GERMANY SCORES ON WATER.
Two British I)estro>ers Sunk. Ger
many Has Four or Fiv? Zeppelins
Shot Down in French Territory.
Many Persons Killed and Injured in
A Raid Over England. Russian
Fleet Caught in Waters Around
Riga
Germany scored on the water in
Saturday's news developments, which
recorded the breaking up a merchant
convoy" in the North Sea by raiding
cruisers that sank two British des
troyers and nine of the twelve, con
voyed ships. She suffered little less
than a disaster in the air, however,
when four and probably five Zeppelin
airships believed to be returning from
a raid on ^England were brought
down in French territory by airplane
and anti-aircraft gun fire.
The sea tragedy cost the British
the lives of 135 of the officers and
men on the destroyers who were left
to their fate by the German raiders
in their haste to escape, as were the
crews of the sinking merchantmen.
About one hundred of the merchant
sailors, however, ate known to have
Reached the shore in boats or on Brit
ish patrol craft. All but three of the
trading ships were of Scandinavian
nationality, most of them apparently
being small vessels.
The character of the raiding war
ships is not exactly apparent. The
British admiralty describes them as
very fast and heavily armed, while
Berlin in its report refers to them as
"light sea fighting forces." They es
caped the vigilance of the British
guardships under cover of darkness
both on their outward and homeward
trips.
The story of Germany's reserve in
the air began with the account of a
* raid on England last night in which
the bombs the Zeppelins dropped
killed twenty-seven persons and in
jured fifty-three others. Reports soon
began to be received, however, of
Zeppelins being brought down in
France. These were at first supposed
to belong to an independent raiding
fleet. Dispatches from France late in
the day, however, declared them to be
the raiders returning from England.
They had appeared over French ter
ritory, it was stated, and were scat
tered to various parts of the country
as the alarm went out and the French
airmen rose in swarms to attack them.
If, as appears from the dispatches
these were the airships which raided
p]ngland, their struggle to get over
German territory was a long and
desperate one, for those brought down
were far from the sea when they fell.
One of them was chased through sev
eral districts of Central France be
fore being finally disposed of. The
fact that none of them dropped any
bombs in France seems to indicate
that they had exhausted their supply
previously.
The situation of the minor Russian
fleet which was caught by the Ger
mans in the waters around the Gulf
of Riga is apparently a desperate
one. The Germans have sown mines
south of Moon Sound to block an
. exit to the Rusians there while they
are closing the route to the north by
their operations for taking possession
of Dago Island, which Berlin reports
say arc proceeding according to the
German plan.
On the western fighting front the
artillery battles are continued both
in Flanders and in Aisne region but
no infantry operations of moment are
reported. In none of the other war
areas either, has the operations been
of a nature to command especial at
tention. ? Associated Press Summary
of Saturday.
Johnston County Association to Meet.
The Johnston County Baptist Asso
ciation will meet one week from to
morrow on Wednesday, October 31st,
at Corinth church in the northern
part of this county. This is the most
important general meeting of the
Baptists for the year and it is ex
pected a large number of their repre
sentative people will attend. Each of
their churches is entitled to five dele
pates. We arc informed that business
of unusual importance will be before
the coming session.
The government forecast of the
first war crop of potatoes is 452,000,
000 bushels, an increase of 100,000,
000 bushels over last year, according
to announcement made last week by
L. D. Sweet, head of the potato di
vision of the United States food ad
ministration in New York.
A SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY DAY.
Interesting Program Carried Out at
Siuithfield Methodist Church ' Last
Sunday With li>5 Present. Patriot
ism Intensively Dramatized in Word
and In Song.
(By G. T. W.)
Sunday morning: Rally Day was ob
served at the Mcthodst Sunday school
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by giving a beautiful program, "Flags
of Freedom." An appropriate souve
nir, a celluloid flag, was given to each
one present. The attendance was 195
with several visitors. We were glad
to have the visitors and hope that
they will come again next Sunday.
They will be welcome as regular pu
pils.
Soirfe alert observers of Mr. Cole's
class reported conditions as found in
the community and in the Ration. The
following participated by giving re
ports in scout-like manner: Ever
ett Thornton, Lyndon Jordan, Solon
Cotton, Dwight Johnson, Marvin
Woodall, and Jesse Capps.
Mr. Dan Sellers, aged fi5, was the
oldest person present, and the young
est was Ralph Ellis, age 13 months,
who was presented a flower.
After a short intermission, the
classes formed in line and marched
into the church to continue the rally
day exercises through the hour for
regular preaching services The Prima
ry Department led, followed by the
Intermediate Department, the Juniors,
Philatheas, Baracas, men and women.
It was an inspiring sight ? a child
shall lead them ? and fathers and
mothers attending the school for the
study of the Word of God.
