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GERMAN AVIATOR DESCRIBES BATTLE
IN THE AIR OVER HOSTILE ARMY
By RAYMOND E. SWING.
Berlin.—A hero has stepped out of
H. G. Wells’ "The War of the Air” in
the person of Feldwebel Werner, one
of the hundreds of German aero
nauts. who has the distinction of be
ing one of the first Germans to fly
over Paris and to fight a remarkable
battle in the air with two of the
enemy's aeroplanes. Ue was a pas
senger for a short distance in the
special car put at the disposal of cor
respondents on their way to Liege and
told us a graphic story of his experi
ences.
Werner’s first assignment was to
find the Englisii army near Mons.
The army was about 100,000 strong
and was retiring before a German
force of double its strength.
Where Were French Aviators?
Here, at the start, one wonders how
the French could have allowed their
allies to be so misled about the
strength of the opposing forces.
Where were the French aviators? I
know of a man who had been over
the field and who told the war office
In France that at least 200,000 Ger
mans were in the flanking army ad
vancing through Belgium, but he was
told: “Impossible! There is only
cavalry."
The French were completely out
witted by this flank movement. The
flower of their army was at the Al
sace frontier. Their mistake will cost
them Paris.
At Mons the English forces took
up a strong position, filling houses at
the edge of the city with troops and
machine guns and covering the road
of the advancing German troops.
When the enemy approached they di
rected a terrific fire upon them and
could be dislodged only at heavy cost.
They then retired to a position bm”
hind great mountains of slag behind
the city, where the Germans were
unable to dislodge them with howitzer
fire.
Flyer Watches the Battle.
Again, they could be driven back
only by flanking movements from both
aides. This time our flyer, who
watched this battle, told us the Eng
Huh retired hastily along the road in
the direction of Le Cateau.
"The English have reached their
new position successfully.” said a
London report in its account of this
retreat. “And out of breath,” added
a correspondent on reading the dis
i patch.
t The fighting at Mons was furious
and the Germans were enraged by the
British method of fighting, which
throughout at Mons was done under
cover. Never had German soldiers
fought with such frenzy as against,
this fp?.
Attacked by Two Airships.
When the enemy retired Airman
Werner was assigned to the duty of
following and discovering their new
position. He found the army near Le
Cateau, where, at the edge of a wood,
lie saw them taking up a strong po
aition in a semi-circle before the for
est. While watching these operations
from a height of 1.700 yards Werner
BUti^enly saw a double-decker Bristol
aeroplane coming down on him from
the clouds. The Bristol is a faster
but a less sure machine than the
Taube which Werner was piloting.
There was no safety In running away;
the Bristol could overtake him. He
could not alight, as the English were
underneath. There was nothing to
do but to face the worst and to fly
gradually lower and lower in the di
rection of the German army. As the
Bristol came nearer Werner espied a
second aeroplane, a little Bleriot, an
other swift flier, also bearing down on
him.
Revolver Battle in Air.
The Bristol drew closer and closer
flying down upon Werner in large
circles, gradually getting within
range. With one hand on the wheel
the German officer drew out his re
volver and emptied his’ magazine at
the approaching foe. But the Bristol
continued, coming always nearer.
"When they get over me they will
drop a bomb,” thought Werner, and
felt most uncomfortable. His ob
server reloaded Werner’s revolver and
both kept on firing. But the Bristol
kept always coming closer in its cir
cles, firing constantly on the German
monoplane. The Bleriot had coms
close enough to fire also and bullets
punctured the wings of the German
machine at Intervals of seconds only.
There was no sound reaching the
Germans except that of their own mo
tors. They only knew the English
and French pilots were shooting from
the vivid flashes from their revolvers.
But no bombs fell; it was evident that
the English and French were not
carrying them.
Escaped to the German Army.
Firing continued as Werner de
scended gradually, reducing his eleva
tion from 1,700 yards to 850, always
coming closer to the German army.
Every moment he faced the risk of
being wounded or of a bullet striking
‘Uis steering apparatus.
For hours, it seemed to him, the
conflict continued until he saw the
German army in the distance. He
then sent his car rapidly downward
and descended beside his army. The
Bristol and the Bleriot retired hastily.
