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Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-04-26
GERMAN PRISON CRIMES RECITED

ut was here they had a peculiar
form Of torture. Two big poles we're
erected in the center of the camp.
The officers would pick out a couple
Of mentor no apparent cause beyond
the fact that they were hated British
ers-and have them tied tightly to the
poles, with ropes around their arms
and their feet about an inch from the
ground. Then they would set a bowl
OF shadow soup-our only fOod-in
front of them, and leave them there
for 4s hours. Three times was given
this torture. OF course ones head fell
forward While in this position. and one
was compelled to look at the bowl Of
soup that could not be reached, while
hunger added to the pain of the tight
ropes and the terrible WEAKNESS Of
suspension.
Another favorite entertainment for
the officers was to compel us to run for
hours with our bare feet in wooden
sabots that chafed with every step.
We would run until we dropped from
sheer exhaustion.
"From Senne Lager / went to Lin
berg.
AT Limberg we were inoculated
with some virus. which we were told
was to make us immune from typhus.
The strange thing Is that soon after
70 per cent Of the camp came down
with what they called bronchitis 1t
developed into tuberculosis. It Is to
this fact I owe my freedom. They
thought l was dying from consumption,
and they sent me to Switzerland to be
exchanged. guess they would be dis
appointed If they could see me now"
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-04-26
New Idea for Boys and Girls Of
the United States School
Garden Army.
WHO IS SOLDIER YOU KNOW?
Name the Little Plot for the One You
Think of When You Hear Them
Singing "The Long, Long
TRAIL"
Rx WlNlFREn BLACK.

F'rom the Department of the Interior)
There Is a new idea in the United
States school garden army. It's this:
What are you going to name your
own little plot Of ground, little sister,
If you are lucky enough to have one
of your own in your back yard?
What are you going to call your po-
tato patch, brother, you with the
bright eyes that weren't so bright the
day you went down to the station to
see big brother of with his regiment7
Oh, yes, you fell In behind the sol
diers and kept fine step to the music
of the band and held up your head and
felt big enough and strong enough to
march a thousand miles and take a
million German prisoners-but when
he had gone and you went home and
mother put her arms around you and
laid her head on your shoulder and
asked you to help her to be brave
something queer happened to your
heart and you have never felt quite
the same since, have you?
And now they are beginning to tell
you In school about Russia and what
a rich country 1t Is and now much 1t
will mean In food If the Germans real
~ get possession Of it--and at home
sometimes your grown folks look pretty
serious and you wonder If 1t could be
possible--no, 1t isn't, and you are GO
ing to help make 1t impossible. You
and those strong little brown hands of
yours. You and your brave heart and
loyal soul. You and your war garden
that you are cultivatlng for Uncle Sam.
What VIII You Name Your Garden?
You'll have good luck with your gar
den or good success with 1t. There
isn't much luck in the garden business.
1t all just SINNERS down to hard work
and the right kind of care, and it is
going to be hard work, too.
There will be hot days when your
back aches and you want to 60 swim
ming; and cool days when your knees
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-04-26
SERGEANT NETTlE GETS THEM
British Canadian Recruiting Mission
Has Only Woman Recruiting
Officer In United States.

Chicago When Sergt. Nettie Nc
Pherson sounds the battle cry the men
just go Wild about her and fall over
each other to enlist In the British
army at local stations Of the British
Canadian recruiting mission. In her
trim Gordon Highlanders' kilties and
tartan, and with her snappy black eyes
and winsome smile, Sergeant NettLe
gets 'em. She can also do a Highland
fling and play the pipes, and when she
does the fighting blood Of the Scot and
BrIton bolls and he can't resist. Ser
geant Mcpherson is said to be the only
woman recruiting officer in the United
States.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-04-26
Former Royal Dublin FusiIier Tells
of TOrtures Undergone
by CaptNes.
NURSE sPITs IN COFFEE
Tcnments Wounded officer Begging for
prlnk-Travel Five Days Without
Food or prink-Flendish
Forms Of Cruelty

