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Bitter Arraignment cf Fiohcr-::! temism Written lo Oa Rsad by Germans, p*? * p v -> MirtiU.; L J . ?A h i * i :.. i- '<*J ' -s= .' i i .* ? S0risc:2ss ~.ncl ExtrTkYCijant War Plunges Vvcrld into Sr.a BioocJ and i cars??oic Urged tc Join Entente and "Wrest Land From CIr.ws of Destroyer. This article was written by a i> German to be read by Germans. ^ It was circulated in Germany # through the efforts of German ^ republicans in Switzerland who *> are working for the overthrow jV of Hohenzollernism and the es- ? tablishment of a German re- ? public. A copy has just been 3 received in this country and ^ 1 1 J ItCA nas Deen OdvU VI wiv Wv ? COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC IN- ? 5 FORMATION. ? By SIEGFRIED BALDER. Comrade? in war! Throe year* hare passed since the Gorman emperor plunged the world of the press. and bis people into this most ground less, senseless and impious of all wars, Into a sea of blood and tears. Trained from childhood to be a sol dier, brought ?p amid the perverted views of the junker and officer caste, dreaming of the laurels of the con queror as the highest ideal, counseled by generals, befriended by war con tractors, and even with a financial in terest in their profiteering, he has since 1905 systematically paved the way for the war. He de*ired this war, he per mitted the systematic cult of war in Germany by the Pan-Gerraanists, and ke has encouraged it. He supported and fomented tfee almost daily quar rels of ifct other powers through the Paa-Germa? prcw Dy ms inflamma tory speeches. Last of all he affixed his signature t? the various declarations of war; he is fuily and entirely responsi ble for them. For nine year# the diplomacy of our neighbors, consistently anxious for peace, succeeded in averting this dis aster froia the world. This was the policy which was falsely presented to your ignorance as the "isolation policy," in reality, a peace policy in which Germany was always most heartily invited to participate. Ger many was not isolated, but the German government, and in its wake the Aus trian government, deliberately and ma liciously withdrew from the circle of Civilized nations, as criminals from hu man social circles. But not- only the diplomatic circles of foreign states, but also German men of insight and lofty ideals have placed themselves firmly in opposition to the emperor's senseless and extravagant iust for war, in spite of his wrath, ana have sacrificed their positions rather than their convictions. This was true DUCHESS OF ABERCORN * England's titled men and women are fin this war to win, and are actuated iby the same motives and feelings as ithe humblest Tommy. The noblemen of England have as a whole gone into :the army or navy and have proved j their courage and sacrifice as evi denced in the day's citations and casu :alty lists. xne womeu are aiso uoilij; itheir bit. Few of England's prominent i women are not enrolled and actively iworking in the various service leagues i assisting the government. The Duchess : of Abercom has two daughters in war -service One is'working in a munition factory and the other is in the Ren .Cross servica > in the case of the president of the ! i Keichshnnk, Doctor Koch, and even ol; ! the emperor's brother, Prince Henry of i Prussia. On the 31st of July, 3014, he urged the emperor to desist from the ; war, and when he failed in his attempt he flung at the emperor's feet bis com mission as grand admiral and coin-' mnndor in chief of the German nary. FACTS NOT GIVEN TO GERMAN PEOPLE. Up to tlie last moment (isngmna ( even held out until noon of the 4th of. August. 1014, when the German army! had already swept like a torrent e.verj the boundaries of the neighboring cum-; tries on every side) the riders, minis-, I tors and diplomats of Kngland, Ilussi.a, j Franco and Serbia did ail that lay' wit':':; hr.: :.in power, ewn to the ut- j ?:ii>.st se;i-abnegation, in order to pre-' ! ' I serve r^ace for tin? world, Tnis fact Is ci^arly manifest; the d< moments c< n : corning it set it forth ii. black and; white to the gaze of the world. Th??yj ; are acknowledged as authentic by the ; German government, but they are nat-j i urally withheld from the German peo-; pie. No one wished to attack us, either! j then or at any later time. Al! that Aus tria could ask of Serbia with even the I slightest semblance of justice was free ly granted. Thus from the very beginning of the war the sympathy of the entire world belonged properly to our neighbors V?AAr* fA trrnrtf \> 1IU iliiU urcu cu nuiiivuij auuv.uv.ut i But it did not stop at sympathy; the| scoundrels who govern you and control you, by the colossal atrocity of their methods of warfare, by such brutality as in itself to be a menace to the whole neutral world, by disregard of all es tablished treaties, managed step by step to enrage all civilized humanity to war against us. If a