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JJ JJ Dally and Sunday, Six Months. . .$3.00 Daily and Sunday, 3 Months $1.60 Sunday Only, One Year $2.pv OELIVERED BY CARRIER: Dally and Sunday, per 'week 15e Or Whefi Paid In Advance at Office Daily and Sunday, One Year. . . .$7.00 Daily and Sunday, Six Montana. . .$3.60 Daily and Sunday, 3 Months. .-$1.75 -Sunday Only, One Year MA Entered at the Poetofflce in Wllming i ton, N. C, as 8econd.C1ass Matter. Foreign Representatives 1 Frost, Green and Kohn, Inc., 225 Fifth - Avenue, New York, Advertlalnfl Building, Chicago. SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 191S. ' What's yours? Dark or light? Oh, boy- Is this the "drive?" This seems to be the "drive," In the matrimonial race the altar is seldom attained by the 'fast. "Women voters will hardly be refer red to as the "silent vote." A March wind can make a vaude ville show ashamed of itself any time. Another advantage to be secured in digging garden is tha location of a bed ' of worms for the next fishing trip. The . Hun will find that there is a big difference in the going on the Western front from what he found in the East. . The old familiar warning of "Don't, start anything you can't finish,', is hereby referred tothe Kaiser for con sideration. - . - The news dispatches say the Ger mans joured a rain of "shell fire" on the British. Drop the "s" and you wouldn't be far wrong. , While they are' talking1 about im proving the schools,, it might help a whole lot in this direction if they paid the teachers better salaries. ' Some of the brethren seem to fear that working a garden will produce the backache. Better take a chance on that than run the risk of having an aching void in the pantry later on. . Some people have the mistaken idea that they have d&rie their part if they persuaded some friend to buy liherty Bonds, though they thenv selves "couldn't afford it." NO CAUSE FOR UNDUE ALARM. The' much heralded German drive on the Western front is now a reality, aad new horrors of war are unloosed in this the mightiest effort ever made to dominate the world. It seems from the meager reports coming through the military censorship, that Gerr many has massed ' practically all of her strength, and proposes to make the. supreme effort to smash the Al lies, risking: her whole fate on this Let's all go to church either this morning or this evening. There i3 no hour that we can spend today that will do1 us, more real good than in. listening to the Word explained by some able minister This is applic able to all classes. ; The -reduction in wheat consump tion should cut down grocery bills, and it would if one didn't have to, buy a cirt load of other stuff in order to get a few pounds of flour. Since the announcement that cor sets are to be scarce because of the scarcity of raw material for- t&eir manufacture we may look for the Ve nus form to become fashionable. No matter what subject is under debate in the Senate, according to .The Washington -Times tjie main point discussed is "fundamental prin ciples. Very much on the same order-of the fellow, in the State Legis lature who being opposed to some pro posed law ,and not caring to divulge Why, calmly sits back and says he is "agin it because it is un-eon-sti-tu- shiinel.'i ' ' Governor Davis, of Virginia, finds that he has a recalcitrant bunch $Jt legislators on his hands. He called lutsm in Bpecicii session in oraer ,o Yfr , the State, something like a mil lion, dollars In : the appropriation bill, and they, proceeded to pass the work men's compensation act over his veto calling fior an outlay of $200,000, then voted themselve? $50 for their time anaVflvV cents a ile railroad fare tad went bome. - .-. 5 ocracy. Millions of thoroughly, train ed men are being hurled agafnst the British with utter disregard for hu man life, and thousands of monster guns pour ton after ton of iron into the opposing forces, creating ah in ferno such as no human can describe even in mements of the wildest im agination. Just how many men the Germans have massed along the Western front of course is only to be guessed at. in the assault on the British it is said that 49 divisions have been rec ognised and the British have captured prisoners from 18 divisions. Mili tary experts place "the number of di visions hurled by the Kaiser In Thurs day's. Friday's and Saturday's efforts above fifty, meaning that probably something like one million men par ticipated. Behind these are other di visions, and strung out further up and down the line are millions more from Germany, Austria-Hungary -and Bul garia ready to be thrown into the fray when the ( occasion is deemed suitable by the German general staff. True, the Allies, despite this appar ently unequalled number of trained soldiers, probably have more men on the Western front than the enemy, but the situation is such that they , are prevented iitm concentrating tliem