fOL. XL
MOUJfl AIRY, JfORTB CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 93, 1917.
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS:
TW» li m Uaa af —torpHm that hw wt tma put on a <m« baaia
bp tha war The mi pun la by aa mhi aa wipllM. Taday the
Mat «f gaitiac a aawipapar lata Um baawa of the pupla la graatly
btnani fraai what it waa e*ea a year aga. Tba price af Iba white
pa par aa which Tha Nawa la priatod la taara than daabia what It waa
before tha war atartarf
la Iba light a fthaaa facta publlahrra Kara had la make rbaagaa
la awt tha deatand. Many pabllabara bad increaaed tha price af
thalr eabacription. Meat puWiahara Kara advanced tha rataa far mI
vertiaiag.
la Ml caaa wa hat a nat put op rataa, but wt ara trying ta I« top
tha waata la avary war. aapacially la lha way af acrounto. Wc ara
aat aeadiag Tha Newa to new »ubocribera only la eireptiaaal raaea,
aa a credit. Wa arr nat able to aaa our way to ranliaua tha paper aay
grrat laagth af tlaia to any Mibacriber on crrflt, far it la wrll known
that the laaa on natal I arrounU ia largr. Tbla la trua of every buaineaa
aa wall aa It la af tha aatwa paper buaineaa. And ao thoae of our >ub>
acribera who hate boea getting the paper all the year are riper ted ta
pay up and nat aak ua to wait until every other debt ia paid.
Wa arr adding to our llat a large number of new aubarriberit
each week, and that withoat aaliriting, too. It nhould not be forgot
ten that at the prrpent price af The New*, there ia but a arnall margin
of profit ia publiahing a paper, and the only way it ran he done ia
far aabaeribern to pay up and not rauae the publisher to I one on aub
ncription account*.
In almoat every mail we yet letter* asking that The Nrwa be
atartrd, and the prummr ia rnudr that the party will pay aometime
when it ia convenient. Thia kind of buaineaa would go in the yearn
past. but no puhliaher can now keep to »uch buaineaa method*. And
aa we expect the pay along with new aubacribera.
It li the dmirr of the publinhcra of The News to Imp the himi
nr»» oa a baai* that the paper will continue, aa it haa for yeara, to
give the facta about Surry County and the world in general, in a way
to appeal to intelligent people, and to do thia we muat keep a rlax
watch on the financial end of the buaineaa, especially during theae
■trange time*. If our aubacribera will pay ua promptly we will not
hava to inrreaae the pricc of our itubacription. and wa will not have to
adopt the inconvenient ayatem of a atrict pay in advance rata. The
label on each)paper aent out ahowa the standing of the account. And
we deaire that each aubacriber look at the label and if the paper i» in
arrears aend or bring a payment, and not wait until we have to go to
the expense of aending a statement. Once we drop a name from the
Itat we expect pay in advance.
Plans Perfected For Big
Troop Movement.
New York, Aug. 19.—Pinna for the
most important troop movement ever
attempted in this country, involving
way association at the request of the
federal government, according to an ]
announcement made here tonight by
Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the
railroads war board.
"The movement of troops from the
various state* to the army ennton
menU will start September 5," said
Mr. Harrison, "and between that date
and September 9, the railroad* will
complete the entrainment of 200,000
men, approximately 30 per cent of
the total number to be moved.
"It is expected that a second move
ment of 200,000 men will begin Sep
tember 18, continuing for four days,
and a third movement of the same size
on October 3.
"Some conception of the task which
confronts the association may be
gleamed from the fact that 6,229 cars,
made up in 366 trains, with as many
locomotives and train crews, are re
quired to move one field army of 80,
000.
"The railroads have also been asked
to supply transportation for 3fi0,000
soldiers of the national guard to their
training camps. This has already been
started and will continue in increas
ing volume until all have been moved.
Urge Advertising of
Second Liberty Loan.
Washington, Aug. 16. The rational
advertising advisory board of the As
sociated Advertising clubs of the
World, today r-ent a delegation to
Washington; headed by Herbert S.
