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GERMANS LOATHED | AS PETTY ROBBERS Soldiers took Their Loot Right j and Left at the Pistol Point. FEARING ATTACK FROM SEA LEFT OSTEND FOR A TIME Residents there Parade Streets by Night, Celebrating their Regained Freedom I The rejoicing of the people in deliberated districts of Belgium cu-l tiivues to heighten as further districts are freed, according to Perry Rob nson, the Daily News crorespor. lent on the Inlanders front. He writes "Having reached Ostenl y. . ,;-r 'a\ noon, I returned by way of B.ugeand Thourout. so mak ng a v.r\ extensive tour of the parts of B Ig'um recently under (icrman rule. What 1 think impresses me more than any thing else is the extrao. dip.ary ski! with which the ticrmans have got > themselves hated by every on \ "The in iividual German is lot.tin d by the people of all classe.-. Br. t bully, thief, bandit ami brigand atterms 1 beard everywh re ap die i ' officers even more than to the men, and their manners, unehan lives ami lvinf tono-iie-; Ivivi'. i-nvnllii l wli.i population. 'Los .-ales Bccho. ' h came so famiah on the lips at" tin people that it almost ha.- g> wn into a single word, and proper. Belgians aie i r.:iiea "The ill beiuo iour the G< mans has enormously consolidated the Belgian people. Common sulluring and common attachment to their King would have done this in any case but the Germans have done every- j thing possible to play on the prejudices of the different classes of the people. "That the Germans favored it was enough to damn any cause, and so badly has Germany played her cards that instead of causing disruption among the Belgian people, that people's will never has been so completely unified. "'We have lived the life of slaves.' 1 1 il... *. _1 _ / i nave- uvmu wiul purase a score o times in the last few days and it will take a long time for the people to forget or forgive. "A curious evidence of the German fear of us is that on the eve of the Allied attack of Oct. 14 an unreasonable panic set in among their Generals both in Ostend and Bruges at the rumor that the English were about to attack from the sea. Every German actually fled from Ostend. For two days the city was free. Then the Germans, recovering, began leaking back again, and it is patheti:* to hear the people describe how their hopes died within them. Germans in a Panic. "Bruges one would think was far enough from the coast to have been free from the influence of the panic, but there too, while loss violent, itechoes were felt. All the G( rman civilians and most of the officials fled from Bruges in precipitate haste 1 j - i a * 1 /"? i ? arm disorder. Actum lighting troops remained, and those left finally y? sterday morning. "Ostend is not seriously damaged. The people are inclined to think it is, but they have no standards such as others have for measuring what the destruction of a city means in this war. Th earea of the station, harbor and docks and that part of the front where the big guns were, and where some still remain embedded deep in their concrete emplacements, show abundant evidences of the excellnot markmanship of both our airmen and the gunners on our ships. "But so true their aim has been that the hulk of the city is untouched. All along the front where so many hotels are located, from th estation to near the Casino, most of the windows are broken and many buildings slo\ some damage. At first glance Oaten* from the seaward appears to hav been roughly handled. but behin that the damage done is very small and Ostcnd can soon be as gay a? ever, if she will. "She was gay enough last night One of the last acts of the German.before retiring, as in other cities, was to sever the connections of gas, elec trie light arid water service, so Os. tend is without light , except fo< lamps and candles, and with cnl> rainwater for domestic use or in case of fire. Last evening it rained inces santly, but in spite of this and th( darkness crowds with improv'set bands swept up and down the chill thoroughfares all night, singing the Belgian national anthem and the 'Marseillaise.' "In Bruges on Friday niyht all civilians were toM to stay wtihin doors until 11 o'clock next day. The order was obeyed, and it gave the German soldiery the finest opportunity they had had for looting. A ring or knock would bo heard at the door of a shop or house. On the door being opene I two or three German soldiers were within with pistols ready. At one private house the owner opened the door anil was met with a demand for i hirts. Ho said he had no shirt but that he wore and those at the laundry. ! Germans Are Bobbers. "'What time is it?' asked one of the soldiers. The man took out hisjl watch ar.d immediately they demand-|| ci the watch and then ordered him t > take them into his house and Rive 1 'hem any other watches and jewe'ry j he had. They carried off three time - j pieces and some rings. "At various shops I heard similar1 j stories of men coming and ringing at ! the doo;, and then, while flourishing! I revolve r. Idling their pockets wife, i whatever caught their fancy. ^ course, th.ere lias been in these tow ) i j:he same ce,minus.us thieving as at Lille and elscwhere?t.lie same abuse 'roeuL ition" ami the same terrori "In Ostend all empty houses wore .-dripped clean of everything. us weir j ; also the great hotels. These last fur-jg ! nishod rich hauls of 'requissitioned' j E i good s The kitchen battery of a big note 1 ha; about ten coppers on an average, wkich, of course, are all gene, also all mattresses and wooh goods all vaken under formal requ;-j it ion. House?' Stripped of Contents. " "Then every day s(ddiers came in ? and toe!; on thing after another, jj The guardian of ore In tel told m j| . 