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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-12
City of Lille Never Will
Forget Treatment Of Women

OF all the things which have scorched
themselves into the minds OF the peo-
pie of Lille, the deepest scar has been
made by the evacuation of women i'll
1916, says the London Times.
1t was on April 81 Of that year., at
Easter time. that notice came that
from the area of Lille, Rouhaix and
Tourcoing $4,000 people. men. women
and children, were to be taken to work
in Germany. Nobody was to be outside
their proper residence after 9 o'clock
at night. but at the first ring on the
door bell all the members Of the
household were to assemble in the
doorway.
Then, at 10 o'clock on Monday night.
the ~unspeakable proceeding began,
starting again N the outer suburbs.
and working inwards. Squads of SOL
diers presented themselves at house
after house, and from the party assem-
bled at the doors they picked men.
women, girls, children, as they saw fit.
without regard to relationship or what
members Of the family were taken and
what left. but guided only by their
judgment as they surveyed the party
as to which were most desirable.
Where all the members of the house.
hold were not present, search was
stayed in bed in terror were literally
torn from their beds and carried OF.
For six nights the city lay under the
horror Of this thing. as from Monday
night to Saturday night. through the
hours Of darkness, the squads Of men
went IN with their brutal work. each
street and section Of the city waiting
tts turn, the members Of every family
listening in dread for the awful sum
mons. when the decision would be
made az to which Of them were t o be
left n which taken to an unknown
fate.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-12

McCosh. walked out and
h plaque de but with his
chapeau. just as "Silk" O'LDughlin
used to do. and announced les batteries.
was lanceur for the Triple
AS while Byrne received. Jones hurled
for the Signal boys and Durkin was
the attrapeur. The lanceur wound up
and grooyed three over de plaque de
but. but Smith failed to connect. Then
Goldman. of the Signal outfit. prom
enaded up and leaned on one and
smashed 1t clear into the extrachamp.
He passed premiere base and seconde
and almost spiked the bloqueur. who
playing up close to seconde. At
troisieme Goldman showed up. and saw
that the champ du gaucne had thrown
the ball TO seconde. So he galloped In.
In the next inning Feinman. OF tho
Triple m. got u far ~ troisieme and
tried to steal plaque dc but. But
the attrapeur caught him four meters
from the plate.
Ono OF the features Of tho game was
the sensational catch by Dick OF the
Tttpae As He was playing trolsleene
WheA = high ~ that .pFUmlood 20 90
ceoer int sCAAsnp d eaucho came
alo0G. 0(Ok Jnnoel k1gA .IAto the cir
ao4 qpeAeeA T. dAoe6oa0y. patchian
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-12
Our For,tsn Trade.
From the Des Moines Tribun.

from the De0 AOineS Tribune.
Just now. when everybody is asking
h business conditions IRE to ~, IL ID
well to take note of the continued cncr-
export of American goods.
During the first three months OF the
current fiscal year. July. August ard
September. both exports and imports
touched the high water mark, the az
ports exceeding those Of the same three
months of a year ago by 81. ~. ocD.
The American balance Of trade 70. the
first min months of the aalenda- year
has been 2.2so.2 4s, 600. q nest asto.nd-
ing sum when compared with what Was
once considered q flatteriEg balance In
our favor.
Nobody an oresee any sudden shrink
age Of foreign demand, for tie taadj.st-
ments are bound to be gradual. TIE re-
building of Europe must axe tire, snd
while that Is in prog.ase American ma
tertals and manufaotures ard goods. rouct
be literally drawn upon.
Il may readily happap that for the
period OF q year At leAct the call uron
America for supplies wul b greater :kan
during he war period.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-12
TERMS ARE
HARD FOR THE FRENCH
~ WEBB MlLLsR.
Unitsd Pres, staff corrsspond.n

Paris Thy maiD.-With the French
army adopting baseball and the poilus
picking It up rapidly. the day Of the
real world series may not be far off.
Although the French learn the prin-
ciples Of the game easily and like It for
its speed and excitement, they have
found American baseball terms very
" tnnrna a po''a an s.%r.y kvrap ms
err" hast hit" ana umpire"
, So the 0oldierS' and SAilorG Club Of
Paris has prepared and issued q sCode
Stmplifie du Baseball" which renders
the tongue twisting American phrases
into French. The Code eimplif1e" was
first put into . recently. ct q game
IN the B0is de Boplogne bstween tho
Amortcan Signal Ulsbursing team and
tribsted = ths Frsnch speaking spee-
Aeeosding Is ths .Coxs v6Avltna..-
~ eAne Waok nes this: The saFodeGr:
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-12

