MONGOLIA DIDN'T SINK U-BOAT.
First and Only Shot Killed Captain,
but Failed to Send German Assail
ant to Bottom. Keturn Voyage
Uncanny.
(New York Evening Sun.)
An officer of an American mer
chantman which arrived at a port in
the United States yesterday told the
true story of the attack on a U-boat
by the naval gunners of the steamship
Mongolia, reports of which already
had reached this country. This officer
says the U-boat was not sunk as re
ported, but was hit by a shell fired
by Gunner's Mate James Goodwin, of
Portsmouth, Va., and the captrin was
killed.
The shot was the first of the war on
the American side and was fired on
April 19 as the Mongolia was pro
ceeding to a British port. The subma
rine's periscope was sighted at 5:30
o'clock in the morning off South Fore
land in the English channel. The
weather wns calm and clear and the
sea smooth when the lookout report
ed a submarine partially submerged
off the port beam. Before the port
gun could be brought into action the
U-boat swung around the stern of
the Mongolia to the starboard quarter.
Goodwin fired one shot at the sub
marine and registered a hit. A cloud
of vapor arose from the crippled U
boat and many of the passengers
thought the submarine had been
sunk. This belief was dispelled three
days after the liner docked in Great
Britain.
It was learned through the Brit
ish secret service that a U-boat had
crawled to Kiel with its periscope and
part of the coming towner shot away
and with the dead body of the cap
tain aboard. The chief officer report
ed that the captain hud been killed by
u shot fired from the merchantman
Mongolia.
The Mongolia had an uncanny ex
perience on the return voynge. At
midnight on May 4 in the English
Channel a lookout reported a subma
rine off the port quarter. An officer
who was trying to observe the craft
with hiB marine glasses said a shim
mering object which might have been
a torpedo passed within fifty feet of
the stern. Several -shots were fired
from a stern gun at an indistinct ob
ject 2,000 feet away. There was no
response.
SANDY SPRINGS SCHOOL CLOSE.
After a term of six months, the
school at Sandy Springs came to a
close on Saturday, May 12.
The exercises began at 10:00 a. m.,
with the Welcome Song, "If We Were
You, and You Were Us."
Next was the opening exercises,
conducted by Rev. Chas. Clark, of
Kenly. He read for the lesson the 12th
chapter of Ecclesiastics, which he
discussed very ably and instructively.
Then followed the regular program.
At 11:60, Miss Kelly- gave a very
interesting talk on the Canning
Club work.
Pinner was then announced, and an
Intermission was given for one hour.
The first of the afternoon program
was a very entertaining and inter
esting speech from Prof. E. H.
Moser, of Wakelon High School.
The program of the school was
then continued till 4:00 p. m., when
the exercises for the day came to an
end.
At 8:00 o'clock p. m., the house
was filled to over flowing and the
evening exercises began. The entire
program consisted of recitations, dec
lamations, plays, drills, marches,
songs, pantomimes, tableaux, and in
fact, almost everything that is to be
seen at a rural school close. The writ
er wishes to especially call the read
ers' attention to the music which was
furnished by Messrs. Richard Fen
nell and Alvin Stancil and was in it
self a veritable entertainment.
Those from Smithficld who attend
ed the school close, were Miss Eliz
abeth Kelly, Misses Trotter and San
ders and Messrs. T. J. Lassiter and
Lacy John.
The school, this season, has been
under the management of Mrs. W.
O. Hocutt and Miss Minnie Campbell,
who both, deserve praise for their
untiring efforts and patience in train
ing the children the way they should
go. This has been one of the most
successful schools ever taught at
this place and the writer thinks that
our excellent committee made no mis
take in employing the teachers.
WITNESS.
CARTER'S CHAPEL ITEMS.
Selma, May 15. ? Mr. Albert Stan
di, of Glcndale section, spent Satur
day night at Mr. J. R. Atkinson's.
Several of our young people went
to Niagara Sunday.
Mr. Barney Edgerton and Miss
Clara Richardson and Mr. Luther
Durham and Miss Ida Murgrave at
tended church at Live Oak Sunday.
The cold weather has caused some
of our people to plant cotton the
second time this year.
C. Y. C.
What a Baby Costs.
"How much do babies cost?" said he
The other night upon my knee,
And then 1 said: "They cost a lot;
A lot of watching by a cot,
A lot of sleepless hours and care,
A lot of heartaches and despair,
A lot of fear and trying dread,
And sometimes many tears are shed
In payment for our babies small,
Hut they are really worth it all."
