NISIKSS BUlDfRS
WANTED—Choice Milling corn. pnc.
12.3ft per bu. Granite City Mill*.
I wish employment to do book keep
ing. auditing or any eleriral work, for
full time or for certain hour*. T. B.
CeCargo, Mount Airy.
WANTED—Ponitioi. u stenographer
or work to do by the hour. Phona
•2. Address 153 Cherry street.
FOR SALE—14V acre farm, on* apd
one half milaa from Vain, N. C. Four
room house; good out building*, Good
well water, sand clay road through
farm. If interested write for parti
cular*. R. S. Boger, 709 Leet Street,
Berkley. Va.
For Sale. ~
Six horsepower Peerless portable
engine in ft rut das* condition. Cost
new, i&iO.
No. 4 Geiaer threshing machine.
fair condition, cost new $450. Price
for both, $">50. Satisfaction guaran
teed. E. M. Mclnturff, Salisbury, N.
C.
American Wounded Cheerful.
London July If Ttie American sol
diers who have arrived at London hos
pitals in the last few days are a cheer
ful and optimistic lot. They are,
grouped in four or five large metro
politan hospitals anil as far as possi
ble have been put together in large
wards where they can provide plenty
of companionships for one another.
The Americans include both sick
and wounded. The wounded are lar
gely from the fourth of July "show"
which was staged by the Americans
and Australians south of the Somme.
Mrs. Burns' Letter.
Here is a letter that is certain to
prove to interest to people in this
vicinity aa cases of this sort occur in
almost every neighborhood, and peo
Ve should know what to do in like
_ ircumstances:
Savannah, Mo., 12, 1916.
"I used' a bottle of Chamberlain's
Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy about
nine years ago and it cured me of flux
(dysentery) I had another attack of
the same complaint some three or four
years ago and a few doses of this rem
edy cured me. I have recommended
Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea'
Remedy to dozens of people since I
first used it."
Life
Was a
Misery
Mr*. F. M. Jones, of
Palmer, Okla., write* i
"From the time I en
tered into womanhood
... I looked with dread
from one month to the
next I suffered with my
back and bearing-down
pain, until life to me was
■ misery. I would think
I could not endure the
pain any longer, and I
gradually got worse. . .
Nothing seemed to help
me until, one day, . . .
I decided to
The Woman's Tonic
"1 took four bottle*,"
Mr*. Jones goes on to
•ay, "and was not only
greatly relieved, but can
truthfully say that I have
not a pain. . .
" It has now been two
years since I tookCardui,
and 1 am still In' good
health. . . I would ad
vise any woman or girl
to use Oardui who is a
sufferer from sny lemals
trouble."
if you suffer pain caused
from womanly trouble, or
H you feel the need of a
good strengthening tonic
to build up your run-down
system, take ths advice
of Mrs. Jones. Try Car
tel. M helped her. Wa
believe It will help jroa.
All Druggists
INITIATIVE RESTORED
BY AMERICAN SOLDIERS
Constant Increasing Stream of
American* to France En
abled Foch to Work out hit
Strategic Designs and Strike
a Blow that ha* Changed the
Whole Trend of the War.
Washington, July 33.—With proba
bly not murh mors than u quarter of
u million American troop* engaged in
l ho pressnt battle but with virtually
u million others in Francs or htutsn
ing across the ocean to join in the
fight. General Koch has been able to
turn the tables on the enemy and
strike a blow that has changed ths
whole trend of the war.
Official* here, while fully recognis
ing the fact that the Americans are
today only u comparatively small part
of the vast forces the supreme com
mander is uring in work!ng out his
.trategic do igns, realize the fact
that the American army is going for
ward in a constantly stream is the
governing factor in restoring the ini
tiative to tlie allied forces. Plan* are
therefore taking shape rapidly at the
war department to accelerate and en
large the American military program.
Two Million Men there Soon.
It ta now virtually certain that
General Foch will have at least 2,-j
000,000 American troops to supple
ment hi.- allied armies btfore the pre-1
sent fighting season dMM. Secretary
Baker announced today the war de
partment's new program embrace* en-'
larged army appropriation*, modifi
cation of the draft age* to increase
the reservoir of fighting men and j
plans for a larger mobilization of the'
army than any yet undertaken would
soon be ready for congresB. He would
give no details, but the plans probably
aim at getting under arm without de
lay a total force not far short of the
5,000.000 figure widely discussed in
Congress when the subject was last
under consideration there.
