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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-02
of the French Capital,

OF ene frencn capital.
An Antwerp dispatch credits
General Pau with victory over
$4,000 Germans near Peronnes.
Whether this is new victory or
one TO which reference was made
several days ago is not known.
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium
aud her children have arrived in
England.
According to official advioes re-
oeived at Washington, France is
considering the advisability of
moving the seat of Government to
Bordeau.
Great Britain has joined France
in objecting to the purchase by
the United States of German liners
III connection with the plan to
build up an American nero chant
marine.
1t is reported by steamship off,
GERS arriving at Honolulu that
British warships off Hong Kong
are under the American flag and
removing Germans and Austrians
bound to the scsne Of hostilities.
The morat rum proclaimed at
the outbreak Of the war in Great
Britain has been extended for
another month.
A Japanese destroyer which ran
ashore near Tsing-Tau, China,
was shelled by German gunboat.
The crew of the destroyer, howev--
ler, previously had abandoned her !
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-02

shattered by high explosive shells,
"General French estimated
that during the whole of these
operations from the twenty third
to the twenty-sixth inclusive. his
losses amounted to five TO SIX
thousand men. On the other
hand, the losses suffered by the
Germans in their attacks aor2ss
the open, aud through their dense
formation are out of all propor-
tion to those we suffered.
TN Landreoies alone. on the
twenty fifth, a German infantry
brigade advanced in closer order
ilto marrow street and our ma.
chine guns were brought to bear
on this target from the end of the
town. The head of the column
was swept away. A friRhtful
panic ensued and it is estim ated
that 800 or 900 dead and wounded
Germans wereleft in this street
alone, Another incident was thu
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-02
About The Fort on the Yadkil
Helped Jefferson Davis to Cross The Yad.
kin Rlysr at Aedricks Ferry.
BY Bess Carter,

The speech below was delivered
by Henry Mills of Norwood, N, O.,
to the Albemarls Chapter of the.
daughters of the Confedrsoy on
August %, 1914, in the court
house IN Albemarle, the occasion
being a reunion of the Stanly
Countv Veterans. Mr.. Mills was
born October 20 1910, in Mont.
gomery county, N. c., near the
waters of the Pee Dee. His faith
er owned large fishery on the
river, and this is where Mr.. Mills
obtained such skillful knowledge
in the ferry business. Although
nearly 95 years old, Mr.. Mills
came II miles to the rennion of.
the Confederate Veterans in this
county:
Ladies and Gentleman:
l am here to give you little
account of war story which is
not in history. When the war
closed l was on duty as a guard
of the railroad bridge across Yad. I
GIN River. This bridge was in
Rowan County, N. O., six miles
from Salisbury and II miles from
y xington. The Yankees were try.
lug to get an opportunity to burn
he bridge and destroy the railroad
at that point, and the AZ North
Carolina Regiment and a Louis.
iana Regiment were on duty there
to protect: the bridge. Adolphus
Moss was our Colonel, and he was
d good one, too, I was in Com
pany .>'I" Supporting Forces ;.
There were. two Company "I's"
and Company "I'' Supporting
Forces was selected by a commits. .
tee appointed for that purpose.
fhis. committee chose, all the men.
u this company from seven ooun.
ttIes,to. wit :Anson, Stanly, Mont.
gomery, Moore, Chathsm,. Ran
dolph and Davidson, and no man :
could be in ii under IS years of
age. - r.
At the close Of the war I re-.
nained at Brown Ferry on Yad-
kin River, which was about 100
yards below this railroad bridge
t}et bad been gnardlne, abont
sAnd.a hall and set the
soIdtsrS across the river: Isdid
1his free Of charge in order to
help the soldiers get to their
homes.
On April ID. 1895, I had the
pleasure of waiting on Jefferson
Davis and his family. A fine
looking man whom I afterwards
learned was general Breckenridge,
stepped up to the boat and in
quired for the ferryman, and up
on being told that was the ferry.
man, said to me: Got your boat
in readiness the President wants
to Cross" said to him: "Show
me the President," and he said
IL will as soon as I get my can.
teenl filed" I had seen ths
Presidents picture and I thought
l would know him, and so I spied
him out and pointed my finger at
him and said to General Brecken-
ridge "Ain't that the President?"
And he said "Yes. but don't point
your finger at him." and I put
my arm down. : told General
Breckenridge then that I would
be ready in a few minutes, but
that I wanted to get closer to the
President and get good look at
him. 1 pushed my way through
the large crowd that was around
him and got closer to him There
were lots of people around him,
asking him questions about the
Confederacy, what he thought the
country would do, etc. He an
swered their questions very cour.
teously. although he did not look
at them while doing 90 but stood
CONTINUED on Page 4
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-02
Paris Fortified With Huge Forts