The battle had covered seventy-five
miles.
On descending Werner found his
plane riddled with bullets, but he
patched up the punctures and later
witnessed the battle of Le Cateau over
the position that he had discovered.
Here again the-English, after plucky
resistance, were driven back. The
Germans attacked with two flanking
movements and a storming advance
against the middle of the English po
sition, and through main strength and
the extraordinary spirit of the attack,
forced the enemy back. The army of
100,000 bad in a few days "been re
duced to 20,000.
Drops Bombs on Paris.
Later on Werner was instructed to
fly over Paris. Here he dropped sev
eral bombs, some with good effect,
though others did not explode. He
carried two kinds of bombs, one a
round shell about the size, of a base
ball and weighing 1.1 pounds, the oth
er shaped like a small artillery shell
and weighing 4% pounds. These lat
ter, when they exploded, were power
ful enough to tear up paved streets
and wreck houses. Werner a&o
told of dropping notes into Paris, call
ing the French such hated names ps
“cochon.”
The flyers are the only men who
really are seeing this war. They have
the enemy’s position under them and
can study it to their heart's content.
Only a lucky shot can dislodge them,
and their chief danger is from the at
tacking aviators. The German scouts
usually fly at a height of 1,700 yards.
On dark days they fly at the edge of
the clouds and slip in and out for ob
servation from this excellent screen.
Accurate Aim at 2,000 Yards.
Extraordinary stories about Zeppel
ins are to be heard in Germany, some
of which are almost incredible. One
account is of the method used by Zep
'pelins in throwing bombs. A recent
invention, I am told, permits a Zep
pelin, when there are clouds, to fly
high and unseen from the ground and
to let down a basket containing a man.
who then, by telephone, signals the
airship what position to take.
In cloudless times the bombs are
dropped from an apparatus hung di
rectly below the airship, the bombs
being hung on two fingers. When the
position of the target is determined,
the fingers open and the bomb falls.
These bombs are said to be twelve
inches in diameter and two feet long.
The damage they can do is terrific.
Houses in the neighborhood of the ex
plosion collapse as though made of
cards, and they can tear up streets for
a distance of scores of yards.
Zeppelins to Attack Fleet.
I am told that practically all Zep
pelins have retired from active assis
tance in taking fortifications and are
centered around the North sea, where
they are to assist in an attack on the
British fleet. The outcome of such a
battle will be highly important, for it
will determine whether a dirigible can
measure up against a warship. If it
can, the German fleet will not be badly
outnumbered in the conflict about to
take place, for the British fleet Is in
sufficiently supplied with balloon guns,
as only a few of these are in existence.
We hear, too, remarkable stories
about the number of Zeppelins. At the
outbreak of the war there were twen
ty-two on record. Today the report
of their number varies from fifty-six
to ninety. Material for Zeppelins is
said to have been stored at points
throughout the empire, where It could
be put together in a few days, and
this scheme has added Zeppelins to
the air fleet at the rate of two a week.
This story is improbable, for the
German army does not possess a suffi
cient number of men trained in oper
ating dirigibles.
Differ on Bomb+iurting Ethics.
The German aeroplanes have done
excellent service. There are several
hundred machines in operation, and
comparatively few have been shot
down. *
I know of one young man. a son of
one of Germany’s most prominent men,
who flew to Paris early In the war. He
was fired 8n repeatedly, and each time
descended gradually to a prearranged
depot, whence, after the enemy be
lieved him to have been killed, he con
tinued his trip.
When asked if he had thrown bombs
on Paris, he answered simply: “No. I
don’t carry bombs.” This would indi
cate that there may be a difference of
opinion in the army itself as to the
ethics of bomb throwing.
The astounding advance of the Ger
mans has been analyzed by a military
expert, who says that it is due to
four points: heavy artillery, aviators,
field kitchens and pedestrian feats of
large troop groups. The first two
points are now generally recognized.
WHEELER COUNTY EXGLE, ALAMO, GEORGIA.
