The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-08-29
BIG SUCCESS.
1000 People Attended War Conference
al Hickman Saturday.

The War Conference al Hickman
saturday was "a succc~s in every par
tirular.
Fully 5000 people. representing ai
ai parts of the county. were in attend
anee. The day wa> ideal. the crow.
s"ud humorcd the program interest
Ing fhe purpose Of the meeting NOR,
than accomplished Dinner on th,
eround was enjoyed by visitors. wha
found right 40 ihc court house plent,
of Nice iafhecued pork and mutton.
plus coid drinks and cOnfeciions
This affair was held under the aus.
piees of fhr Council 81 Defense. Mayor
\. @. tarufh-rs being county chair
man. and Any : D. Stemhridge. Asst
Chairman. Tho State organization
furnished three distinguished gentle
men G." address the crowd and a brass
band io supply patriotic music. IN ad-
diii"n the varions church choirs unit
ed under the leadership Of Rev. 4. l..
Miiey. rendered % number af appro-
PIRATE selections. 4 we'll arranged and
inspiring patriotic parade was had iu
the morning. This was followed hy
a r"uSing 100 per cent American ad-
dress at the court house los Rev. Pas.
u Jones. of Paducnh After dinner
br. Fred Mutchler Of Lexington. Ky.
made "a splendid talk GA the interest
of more wheat and more sheen His
argument for increasing these "eropS~
was "a most convincing one and has
already borne fruit Many farmers
who heard the Doctor. have re-arranged
their farm programs to include a lars
er acreage of wheat Both speakers
were given fine attention 10y literally
packed house
The next and last speaker was Pri-
waite John a. Scott. Canadian sol
.lier. whose body was next To riddlcd
by bullets aud she'll fragments la the
opening of tine world VAR. lie MAS
later captured by the Huns aud re-
MANNED a tortured prisoner I'm their
hands for two and a half years. How
he survived the torture. starvation and
inscience of his eaptors he does not
himself know. Preferring death tol
such an existence. he and one of his
finally made desperate
and successful effort to escape-and
got over the border into Holland. In
a most interesting manner he related
the narrowing details of his expert
ence: stripping the mask Of kultur
from the German brute. and exposing
their methods in all of its frightful-
ness He praised the Red Cross and
cited il as the one source of communi- |
cation with the prisoner in Hunland. /
and without the aid of which he would
have starved II was. in fact. the
stepping stone to his liberty. He man
aged to trade bar of soap. sent him
by the organization. 10 a German
sentry for compass, which he used
IN getting his bearing. Germany has
no soap or fats with which to make
it-and tie brihing was easy.
The details Of Private Scott's stay
in Germany eclipse anything we ever
heard for inhuman. heinous treatment
Many Of his comrades died OF sheer
exhaustion and torture. They were
forced fo do exceedingly hard wo.k
on rations that would hardly sustain
life. a mixture Of rotten vegetables
poured into dirty water and termed
soup. Least infractions Of the orders
of heartlsss taskmasters brought pun
ishment next 10 crucifixion; in fact,
they were not prisoners Of war. but
slaves and victims of torture for al
blood-thirsty set of yandals- One
could not help shuddering as he re
lated his awful story of captivity
The last and always interesting fea
tl,rs of the days program was the big
war plane from Millington- Lieuien-
ants Mooren and Mcclellan, two dar-
ing Young airmen. looped the hoop ana
did some flying stunts that sent col I.
chills down the spine of the vast con
sreeation of spectators After solo
Ing. for some thirty minutes, they sci
ont On the return journey To the home
camp: having spent Friday mt clin-
ton entertaining folks ON similar
occasion
All I'm all. the day was a most proht-
able one TO the people Of our county.
The object of the conference was Ger
tainlv attained in full measure
people were given a renewed spirit OF
patriotism: brought closer together II
an understanding of American citizen
shin and the principles which under
lie our fight, our sacrifices In makin'
tho ..yxorld free for Democracy.