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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
Uf HEALTH RATE
HESTER KNOWN
DEATHS FROM DISEASE REMARK*
ABLY FEW, BOTH AT HOME
AND IN FOREIGN LANDS.
TWO NAVY HEROES ARE CITED
Rowed Through Flames to Reeeua
Men From Burning Spanish Steam
ship—Work of Children's Year Is
Proving Very Effective.
A health rate which as far as known
has never been surpassed has been es
tablished by the American armies both
here and overseas, according to re
ports received by Surgeon General
Gorgas.
For a recent week the combined re
ports of the American expeditionary
forces and of troops stationed in the
United States show an annual death
rate for disease of 1.9 per 1,000, less
than two men per 1,000 per year. The
annual death rate from disease of
men of military age in civil life is 6.7
per 1,000.
Tills new rate is bnsed on approxi
mate strength of 2,500,000 men, and
Includes men living under abnormal
conditions. The overseas' record wa»
mad# while American soldiers ware
participating In the heavy fighting In
the Marne salient, when they were
compelled frequently to sleep and eat
under the most primitive conditions.
That this record Is truly representa
tive of the general health of the troops
is shown by the combined reports
which Indicate the figure of 2.8 per
1,000 as the average death rate from
disease during the past two months.
An Idea of the progress being made
in military sanitation is gained by a
comparison with the following: During
the Mexican war the annual death rate
from disease was 100 per 1,000. Dur
ing the American Civil war the rate
In 1862 was 40 per 1,000, while during
1808 the rate jumped to 60 per 1,000.
The disease death rate for the Spanish-
American war Was 25 per 1,000. As
far as available records show the low
est figure heretofore recorded was 20
per 1,000 during the Russo-Japanese
war.
Two men of the American nflty
proved themselves heroes and won
commendation fronj Secretary Dan
iels for the rescue of seven men from
the burning Spanish steamship Seran
tea July 13 last. They are William E.
King, seaman, and Clarence F. Ready,
machinist's' mate, second class, U. S.
N. R. F„ of the U. S. S. Isls.
The two men took the port launch
of the Isls to the side of the burning
ship and rescued from the burning
forecastle seven men who were
hemmed In by flames and who were
too panic stricken to Jump Into the wa
ter.
The launch's trip to the Serante*
was made through an area of burning
gasoline and the rescuers were In con
stant nnd Imminent peril. Their com
manding officer reports that the con
duct of King and Ready daring this
time was cool and courageous. They
probably owe their own live* and the
lives of those they rescued to their
ateady nerves and cool Judgment. Their
commendation was for bravery and
their Initiative in undertaking the res
«ue.
The army general staff ha* complet
ed plans for expansions at some of
the camps and changes at training cen
ters. Additional plans are being
worked out and will be put Into ef
fect.
Camp Hancock, Georgia, is to be a
machine gun center and will be en
larged to accommodate between 55,000
and 60,000 men. The officers' training
School now housed In tents at this
camp will be provided for in -barracks
and quarters similar to those at other
cantonments. These improvements
outside of enlargement of the camp,
will cost about $2,000,000.
It ha* been decided to make Camp
Grant an infantry replacement camp
to accommodate between 55,000 and
80,000 men. The preaent capacity of
thl* camp 1* about 42,000. The altera
tion* and changes necessary will be
made after the division now located
there has been removed,
i Field artillery firing centers are to
be located at West Point, Ky., Camp
Jackson, S. 0., and Fayettevllle, N. C.
Options on sufficient land for this pur
pose have been secured at all these
places. It Is planned to locate six
brigades at Fayettesvllle, six at West
Point and four at Jackson.
It has been decided also to erect
permanent buildings for the officers'
training schools at preaent housed In
tents at Camps Lee, Gordon and Pike.
These schools have a capacity of about
0,000 men. The estimated cost of
these Improvement* is about $6,000,-
000.