The fighting in the Aisnc salient,
where the whole German offensive
scheme has been upset if not definite
ly defeated by the bold strategy vt j
General Foch, has opened new possi-1
bilities. There is increased need for
haste in the opinion of officials in get- [
ting full American manpower ready1
to supplement the effort* that appear
now to be tr.king shape toward hurl
ing the enemy back all along the ad
vance that will end only when victory
has been achieved.
Germans I,o*e Much Ground.
Reports loday indicate that fully
one-half of all ground won by the
Germans in the Aisne salient already
has been torn from the enemy's em <p
and the French, British and Ameri
can troop.1! were still pressing on at'
last accounts. Mr. Kaker said today
that the last reports from General
Pershing were satisfactory. It was!
clear, however, that the minds of offi
cials here are engrossed in prcpara-|
tions for offensive battle on an even
larger scale.
The German offensive arch in
France has rested on two great p ilars'
one in the Picardy front and the oth
er on the Mnrne. It has been repeat -,
edly stated that the pressing home of
this mighty pincer movement, threat
ening both Pari* and the channel
port as it progressed, has been the
German object from the first day of
the battle of 1918 was opened last
March.
The southern pillar of that arch
has now been gravely weakened. Its
offensive value is gone. By desperate
efforts the Germans arc seeking to
prevent it from (oHapsing altogether,
crushing whole divisions of their best
troops in its fall. Even if the nliivij
advance is checked now, .there appears
little likelihood that the enemy could
recreate his tactical position on a
liasis that would permit him to con
tinue his old plan of campaign before
the coming of winter.
British Nibbling Away in Flanders
Meanwhile, British troops are nib
bling away at the enemy in Flanders
and elsewhere to the north with un
varying success. Just north of Mon
tdidier, the French have struck a new
blow, the full significance of which
is not yet clear. Its success, however
was startling even from the meagre
accounts so far received.
| Some observers believed the new
| attack was a minor operation, design
j ml to pin German reserves to that
.front, just as the British nibbling has
j pt fined enemy forces there when ahey
1 were badly needed in the south. Oth
j ers saw deeper strategy behind W«Ui
i British efforts in Flanders and the
! French and British locaj thrust* in
I'icardy.
The allied reserves on the Aisne
Marne line now have 'he advantage
of interior lines, they occuny a *«
lient buttressed on forests and other
strong positions which the enemy was
unable to break through when In the
full strength of his great drl»e. it
appeared possible to some <#kers
here that the next few days might see
; an allied assault i i both sides of the
Picardy front, delivered wilk the pur
pone of forcing Carman res»r\ e« to
rash hack around the point of the
Compeigne salient from the Aisne
theatre. If miitiim to the allied ad
nnn from the Mam* bwaam toe
(nat to be overt «»e. they coaMaal
Ijr expert noma such operation, aa
Ueneral Koch frequently ku proved
hi* full knowledge of tile value of
holding the initiative at.d ran he re
lied upon to hold it by surprise aa
.-ault* which will wear out the Oer
man reserves in hurrying from front
to front to meet them.
(iettjag Ready far Nut Year.
So far an future American partici
pation goes, General March has al
ready disclosed to memlier* of Con -
gress the fact that offensive opera
tion* Hiram-1 the enemy on a la lire
acale had been rxpectod to lie under
taken later in the year. That gener
al scheme, it ia thought account* for
the new plans of the war department,
since what is being devised now ia in
preparation for the spring campaign
of next year, in all probability. There
are ftrleady avr.ilable more troop*
than can I* shipped to the front be
fore winter brings the lighting to a
halt, although the la^t Ave week*
have seen a half million American
troop* sent to France.
In making his statement today Mr.