STATE NEWS
OF INTEREST
Waycross.—Tobacco is going to sup
plant cotton as a crop through a large
section of- South Georgia territory
next year, according to reports receiv
ed here. In the Nicholls district alone
where the cotton crop has always been
the chief crop of the year, practically
the entire acreage heretofore devoted
to cotton will next year be planted in
tobacco.
Atlanta. —“I would not be surprised
to hear at any time that the Mexican
boll weevil has entered western
Georgia, for it is now doing its great
est traveling,” said E. L. Worsham,
state entomologist. “We have found
the boll weevil to be right on the
line and there is no possible contin
gency which might arise to prevent
this pest from entering Georgia this
fall. It will continue to travel through
Georgia until frost.”
Atlanta. —The Tech school of com
merce, which is a regular department
of the Georgia Tech, began its regu
lar fall session with the largest at
tendance in the department’s history,
and with propects for a splendid year.
All of the second year men returned
and more than thirty first year men
have been enrolled since the opening.
Leesburg.—One of the most practi
cal, if not the only practical move
ment for reducing the cotton acreage
in the South was inaugurated here at
a mass meeting of Lee county farm
ers. The plan originated with J. R.
Smith, the well known business man.
who owns an immense farm in this
county. It contemplates the organize
tlon of the cotton growers of the
South into county, state and Southern
organizations. All of these associa
tions will work under duly executed
charters, and the obligation taken by
the individual farmer pledging him
self to a certain number of acres of
cotton to the plow or horse will be
legal and binding. The general South
ern association will be composed of
the state associations, and the state
association unit will be made up of the
county associations. In this way busi
nesslike harmony and co operation
will be accomplished.
Atlanta, — Children between the
ages of fourteen years and fourteen
years and six months who have not
had at least twelve weeks schooling
during the year 1914 will not be per
mitted to work in manufacturing
plants, laundries ard places of amuse
ment after January 1, 1915, according
to the new child labor Faw. which was
recently passed by the state legisla
ture and which will go into effect the
first of the year.
H. M. Stanley, commissioner of com
merce and labor, has issued a warn
ing to the parents of all children be
tween these ages to see that they
start to school at once in order that
they will have at least twelve weeks’
schooling before tire first of the year.
The commissioner states that this law
will be rigidly enforced and that the
employers of children between these
ages who cannot show certificates
from proper authorities to the effect
that they have had at least twelve
weeks’ schooling dortng 1914 will be
required to discharge them.
Decatur.—The DeKalb county grand
jury for the September term superior
court, made the following recommenda
tions: “In view of the unsettled con
dition of the cotton market, caused
by the deplorable European war, on
account of which the demand for cot
ton Is already materially affected, and
believing it to be to the best interest
of the county, the south and the na
tion that good prices for cotton be
maintained, we desire to indorse the
’buy-a-bale-of-cotton’ movement at 10
cents a pound as now being agitated
over the country, and urge all parties
able to do so to buy at least a bale
and hold same off the market for six
or twelve juonths.”
Atlanta.—The" Brotherhood of St.
Andrew, the largest organization com
posed wholly of laymen, which meets
in the United States, will field its
twenty-ninth annual convention in At
lanta. October 14 to 18, inclusive.
From 800 to 1.000 delegates will be
here from all parts of the United
States in addition to many visitors
who will come from various sections,
but more largely, perhaps, from the
chapters of the South. Every state
in the Union, from Maine to Califor
nia. will be represented.'
Atlanta—The new Methodist uni
versity has been formally opened in
Atlanta. Another great institution of
learning has been added to the city
and to the state. The opening exer
cises were held in Wesley Memorial
hall and was attended by thousands
of churchmen and those of the stu
dents who had arrived in the city for
enrollment. Among the speakers were
Bishop Warren A. Candler, chancellor
of the University; Dr. Plato Durham,
dean of the school; Mell R. Wilkin
son, president of the chamber of com
merce, and James L. Mayson, a Meth
odist lay reader. Dean Durham stated
that the enrollment was much larger
than was expected and already the
dormitories equipped for the students
in the Wesley building are filled.
