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BURLIXGTOK, ALAMANCi; COL'XTY .NORTH GAROLIKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 19H.
t r^ r-v 1 ■ • 1 T' - ; exjwrience of the last few days leads
A-I^icd AriXlj V/llOSC Gsps riflVC OCCri X luCCl Witil Jrrcsll.'n;e to believe may ii8 the hevaid of
r-k « 1 I r« • victory. That, at least, is how I ivotid
Iroops, Thrust Back the Vigorous German Oitensiye
Moverhent at Western End ot the Battle Front and
out a ‘ ounter A.ttack and Gain Ground.
Carry
Germans Report That Efforts ot French to Encircle Their Right Fails—
Przemysl Is Surrounded— Russiands Bieween That Fortress and ( ra-
fow—It May Be Some Days Before Another Big Battle is Fought
Over in That Section of the Country.
At the Battlefront Sept. 24—via
Paris, 5:16 P. M.—The German off
ensive was extremely vigorous today
at the western end of the long line
stretching along the rivers Oise, Aisne
und Woevre. The allied troops whose
gaps had been filled with freshly ar-
rired reinforcements, not only repe.it-
edly thrust back the German attaci;
but eventually ean-ied out a success
ful counter attack which resulted in i
the gaining of considerable groa'id j
and the definite capture of Peronne, |
about which town the fiercest engage- j
ment occurred. j
.‘^t one place victim? of the dea ily'
the German line crosses tha Aisne con
tinuing southeast to Briracnt, which
has been the center of many vigorous
attacks.
.\long the rest of the line, although
there have been fierce engagenients
in which both sides claim victory, Ihfi
situation is unchanged except that,
according to German .>-eports, the
German troops have recaptured Var-
eness, department of Meuse. ^
The Austrial general staff denies
reports of Sussiari victories and the
defeat of Genera! Dankl’s army. Ihe
Austrian force.'!, the report says,
have been concentrated in a new po-
Gerraan machine guns were countcc'
■ pition for
in hundreds, especially where the ad-
i'ance wasac ross an open wheat field.
Some men of a French regimeiit,
which was making a dash toward tn"?
German position when it was struck
by the sweeping fire, were found dend
in the kneeling postures, they bad
tKken behind sheaves of wheat anc
from where they had emptied their
magazines, intending to i-tart a final
rush and bayonet charge.
After the fight 900 deatJ were bur
ied in a single trench six feet deep,
Gcrmsns beiiJg placed at one end and
Trench at the other. On the castorn
wing the Germans are thro%ving cn >r-
mous masses of men against the
French troops protecting the line .if;
defensive forts above Verdun, but
up to the present their efforts, al-
tnough costing immense sacriuce
have been vain and the French line re
mains intact.
The military experts shower pratsc
on General Joffre for the way his
pirins are carried out.
several days, but have
waited in vain for another serious
Russian attack.
Frcm other sources, however, ;t is
reported that the littssions have sur
rounded Pszemysl and are between
that fortress and Cracow.
It may be some days before anoth
er big battle is fought here, as ons
Austrian army is liehind the forts of
Przemysl and the other is making its
w,iy to the remaining fortress of
Cracow, while the Sussians are tak
ing tho smaller towns in Galicia un-
dei’ their wing.
A report which lacks afflcial con
firmation, says General RenaenkampiT
VI 1*0 withdrew over the Ea.st Prus
sian fiontier when German reinforcr*-
mentf arrived, has^'received more m^n
ami again hut, taken tho offutisr..!
ant! compelled the Germans to with
draw.
It is considered probable tiiat thii
fall of Jaro.-=iaii and the isolation of
Przemysl has compelled the Gennanr^
to lock more closely to the protection
of their line from Thorn to Kaliez,
v.hich guards Posen, as the Russian.^
i.'iw are able to release a large num-
“Betv;eer. the river Oisne and t'.\e
River Aisne the enemy continues io
maintain important bodies of troo;>3
well entrenched. We have made a
slight advance to the northwest, of
Berry-au-Bac.