A* a result of the Immediate and
growing needa of the army for trained
nurses, Ills* Jane A. Delano, director
of the department of nuralng of the
Red Cross, has sent an appeal for en
llatmenta from thla year'* graduating
classes at 3,000 nurse training Institu
tions throughout the country. It I*
expected that about 13,000 atndenta
will be graduated aa nurse* between
now and October 1, and la hoped
■tany tt these graduates will be en
rolled so they can be assigned te the
nnrae corps before that date.
Thd work of children'* year la prov
ing to be an effective Americanization
measure. The children'* bureau of the
labor department baa a* Its gosl 100,-
000 baby Uvea saved thla year. Ac
cording to reports received, foreign
mothers are as eager as the native
mother*. If not more so, to learn all
they can about the proper care of their
children.
The Japanese women of Seattle are
■ tklnjUCu. eU » n » WWtai care.
Hie ITillan - women oi UallHcu, Idaho,
1,000 strong, have arranged to atudy
a standard book on the care and feed
ing of children, with the aid of an In
terpreter. The foreign mothers of the
remote lumbering regtona of Washing
ton and of the manufacturing cities of
New England are united by the com
mon desire to learn everything pos
sible about safeguarding the health of
their children.
•This desire Is resulting In the break
ing down of the barriers of alien lan
guage and old-world superstition that
have long stood tn the way of the
health of little Americans born of for
eign parents. It has been necessary In
many cities to employ ftiterpretant at
the weighing and measuring ceatsn t»
answer the questions of mothers alt
do not speak English. Classes la tha
care of baby being conducted In Se
attle and Pittsburg ara made a means
of teaching mothers to speak and read
English.
Perhaps tbe most Important educa
tional measure that has been adopted
Is the provision of public health
nurses whose function It Is not only to
give care and service to the sick but
to advise mothers how to keep their
children well. As a result of Chll*
dren's year activities many communi
ties have succeeded In obtaining pub
lic or private funds for pnbllc health
nursing. Wisconsin has adopted the
slogan, "A Public Health Nurse for
Evory County," and' In Washington
state an active campaign for school
nurses is being carried on.
The work of the state councils of de
fense has been so valuable to the
country that It has drawn public com
mendation from President Wilson with
an accompanying suggestion that its
unique and widespread organization be
utilized by all government department*
and agencies so far as practical.
Secretary Baker, chairman of the
council of national defense, which
brought the state councils Into exist
ence, reported to the president: "It la
difficult to estimate the importance of
the service rendered, since our -en
trance Into the war, by these state
councils, their county eounclla and the
multitude of workers banded together
under them, whom we estimate to
number at least one million. I feel
sure that you, Mr. President, as tbelr
Commander in chief, will be proud (ft
their unique contribution In the war
and will use your authority to broaden
the scope of their activities aa condi
tions permit so that they may go on
to atlll greater achievements."
The state councils, says Secretary
Baker, have active county, or equiva
lent, councils of defense under them,
while In nearly every state the organ
ization of community councils In the
school districts, bringing the govern
ment to the people aqd the people to
the government, la progressing rapid
ly.
The president replied: "I shall be
glad to have you express to the state
councils my appreciation of the serv
ice they have so usefully rendered. I
am particularly struck by the value of
extending our defense organization in
to the smallest communities and by
the truly democratic character of a
national system so organized. I be
lieve In the soundness of your conten
tion that In the Interest of economy
and efficiency such machinery aa that
provided by the -state council system
for the execution of many kinds of
war work should be utilized as far as
possible by federal departments and
administrations."
A recent proclamation by President
Wilson puts Into effect provisions of
the shipping act making It impossible
for foreign Interests to obtain control
of American shipping or shipyards.
Chairman Bdward N. Hurley of the
■hipping board explains that the new
law provides that during war or na
tional emergency proclaimed by the
president, it Is a criminal offense to
sell, mortgage, lease or deliver an
American ship to a foreigner without
the consent of the shipping board, or
to make any agreement by which con
trol of a ship Is turned over to a for
eigner. The prohibition applies not
only to completed ships, but to ships
under construction.