Chicago.-A tall, blue-eyed, fair
haired Irish boy recently arrived here
after spending two years in German
prison camps and suffering from hOr-
rors such as few men survive. NJ. J.
Prendergast is late Of the Royal Dub
lin Fuslliers. He was with the Fourth
division Of the contemplate little
army that fought at Mons. He took
part In rear-guard actions after the
retreat began, battling with what
seemed to be innumerable hosts Of the
enemy dntll on August q, 1914, he fell
wounded In the head, somewhere near
Etreux.
He was picked up by the enemy and
piled into a cattle car along with
scores Of other wounded prisoners. For
five days he Travelled north and east
on the way to Germany, without food
or water, without any attention by doc
tor or Red Cross nurse.
Nurse Torments Officer.
In his car was an officer of the War
wicks, painfully injured. At one Of
the many stations where the train
stopped this man begged for some re-
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-04-26
MEMPHIS BOY GETS MEDAL
Horace NJ. Emery Decorated BY King
Of Great Britain for Distinguished
War Service.

Memphis, Tenn-Horaee M. Emery,
Memphis boy, has been decorated by
King George Of England for dlstln-
guIshed war service. He was wounded
In the battle Of the Somme and was
sent to a hospital In London, where
he has Just recovered. When restored
to health young Emery was summoned
to the kings palace. King George met
him and shook hands with him In real
American fashion, and said:
II am glad to meet you as an Ameri-
can citizen who came TO my country
as a member of our Canadian troops"
Then the king pinned the medal on
Emery's coat.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-04-26
Communal COOKING Is Urued.

How long shall we have to wait be.
fore communal cooking becomes com.
mon In every class Of society," the Lon.
don Chronicle asks. The need of some
system of catering on these lines con-
stitutes the felt want of the moment.
In residential neighborhoods In every
town, in every village throughout the
length and breadth of the land there
is an opening for supply kitchens
worked on really practical business
lines, where well cooked food of the
plain and wholesome variety could be
bought at reasonable prices-all ready
TO serve or merely requiring to be
heated up.
Not only would such system ma
terially help to solve the servant diff
Guilty, but 1t would insure an enormous
saving in coal, in labor, In time and
money--to say nothing of lessening the
waste OF food that is so fragrant a
scandal In hundreds Of homes today,
while at the same time 1t would set
free numbers of woman war workers.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-04-26

During my visit, the evening twi-
light had scarcely disappeared before
the morning twilight chased the gloom
OF night away. One could read out
Of doors until after eleven o'clock.
These long days, with scarcely any
night, force vegetation to grow at
dollhouse pace. Land and water have
no time to cool. Summer comes In
this strange land with a sudden burst
Of flowers, sunlight and birds.
Finland Is a land of pine and fir
clad hills for only a comparatively
small portion seems to be cleared.
The most Of the country is fairly level,
so that 1t has not the grandeur Of the
Scandinavian kingdom. In the cleared
portions stand neat little wooden cot
tages, which are usually kept freshly
painted, red being the favorite color.
Surface drain bitches are made In the
cultivated fields every few rods, and
all seems most carefully titled.
Helsingfors, the capital Of Finland,
is one of the interesting towns of
Europe. Water seems to surround it
on every side. It dates back to 1850,
when 1t was founded by the Swedish
king Gustavus Vasa, and the liberties
Of town were Immediately conferred
upon the little hamlet as a special ia.
vor. From the water side 1t Is pro-
tected by the great fortress of Svea-
borg, which is called the Gibraltar Of
the Baltic, and of which one OCCASION
ally reads In the news dispatches. The
highest point In Helslngfors Is crown
ed BY great andaimposlng Lutheran
church, and the majority Of the Films
are adherents Of this faith.
Scenes In Helsinufors.
Through the center of Helsingfors
runs great boulevard. known as the
Esplanade- Gatan, and this Is the center
Of life In summer. The schools close
for these months and everybody enc
joys one long holiday so far as pos.
sible. One day seems almost to melt
into another The young women one
sees in Helsingfors are Of the blue
eyed, flaxen-haired type, for the Swed-
ish type seems to prevail here. Young
girls, almost to the end Of their teens,
wear their hair In two fiaxen braids
that hang down the back. They have
the same social freedom as their sis
tiers on this side Of the Atlantic.
The market Of Helsingfors Is an ex-
cellent place to study the Firms and
their characteristics. From all over
the surrounding country the peasants
drive into the towns with their pro-
duce, and sell 1t direct to the townfolk.
A small farmer may have killed a
sheep or pig, and may be observed
driving a keen bargain for the best
cuts. Another has a few tiny kegs Of |
butter covered with layer of grass to
keep 1t cool. Under old cotton umbrel- |
las sit the market women with highly |
colored waists and black or white |
tied over their heads. |
In small basin are the boats Of the |
fishermen just in from their catch.
The housewives or maids pass from |
one stall or boat to another, inspecting |
their wares. A little after noon the
fishermen and market merchants, who |
have come by sea, set sail, the cotton |
come down, the wagons roll |
away, and the entire market disap-
pears as by magic.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-04-26
WouIdn,t Stand for That.