Paris Fortified With Huge Forts
, Triple Cordans ot Magnificent Defense
Will 1ata Capture Difficult
Washington, Aug 28 The for
tifioations ofPaFis and their abil
i.y to resistsa siege is receivin,
the close sttaation Of military OBJ
servers, now. THAT Paris is the an.
nounced Objective of the Ger
man forces spl the French Minis
try of Warsis ssrengthening th.
c,ty's defenass
The general character of th,
city's detaiisl defenses are vel
known to mitary experts, who
recognize nm As among the
strongest fa6kif fsations IN the
world
The fortiAassions consist oI
three distlnc eircles sweepine
around the s1s fret, tie solid
wall of mason rs feet high, ex
tending for pilsa. around the
old sections oil Faril second, the
system of 1 atschsd forts ar
ranged at intstS two miles be.
you'd the wall nm mixing q cir
cult Of the city niles leng, and
third, an onteE 6ifdle of forts Is
miles long
Each of thssa eircl lesof ms sonry
and steel is 3 sRmplsts defense 10
itself. The W round Paris and
the II desacl forts two miles
Louis Philipn9 B Il III sained
the German. s55iss| Y al 1870 n and
| outer forts: IS l's:S have been areat-
Iy strenethsHSs Tha third line of
forts are -of sdern construction
with the lateat6ypes of batteries
and h,ayylgt,us
The inner sWAi About Paris sur.
rounds the ljsss Known and most
,mportsnt ssstions of the oity,
lOdtside Of the Nail a cirole of snb.
Eurbs extending for MANY miles ia
dotted with tks forts of the sec
ond and tifiTa slime of defeuses
protecting thSm aud the approach
es 60 the cs6itaf Ths wall con.
taips 9S bastos6isS and S67 ea.es.
The second linz Isl yxorts inolude
the m o;ns fSs I'M k-Montvale.
riau. which NJ the center of at
tack in the asfman siege Of ITO.
South of 1esrity 10 she row Of
forts Ias arafs q SRictre. Mont
ROGUE II KnV5s mi fsSy. North
rand east are the three great forte
kround St. Die and the others at
Fost Auberyillers and Fort Char.
enton, commanding the approach.
es of the great wood of Bondy.
The outer circle of forts of the
most modern type have from "a
TO 90 heavy guns aud 900 to 1900
men each. Ir, all the three lines
Of defense luire 10000 men
to operate jim, not counting
troops assembled within the city
According to military experts, it
would require q force of 100000
men to invest these defsnses
General Won Moltke, field marshal
of the Gyrman forces at time of
the siege of Paris of 1901.
states IN report on that siege
that the French artillery arma-
| ment consisted of more than 2,
627 pieces, including 200 of the
largest caliber of naval ordnance.
There we're 200 rounds for ca ,h
gun apd a reserve of 5000. 600
Kilograms of powder. Won Molsk
points out that the bonn bardment
of fortified place in the heart
of an enemy's country. ia diff
cult, if not impossible. until the
or waterways bv which haayv
siege artil,erv can ha hronobt m
He'explains the failure to bombard
Paris at the outset of tho form.
mer siege by saving l. won]d have
reouired 4 500 fourwbeeled vau.
ona and IN 0O1 horsaa which ~.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-02
Dropping Bombs In Paris.

