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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-02-05
Y. NJ. C. A. War Workers
Find Them and Bring
Home Letters.
PARCELS Their nAIHSTAY
Hundred or More of Them
Are in German
Camps.

NEW YORK, February 4.-yncon-
quered and unafra;d. the American
soldiers and sailors who are. held pris-
oners-of-war in Germany are facing
their captivity like men and are max
ing the best Of II. Their chief thought
Is OF the folks back home and how to
assure them that they are safe and
cheerful.
E. G. Wilson, Associate Secretary in
charge OF the Young Mems Christian
Association prisone--of-war work IN
nothern Europe. has recently returned
from Copenhagen, Denmark, his head
quarters, bringing letters from these
men. In addition, he brought with him
the report of the work of last year.
Pleads for Supplies.
From another source one letter,
which tells Of the German prison re-
tions-a half pound OF bread day
and two plates OF weak soup a day
has reached this country. Tho writer
pleads that supplies be sent, and says
that the Germans forward them as
rapidly and safely as possible, as the
men grow too weak for work on prison
fare alone.
For more than three years the Asso-
citation has been doing what 1t can to
make life more endur;Sble for the oris-
oners-of-war in the various camps
scattered throughout Europe and Asia.
The number OF prisoners Is now esq
mated at 100000. Since America has
entered the war. the work has iuctud-
ed hundred or more Americans. a@ss
of them were captured by subm2riH IS.
Some Of them were taken to Germany
before the war and have been held
there ever since.
The American Young Mems Chris
tan Association has shipped $4,000
worth OF supplies in food and clotGla :
70 relieve the necessities OF American
@-l Allied prisoners-cf-war. Similar
=. :pTlentS will follow month by nlo''f.2
The t3rab picture OF life in the pfis-
- camp as drawn by the prisoners ~
sir letters to the Young Mems Chris
Ton. Association is spiotched With cox
o as they tell OF their fight against
}iscouragemen and of their anxious
thought for the folks at nome.
Thinks of His Mother
Thinking chiefly OF his mother Hen
~ R. Headren. q siXteen-year-old lad
OF Norfolk. Va, probably the youngest
American held as 4 prisoner Of war
writes to Mr.. Wilson as follows from
Lubbock, Germany:
81 was certainly glad to hear from
you. I am in need CT your assistance
very much. 1 have written to the
British Red Cross several times for
bread. but have not received 4 Tepsy.
II WISH you would kindly notify Eay
mother OF my whereabouts. / have
written to her seTeraI tines. but have
not received a reply. The address Is
210 Maple avenue, Berkeley, Norfolk
Virginia
Il saw in one of nv mates letters
that you were from Charlotte, n. c. i
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VICTOR MORGAN TELLS WHAT GERMAN
PEOPLE Think OF THE UNITED STATES

re2dy for his big western drive,
which was 90 be the supreme effort
i of the war, the moment peace seemed
! likely in the east. OF course, their
calculations were upset by Lenine
and Trotzky, and by the opposition
of the Austrian and Hungarian
troops to go west.
"Hinderburg was alarmed at the
rate America was going and wanted
TO land his blow before American
troops could be made ready for ac-
ton Further he feared the strength
ching effect the presence of American
soldiers would have on the French
morale. All Germany believed France
nearly beaten"
The German miltarists have not
permitted ths facts concerning the
American var preparations to get to
the people. The newspapers, with
one voice continue to belittle Amer
! lea. and to assure the German public
/ that there IS no possibility Of Amer
:ca becoming a factor in the war.
One day all the German newspa-
pers printed the same tstatemen. It
said that there were 10000 American
troops in France. that they were Wn-
trained and undiscipElicd, and that
! they were only IN the way Of the
French. They said that it would be
many months before they could be
brought to condition where they
would be nf the slightest use as sol
; diers.
A: the same time they all uncorled
the same vial OF abuse and contempt
fol. the individual American soldier.
! This quotation from the Stuttgart
! Neues Tagcblatt is typical OF what all
German newspapers we're printing in
December concerning the American
soldier:
Our field grays hold him In con-
tempt and refuses to recognize him
as a worthy opponent"
Papers say that German U-boats
have made impossible the transporta-
ton OF troops from America to
France.
The Antilles. an American trans
trip to America. The loss of life was
however, pointed the ship toward Eu-
rope. described It as full OF soldiers,
and said that all had been lost
+ They said that this illustrated the
activity and effectiveness OF the sub
marines, and at the same time the
czavenness OF America.
They said that the incident had so
frightened America. that she had
stopped sending troops, and would
content herself vita supplying the
allies with food and munitions. This.
they said, America had done before
she entered the war. so that doing
1t now could not in any way change
the situation
The German public knows nothing
tGcrtiuued on page a.
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Military Masters of the
Country Alarmed at Our
Progress.
WHAT THEIR PAPERS SAY
Black Hatred Felt For Pres
ident Wilson Over
There.
Vctor Morgan writes:

victor Morgan writes:
TheEe Is one kind Of American
ae6Y that the German newspapers
prInt In full. That IS news that
has to do with charges against the
administration, Investigations, or
other items that would indicate
that America is not rnitedly in the
victor Morgan, editor OF the
Cleveland Press, went to Europe
Tor The West vfrginian and other
american newspapers to ind out
what IS going on in Germany to-
day. These articles are appearing
eoxluSIyely IN Fairmont IN The
West V3rginfan.
HereWita Il 8Gcrgan's sixth artt-
ele. "a which he tells how Al er-
fca's var progress alasSne the GER
man masters and other facts about
tie German view o. America in the
yFcr Z.
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vours. She even has a little crooked
toe like you have on your LETT 1901.
know you would be Wild about her
IL YOU could only see the dear-she
IS such a com fort to me. love her
and kiss her for YOU"
rfy Name on an EnvcloPe-Gce WhIz!
your letter 10 ne and my name on
the enveiope-gee wni1: writes WIZ
liam N. Fitzgerald. American prisoner.
No. 10, held at Gustrow, Germany lie
says:
some time ago wrote you a letter
and no doubt the answer is on the way
Since then have received q parcel
from you. 1t was good sound sens1-
bic one at that. and appreciated II
very rouch. After that bacon in the
morning l go out to work feeling NJ
and in cheerful mood.
.4Your letter came to me ct tins
when was we'll in the dumps, as they
saw I am Of a cheerful mood as
rrie. but ! was becoming mo1ose and
su!leu. owing to the position was
in: no letters, no news OF any KIND,
no friends, IN strange laud OF people
VINO tax language know nothing
of. Then again. the excitement OF the
thrilling capture leaving me. olLter
crt experiences in different camps etc
Your letter to me and my name on
the eavelope-gee w1iz! Just think. 1
had almost forgotten had a name
Now am sure 1t was number 10
here and numbez 10 there. took the
letter out forty times that day to look
at my name, and believe :ae. was not
the only one. At work that day /
would see a fellow stop. turn his back,
look around to see II any one vas look
ing. and then take out the letter and
.ook at the envelope. They were all
like me. Wonderful what { letter will
do.
.'You want to know what need.
Well, here is it-socks, soap. under
wear, size 90, towel, outside shirt, and
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a sweater for the cold weather
well, Mr. Wilson, will now close
Thanking you for your interest in me,
and hoping to hear from you soon,
CIVILIAN NJ. FITZGERALD.
In another letter Mr. Fitzgerald asks
the Young Mems Christian Association
to locate his brother. Joseph z. F'itz-
gerald, who was formerly member OF
the crew of the fireboat 'Wiiiets-" foot
OF Bloomfield street. IN this second
letter he says:
.'N6y reason for writing Is to notify
you OF my present address. which will
be permanent; that IS, as long as re-
main in Germany. 1 have been here
since March %. 1917, having been cap
tured March 10, 1917, in the nafd-At-
lantic.
Sow, Mr.. Wilson. there is some,
Thing, 1 wish you would do for me, and
that is to try and locate ny brothe-.
/ have written and received no an
swer. I think be, has moved away
from the address he formerly bad, but
Toa can locate him through the New
York City Fire Department headquar-
ters, 67th street, Third and Lexington
avenues, New York city. He Is mem
Der OF the department. Perhaps he
has retired now, for when / last say:
him he was member nearly 10 years.
and he could retire at the end o: the
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Editor Of The Cleveland Press.
tCopyrfght, 1913. by the Newpa pc"
Enterprise Association.l
Nobody except Americans and Ger
mans ever crit1eise Americas war
progress.
Instead. the people OF France. Eng
lad and Switzerland speak OF 1t IN
terms Of wonder.
Never IN the history of the world
has nation accomplished so much
In 30 short time. they say.
Because we are in the war in the
Interest Of democracy and perma-
nent peace because President VIII
son has made our war aims so posi-
TIVE and definite. there are many in
Europe who believe that eventually
America will assume the leadership
of the allies IN the war.
". @. Sha=p, United States ambas-
8a6or 10 France, is one of these.
While IN France Ambassador Sharp
gave ne a statement to this effect.
GeTaans who oppose the kaiser's
scheme OF world conquest. and who
now md Il convenient to live In
Switzerland. told me that the mill
tstIS masters OF Germany also are
surprised-ard alarmcd-at Ameri-
cas- progress
Information comes to these men
from new arrivals. persons who be-
lleye as they do, and who, Ike them
saiysss. feel ssfer outside their native
4adC.
The sure proc: that the German
IIitGrists are awake to Americas
pTosFess, said one. "is seen in TIE
anldftl VITA WHich Ein6enhurG got
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-02-05
By VICTOR MORGAN