LEE COUNTY PLAN
MAY BEADOPTED
Meeting Os Delegates From Seven South
eastern States Called To
Consider Plan
WILL CURTAIL COTTON CROP
According To Plan Farmers Agree To
Restrict 1915 Crop To Ten
Acres To A Plow
Atlanta —The “Lee county plan" for
curtailing next year’s cotton crop,
which was approved at the meeting of
the Georgia chamber of commerce in
Macon, was unanimously adopted by
the cotton-purchasing committee of
that body, and a meeting of delegates
from seven southeastern states has
been called in Atlanta, October 5, to
consider the adoption of the Lee coun
ty plan by all the farmers of the cot
ton-growing states. It is expected that
this plan will curtail Georgia’s crop
by 2,660 acres.
The state chamber and many cotton
experts and growers consider this plan
the most practicable and enforcible
plan that has yet been formulated for
the curtailment of cotton production.
It is meeting with heatty approval
among farmers of a number of south
Georgia counties, where county organ
izations are already being perfected.
Attorneys have assured the chamber
that the plan is in confoimity with
law, and when signed can be enforc
ed as a contract.
Explains Lee County Plan
The Lee county plan has been brief
ly outlined by the state chamber of
commerce as follows;
“The Lee county plan provides un
der a charter duly granted, whenever
75 per cent of the plows of the cotton
farms, signing through the land own
ers, have signed up an agreement not
to plant in cotton in 1915 more than
10 acres to the plow— tfcen the con
tract becomes lawfully binding upon
all parties to the con tract.
"Each county has its own manage
ment through a duly constituted board,
and the one bonded union to which all
agree is the limited acreage to be
planted. The contract is binding for
1915, and to be renewed from- year to '
year, as may be deemed best toy Um
majority.
“It takes the name of the Lee county
plan because it was first started In
Lee county and has spread rapidly
through middle Georgia. A vigorous :
and rapid campaign will be begun an.
mediately to organize counties as !
rapidly as men can be put in the field
and mass meetings called."
Convention of Disciples of Chniat |
Atlanta. -The international conven- j
tion of the Disciples of Christ, which j:
will be held in Atlanta for one week p
beginning October 7, will bring to this ’
city hundreds of the most prominent u
and representative people of the UnS- ;
ed States, as well as a large number .
from the principal countries of Asia, j
Europe and Africa, including mission- I;
aries and native workers.
It is expected that on this occasion f
Atlanta will be host to between live j
and ten thousand visitors and elabo- ;
rate preparations are being made by i;
the many workers here for their enter- I
tainment. The Disciples of Christ is f
the organization name of the Christian |
churches which have a large following ?
the world over.
From Russia alone it was expected |
to have a delegation of five hundred f
people. But because of conditions in ■
Europe at present, it is probable this
number will be reduced, as no doubt
some of them have already been draft
ed in tlie army. England, is planning
to send a party of fifty or more, while
India, China and Africa will la? well
represented.
Hold Cotton But Paid Tenants
Atlanta. —Mrs. Ed Napier, who owns
a big farm about eleven miles from
Milledgeville, is doing her share to
ward aiding the cotton movement. She
is holding three hundred bales of cot
ton from the market in effort to help
conditions.
Mrs. Napier has in the neighborhood
of thirty-five families as tenants on
her farm. Each of these tenants she
has paid off in the customary manner,
just as though she had sold each and
every bale of the cotton her farm pro
ducts each year. No one will suffer
from her move to hold her crop until
times get better.
She has sent a bale of bolls to the
Winecoff hotel, and they are displayed
in unique style along the gallery of
the mezzanine floor, where they are
in full view of the office and lobby.
Naval Store Begin To Move
Brunswick.—A steamship is due to
arrive in Brunswick this week to take
on a load of naval stores for Brazil,
which will be the first cargo to be
shipped from this, or probably any
: other South Atlantic port to that coun
try in ten or twelve years and which
: probably means the beginning of new
i business which this section is to en
joy.
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For nail in the foot use Hanford’s
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The princes of India, are abandoning
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American automobiles.
Cool a burn with, Hanford's Balaam
Adv.
Better times is said to be the ex
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army enlistments.
Dr. Bierce’S Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated, tiny grannies, easy to take.
Do not gripe. Adv.
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we have noticed that most widows
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again.
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