A good story is told by Sir Auck-
land Geddes concerning an interfering
saloon loafer and a Canadian soldier
who bore on his shoulder the initials
&C. E. which stands for Canadian en-
gineers.
The soldier, his face study In con-
centrated wrathfulness, had the civil
ian by the scruff of the neck and was
apparently just on the point of giving
him thrashing when a belated po-
liceman put In an appearance.
"Now, then, what's all this aboutf"
demanded the constable.
What's 1t about?" replied the ca
nadian, giving the wretched loafer an
extra shake to emphasize his words.
"Why, he called me conscientious
ejector. Now watch him being eject
ed"
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-04-26
THE GOAL

ny Katherine Lee Bates of The
ViglIantes.
The world has glimpsed a vision
1t shall not lose.
Not hatred nor derision
May disabuse
The nations, wronged and wronging.
Mlsled, misunderstood.
Of their deep human longing
For brotherhood.
Love Is the only healing,
Music that blends
All discords. light revealing
Foes as friends.
New flies our youth enrapture
To a strife that shall not cease
Until their glad hearts capture
The Prince of Peace.
They shall return with singing,
Whether they come
In flesh or spirit, bringing
Their prisoner home.
Courage and faith have bound him
Fast in a shining chain;
The blossomed thorn has crowned him,
Beauty from pain.
Goal of the t0iling ages.
No longer fart
On through these attic RACES
Leads the star.
Ait last for decision
They fight In mortal feud.
Brute Force against the Vision
OF Brotherhood.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-04-26
Really BRIGHT Idea.

Margaret had been enjoying a VISIT
from her cousin, a young woman libra-
rian from a distant city. When, her
vacation being over, she began getting
ready to CO. Margaret was filled with
dismay and begged to have her stay
longer.
Her mother said, "No, they need her
at the library and she must go"
Margaret sat thinking soberly long
time. Then her face cleared and she
cried out, "Oh, mamma, couldn't we
get her renewed for two weeksY'
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-04-26

Dou Travelled to Camp,

Sutton, w. Wa common yellow
cur owned by Hugh McQuain Of In
dian Fork, near here, a soldier sta
toned at Camp Lee, refused to permit
distance to bar his presence beside
his young master. The dog mysteri-
ously disappeared from home, and
three weeks later came letter from
young McQuain that the dog had
turned up at Camp Lee. The dis
lance is nearly 400 miles.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-04-26

up In the morning ct four clock, do my
housework, thengo to factory and work
ell day, come home and get supper and
feel good. / don't know how many Of
my friends / have told what Lydia n.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me. Mrs. ANNA METERIASO.
S6 West 10th St., Peru, Ind.
Women who suffer from any such all
ments should not fail to try this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia 3, Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-04-26

10Wn pain 3 30
badly that at times
/ could not be on
my feet and IL did
not seem as though
/ could stand II. j.
tried diff ePent
medicines without
any benefit and
several doctors
told me nothing
but an operation
would do me any
good. My drug
gist told me OF
Lydia e. Pink.
hams Vegetable
CnynyngYud tnoI
It with the result
that / am now well
and nkrnnm 4 rrn&
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-04-26
When Money Talks.

"All the salespeople in Paris seemed
to understand Mrs Cumrox. She
must speak French fiuently."
sNo. not 1uently. AfiiuentIy."
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-04-26
vlndiotIvn.

