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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-16
All Male Inhabitants Shot.

"a shell burst near the Eleventh
company, and wounded seven men,
three very severely. At five o'clock we
were ordered by the officer in COM
mand Of the regiment to shoot all the
male Inhabitants of NOmeny, because
the population was fOOlishly attempt
ing to stay the advance of the German
troops by force of arms. We broke into
the houses, and seized all who resisted,
in order to execute them according to
martial law. The houses which had
not been already destroyed by the
French artillery and our own were set
on fire by us, so that nearly the whole
town was reduced to ashes. 1t is a ter
rible sight when helpless women and
children, utterly destitute, are herded
together and driven into France y
From the diary of Private Fischer,
Eighth Bavarian regiment Of infantry,
Thirty-third reserve division.)
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-16
Too Many Servants in Britain.

Duncan Miller asked the minister Of
national service, says the London
Times, whether his attention has been
called to the number of advertisements
for servants in households Of one, two
or three persons, where seven to ten
indoor servants are already kept, and
whether he proposes to limit the num-
Der of indoor servants employed in
each household. The minister of ma
tional service replied that he had al
ready pointed out how essential it is,
in the national interest, that no per-
son should employ more servants than
are absolutely necessary. The min
lister trusts that the awakened con-
sciences of those who have in this
respect failed to appreciate their duty
will provide an immediate and suffi-
Gent remedy. If not, he will tell his
plan in the general statement on man
power.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-16

wide areas of Belgium and France in
which not a penny's worth of wanton
destruction had been permitted to Oc-
cur, in which the ripe pears hung IN
touched upon the garden walls; and 1
saw other wide areas where scarcely
one stone had been left to stand upon
another; where the fields were raw
aged; where the male villagers had
been shot in squads; where the miser-
able survivors had been left to den in
holes, like wild beasts"
Even Soldiers Mortified.
Some German soldiers, we are glad
to see, showed their horror at the foul
deeds committed in Belgium.
''The inhabitants have fled in the viii
lage. 1t was horrible. There was clot-
ted blood on all the boards, and what
faces one saw, terrible to behold The
dead, GO in all, were at once buried.
Among them were many old women,
some old men, and a half-delivered
woman, awful to see; three children
had claSped each other, and died thus.
The altar and the vaults of the church
are shattered. They had a telephone
there to communicate with the enemy.
This morning, September >, all the sur
vivOrs were expelled, and 1 saw four
little boys carrying a cradle, with a
baby five or six months old in it, on
two sticks. All this was terrible to
see. Shot after shot! ThunderbOlt
after thunderbOlt! Everything is given
over to pillage; fowls and the rest all
killed. l saw a mother, too, with her
two children; one had great wound
on the head and had lost an eye"
(FrOm the diary of Lance Corporal
Paul Spielman of the Ersatz, first bri-
Cade of Infantry of the Guard)
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-16

a. horrible bath Of blood. The whole
village burnt. the French thrown into
the blazing houses. civilians with the
rest" (FrOm the diary of Private
Hasscmor Of the Eighth army cOrps.)
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-16

GrgI4.... .~......-.' g.. ne eastern front:
Russian .'o,aEI. December Is, IA.
an TIT I.u.pp IF Christianity l send
you these words.
"Wounded Russians are killed with
the bayonet according to orders.
"And Russians who have surrender
ed are often shot down in masses ac-
cOrding to orders, in spite of their
heart-rending prayers.
an the hope that you, as the repre-
sentative of a Christian state, will
protest against this. I sign myself,
"a GERMAN SOLDIER AND CHRIS
TIAN."
The third letter. from the western
front shows the same horror of tn"
system of which the writer was a vii
ness.
"To the American Government
Washington, y. S. A.
"Englishmen who have surrendered
are shot down in small groups. With
the French one is more cOnsiderate.
ask whether men let themselves be
taken prisoner in order to be dis
armed and shot down afterWard? Is
that chivalry in battle? 1t is no longer
a secret among the people; one hears
everywhere that few prisoners are
taken; they are shot down in small
groups. They say naively: we don't
want any unnecessary mouths to feed.
Where thnrp is NJ one to enter com
plant. there IS no judge Is there
then no power in the world which can
put an end to these murders and res
cue the victims? Where is Chris
tianity? Where is right? Might is
right.
"A SOLDIER AND 4 MAN WHO IS
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-16

