, N. C. Dist.
w. s. s.
STOP WHINING.
FROM OUR FBIHIDlOIIERiHE CUE
COLUMBUS.
Every effort is being made to have
oil Alii TaI r jit "wfrr ciaIiai Vrwtc ItrvnrtA
ome Items, of General Interest Gathered By Our Correspondent From Various fr county commencement, Friday,
Sections of Polk County ; . : fiafcV , na; everyooay pian 10
ri . . - . be m Columbus for that Hav. with
well filled baskets. Let mother bring
an extra mother's . pie," for . some;
mother's .soldier boy, and .by your
presence show your patriotism to
both country and county.
.' We wish to express , our many
thanks to the Lanier Club, of Tryon,
xi : i'.j. .1? 1 1 1 1 aj
Mr. Davis -Elliott was theguest "SiT JM"a
rs. W,T Mi? their, library, to , the Columhus
High School1 library.
lheomcers of the Columbus Better-
BRIGHT'S CREEK.
-
School is progressing nicelv. with
Miss Sue Ledbetter as teacher. 5
Mr. Ben Holbert. of Richmond, was
in this section.a few days since. r
T. C. Laughter made a business
rip to Saluda, one day last week. i
Mr.' Curtis McCrow. of Sacononl
spent Sunday with his unele, R. R
Constant.
Misses Eva, Millie and Gray Hil
Perlia and Ernest Lauerhter. snent
7 A. -
ast week-end with relatives at Ed-
neyville. . j
Mrs. M. C. Hill and D. G. Hill vis
ited the Mills family, Sunday. ...
Mr.-M. E. McCrow, T. C. Laughter,
Grace Laucrhter and Geter RraHlev
spent Sunday at W. G. Hill's
Mr. K. K. Walker and B. J. Hill
went to Mill Spring on business, one
day last week.
Mr. Isaac Walker of Mill Spring,
was in this section Sunday.
Miss Perlia Laughter was the guestj
of Miss Margaret Hill, Tuesday. ,
Misses Eva and Millie Hill spent
Wednesday with Bertha and Pearlia
Laughter.
MILL SPRING ROUTE 1.
' Rev. W. W. Womack billed his reg
ular appointment, at Lebanon, -Sunt
day.
Mrs. ,W. E. Elliott, Sunday- night.
Mi ssOdessa Mills attended teach-
I"'-.- Saturday, in Cplumbusi ment..Club were re-elected , for, anoth
Mr. :Bert Edwards accompanied her. er year. as follows: President! Mrs!
VMrs. v. Hardin, and i children, , of
Forest City, were visitors at Rev. WJ.
W. Womack's, Sunday. 1
- Misses Bessie Thompson and Reba
Fields were visitors at .': Lebanon SunH
day, for a short while.
E. W. S. Cobb; Vice-President Mrs.
H. H: Edwards; Secretary, Miss Min
nie Arledge; Treasurer, Mrs. J. A,
Feagans. At the next, meeting, Sat
urday,- March 16, Mr. J. R. Sams will
give a talk to the ladies. The ladies
of community, should avail themselves
TA-ir T?1ii .sAW i- tsi t ,.ri I UA :Suxmuuiui,y,auomu. avail uiemseives
Rev Rollins preached at Big Level, of the of hearing what
our larm demonstrator has to say to
We feel sure it will be of great
Sunday.
'Mill ..Spring correspondent, just
think; The singing convention is to
be at Rock Springs, Sunday, and the
measles. being in that section, has
us bluffed off."" .
SMk and Mrs; W E. Elliott and
Mnaae Womack went to Rutherford-
us.
interest
- Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Hughes enter
tained rMisses- Rosa Bailey and Susie
Riddick : Saturday rnight. ':
Miss rQde.ssa -Mills was home Sat
urday, and - attended the .teachers'
ton; Saturday on a shopping expedi- j meeting, ; which . had the largest at-
tion.