Friend-What would you like best
to plant this year?
Farmer-My summer visitors.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-04-26

He who has common" sense has
sense to 'come on" in the world.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-04-26

Fifteen women are now included in
the membership of the st. Louis po-
lice department.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-04-26
WOMAN WORKS
Is HOURS A DAY
Marvellous Story of Woman's
Change from Weakness
TO Strength by Taking
Druggist's Advice.

Peru, Ind. - suffered from q dis.
placement with backache and dragging
The Winslow mail., 1918-04-26
Advertisement.

Sealed proposals will be re-
ceived at the Office of the Navajo
County Highway Commission,
Holbrook, Arizona, until IL
O'Clock noon, on May 9Th, 1918,
for improving the Holbrook-
Winslow road from Winslow to
Little Colorado River.
The work will consist of the
following:
Ten thousand 100000 C. y.
earth excavation, placing 168 #.
of culvert pipe, thirty-five (35)
C. y. rubble masonry, and two
thousand 10000 C. y. gravel sur
facing.
Plans and profiles may be seen
at the Office Of the Highway En-
gineer, Holbrook; and specifca-
tions will be furnished to pros
pective bidders on deposit of 81,
which will be returned upon re-
ceipt of a bona fide proposal, or
the return of the specifications
in good condition on or before
May 9th, 1918.
w. E. FERGUSON, Secretary,
Navajo County Highway
Commission.
The Winslow mail., 1918-04-26
Notice of Election.

Notice is hereby given that an
election will be held, as required
by the statutes of the state of
Arizona, on Tuesday, May 18th,
for the purpose of election seven
members of the town council for
the town of Winslow. Said elec-
tion will be held at the city hall,
and the polls will be open from
6 a. m. to 6 p. m. of said day.
The judges at said election will
be w. A. Parr, w. G. Kelly, in.
spector, F. T. LaPrade, an d
clerks, w. B. Cole, Fred S.
Carter and Mrs. A. S. Brayman.
The Winslow mail., 1918-04-26
Call for Bids on Earth Approach
at Winslow-Little Colorado
Bridge.

Sealed bids will be received by
the Board of Supervisors until
two O'Clock, Monday, May 9Th,
for building earth approach at
west end of Winslow-Little Colo
RADIO River Bridge. Approach to
be 200 feet in length, running
from nothing at west end to 8
feet in height at bridge, 16 feet
in width on top, with one and
one-half to one slope. Good,
clean gravel, six inches in depth
to be placed on roadway. Work
consists of about 800 cubic yards
of earth and about so cubic yards
of gravel. Bids should be SUBJ
mitted per cubic yard and for
more or less than quantities spe-
CITED.
The Board reserves the right
to reject any or all bids.
R. S. TEEPLE, Clerk,
Board of Supervisors.
First pub March 20. last pub May 8.
The Winslow mail., 1918-04-26

An overseas dispatch tells the
story of the school children in
one of the most squallid sections
of Paris, deciding to adopt the
first American child whose ia
ther has been killed in France,
and will contribute fifty centimes
a day for it's support for two
years. They take this method
of expressing gratitude to Amer
ica for what she is doing in
France. And yet in America we
have thousands of people in most
comfortable circumstances who
will not invest in Liberty bonds
or war certificates to help finance
the government in it's efforts to
bring this war to a speedy, sue
cessful conclusion. They will not
be missed in the grand patriotic
total. but it is disgusting to think
they will consider themselves
American citizens.
The Winslow mail., 1918-04-26

The voice of our old friend, Os.
Flake, the windmill of Silver
Creek that runs without gov
ernor or gears, will be soon be
heard reverberating through the
Salt River valley. Os. is sup
posed to be the representative of
the brains and intelligence of the
people of Navajo county in the
legislature, which accounts for
the fact that this county has
never been very enthusiastic for
the special session. Gov. Hunt
should have had some regard for
the feelings of our people and
never issued the call.
The Winslow mail., 1918-04-26

Gov. Hunt has complied with
the request of the President, and
issued his proclamation declaring
to-day, April 26, a legal holiday
to further the sale of the third
Liberty Loan.
The Winslow mail., 1918-04-26
German Kultur.