bloodthirsty maniac should be | let loose on the streets those whom he | attacked would defend themselves. All! I peace-loving men would hasten to their rescue; only cowards would slink tim fFV* ? n K n 4-A/^r?rr 4-Vi A n f f i f 11 rl A 1 lUiy avvrtJ. xniA is ivuaj ujli^ aiiii uul < of the world toward Germany. There! f will be no peace, and justly so, until the murderer is Imprisoned and shorn of his power to harm. THIS MURDERER IS GERMAN EMPEROR. Comrades in war, this murderer is the German emperor and his govern ment ; that is to say, the men whom he himself has chosen for his infamous plan, without consulting the people, and without regard for their wishes; ; and these are accomplices he has se lected after men of honor have refused "their services. In the spring of 1914, by an overwhelming vote of lack of confidence, the reichstag showed its distrust of the only man whose signa ture the emperor needed for mobili zation and declaration of war, Beth mann-Holweg, his imperial cnanceuor. In no modern civilized state would it be possible for a minister to remain in office after being openly branded by the representatives of the people as un fit, but in Germany any criminal may become and remain imperial chancellor at t*ie will of the emperor alone. Pun- j ishment has already found him out. An- j other lackey has been promoted toj lackey-in-chief, without consultation with the German people and their rep resentatives. This murderer is the German em-j peror with his accomplices; but not the German people, the poor people] defrauded and exploited by their gov ernment; not the poor soldiers, who 1 are driven to slaughter by these knaves under the iron shackles of military law, like the miserable galley slaves of old. i Comrades, how long is it your wish to put Tip with this? When will you rouse yourselves? When will you take arms on the side on which every man of honor must now fight; on the side of ! humanity and civilization against this gang of slayers? When will you free i our poor, down-trodden, famished peo ' pie from its tyrants, and again estab 1 lish justice, liberty, morality, reason and civilization in Germany? ! JOIN FIGHT ON SIDE OF JUSTICE. Why not come over to fight on the side of justice, of truth, of freedom, all! of you; the side on which all civilized i nations as well as the noblest and,! most far-seeing of your own people j have taken their stand? I know the reasons which hold you; back: 1. Your ignorance; the false doc-; trines with which you were inoculated in your school days in all matters of history, civil life and politics; the pre- j tentious lies of the German press, whipped into line by a military dicta-1 tor; your implicit confidence In your "God-given" leaders. 2. Fear of your masters, especially of the olficers. But these hangmen of the kaiser are cowardly and hide them selves in time of danger behind cover. Shoot them down like mad dogs if they get in your way. Rather that they die than the hundreds of thousands of honest, industrious fathers of fami lies whom they have already hunted into the jaws of death; a hunt which day by day goes on. 3. Fear of committing an unpardon able crime, and of being nnable to re turn home even if you escape punish ment. BUT THE LAWS BY WHICH THE MURDERERS MAINTAIN THEIR POWER AND MAKE YOU TRUCKLING SLAVES SHALL BE BLOTTED OUT BEFORE THE WAR IS AT AN END, AND YOU WILL BE JOYFULLY WELCOMED HOME WITHOUT DISGRACE, AND MORE THAN THAT, WITH THE HIGHEST HONOR, AS TRUE HEROES AND LIBERATORS OF YOUR COUNTRY. 4. Fear of injuring our fatherland if you go over to the French and Eng lish, and more than that if you fight on their side, whi? .3 a matter for your own choice. Comrades, I plcdfe you by all that we hold joly, I am a son of the Ger man people, I love them with every fiber 01 my being, more than ever u Hohenzollern loved them; :??i*i Tin? honor ami welfare of my fiilhvrland stand above all else. and arc the or iy lodestars of my drstiriy. 1 know rlie war, The events leodinjr lip to it, Its <"iuses, and its progress?more tliar the kaiser's government likes. I nssun you that: the welfare oi the Gcrrn?..:, people demands that you come ever; aye, that you turn your c~r,r.en arour.d, that you join the entsnte and march with them to the Rhine and ever it, and wrest our land from the claws of its destroyer, for now and for a!! time. FREE MANKIND FROM AN INSANE CRIMINAL. Tin re are only two possPj-o ways of ending this war: Either humanity, without you, without thA co-rjpTsii ?