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The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-08-16

our guns, knives, fists, teeth we went
against the enemy.
One of my best friends fought with
a giant Belgian. The guns of both had
fallen to the ground. They hammered
one another with fists. / had just
closed an account with twenty-five
year-old Belgian and was going to as
sist my friend because his antagonist
was Of superior strength. My friend
succeeded suddenly In biting the Bel
gian on the chin so deeply that he tore
a piece of flesh out with his teeth. The
Belgian's pain must have been terri
BILE. He released my comrade and ran
away with an insane cry Of pain.
Everything developed by seconds.
The blood of the Belgian ran out of
my friends mouth; terrible nausea
and indescribable Ioathing seized him.
The taste of warm human blood
brought him almost to the verge of in
sanity. In the course of this night
battle / came in contact for the first
time with the butt of Belgian gun.
During a hand-to-hand fight with a
Belgian, second enemy soldier
struck me on the hack Of the head
with the butt of his gun so hard that
my helmet was forced down over my
ears. The pain was fearful and l
tainted.
When l revived, I was lying in a
barn, with my head bandaged, among
other wounded men. My wound was
not severe. only had feeling as If
my head was twice its normal size.
The other wounded soldiers and the
ambulance men said the Belgians had
been forced back within the forts and
that hard fighting was still in prog
reSS.
Wounded men were brought in con-
tinuously and they told us that the
Germans had already stormed several
forts and had taken a number of main
and auxiliary defenses. but could not
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-08-16
CHAPTER u.

/ went to Aix-la-Chappelle to a hos
pital. / met many more wounded men
who had fought in Belgium. All were
of the opinion that the Belgian dead
numbered as many civilians as sol
diers. Even If the German soldiers
who fought in Belgium do not admit
the cruelties committed against the
Belgians, it cannot be denied that at
least 80 per cent of the cruelties
known to the world to have been COM
mitted in Belgium were only too true.
A young soldier who lay next to me
in the hospital told me that his COM
pany, during street fight in Liege.
was given orders to kill everybody
without discrimination. Systematical-
ly, one house after another was set on
fire. The inhabitants either fell in the
flames or became the victims in the
streets to the gun barrels of the Ger
man kultur-bearers.
At the time i doubted the words of
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-08-16

my neighbour, even though lao seen
what German warfare meant. After
few days was released from the
hospital and again restored to my de-
tachment. Partly by auto. partly by
foot, l reached my detachment by ten
o'clock in the evening. Our transport
moved this time over Trier to Luxem-
burg. The little grand duchy of Lux
emburg was overrun entirely by Ger
man soldiers. The Germans who hnd
made their homes in Luxembourg had
everything taken away from them. es-
pecially the farmers, ali food. without
thought of payment. SO That In Luxein-
burg ut this time there IVES shortage
of food. The people here as well as
In Belgium were very friendly. yet they
harbored a terrible bitterness against
the German government, which had
loosed it's troops like band of robbers
and murderers over their peaceful
/, country.
Belgium and Luxembourg, the two
first unhappy victims of the dannable
German politics and its drunkenness
with power!
That the Luxembourg citizens detest-
ed Germany an incident showed me
which happened in the village OF Mar
moth. We were in friendly CONVEX
sation with Luxembourg farmer. Two
officers approached and listened. One
officer, captain, asked the Luxem-
burger, "What do you think OF the
war, and of the quickness of Germany
There Is only one Germany. isn't
thereT'
eyes," replied the farmer. "Thank
the Lord"
For those four words the farmer
was arrested at once and transported
to Germany as court prisoner.
could never learn what became OF
him.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-08-16