London, Aug 30,-l1 :5B p. m.
A Paris dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Company says:
"a German aviator flaw over
Paris this afternoon and dropped
FIVE bombs, which fell in the most
popular quarter of the city. In
one case two women were wound.
ed.
"The aviator, who signed him.
self Lieutenant Won Heissen drop.
ed manifsstos on which was writ.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-03
UNITED STATES NEWS
CALL OUT MILITIA
ORDERED TO BUTTE, FOLLOWING
oYNAMITINo OF EMPLOY
MENT OFFICE.
Every Building In City Shaken BY
Blast-internsi Union Clash 10
Blamed For Trouble.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Butte, Mont.-An explosion destroy.
ed the employing Office of the Ana.
conda Copper Mining Co.. and as a
result Butte is again TO be placed un.
der guard OF the state militia.
The explosion. whatever its cause,
Ia regarded as the outcome of the re
opening last week Of the miners juris
dictional quarrel. The authorities OF
Butte and the Silver Bow Co. immedi
ately wired Gov. Stewart at Helena for
aid. Word later was received that
the governor had ordered the Second
regiment OF the Montana National
Guard to mobilize In Helena.
The Anaconda Co. has placed guards
about its properties and warned out
siders to keep away from the mines
An investigation OF the circumstances
surrounding the dynamiting is being
made.
Meantime Butte fears a resumption
OF the riots and the bloodshed tina,
rocked the city last June.
The Anaconda employing Office
known to the miners as the "rustlint
Office" was blown up. The explosion
Continued on Page 81
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-03

The tenseness Of the situation was
brought home sharply to the citizens
when scores Of trains bringing troops
for the defense OF the city in case the
worst befalls, pulled into the suburban
stations and were shunted of toward
the Notifications. Until Paris realized
that this meant that the war office
thought the danger was so serious that
provision must be made to meet it. few
believed that the Germans would be
able to perforate the allies lines far
enough to be threatening.
But when the troop trains came in
from the south and west, hurrying all
available soldiers to make a better
stand than was made In 1870, 1t was
borne home to residents that the huge
military machine Of the Germans
might crush down all the opposition
that might be interposed between 1t
and its present main object The
troops we're distributed quickly to the
various Notifications of the city, and
now it is felt that each unit of the en-
circling forts contains as many de-
tenders as it can use.
There is not much public fear that
the Germans will ever enter Paris,
and those who leave seem to feel that
they are going to avoid the unpleas-
antness of a siege and not because of
fear that the Germans will enter the
city.
After the word OF the arriving
troops passed around. all outgoing
tickets over the railways were sold
and each train leaving for the south
or west carried its full burden. The
lines at the ticket windows of the rail-
roads are constantly growing. These
people intend to stay in line until they
have purchased their tickets. They
have been notified that il may be two
days before they reach the windows,
but they have their hand baggage and
boxes of food ready to stand a short
siege now rather than a longer one
later.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-03
THE HEALTH MASTER
MISS o. Hough omp

tension Of the man was relaxing
and guessed that he had found, in
his new and unique employment,
something of that medicine OF the
troubled soul, congenial work.
Your Chinese physician has been
making what the Chinese call a go
look-see.' In other but less English
terms, a reconnaissance"
in what Department."
Earth, air, and water" The
other waved an inclusive hand.
ANY results9"
"0h, all kinds. Preliminary re-
port now ready. I'd like 10 make IL
a sort of family conference"
Good ideal I'll send for Mrs.
Continued on Page seyen.)
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-03
Where Is That Timber?

Most men who read The Citizen remember a time
when all our hillsides were covered with big trees
Ever since the war; wagons have been trailing stead
lily toward the railroad stations carrying of hickory
cherry black walnut pine oak poplar and chestnut timber
We got little work and little money but that tim
Der shipped to Cincinnati and Louisville and Grand
Rapids and New York and the and thousands
of skilled workmen found employment in making into
chairs tables and bedseads bureaus and book
and desks and house trimmings and picture frames and
thousand other articles OF use and beauty.
And when want any of these things buy what
has been made in Cincinnati, Knoxville Grand
Rapids, o other distant city.
And pay many prices for what get. First
there is the pay for the lumber which originally
ceived when sold it, there is added the freight to
Grand Rapids there is added the wages OF the workmen
sho made the furniture and the profits of the company
at owned the factory and then there is the freight back
from Grand Rapids and the profit of the drummer who
sold the furniture and the profit of the storekeeper from
whom we bought it.
stick OF timber that sold for twenty cents comes
back to made up in a table and pay $500.
Now anybody doubt that there is a fortune for
the first who start the making of furniture here in
Southern mountains
The young who have graduated from Berea's
Continued Page 81
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CONTENTS