11' \i iiiiii1 i\ 11 .1 .->i >.r\M i.iiu veil - | i,; <i off tiling's th:? were portable an j finally removed all the furnitur either to be sent to Germany or sole' or used to furnish dug-outs. t "One of the worst outrages was at Bruges where, just before leaving 11he Germans deliberately blew up ; ml utterly destroped the great Compagnie Brugeoise, with a plant of an estimated value of $5,000,000. Before the war it was a wagon factory, but bad been adapted by the Germans to make munitions. Without warning, j squads of engineers came, under officers, and laid mines and nests of bombs, and wrecked the place. "As at Ostend and elsewhere, all empty houses in Bruges had been stripped of their contents, and the Germans had even put the houses themselves to their own use." I i FISH SCRAP FOR SALE 11 I 750 Bags Best Fish Scrap >00 Tons C. S. 7 p. c. Meal < I I 1 ! 2150 Bu. Fulgrum Seed Oats j J 1 2000 Bti Red R. P. Oats i 1100 Bales Good Hay I 650 Bags Wheat Shorts 100 Bags Nice Rice 165 Bbls. Flour in wood. In stock, too, we have 50 tons grain guano. Buy fish scrap now. We have the goods right here in Mullins. I PALMETTO GRO. CO. "COOPER" A. report from Hcmmingway in vioorgetown county last week was to .he effect that the little town had 1000 eases of "Flu" and all doctors except one in bed. o REGISTRATION FOR TOWN KLKtllUIN. The book of registration for the general town election on Dec. '10, ' 1918, for the election of Mayor and > six Wardens is hereby ordered open - from Sept. 4 to Dec. 3, 1918, and Mr. * L. H. Burroughs appointed as Super1 vi?or of Registration for same, r C. H. Snider, J. A. McDermott, Clerk. Mayoi\10 3|18?3t. \ * * I \ HARM BIG Nortl I Applv ' .... Take Train Fc ? * CALL IS DEFERRED TILL NOVEMBER 4TH i Fifty-three registrants were notified about the middle of October to appear in Conway on October 21st for mtrainment for Fort Moulrtic on Ociober 22nd. Before October 21st had irrived the epidemic of Influenza bioke out in Horry County, and all over the State as to that matter, and on that account the call was deferred until October 80th, and this list was published several weeks ago and directed to appear in Conway on October 29th to leave for Fort MouUrie on October 30th. The matter stood thus until last Saturday the Local Board received still further orders whereby this call has been again deferred so that the following list of the same fifty-three men have been notified to appear here on November 4th, and will entrain for Fort Moultrie early the next morning, November 5th, 1918: James Wesley Collins Laris Gradon Chestnut Daniel Gary Long Joseph Rabon R. Ervin Hardee Hallie Causey Vance Elliott Floyd Worley Calvin Allen John W. Mi shoe Putty Tompkins Alva Harvey Bell William Bargessor Richard Jordan Emory Decarroll Bellamy For Twenty I have been selling your m daughters, your wives, you hearts Hats, and now have selected line I have ever h Silks, Coatsuits, Cloaks, S ^ my display and be sa Your; MRS. J.! WAIN 4,000 CAI i " B IWAY CONTS i JOB-LO i Columb COLUMBIA, SO I to Nearest o MCX V OI >r Camp Which L S. C. Each M Harvey Hamilton Mishoe J. Bert Graham Monroe Culbert Blackwell George Kelly Anderson Herbert G. Harrelson Blakely Latronie Soles Louis Henry Hewitt Frank Johnson Oscar Clemmons Armagie Worth Hardee James Graham William Hal King Willie D. Moore Archie Maston Gasque Hope Turner Daniel Emory Martin Crissie Hartford Larrimore Wait us Herbert Todd Grover Harrelson Cromwell Stroud Levi J. Watts George Herman Cartright William Ashburn Hardee Thurman Johnson Mack Causey George Melton Suggs Porter Stanley Hooks Manly Parnice Bordeaux Grier C. Wade John Bunyan Capps Oliver Grainger Gaston Hardee Gary Rabon William Frederick Stanley William Wright Johnson Sam Preston Graham Olin Benj. Moore I. Bert Sai-vis o fhe Quinine That Does Not Affect the Head Because of its tor.ic and laxative effect. LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary Quinine and docs not cause nervousness not rinKinx in head. Remember the full name and - - * - - ? . i TH t?? /*n ?t rt in A j loo it lor uie ?'# nature 01 x;. v>. unuvq, out< r-Five Years others, your sisters, your r friends and your sweeton hand the largest and best ad, and also a nice line of hirtwaists. Come in and see tisfied. > truly, 5. CAUSEY ft % ? I I Hi I ?J ITED CENTERS Y " s s riTinn am [Mi I Mb bUr NGSERV ia Cantor UTH CAROLINA U. S. EmpL 3 Office * .eaves Seaboard St orning at 6:30. The senate has refused to grant the request of the president that the woman suffrage resolution be passed as a war measure. 1 Farm We are in positioi and far IF YOU HAVE # SELL OR BUY OF REAL EST Rhodes & Office Next Dooi ! LORIS, SOUT j 41-9-26. 28 H VH HV m V an We have in this week a car and Mules, all good broke, come to see us. We will s hie cfnrl/ A Ion urn tins* uivurvi niou VVV/ uai I J wagons. Come to see us. Jenkiti Tabo\ 'i\ > I. I . 1.1 ====^= If I \ t ICE iment f oyment r V ation, Columbia, J* Czecho-Slovak leaders have sharply rejected an offer made to them to enter an Austrian coalition cabinet. Lands n to handle farms m lands m THING TO IN THE WAY ATE SEE US ' Hardwick to Bank of Loris. 4 H CAROLINA ^ fmm *|V| ffi ! of 28 head of nice Horses I < If in need of a Horse or Mule I ave you money if you will see I a nice line of buggies and I i c RI*ac I 147 L/I ViOt r, N. C.