ture of the several forts came about.
Artillery of all caliber was trained ON
the forts, but it was the 21-centimeter
mortars and the AIS which performed
the real work.
From distance the 42-centimeter
projectiles were heard to arrive, to the
accompaniment of fearful kissing
that sounded like long drawn-out
screech which filed the whole at
mosphere. Wherever 1t fell, every
thing was destroyed within a radius
of several hundred meters. The air
pressure which the bursting of the pro-
jectile produced was so terrible that 1t
made breathing difficult for those Of
us who were holding the advanced po-
SitiOnS.
To make this witches holiday COM
plete, the Zeppelins appeared during
the night to participate In the work OF
destruction. The soldiers suddenly
heard above their heads the whirling
of propellers and the noise of the mo-
tors. The Zeppelins came nearer.
They we're not discovered by the enc
my until they were close to the forts,
which Immediately played all the
searchlights at their disposal on them.
hunting the armament for the flying
foe. The whirling of the propeilers
Of the airships stopped suddenly. In
stead, high in the air brilliant light
appeared, the searchlight Of the Yep
pelin. which, for moment. illuminat-
ed the entire landscape.
Suddenly all became dark again. A
few moments later powerful detona-
tons revealed the fact that the Yep
pelin had thrown off ballast" That
went on long while. Explosion fol-
lowed explosion. These were followed
abyi clouds of fire. In the air, exploding
shrapnel which the Belgian artillery
fired at the airships could be observed.
The whirling of the propellers started
up again. directly above our heads. 1t
became Quieter and Quieter, until the
powerful ships of the air disappeared
from our vicinity.
Thus the forts were leveled. Thou
sands of Belgians lay behind the walls
and under the Notifications. dead and
buried. A general storming attack
followed. Liege was in the hands of
the Germans, who had paid, in dead
alone in this battle. $4,000 men.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-08-16
(To BE CONTINUED.D
SET ADRIFT, DISCOVERS LAND
Priest, Offending Chief, Saved Life
and Later Returned With Story
OF interesting Find.

New Zealand is Maoriland, the home
Of most interesting race. About one
thousand years ago there lived on the
isle Hanaiki the forefathers of the
Maori. One of their priests, TIE Kupe,
relates a writer in the Mississippi
Blaetter, had offended the chief, and
to prevent his being killed his friends
sent him, provided with provisions
enough to last some time, adrift over
the sea in canoe. Home and friends
he would never see again, he thought,
and by his people he was mourned as
one dead. To the joy of the islanders
he returned after IL months, giving
them glowing description Of the
wonderful land he had discovered. His
information caused stirring agita-
ton. and in q short time seven canoes
were fitted out by the natives to sail
to the land of promise and settle
there.
TIE Kupe was leading in the first
canoe across the wide sea, and on
their landing, to honor him, called 1t
"Acteoroa"-New Zealand.
"The seed of our race comes from
Hanraiki," said a missionary, and
there can be no doubt about the ORR
ginaI dwelling place and that the
present Maoris are the descendants OF
those who sailed centuries ago from
Hanraiki.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-08-16
Man Dumb From war New TaIks.

Parents of Walter Jones, soldier
of Glen Cove, L. L, who has just re-
turned from France. answering a tele-
phone call from New, York, heard the
voice of their son, whom they sup
posed was dumb as the result of shell
shock. In the trenches in France a
shell exploded within a few feet Of
Jones and he became unconscious.
Several Of his comrades were killed
by the explosion. When Jones re-
gained consciousness he was deaf and
dumb. He was sent back to America
for treatment and on the ocean trip
homeward the vessel was attacked by
a submarine. The excitement Of this
shock Is said to have restored both
his speech and hearing.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-08-16

how I love nay country!" the stole in
Harriet Martineau's 81 see no reason
why the existence Of Harriet Martineau
should be prolonged;" the sophisticat-
ed villain in Titus Oates sit is all
the same in the end;" the plutOcrat in
Lorenzo de- Medici's mot that, cam
not part with that's" the benevolent
man In Walter SCOTS God bless you
all I" the martyr in Sir Heary Vane's
"Ten thousand deaths for me ere I
will stain the purity of my conscience"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-08-16
CHARACTER IN LAST WORDS
Final Remarks of Men of Eminence
Key to Thoughts That Dominat-
ed Them In Life.