Editor Of The Cleveland Press.
copyright 1918. by the Newpa pc:
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goth year OF active service on halt
pay. Whethe. he is retired OF is stih
a member, taey have his present ad-
CONTINUED en- Page Tnree.J
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Fe5Easz 1913
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-08-23

Charles Phillips Hatcher, resigned
and was then reelected. He was again
reelected August although not can
didatc.
Next in point of service comes
Miles Murphy. of the fifth district who
will enter upon his second full term,
E. D. Hunter, of the fourth district,
will enter upon his second term, out
he was absent part of his first term
in the army, being discharged for ply
steal disabilities. Mr.. Haywood of the
second district is a new member. and
while Mr.. Shoffner has been on the
board of education only short time
he has had long experience in school
work having been on the county hign
school board several years.
Most of the teachers for next year
have been elected so that aside from
organizing the board will have little
but routine work to transact at its
initial meeting.
BY virtue of his office County Su-
perintendent Graham is secretary of
the board
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-08-23

a large part of the peach crop. Anti
loafing laws forcing able-bodied idlers
into work Cities and towns expected
to furnish from $4,000 to 100000
emergency farm hands this fall,
Farmers have speeded up their work
and have directed it more intelligent
ly this year than ever before.
KENTUCKY-Idle being forced
through prosecution and public senti-
ment to take up productive work Pre-
JUDGE of farmers against use of boys
being overcome; older high school
students giving effective service. City
men in business and industries being
enlisted for emergency farm work
and proving their ability. Ways Of in
creasing the efficiency of farm labor
being worked out and brought to ire
attention of farmers.
LOUISANA-County councils of de-
Tense are having ordinances passed to
close poolroOms, and are using war
emergency service registration cards
for men of from IS to so years. Truc-
tors running in two shifts and "a
hours day. Negro women found to
be capable of doing mems work in
fields.
NORTH CAROLINA-Many pool
rooms closed for the period of the
war. Railway industrial agents help
ing civic and governmental agencies
to man the farms. Farmers speeding
up by using larger implements. Dr.
versification of crops allows one sec
ton to draw harvest labor from 9th
ers.
0KLAHOMA-Mines slackened op-
erations and oil operators released
every man who could be spared dur
ing the wheat harvest season. Cities
have refused licenses to resorts of the
idle Farmers cooperated to buy
tractors
TENNESSEE-Farmers have work
ed more days, longer hours and on
Sundays. and have come out of re-
tirement to go in the fields. Chores
turned over to women and children.
One hundred women reported blowing
in one county. Men living in small
towns and owning farms have work
high school boys spending vacations
in farm work. Courts adjourning
and sawmills stopping work during
the crop season. better machinery
and more horses being used, while
tractors work by night as we'll as day.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-08-23
HOW FARMERS Of
SOUTH ARE MEETING
THE LABOR SHORTAGE
SCORES OF WAYS BY WHICH HAIR.
VEST HELP HAS BEEN PRO-
VIDED OR ASSURED.
STOP NON ESSENTIAL WORK
Women Being More Generally En-
poyed in Places Formerly Held by
Men-Farmers Speed up Work and
Direct it More IntelligentIy.
Special to The Herald.