-n of the German pe<]>Ie, v ill annihilate Prussian jun^erilnni, and will st: rve out the German people that thus thev may free mankind, f<>r now ai;J for ever, from a curse which rests upon them with the weight of Alpine snows; from any insane criminal on a throne who, by a stroke of the pen. may change millions of men into corpse5? and cripples, and ruin the industry and welfare of a nation; either this or you yourselves will assist in the task of freeing mankind. PEACE Wi LL NOT COME ONE HOUR BEFORE THIS GOAL IS REACHED, BUT MOT ONE HOUR LATER. But if this goal should be reached without you and in spite of you you will be ground down into( ruin, and what is more, the people of our German fatherland will be given over to the will of the conquerors. Then your Intellectual and political leaders, the true leaders who are not the lackeys of the emperor, will have no right and no opportunity to inter poae u vruru toui;ermug me jluiiuc wi der of the world and of Germany. But if you co-operate, and that with all your might, to carry out this purpose, the honor of the German people, which is today scorned as merely an Insen sate tool in the hands of murderers, will be restored; and more than that, you will have a voice in the establish ment of the new order of the world and of Germany. And take my word for it we shall have peace, and we can have it on such terms that the German people will be happier in the future than they ever were before the war. But leave us in the lurch, and we must rec AfmiTo TT-?tVi crtlan mora nnrl efftrn tVmt we are the fellow countrymen of hope lessly deluded slaves, upon whom will rest the blame for their own ruin and for the annihilation of Germany. EMPEROR WICKEDLY DECEIVED YOU. Comrades in war, you have taken an oath of allegiance to your flag. But the emperor, too, took an oath at the be ginning of his reign, an oath of al legiance to the German constitution. The confederation which forms the German empire was established ac cording to this constitution. "TO PRO TECT THE UNITED PROVINCES AND THE LEGAL RIGHTS THERE OF, AND TO PROMOTE THE WEL FARE OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE." To guard'it is the foremost, indeed the only, duty of the German emperor. If this purpose cannot be accomplished without war, then the emperor may de clare war, but not-until then. But the emperor wickedly, wantonly, by deceiv ing the German people, by misrepre senting facts and by forging official documents, by breaking sacred treaties which he as the defender of justice should have observed, has overthrown Belgium, declared war gn flussla, France and Serbia, and has thereby violated the laws of justice and the constitution; has hurled the German empin? down to ruin and has wrecked the welfare of the German people. The oath which you have t&kea nieacs al legiance merely to an emperor who is the protector of the German people, the guardian of their constitution, the true preserver of their welfare: It does not mean allegiance to burglars, mur derers, rascally drummers for greedy cann^a makers. But you took no oath against the German people whom it was this emperor's duty to protect; nyhom you must now protect without him and against him, a miserable wretch who betrays his country in the hour of greatest danger, who either from stupidity or from cowardice works against the good of his people, i KNIFE AT GULLET OF SCOUNDRELS WHO RULE. JLet every man wno loves tne tier man people and the German fatherland come over! The password which is to! be given at the French posts is: REPUBLIC! He will meet not only French and Eng-1 lish and Americans, but also German patriots, whose concern it is that our fatherland, the fatherland so shame fully and treacherously sold by its! rulers by divine right, should not be 1 annihilated; and he will be welcomed with honor by the French if he gives this password, and will be well treated.' Comrades in war, the knife is at the gullet of the scoundrels who rule you,! and they would rather starve and bleed the German people to death to the last man than make peace, or even make known the ob.iect of their war. For they know very well that the hour of reckoning has struck for them when they can no longer suppress the truth beneath their martial law, and trample freedom in the dust. Before we make peace, therefore, and in order to make peace, we must first reckon with them. Dog Saves Three. Altoona, Pa.?A barking dog saved Mr. and Mrs. Scott Steele and their Kr>Kir -fmm rTATnotinri roPAnf UCLXJJ JL1 VJUi J^, l vwuv/av^ - vvvui, ly, when their home at Lakemonc was burned. The dog barked, whined and scratched at their bedroom door until the family was awakened. The lower portion of the house filled, with smoke, Steele h$j just time to snide his fam ily to safety when flames cut oH tne stairway. LliYIGS VOlii0 Si consideration. Tin tell hov they fount ilellam, Pa.?'"I took Lydia ctabis Compound, for female placement. I felt all rundown I had been treated by a physic ?0 decided to cri ve Lydia E. Pin a trial, and felt better right since last April and doing all: I was unable to do any work table Compound is certainly tl take when in this condition. Is this letter."?Mrs.E. R. Cro Lowell, Mich.?"! sunerea down pains, was irregular an displacement. I began to tal table Compound which gave n my health. I should like to rec remedies to all suffering worn lar way."