PAGE 4. Better Farming Makes
Better Folks.
Where is That Timber.
Health Master.
Don't be a Misllt, The Value OF vo-
cational Training.
PAGE 2. Statement OF Former
Dean Marsh. Why the Boy
Should Learn TO be q Carpenter
A New Teacher for Carpentry
Farmers and their Interests
School OF Commerce. Sunday
School Lesson.
PAGE 3. Mountain Agriculture
Vocational Schools. Agricul-
ture for Every Farmers Daugh-
ters.
PAGE l. Locals.
PAGE s. Give Girls a Chance.
,sE.fNy School Picnic.
PAGE 9. The Land OF Broken Prom
Use.
Side Lights on the War.
PAGE 2. In the Home.
PAGE g. Il. Ky. News.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-03
THE VALUE OF VOCATIONAL
TRAINING
Howard Z. Taylor

Looking back over a twenty year
business experience and at the same
time observing men in other walks
OF life, would without hesitation
encourage every student TO take at
least one, year vocational training,
preferably the business course.
There are four reasons for my
views. First; in our own business in
Philadelphia with six hundred en-
ployees, the boys and girls who held
the top notch positions in salary and
responsibility were those who had
training in stenography or had taken
business course.
Second; such training usually puts
one in position close TO the center
OF the business machinery. thus Civ
Continued on page Three)
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-03
Berea Vocational Schools
Two College Officers Say There Vocational
Training if 1t Fits"
DON'T BE A MISFIT
n. Z. Vaughn

Every person is entitled to an hon
orable living, and the living secured
through the channel Of greatest
adaptability is more honorable than
one of greater notoriety and less ma
tive fitness.
A number five shoe on a number
seven foot produces a misilt that
will cause discomfort so long as that
combination exists and vice versa.
One OF the great parental duties is
TO study the disposition OF every
child in order TO help overcome this
great misilt problem in the childs
later life.
The question for every grown-up
man and woman 10 answer is "What
am | by nature, gifted TO dor You
would like TO be a lawyer, but you
Continued on page Two)
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-03
A FAMILY SCHOOL
Lesson on Milk

How is the Chinese plan work
ing?' asked Mr.. Thomas Clyde,
stretching himself on the lounge in
DR.. Strong's study.
One week before, the doctor had
been officially installed, on the ORR
entail principle OF guarding the
Clyde household against intruding
sickness. In that time he had asked
few questions. But Mr.. Clyde, him
self a close observer, noted the new
comer's quietly keen observation Of
the children, and sometimes OF Mrs.
Clyde, as they met at mealtime. He
had remarked. too. that the nervous
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-03
Better Farming Makes Better Folks
Everybody likes good crops!

Everybody likes good crops!
How splendid il is to see good stand of corn, two
stalks in every hill and two a stak-a good field
of clover fragrant and sweet-a loaded peach, plum or
pear tree How many kinds of fruit God has made!-a
fat steer, healthy flock Of sheep, good milking
a basket OF fresh eggs!
And all these things come, not by luck but by
taking, thought and work.
And these things mean shoes and stockings for bad
weather. newspapers and books for the long winter
ngs acabinet organ in the home, fence around the
front yard better shelter for stock and money and
comfort later
Now boy-any boy-can learn more in Bereas
School Of Agriculture in term than he ordinarily
learns the farm in half life time. We know a great
many boys who have actually done this They spend
the price OF good rifle for term OF schooling and they
make enough extra money the next season to buy riff
and cuvator and a horse and saddle!
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-03
TERSE TElEGRAMS

President Wilson returned to Wash
ington today, refreshed and chaered
by his sojourn In Cornish.
The eleventh annual encampment Of
veterans of the Spanish-American war
is in progress at Louisville.
Mrs. Maggie Newton Van Colt, wide
ly known as a Methodist evangelist,
is dead at her home in Catskill, n. Y.
William Barnes, Republican state
chairman in New York, announces he
will not be a candidate again for this
post.
A German avinator flew over Paris
and dropped a weighted message in
viting Parisians TO receive the Ger
mans well.
The British government has COM
mandeered the Marconi Wireless Tel
egraph companys four stations in
Wales and Ireland.
France has called 10000 additional
reservists to the colors. These forces
will be equipped and ready for the
held in few days.
Americans and all other foreigners
In Brussels are safe, according to a
message received at the state depart.
ment from American Minister Whit.
lock.
The senate promptly concurred in
the house amendment TO the war risk
insurance bill. and il was sent to the
White House for the signature OF the
president.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-03
British Ships Sent to Bottom.