l~aaiy-qults nuperous enough to have
made possible the continued n success-
ful competition with 1t Of the land and
ocean lines conducted In the older n
husnblcr manner. From one point of view,
what has been done seems to be the at
tainment Of that tuning" Of sending and
receiving Instruments of which there has
hcen much talk ever since wireless came
into use. That this tuning was possible
hos always been asserted. but In practice
10 was not done, OF Mt any rate only to q
deBree far from sufficient for the elimina-
fons o ''interferences' either natural or
artificial. innocent or malicious.
1f this problem a been solved. and
tho Marconi officials must know whether
~ has been or not. there 10 no obvious
HreAsoni why wireless should not become
thS. worries chief and iavorite method OF
rapl0 communication between Gidely
separated places. To Say. tina il will be-
coma the only one would he more than
rash.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-12

can write poetry. but would have a hard
job getting a magazine editor to ac-
cept it.
The crown prince, according to popu-
lar opinion. at least. doesn't now
enough to hold a real job. Surely he
looks q bit foolish.
Eitel Frederick H%ohenzollern is pig
and fat and 80 years old. 1t might be
truthfully said hat he is the only one
Of the six sons of William Hohenzo!-
Tern who is qualified by previous expe-
rience with real work to enter upon the
task of working for Il living. His ex-
perience. however, is not extensive, as
it consisted of spading a war garden
far. very far. behind the lines in Bel
GUM. which occupation ne engaged in
because he found he was. getting too
fat:
Adalbert H%ohenzollern, 81 years old,
is unlike his brothers, in hat he is
crAnkier and more troublesome. and
harder to get along with thar any OF
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-12

Bill H~ohenzollern and his sons-six
of them-are out of jobs-on their up
pers, 81 to speak. II the new German
government or the peace delegates de-
eide to use the Hohenzollern millions
and MISUNDERSTANDING the peoples
to help devastated Belgium and
France. the ex-kaiser and his bevy
of Sol may have to find some visible
means of support. .
While the German propaganda of the
pre-war peaceful penetration days as
sured the world that each one of the
kaiser's sons was skilled in some trade.
those trades mostly consisted in learn
ing the art Of war.
How William Hohenzollern. the
father of six sons is going t o gather
a living is somewhat Of a mystery.
He is handicapped by his right arm
being of little use to him, u to its
/ shriveled condition. He is a d%illetante.
He can draw a little. but not much;
he can paint a little. but not well: he
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-12

assembled at the station and there
herded together-young girls of gentle
birth. the wives of working men. and
women Of the overwhelmingly;
they were intimately examined by Ger
man army doctors to see If they were
in good health and undiseased. There
seems no detail which could have>made
the Who'll thing vile inc repellent to
every civilized instinct which was
omitted.
1t was the Gath regiment of German
infantry which carried out the hideous
work in Lille. and, to do some OF them
Justice. informants told me of seeing
men in he streets next day haggard
and almost sick with the horrors Of
their preceding nights work. and Off
GERS. truthfully or not. declared that
their hearts bled for the people. Two
officers are said to have been punished
for refusing to do their part.
On the whole. the mass of the Ger
man private soldiery do not seem to
have behaved badly. except for con-
tinued thieving and minor brutalities.
The worst crimes of violence have been
few. Officers. as a rule. have been
FOverbearing. arrogant. and rough, and
have done much drinking. The people
have subsisted on the food of the in
terlfational relief commission.
ft0tlOnS were O excessive or enough
to keep the people from almost constant
hunger. but sufficient to live upon and
maintain reasonable strength. SO that
the majority Of the population. to the
casual glance. do not look under nour-
ished. All agree. also. that Of late the
Germans have been worst off for food
than the people themselves. the SOL
diers' food being reduced to a miser-
Able amount and Of q dreadful quality.
All accounts agree as to the brutality
with which English prisoners have been
! treated.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-12