tho better That was six years ags
and I am still here and am a well,
-tg.-e woman, and I owe my life to
C-rau-. had only taken half the
bottle when I began to feel better.
The misery in my side get less. I
-o--uusd right on taking the Cardui
until had taken three bottles and I
did not need any more for I was we'll
and never felt better in my life.
have never had any trouble from that
day to this"
Do you suffer from headache. back
ache, pains in sides, or other discom-
forts, each month? Or do you feel
weak, nervous and fagged-out? If so.
give Cardui, the woman's tonic.
trial. J. II
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-16
Vorwaerts in Protest.

Three years later, August %. 1917,
the VOrwaerts quoted the following
passage from the Deutsche Tageszei
tung:
"We have n ring Of politicians who
hold that might makes right (Macht-
pOlitiker), who despise the forces of
the inner life and believe that they
must eliminate all ethical points of
view from foreign and social
politics. For them, Germany of the
present and of the future is the coun-
try of the Krupps and Borsigs, of the
Zeppelins and the U-boats. Any idea
of a connection between politics and
morals is rejected and any reference
to the right of moral method of con-
sideration is ridiculed as delusion and
sentimentality."
The German officers were provided
with the forms to be used in terror
iZing the conquered people. The COM
mon soldiers We're provided with
phrase books which would enable them
to impose their will upon the terrified
people. Minister Brand WhitlOck in
his report to the state department on
September u, 1917, writes:
1.-THE German soldiers were prOvid-
ed with phrase books giving alternate
translation in German and French OF
such sentences as:
GLANDS up Ut is the very first
sentence in the bOOk.)
Garry out all the furniture.
"I am thirsty. Bring me some beer,
gin, rum.
"You have to supply a barrel of
wine and a keg of beer.
LEAD me to the wealthieSt inhabi-
tants of this village. I have orders to
reuuisition several barrels of wine.
"'Show us the way to -. If you
lead us astray, you will be shot"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-16
"A SOLDIER AND A MAN WHO Is
NO BARBARIAN"
Socialists Oppose System

Many of the Germans. as has been
already indicated. do not believe the
reports Of the atrocities committed by
the Belgian civilians and refuse to ac-
cept the system Of frightfulness. The
NOTWaertS, the leading socialist paper,
which has a very wide circle of read
ers, has opposed the policy Of fright
fulness. All honor to It's editors who
have so cOuraCeOusly opposed the pow
erfUl military authority! It's editorial,
entitled "Our Foes" published August
%, 1914, reads as follows:
'What should one say when even
such an organ as the Deutsches Off
Zier-Blatt expresses it's sympathy with
a demand that the beasts who are
taken as francs-tirourS should not be
killed. but only wounded so that they
may then be left to q fate which makes
any help impossible? Or what should
we say when the Deutsches Ofizier-
Eiatr states that a punitive dcstruc-
ton oven Of whole regions cannot 'af-
ford fun rec0mppnse for the bones of q
single murdered Iomeranian grena-
dierF Those are the desires Of blood
thirsty fanatics and we are thoroughly
ashamed Of ourselves because it is
possible that there are people among
us who urge such things"
"Barbarism," Declares Vorwaerts.
On the following day, August "a,
1914. the Vorwaerts returned to the
attack in an editorial Against Bar
barism."
"One might. in the first
place possibly believe that such de-
mand for n bloody vengeance against
alleged Belgian Outragesl emanates
from q single disease-racked brain;
but it appears that whole groups
among certain classes who represent
German kultur want to indulge in or
gies of barbarism and to devise a
whole system for the purpose of or
ganizing a war of revenge
"What of law and custom! Such
thoughts do not stir a great nation
Thus in Il leading article OF the Bor-
liner NeueSta Nachrichten, the de-
mand is made that all the authorities
in BrusseIs-One, the second burgomas-
ter, is generously eXcepted-shouldb be
Immediately seized and subjected to
trial in order to expiate the wrongs
which, according to fragmentary and
highly uncertain reports, were said to
have been committed by the people.
They demand that the captured city
should Immediately pay a fine Of 50O,-
100000 marks; that all stores of the
conquered territory be requisitiOned
without paying the inhabitants a single
penny for them"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-16