Houston, of New York, to urge Sec
retary MrAdoo to Spend from $1,000,
000 to 2,000,000 in advertising the
next issue of liberty loan bonds.
A detailed plan, originally outlined
before the Issuance oftl.e first liberty
loan bonds, was presented to Secre
tray MrAdoo, calling for a division of
the advertising among daily, weekly
and monthly newipapers, in addition
to the utilization of magazines, print
ed poster*, circulars, billboard* and
other agencies. A program Involving
an expenditure of approximately f 1,
"250,000 was outlined.
Ne decision was reached.
|jflj|jhuyfe<yba, I . .an. tn'iini
ALL LIQUOR DISTILLLA
TION STOP SEPTEMBER 8
Limitation is set by Section 15
of the Food Control Law,
Approved on August 10.
ashlngtefl, Aug.
Mm in the production of distilled spir
its for twverage purposes, according
to a ruling issued by the Unite<l State.,
footl administration today, must cease
at U o'clock p. ni. on Saturday, Sep
tember 8.
Thin limitation in placed by section!
15 of the food control law which
reads:
"That from and after 30 days from
the date of the approval of this act
no food fruits food materials or feeds
shall be used in the production of dis
tilled spirits for beverage purposes."
The act was approved August 10.
The 30-day period named will expire
at midnight Septemoer 9. As this
date falls on Sunday, and as the in
ternal revenue laws prevent the opera
tion of distilleries after 11 o'clock at
night on Saturday until the following
Monday at 1 a. m., it was ruled by the
food administration that the provi
sions of section 15 will become effec
tive at 11 p. m. Saturday, September
8.
The l:y» contemplates that all stops
in the process of distillatnion shall
cease at the point of time indicated in
the ruling, it was said by the fowl ad
ministration. So far as the utiliza
tion of foods, fruits, and food mater
ials for feeds for the production of
ilmtilled spirits for beverage purposes
is concerned the act has lieen. Con
strued to inhibit the initiation of any
step, unlet-" the entire process may be
fully completed pxiai- to 11 p. m. of
Spptum+itY'#, 1917.
Prepare for Financing
Second Liberty Loan.
Wa bington, Aug. 18. Another is
•>ue of tri-asury certificate* of indebt
edness, totalling 1250,000,000 and pay
able November 30, was launched today
I in furtherance of the preparations 'or
financing th* second liberty loan. A
*300,000,no© issue of certificates for
that purpose recently was offered and
largely oversubscribed.
Subscriptions are to close at noon
next Saturday, August 25, and the
I certificate* will bear interest at 3 1-2
per cent.
'"WW* • V "•
ANY FAILURE TO REPORT
CLASSED AS DESERTION
R—i wod Instruction to (hit El
fact Smt to lhuted States At
toraoyo.
Washington, A f. Renewed In
struction* that t a/tad man who fail
to report for « rvice will ba classed
and punished a* daaartara wara sent
to Unitad State i district attorneys and
a(«nts of tha dspartmant of Juatica to
night by Attorney General Gregory.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
has ruled that person* who neglect to
uppear for examination will be ac
cepted automatically and that the
privilege of claiming exemption then
will be denied. It was to help carry
this policy into effect that the attor
ney general acted. His instructions
follows:
"It has been determined by the pro
vost marnhal general that person*
who failed to appear for their physi
cal examination after having received
their notices to do so from the local
boards, by nuch failure waived their
right to physical examination and are
accepted by the hoard without any
such emminution. Ther r.umea will
b« certified to the district boards as
chosen by the local boards for the na
tional army.
"If they do not then appear to claim
exemptions, they will waive thereby
the right to such exemptions as they
might have claimed and their names
will be certified by the district boards
to the adjutant general of their re
spective states as persons for the na
tional army. The adjutant general
will then mail them a notice to report
for duty at a specified time and placo,
and such notices will be given publici
ty according to the regulations of the
conscription act.