VMr. A. F4 Corbin was in Rutherford
ton first Monday.
Our farm demonstraton visited the
school at Lebanon one day last week.
We are expecting him to call on the
gooa old farmers here, .soon.
C0MESjs.
Parade of Soldiers, and Music to
be Furnished by Their
OwirBrasr Band.
POLK COUNTY COMMENCEMENT
MARCH 22. .
t - J -
The fact is that the people back home
have not begun to make their sacri
fice, however it may seem tosome of
us who feel that we are paying tre
mendously. Most of us have only
duties, although we are prating
about our rights. We must catch
something of the spirit of the men
who work 20 hours out of the 24 un
der the most distressing conditions,
if we are to win this war. jWe must
realize too, that any slacking on our
part, any whining about inadequate
Dav or hard conditions simply make
more hard the conditions under which
out brothers on thefighting line are
Uving and toiling.
We have yet to learn in this coun
trv what sacrifice means. But it is
certain that we shall learn Deiore
this war is over, for the truth will
be forced upon us, whether we like it
3r not. The standard test of our pa
triotism is that we must quit think
ng aDOut ourselves, our wages,
add that Professor
Nicolai is now servine a term 5 in a
German military prison. It is all
rieht to do these thinsrs. but it is
highly improper to talk about them.
Along the same .line take the fol
lowing extract from a recent speech
of Charles Edward Russell, deliverec
in Birmingham, Ala., in which he
says:
"I wish I could take you to Bel
gium," he said, "Poor, bleeding Bel
gium. I solemnly swear to you tha
sitting in a little room on the fiftl
floor of a building in Paris are pre
maturely aged man and womar
driven from their home in Belgium
who saw their daughter torn from
linage with a German officer whe I profits, salaries, or comforts, and get
7iw has three J children by that torcect
unholy union! They saw another
outraged and killed, and they saw
their only son! driven at the point of
the bayonet to dig German trenchep
from which , the conquerors could kill
his fellow countrymen.
And I say to you that the tears of
that father and that mother falling
upon the little table between them
are writing a message which shall go
down the f ages and which will cause
future generations forever to point
the finger of scorn at those who were
.responsible for that and a thousand
.other outrages like it."
But what is even worse than all,' tr
we Americans, is an article appear
ing in the dailies of last Sunday, giv
ing an account of the treatment of
American soldiers captured by the
Germans, as follows:
"How the Germans "did in" twelve
Americans last October was told by
Albert B. Slices, attached to a di-
turn. When j their bodies were not
ing from paralysis caused by an auto
mobile - accident in the confusion of
an air raid, j He said:
. "Twelve infantrymen went out "Dn
a night patrol. They failed to re
turn, hen their bodies were ; not
visible on noi man's land next day ev
eryone concluded that they had been
taken prisoner.
They had been taken prisoner all
right. And they came back to us the
next night. When dawn came, fpl
lowiner the 'niirht after their disap
pearance, they were lying out in front
of our trenches.
"Every man had his eyes gouged
out. ThPiV bodies were terribly mu
tilated. In several cases the hands
and legs "were gone."
How rrtneh longer is it going to
take to get , the American people
"Fiehtintr Mad?" How many more
down to business, just as the soldiers
are doing. If we are not patriots
we shall continue, through our com
Dlaining. to increase the difficulties o:
the men who are fierhting our battles
All talk about rights will be futile, if
Germany wins, and we ought to re
alize it as well now -as at any other
time. We shall postpone the day of
Germany's defeat and be responsible
for the deaths of thousands of Amer
tsan soldiers whose lives might other
wise have been saved, if we keep on
talking about our rights. Shreve
port Times.
The Times has stated the case fair
ly. One man complains because he
As the days; roll by
And" the y6ars drop in ;
Fond aspirtiobs die
1 Inrthe hedrtstpl men.
At the deepening gloom.
Still life is worth while,
" Where; faith is abloom.
