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VOJL XIIL NJ. 21 POtfSTH SEB1ES ;
0TF.1917.
ITEWABT. m AITS
1
fer
ircsa Lesses are Enornieus
ly Sh:r te< if qqb They Endaavsr ti
Cesstsrsst Brifisli Artillery Snpertsrtfy.
Ftom a staff corMsponHent
of Associated Prtife8, with
BritiSb armies m France.
May C Via London While
the flighting loir tU last fort
uight hsL wrought coin para
tively little change geo
graphically ai ng the BriMsh
front. Jt has, as a matter of
fact, beeu of almost at great
importance as any daring the
entire war It as compelled
the. Germans to throw in Buch
yaiat Du'mbHrs of reserves that
comnarattVHjy few of the fifth
or more fresh divisions
aMghefl to thw western front
ytar by Field Mwhal
rou Hiudmiburg, remained
Huecornd by th flnrnHH of th
Fuch and British off uisive
battle 1st vi-w of tin's, it is
small wpud-r thai thn; prg
Reports from Petrogad assert
that German divUiouw have
been withdrawn from the
Bussian'ii front and ..started
for France
There is uo denying that
since the British Easter Mon
day offensive took them by
anipri se a ud d ro vj t b e m fro m
some of their most formid
able posit ioiis th Germans
have fought with great
"tenacity and stnbbors :-uess,
bat at what cost they alone
Uan correctly rec&on. They
liave endeavored to meet the
Entente 1 Allied superiority
in artiltery by fht-er weight
of men, hich has meant a
material deepening of thni
fortified zone. Thus, when
one line' of men ba been
wept awaly there it another
How long such tactics can
continue, how lng th Ger
man soldiers can endure the
witheriug blast of artillery
which is e;ver upon them, is
Dureiy a matter of coojec
tare." ;
German : military writers
have been referring of late to
the Hindenbnrg line as a
living, mobile wall, which
by meaiB. of its various
witch lines can bend back
ward and forward as if mov
ing on bo many hinges. How
however, tfte men of the liv
ing wall are fighting behind
ffreat barriers of their dead.
The Germans seem lb bje
carrying bat their defensive
battles with the sa ml, an -b&kable
belief in the power
of maw that characterized
their first . onslaught upon j
the forts on the Belgian
frontier, and later, their
f utile offensive against Ver
dun. 5
t: T h e 4 British apsaulting
line in the recent fighting,
thanks to the overwhelming
.weight of the artillery be
hind them, have nothing like
the strength ot the German
defending troops. Similary,
the Germans have delivered
their counterattack with
forces often ptrtnnmbering
threefold the British hold
ing positions upon which the
attacks were directed. The
GeTmanp had to make these
counter attacks across t h e
open, under the very eyes
of the British field guns and
the losses entailed have been
Visibly enormous .?
tie tiot possible to visit a
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United States : and issued to
Winter Wheat YieW Oofleok Is Bitter. ;
Washington, May. 6 -Crop
reports., gathered b y..' the
Ghamber of Commerce of trie
day indicate that the WintetV -R"? BIfiSM1
wheat yieid ma, beightiyfe
greater than that of' last
year, if the weather is favor-
able and that ch inces are
for a bigger production of
Spring, wheat tlian last jrear.-
orn oats ana potatoes,- Tne
break all previous prdduc-
tion records.
uiwui JbWbJ luff niSls
t it f i
Bowel regularity is th ecret
of good health, bright eyes clear
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laxative that regulates the bowel&l
nA ... ; , .
and relieves the congested - intes -
tines by removiue-the accumul at-
ed wastes without griping. Take
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a pill-before retiring and that
heavy- he.d, that dull sprmg feyer
leeimsr . msaDDearst iet Dr.
rms ai your
battery in the Arras sector
withouthe,ringofthewonor
ful abooUag they have had a
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late J here ban peeft uoth-
nig like it sW-the war be-
nran fa, an r.i U.:4-:U
gan, so far a the British are
concerned, and the khaJri:
guuners feel that they are
paying off many bli scores of
th rihan i
. .11 . J 9 J J I
and there was not a sta
IJign-ealibered British cannon
!.ud uuuwurjui I
The co-operation of . the
smashingthe counter attacks
nas been little short of mar
ines nave quicklv discovered
tne assembling of troops -and
have sent minute details bv
wireless back to the batterifis.
with the-result that tbe guns
. v . I,
ejr iuc
moment the Gray-clad hordes
issued from- the protecting
tfHlHR or Ji xrWlstcri':1 i aimWlvr
fmotherinor them-under hiffh
explosives arid sheets, of 'lead-
en snrapnei ram. . ,
Whfln it la rAa11o '" i Viof
at Gavrelle, ; there bave
been nearly a score of uu-
successfuL counterattacks of
ui
the German losses can be
had. Hence- the dead left l
behind Ml the tale, great
efforts have been made lat-l'
tn ly uy tuo vreriuauH ciar
tne oattieneias oi tneir dead
wuwrevsr it is possiDie to ao
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BO.