It Is made Illegal, without the
board's consent, to make any contract
for ship construction for foreign ac
count, unless the contract expreasly
provides that construction on the ship
■hall not begin until after the war or
the emergency has ended. Shipyards,
also, cannot be transferred w foreign
er* without the consent of the (hip
ping board.
The act has provisions which It 1*
believed will prevent all attempts to
evade the ship-transfer sections of the
law by means of dummy director* and
stockholder* In corporation* nominally
American but actually dominated by
foreigner*.
Farmers who have been placed In
army service deferred classifications
to stimulate production are organizing
throughout the country and reporting
to Secretary Houston of the depart
ment of agriculture. "We are ready
with 110 per cent increase of wheat,
or whatever else you may call upon us
to do to help win the war," i» their
message to the secretary.
The shipping board ha* allotted a
vessel la bring coffee from Brazil to
the United State* to prevent a poe
albla coffee shortage.
RELATIVIt OF WOUNDED
AND SICK T OQET FACTS
Washington. Exact Information
concerning wounded and alck Ameri
can soldier* admlttedto hospitals over
seas will be made {{immediately avail
able to relatives or friends. ,
Secretary Baker said he had visited
the offlcea of Surgeon General Oor
gas to look Into the dally reports from
the hospitals with a view to having
them carded, catalogued and tabula
ted so that the moat Instant Informs*
tlon can be given to aU Inqulrlee.
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The 9-month*-"H daughter of Mr.
and Mr*. Chan. Paul of New Berne
fell from the f>ed on the iiecond
IJoor of their home, through the
whidow lind to the ground 25 feet
below. The baby may recover.
GRAHAM, JS. C., THURSDAY, AUGUS3 29,1918
GERMANY'S FUTILE
REINFORCEMENTS
MANY ADDITIONAL TOWNS ARK
TAKEN BY FIELD MARBHAL
HAIQ'S MEN IN NORTH.
RAPAUME IS IN RREAT PERIL
Mora Than 17,000 Prisoners, Large
Number of Qune, and Immense
Amount of Suppllea Captured.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Qui mans have brought up strong re
inforcements on both wings of the bat
tle front, the British and French
forces everywhere have beaten off the
enemy and continued their victorious
progress.
Many additional towns hare been
captured by Field Manhal Halg's
mqp In the north, while the French
have successfully overcome obstacles
placed in their way and reached ter
ritory north of Solssons which adds
further to the danger of the Oermans
in the Noyon sector and to their line
running eastward from Solssons to
Rhelma.
All along the front from Arras to
the Somme, the Germans are gradual
ly being driven back to the old Hln
denburg line by the British. Along
the Somme the enemy is being harass*
ed well to the east of Bray, while
(frthfr north strong counter attacks
have been repulsed and the towns of
Msmets. the Mameti wood, Martin
Pulch, Le Bars and Le Barque have
been captured.
It Is around Bapaume that the Ger
mans are keeping up their strongest
efforts to hold back the tide that la
surging against them but the British
are continuing f> make slight gains
dally in the process of surrounding
the town, which seemingly soon must
be evacuated.
Since August list the British bar*
taken more than 17,000 prisoners and
large numbers of guns and great
quantities of supplies have fallen Into
their hands.
18,000 KILOS EXPLOSIVES
DROPPED ON INIMY LINES
Paris.—The Frenh have continued
their progress east of Bagneux, be
tween the Allette and the Alsne, ac
cording to the war office announce
ment. They repulsed counter-attacks
west of Crecy-su-Mont. Four hundred
additional prisoners have been taken.
The test of the statement says:
"Both artilleries were active In the
neighborhood of Lasslgny.
"Between the Allette and the Aline
we made new progress eait of Bar
naul and repulaed enemy counter-at
tacks weet of Oecy|surMont. We
aptured OO prisoners.
"Aviation: It WU Impossible to
carry out any bombing operation*
during the day. During the night the
weather Improved and oar bombing
machlnei Immediately took the at*.
Btghteetk thousand, (our hundred kllee
of emploslvee were dropped behind the
battle front and on station*, which
were damaged.