As "the days pass out,
And the years depart;
Failures Jilong? the route
Deeper pierce the heart;
And ifs hard to smile
As life's burden accrue;
Still life is worth while
If friends remain true.
As the days give way
To the fleeting years;
And a spray of gray
Iif the evening appears ;
Tis hard to smile,
As we view the past ; r
Still Life is worth while
With virtues that last.
Oh, the days drift on;
The years, how they rage;
With a painful groan
We encounter old age;
And it's hard to smile
Thru the midnight haze;
Still life is worth while
Where hope is ablaze.
-Jas. W. Heatherly.
tendance .of any during the school
term. :
The well at the court house is near-
ing completion, and we hope to have
it ready fori the use of the public in
a fewqays.
Quite, a crowd :of our, young people
went. to.. a cotton picking,, at the home
of ; Mr. ,0. ..L. .. r eagans. . . A" report
having . had a good; time. j
Mrs."T. M. Johnson and Miss Susie
Riddick were shopping in Henderson
ville, -Saturday.
Mr. R. L. McFarland was hozne
Sunday.
,.Mrv Irvin . Landis family have? mov
ed .into the, Jiouse . formerly , occupied
by Mr, Eli. gbieids.
" Mr. J. K. Gibbs .and mother, of
Mills City, Montana, are visiting
friends and relatives here for a few
days. , .
wMrs, Jane JCurry of . Mill Spring.
hasimoentftrlhh
k J. t Urmond returned to. Spartan
burg.
Dr. W.' T.; Head , was in town this
week.
-W. S; S
MELVIN HILL.
All the plans for the: Polk County '
Public ' Schools' Commencement are
about completed. The program was
published. in the JnEWS a few weeks
ago. i A , large number of valuable
prizes ; haven been arranged for the
various contests .scheduled for this
occasion. The majority of the
schools t are very much , interested in
every phase o5 the , commencement.'
A large : number.of ..exhibits will ? be
sent in from the - schools. Jt'These ex
hibits should be .sent ,to irs.'i'T. "M.
Johnson, Chr., Exhibit Committee,
Columbus, mot later ..than Thursday,
21st inst. A declainaer.ii I and ;; reciter
will be sent, from each township,, and -two
spellers 'from each school -in the
county. A goodly number of ..the,
schools will have representatives in ,
the athletic contests. ; "
A . special ' feature of the K occasion
will be a company bf soldiers -from ,
the Rifle Range and a band, from the
same place. A plea has . been made
to the officials asking that all Polk
county boys who , are in training be,
permitted to come home and celebrate
this occasion with us. And last, but
not least, a distinguished son of Polk
zounty who is now m, thev service cof
Uncle Sam. Sereeaht A.' Y. Arledee.
will make the address of ihe occasion.
In short, this will be . a Red Letter day
or roiK county. i . - .
You cannot afford to miss this spec- -
ial treat, let everybody come and
bring a well-filled, basket and let-us
give the soldier boys , all tfaey can eat
and make them feel' that we are wil
ling to hold up their, hands: and help
hem win this war. and! at: the same
time lend our encouragement and sup- '
poyt iUj our puDucT;Scnoois- .
MILL SPRING: ROUTfi 2.
There wasta big, yhite frost and
some ice here. Mondav morning.
Several of theMelvin Hill farmers
i killed ho gs last week.
Mr.Walter iWestbrook had a val
uuablft mulefjto idie, reoentlv
T. he debating,,,society. ... was organiz
ed here, Saturday evening.
Mrs. M- E, Moms, visited relatives
at Double Branch mines last week
end.
Miss Myrtle Cantrell, of Sandy
bprmgs, attended religious services
here,- Sunday.
Mrs. Branscom is suffering from an
attack, of .neuralgia and cold
. Mr., Lawter made a nyincj visit to
Cooley Springs, to see his mother who
has been quite sick for some time.