N the sugar beet stntes. w need nOr
"sesI nat our need II mcre sugar Is wei greater
"a government should encourage, in every possible. the ura hect
@nR0Ry In America. 1t Ia q new business and must he fostcred We con
&o~ Aeefs q successfully as they be growu anywhere. W. con mo-
fuce co own sugar beet secd.
Must Amencanize Industry.
BX fhe industry must be Auericnnized " tho use of modern och,r,s
pamng.N cuIhsa0ng and harvesting and for topping the bcets.
-. tsas as demonstrated that We can produce or W sugar. what state.
s1 49, grew enoash befst to provide all the peope of Utah with arpor
"1 nnaen u pounds % each Of our two million soldiers IN Europe
sussf bees ar q profitable crop. The average yielt this yea ws No.
80 nan NJ ~ Il III acre-DfcbabIy II tons In Utah. The average market
49, n1 as sO q ton. making the crop worth from 500 to $40 a acre. In
..o1o N ~ Y tops run from four to six tons to the mere and op
SGa nt le1s than 81 4 ton. NN "e "' ne
= - saer specialist With the q. S. Department of Agriculture.
- eeD 1nvesdEstn8 te vMuc Of beet tons ms sloca md d.c,nr,s ~ 10
Ap0 hn oAt II alfalfa hy. s~ ~" "'e""' I" ~
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-12

for the Triple AS. had the enemy fan
ming like windmills. They came up a
la battle and went away without con-
Meeting.
The Triple AS won. treize to deux.
or 10 to 2.
But even the compilers of he Code
Simplifie' admit that it is far from
complete. 1t contains no equivalent
for such Indispensable words as xiii
TIL big stiff" Bust i'm In the jaw"
or "Atta boy, alta boy"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-12
=Ss,AFl'lEE:,Ne 5INlG1E=5
No Meea To Ampo,z Sugar
Bes G,oungg District 81 Ame,zca
Cau PyyaMes Ill NE Need
BY p. &. HOLDEN

IT Y &@ a shame TINT HheD the United States entered The world war W
n Gnne producing oMy % per cent of the sugar We consumed. although w
h aaEa aiIhnns 1 acres ~ a9 hne lcess ugar land as cal<be found.
acrine s@ ri 35i%ia, she4 GeYuany started the wan. She *
2"raos fEs3pta tone NJ xnznr and herself consumed $4,000 tons. That
MSr nas AL pao9aceG fnanl beets eeown II less than Il million and a half
1ces-
Opportunity is Ours.
G aat ne cHt Of every 80 .crag Ia pr sugar beet s,fl ia bcun PLANTED
% s@2T meets, " w"ua1 haTeh had nearly 1--WE and onenaf million aces. IT
hsMhss uree aha onehat times The acreage Germany had. Yet during
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-12

ihaf same year We produced but Il
frii1e over one iDiliiun tons and import
cd over three million tons.
70 years we had been sending to
Germany ANA other countries from
iG0 10 $50 millions of dollars annually
for sugar we could have produced at
nome. 1T WAS a nntiUiu! weakness that
we did not have TIE foresight to build
up orr beet sugar industry. 1t WIS alb
Saiutc inei!lciency ~ our part that not
ctiS were &c unprepareu 20 produce
our own sugar When the Wa. came, but
actually had no sugar beet seed.
Flo over t~hrec-Guarters of "A cen
tury Germany, not onc-Nith as large as
America, was engaged in developing
and encouraging this great industry,
imposing Il tax OF every pound of sugar
sold at home and paying q bounty on
every pound exported, cnrich!og her
self by many millions Of dollars an.
nually and not robbing her soil Of any
of Its fertility, but rather Increasing
Its productivity.
The beet sugar area In America is
confined to only Il few states; wheat
can be grown in a lurse number. No
agency or organization should ever
Mrge the exclusive growing of wheat
}n tho v,Vunr hoo4 cto@nc vNJo oo.a ..
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-12

After selection. all the women were
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-03-20
Few More DAYS to Register.

The books Of registration for the
city election, which is to be held April
9th, arc to remain open until next Fri
day and unless voters secure their
registration certificates by that date
they will not be entitled to voc. ac-
cordng to the notice given by r. f.
Bahb Esq, Supervisor Of Registration
The books are now open in his Office
and those desiring to DO so may get
their certificates from him. Full par
ticulars as TO the requirements for
registration may be found in the sec
ond section OF this paper.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-03-20
HOLD ENJOYABLE SESSION.
Meeting OF District Pythians Held
Monday Night In Lodge Rooms.