Baker would not' say that change* in
draft ages were not contemplated. The
matter was at.II under study, he said
Incidentally, he disclosed' the fact
that a definite figure for American
forces to lie employed in Franco with
in some fix; <1 period of time is being
held in mind. Tlie «tudy of the draft
age question, he said, wits based upon
filliJings the "necessary number of
men with the least possible distur
bance of economic condit ons in the
country.* ,
May Kaiae Maximum Age.
It wat recalled that the original
national army plan a.: presented by
the war department recommended age
of 19 to 16. Knclusive. Congress
changed these limit* to the present 21
to 31 law. There ha- been nothing to
indicate, however that either Mr.
Raker or his advisers have changed
their opinion that men of 19 should
be taken, furrishing two large addi
tional claxes of recruits immediately
without material disturbance of the
economic balance.
Just what maximum age will be
found most desirable, >t is difficult to
say. It was frequently urged in Con
gress recently that the limit be set
at 45 years. That would involve an
enormous amount of registration and
examination of records, however, for
which a very .small return in fighting
men could be expected in the higher
age.". Probably a compromise at 40
or perhaps below that will be worked
out in the end.
One of the chief arguments for ex
tension upward of the age limits is the
power it would give to apply the work
or fight rule on a far wider scale. The
government, however, has not as yet
committed itself to a policy of this
character.
It Doe* Not Bother Him.
"The war ain't butherin' me. It's
none of my business. Mayt>e them
Merman* will Kink a lot of ships but
they ain't my r.hips, and maybe they
will bomb a few Yankee towns along
the coast. But we won't never see any
Germans around here. If they'll let
me alone. I'm going let them alone.
No, I ain't going t° buy any war
stamps, recon." .
These are the words of a good men
—honest and upright in his little way
of life. We say that of him liecauf-e
we know him well. He's a well-ta-do
farmer, whose life is lived far from
the maddening crowd. Indeed, he
could not he more aloof and remote
from this solely troubled world of
ours, if he lived on the tail of Halley's
comet.
He knows that he is getting four
times as much for his cotton as he
got in the fall of 1914 when this world
war began, three time.* as much for
his tobacco, and twice as much for his
corn and wheal, poultry, eggs and
butter; but he thinks the.«c fine prices
are all in the natural course of events.
That the war we are waging against
Germany has anyting to do with the
high prices he's getting for his farm
products does not occur to him for a
moment.
Ami no he really in not bothering
about this war. The fighting in too
far off. He has no sons of draft age
and he is sure that he and his are
safely beyond the reach of it. And
no they are. let us hope—cannon shell*
and poison gasce considered. Not even
an 80 mile gun is ever Tikely to de
stroy his homo.
Nevertheless he Is in this war. whe
ther he realizes it or »»t. Getting
h:m to realise it has lx>en our very
hardest, job during the drive of Na
tional War Stcmp Week.
The Colonel's Warning*.
Kr»m The Springfield Republicaa.
Col. Roosevelt tells the readers of
th« Kansas City Star that the election
of Henry Ford to the Senate would be
"a clamity f»om the standpoint of far
| sighted and patriotic Americanism."
! He warned the people that President
I Wilson's reelection would be • calami
ty even worse than that.
THE REVENUE BILL TO
BE READY IN AUGUST.
Of lb* Eight Billiwi Dollar*
N—ded Tw. Billion Will
Wt>klni(m, July 23 Tfc* (rMlMt
tax MM ever preeented to the \meri
ran < on«re«a ami prakMr to any
legislative body will l» ready fur
rut# In ihr ht>UM by Xeplemtier I.
Thi- i« 111# not I. e I»ivrn In nil .-til
members of I'onrrees l>y Krprmnt*
tiv« riaixla Kitilin, Urmm mtii floor
lender and rKairman iff the waya ami
menus rommlUf Vmhtri ara all
vised to makr their rareaa plana ac
cordinrly and to pre|>aia to return
In Wa hinffton by that dale for a vota
on lb* nrht liiltian dollar ta* mea*
ura.