In the night the inhabitants
of Liege became mutinOus. Forty per-
sons were shot end Is houses demOl-
ished, 10 soldiers shot The sights here
make you cry.
'On the 23rd of August everything
quiet. The inhabitants have so far
given in. Seventy students were shot.
200 kept prisoners. Inhabitants re
turning to Liege.
august p. At noon with Sc men on
sentry duty. Sentry duty is \ l, no post
allOcated to me. Our occupation. apart
from bathing, is eating and drinking.
We live like God in Belgium" (FrOm
the diary Of JCh. van der School, re-
servist Of the Tenth company, Thirty
ninth reserve infantry regiment, Sey-
enth reserve army corps)
The Brinkley argus., 1918-07-05
KILLED IN FRANCE L
 ARTHUR MCBRIDE
First Monroe County Boy to Die in Action. Killed June 30th. Fighting
 with Marines.

The first Monroe county boy to be killed in action in France is Private Arthur Mcbride, who was a member of Company G. 9th, Regiment U. s. Marines, and who was killed while in action at Chateau Thierry, near Bellou Woods on Sunday, June 3Oth.
 A telegram telling of the death came Monday to Robt, L. Mcbride of this city, brother of the deceased.
 Just about one year ago, the ARGUS published notice of young Mcbride having reached France. He was 20 years of age having volunteered for service. He was in business at Clarendon and sold it out to go to war.
 The deceased leaves 3 brothers R. L. Mcbride of this city and Vernon and Morris of Claren- don. He also leaves a sister. Miss Edna who is now teaching school at Indian Bay.
 An insurance policy for $10, OOO.OO for the benefit of his family was carried by the brave young fighting Marine.
The Brinkley argus., 1918-07-05
Colored Bootleeger Caught

Failing to deliver the goods after he had take n the cash resulted in the arrest of O. B. Brooks, a Fargo negro, who was peddling fire water in Brinkley on Saturday last.
 o. B. or Cube" had not measured the thirst of a Brinkley negro and when he failed to de- liver the goods. the thirsty man wanted his money back and ap- pealed to Marshal Adams. Cube was detained and put up S250 in cash as security for his appear ance at Circuit Court.
The Brinkley argus., 1918-07-05
Red Cross Notes

Mrs. Parker c. Evan visited the Red Cross work rooms Tues day bringing a message from headquarters of the South West ern Division which means a great change in our system of work. Hereafter all work rooms in Monroe county will be assign ed a quota of work, and greater attention will be given to knitt- ing, the work of the sewing units being greatly cut down.
 Brinkley's new quota of knitt- ing is 65 pair of socks and P sweaters per month. The quota of sewing is not yet definitely decided upon. In order to re- adjust the work all knitters are requested to meet at the work rooms on Tuesday and Thursday where instructions will be given for the new sweaters and socks.
 Chairman.
 raai .rn you saw it in the ARaUs
The Brinkley argus., 1918-07-05
THE 4th. IN BRINKlFY
Observed by all Citizens, tho the Quietest Fourth
 ever Known in Brinkle,

The calmest most peaceable day of the kind ever known in Brinkley that's the history of the 1918 Fourth of July.
 Every office, store, factory and business was shut down. "Old Glory" proudly waved from the tall flag pole in the plaza and at few homes.
 There were picnics, fish fries and community gatherings in every direction and unlike the jamborees of days gone by when old booze" was obtainable, there wasn't any fussing, cuss- ing nor the slightest unpleasant ness.
 Hooverizing was put aside for this one day and every fellow you meet this morning tells you of having the best dinner eyer served.
The Brinkley argus., 1918-07-05
Arrests Stacker and Makes
 S50.O0.