The schoolmaster spoke in old Alex
ander Adams last words, at grows
dark. boys; you may co." the polished
man of the world in Chesterfeld's
"Give DayrolIes a chairs" the philoso-
pher in Hobbies, 81 am going to take
u great leap into obscurity;" the as
celtic in Thoreau's 81 leave the world
without a regret ;" the rebel in Peter
Pindar's "Give me back my youth;
the poet in Keats 81 feel the flowers
growing over my grave;" the actor In
Quin's 81 could wish this tragic scene
WIS over. but ! hope to go through 1T
with becoming dignity" the man OF
action In Cecil Rhodes $50 little done,
so much to do" the hero In Law
rence's Don't give up the shipI" the
wit In Palmerston's "Die, my dear
doctorI that's the last thing | shall
do" the humorist In Doctor Samuel
Garth's appeal to his fellow-physicians.
Dear gentlemen. let me die natural
DEATH" the believer in Sir Henry
Havelock's (It is doubtful that Addi-
son said It frst) Come. my son, and
see how a Christian can de-" the
skeptic IN Thomas Paine's II have no
wish to believe on that subject" the
victorious warrior In WOlfe's ~GOd be
pralsedI I die happy" the dictator
IN Napoleon's "Tete d'armee:" the
anxious patriot In Pitts Ny country
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-08-16

Played the Searchlight on Ihem.
hold them because they had not been
sufficiently supported by artillery. The
defenses inside the forts and their gar
risons were still intact. The situation
was not ripe for a storming attack, so
the Germans had to retire with enor-
nous losses. The reports we received
were contradictory. 1t was impossible
to get a clear picture. In the mean
time the artillery bombardment had
become so intense that 1t Mortified
even the German soldiers. The heavi-
est artillery was brought into action
against the steel and concrete de-
lenses.
No soldier so far knew anything Of
the existence Of the 42-centimeter NOR
tars. Long after Lege was In Ger
man hands these soldiers could not
understand how it was possible that
the defenses, which consisted OF dou-
BILE sIx-meter walls Of steel and con-
crete, were reduced after only a few
hours bombardment.
myself could not take part In these
operations, being wounded. but my
comrades told me later how the cap
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-08-16

It may be true that all men are
bora free and equal; but most OF them
lose their freedom and their equality
BY the time they begin to Be fed with
q spoon.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-08-16

They were motoring, and he babe
defiance to all police traps.
"We're going at fifty miles an hour"
he said. "Are you braveT
She Swallowing another pint OF
dust)-Yes, dear, I'm full of grit.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-08-16

1t is said that the spare rib is not
popular with the Mormon epicure.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-08-16
KASER's TERRIBLE ENGINES OF WAR RAIN DEATH UPON
THE CITIES OF BELGIUM

confessions officer In the plo-
branch of the service corresponds
np IN tha engineers United States Is sent into
po, invading that country lgno
for their actions the Ger
man soldiers border and attack the Belgian oeiehu
ing frontier.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-08-16

Streets, sidewalks, houses In
the town of Neuve Chateau are
heaped with dead and wound
ed-civiIians and soIdiers-after
the town is taken by the Ger
mans in a hand-to-hand encoun-
ter. The next installment tells
how the German soldiers car
ried out the orders of theil off,
cers to show no mercy.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-08-16

during the Time I
was lookingforward
to the coming of my
little one that i am
recommending it TO
other expe C ia n t
mothers. Be fore
taking it, somedays
I suffered with neu.
ralcia SO badly that
I thought / could
not live, but after
taxing three bottles
of Lydia E. Pin k
hams v e ge table
Compound | was en-.
tirely relieved OF
neuralgia, | h ad
gained in strength
and was able to GO
around and do all
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-08-16

nv homework. Ny baby when seven
months old weighed 10 pounds and ! feel
better than ! have for long time. l
never had any medicine do me so
much good. Mrs. PEARL MoNYHAN,
Mitchell, Ind.
Good health during maternity is
most important factor to both mother
and child, and many letters have been
received by the Lydia Z. Pinkhama
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, telling OF
health restored during this trying period
by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-28

r s eeasa medee WHICH has been accomplishing such
@ e M avhg @ M sale in leading cities of The South
FL enlro the exclusive
Meeooc Drug Co. The only
thiee years lme not phenomenal
discovery Ianlac the
shnnt OF
5OO floor
aer-day commercial history ~ ~ ~
Although placed the market but three years ago
oVf million bottles old
never been equaed in the history of The
The The
known and onored Millions have it
all lime No matter where
United States whether East West North
unques'onaby
world today. ~ ~ ~ ' ."
Briefly record of the
now be placed within The reach In only
viii be placed sale in practically
throughout the entire West - ~ ~ ~
10 The L. T. Cooper
of Tana
and recorcbreakng demand
heen whoesomeness the
of The alone
The of the
Mr. Coopers theories health
ic discussion conceded persons that he is maj
ples of physical hygiene This
experimenting in The Cooper laboratories. - T
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-28
Ex-Mayor of B'ham
Recommends Tanlac
Hon. Frank V. Evans Saws He
Weighs More Than Ever in
Life Since Taking 1t.