Get Rid Df Your Rfisumatisra.
Now is the time to g-et rid Of
trnnr "Vi anm ofiom ' mH 4ZA
iuvumailOUi.v A. VU W LAI UUU I
Ubamberlain's Liniment a great M."wwwyiiqHing lead
help. The relief which it affords ers of the blind whxhave most
is alone worth many times its to do with the excess df Roman
COSt. i
The old soldiers reunion will
be held at Organ Church on As-
cension aay, . may 1, lyif
There will be several addresses
Aft are iti fvited to come and bring
well filled baskets. There wilt
be refreshmentson the grounds;
saevtt" Yoti Need a General To!
'fV 0iu '.1ard ?irovee Taste?as
' .-TMn'i.-.- re i.Ktij valuable as ,
f' -ai f. -ui. lKx-.;e it containft the
iOra to, i.- prope rties of QUINt!! 0
mm
Sees
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RtfSBtt
LThe Mejaace
ment tfictpoptilatiish, iHteti vacaieoriiilsptirj
flection Is iiispiredhy a fiiyIa: the inen are kpj linder
ed in the Scfcenectady Gaaiel
Sherriff Welch seeds .tobel
vkuite,a statisticidnSlas
the 984 prisoners$ tfelt ifcayeileyer be es-
I 11 rlHar hta Kam'. fnr" fkAdiBt a4
j wa.ic .y Hti&-p'i jct,i
Ut the 984, prisoners, J1&9V
n . ..
Koman-uatnonc, Jrrotest
hr . tr-w L rVrS5-M? m r. :Toil-r
.8. . -
i m.v ma f.iii.
-A. A n-i-
. " w- r";
Were womea. Of.thi4(ttee
. , . . u. ,
0a n , 6r...
and 20 were women.- And che
w - r'-awrvM.ta, .-uu VV;W tUCUl
as a Protestant citv in w&ieh th4l
Roman. Catholic, imputation is
bat faction Of .thole. V
Notwithstanding ,the 6erW-
; r s- ' .
:y ProtoUnte populaUon,
Bfome s parocK.al.scla and re,-
llP'lOUS train ltt tr .sunrtliaa Vnt
, trammg., applies th
oua J1 SchMecttdfe
mof'?: f
more than
r J
,4GodlesS; public schooland its
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iTrTYmmmm
crood than there were of fmu
frotestanis onsonera .
Ad we re told by the brazen
RomanCatholic, so-called church
13 nope ana only possible
salvation of this countrv. Doa
j-j" iora inau
r t . " A uul warrwra
ineiy to the ton.
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'I vv l T n raTAraniAii 4-v
;erft. wil
- r T. Vr'.'vw w li OCfiia .
tnc niot:aVan4;;e)ittOToral and
the antriol -am
cientin nipiit iSity beiittse:
ih&rr lriifti&siMUiii&
Their arBothers wfi
, an4r y6 pralv
bV1 Jaa7mori
- v JSSSVi wn
SW m
metttg ;.of cntroHeommun.
Utv in whir- Hdukrru
afe sosuVieriflViv
to "be anti-immorai: T '
WnMir
I" - ,u,iv-tuiiuu(ai uaur
ists who crowd the ; Schenectad v
3 ail are their anti-moral relicous
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leacners wno are aoing all in
their power to breakdown Ameri
can civilization and destrdv its
moralinbrer s up their
own n peculiar and impossible
standards of right and! wrong
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P a 4 h ni 1 . m m t o 1o 4. tf I. .I
tadyjail and in.jails and penitent-
id lies caorauji
Rome, like anv:th&r viftlder nf
a product may bkno.wa' by its
fruits. If Rpmanf V 5 JQattidlic
parish schools RoWn tQathplil
HteraiuiJbiifangai
inlr. and :manncl&iue
ce put m&p tiratwcVas v ininy
ot tneu-Jpud than
Protestant te&gnd?theub
lie school sendnere there should
be no question abotit " which in
influence is the more desirable.