Deliberation!! of tba «nv ami mean»
committee today war* laarkeil liy eeti
mate* from the treasury itopartment
thai the recent lint of taxable luxuries
ami non-eMientiaU mnt dnwn to the
capitol by tha treasury official* wi^ld
produce two billion dollars in revenue
In other words indication* now are
thet of (hi* eu'ht billion needed one
fourth of the amount will be rained by
taxinjr thing* whirh in war time are
classed an luxuries or near luxuries
but which have heretofore been claus
ed by the easy going American people
a* every day conveniences or neces
sities.
l.uvurirN to Hr
In the governments luxvry list are
the following a rl icier, taxable of
winch apparently will furnish the
two billion dollars spoken of by the
treasury department:
Automobile*, all ornamental house
furnishings, club membership does,
house hold servants, tobacco, alcoholic
beverai»es, soft drinks, jewelry, hotel
bills above $2.50 per d"»y and clothing
for men, women and children costing
a certain price.
After France had been at war
three years she cast about for action
al things to tax. With the Hun al
most at the (rates of Parir, whose peo
ple long felt the privations of war
fare, France put into effect early thia
year a "luxury tax" which is declared
to be producing many millions of dol
lars already. This tax was levied on
what France called "De Luxe" articles
and the United States is now to fol
low suit.
It is known that certain membera of
the ways and means committee have
earnestly studied the latest French
taxation law. It embraces a number
of articles not enumerated in the sch
edule of the treasury department in
ito list of several weeks ago.
Prepare to Pay eHavy Tax.
Americans may as well prepare to
pay heavy taxes on all their luxuries
from phonograph records to field
glasses and brightcolored lamp shades
Here are come of the articles opon
which France levies a ten per cent
tax:
Curiosities and antiques; silk hosi
ery and underwear; tapestry, modern
or ancient; pleasure canoes and boats;
hunting garment* and nding habits;
billard and pool tables guns and sport
ing accessories; photographic appli
ances; motor vehicles; paintings, per
fumes, liveries of servants; horses,
ponies, asses and mules for pleasure
purposes; artistic bronxe work.
While the American mule is not us
ed "for pleasure purposes" as stated
in the French law. that law has fur
nished a number of valuable sugges
tions to the tax bill framers in Wash
ington,
v«oing luriner, r rante nas pui si
graduated tax on doiens of other ar
ticles, the tax ranging according to
the price. That is, when the retail
price exceeds a certain .sum a tax is
levied. For instance France levies a
tax on all lamp ohades coating more
than 10 francs; on tmokers requisites
ttbove the 10 franc price; on women's
hates above 40 francs; men's hats
above 20 francs and so on. The gra
duated clist includes scores of articles
of clothing, mirrors, trui k* cutlery,
toilet necessities. blankets, quilts car
petr gloves t.-.Me cloths a <1 even devo
tionat article1-.
What France h#s done furnishes an
index of what may be expected when
Representative Kitchen reports '>e
war revenue bill to the house late n
August. The treasury thinks at let >t
two billions should be raised by ti «
luxury tax. This means every Amer
cirt is going to pay to the government
something unless he or she is satis
fied wifh very cheap clothing, house
hold furniture, kric-a-brac, and dozens
of other every day things which
American* have been accu tomed to
buying without thought of taxes in
the good old day* of pence.
'
R. J. Reynolds Improving.
! Wlnrton Sentinel, 2'2.
H. J. Reynolds head of the R. J.
' Reynolds Tobacco company, arrived
here today in a private Pullman coach
| from Philadelphia, where he ha* been
in a hospital under the care of a *pe
eialist for aeveral weeks. While still
weak a* a result of two operations re
eetly performed he stood the trip re
markably well. He was accompanied
home by a Philadelphia physician,
Mrs. Reynolds and the eldest son, R.
J. Reynolds, Jr.
BELIEF GROWS CRUISER
WAS VICTIM Of MINK
WumWr ml It*** ImI mmd C*hm
of UiU*torMW«4
Palmar Itaua* Statamanl
Wnahitigto i, July 3U T>>» of
Hf» in rK» «t(f frm UUnd Na *
Ynrk, raatartiay <1 Ih* l!nM
•ramti'il i-ruuM "<«H |)i«fn aixt ttw
r»uf of <hr hip'a <1* liwttnn still
«fii 'II mi r. I ii. »fi' tl I tic
tiavjr itopM'Mnrnl. \nnnuwnMnl
»»■ m«it» thr.t t,IM matt front lh»
»hi|> hwl >«m U'uM I'Milkml r»
|wrU tkara ««r* (:iMi man
•kiari and if they are rorrart the
Inaa of life wnuld M aacaarl 7S.