One Of the latest additions to the
large and rapidly growing list of
prominent men who have publicly en-
dorsed Tanlac for the good it has done
them is the name of Hon. Frank "
Evans, former mayor of Birmingham
Mr.. Evans is one of the best known
men in public life in Alabama today,
having been at one time editor of
one of the Souths greatest newspa-
pers, the Birmingham Age-Herald.. He
was also examiner Of public accounts
in Alabama. In telling of the bene-
fits he had derived from Tanlac, Mr..
Evans said:
"For years I suffered with gAstri-
tbs and indigestion in the worst Form.
] was -habitually constipated ana had
pains in my shoulders and headache
continually. My appetite left me al
most entirely and everything would
eat hurt me. Finally I got to having
awful attacks of acute indig estion,
palpitatiOn of the heart and another
ing spells. For a long time l would
have one or more Of these spells
every night and I would make out
of my restless sleep gasping for
breath. r.
Il bought a bottle of Tanlac, and
to my surprise and qualification be-
gan to feel relief after the first few
doses. l kept taking the medicine
and now I weigh more than I lever
did in my life, and my recovery Is
simply the talk Iof Birmingham"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-28

when a man assails it's head and the
policies he stands for. it may be add
ed that they are still slower about re-
ceiving back as a leader a man who
has practically read himself out of
the party.
Mrs. Violette Campbell, one Of the
most prominent women Democrats in
the county, joins the anti-Bell move
ment with the following statement:
Il do not regard Theodore Bell as
liza any way the Democratic candidate
for governor. Because of his posi-
licn on the temperance question, he
is decidedly out of joint with the
democratic party, which has unequiv-
ocally declared itself in favor of ma
tional prohibition. As a Democrat,
! shall not support Mr.. Bell.
"VIOLETTE S. CAMPBELL,
president Woman's Wilson Club." /"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-28
Big Bankers Enthused
Officers of Two Leading Institutions
Praise Tanlac Highly.

Among the countless thousands OF
prominent people all over America
who have taken Tanlac and praised
lit for the benefits they derived from
lit, none are more enthusiastic than
the two well-known Southern bank
ers whose statements follow.
e. ]. Henry, president of the Haw-
kinsville Bank and Trust Co., Haw-
Ga, says:
Last spring l was all wrong some
way or other and couldn't get right.
took bottle of Tanlac and began
to improve. Two more bottles put me
in good shape and I felt perfectly we'll.
A few weekes ago I took the grippe
and was getting down and out again.
l bought another bottle Of Tanlac and
am well again. I unhesitatingly rec
ommend Tanlac to anyone who is sick
and worn out"
w. C. McEiveen, cashier Bank Of
Hornbeck. Hornbeck, Louisiana, says:
II have taken five (5) bottles Of
Tanlac and have gained fifteen pounds
in three weeks. 1 think it is a great
medicine"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-28
HIGH SIlERIFFS OF
SOUTH ENDORSE II
Officials From Four South.
ern States Tell of Bene-
fits From Tanlac.

Four of the leading sheriffs of the
South, in widely separated states
have given theier unqualified endorse.
ment to Tanlac.
Hon. C. w. Mangum, who was for
three terms sheriff of Fulton county
Ga, reseiding in Atlanta, said:
Tan!ac has certainly helped me
My condition is now that of a well
man. Tanlac put my system in shape
and all my disagreeable symptoms OF
stomach trouble have disappeared"
Hon. Charles l. Lewis, eX-sheriff of
Crittenden county, residing at Marion
Ark, said:
"Tanlac has entirely relieved me of
biliousness and malaria and has al
most made a new woman of my wife
who has suffered for ten years with
stomach trouble"
Hon. A. r. Anderson. who was re-
elected seven times TO the office of
sheriff of Harris county, Texas, re-
siding in Houston said:
Money couldn't buy that good Tan
lac has done for me. I suffered from
ind gestion of the worst sort and had
severe neuralgia pains. l have taken
three bottles of Tanlac, my trouble
is gone and 1 am like different
man."
Hon. S. A. Kelly, sheriff of Ector
county, Texas, residing at Odessa,
Texas, says:
Il needed a general all-round build
ing up for over seven years and Tan
lac has done that very thing for
me-"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-28
MANY PROMINENT MEN
COME OUT FOR TANLAC
Leading Citizens in Every
Walk of Life, Including
Well Known State and
County Officials, Endorse
1t.