?Mrs. Elise Heim, Why 1 I IPp-' A iliv X. JL. W *1 it u. By J. N. Harper, Direotor Farm No class of people is more red-blood ed and patriotic than the farmer, and everybody i3 looking to him to do his best. In view of the fact that the whole world is demand i n g agricultural nroducts, now is his golden oppor tunity not only to J. N. HARPER show his patriot ism, but an opportunity to acquire wealth at ihe same time. Offsetting Labor Shortage In view of the fact that farm labor is scarce nnd high, overy effort fc- bent towards securing maxima yiei-ls per acre, with fertilizer, which is one of the best ways to conserve man power. Unfortunately, no industry has b^en more directly affected by the war than P/-^r>+ nirmf inHncfrv 'TVia frnvpm ^ 1CA AiAUVthP w* J ?. 0., ment is commandeering materials im portant to this industry for the pur pose of manufacturing munitions of war and hence has greatly reduced the possible tonnage to be used in fer tilizers. In other words, while the fl&tton is calling for the largest pos sible crop yields, there is, at the same time, a great demand for gun powder. Some one has aptly said, "Plants aa<l cannons eat the same food." Of course, "* A --^^Ula-na th? nAriTTOTUI unaer presem wjauiuv**, v?v ? must be fed first {There is & considerable shortage ot fertiliser Ingredients, and the prioe* of these in.jredients are corresponding ly high. Fertilizers Relatively Cheaper ! In consequence of high prices of ma terials, due to their scarcity, and be cause of higher labor and transports tion costs, fertilizers will be higher this spring; than ever before. While the prices of fertilizers have advanced, fortunately for the farmer, the prices of crops have advanced still higher, so that fertilizers are relative ly cheaper than before the war. A bale of cotton with its seed will buy more fertilizer today than ever before. The same is true of a bushel of corn; a bushel of wheat; a bushel of pea nuts; a bushel of potatoes, etc. Why Fertilizers Are Scarce The causes of the shortage of fertil izer materials may be summarized as follows: Prev:ous to the war, most of our potash came from Germany. The pot t- s\n + Vi o morlrot }q nTYlflllPOfl Ctbll 11U YV Uii UiC xucwuvv [/WUV4WM largely in this country, but it is far short of the demands. This American 1?r'TI?WW T?(fWH IQlim I 'lliairTTri>Mi?iMWi'lll?l DE. HARMS OF NEWBERRY DELIVERED AELE ADDRESS In reporting the c'unty teachers' meeting of Richland in Columbia Sat urday, the Record has this to any of Dr. Harms' address: Dr. J. II. Harms, president of New berry college, was then introduced and made a very forcible and patriotic ad dress on the subject, ''The Relation of the World War to the Teacher and the ; Relation of the Teacher to the World War." lie stressed the importance of education at all times but especially at this time. He stated that the larger portion of tlie young men no-v at the front, as well as those now in training, are from educational institutions?this is especially true of the officers. The colleges of the land has given 17 per cent, of their student bodies to the coun try's cause. It is the duty of the teach ers to train their children in the princi ples @f patriotism and democracy; t? ?j. rinKiiauj s vq. troubles and a dis and was very weak, ian without results, kham's Vegetable Compound away. I am keeping house my housework, where before Lydia E. Pinkliam's Yege le best mediciue a woman can rive you permission to publish -O "VT^ TTnllom T>r? I-LIJN(i, XV. i.> U. A, j_LciiaJLu, JL *. . from cramps and dragging d had female weakness and :e Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege le relief at once and restored ommend Lydia E. Pinkham's sn who are troubled in a simi R.No.6, B02:83,Lowell,Mich. ^iot try j in the South rtilizer Situation Service Bureau, Atlanta, Georgia. made potash, however, is just as val uable as the potash salts that were formerly obtained from Germany. Acid phosphate is scarce, due to the fact that there is a shortage of sul phuric acid?a necessary compound in the manufacture of acid phosphate. Sulphuric acid is scarce, because py rites, from which most of it is made, has been coming from Spain and ships are not now available with which to i transport it The fertilizer manufacturers have 1-een compelled to turn to the domes ic pyrites, and readjust their manufac j Turin?: pianos to toe pruuueuun ui nm J phuric acid from brimstone obtained I frcr.i Louisiana and Texas. The gov ! ^rrmont is requiring of the fertilizer ; manufacturers sulphuric acid in large i ?