"Such parsons then becomes subject i
them to report. Should they fail to
comply with thin notice, they become
deserters from the army, and will he
treated as Mich by the military au
thorities. .
"It is therefore a matter of vital
concern not so much to the govern
ment ait to the person* themselves to
see that they (five the correct address
for their notices to be mailed to them.
Should they fail to comply with these
notice* after receiving them, they be
come automatically drafted without
regard to physical examination or to
exemption or discharge.
"When persons are known to be
willfully refusing to comply with the
requests of the local boards and are
so conducting themselves as to be a
menace to the proper enforcement of
the conscription act, and their where
abouts are known, they should be de
tained in jail on complants charging
I violations of Section 6 of the conscrip
tion act until the time when they are
ordered by the adjutant general to re
, port for duty in the national army.
They should, at that date, be turned
over to the military authorities. No
prosecution noed be had, as it would
be unnecessarily expensive and little
is to lie gained therefrom."
Man and Bride Struck
and killed by Train.
' Gastonia, Aug. 19.—Hiuace Smith
and his bride ct a week were struck
nnd killed by an eatlbound Southern
train at the Loiuy grude crossing in
West Gastonia about It o'clock last
night. Smith wo! killed instantly, his
body being badly mangled. His wife
Mas taken to a local hospital where
^ho died a few hours later. The reu
ple lived at Rutherfordton where they
were married a week ago. They were
visiting relatives here. The bodies
were shipped to Rutherfordton today.
Krcorti I'orn Yields.
Tulsa, Okla.—Northeastern Okla
homa and a large section of western
Arkansas will harvest the greatest
crop of cern In history of the two
*tat«s. Hundreds oL fields will yield
| 50 to 75 bushels peAcre.
COULD NOT STARVE THE
BRITISH, PREMIER SATS.
LJ*r4 Gmti* Stjw Britain'*
Stock of WWl Hm lncrw«
•d CrMlljr.
London, Aug. 16.—A mu«|( of
hop* and quiet confidence in th« future
waa given to tha Uritiah nation today
in the houaa at common* by Premier
Lloyd (iaorge. Tha paopla of tha
Hritiah Talaa cannot ha atarvad, not
withatanding tha German aubmarine
campaign, and tha military aituation
grow a mora hopaful. Tha 'lifflcultiea
of tha aliiaa will grow laaa and thair
power increaae. white tha troubleaa
of Germany will increaaa and har pow
er fall uway.
"Thm ia tha auprama hour for pa
tience," the premier declared in con
cluaion, "for courage, for endurance,
for hope, for unity. Let ua go
through thia hour with a temper that
will enable ua to deatroy a great mili
tary deapotiam. Let ua go through
thi* hour with the old temper of our
race so that next year we shall begin,
and the world shall begin, to reap the
fruits of our valor."
The stock of wheat in Great Britain
ha* increased by one-third within a
year and this year's harvest promises
well, but economy still is necessary.
German claims as to British ship
ping, losses, the premier said, were ex
aggerated in the hope of cheering up
the people of the central powers. Al
though the submarine losses in April
had been 560,000 tons, they hail de
creased until the average for July
and August would be 175,000 tons net
each. Ship building had been speed
ed up, vessels tuul been purchased j
abroad and the total tonnage ac-.
quired in 14*17 would reach'nearly 2,
000,000 tuna. The premier said he
succcss in combatting the submarine,
menace, while measures taken by the j
shipping controller had permitted ves- j
sels to carry increased tonnage.
"I do not think," the premier said I
"the time has come for a useful re
vew of the military situation. The
main facts are weil known to the
house and the country. I had antici
pated this year a great converging
moment against our foes. Russia was
equipped for that part as she never
liefore had been equiped. I venture to
say that the nippers were beginning to
grip, but to be quite frank, onto claw
of the nipperj is out of repair for the
moment and therefore, we have not
got the same converging pressure we
had anticipated.