special 10 Inc Herald.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. IT.
Scores of ways by which harvest help
for Southern farmers already has
been provided or assured were told at
the United States Department Of Ag-
ricultures conference of State farm
help specialists for the Southern
States, held recently in Birmingham,
Ala. Some of these ways are given
here with the probability that they
will be found valuable in communities
other than those in which they are
being used.
ALABAMA-County farm help bu-
reaus organized in counties where
principal cities are located; member
ship usually includes county demon
stration agent county food admins
traitor, chairman of county council Of
defense, leading farmer and bust
ness man. Through the State Cornell
of Defense. 5000 boys are being mobil-
lied over the State to aid in the har-
vest. Definite plans made for using
city men with farm experience
through the aid of civic associations
and other organizations, with efforts
for the entire release of men for non
essential occupations. Women being
more generally employed in positions
heretofore held by men. such as those
of elevator operators. clerks and wait
ers. Cities adopting effective yag7an-
cy law2
GEoRGIA--White women organic
ing to pick cotton, and have packed
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-08-23
GIRLS IN JEFFERSON co.
TO STUDY FOOD COOKING

SPECIAL to The Herald.
cambridge. Tenn, Aug. lin
creased interest in domestic science is
b ing shown in this (Jefferson) coun-
.ty by the addition of domestic science
teachers to the various schools. One
of the canning club girls who has been
very successful in her work has been
elected to teach domestic science at
New Market A room in the school
has been equipped for domestic
science teaching This is the second
school to take up the work of the
household recently. According to
common expression in. the county, the
board OF education is glad to place
teachers in communities where tae
families are interested enough to get
the school kitchen ready.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-08-23
KILLED BY LIGHTNING IN
CHURCH WHILE SPEAKING

While making report on his activ-
tiles for the Red Cross on Sunday
morning, William Brown, a prominent
citizen of his community, was struck
by lightning in the Christian church
on the Campbellsville pike, just south
of Yokeley in Giles county and was
instantly killed. Mr.. Brown was
standing just under a wire that was
suspended from the ceiling of the
church while speaking and evidently
the wire proved a conductor of the
lightning.
That section of Giles county was
visited on Sunday by a severe ,electri.
cal and rain storm and it was at its
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-08-23

TEXAS-Banks have been asked to
finance farmers in bringing in labor.
ers from Mexico. money allotted for
this work by the governor; 10000
men from this source had been OBJ
tanned in midJuly
WEST VIRGINIA-Banks, factories
and stores have released employees FOR
short-time farm work. Farm bust
ness better organized, farmers are
working longer hours and harder and
helping each other more, increased
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-08-23
SpOrtSmen Ahead Of Time In
Opening Season For DoDes

doves are migratory birds within
the meaning Of the federal statute
and therefore the season thereon will
be closed until midnight of August
thirty first This means that sports.
men who have been hunting have vio-
lated the statutes OF the nation. How
ever, as it was done unintentionally
no one. it is expected. will be PROSE
cuted and the enjoyment of further
hunts will simply have to be post
poned until Sept. 1.
Many sportsmen are of the opinion
that the law makes a wise provision
in pOstponing the season for sixteen
days. that the birds will all be grown
by that time and will be really fatte-.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-08-23
Travellers Warned Bridge On
Duck RiDer Not WhOllu Safe