The district meeting of the knights
OF Pythias. held in the lodge hall Mon
day night, was an enjoyable one from
many standpoints. In addition to the
pleasure afforded the local Pythans
by the presence Of the visitors, the
degree work carried out added much to
the attractivcncss of the evening. w.
l1. Derrick, Grand Chancellor; Rev. l..
j. Bristow, Grand Vice Chancellor and
c. D. Brown, Grand Keeper Of Records
and Seals were present and added
much to the occasion. BY special re-
quest Of the various lodges Of the dis
trict, the usual banquet served at the
district meetings was not served this
time as the Pythians wished to avoid
any appearances Of unnecessary waste
or extravaganza in war times.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-03-20
CUNNINGHAM ELECTED
HIGHWAY SUpERINTEN DENT
Residant OF Waterloo Chosen For Place Provided FOR
at the Last Session Of the General Assembly

Hugh Banks Cunningham, of Wa
'crloo. was chosen by the supervisor
and county delegation as highway sup
crlntendcnt Of the county at sitting
or that body last week. No formal
announcement of his recommendation
vas made, but il is generally accepted
as correct Mr. Cuninsham$ name
IS to be forwarded TO the governor and
MS commission is 20 be issued from
the governors office.
Mi Cuntngham has lived at Water
100 since 1912 and is at present intend
"ht OF lho town. He is related to the
cnnin2ham family OF that vicinity,
Mr. Clarence Cunningham being an u7-
Gle. Since til" completion Of the
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-03-20
Recent Promotions.

keccnt promotions Of officers an
nounccd at Camp Jackson, Columbia,
included the names Of three 1.aurcns
boys promoted from second to first
licutcnants. as follows: Chas. T..
Rounds, Elwood Dillard and Edwin
f. Lucas The first two were promot-
ed several weeks ago and the last
named very recently. All Of these
men were student officers 1T Fort
Oglcthorpc.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-03-20
Master William ROff Hurt.

Master William Rolf, the young son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Rolf, broke the
bones of his left leg between the knee
and ankle Saturday afternoon when
he fell from fence while playing in
the yard. The young fellow has suffer
cd great deal from the pain and
slept very little the first night after
the accident, but he is now resting
better. Master William comes around
to The Advertiser Office some times,
where his father is member OF the
lorcc that gets out The paper, and he
will be missed here until he can get
around again.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-03-20
Gets Orders for Banlapc Cloth.

Thc l'aurcns cotton mill has Just
received its apportiOnmcnt of n large
order for bandagc cloth placed by the
government for the use Of the armies
III Franco. The order calls for over
100000 yards Of cloth and only rep
rcScnts small part of the total order
placed which was in the ncighbor-
hood of 3o,00ooO0 yards. The enor-
nous amount of bandagc cloth needed
NAV be realized from the fact that
each soldier carries a roll Of consider
able size in his ltnapsack
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-03-20
GOVERNMENTS OFFER
AS TO CASTOR BEANS
May he Raised Wherever Corn or Cot j..
ton Grows. Seed for Ianting.

m
80" ms vi S"SIor OIL beans
o' ''''' 10 ~ '''e'i' mas proven
vi Sh'aI' ScaIc IN This
~ ~ "cll lol iaIlilcfS 10
'"4"lis 'h" 70 SaIlSi!
~ "ne''''' OF i'oI iiis son
~ Wy So" III oi caStor
,r,.
, ;" ''''''c rom 'hiS
,,,.,. '""''" " W 'hc ohi!
"' NY an CONDITIONS
,.;o '''' "'' ''"'ie SGT"
"'' ny "'''iS ''o 70 nc falScu
II js thus soon ,hat 10 r,r,,,o..
nov afforded ono oI,,o,,uni,,
ina sometime ,n,iyo :, ,,,
war ana lick tbo Eoisn, :, o1l;.n,,
TO this howrycy 10 to,n. - ~,
contract AFRO mo.t ,t,.o,;,o
tho stondnoirt NJ ,rnG,
"Tho contract ,,ov;los ,r, -,
government viii our,I,. ~
ADril 20 ia no uaiJ r,. ,.bon 49,, ,,
is harvested ,,d - az, ~.
inc 81 nor aero In, ), !.
Thai tbo ,ct,,I abs, .;,i
imatcly co cents per acre for thc scod
Any land that will grow corn ar cot
ton will grow castor beans. Thcy ARC
planted like corn and require but lit-
tie cultivation. The Weld in tbis soc
ton as estimated will no oround 40
bushels per acre, which by The terms
Of the contract, the government will
take at So per bushcl of IG pounds
sacked and delivered at tbc ncoroet
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-03-20
IAIRENS COMPANY HIGH
IN TIE LIST AFTER TESy
Stands Fourth in the Regiment as the
Result OF Recent Tests.