at any one place in equal numbers to meet a sudden assault. This condi tion makes it apparent that the first thrust of the enemy will make gains until the Allies-can conoejitrate suflt- cient men at that point to stem the tide. Therefore, while the Germans seem to have the advantage so far in the big offensive, there is every -ea-son to believe that it will be more than, successfully met before they have progressed to a point endanger ing the Allies. The enemy appears confident of the outcome, however, and it will take mighty defensive tactics to stop him, but he will be stopped,, and then the tide of battle will roll him back un til, it is the belief of the Allied ex-1 perts, he will be ready to cry enough. It is very probable that immediately upon effectually checking the offen sive, the Allies will themselves take the initiative, and will push the con test to a definite conclusion. The War Council hasK prepared for this situation. For months it has been known that the blow would come, and several weeks ago the Allies reported they were ready. Besides the regular trench forces, behind the lines is a mighty army held in reserve to prevent too great an advance by the enemy. Then as an additional safeguard, "there is a great mobile army known as the army of the Allies, which is kept ready to be thrown into the fray anywhero along the Western front the moment the situation at any point begins to look threatening. While the Germans have made gains in &pme sections of the front, they . have not done more than take possession of first line trenches west of St. Quentin, according to the re ports, while the main defensive sys tem of the British remains unbroken, and the retirement, which the Ger- irians would have you believe was a disastrous retreat, was carried out in order and at a time when the enemy pressure was not strong, showing that it .was a strategic, movement and not a rout. The advance that Hindenburg has made has been at a tremendous cost, showing that the German high com mand is using human flesh without regard in its effort to gain a decision. Estimates of the German losses in killed, wounded and captured up to last night placed the number at i2f,- 000, while the British losses are said to approximate less than 100,000. These figures may not be accurate, but it probably indicates the. ratio of the cost, which is three Germans tc one British, and if the ratio is main tained for any length of time, it en readily be seen to whajesult it-will ieaa. The public has been warned not to look for Allied successes at first, as the initial advantage usually goes with the side taking the offensive. Therefore, the advance by the "en-j ny Is not at this time to be considered with undue alarm. . " But it is very probable that the baitle now raging will turn the tide towards a conclusion of hostilities. USE LESS WHEAT. We are called upon to again reduce the consumptionof wheat products, the request of the Food Adminlstrar tor issued last night limiting the amount of wheat flour to one and one half pounds, per week per personT This request amounts, to a reduction in 'be quantity now in use by one-half. America, when she entered the war, undertook the. gigantic task of sup plying" nfit only our military force, one gigantic blow at the hosts of dem-4but the military and to a certain ex tent the civilian population of our al lies. Some time ago it was seen that there must be a J?fluction in con sumption of wheat ifjiis country was to comply with its contract, and the wheatless days and wheatless meals system was put into operation with the hope that there would be a suffi cient saving to "meet these pledges to our allies. Since this has been adopted, there has been a substantial increase in the amount of wheat available for export but' a careful survey of the sit uation by the food authorities has led to the conclusion that there must bo a further . reduction from now until the next harvest Is milledi if we are to IJve up to our promises. The normal consumption of the peo ple of the United Jtates is 42,000,000 bushels per month, and in order to provide for our allies this must bo cut to 21,000,000, -Or in half. The re quest is placed- qn the grounds of mil itary necessity, and as in the case of the first plan, the people will heart ily respond. It is promised that the new .rule, wilt only De in effect until after the' next cVop harvested is ground, when it is believed thcrs will be sufficient wheat to permit us to return to normal consumption and at the same time provide for our al lies. All should thoroughly familiarize themselves with the new require ments which are published elsewhere in this morning's Dispatch, and pro ceed to comply. Complfance is volun tary now, but should the people de cline to respond as they should, there will in all probability be some method adopted that will force observance of the rule. A GIANT GUN? pretty good citizen, ,-. and ' in some' in stances is held; up; as a model. . yfe do not stop to analyse 'kin and see If he possesses te fundamentals ; of a model, "citizen, sin fact, few of us could off-iand give a clear idea of what was necessary to make a man a model citizen. , We . should know what constitutes -a model citizen, and then strive to attain that desirable goalThe best descripion of a truV citizen, we' have seen' appeared in the flast Issue of the University News Let ter, reproduced from Peel's Civil Gov eminent, and it is worthy., of being passed along so that all-may read and study it and realize their shortcom ings in this-respect. Here it Is: "A model citizen is well informed educated in ihe principles of govern ment; he is a good neighbor ever considerate of th health, comfprt and safety Tof those with whom he -is as sociated; he in intelligently industri ous skilled and active in some user ful employment. v "He bears part of the expenses of government. He consults ' his neigh bors' concerning the public welfare, promotes their frequent assembling to consider matters of common concern, and is well posted in regard to the conduct of officers who administer law and government. - x 'He does not seek an office for which he is not fitted; but he does not shirk public duty when his coun try needs his service, in peace or in war. In this service he is faithful and brave. As judge or juror, h3 i Hot controlled by 'fear, favor or af fection, reward or the hope of re ward.' He does not accept employ ment which is inconsistent with his duties as a citizen. "He is the friend of the poor, of widows and orphans the champion of the oppressed. He is the visitor of captives swift to inquire into the causes of their imprisonment, watch ful of the condition of the places where they are confined, and of the icharacter and conduct of those who have them in custody. "He is law-abiding keeps the law himself and is ready to assist in its enforcement. A taxpayer and voter, the support and constitutional master of all public servants, he assumes his share of responsibility for the admin istration of government." lynched hinTon through te. trial,, and ii .tnere wasa cintiua or a aouDt ne would' havineeeasarlly ilelt that that man's v blood was on his hands. He was satisfied, he wat positive and the evidence in the case was sufficiently conclusive and no matter what the at titude of the condemned man might have been even in his iron' nerve of the last arid the display of the un usual in' that a man might declare the moment before he meets his judg ment to- something whiqh calm, de liberating men had thought was' an untruth after--hearing all of the facts. STATE NEWS , : The last will and testament of John C.BurroUa:hswho died at the Tran quil Park Sanitarium on Thursday of last week, was probated today in the office of the clerk of the court, C' C. Moore, and disposes of an estate of approximately $250,000, most of which goes to various charities, including therlBarium Springs Orphanage. The foreign mission bbard and the home mission board of the Southern Pres byterian church, the Sunday school department of the First Presbyterian church, - of which he was & member, and an officer, and a bequest of $3,000 to each of eight frlendaand relatives and $2,000 to a niece. Charlotte News. rii i" 1 ii i "i T i ii i i i " i i' Mr. Isaac Wright has been in at tendance upon court as an attorney. He was twitted before the jury for having returned to practice in the Sampson court after leaving the coun ty, but Mr. Wright is still a Samp sonian at , heart, if such a credential is needed 'for practicing in the Samp son court. He represented Mr. H. D. Sloan in his suit against the Cooper Guano Company. Mr. Archie Graham represented the. Cooper Company and it was a right interesting argument. Mr. Sloan won the case, securing judgment for $498.29. A witness in the case for the Cooper Guano Com pany was our old friend, Will Surles, of Robeson county.-i-Sampson Democrat. The bulletin yesterday afternoon announcing that German hejivy artil lery was dropping snells into Paris. 62 miles away startled the world. Few believe that the Hun has a gun with such a tremendous range, and it is said that military authorities ,in Washington freely express doubt na to the claims set fprth in the report. The record for throwing a shelljby gun is said to be 22 miles, now held by German artillerymen and made in the drive toward Calais during the i present war. The la"st announcement. If we remember correctly, of carry-) Ing power of the biggest guns in use by the Unitedv States is 19 miles, and the big guns of France and England are somewhat similar. It is easy to see why the report that the Germans, though a distance of more than 60 miles from the cap ital of France, were throwing shells into he city should cause the great est astonishment and doubt. One theory advanced is that the "shells" were not fired