Mr, J. W. Stacy went to Chesnee,
Monday for the purpose of bringing
up his new grist mill, which he ex
pects to have in operation here at
once.
n Mr Jack .Burnett has cold his grist
mill to. Mr. John Shields, of Green
River, and it is to be moved
I soon.
Mr. G. A. Branscom arrived home
Saturday night, from Florida, where
he had been for a few days, looking
after, his . business there. ;He reports
some t damage by the unusual cold, of
last- wmter. to the orange and other
fruit crops here.
iMr. T, P. Covmgton, who has been
.very poorly for, some time, is able to
be around again.
Farmers are making good use . of
this nice spring weather, turning
their land, . and thus preparing to
plant another crop, now that last
years crop has barely,, been gotten
Born to Mr. and Mrs.-Belton Jack
son, a baby girl.
Miss Maggie Jackson spent Satur
day night with Mrs. :F..R. Coggins
Sunny View and Red Mountain
schools played a game of base- ball,
Friday. Score 18-17 in favor of Sun
ny View. .
Mr. John Gilbert passed through
this vicinity last Saturday.
Miss Lizzie Williams spent Sunday
night with Ittiss Anna Wilson.
Mr. Bill Jackson, from Spartanburg
S. C, was home Saturday night, reT "
turning Sunday.
Mr.N. E. Williams made a business
trip to Spartanburg last week.
Mr. J. B. Jackson and wife motored
to Mrl William Wilson's, last1 Satur
day.
Mr. Reuben Wilson made a business
trip to Spartanburg last week-end,
and called to see Miss Pearl James.
Messrs. Charlie Brown and Posie
Wilson have returned home from
Sheldon, S. C.
Miss Annie Wilson spent Saturday
away i night with Miss Lizzie Williams.
Don't forget the singing conven
tion at Rock Springs next Sunday.
Let's everybody be there.
Messrs. Frank Mills and Hobert
Whitesides were callers at N. E. Wil
liams' Saturday afternoon.
W. S..S.
COOPERS GAP.
Mrs. W. W. Dimsdale spent the day
with her uncle, Mr. H. K. Cornlast
Friday.
Mr. Z. T. Lawter and family vis
ited Mrs. Amanda Brown Sunday.
Mrs. Nora Deal, of Cumberland,
Md., (maiden name, Nora Brown) is
Peach trees ,are blooming out now; I visiting relatives in this section.
SILVER CREEK.
FISHTOP.
lift r e CiiA T k1A'4l OUrt Thelmkl What was thfv rpflson - we failed to
-ti - - . 1 luias kJ iixz v v-x Miv4 r" 1 . -
must eat a little less flour bread than Constant Were pleasant ; guests ff get our NEWS last week? We miss
;nner1v UTintliAT ViPcanfSP h thinks I AT ice flr-nto. A -rlo cro Sn-nrlnv. II... .
i'um vi-c .v.fe, vv. . i pi it vcw nan iv.
- . . n n i " -
w. Ci. Aireen's iamiiv are- an . m : m u 1, ict o
.... . i j i . incituiu wave Bvmv& tjuu
with measles, ana are report u f
1 day: Hope it will not injure
4U MVAt WJW
Miee KiATin Spawv snent Saturday fruit,
and Sunday on Pea Ridge. Farmers have been hauling in their
Mr. Sams, the county "agent, came fertilizers for several days.
formerly;' another because he thinks
that so long as he has the money he
should be entitled to buy anything he
wants, another whines about the in
conveniences of travel, and so it goes
everywhere. The sacrificial spirit,
the spirit of service regardless of ost
in money or word, .has not yet been
born in our people as a whole. -We
must be born ' again- before we shall
be worthy of ojir soldiers and worthy
of Divine favor. Manufacturers Rec
ord.
W. S. S.
" The Candelilla Plant
The wax .of the candelilla plant Is
used In making candles, phonograph
records, wood and leather polishes,
floor wax, certain varnishes, linoleum.
the
Over last Friday, and helped some of I
the farmers sow grass-seed.
Hurrah, for Polk county commence
ment, March 22nd.