Chas. Boyd, young white man who has been evading the selective draft in Hardeman county. Tennessee, was arrested this week by City Marshal H. c. Adams and was carried to Clarendon Tuesday for appear ance before the Monroe County Exemption Board. Officer Adams gets $50 reward for capturing the stacker.
 Boyd has been working on the Gazzola Farm and it was discov- ed that he has been getting his army calls thro' the Brinkley office.
 Tsii 'em you saw 1t in the ARGUA
The Brinkley argus., 1918-07-05

Clarence Bunch of Camp Pike, visited home folks this week.
 The death in battle of Arthur Mcbride on the battle field or France makes the End. Monroe County boy to die in France, the other being Murtis Cargill. the son of a former Clarendon preach CT who died of sickness.
 Word comes from two Monroe County boys now in foreign service that they are making good. One is Jeff Mccall Of Clarendon who volunteered and went to Mexico as a private. He has won promotion and IS now a 1st. Lieut.. and is referred 70 as one trained American soldier in France.
 John Sutton of Holly Grove who won a commission as Lieut.. is said to have been promoted to a Captaincy and is now training men in England.
The Brinkley argus., 1918-07-05
Among the Soldier Boys

(Under this head each week the ARGUS will be glad to print any items concerning any and all of the Monroe County boys who are in the service of their country in any branch. Please send in to the ARGUS such items for publication -Ed.)
The Brinkley argus., 1918-07-05
: S2O.oO REWARD
MOUSE (OIORFD MARI MULE

Strayed from my farm, 5 miles north of Clarendon, Sunday, June 23rd, one close built mouse colored mare mule, weight about $50 lbs, about 7 years old.
 Will cheerfully pay $20 reward for any information leading to recovery of this mule. Phone or address
 Jesse w. Brown, 6-28-l9l8 Clarendon, Ark. Teii 'em you saw ,t ip the Arpua
The Brinkley argus., 1918-07-05
A LITTLE SERMON FOR TO-DAY

The Lord shall thp sorow from thp edr from the hard bondage Isd. 3.
 To-day beneath Thy christening
 crave for peace
 Submissive 0
 ha 8
 J. C. WHITTIER n LORD, who art as the Shadow of great Rock in D weary land, who behodes Thy weak creatures weary of labor, weary of pleasure weary of hope deferred weary of self in Thine abundant compass sion and unutterable tenderness, bring I pray Thee unto Thy rest. Amen. CHRISTINA G. ROssETTI GRANT to above all things that can be desired, to rest in Thee and in Thee to have heart at Thou the peace of the heart Thou its only out of Thee all things hard and restless In this very peace that s in Thee the One Chiefest Eternal Good, I will sleep and rest. Amen. THoMHs KEMPIS THOU has made for Thysef o Lord and heart is restless until it Thee ST AUGUSTINE
The Brinkley argus., 1918-07-05

,'eii 'em you saw 1t 'r Ire Ar9na
The Brinkley argus., 1918-07-05
$2O Reward
DARK BAY MARE MULE.


 One Dark Bay mare mule. slightly over l5 hands high. weight about 875 lbs., branded H on one jaw, a pretty we'll made mule. Lost since Saturday night June 22nd.
 S2O cash cheerfully paid for any information leading to re- covery. Phone or write to me at Pleasant Ridge Farm near Hunter, J. F. Bradney, Hunter. Ark.
 July End. 1918.
 ,'eii 'em yo" saw II 'r tns Ara1s
The Brinkley argus., 1918-07-05