Kr ar \ilmitr.l I'altnc-. acting Ml"
ratarjr of tit* navy. UmifKl mniia pub
lir a rietailod, account of the itantrur
tion of the rruiaar anil the raacnc of
the craw, hut it wMai n< thing to pra
V'<hi report* from <apt H. H. f'hrinty
ami oiher urvivor a* t l the rail.'* of
the ninkine.
Belief t..at the San I>cgo wan lh«
victim of a mm*, however, ifrew
among naval official* after the nm
manilcr of the American patrol boatx
operating off Are lalaml reported that
hi* caft hn<l p;rke«i up everal mines
of foreijrn design.
I
Survivor* Can't Tell.
Among the survivors opinion (Mm
ed to b« equ-.Ily divided as to wh-ther
a submarine or a mine was respon
sible for the log:' of the cruiser. Many
held that an enemy torpedo "truck the
war»hip. while a- man; sub. cribed to
the theory that the vessel hit a mine.
No reference to the cause of the ex
plosion which was heard aboard the
cruiser was contained in the account,
of the sinking made public toniirht by'
Admiral Palmer. The statement fol-1
lows:
"Fuller particulars received regard
ing the sinking of the N. S. S. San
Diego show that the explosion took
place on the port side just aft of
the forward port engine room bulk-1
head. The feed tank and .circulating
pump were blown in. and the port
engine wrecked. Full speed ahead
was rung, and the starboard engine
operated until it was stopped by wa-,
ter rising in the engine room. Ma
chinist's Mate Hawthorne, who was
at the throttle in the port engine
room, was blown four feet under the
engine room desk. He got up, closed
the throttle on the engine, which had
already stopped, and then escaped up
the engine room ladder. Lieutenant
Millen. on wntrh in the starboard en-'
gine room, closed the wyter tight door!
to the engine room and gave the
necessary instructions to'the ft re room
to protect the boilers.
She Listed Quickly.
"The ship lasted to port heavily so
that the water entered the gun ports
on the gun deck. The vessel listed
eight degrees quickly, then hung for
seven minutes; then gradually listed
the speed increasing until thirty-lie,
degrees was reached. At this time
the port quarter deck was three fe*t
under water. The ship then rapidly
turned tur tie and sank. Captain'
Christy went from the bridge down'
two ladders to the boat deck, slid i
down a line to the armored belt, then
dropped down four feel to the bilge-;
keel, and thencc to the dock keel,
which at that time wa> eight feet
above water. From there he jumped
into the water. The ship was about
five minutes in turning over after she
reached 35 degrees keel.'
"No wake or a torpedo was seen.
The firiit thing Captain Chirsty no-'
tired, while standing <n the wheel
house, eight feet above the forward
ridge, he felt and heard a dull ex
plosion. He immediately sounded sub
marine defense quarters as the gen
eral alarm.
"Everything went quietly and ac-|
cording to drill schedule. The cap
tain rang full speed ahead, and .sent
officer* to inve.-.tigate the -.damage. At
the time he thought the ship would
not sink. Two motor sailers were(
ordered rigged out, but not to be low-1
ered until further orders.
"At the submarine defense call, thc(
men went quietly to thrtr station and;
manned the guns^ They stood by the;
port guns until they were awash, and
by the starboard guns until the list1
of the ship pointed them up into the
air.
"When it seemed obvious that t'le!
vessel would capsixe. the order was
given to abandon ship, except the port
side run crew, wl)ich were to remain
at their station as long as the guns
would bear. RoaU were ordered low
ered, and two sailboats one duighy1
one wherry, and two punts were
launched. The life rafts were launch
ed and the lumber pile on deck was
loosed and set adrift. Fifty mess I
tabjea and a hundred kapok mattress-!
ei were thrown overb«>ard. Abandon 1
ship was complete bjfore the vessel
liegan to sapxize. Perfect order was
preserved the men cheering. When
on the rafts, they sang "The Rtar
' Spangled Banner" and "My ountry.1
Tis of Hiee," cheered for the cap-!