AMERICAN BOMBING AIRPLANES
DROPPINB BOMBS ON CONPLANB
American Forces on the Lorraine
Front.—American bombing airplanes
dropped 38 bombs on Conflans, a town
on the Verdun-Metz rellroad. Ten di
rect hits were obtained.
Three aerial combats were report
ed In the Woevre region. Lieuten
ant Jones attacked and apparently de
stroyed an Albatross biplane over
Marre .northwest of Verdun. Lieut.
Hugh Brldgman, while on a recon
naissance patrol, atacked two Fokkers
which disappeared.
BRITISH PATROLS SAID TO
BE ENTERING BAPAUME
London. —Reconnotterlng patrols of
British troops are entering Bapaume.
U Is reported that British outposts
have reached the fringe of Bnlleoourt,
which lies seven miles northeast of
Bapaume, and captured High Wood,
east of Albert.
RECENT VICTORIES DEFINITELY
SETTLE FORTUNE OP WAR
Pars. —Premier Clemenceau tele
graphed the preeldente of the general
eounclls that thsy could rsly upon ths
government and Marshal Foch and hie
magnificent staaff and the allied mili
tary commanders to turn the present
succses of the allied arms into a com
plete any decisive collapse of the
enemy.
"The splendid victories of recent
weeks," said M. Clemenceau, "has def
initely settled the fortune of war."
LCQION OF HONOR IS
AWARDED 56 AMERICAN*
With the American Army In France
Fifty-Are off lean noa-com missioned
qfflrer* anil man of a certain Amerl
ten division vera awarded the Isgion
of bonor, the military medal, the war
croai or distinguished service cross
at the DMI brilliant decoration cere
mony the American army aha held la
France.
Similar decoratlens have beea
•warded 71 other* wbo were unable
I* be present.
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6ERMANS MEETING -
HEAVY REVERSES
OVER FIFTY MILES FRONT THNI
ENEMY IS MEETING WITH
DISASTROUS DEFEATS.
FRENCH ALSO NUKE GAINS
American Troops Ara Not Mentioned
In Battle; Probably Roeervod for
Later and Heavier Blow.
Over the 60-mlle front from the re
gion of Arras to the north of Solssons
the Gorman armiea are meeting with
defeats which apparently ipell dta
uter Everywhere the British and
French forces hare continued on the
attack, the enemy has been sanguinar
ily worsted. And the end of his trial*
Is not yet In sight.
To the British over the SO mllM of
the lighting sone from the Cojeul river
southeast of Arras to Llhons, south of
the flomme, numerous towns hare (ali
en, and the enemy territory has been
penetrated to a depth of several mile*.
Where the French are fighting be
tween the Mate river and the territory
north of Bolssons additional goodly
gains have been made In the envelop
ing of tfoyon and the general maneu
ver which eeeks to crush or drive out
the Germans from the salient be
tween the Somme and the Allette, and
to put Into Jeopardy the entire Ger
man line running to Rhelms.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Oermans brought np large number* of
fresh reinforcements In an
to stay the progress of Halg's armiea
their efforts were without avail.
Where they were able momentarily to
hold back their oncoming foe*, th*
Oermans finally were forced to cede
the ground demanded. And they paid
a terrible price in men killed, wound
ed or made prisoner*.
Th* entire Arras-Albert road ha* been
crossed by the British. The strong
ly held poaltlon* where the Oermans
•a#-disaster facing them It they fell
were stormed and captured, and the
British pushed them going eastward.
Although the American* at th*
coihm*acem*nt of the Somme offen
sire were brigaded with th* British
along the northern bank of the Somme
no mention of their having taken part
In the fight I* made. It Is probable that
th*y havs been moved to soma other
portion of the battlefront from which
Marshal Foch, contemplates another
smash at the enemy.
HAPPY VALLEY AN
UNHAPPY VALLEY
Happy valley truly Is a shamble*.
Its name belles It.
South of the Somme the Austral
ians were most successful In the part
they played In the batlte. They easily
attained all their objectives and ap
parently hold ChuignoUee, Chulgnes
and Herlevllle and are pushing east
ward of those Tlllagee a little dlstano*
to make sure of holding them.