“Second: On the center between
Rheims and the Argonne district the
situation shows no change. To tha
east of the Argonne and on the heights
of the Meuse the enemy has continued
his attacks, delivering them with es
pecial Wolcnce. The fighting ^-ontinues
accompanied by alternate retirement.s
at certain joints and advance? at oth
ers.
“Our right wing there has been
no change of importance.
“In the region of Nancy and in the
Vosges certain detachments cf the
enemy have again nttempted to enter
upon French soil, driving back slight
covering b'.oies of our troops, but
their offensive was soon stopped.
“In Galicia and Russians, having
taken possession af Jaroslau, are
completely investing Przemysl ai;d
continuing their offensive mover.vjnt
on Cracow."
! the situation. . ■
1 “I have seen our troops and the
j French go into battle these last dayr
n"'t as worn and weary men, but s;i
conquerors. I ha\’e seen them return
woulded from this valley of dieath
with the conquering spirit fanned to
fierce fury.'
“The scene of tha river at night
was magnificent and appalling. The
whole valley v,-as swept with a bla?o
of searchlights from darkness until
d£.wn,
‘“Here and there a fiash revealed
the bursting of a shell. Over all roil
ed the perpetual thunder of the guns,
a fierce and thrilling accotnpanimc-nt.
"An incessant rain, too, flooded the
great river, making the work of the
engineers a veritable task of Hercu
les.
“This was a battle to the last ounce
of strength, in which man and horse
pGured out their whole lives in a few
frenzied moments. Day and night
the combad raged without intermis
sion, ebbing and flowing like the tide,
seething like a cauldron and into tho
hell strong men went down. It was
a brave sight to see them go, gaily
and iight^hearlcdly, to return perhaps
ii- a fev/ hours broken for like or H
n'ay be never to return at all, for
the loss, was terrible.
j bei' of men for the invasi'in of th&‘
HKAVY ARTILLERY SLAVING
LARGE PART.
London. Sept. 24.—P. —
Artillery continues to i>Iay a leading i (Germany,
part in tlie battle of the Aisne, whierl i Servian and Aloiit^iV-ogrin .arin-
has been in prcgress r.early a fort- befoi-e Sarajevo, capital
night. The opposing forces c'^J^tinue flushed with vict!j: v a:ul prc-
to hammer away at each othev from late .t atu;uii-inim
their well entrenched and fortified dual iwonarchy, the pj^syession
pc-sitions with the greatest stabbArn-
ness but without decision.
Almost without a lull great shjlls
are being hurled across the rivers,
valleys and plains stretching from
the river Oise in the West to the
Meuse in the east, and thence soutn-
ward along the whole Franeo-Gerinan
of which by Austria h.»s been such a
thorn in the side of the southern Slavs.
In the operations he'i th;^ mvaJeis
look forward to a hearty welcome
from the greater part of the popu
lation. This war, while in Bosnia and
Galicia it is uniting race.=i long sep
arated by artificial boundaries, is al-
sects of sU the countries engaged.
In Germany the socialists are f:,:ht-
fccrder, while the lighter guns play gg drawing; together the races and
, on the infantry lying in the trenches
awaiting an opportunity to deliver n'--
tacks and counter-attacks, with as the ^ jng jn line with their greates- ene-
F'rench official communication says, j,iles the militarists. In Kussia revo-
“alternate retirement on ceitam j lutionists are fighting or returning
points and advance on otJicrs.’* [ home to fight for the emperor. Great
The battle line has stretched our I Britain is leceiving support from all
farther westward, the Frcnch ieit sections of the empire,
wing having made some progress in
the direction of Vove, northwest of
Novon. The latter place a few days
ago was the allies' extreme left. A
detachment has occupied Ffcror.nej
Elill further north.
A report from German headquart
ers dated September 23 says, ho'^ever,
. that the efforts of the French to en
circle the German right have had no
result.