Will Cunningham, Clarendon, Ark. Harry Armstrong, Holly Grove. Ark.
 Ben Hill, Holly Grove, Ark. Elijah Robinson, Holly Grove, Ark.
 Bailey King, Indian Bay, Ark. HyratiOuS Gum, Cotton Plant. Ark.
 Gulf Jackson, Holly Grove, Ark. George Young, Holly Grove, Ark. Hays Sutton, Indian Bay, Ark. Pink Nunn, Brinkley, Ark. Willie Hack, Indian Bay. Ark. John B. Jefferies, Clarendon. Ark. Frank Betton, Cotton Plant, Ark. William Wilkins, Jr., Holly Grove. Ark.
 Percy Mills, Brinkley, Ark. Lewis Tyler, Clarendon, Ark. Jesse Watkins, Monroe, Ark. Gus Mcdonald, Brinkley, Ark. Anderson Frazier, Indian Bay,Ark. Eddie Hull, Cotton Plant, Ark. Dock Metcalf, Wheatley, Ark. James Mccullough, Holly Grove, Ark.
 Albert McElroy, Cotton Plant, Ark. Herman Cathey, Blackton, Ark. A. D. Johnson, Blackton, Ark. Clarence Jones, Blackton, Ark. Emanuel Miller, Turner, Ark. Jesse Bailey, Monroe, Ark. RiohorI poIJ.r,c Ho1Ix, C.,oxo Il. Odie Burton, Holly Grove, Ark. Lonzy Brooks, Holly Grove, Ark. Elijah Kelly, Holly Grove, Ark. Bill Williams, Palmer, Ark. Clarence Burk, Clarendon, Ark. Johnnie Knox, Palmer, Ark. Alonzo Clark, Blackton, Ark. Ernest Wells, Holly Grove, Ark. Harrison Threat, Clarendon, Ark. Miller Dukes, Palmer, Ark. Charley Staten, Clarendon, Ark. Robert Suggs, Clarendon, Ark. Arnett Rice Mullens, Clarendon, Ark.
 Dave Johnson, Lookout, Ark Frank Morris, Holly Grove, Ark. Cleveland Lambert, Blackton, Ark. Andrew Harvey, Monroe, Ark. Hazel Brown, Holly Grove, Ark. Davit Warrington, Fargo, Ark. Riley Artis, Holly Grove, Ark. Henry G. Jefferies, Clarendon, Ark. William Northern, Monroe Ark. Rush Park, Holly Grove, Ark. Herbert Coleman, Holly Grove, Ark.
 Sonnie Reeves, Clarendon, Ark. Thomas Johnson, Holly Grove, Ark.
 Wynne Bryant, Holly Grove, Ark. Joe Brooks, Clarendon, Ark Jasper Hicks, Holly Grove, Ark. Hilton Hall, Blackton, Ark. Mckinley Owington, Holly Grove, Ark.
 Sylvester Griffin, Holly Grove, Ernest Reeves, Cotton Plant, Ark. Joe Louis Johnson, Holly Grove, Ark.
 Felix Cunningham, Clarendon, Ark. Sam Scott, Holly Grove, Ark. Monroe Terry, Brinkley, Ark.
 Alternates.
 Will Mitchell, Brinkley, Ark. Ora Willie Townsend, MhOon Valley, Miss.
 Willie Broadly, Monroe, Ark. Owen Dawkins, Clarendon, Ark. Walter Munson, Clarendon, Ark. Arthur Harris, Holly Grove, Ark. Jesse Fryson, Holly Grove, Ark. Dryden Smith, Clarendon, Ark. Henry Vaughn, Brinkley, Ark. Alfred Heard, Cotton Plant, Ark. William Armstrong, Watson, Ark. Frank Berry, Holly Grove, Ark. George Pride, Blackton, Ark. Allen Hicks, Holly Grove, Ark. Dudley Parker, Cotton Plant, Ark. William Guy Carter, Clarendon, Ark.
 Harry Armstrong, Holly Grove, Natus Wilburn, Blackton, Ark. Mack Brittman, Holly Grove, Ark. Jesse Green, Indian Bay, Ark. sli 'em you saw II m the ArauA
 Work Obligatory. No man has right to be idle, If ne can get work to do, even If he pc as -i~l .r nroocuc -Calnafod
The Brinkley argus., 1918-07-05
IT'D AS SOLDIERS
|. List of Men Called [..u nonroe County to
 Serve Uncle Sam.