In thl sregton It German offloen
and I.ROO men of other ranks ware
made prisoner. Eleven of the oap
tured o (floors were srom one'regiment.
The Oemana offered beery resist*
anee at Chulgnollee, but with the ae
slstance of tank* the Australians ham
mered through the enemy and swept
on, leaving the town and Ita envi
rons filled with dead Germans.
On the ridge south of tfele town
there also was fleroe fighting which
almost reachsd the hand to hand
stage before the Australians made It
clear to the Germans that they were
not to be etopped and shoved over the
ridge and onward. ■, ,
Just now large numbers of guns
are roaring away all along the line.
All day long streams of wounded,
principally Germans as well as great
numbers of snemy prisoners, were
flowing towards the rear. The day
was cooler and the British soldiers
were refreshed by It. It was slightly
cloudy but the air was full of British
airplanes. A number of Oermati planes
were shot down over the battlefroat
during the day, each fall bringing a
cheer from the British.
BRITISH TROOPS SHOW
PINE SPIRIT IN Pt«MT
newspaper correspond
ents at the front lay stress on tha
magnificent enthusiasm with which
the British are attacking and over
coming the enemy. They point out
that the Drltlah oppossd stout resist
ance when the Germans counter at
tacked. and when they saw that tha
enemy wss staggering under tha
shower of blows Increased the pualsk
ment without giving him time to look
around.
ALMOST UNVARYING SUCCESS
RAISES STRONOBST HOPES
Washington—Almost unvarying suc
cess of the great allied offensive on
the M mile front stretching from Sol*,
eon* northward to the environs of
Arras raised bopee In mlllury circles
here for the moat declalve defeat yet
administered to the Oernsans. Observ
er* were of the opinion that Oeneral
Poch's whittling tactics of the paat ale
weeks have been so effective that op
portunity has come for a glorloua bar
va«L .
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few doses of 666-
John Oray, a colored boy about
14 years old, living at Gibaon mill
in Concord, wa* beating a ride out
on a freight tram. He fell under
the train both leg* were cut off
a*l hn died in a short time.
Subtcri >e for THE GLEANER—I.
PIVOTAL POINT OF
HUN LINE IS TAKEN
ALBERT, AN IMPORTANT TOWN
AND A RAILROAD CENTEHI
HAS BEEN TAKEN.
GERMANS COUNTER-ATTACK
Threatened With Poeketlng dormant
Seem to Ba Making Hasta la
Tfcelr Retreat. '
London. —The town of Albert, elgk
taen mtles northeast of Amiens, on
the Ancre river, has bean recaptured
by the British, who alto have obtain
ed all their objectives In the lighting
between Bray Sur Some and Albert,
aooordlng to the offlolal communic*
tion from Field Marshal Hslg. Over
the tlx mile front the Brltiih advano
ed two miles.
The British were steadily driving
into the German positions on the
high ground between Bray-Bur Somme
sad Albert. Ons thousand Germans
were taken prisoner.
A vicious Oerman coupler-stack
directed against the British position*
in the outskirts of Mlraumont were
driven off.
On the ground between the twe
points where the British armies are
Aammering them and where they are
threatened with being left in a pocket
the Germane seem to have started re
traatiM-
PURSUINO CHINCH ARMIES
! With the French Army in Franco—
The retreat of the Oermans before
both the third and tenth French arm
toe continued wKh increased speed
over a large part of the battle front
and In some coses In disorder.
General Mangln's men are approach
ing the Coucy forest and are nearly
on the line held In April along the
River Allette. They have also widen
ed their bold on the Otse to Bretlgny,
midway between Noyon and Chauny.
The French advance towards the
roads leading to Chauny adds another
menace to their line of retirement and
explains the acceleration of the
eaeay's retreat. Bourglgnon, St.
Paul Aux-Bols and Qnlncy (ell InU
the hands of the French giving then
oommand of the valley of the Allette
from the region of Coury-le-Chateau
te the Olse.