'Tae French also claim to have made
an advance northwest Berry-au-
Back, which is about the pohit where
THE ALLIES ADVANCE L\ DiREC-
T!ON OF RGYE.
Paris, Sepi. 24.—2;5G P* M.—The
following ofBcial announcement vas
made in Paris this afternoun:
*‘First; Or. oui^i^t wiri-:’’bt^wee'i
tho river Somme and the river Oise,
our troops have advanced in the di
rection of Roye. A dctachment oc
cupied Peronne and held thi?^ position
in spite cf a spirited attack on the
piirt of the enemy.
iiVSi^fAS AUVANCE BKFORE TME
FORTRESS OF CRACOW,
London, Hopt. 21—5:28 P. M.—A
Petrograd dispatch forwarded to Jjon
don hy ihe Rome correspondent of
the Central Mewa Agency sav=, thut
the Russrin advance ^usrJs already
have arrivrsd befoi'c the Aiistriati f*.>rt“
re s of Cracow.
FKEVCH TliV TO EWEtOP GER
MAN AUMV.
Loudon, tiept. *J4.—li:UO P. M.
i
j Remains of Prestons Carried on
Asheboro.
Gieensboro, Sept. 2o.—The rei.-.ains
of Mr. and Mrs, Leonard M. PreJiton,
of Cambria, Va., who met tra^i"
death?., the husband instantly a»:d th.:
wife dyinjr a. few hours Inter iifiec l.ie-
jng micons.'iotif? since tJie accideJJi, ;it
the iaiIro?d r*r*'.ssing, two mileis t’ns
.sidf o.f Mebane Wednesday nv>rning.
were yesterday carried to Asheboio
where* the funera! sers’icei-* wi'tl *■{?
held this nu rnsrp at 11 o'ciocl;.
Mr. and Mrs- Preston, wK'o vrcre
mnrntrd l:isl .laruiarv. weie or. ihMr
The ciirres).onrit;;l of the Reuter Talilway to visil Mr.‘=. Preston’s paiviiit;,
eft-ram Comp;U)v at Berlin, in a di.i-
patch readisiv^ here by way of Ar.i-
sierdani, transmits an official rr^port
j^iveii out at. urmy headqiiarters. Thi-*
annuncemon: is dated Septer ber 2o,
evening, and is as follows:
“The ii{.Tiit wing cf the Cernan Wi-st
army, beyonJ tho river Oi^ne, has
been engagetl iri battle with French
who tried unsueeessfully to envelop
it.
‘'Eastward, :is far as the Argonne
foresi, these were no important, en
gagements today.
"To the east of the Argonne region,
Varennes was captured in the course
of the day, un,d
ceedlng.
"German
!-zr. and C. ii. Ru.«?h, who resitk
in Ajibcboro, where tho auto they werr'
drivir.j?; wa- struck by Southern pas-
^^enger train No. 2i. The same trai'^
carri^^d their bodies, io High Point
yesterday afternoon, where they wer^*
put on the :.rain for Asheboro.
Accompanying the remains from
here were J. W. Mitchell and B. C,
Fhlej^ar, boih of Cambria, Va., bus-
ine.ss associates of the deceased. liis
fathc!', Frank Pi*eston, of Richiuorsd,
Va., the only living relative of :Mr.
Preston al.-?o was one of the funeral
party. C. If. Rusii, the father tir.H
three sisters^ Mrs. Agnes Barber und
the attack is pro- Misses Lucille and Mona Rush, who
troops attacking
came to the city Wednesday night,
the lalso accompanied the 2’emains.
French forts south of Verdun victi'ir-
iously repulsed a violent counter at
tack mailc? from Verdan, Taul and
across the river Meuse. The heavy
artillery used against Troyon-Les-P:i-
roches, Camp des Remains and Lune-
ville was visibly successful.
“In French Lorraine and on the Al-
see frontier French advance sruards
have at somg points been repulsed.
**There has been no decisive action
at any point.
