TRUSTS HIS FOE; IS SHOT IN BACK St. Louis Man's Generosity to Enemy Costs Him His Life. 1 IS VICTIM OF TREACHERY "Fighting Jimmy" Paul, First In Front Line of Enemy, Is Mourned by French Foreign Legion ? Even Wounded Attend Funeral. Paris. ? Generosity toward the en omy cost the life of James Paul of St. Louis, a member of the famous French Foreign legion. I'aul was known as "Fighting Jimmy," and he never failed to live up to his name. To l>e called ono of the bravest men In the legion Is a great honor, and that was an honor held by "Fighting Jim my." Tweuty-four hours before ono of the general attacks by the French In their recent offensive In Champagne. Paul was sent out with a body of picked men to "worry" the Germans' first line with bombs. Puul was the first mnn over the par apet and got safely through, together with several other Americans. After trying in vain to keep off the attackera with machine guns, the Germans scut tled Into their dugouts. Paul, who was In advance, threw a dozen grenade Into a dugout and called upon the skulkers to come out. Victim of Treachery. Only one German appeared. He threw up his arms, shouting "Com- , ntde," assuring Paul the rest of the men Inside were dead. Without taking ( the trouble to search the man for hid- , den weapons, Paul turned to another | dugout. The Instant his back was turned the German drew an automatic pistol and fired. Paul fell backward \ Just as his fellow legion members fol Intvnd I The German fell with bayonet wounds In his body. Two of Paul's best friends, Arthur Kerry of Boston rind Christopher Charles of Brooklyn, knelt beside him. I'nul lay on his back and there was a smile on Ills lips. "You are not badly hurt, are you, Jimmy?" asked his friends. There was no reply, and they turned the body over. The bullet had pene trated the heart an/l death must have been Instantaneous, Wounded Attend Funeral. After that, any German showing fljiht was ruthlessly bayonetted. Those who surrendered were spared, although Ihelr trip from the front to the rear was far from pleasant. After the position had been Uior oughly "cleared out, the legion mem bers retired, bearing with them Paul's body. Every man who could attended the simple funeral. Even wounded men hobbled out to the Improvised cemetery. , J Paul had been decorated for bravery at the battle of Belloy-en-Santerre, on ' (hi BoBHmI In Jul?, r.Htl. At that time, single-handed, he held a sector of a trench after his seven companions had been killed. ? Someone once referred to St. Louis 1 as a German city. _ , 1 "That's not true," exclaimed Paul. I "It Is no more a German city than 1 Paris. True, there are Germans there, 1 but you find Germans everywhere. ? You will find that St. I.ouls will send over some mighty good soldiers." BUSINESS FIRMS PAY EMPLOYEES ON FARMS Cleveland, O. ? Patriotic firms In Cleveland have' announced that employees who wish to aid in food production by voluntar ily laboring on Ohio farms thin summer would receive full pay just the same. The plan being boosted Is to have city men vol unteer for a day or two each month. They will be assigned through a local agency. The Bell Telephone company was the first company to announce that em ployees would not be docked for such absence. Raise Flags Underground. Shenandoah, Pa. ? At the Draper col liery the other morning the inside em ployees raised two American flags 1,000 feet below the surface In the mammoth Vein gangway in honor of two of their workers, Edward Phillips and Robert Hahn, who have enlisted. One flag was set floating at each chute from where the men worked. Every em ployee of the inside workings was there. Rodin Gets Aztec Sculptures. Mexico City. ? Reproductions of some of the more famous examples of Aztec sculpture have been sent by the Mex ican government as a gift to Rodin, the French sculptor. Rodin in return has promised to send a reproduction of one of his works to be placed In the Na tional Academy of Fine Arts. Have You a Bogus Tenspot? Washington. ? Discovery of a new counterfeit $10 gold certificate of the 1907 series was announced by the se cret service. It Is not as finely exe cuted hs tie genuine note, but Is like ly to prove very deceptive, It was ?tated. . MAJ. GEN. HENRY G. SHARPE I ? A new snapshot of MaJ. Gen. Henry (J. Bharpe, quartermaster general of Iho war department. As the "rustler" i>f supplies for the nrmy he has n man "Ir.eil Jvery ablc-bodVd male do something laeful during the war. IAPANESE "CURIOS" SEIZED British Authorities Block German Trick to Get Copper and Rubber. Liverpool. ? In demanding tho con tention of certain shipments of "cu ?los" from Japan to Sweden, the government attorney read the followi ng letter In the prize court sent by i Hamburg curio firm to a dealer In fapan : "We would like to obtain large pianttttes of very heavy copper and bronze vases, animals, etc. It Is es sential that the objects be very cheap, ' but we lay no Importance to their con dition, execution, eU\ You can send us the roughest and most faulty speci mens. The articles must be massive tnd not hollow, and must have the appearance of curios. If you can ship ten to twenty tons monthly as curios lo Sweden, we shall be glad to have you quote lowest price. You might ilso arrange to pack the cases with raw rubber so works of art won't dam !?ge. Aluminum objects of art also In terest us." Pointed Finger Held Burglar. Fremont, O. ? "Stay right where you are or I'll shoot," said C. L. Karschner, pointing bis linger at Cy Williams, aud the latter did Just as he was told to do, and ns n result he Is confined to the city prison chnrged with burglary. Karschner and Will J. Moore, In passing the latter's saloon on Arch street late In the evening, ob served Williams prowling urouud on the inside - . ? MONEY TO LOAN. During the summer months when business is not rushing is the best ime to secure your money needs for he coming year. 1 can lend you one-half of apprais ed value of your cleared land on 5 years time with interest at 5 per :ent, payable semi-annually. Or I can lend you this money on 20 years time on the amortization