But these figures point to one
fact that can be verified by obsex-
fef WSn? f
SSSTS
vwith a railitary ,mp as
suppose,
TO
ii&hh&hori of. -HVYf-.' I lrr Iif ri r-ii-r
-v7 - v -v&w vgiuouui
ird-.'' rr t,V,v
li,L. -i ;.. l
umanir i p a n un hAt- tAnth
Wt&teT
;i-STn
'iunu. - , ! s-..
on to the above.
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Han't l.fit TftBF foTitrh Hanron ".
VA coWhiif rti A'?
ensctninte
!l.5?r0tt!.
jrwui ueaua ana waves on near.-?,
lect( - Relieve it at WVit Dr
's New a Discovery. The.
a .'Jf- v.'- V .
Solr& balsam remea. heais
thgtj&W
'rmiet WttS
fKm n4, the coldtqmcklv-
bivren-xvti Chi
rtrtTiw.4r?
ihandy inronr nfedjcineesir
ttUon-
pfWl?
6f Rome fattsoar sfio'rt of what
a thurcH should teTfat if is posi
tiveljr an tumoral &xd a decided
rlmi .AiivL
its inuence; erVIs ncirelig
ion;itf pppir, and -io.wrrcW
never Uyigbtan- itsaUa
cburdies; .riigiosV
phiesuntjt h at reaTartn but,
andVfiroclaimedvrom the i' bouse-
lion
trol
more
spicacy f6f tti icontrolf aif,wh6
will submit to jLReKgion" is . a
realitj ; btobjje;. ts&a mere jfftj
ten.se Kich is so. far.tf rdm; e'xerir
cising a:mbT'al'influf nee; aSfb'je
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Good-Frieni:;
A good fri.end,statid3 by,r rjpti
when in need f: 9atts1iurMdple3jraS
axe
stood he jtesMrVve en't
ago and again Confirms the story.
Could you ask for more con
vincing testimony?
John W. Glover, shoere pairer,
r30 N Main St , Salisbury, says:
"1 suffered severely from back
ache and'pains across my loins.
I couldn't get out of bed. Doan'
take
long
ine ucst v meuicine Tior ,'KlQlieT
iron pies. s . - ; . . . . " .
Price S$cYat all dealers Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
gt DoanTs Kidney Pills the
same that Mr. Glover -has .twice
publicly recommended. Foster
Milburn CoC," Props., Buffalo,
N.Y.
Kidney Pills had greatly reHeted!
, . r : - 7-r sgnr zzfyrjyfrp!r? ttsf- w' -vuctciure - requires
rSivm mtmvi-mmmvsddMtuiA
-r Oti MaBil0,i9lS, Gibyr? a ptutttatj re'medy, is
1? veo? wtellyandc: hru
poasKeyPMls for a'lohg SMw
WILk HOT BE Ai HORT WAR
Vcju a:piic
agamei; WjGeraTd late ambass-
adotvto Grmany- said;. -
Tiliiscountfyi h;s 3 suffered
vertrtuc from cjinging to re
diculons ind antiquated ideas a-
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bout war. ; JNone has been more
harmlui. t'nan the idea that all
his coantry. needs to defend it-
self;is pfenty of men Wth rifle's.
Ls-pmy ratner a small part
AMMm which is carried
on largely bw machines, some of
which is carri&d-on larjorely by
machines some; whfeh are so com-
plex jindifflcuit to opetate that
a man.must bef rained for a year
pr. more!before he is fit to handle
UCUJ, , t . . ; v r- .
" "TbereJis danger now -of ari -
therdeJu sion , and Uh at ; . jb th at
othe V war "' is sobn to b.e: vea;
Don't beiey;V th at. It js going
to. be- a Ibng .war.fr The isrreates:
JblbVWat we can ! strike , rigbi
now is "to adopi the scheme" af se
iective conscription which - PresiH
dent WllSOtit' is advoeatinxn"
hefe cpul beno bettet
stroke!
for a qnjcl&itfatng; of the..- war
"than . thexf4f6Wledff'e in .Ger-.
madyN tht "we have adop"jted conf-
pulspTy mirttk'ry "service, .and
that we are hi the war in earnest, being the entering and?))urglar
anW;i yjalf ''du r flower and -.re- feiiig the home of J Mudson in
sources i Spencer lie being sentenced to
The vGef mans are no going five years .nthenijientiary
to be beaten' by an .internal revo- Judgment was suspended in the
jition. They -can get j along I auforhobile case and.the others.
though witHdfflfumH. wifVi . Vnkl .Thacriminal doclrot wa nhm--
I neeaomDssaCftfit uiluu. sue courc is now .aiSDOSinff
ome j
Mi
retmatij
rely largely on rye, and ttaVfNsealied ; ph this docket was
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willbe-ayefv Severe trial for
fthflbtt they are the the the.