from some giant gun, but were really aerial torpedoes. An other theory is that the explosions were caused by bombs dropped from aircraft Whatever may have been the agency burling the explosives, it is ha?d to believe that It wa3 a mon ster . cannon, despite tha knowledge that the Krupps have been turning out heretofore undreamed of powerful v. pieces of artillery. The world will wait with the keenest of interest to find out just what did drop those shells, and if itshould be developed that it-was the work of a giant pieca of artillery we may well pause -Kid wonder what will be the next engine the war god will call into service. Henry Page says it is one thing to eat corn bread and another to drink corn juice. The government is some old flat-' tere It is preparing to call into service of the Federal employment bureau more than seven hundred daily papers to act as employment agencies, and for this service It of fers to pay the munificent salary of $lt per annum to each newspaper. Treating them just like it does weal thy called into service durinE the war. Quite an interestig civil aetion has hgrown out of the finding a few days ago by Mr. Henry Fuller, of $15. Mr. Fuller found $15 in perfectly good American money. In some way it leaked out that he had found the money. A negro heard of it and, ac cording to the opinion of Mr. Fuller, he framed up with some of his pals to get the cash. Any way he called on Mr. Fuller and informed himjthat he had lost $15 and told him about where it was lost. This didn't tally at all and so, Mr. Fuller says, he re turned, and after another conference with his associates, came back and named the correct place where the money was found. Concluding that he was the victim of a "frame-up" Mr. Fuller refused to- give the negro the money and a civil case was started. The hearing was held before 'Squire S. R. Street, who reserved judgment. -New Bernian. WITH THE EDITORS. . . . Lumberton Tribune: here will be very few vacant lots in tha towns this year, but we learn that many farms in various places will lie idle tjecause there is not sufficient labor 0 culti vate them, his is a great pity, for every acre, of productive land in America ought "to be in cultivation this year, for America must feed the greater part of the world. . Wlnteville News-Reporter: Many ofj the rural schools are closing and the, teachers are returning to. theirhomeft. The several, high schools in the coun ty will remain open a month or so longer. The problem of securing a properly efficient force of teachers for the work in this countynext season is already assuming pernTexing pro portions. It is stated on good author ity that very few If any of the present capable teachers in the Whiteville High schoot will return here. Nobody blames the teachers for seeking other and better paying positions. "THE MODEL CITIZEN.' " The excuse given -by those-Wash ingtonf jail-breakers ihat hey just wanted "a little fresh air" -was prob ably as ood as any. -"A , We often hear some portion of a county, a State or nation referred to in terms that are riot complimentary, to say the least, and the reference is generally made with an idea of con veying the impression that the faults of that particular cc-mmunity are due in some mapper to its geographical location. Of course such is not true. The good name of any neighborhood ojr larger unit of society depends-al together upon the people living there: nothing more and nothing less. Good citizenship "is the prime essential to the advancement of a State or na tion. 1 Where there is the higher type of citizens, there will you find evi dence of progress along all of the Tjetter lines. No nation would oe looked upon in pity or. hatred if it saw to It that its citizens were cf the highest possible type. The ideal citizenship is on objec. tive that we pay too little attention in trying to reach. If a man accumu lates property and keeps . out of jail, as a general rule, he is considered a State Journal:" The State Journal acknowledges with quite a lot of de light the news that ex-Senator W. B Cooper will feturn to the SenJe in 1919, and Representative L. 'Clayton Grant, the smoothest speaker in the lower body last year, will represent New Hanover again. , The two will work together and a smoother-pulling pair New Hanover hasn't had in year, Mullins Enterprise: The Enterprise extends congratulations to W. B. Coo per, of Wilmington, on his winning qut in the primary held in that city on Tuesday. The next union .- meeting . of the Robeson Baptist Association will be held at Long Branch church, - March 29th and 30th. The next union meeting will be; held in the interest of the Sunday school and B. Y. P U. work in the association-Lumberton Tribune. The closing exercises of the Ham let Graded School will be held dur ing the week ending Friday, May 3. The graduating class this year num bers eight girls, quite a contrast with last year's class of four boys. The annual address will be delivered rby Dr. W. L. Poteat, president of Wake Forest College. Dr. Poteat is easily one of the South's strongest educa tors and deepest thinkers. The peo ple of Hamlet have a treat vin store for them on this occasion.