[ Min, the execut ve officer and the
•hip, and cheered when the United
States ensign was hoisted on the sail
I boat.
w»w» a# uml
DmIIi CmItmmI.
rs. hoy* that tiM QtMk Hum
«ett, •!»* fail Mi mm mtrpimmm N«ht
Ia*t »«ek mm«4a the <!«>■■■ liara,
m<r*i h» alive hta >m»i
* UiMtan hMni ln;>» I a u.Aa in
•iW 'he AlMiWH llfw rnnftrmlmm
the flf -' ie|*r1t «# kit telk. Prm
•laol Wilum «nl the following MM
-a#* ta < <4 R««.«avaH nl Djratw B*y:
"Ami (rMllr di»U> mH 'hat llw
ttmwh • rf your awa'* deem la "i.iirmad.
I ktt| kupol (m ..thar -wwa. Hi- died
nrvmg hn • ountry and tied with Am
valiantly. I ua dw|»ly grieved that
Km aarvira aknuld have rum* U> tbia
tragic mkI "
Major The'«lore Rooaevelt, Jr., an
»th«r oun of f'oj. Rno«evalt. ha* baan
ighliy wounded and taken to a hoa
pital in Pit I, affording to a cable
me.nage received by Col. Kooaavalt
from hm dauirhtrr-in-law. Mrs. Theo
dore Rooaavelt. Jr.
Poor Crop* in Central Empire*.
Nature in conducting a "starvation
drive" again ' crman . ami Austria.
While the crop of America and. her
allies promi.se thia year to break all
record* for size, tho^e of Germany
anil her allie- will be mailer than any
time sime the war began, according
to reports from Washington.
Widespread drought enveloped the
Ceneral empire- during April, May
and June, which, combined with in
tense heat and an unreasonable front
during the first five days of June,
stopped the developments uf all the
vegetables and roots so urgently need
ed by the Teuton*.
The froqt destroyed one-third of the
potato crop, especially in the northern
part of the c mntry. Peas and beans
were al o .-.eriautdy damaged. At the
same time, tiielieat and droui(ht in
creased the ravages of all kinda of
pestiferous insects, »o the crop of
apples and pears will be insignificant.
It also delayed the wheat crop and
with the failure of Rumania and the
Ukraine to deliver the expected wheat
Germany is in a had way.
Reports generally from all allied
countries indicate promising crop*.
Product* of Old-Time Home.
Wilkesboro Patriot.
Mr. B. F. Call, who is executor of
the e: tate of his mother, the late Mrs.
Emily Call, has filed an inventory of
the personal property belonging to the
estate and among the articles named
in the list are 707 yard* of cloth, 140
yards of lace. 270 pound* of wool and
40 pounds of tallow. Mrs. Call wa_s
an old-fashioned, thrifty housekeeper
and always Kept a quantity of useful
supplies on hand.
Dr.H. R. Hege
Dentist
Office corner Main and Moore Sta_
Opposite Ha»ka-Kothrock I)ruf Co.
OFFICE HOURS: 8 a. m. to 12 ■>.
1 p. m. to 5 p. ».
ITALIAN QUEENS!
In the operation of my bee
business I conduct a queen
rearing yard and at this time I
have a few more queens than I
need in my own yards. These
queens are bred from fine Ita
lian stock and the finest
queens that can be had. Satis
faction guaranteed. One queen
$1.00; six for $5.00; twelve
for $9.00.
FRED L. JOHNSON
Mount Airy, N. C.
WOOD'S SEEDS |
The Importance of Sowing
ALFALFA
FviMn e»erywhat* should make
prtptriUoni to ecw ALFALFA lib
erally thle Fall. Sown I he end af
August or Muring September Alfalfa
will yield full crope and make un
der fevoreble conditions, faur or At*
cutting* of splendid nutritious hay
U»* fallowing saaaan.
Alfalfa Hay makes the heat and
moot nutritious faad far hareee, eat
tla and all live-stack and It la es
pecially das.rable at this time far
farmers ta sow all the forage crtpe
possible to make hay and feed ee ae
ta save grain for human ooosump
tlaa.
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