For babies people have to pay
A heavy price from day to day.
There is no way to get one cheap.
Why, somtimes when they're fast
asleep
You have to get up in the night
And go and see that they're all right.
But wh^t they cost in constant care
And worry does not half compare .
With what they bring of joy and
bliss;
You'd pay much more for just a kiss.
Who buys a baby has to pay
A portion of the bill each day.
He has to give his time and thought
Unto the little one he's bought.
He has to stand u lot of pain
Inside his heart and not complain,
And pay with lonely days and sad
For all the happy hours he's had.
All this a baby costs, and yet
His smile is worth it all, you bet.
i ? Edgar A. Guest.
Death of Little I'auline Worley.
On Thursday morning, May 3, 1917,
the death angel visited the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Worley and
took the spirit of their darling baby
to that bright and celestial home
where no sorrow or pain can enter.
Pauline was only seven months
old. She lived only a short time on
earth, but to see her was to love her.
She was sick about two weeks. Her
funeral was preached by Rev. Elijah
Pierce and she was laid to rest in the
Worley cemetery.
A precious one from us is gone,
A voice we loved is stilled,
A place is vacant in our home
That never can be filled.
A FRIEND.
Tuesday In the War.
What had been everywhere thought
to be a commencement of a strong
offensive by the Germans against the
British along the Lens-St. Quentin
line and the French from the region
northwest of Soissons into Cham
pagne apparently was only one of the
sporadic counter attacks which the
Germans have been throwing against
the fronts since the spring offensive
begun.
Around Bullecourt the intensive
fighting which has been going on for
more than a week continues unabat
ed, the Germans throwing assault
after assault against the British.
Tuesday four of these were launched,
the Germans losing in all of them ex
cept the last, when their troops drove
back the British in the Western por
tion of the village for a distance of
about 100 yards. In all the attacks
the German casualties were extreme
ly heavy, in one of them about 250
dead and wounded having been left
inside the British lines.
Along the front held by the French
artillery actions prevailed through
out Tuesday, the Germans failing to
follow up their infantry attacks of
Monday, in which the French war of
fice says they suffered heavy losses.
The Italians have assumed the of
fensive against the Austrians in the
Isonzo region along a front of near
ly 25 miles. Following extremely
heavy bombardments the Italians
loosened their infantry in frontal at
tacks and made considerable progress
at various points, according to the
Italian official communication. The
battle is still in progress.
Another success by the Venezilist
troops, fighting side by side with the
French forces in Macedonia is record
ed by Paris, two works extending
over fronts of more than 1,500 yards
having been captured and held in the
face of counter attacks.
Plowing Wet Land.
Whenever we have a late and wet
spring like the present one, farmers
are tempted to plow their land before
it is dry enough. Let us urge you not
to do it. Plowing wet soil makes sun
dried bricks, kills soil bacteria and
lessens production sometimes for
years. Preparation of the soil is half
the cultivation, and is far easier, bet
ter and more cheaply done before
planting than after.
Prepare a good seed bed before
planting, even if you are a few days
later getting the seed in the ground.
It will pay to do it by saving much
extra work later in the season, and i
a better crop at harvest time. ? South
ern Planter.
This Is Spring.
The laughter of a thousand dreams,
The glory of a bluebird's wing;
The music of a young girl's voice ?
And that is Spring.
? Baltimore Sun.
1)1 E NOTICE OF BONE DKY LAW
I'ost office Depart mi nt Usues Bulletin
of Information Concerning
Act Effective July 1.
The Post office Department has is
sued the following liquor bulletin;
section 5 of the act of Congress ap
proved March 8, 1917, effective July
1, 1917, is as follows:
"That no letter, postal card, circu
lar, newspaper, pamphlet or publica
tion of any kind, containing any ad
vertisement of spirituous, vinous,
malted, fermented or other intoxicat
ing liquors of any kind or contain
ing a solicitation of an order or or
ders for said liquor or any of them
Bhall be deposited in or carried by the
mails of the United States or be de
livered by any postmaster or letter
carrier when addressed or directed to
'any person, firm, corporation or as
sociation or other addressee at any
place or point in any State or Ter
ritory of the United States in which
it is by the law in force in the State
or Territory at that time unlawful to
advertise or solicit orders for such
liquors or any of them respectively.