A af names of men called for :, d,,tv at the A. & M. College, Lu;1le Miss, they will be mo- of the exact date later. .rett 70 Saunders, Roe, Ark. Z 'rrence o. Baldwin, Clarendon, ,nsl [ Parker, Palmer, Ark. Frison Hampton, Brinkley, Arkr |T. Dyer, Clarendon, Ark. lderick Thompson, Moro, Ark. for Service at Tulane Uni jsity. New Orleans, La.
 of names of men called for Srv duty at Tulane University, bort at Clarendon, July 13, 1918, p. III. il Alvin Kerr, Holly Grove, hes 0. Evan, BlacktOn, Ark. bert G. Benham, Brinkley, Ark. es J. Jackson, Indian ay,Ark. of names of Negroes called |ilitary service at Camp Pike, to report for entrainment at ndon during the five day pe- beginning July 18th, 1918. Ramsey, Clarendon, Ark. h Boyd Smith, Holly Grove, let Couch, Brinkley, Ark. riley Wilson, Holly Grove, Ark. Boyd, Brinkley, Ark. les Mathis, Clarendon, Ark. |ry Harris, IT,,
 eral Johnson, Blackton, Ark. Guidon, Cascoe, Ark.
 MunnS, Clarendon, Ark.
 Metcalf, Wheatley, Ark. es Lacey, Holly Grove, Ark. Jackson, Brasfield, Ark. erson Marchbanks, Holly Ark.
 Dickerson, Holly Grove, Ark. Iard Campbell, Duncan, Ark. Tt Abston, Clarendon, Ark.
 M. D. Wellborn. Blackton, Coleman, Holly Grove, Ark. Tt Parker, Holly Grove, Ark.
 Hubbard, Indian Bay, Ark. ls Mathis, Clarendon, Ark.
 Emerson, Holly Grove, Ark. Fy Murphy, Brinkley, Ark. d Crockett, Clarendon, Ark. Eler Sawyer, Monroe, Ark.
 London, Brinkley, Ark. Hays, Cotton Plant, Ark.
 Jurest Williams, Holly Ark.
 Bonner, Mcdonald, Brinkley, Hey Hill, Brinkley, Ark. |ge Stewart, Holly Grove, Ark. Franks, Clarendon, Ark. $ Edwards, Clarendon, Ark. Barnes, Indian Bay, Ark. dell Neighbors, Clarendon,
 Johnson, Milner, Ark. Ph Thompson, Zent, Ark.
 s Welch, Cotton Plant, Ark. ey Simpson, Moro, Ark. pert Williams, Clarendon, Ark. on Jefferson, Cotton Plant, am Johnson, Winnsboro, La.
 Bass, Brinkley, Ark.
 Aetcalf, Wheatley, Ark.
 leaks, Cotton Plant, Ark.
 Ovens, Roe, Ark.
 pson Roberts, Clarendon, Ark. etl Polk, Holly Grove, Ark.
 ureen, Pine Bluff, Ark.
 ey Franklin, Holly Grove, huston, ,.l Holly Grove, Ark.
 wesley Simpson, Monroe, UrItiin palmar A,.L
Evening journal., 1918-06-06

See how many people are asking for
Just the sort of a position you have to
u,fer-you will never regret hiring the
Want Ad kind-Adv.
Evening journal., 1918-06-06
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It's great spirit America Is showing
toward this war.
A very simple little episode wit
nessed-or may say participated in
last night made me realize It.
There is an exceptionally pretty
girl, a regular beauty. in fact, who has
been coming here with a good looking
chap q couple OF times a week or so
ever since I was put out freshly paint
cd this spring.
I've listened TO their conversations
with considerable interest. They seemed
so different, more in earnest and all
that. gathered that they worked IN
the same place. a department store, I
assumed and neither OF them seemed
"a have any relatives or many friends
They weren't the gushing sort nor
silly, but II was easy TO sense that
they were very much in love with each
other
They came again last night. or rather.
they met here. The girl had been
waiting almost an hour when the young
man appeared and every little while
she'd read over letter that seemed
to be worn already from much read
ing.
"And Billy" she was saying, as they
came up 10 me and sat down, "he says