--Hamlet Messenger. There was a large fores fire Thurs day afternoon . of last week which en dangered nearly 'l the homesin the southern end -of town. The high wind brought the fire into the back yards of the homes on Oak street and was only gotten under control arter ne roic work by the fire company and a number of Others, including several ladies. Hamlet Messenger. lo the Voters of New flpover County:- You are the stockholders of the County, and as such have the giving out of a job as Register of Deeds For this job you now have only two applicants on- j) which you will select at the Primary to be held . Tuesday, March 26th. As a business proposition you will first consider the qualifications of the applicants and should one have fetter qualified than tri you should give It to that one. Should they both measure approximately the same, you should con sider the claims of the two on the public, and give .it to the one with the best claims. I am one of the applicants and contend that I" am more entitled to your suffrage than the other. I am 52 years old and have lived here all my life, was in business for years at Third and Castle, and later as The King Grocery Company, at Fourth sfreet bridge; have served the city as alderman and several years bs clerk and treasurer. Have raised a family of seven children in your midst, three of whom are now serving our country, VOLUNTARILY. Does not this entitle me to your CAREFUL consideration? I confidently ask you for your vote. I NEED THE JOB! Give it to me Respectfully, R ERAEK II NOTICE! A second Primary is required to determine a choice for Register of Deeds, which will be held Tuesday, March 26, 1918.. As far as-practicable the same Registrars andJudges of Election will serve at this Eri mary as at the First Primary. By order of the Board of Elections. E. PINER, Secretary. CHILDRENS FANCY SOCKS Black and Tan Socks Children's Hose SEE THE NEW SPORT HOSE AMERICAN MAID Black, Chocolate, Navy, White. New Hats New Hats Veih Veile MISS ALMA BROWN After a cessation of hostilities for many months a few of the "Free Rangers" are. again at war against the stock law. In a trial before Judge J. H. Fonveille here on the pajSt, Tuesday, 1. E. and Needham Brown; Jacob, Edward and Tom Swinson; Riley and Lewis Jones ; Eli Mobley, Riley Raynor and Obed Gavenaugh were bound over to court under a $100 bond, for tearing down the pen of Mr. Melvin James, turnip $ his stock out.-committing an assauit upon him and making threats. Six of them were convicted of lettingtheir stock run at large in stock law territory. Duplin Record. Greensboro Record: If it should happen that every man in town will plant a little garden and work, it, there will be more foodstuff than we need right now.but not enough, even then, for next winter. Every man can raise something in his garden. If only a peck 'of, onions, he has- helped in crease the food supply. If only a peck of potatoes, he has helped some; and if all our people will get the idea in their minds and plant a few "garden seed it will be a grand result. . Rocky (Mount Telegram; The fact tfiat Earl Neville, the Wawe county rapist, went to his ' death decs?rFna: wiis innocence has served to awaken a doubt in the minds of some as to his guilt, while even the press of the State has been noted to voice a doubt in some instances, fetft really it ap pears that with the Governor on hand ArDAILY LESSOJSI IN HISTORY. Ole Hundred Year Ago Today. 1818 Rear Admiral William E. Le Roy, U. S. N who was known as the 'Chesterfield of the Navy," born in New York. Died there in 1888. Seventy-five Years m Ago Today. 1843 Shobai Vail Clovenger, noted physician and engineer, builder of the first telegraph line in., Dakota, born at Florence, Italy. , Fifty Years Ago Today. V 1868 Treaty of extradition con cluded between the ' United States and Italy. Twenty-five Years Ago Today. 1893 Much loss of life and destruc tion of property caused by earth quake in Colombia. ONE YEAR AGO IN THE WAR III J YOUR DOLLARS J -Qi 1 ARE YOUR I FIRST LINE I : MX 9X DEFENSE! ' V;fth Save START 4J AN ACCOUNT WITH US TODAYi 1 yii-iLj.nlmiuiijjwwiuii.,iiin.ii. mi in niimi. M.m.M.ii.1 i .i. imiuh J.JLttSil March 24, 1917. Gen. mV. Alexieff became commander-in-chief of the Russian , armies; American relief workers recalled from Belgium and France; the French made furnious at tacks on the new N German front and captured two forts th from the time the mob would haveJMHindenburg ljne.'? SHOES-BEST MADE Emerson Douglas NEW SPRING STYLES GENTS FURNISHINGS ARROW BRAND SHIRTS COLLARS v I. & M. L HURWITZ 603 North Fourth
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