If the publisher of any newspaper or
other publication, or the agent of
such publisher, or if any dealer in
such liquors or his agent shall know
ingly deposit or cause to be deposited
or shall knowingly send or cause to
be sent anything to be conveyed or
delivered by mail anything herein
forbidden to be carried by mail, he
shall be fined not more than $1,000
jor imprisoned not more than six
months or both; aed for any subse
quent offense shall be imprisoned not
more than one year. Any person vio
lating any provision of this section
may be tried and punished either in
the district in which the unlawful
matter or publication was mailed or
to which it was carried by mail for
delivery according to direction there
on or in which it was caused to be de
livered by mail to the person to whom
it was addressed.
"Whoever shall order, purchase or
eause intoxicating liquors to be trans
ported in interstate commerce except
for scientific, sacramental, medicinal
and mechanical purposes into any
State or Territory the laws of which
State or Territory prohibit the manu
facture or sale therein of intoxicat
ing liquors for beverage purposes
shall be punished as aforesaid, pro
vided that nothing herein shall au
thorize the shipment of liquor into
any State contrary to the laws of
such State; provided further, that of
Postmaster General is hereby author
ized and directed to make public from
time to time in suitable bulletins or
public notices the names of States in
which it is unlawful to advertise or
solicit orders for such liquors."
This act is construed to bar from
the mails matter of the character de
scribed when addressed to State or
portions thereof in which it is by
State or local law forbidden either to
advertise such liquors or to solicit
personally or otherwise orders there
for. '
The absolutely barred States are.
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colora
do, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa,
Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Monta
na, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma,
Oregon, South Carolina, South Dako
ta, Utah, Virginia, Washington and
West Virginia. The ban is effective in
Utah August 1, next; Indiana
3, 1918; Michigan, April 30, 1918;
New Hampshire, May 1, 1918, and
Montana, December 31, 1918.? News
and Observer.
GERMANY'S HEAVY LOSSES.
More Than Two Hundred Thousand j
on Western Eront in Two Weeks.
A dispntch from the army front in
France dated May 14, tells of the
staggering losses of Germany for the
past month.
Germany lost 200,000 men in killed,
wounded and captured in the period
from April 16 to May 1 on the
French front alone; in the two weeks
since May 1, it was estimated Mon
day, Germany's additional losses have
been proportionately greater even
than this staggering total.
The figures on which this estimate]
are based are those of headquarters.
They are conservative. The real to- |
tals may be much more.
Between April 16 and 27 it is known
the Germans were forced on account
of losses to withdraw twenty divis
ions (approximately 300,000 men)
from the front, replacing them with
fresh reserves. Since that date more
than a dozen additional divisions have
been similarly replaced.
Many German divisions have been
practically wiped out. The Ninth
Bavarian Reserve Division, number
ing 7,000 in its battle array, lost 2,
383 in prisoners alone, which accord
ing to established scientific military
statistics means a minimum of 3,000
killed and woundod. This means the
division lost three-fourths of its en
tire number of effectives.
Argentina devotes 16,420,083 acres |
to wheat growing.
SCREECH OWL
(Otua uio)
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Length, about eight Inches. Our
smallest owl with ear tufts. There
are two distinct phases of plumage,
one grayish and the other bright
rufous.
Range: Resident throughout the
United States, southern Canada, and
northern Mexico.
Habits and economic status: The
little screech owl inhabits orchards,
groves, and thickets, and hunts for its
prey in such places as well as along
hedgerows and in the open. During
warm spells in winter It forages quite
extensively and stores up in some hol
low tree considerable quantities of
food for use during inclement weather.
Such larders frequently contain
enough mice or other prey to bridge
over a period of a week or more.
With the exception of the burrowing
owl it is probably the most insectivor
ous of the nocturnal birds of prey.
It feeds also upon small mammals,
birds, reptiles, batrachians, flsh, spid
ers, crawfish, scorpions, and earth
worms. Grasshoppers, crickets, ground
dwelling beetles, and caterpillars are
its favorites among Insects, as are
field mice among mammals and spar
rows among birds. Out of 324 stom
achs examined, 169 were found to con
tain Insects; 142, small mammals; 56,
birds, and 15, crawfish. The screech
owl should be encouraged to stay near
bams and outhouses, as it will keep
in check house mice and wood mice,
which frequent such places.
What Money Costs.