Rev. Newell Dwight Hills, the
eminent New York divine, who
only recently returned from
France, lectured in Phoenix
Wednesday night on the Hun
atrocities in the war. There has
been considerable written about
the barbarities and brutalities of
the Hun soldiers, but they seemed
so inhuman it was hard for people
to believe that any nation laying
claim to civilization would do
such things. Among the things
recounted by DR.. Hills as COM
ing under his personal notice,
although not an eye witness,
were the following:
A Belgium boy, sixteen years
old, had both hands cut off, the
shock causing his death.
A Belgium babe skewered upon
a bayonet driven through its
stomach, and carried through the
streets of a village.
In the village of Haecht, in
addition to the young women
whom the soldiers violated and
killed, a babe was found nailed
by its hands and feet to a door.
In retreating from LANES a
soldier skewered a two-year-old
child on his bayonet and carried
it away, while his companions
sang.
A fourteen-year-old girl was
found dead nailed by her hands
and feet to the door of a cottage.
A Mother Superior was cruel
fled by bayonets to the door of
her school as punishment for
scratching the face Of an officer
who was violating a young nun.
Two young ladies were found
hanging naked from a tree with
their breasts cut off. In the
same town a mother was held
down by soldiers while other
soldiers in turn were violating
her daughter.
Crimes of this kind were not
committed even by the savage
Indians in this country a hundred
years ago, and until this war
was declared Germany was
classed as one of the civilized and
cultured nations Of the world. 1t
is clearly evident that it is the
policy of Germany to make the
war as horrible as possible in an
effort to create a feeling of fear
in the Allies, hoping to force a
peace treaty that she demands,
and no rule Of international war;
fare is held sacred.
The Winslow mail., 1918-04-26

The time is fast drawing at
hand when candidates for the
several county offices are to be
chosen by the different parties,
and the republicans of Navajo
county should bestir themselves
to hold a conference at an early
date to consider the matter of
making proper selections. 1t is
a violation of the law in Arizona
to hold a convention to select
candidates, but let us thank God
there is no violation of law for
the brethren to get together in
conference to look over the field
of prospective aspirants to learn
from their neighbors if they are
good decent, law-abiding citizens,
entitled to the votes of the elec-
tOrate.
The Winslow mail., 1918-04-26
Gov. Hunt has issued his ca

Gov. Hunt has issued his call
for the special session of the
legislature, and if he had only
included in it the repeating of
the law creating the state tax
commission the session would be
of particular value to the state.
The state tax commission, like
the corporation commission, was
not created for the protection of
the people, or the adjudication
of an equitable tax assessment
on all the property in the state,
but it was brought into existence
to enable the big corporations to
escape their just proportion Of
the tax burdens of the state.
The duties of a tax commission
could just as we'll be placed as
additional duties on three state
officials, and the state would
save SIS, 900 or 500, 900 a year,
and the work would be performed
better and far more equitably.
The Winslow mail., 1918-04-26

The rumor is again in circula-
ton that Mexico is arming her
people with the idea of an early
raid on the United States, for
the purpose of regaining possess
sion of Texas, New Mexico and
Arizona. German army officers
are said to be drilling and mob
ilizing the Mexican army. 1t will
be a sad day for President Car
rama, and all the other self
styled leaders and statesmen of
that Latin republic, if they ever
start such a movement. They
may have been misled into the
belief that all the men in this
country have joined the army
and are now in France, but the
day the Mexican army starts
across the border they will dis
cover the age limit to the draft
law. and even the draft law, has
been temporarily suspended, and
the reception the invaders re-
ceive will be always a sad men,
ory to their bereaved friends and
relatives who were left behind in
old Mexico.
The Winslow mail., 1918-04-26

You cannot get new eyes; but
you can get new glasses. See my
newest styles of eyeglasses and
spectacles. Lenses of any style
or shape. DR.. O. S. Brown.
The Winslow mail., 1918-04-26

1t will not be necessary to
wait for the next Liberty Loan
to help in the war. You can al
ways contribute a dollar or two
to the local Red Cross Chapter.