General rfumbert'e troops alse are
pressing the enemy vigorously. Hav
ing occupied the height of Plemont
Just aoutluof Lasslgny, they have cap
tured Thiescourt, which completes the
oeoqsest of the group of hllle know*
as the Thleacoort massif. The enemy
■ow has but a precarious hold on ths
raley of the Dlvete river, In which
French cavalry it now operating.
Several thousand prisoners have
been taken and trophies In suoh great
q pastilles that It has been Impoeible
thus far to oount them also have bees
captured.
Oeneral Man fin's troops edvanoed
•even miles during the night.
EXISTENCE OF STATE OP WAR
BETWEEN RUSSIA AND U. S.
Washington.—Dispatches from Rue
sla were of a somewhat disturbing na
ture to state department officials.
Vies Oonsul Robert W. Imbrle at
Petrograd reported In a delayed die
patch that members of lbs bolshsvlb
government at the former Russian cap
ital had Issued a pronunclamento de
claring that a etate of war eilsted
between Russfei and the United
State!
In vlsw of tbs bolshevik declara
tion. Mr Imbrle reported In bis die
patch. which was dated August 2. that
he had lowered the United States flag
«vsr the consulate and following the
recent action of Consul Osnersl Pool*
at Moscow, closed the consulate and
turned over the affairs of ths United
States to the Norwelglan consul.
Amsrlcans In Pstrograd behaved te
number about twenty were warned
te leave.
ALBERT THE CITY OP
THE "LEANING VIRGIN"
Albert Is a town In the department
of Somme. It Is situated on the Ancre
river aad Is a railroad center. Before
the war It bad a population of more
than 7.000. Albert has been the scene
of eoae desperate fighting and In the
reoent British drive the town waa sur
rounded on three sides by the arm lee
of Field Marshal Ifalg, ths village of
Aveluy on the north and Meaultee on
the south having been reached by
then.
■■■ATI CENTERS ON VOUTH
OP IS AND WORK OR FIQHT.
Dlaciution In both senate and bouse
cantered upon opposition from tome
■embers to calling youths ofllls the
eoiors The bill was piloted In the
seafct* and hoase by chairman of the
respective military commltee, Beaa
ter Chamberlain, of Oregon, and flop
reeeatatlve Dent, of Alabama. The
farmer declared traditional the policy
ot subjecting boys aa young as Id to
military service aad also championed
tfce "work or light" ameadment.
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FRENCH THREATENING ROTE
More Than Six Hundred Prisoners
Taken In Enveloping Movement
Along Bomme-Olee Front.
While the Germane were busily
engaged la defending themselves
against the atUcka of the Brltlah and
French armies from the Ancre river
to the region of Solssons, Field Mar
ahal Halg struck another surprise
blow over a new front.
The new offenalve was launched
from the east of Arras on the Pcarpe
river and southward to the Cojeul
All along the front the British pressed
forward, at some places to a depth of
more than two miles.
Across the Cojeul, the new Brltlah
attacka on the old battle front brought
them to the Tillages of Mory and St.
Lsger, and farther south the small
town of Favreull, one and a half mllea
northeast of Bapaume, from which
the Brltlah pressed on eaatward about
a mile. Farther aouth the British ore
reported unofficially to have reached
the western outskirts of Thllloy In
the nipper movement they are carry
ing out agalnat Bapaume.
The French again are hammering
away at the environs, of Roys, one of
the strong points of the Somme-Olao
front, the capture or which doubtless
would cause the giving op by the en
emy ot the entire salient rrom the
Homme In the north, to Noyon. Fres
noy-Les-Roye, to the north, and St.
Mard to the aouth ot Roye, both of
which have been captured by the
French, despite the desperate resist
ance of the Oermana, and Roye, like
Bapaume In .the north, apparently la
In danger of *belng pinched out of the
line In an enveloping movement. More
than 600 prisoners were taken by the
French In the operation.
BRITISH LOSE SEVEN AIR
PLANES IN BOMBING RAID
London.—The British Independent
air force operating on the west front
lost seven airplanes In the bombing
of Mannheim. The frank report of
thle loss haa caught the public Imagi
nation.