Notices were placed on the bridge
across Duck river to Columbia by the
county road commission warning the
travellers that the bridge is not in a
thoroughly safe condition for heavy
trucks and engines. The defects in
the bridge were discovered some time
ago and the commission has made
every effort to obtain the material
to make the repairs but so far has
been unable to dooso. F 8
The government has. for wa< pur-
poses, Communicated all OF the steel
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-08-23

and orders for steel for supports for
the bridge structure have proven an-
awaiting. The commission still hopes
to be able to secure the steel neces-
sary, but in the meantime the bridge
is not safe for the very heavy traf.
fic. II has likewise been impossible
to get certain timbers that are neces.
sary for the repairs On the structure
For ordinary traffic at the SLOW speed
no danger is anticipated at the same
time people crossing the bridge
should bear in mind that too much
weight might prove serious.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-08-23

Local sportsmen have been ahead
Al aN
If time in their zeal to STAY doves. Of
which there is an unusual abundance
i.aboring under the impression tina;
the seassuso opened this year az it mas
for mad Yeas on Aug Is. the hunt
crs wee pW on that day and have
been every day since in quest Of the
lucious bird but they awoke this
morning to a realization of the fact
that Uncle Sam in the meantime had
enacted law to protect migratory
birds. making the open season Sep
iember, /, or sixteen days later.
The government has officially noti-
lied state Game Warden Howser that
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-08-23
EDUCATION BOAR D
TO ELECT CHAIRMAN
ON FIRST MONDAY
EITHER w. J. RUSSELL OR D. w.
SHOFFNER EXPECTED TO
fs BE ELECTED.
ONE new MEMBER IN THE LIST
Eighth District Member is the Senior
in Point of Service With Miles Muir
ply Of the Fifth District as the
Second.

When the county board of educas
ton meets on Monday, September ?,
to reorganize it is not Improbable
that either William James Russell OF
the eighth district or d. W. ShOff-
ucr, offs the seventh district will be
elected shairmnn to success W. J. Nc
knight Phe latter was not a candj-
date for reelection and will not be a
member of the board
In point of actual service on the
board Mir Russell is the senior mem
Der. 44e was appointed three years
AGO to fill cut the unexpired term Of
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-08-23

numbers of women are nthe fields,
idleness is being discouraged and
aboys are doing more work.
Some of these methods of meeting
the labor shortage are being used in
all States, some in one or few.
From this list, Department of Agri-
culture officials believe, every person
or organization interested in helping
to solve the farm labor problem can
find a field for effective effort.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-08-23
U-BOQf RQmmed
Is Probably Sunk
by United Press.)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2o.-A Ger
man submarine was ramme1 and
probably sunk by an American steam
er on the evening of August II near
Winter Quarter Shoals off the Virgin
ia coast, the navy department an
nounced today
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-08-23

height during the morning hour for
services in the churches. The church
is located near the big general store
on the pike, that is known for miles
around as the Jew store" and is one
of the most largely attended churches
in that section and a good crowd was
present Sunday morning when the
tragedy occurred. 1t is thought that
death was instantaneous.
The tragic end of Mr.. Brown cast
a gloom over the whole community as
he was one of the best citizens of that
section, known for his good works.
He had been active in his endeavors
for the Red Cross.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-08-23
HEAVY RECEIPTS FROM
SALE THRIFT STAMPS
LIONS ALREADY IN THE U.
S. TREASURY.
(Dy United Press.l

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.--Cash re-
ceipts from the sale OF war saving
stamps have passed the $600,000000
mark, treasury officials announced to-
day.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-08-23
Y. w. c. A. WORK IN FRANCE

At the request of the French Min
istry of War the American Young
Womens Christian Association has
opened clubrOoms for French women
employed in the offices of the War
Department at Paris and elsewhere
in France.