Result OF Recent Tests.
Colonel II. II. Patterson command
ing the One Hundred and Eighteenth
infantry, which was formerly The old
hl'St South Carolina Regiment has
made public the following standing
OF the companies forming the rcgi
mcnt, as a result Of recent tests:
!, Company l, Capt. William l.. Gill
lcspic Chcraw Company.
:. Company A, Capt. William D,
workman, Grcenvillc Company.
). Company G, Capt. Jesse r. Craw-
ford, Pclzcr Company.
4. Company D, Capt. Arthur Lee,
Laurcns Company.
.. Company b, Capt Louis l.. Ligon.
Anderson Company.
.. company II, Capt. Lindsay l.,
McFadden, Rock Hill Company.
.. Company l.. Capt. Robert e.
Craig, Hartsville Company.
&. Company x, Capt. Basil A. Van
diver Anderson Company.
{. Company NJ. Captain William NJ.
Young, Camden Company.
). Company +, First Lieut.. David
[. Penland. Spartanburg Company.
,. Company G. Capt Samuel Parks.
Fort Mill Company.
%. company f., Captain John f.
Walker. Union Company.
The order of mcrit OF the battalions
was first, third and second.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-03-20
W. j. Tndi Still Rural Cnrrier.

Mr. w. p. Todd. who has been scrv-
ing as rural mail carrier on Barks-
dale Route T. since his son. Capt. B.
r. Todd. entered the army, received a
telegram Saturday advising him to
continue 10 serve the patrons as car
rier. 1t had been previously publish
cd elsewhere that Mr.. Todd had been
superseded by another, but The Ad-
vcrtiscr is informed that the report
was incorrect Mr.. Todd has given
conscientious service to the patrons
and his work IS appreciated
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-03-20
I.nnrcnS On Top In Union.

I'VE arc having an Ml-Laurcns
team of candidates for mayor of I'm
ion' said Chief Of Police Evans, of
Union, who was in the city Monday at
tending the district meeting Of the
knights Of Pythias. Mayor l.. c. Whar-
ton, who is a I.aurcns man, is being
opposed for reelection by two other
former Iaurcns county mon. Macbeth
Young. ESQ, and Evans Smith, a
former employee of printing Offices
here. The three men are making a
swift race and IL there is no other
man in the race, a matter which Chief
Emans failed to throw any light on,
i may be safely said that one Of them
will head the ticket when the election
comes off.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-03-20
TWO SAD DEATHS
REPORTED FROM CROSS HILL
Mrs. Lcn0ra l.. Neil and Mrs. ,Iame.
Williams Pass to the Great Beyond

~ - iithhid u. NcIi uHU .hTS. James
Williams Pass to the Great Beyond.
Cross Hill, March 1S.-Alrs. Lenora
l.. Neil whose homo is four miles be-
low Cross Hill on the Chappcls road,
died at the Columbia hospital Satur-
day morning, after Il surgical opera
ton few days before She had not
been in good health for some time and
had gone to the hospital with tho hope
lhat surgical treatment might bring
relief. The body was brought here
Saturday afternoon and the funeral
and burial were held at Bcthabara
church Sunday morning conducted bv
the pastor, Rev. w. f. Furcron. Mrs
Neil was a sister Of the late Thos. Fl
lilll and leaves a reputation of a good,
consecratcd Christian life. She is sur
vivcd by several children.
Last Saturday the body OF Mrs. Jas.
Williams passed through town enroutc
to Hopcwell church for burial. Mrs.
Williams, who was the wife OF DR..
James Williams, we'll known in the
lower section Of this county, died last
Friday at her home near Ninety Six al
the advanced age Of more than so
years. ,Dr. and Mrs. Williams moved
from the Goldvllc section several
years ago. 1t is said that of a family
composed Of the parents and eleven
children. this is the first death TO oc-
cur. The husband and all the children
still survive.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-03-20
HIGH Grade Cotton.

What is possibly The record price
ever paid over for cotton in this city
was recently paid hy the Watts Mills
when they bought a lot of long staple
cotton at II cents per pound 1t was
inch and half staple and purchased 10
make up high grade material for the
government
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-03-20
Chautauqua Comes IN Nav.

Through an oversight il was stated
in TIE Advertiser last week that the
'Nhautauqua was coming here during
April when it should have been stated
from May 10Th to 25th. The former
dates conilictcd with revival services
i'm the Baptist church and naturally
caused some confusion. TO repeat, the
ChautauQua comes in May.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-03-20
Another Big Cotton Sale.

MeSsrs. Ford Franks and Claude
Babb bought 90 bales Of cotton Satur-
day from the Marlborough brothers. of
Yarboroueh's Mill The price paid
was thirty-thrce and a third cents per
pound or, as some put it three pounds
for dollar" The market has made a
slight advance since then.