plan; in other words on the same plan as the Government Land Hank Loan. This money is available at any time. See me and learn details and ar range for your loan right away. F. H. BROOKS, Smithficld, N. S. PLACE VOIR ORDER NOW FOR Tobacco Flues. Cotter Hardware Co., Smithfield, N. C. SEEK ANTIDOTE FOR SUBMARINE Inventors Strive for Means to Rid Sea of Menace to Shipping. EARLY ACTION IN AMERICA Thousands of Letters Received by Boards of Inventions in England and United States but Few Practical Ideas Advanced. ? London. ? The New York Ilerald's naval correspondent writes : A development of the war which will receive special attention from the his torlnn Is fnat which Is connected with the mobilizing of Inventions for fight ing purposes. In Oermany science was harnessed to the (Moloch of destruc tion before hostilities began, und nil the resources of technical knowledge were brought to bear for the purpose of devising new methods of killing. It was the use by the Huns of poison gas and similar contrivances which awak ened the allies to the necessity for mobilizing Inventions and the imagi native enterprise of thoughtful men and painstaking Investigators. As a result there were established In France and England boards of In vention connected with the naval and military departments, for the exami nation and trial of such plans nnd pro posals as seemed to be of value. By these measures the flow of Invention was directed to <*hannels from which It was hoped might issue a provision of new weapons and new kinds of mu nitions helpful to the forces by land and sea. Early Action by America. With ready forethought America, while yet at pence, provided her own bureau of Invention. She should be,? therefore, more ready to utilize her natural Inventive Renins now that she has become a participant In the war. It Is comparatively easy to find men of expert judgment and experience to Inquire Into or advise upon the feas ibility of Rcheines and proposals, many of which are only rough hewn but may contain the germ of Improvements; but what Is less simple Is to detach Mid detail the rlcbt kind or officers From the naval and military services to carry forward the work of experiment and Investigation to a point of useful ness. Just at present the attention of In ventors Is directed particularly toward finding an antidote for the submarine. It Is said that the consulting board of the United States navy received In one week more than two thousand letters, each containing what tho writer be lieved to be a solution of the subma rine menace. . How many letters the British board of inventions hqs re ceived on this subject has not been made public, and yet It Is manifest that 10 de\lce has been discovered the prac tical application of which is an assured success. The explanation of this un satisfactory state of affairs seems to rest mainly In the Inability of the In ventor to grasp rightly the factors In the problem. The principal obstacle to effective dealing with the U-boat is Its Invisibil ity, Its quality of submersion for n considerable length of time, during which It can travel comparatively long distances under water and change its position \vithofit discovery by the watchers on tbe surface. It Is true that It must come up at times to re charge Its electric accumulators or to give Its crew fresh air. It must more often put Its periscope above water, and the circumstances In which Its at tack is made may oblige it to emerge for the purpose of bringing Its gun into action. The Real Solution. In these conditions It may be treated as a surface boat, and proposals for dealing with It, whether from the air or the sea, have already attained a high degree of efficiency. Again, where the U-boat is forced to operate or to reach the scene of its activity through narrow channels or constrict ed waters, the value of nets and mines ns a deterrent has, as official records show, been proved up to u point. Nevertheless, to overcome tho sub marine, It Is not sufficient to be able to obstruct Its passage in certain limited areas, or merely to be prepared to deal with it during Its brief intervals of ITALIANS BUILD FINE ROADS IN ALBANIA Rome. ? Thanks to Italo-Aus- ? tiian rivalry, after the wur Al banlu will have the best system ' of wagon roads of any lialkan , state, (5ree< o and Uounmnla In- J eluded. ? A few days ago a new road, J !.">*) kilometers long, connecting ? Santl Quarantn with Salonlkl, \ was opened to the public. The ? road Is a monument to Italian labor and ei.^ineerlng. Over 300 kilometers lie through high mountains and deep gorges. A motor car own cover the distance l itwe? n tlio two cities in ; 'jout 20 hours. In a few days a new piece of road, 110 kilometers long, will be opened to the public and will connwc' Avion a, on the Agnatic, with Salonlkl. Billions of Dollars That heretofore have been stored away in vaults and safety deposit boxes are being taken from hiding and loaned to our Allies in this war. _ ? The Vast Sum Will not be spent out of the country. It will be spent here for foodstuffs and the thousand and one other supplies that must be sold to our Allies for the support of their armies and civil population. The articles must be raised axid made in this country, by our own people. Millions of Americans Will be employed in this work, with factories rilnning over time and farmers utilizing every hour of the day light. Much of that money will even find its way right into our own local community, and every citizen will be proportionately benefited. _ Shrewd Merchant Will heed the doctrine of commercial preparedness, and will begin now to advertise his wares in this paper, for ft is a self evident fact that the spender will go to the merchant who makes the most attractive bid for his business, whether that merchant be local or foreign. Keep it at Home If the merchants of Smithfield and other Johnston County towns want the money that is sent to the mail order houses they must go after it with the same vim and vigor that the mail order houses do. They know the value of Advertising. 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