'‘No news has been receivd ^rcm
either the Belgian or the eastern the
aters of war.”
MOST VIVID PEN' PICTURE OF
BATTLE TO THE DEATH.
I,.ondor., 9:45 P. M.—A
correspondent of The Times sends the
following dispatch from “behind the
British ]in»s,” dated September Id;
“The great battle draws to a close,
Exhaustion rather than shot and shell
has wroQght a terrible peace alon£!
the river bankso-o pe»ce ttitich my
Warehouses {o Open.
The three large tobacco W'arehousfs
for tho sale of leaf tobacco will open
and be ready for business October 1.
Already the large buyers v;ho were
here last season are arriving and all
the large tobacco firms w^ho were rer»-
resented here last year will he rep
resented this season. Bring your to
bacco to Jtsuriingron and reecive the
full market price for it.
1>
Our Banks ■ in Good Condition.
Burlington is fortunate in having
two good strong banks, both Banks
are under safe and conservative man
agement. Both have amp!e capital
for all the needs of our community,
and are anxious to do all they can for
their patrons. Our citiiens and the
community at iar^e aeie justly proud
of our banking institutions.
Buy-a-Bale, Bousfht-aBale, This is
a popular skgan thase d»ys.
Buy-A-Bale Movement Started.
The Buy-A-Bale Movement has
been started, in fact, it is on in full
sx»rjng in the progressive City cf i3url-
ington. Not W be outdone by oiher,
cities of-like size and commercial Uri-
porlance, Burlington intends to. do
v.'h.at she cmh to help out the Buy-A*
Bale Movement. There are about Oi’. i
teen hundred bales of cotton raised in
Aiamance (ouiity, and at ten cents
per pound tbiii means at least $75,000
for this county. Every patriotic cii*
iiie-'i yhould buy a bale. If every cit
izen who can raise fifty dollars would
buy a b:de, there would be no sui'™
plus: to bear the market, ai'.u our faim*
tjr friends ».ouid receive a fair ret=:rn
for their labor.
The latest recruits on a big scaie
to the Buy a-Bale-of-Cotton Movement
are the officers, field men and agei'ts
of the EouLhern Life &. Trust Co., nf
Greei>sboro, N. C. Presidejit A. W.
McAUstor, of that progressive life in*
surani'O coniV'any, has sent out a tir-
cuhu' letter to the agents stating lhat
the home office men would buy twenty
bives ill ien '.er.ts a pound, the.se bales
to be b\>r::ht through the compaj-.yV
agents :■ ni from its poli.’v holders.
The S ;uu)ei i* Life & Trust Co., n-r.
ficials nre said io be the Jirsi life in
surance men to join in this movement,
certainly in an organiasd w?jy.
The Alamance Insurance & Real
Estate Company, of this place, are t.K’
local agents of the Greensboro con
cern, and Mr. W. E. Sharpe, the man
ager, states that he would buy ».wo
bales, one for the local company and
jone for the Greensboro men.
The Piedmont Trust Company iire
ready and vnllifig to help along ihe
movement and v^tII buy a baie.
Hoit & May are authorized to buy
two bales—one for the Nissen Wagon
('o., and one for the Stockton Co.
The Dispaich believet^ that any Ala
mance County farmer who has oot*
toil to self at ton cents per pound, that
he can sell it right heix- in Burlington,
the only coridilion exacted is that the
cotton must grade good middling und
raised in Alamar.ce County by th?
farmer v;ho offer> it for si'.Ie. Our
advice iif the farmer is to hold his cot
ton, but if he must rsi.se some monsy
upon his cotton for immediate use,
load up your cotton and drive to the
progr'^-^sive town of lEUULiXGTON,
where the money awaits you by these
progre-'^sive firms, next week we ho]}-i
to be able to give a larger lisi cf
those who will help boost the buy-:i-
bale plan.
Picking Up.
Business in all lines is picking up.