1t is seldom, indeed, that men of
prominence, especially men holding
high public office, willingly express
their Indebtedness publicly to a pro
prietary medicine. Many promin ent
men, however including supreme
court Judges, mayors of our leading
cities, prominent state and county Of
ficials, bankers, lawyers, doctors, ed
itors, leading educators, government
officials, and even ministers of the
Gospel, have deemed it their duty to
come forward and tell the people what
Tanlac has done for them.
These well-known men of affairs
have recognized in this medicine a
new discovery and a scientific tri-
umph in the medical world. 1t is a
well-known fact that these splendid
endorsements have been given Tanlac
time and time again, and they will
continue to be given just as often as
new tests of it's powers are made; and
it also explains why numbers of the
big drug firms of the country are or
dering it exclusively in carload lots.
Appearing below are a few endorse
ments from the large number that are
continually being given to the public:
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-28
PASTOR OF WESLEY
MEMORIAL CHURCH TALKS

Rev. w. c. Norton, former pastor of
the Wesley Memorial Church. 52S Es-
tell street Jacksonville, now residing
at Perry. Florida, which large charge
he has held for many years. is not
only leader in his church, but is
exceedingly popular and widely rec
ognized as a leading citizen and a
man of thought and action. Rev.
Norton said:
!. II suffered from chronic indigestion
for eight or ten years. The
benefit 1 have derived from this med
icine is nothing short of wonderful.
for reeally feel as well now as I
ever felt in my life, In short. Tan
lac has simply restored my health,
and 1 feel it nv duty to recommend
Among other well-known ministers
who endorsed Tanlac are: Rev. w. T.
Roby, pastor of the West Lonsdale
Methodist church 500 Leroy street,
Knoxville, Tenn; Rev. John M. Simms,
Baptist minister, and Rev. A. L. Tall,
M eth odist, both of Atlanta: Rev. j. A.
Wells. pastor of Oak Ridge Methodist
church, Oak Ridge, Miss.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-28
BeNLoses Support
ofDen1ocrats in
Imperial Valley

That The Press account Of the re-
pudiaiion of Teodore Bell for gov
ernor on the Democratic ticket, pub
lished in Thursdays issue, was the
means of forcibly directing the at
tention of members of that political
belief to the avowed purposes and
intentions of Bell was proven today
when numbers of other prominent
Democrats expressed their opinion Of
that candidate in no unmistakable
terms. AS one man stated:
Merely calling a man Democrat
does not make him one."
Others are saying that they do not
intend 10 be made the catspaws of q
man who had not the courage to en-
Ter the lists at the primaries and are
to ask: "Why so bold nov
ard so discreet them?"
Since party adherents have long
memories and do not speedily forge
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-28

the various streams to be carried
down into the valleys.
Much of this information will be
obtained from three metrographs.
said to be the only such instruments
available for public use in the Unit
cd States. These will furnish daily
continuous records Of the tempera-
ture. harometric pressure, humidity,
precipitation and velocity and direc-
ton Of the winds. 1t is their records
WHICH are expected aid in mapping an
aerial route.
Observations are to be made in the
snowfields at the headwaters Of the
South Yuba, American, Mokelumne
and Tuolumne river, on the Califor-
mia sloper Of the mountains, and in
those feeding the Truckee, Carson
and, Walker rivers on the Nevada
side Of the range.
The federal government and the
state Of Nevada will cooperate in the
observations, Major Norboe said.
The value Of these observations
was demonstrated this year by Pro-
fessor J. E. Church of the University
Of Nevada, who has collected an i'm
mense amount Of data" Major Nor
Doe said. "With this data, Professor
Church, who is pioneer in the work
was able to forecast a drought along
the Walker river in Nevada this year.
This prognostication was verified"
As soon as more instruments are
available. probably after the war, the
observations will be extended to the
sRoNfislds !. in all the mountains of
Qaliforhia,' Major .Norboe said. He
lrsdicteds similar methods would be
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