"It is difficult even to dwell on the
difference which the temporary col
lapse of the Russian military power
has made in the task with which our
soldiers are confronted."
Mr. Lloyd George *aid that British
divisions which have been fighting
and temporarily are exhausted pass
nehind th< lines until they are reform
ed, but the German divisions in the
same condition go tu Russia and hold
a front which does not impose severe
military obligation, while fresh divi
sions from Rus ia come to the western
front. That increases the number of
Germans on the western front.
"The best Germany can do now,"
Mr. Lloyd George continued, "when'
what practically was her most power-i
ful opponent at the beginning of th*1
war is paralyzed by tha internal Jiff!-'
cutties, is to hold her own against the
attacks uf the British and trench. j
And she isn't puito doing that. On I
the contrary in this year she him boon
btatun in several great battles with
severe losses and with hundred* of her
guns capturud, which ia not a had test
of winning or losing a battle.
"Russia recovered and America!
really in, with those fine troops of
which wto saw a specimen yesterday
and which were a symbol of America
coming into this world struggle with
virile swing those are the things the
Germans and their allies have to
think about."
REORGANIZATION OF
ALL FARTS OF ARMY.
Will C«af«rm wOk Europe
Sudtrd*
Washington, Aug. 19.—Complete re
organization ofall branch** of Aa*eri
ran army to conform witb th* Euro
pean standards, aa recommended by
Major (ieneral Pershing, U provided
for in army order* revealing that the
recently announced divisional reorgan
ization plan ia te be canted down Into
the regiment* and com pen te*.
The administrative unit of the in
fantry arm hereafter will be a com
pany with 250 enliated men and *i*
commiaaioned officer*, in place of
nomething over 100 men and three
officer*. The company will he divid
ed into four platoon*, eai-h in com
mand of a lieutenant. There will be |
two captain* a* first and second in,
command, one first lieutenant and
three second lieutenant* Report* of
the review of American troop* in,
France yesterday tdiowed that this
plan already ha* been carried out in;
General Pershing"' force*.
The object of assigning two cap
tains to each company, it ia under
ntooii, is to provide against disorgani
zation of the unit through the loss of
ita commander. The second captain
undor the European system, does not
go n.'o liattleline with the company if
hi* senior in present. He ia held an
a reserve U> reorganization the com
pany if necessary.
Under the new plan, each regiment
will have three battalions of four
companies, making * total of 3,000
men. Supplemented by the regimen
tal headquarterH, supply and machine 1
gun organization*, the strength of the
new regiments will be brought up to
approximately 3.HW0 men as against |
little more than 2,000 in euating war 1
strmtgih ragimcntt. ■■ 4
The unit organization or the field j
artillery and other arms of the ser
vice hut not been changed. Ah a re
sult of reducing the number of regi
ment* in a division. the division, in
stead of 28,0<K> men, will total hear-'
after about ly.OOO men, 15,(XX) of them
infantry.
The advantage!) of the system, in
addition vo the better adaptation of
the divisional unit to trench warfare
lies, chiefly, in the reduction in over
head expense. One colonel and his |
regimental staff, -including hiit three;
battalion commanders, will now han
dle 3,(U)0 men instead of a little more
lhah 2,000.
Today's orders show that provision
has been made for organization of 32
new infantry divisions in addition to
the regular divisions, out of troop* al
ready called to the colors, including
the first increment of 687,000 drafted
men. A system of numerical desig
nations has been worked out under1
which any division numbered below 26
will be regulars; between 26 and 75
national guards, and 76 and above na
tional army. Regular infantry bri
gades will be numbered fronm 51 to
150, and national army from 151 up.
Regular regiments will I* numbered
from 1 to 100, national guard from
101 to 300. and national from 301 up.
Assignment of brigade, regimental
or other numerical designation, will be
in accordance with the numerical or
der of division*, with the result that
any person fam.liar with the system;
will know that the 33£the infantry, j1
for inxtance, is attached to the 167th
brigade of the m4th infantry division, j
and that it is composed of national
army troops, while 300th Infantry re
giment, by the same proces s, v luld be
in the 150th brigade, and the 75th
division, composed of national guard
troopa.