J. L. Hill and family left Monday
for Idaho, their future home.
Clayton Pace has returned home'
fronr Pomona for a visit.
Miss Flora Bradley went to Saluda
last Wednesday. -
T. A. i Bishop and son, Spurgeon,
went to Saluda on business on the
but past observations have taught us
that s no sure sign of peaches. How
ever we cannot have peaches unless
there are blossoms.
Walter Reed came in home from; up
in the : Allegheny mountains, recent
ly where .he; has .been exposed to the
measles. - Every v precaution will be
taken to, keep , ihem from spreading,
however.
W. S. S.
TRYON ROUTE 1.
What are, we doing to make j the
county ; commencement - a success ?
Don your., studying ,cap . and sleep
with it. on . until ypu have your ; bit
studied out. ' .
There is one thing the, state, re
nnirocnf no. wliiVi we ran all . do.
That is-to rise bare your head, stand
still and .show, respect.when t
Misses Mvrtle and Leona Whiteside
spent Sunday, at Mr. E. C. Lynch's.
Mr. and Mrs. Jj B. Jackson and
Mrs.. W. N. Dimsdale and Mr. Lean
der Brown, made a flying trip to Mr.
William Wilson's, to :see their, old
aunt, Mrs. Liza Dimsdale.
Mrs. J. B. Wilson, we are glad to
say, is. improving some.
NOTICE
Of a Call for a , Repubhcan County
Convention.
A convention of. the; Republicans of
Polk County is hereby called to meet
at the court house in Columbus, on
Saturday, the 30th day of March,
1918. at 12 o'clock M.. for the pur-
Star loose of electing delegates to thereon-
Monroe Sain n6! family have ta- 9tiuV
ken Jharge of,J,::D. HiU's place here. Posey Halford and. family passed . a.id.
. Patterson Arledge, Jr.," has german gro thia section last week, ,on fcrt is recovering bf county o3k
measles.
jirjw-home from a visit to rela- germa measles.
rnnM ic Kflirnr nlafcir I rrsRifTtal convention to be. held at
Mt. and Mrs M N. iiau were rpaae i asnevme, xx. v., on April yuj,"1"
Also to nominate a candidate ior rep-
and the various . other
officers in Polk county.
Miss Thelma Constant has return-Jbneuad friends on the mountains.
ed home from lamdram, after a de-
.rubber compounds and celluloid, and lt ligKtful visit of two weeks.
also enters into use in pharmacy and
in the making of electrical insulation.
The candelilla plant grows
poorest quality of soil
was found to have a commercial value
for the wax contained it was -onsld-
ered a pest
on the
and before it
Mr. Reece Arledge, of bpartan-
burg, came to spend Sunday with his
parents...
MrsV MX Ji i Higgins. is Tquite. ill at
this WTiting. We hope she will soon
The various township chairmen are t
xri; 'vmAa T&siV I rpnuested to call and hold their town-
Hamilton have returned to C. H. S. iihip conventions on Saturday, the
after being released of german raeas- 23rd day of March, 1918, and elect
jes . delegates tON said county convention, i
Misses Sallie Carpenter, Pearl Ed- AU, Republicans are earnestly, re- i
wards and a few (Others, spent a few quested to attend these conventions, ,
social .hours. at Walnut ; Grove, jMon and participate in the selection oi
day afternoon. your candidates for county omcers.
A-h V,a mail ttian is here before I . W. U. KUKiaKlSUXH,
Reed and Douglas Henderson re-
i turned home, Sunday, from a visit to
i their grandfather, Jasper ; Hendersons-
Carolina: Bishop, daughter of Rois-
tonvRevis, was buried at the Jiidge
Cemetery on last Friday.
cit it all told. But continued i next Chairman . Republican Co. Ex.: torn.
. . i. i Pftlit .ArfvprtiRement.
commencing now. weea. r-
.. of our beys must receive the same, or
recover. ' , v .
v