New York, Sept. 1.-The British
steamship HOLLYWOOD has been sunk
by German cruiser of the coast of
South America, according 10 a cable
gram received here by the owners OF
the Katherine Park, which has the
crew OF the ship aboard. The cable
gram. which was from Rio Janeiro, did
not state the time or place OF the
sinking, nor did II give the name OF
the German cruiser.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-03
Methodist Conference

Methodist Conference Of the Dan
willie district in which Richmond is
included is in session al Wilmore
this week. II is estimated that pro-
badly two hundred delegates will be
in attendance. Rev. w. M. Williams
and wife, OF the College Hill circuit,
and DR.. Horton, Of this city, are in
attendance. We hope to be able in
Continued on Page 81
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-03
PREPARING FOR
SIEGE OF PARIS
Fortifications Of French Capital
Being Manned.
A GENERAL EXODUS BEGINS

BY Thousands PsrIsisns Have Desert
ed the Erstwhile Gay Capital and by
Thousands Others Are camped at
Railway Stations Ready to Wait For
Days to Procure the Coveted Ticket
Which viii Permit Them to Leave.
Antwerp Sept lit Is reported
here that General Pau has won bril-
liant victory over $4,000 Germans near
Peronne.
Paris. Sept. 1.--Within twenty-four
hours the physiognomy OF Paris has
changed greatly. without any panic
a general movement has set in to pre-
pare for eventualities which a week
ago we're considered too abstract to be
worth discussing except theoretically.
But the hurried visit Of General Paul
Pau on Saturday. coupled with the alb
sence of authentic news as to the
movements OF that portion Of the hos
tile army which is making Paris its
objective, has quickened the desire Of
those who intended to leave the city,
and they are fastening their prepare
tons. Others who had not intended to
leave have made a sudden decision to
get out OF the capital before II is too
late. The banks are besieged by a
long string Of clients who are laying
in a stock or cash, and taxicabs or any
sort OF conveyance can hardly be OBJ
tanned.
A cheerful side Of the picture was
the assurance given out by the author
tiles that in the eventuality of siege
Paris is in far better shape in regard
to the food supply than in 1870. There
are large stocks Of -four, cattle, gen.
eral provisions and coal actually with
In the city gates. and large stores con-
tinue to arrive every day The water
supply has been protected against any
attempts of the Germans to cut 1t OF.
Lines of non-combatants, anxious to
leave the city before the beginning Of
a siege, stretch for many blocks from
the railroad stations. Thousands Of
persons have left the capital and thou
sands more are preparing to leave to-
night
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-03
IN OUR OWN STATE
Three DAYS Reunion

On the ist, Morgan's men gathered
at Olympia Springs for a three days
reunion. Major II. NJ. Taylor, Secre-
tary of the association with many
others will add to the enjoyment OF
the occasion,
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-03
Sacred COLLEGE Convenes,

Rome, Sept 1.-The members of
the sacred college have entered the
conclave to elect a pope. Fifty-seven
cardinals have assembled at the vati-
can for the election.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-03

London, Sept. 1.-The change in the
situation in the north Of France, &C
cording to the bulletin given out by
the French ministry OF war has been
on the wings of the French army. On
the left the Germans have advanced
and carried some ground In the cen
ter there has been no appreciable mod
ifications, while in Lorraine the
French report certain advantages. Ac-
cording to the bulletin there has been
no fighting in the center. The French
center is now almost back on the La
FereLaon barrier OF forts and its po-
sition is said to be solid. On the right
flank the French are fighting to cover
the withdrawal OF French troops along
the Mouse The French claim sue
cesses along the line from ST. Quentin
and Vervins and also In the region
around Ham and Perrone, but they
were compelled to retreat before the
German right flank. II is denied that
the capital will be removed from Paris.
The city, however, is being prepared
for a state OF siege.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-03
wIDENS SCOPE OF WAR
Il Turkey Goes with Germany,
Bulgaria viii Fight.
ON THE OTHER BATTLE LINES
All Sides Are Claiming Advan.
tage In Late Actions.

London, Sept. THE Turkish en-
bassy here has issued an emphatic de-
nial Of the report that Turkey intends
to enter the general European war as
an ally of Germany.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-03

Now is the time TO line up on
the advertising schemes OF the
season. Call early il you want
space.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-03

Sofia, Sept 1.-The Austrians have
suffered an irreparable defeat at Fam.
bose, fifty miles southeast OF Lublin.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-03

The Health Master is being en-
Joyed by many. Read II and profit
by II.