< * sod ia the manufacture . cf ex"!osives. Then, too, there is considerable dif j ficulty in obtaining supplies of rocK i phosphate, use cf the transporta ! tion shortage. The supply of nitrates has also been curtailed becau >e large amounts of sul phate of ammonia are being taken for refrigeration purposes, and the manu facture of munitions. Cotton seed meal, a valuable source of nitrogen, is being used more and more for feeding live stock. Tankage, another Bplendid source of nitrogen, is also being used for the sam purpose; consequently cot ton seed meal and tankage are high in price. Nitrate of scda is more expensive at the Chile mines, and shipping rates have increased enormously, and muni tion requirements are heav/. The fertilizer manufacturers find it hard to secure bags for shipping, since there is a tremendous shortage of bur lap. Thus it can be easily seen that it will * * + T^nrtncaar*v De very qiiqcuxl lu uuiam ucvc?>oo?; fertilizer materials, and the farmer must take due notice and act accord ingly if he would make sure of getting hia plant food. Order At Once The farmer must not overlook the fact that transportation difficulties are increasing daily. The railroads are lit erally overwhelmed. They have, there fore, been compelled to rule that fer tilizers and freight in general must move in full car load lots, which means cars must be loaded to their maximum KAX^JCk^L LJ Therefore, Mr. Farmer, order your fertilizers NOW; order PLENTY of them; use them liberally and judicious ly, and thus secure maximum yields cf crops, and so do your part to supply the crying needs the world, -while at the same time you increase your bank account. teach them to go into this war not with the spirit of revenge and hatred, or for gain, but from the sense of justice and to make the world better and draw all men under the banner of democracy. After some discussion as to depart mental work in the association, it was decided not to enter upon this work this year, owing to the fact that there will be only two or three more meetings dur ing this session. CAKD OF THANKS. We hereby desire to express our heart felt thanks to all those who in any way rendered assistance or comfort in the time of the long sickness and death of our wife and mother;. We also thank o::r physician, who was so kind in doing all he could. Muy the Lord richly bless them. Geo. W. Bumirick and Family. \ NEWS OF EXCELSIOR. Excelsior, Dec. 27.?The writer has been made to feel sad by the death of h's sister, Mrs. Janie Crouch of Saluda. The body was laid to rest Wednesday ! afternoon in the cemetery at Leesville, j the funeral service being conducted by ! t>~.. \r ai fissistprl bv the t. lie in* v . ? . x. j ? v Eev. Jeffcoat of Saluda. Mr. A. M. Crouch of this section, who sold his farm to Mr. A. A. Singley some time ago, moved to Prosperity 011 Thurs day. Mr. Counts was a good citizen and will be greatly missed in the com munity. Mr. and Mrs. Counts left for Atlanta, Ga., to spend some time with I their daughter, Mrs. P. L. Bikard. ! Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Bradley have J moved into the dwelling vacated by Mr. j Counts and the community in general ! extends to them a warm welcome in i I their new home. i Dr. J as. D. Kinard of Greenwood I spent Wednesday night with his brother, I Mr. A. J. Kinard. Airs, lilioda Vvatts iert last weeK xor Florida to spend the winter with lie. son, i>r. Peari Waits. There is a good deal of cotton in this ! section yet to pick when the weather will permit. MISS LYDA E. WHITE. Mies Lyda E. White, 34, daughter of Mr. and Mrg. J. J. White of Decatur, Ga., died early Monday, after an illness following an attack of grip of nearly three weeks. Although confined to a Wheel chair for more than twenty yeat?, she possessed a lovely Christian charac ter, loved by all who knew her. She is survived bj her parents, Mr. and Mrs. White, and two brothers, E. I. White and Geo. P. White, all of Decatur, Ga. J t ,L . THE MEDICAL SOCIETY vj MET ON FRIDAY LAST By Resolution Offered Thdif Services to tlie War Department. <1 . A *N The regular meeting of the Newberry County Medical society was held in the city council chamber Friday afternoon. The secretary read a letter from Dr. E. A. Hines, secretary of the South Car olina Medical association stating that '' The \merican Medical association has recently offered its entire organization machinery to the war department" La order that we may be of any service possible to the local exemption board? and the new medical advisory boards to be established. This offer has been ac cepted. The Newberry County Medical society of this meeting-of its members endorsed this action and by resolution offered tk? services of its members to aid in every way possible the work of the various agencies named aoove. The following officers for 1918 were elected: President?Dr. T H. Pope. Vice President?Dr. W. A. Dunn. Secretary and Treasurer?Dr. John B. Setzler. Board of Cou?org?Dr. W. L. Pal harn, Jr. Dr. J. M. Seaao, who was on the pro gram to real a paper, not being presemt, that portion of the program wag ee? tinued until the January meeting. TO MAKE HENS LAY. Park & Pol lard's Lay or Bust. For sale bj j Jolinson-McCrackin Ce I 12-1J tr j TFK\ PTOVt'S ni'wr Pattern, an(* Dixia Boys, olso points of all siz es. Sec Johnson-McCrackin Co.