Our merchants have laid in large and
-I'mpletii lines of the latest and most
fashio:iublc dress fj»brics, suits ,’nd
footwear. When you want the latest;
and best in merchandise, come to!
BURLINGTON,
O
The King's Daughters.
Meet first Friday in each mont»i.
.Anyone wishing to help the poor and
?:eedy of Burlington can do so through
this organization by sending monoy,
food or clothing to
MRS. SARAH FIX. President.
icefess Refrigerators, Fireless
Cookers.
This is the scientific age—the
£-.ge 01 the iceless refrigerator and
the tireless cooker. ■
Housekeeping has not yet reach
ed the stage cf merely pressing
a button and letting electricity
do the rest—but it is nearing it.
The
et is full of devices
■for lightening kitchen labor.
■ They lirfi of keen interest to ev*
ery American woman because
they make life easier.
The advertising in the newspa
pers from day to day contains
news as to these devices-
The stoi*ekeepers hays them on
ale.
The wz.«;e housekeeper posts
herself by reading the advertis-
Granite Workers at Mount Airy Stride,
Mount Airy, Sept. 24.—On yester
day 100 xtonecuttei's in this city went
out on a strike and these represent
about a third of the men engaged in
ti'at business here. How long thoy
may remain idle is problematic, as
they may go to work at any hour or
their action may result in a general
i^ympathotic strike and involve ail tho
cutlers on the quarrj. To locate ihe
cau2c of a union lal or strike is jcx*
ceedi’igly diSieuit fcn’ the men inter
ested have little to say, but it is un
derstood that two Italian carvers who
had recently : me here, were dis
charged by the Granite City Cuttir.g
Company because they failed to m:;lve
good an there arose some dispute
over the matter of the wage scais*
paid them ii} a final .setticment. After
parleying with Mr, Bailey, the man
ager, the Italians appealed to the
local union, which decided to with
draw the men pending a seUlemeni.
This action eifected cutters in three
different «heds as Mr. Bailey had sub
contracted part of his work i:^ o: dr*i-
to complete it by a certain time*.
ft ir* believed that the pref.enL nd^-
uivlerst'rtndir.g will he quickly adjust
ed, as the men generally do not ap
pear to be in sympathy with the
movemen.t for there is plenty uf work
and the season is rapidly drawing
a close. Some take the viev; that the
g}-it'vance is of so little rrijportar.ce
that it will not be necessary to ta^e
the matter to a higher authonfy
where these questions are usually set
tled. On several occasions, the mej:
have been ordered out here to remaui
idle i‘ fov.- days and i-eturn to wo”k
with no results accomplished exeeut-
the less of time and the citizcns,
quarrymen and the stonecutters all
hope for !\ speedy adjustment of a
nu'tter that means much to 4^11.
Bring your neighbor with you t5
the mass convention October S, anii
help nominate a good county tickct
who will "'dminister the county irf-
fairs in the interest of the tax pay
ers.
Waking Up.
The Chamber of Commerce is tak-
ng on now live. Mr. R. Fletcher Wil
liams has been elected secretary, §ind
as Mr. Williams is a live wire, some
thing will be didding now pretty soon.
If the county finances, :\nd other
county affairs are not managed to
suit you. come to the mass convention
October 3rd and heJp nominate a set
of men that will administer them in
the interest of the tnen who pay the
taxes, your help and influence Is need-
iod and will be snpTecis^t«d»
Specuil Meetings at Reformed Churcii.
A series of special meetings will be
gin at the Kelormed Church on i.he
first Sunday in October at 11 o’clock
A. Ms Rev. J. A. Koons, of Rock
well, >5;:C.» is expected to do the
preaching. Services? during the week
at 7:30 P. M, ’
We will appreciate having' you at
these servicBSjr ■ • •
D. C. COX,
0
Don*t fail to attend the party con
ference at Burlington, Saturday, Sept.
26th, from 2 to 10 p. m. Matters of
interest and importwiee will be dis
cussed. Your help and influence are
> needed.
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