It Is pointed ont that the Germans
were In largely superior numbers snd
had only to think of flghtlsig, whereas
the British had both fighting and
bombing to attend to. The odda were
all on the Oerman side, but the Brit
ish aviators reached Mannheim and
did their lob.
Commenting on the raid, a Brltlah
air officer aald:
"We suffered losses, but we won a
splendid victory. Ws set out to bomb
Mannheim and no Oerman efforts
could frustrate our intention."
AMMUNITION DUMPS BLOWN UP
BY AMERICAN CANNON FIRE
With the Amerlcao Army on the
Veale Front—Several German ammu
nition dumps north of the Veale river
were blown up by high explosives
from the American guns. This was
the only notable incident In the opera
tions between Solssons and Rhelms,
although the usual exchange between
the artilleries continued.
The destruction or the dumps was
made possible by aerial obaervstlon
by American avlatora. They were lo
cated near Revlllon and early in the
day a battery or long range guns be
gan dropping shells at polnta indi
cated. The observation posts soon
atter reported great clouds ot smoke
trom the targets.
10,000 PRISONERS TAKEN
BY BRITISH IN FIVE DAYS
Paris.—The number of prisoners
taken by the British since August 21
has Seached 20,000, The Petit Journal
declares. r
SUBURB OP THE TOWN
OT BAPAUME CAPTURED
London —Huisnno and Cappr, towns
north and south ot the Bomme. re
spectively. were captured by Kleld
Marshal Halg's foroes. according to
reports received here trom the British
battle front. The Britieh also took
Avasses Lea Bapaume, a suburb of
the town of Bapaume.
British troops also reached the west,
era outskirts ot Thllloy, south of Bs
paume
CONPLANB AOAIN RAIDED
BY AMERICAN AIRMEN
With the American Army In France.
—American bombing machines again
raided Condans, dropping 40 bombs
on the rsllroad yards, despite heavy
antiaircraft lire. All the burats
were together at the east end ot the
yards, one causing a big explosion.
German pianes appeared as the
Amerlaans completed their mission
and followed the Americans beck to
their lines but tailed to engage them
la baMle.
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It is announced from Washington
that Congressman Stedman has got
ten the postotfice department to
revoke tne order placing negro
mail clerks in the transfer depart
ment of the Greensboro postotfice.
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U. Weston, Pastor.
Preaching every first and
Sundays at 11.00 a. m. and >H
m.
Sunday School every
9.46 a. m. W. I, Ward, StSptol
Prayer meeting every TuesdajM
7.30 p. m.
Graham Christian Church—N.
Street—Bev. P. C. Lester. 2S
Preaching services every
ond and konrth Sundays, at
a. m.
Sunday School every Sunday fl
10.00 a. M.-W. It Harden, SupS
intendent,
New Providence Christian
—North Main Street, near DsfdH
Rev. P. C. Lester,' Pastor, Pradl
Ing every Second and Fourth (|H
day nlghta at 8.00 o'clock. ..
Sunday School every SoadßXfl
9.46 a. m.—J, A. Bayliff, 9od3H
tendent.
Christian Endeavor Prayer
ing every Thursday night at
o'clock.
Friends—Morth of Grahaatf^^H
lie School, Rev. John M. PaS
Pastor.
Preaching Ist, 2nd and
days at 11.00 a. m. and 7.00
Sunday Bchool every Suntfaj^l
9.15 a. m.—Belle Zachury, SUBHH
tendent
Prayer meeting every
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Methodist Episcopal,
Main and Maple Htreets, RMH
B. Ernhart, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday
a. m. and at 7JO p. m,
Sunday School every
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M. P. Church—S,
Rev. R. S. Tro icier, PastarjH
Preaching first arfd
days at 11 a. m. and «
Sunday School every
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Rev. T, M. McConaell, jjfl
Sunday School every
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J. W. Clegg, pastor. ?
Preaching every SecOflajH
Fourth Sundays at 7.J8 p. iSH
Sunday School every SoalH
M 0 p. m.—J. Harvey WhS
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