We generally speak of what other
things cost in terms of money; but
are we really aware of the cost of
money itself? With true insight and
application, a recent writer says:
"The bit of money I hold in my hand
is the hard work of a man in the hot
sun, or at the bottom of a mine, or
amid the perils of the ^ea, for a
whole day; it is the work of a poor
woman with her needle for three
whole days; it is the work of a child,
kept out of school, for an entire
week. This bit of money begins to
throb; there are heart-beats in it;
what I hold here is a part of some
body's life; it is human toil and sac
rifice; it is a sacred thing; I dare not
treat it flippantly; I must see that
when it goes from me, it goes for a
worthy object." ? Biblical Recorder.
On Historic Ground.
Perhaps the fair sex will he more
nterested in the war when it learns
;hat Cambrai, one of the towns in the
50-callcd Hindenburg line, is the
alace where cambric was first made,
[n this place also was made the only
treaty ever signed by women. ? St.
Paul Pioneer Press.
STOMACH AGONIES
DUE TO POISON
3ne Dose of Remedy Sweeps Pain
Away ? 'Hundreds of Thousands
Restored.
y
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy is un
ike any other. It sweeps the Bile and
Poisonous Catarrhal Accretions from
the System. Sooths and allays in
flammaton in the Intestinal Tract ?
Lhe cause of serious and fatal ail
ments, such as Gall Stones, Appendi
citis, Acute Indigestion, Cancer and
Ulcers of the Stomach and intestines,
Yellow Jaundice, Constipation, Gas
tritis, Auto-Indigestion, etc., etc. In
?very locality there are grateful peo
ple who owe their complete recovery
to Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. Thous
ands say it has saved them from the
knife. The most thorough system
:leanser known. Contains no alcohol
ar habit-forming drugs. FREE hook
let on Stomach Ailments. Address
Geo. H. Mayr, Mfg. Chemist, Chicago.
Better yet, obtain a bottle of Mayr's
Wonderful Remedy from HOOD
BROS., Smithfield, N. C., or any re
liable druggist, who will refund your
money if it fails. ? Advt.
The average child likes a Book, and the parent who
provides his child with a good Book, is doing a good deed.
We have in the list below a few Books suitable for Chil
dren from four to ten years of age. We have one copy
each of the following:
Flop Ear, the Funny Rabbit 50c
Pilgrims Progress, in words of one syllable 25c
The Tale of Brownie Beaver 40c
The Adventures of Reddy Fox 50c
The Adventures of Johnny Chuck 50c
Mr. Possum's Great Balloon Trip 50c
Mr. Rabbit's Big Dinner 50c
How Mr. Rabbit Lost His Tail 50c
How Mr. Dog Got Even 50c
Making Up With Mr. Dog 50c
When Jack Rabbit Was a Little Boy 50c
For Older Children
WTaste Not, Want Not Stories 50c
Bird World, by Stickney and Hoffman 50c
Books for Boys
The Woodcraft Manual, by E. S. Thompson 50c
Lives of the Presidents, by E. S. Ellis 50c
Civil War Stories ? From St. Nicholas 50c
Life of Thomas A. Edison 50c
George Washington, by W. O. Stoddard 50c
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS
27TH ANNUAL REUNION
SONS OF VETERANS? 22ND ANNUAL REUNION
Washington, D. C., June 4th-8th, 1917.
ROUND TRIP FARES
VIA
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
Round Trip Fares from Principal Points as Follows:
RALEIGH, N. C. - - - - $6.85
DURHAM, N. C., - - - - 6.80
GOLDSBORO, N. C., - - - 7.25
SELMA, N. C., 7.25
CHAPEL HILL STA., - - - 6.80
BURLINGTON, N. C., - - 6.80
Fares from other points in same proportion.
Tickets will be on sale June 2nd, to 7th, inclusive with
final return limit to reach original starting point by mid
night of June 21st, 1917, or if you wish to remain longer,
by depositing ticket with special agent at Washington
and paying a fee of fifty cents final limit w?ll be extended
to reach original starting point by midnight of July 6th,
1917.
Stop-overs permitted on either going or return trip
within final limit of ticket.
For detailed information as to SPECIAL TRAIN SER
VICE, Pullman sleeping car reservations, etc., ask any
agent Southern Railway System, or address,
J. 0. JONES, Traveling Passenger Agent,
Raleigh, N. C.
THE SOUTHERN SERVES THE SOUTH.
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