The department approved today col
lar insigia to designate the three ele
ments of the aimy. Regular* willl
wear th? standard U. 8. monogram.
National guardsmen will weaj.ii simi
lar monogram with the initials N. O:
superimposed, and national army men
will have the InitiaU N. A. superim
posed on the N. 8.
ASSERTS GERMAN MONEY
WAS BEHIND CONSPIRACY
McCty ud Pfcippi *ra Said to
Have Bmmm Offered $10,000
I* Laad in m Uprising.
Big HIom Gap, Va., Aug. 11—W.
V. McCoy and i. W. Phippa. on trial
Kara for conspiracy againat tha gov
ernment, attempted wholaaale jail Sa
livary aarly tonight. They and two
nthar priaonera had Hawed tha bars
to window* in tha jail and wara about
to make their escapa whan tha mat tar
was raportail by another prtaonar.
I'hippa ami McCoy ara under heavy
■ruard tonight and other priaonara
ware carried to tha county convict
ramps until repairs ara made on tha
jail.
I'hippa and McCoy were put on trial
today and the ft rat rasa will go to tha
jury aoma timo tomorrow. A i harge
uf "enlisting men for the purpose of
waging war acalnr* the Unitad
States" waa thrown out on inatructtoa
of tha court thia afternoon. Tha
i harge on which they are being triad
i* "conspiring to aeixa and deatroy
srms and munitions of wnr."
Witness Noah Johnson testified that
he wan in McCoy's shoe shop and uw
two strange and suspicious looking
men talkinic guardedly to McCoy,
They had a gallon tin bucket full of
something wrapped in paper.
He testified that he iuiw one of the
men tear a corner of the paper and
saw money, in large hill*. He said
that the bills he saw were of large de
lomination.
District Attorney Byrd in his open
ng address said the government was
irepared to show that McCoy and
Phipp* were offered $10,000 by Ger
nan agents to lead the conspiracy
igainst the government.
Johnson also testified that McCoy
lad told hun that the (tcnnans would
rfr» the conspirator* under McCoy
ind Phipps tfd.OOO for blow Hie tin
hree important railroad bridges in
his section. He said this statement
vas made to him by McCoy when he
»as in McCoy's shop and saw the
noney He swore that he had been
-ailed to the shop by McCoy and soli
cited to join the conspiracy. He re
'u.-cd to have anything to do with the
natter It was before he had refused
hnt he had seen the money in the
rocket.
Ex-Emperor Nicholas
I* Living at Tobolsk.
Petrograd, Aug 19.—It was official
ly announced today for the first time
that the residence of Nicholas Roman
off, the deposed Russian emperor, is
tt Tobolsk, a western Siberian town,
which recently achieved a dubious
publicity in revolutionary Russia as
the hirthplaco of Geogory Rasputin,
the mystic monk, who wielded a re
markable influence over the ex-em
peror's family up to the time of the
prie«t'» assa-tsination in Petrograd
ast November. The official announce
ment says:
"Owing to reasons of state the gov
srninent decided to transfer to a new
residence the ex-emperor and ex-em
[>res who are detained under guard.
The place selected was Tobolsk where
.hey were taken after requisite meat
ires to insure their safety. With
hem went of their own free will
heir children and certain of their en
ourage."
The train on which Nicholas Roman -
ff traveled to Tobolsk had a long de
ay on the journey owing to a break
lown of ihe locomotive.
According to Home newspapers the
x-Unperial family will reside per
manently in the former governor's
•lace at Tobolsk which is a large
iou*c without modem improvement*
milt In the eighteenth century for a
jeal speculator. Nicholas spent •
light thorn 1891. Other newspapers
ay the former emperor will stay at
he ex-governor's palace only one
reek, and then will be *fnt to the Ap- 1
atsk mt.i astcry in a forest 20 mile*
nitside the tow*.