Ijtmii. oiwpeopie inai; can 1 ao it. t
as to tne gpssi&uitxxrt a? Uerm-r
an revblutroh.v-fi miotl&i wpH I
put'that ' asfd:e;&vf(rmittsM '
le.tfhle"ki tot in-
j'lfeasdot entered thVU
fwar or the side of.henTes,' weJjift-from a-shantyeafft.! guhty.
woijldj ijjleiH'isingleV
handed fbin1hV-the'rnlans at.
tne end ot ci?iwar, vand thl.foaw-qiiasn annwecu
rr fi ivx
V.Selmrfhatne-K'ved in ' erm-
ilia AfWk1!AWi WkrflXa l
J 'Uv
jd'adyjain
."v v rr .r '
easyno apply, it penetrates
out rubbing and drives out the
soreness. A clear liquid, clearer
than mussy piasters or ointments
it does not stain the skin or clog
the pores. Always haVe a bottle
UJUOU1U UUlUirKAiS-rilUBIbHj - -.
. VSVI tiie T real, criminal.
comeiBaiMnsttifr -pou-are crio- - f 7
- ftca- - r . : . r
handy for the , pains, ashes $fGfep
rhmatism, gout JumJ)a&OA-aaS
.tei
4 Co
bAr5MW
Sa
ed ca
wu wiuuiuBivu
Unit, according
to an
Adjutaritrd
Second
McKenzie
- ' m-z .1 -'i ,-a,ww7v fr ursiciu. 'Wile nun.
neuncemeo
Iieutenant:-j&e8ru .'n . - V-
, Vit" Sold by Druggists, 75c.
succeeds uk vftf ;v Hii Family Pills for
first lieutenant.
Rawai Sopsrior &srt
The May termof Tihe Rowan'
Judge 'M H Justice
presiding. After, the aelsction
of the jury the iiidee delivertd
an interesting and inatructiva
charge then the criminal docket
was taken up.
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The grand- jury is composed of
the following citizens: JFMc-
Knight, foreman, Peter Garver..
M O Bridges, D A 'Hodge, J B
Uoodnigllt, C P Jacobs, O E Lip-
pard,- W L Harris; G W Hill.' O P
Brown, Lewis 0r Brown. 0 It
Brown, J L Agner, Vl J Steele,
.V C Ketchie, Car mi Pelker, J B
Vost. R B; Glover.
Caldwell fide, a voune whit
man, on a charge of having Uquor
1 ju uauu'iurne purpose 01- saie,
lcpnvicted and a sentence of
gh t months imposed. - .
In a case - of assault with a
really -weapon Carl goodnight
"as adjudged not ffuiltv whllo
'Vili Gxd night was loutid guilty
tnd iudement suffbended on oav
nent of costs.
I VW P Dahn for ahandnnmint
was "fined ten dollars and costs. I
Nor yell .Parker, .who 'stole
&he McCanless automobile, as
apted elsewhere, ; ; -was heard on
seVeraf'chargfes. the mjor one
f the'civil docket, . which was
up this morning; Tne first
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iesterrr Railroad CdmPanv for
damages in , the Jojasof a merryj
wmui jLus--sun wai
y wiuu.. a carnival ana
JhichLiWas burneo?' aboard the
.. Pher cases disused of in th
- - Ae Walker, ;larceiiy 'of a
elghtanonthfii on the roads. ;
,. -.Save doondy V false pretenW
, DrBoyeni larceny, eiarht ':
: Rober tiWnojl ' "ln.rxiT
Wty, This was a
xfpeculiar caeand was, evidently
now . JbieiPg'! 'believed tae . man s
- There1 is more batarrh in this
itnan, .hves in Wilkes- countr.
secnon 01 me tcpuniry tnan all
with-Li .v
Sr' anu
S lt:w,a3 PV" to be
luqurable." Doctors , prescribed
local rem.ediee!&ynstatttly
pai!jp CUfe wihslocai- treat-
hdredDolIars reward is offered for
any base iaai nau a UAtarrh
Medicine fails to cure. Send for
tdjesjimjp
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