Mr. A. M. Noble whose topic was
"The Day We Celebrate," told about
the nation-wide Luther Celebration,
and the Protestant Reformation. The
rest of the program follows:
Prayer ? Mr. Cotton.
Reading from Luther's Favorite
Psalms, by Mr. Cotton.
Hymn, by Congregation.
Reading of "The Present Crisis," by
Mrs. T. J. Lassiter.
Song, by the congregation.
Offering for Sunday school exten
sion work.
Landing of Pilgrim Fathers, by
Marvin Woodall.
Song, by the congregation, "My
Country, 'Tis of Thee."
Song, by the Choir, "Our Flag."
Recitation, by Hugh Fuller, "Our
Country "
Song, by the Choir, "My Native
Land."
Liberty, Thelma Peedin.
Japan, Margaret LeMay.
China, Lucile Cotter.
India, Annie Harper.
South America, Mamie Peterson.
America, Jean Abell.
Recitation, by Miss Erma Stevens,
"The American Flag." x
Pledge to American Flag ? I pledge
allegiance to my flag and to the re
public for which it stands ? one na
tion indivisible, with liberty and jus
tice to all.
Pledge to Christian flag ? I pledge
allegiance to my flag and to the Sa
viour for whose kingdom it stands ?
one brotherhood uniting all mankind
in service and love.
Closing F.ong, by all the congrega
tion: "The Star-Spangled Banner."
The costumes worn by the young
ladies representing citizens of coun
tries were very striking and with the
flags of these nations made a lasting
impression. The idea running through
the exercises is freedom in religion.
The exercises were well rendered
and each person taking part in them
did well. Special thanks are dye Miss
Bettie Lee Sandrs, Mrs. T. J. Lassi
ter, and Mrs. L. T. Royall for the
splendid training given those taking
part in the program. The exercises
will be long remembered for the vital
impressions left with us.
Another remarkable feature of rally
day was the reading in the Baraca
class of its Roll of Honor ? the names
of sixteen young men, members of
class or church or both. The list of
men with the colors follows:
Roy Bailey, Leon W. Bailey, Dr.
Thel Hooks, Bernice L. Jones, Ira W.
Medlin, Oliver Rand, Oscar R. Rand,
Jr., Walter R. Rand, E. P. Ruekman,
Luther T. Pierce, Chester L. Stephen
son, George R. Sanders, Ben F. Wel
lons, Ira C. Whitley, Hunter Woodall
and Percy H. Youngblood.
Two men held up an express mes
senger on a train near Dyerburp,
Tenn., Friday ard secured about $12,
000 in currency and made their es
cape.
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AMERICAN TRANSPORT SUNK.
70 Lives Are Lost As Ship Is Torpe
doed. Transport Antilles, Former
Morgan Liner, on Homeward Jour
ney When Attacked. It Was Being
Convoyed. AH Naval and Army Of
ficers Aboard Saved. Tljree Ship's
Officers yerish.
Washington, Oct. l!?.yThe Ameri
can army transport Antilles, home
ward bound under convoy, was tor
pedoed and sunk by a German sub
marine in the war zone Wednesday.
About 70 men are missing and prob
ably are lost.
All the army and navy officers
aboard and the ship's master were
among the 1(37 survivors. The missing
are members of the crew, three civil
ian engineers, some enlisted men of
the navy and 1(5 of 133 soldiers re
turning home for various reasons.
Neither the submarine nor the torpedo
was seen and the transport, hit
squarely amidships, sank in five min
utes.
Th is tragedy of the sea, the first in
which an American ship engaged in
war duty has been lost, is the first of
its magnitude to bring home to the
people of the United States the rigors
of the war in which they have engag
ed against Germany. It carries the
largest casualty list of the war, so far,
of American lives, and marks the first
success of German submarine attacks
on American transports.
That the loss of life was not great
er is duo to the safeguards with
which the navy has surrounded the
transport service and the quick rescue
work of the convoying warships.
Secretary Daniels announced the
disaster tonight in a statement based
upon a brief dispatch from Vide
Admiral Sims, which gave few details
and did not say whether it was a
day or night attack. An accurate list
of the missing cannot be issued until
General Pershing reports 'the names
of the army men on the vessel, and
the list of the merchant crew.
COAST LINE CLERKS ON STRIKE.
Thirty-Six Men at Goldsboro, T arbor?,
Wilson and Fayetteville Join Move
ment. 45 Out at Jacksonville. Five
More Join Strikers at Rocky Mount.
Rocky Mount, Oct. 19. ? Thirty-six
clerks of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad Company at Goldsboro, Wil
son, Tr.rboro and Fayetteville have
walked out in sympathy with similar
strikes at Richmond, Jacksonville and
Rocky Mount. At Goldsboro six walk
ed out; Wilson 15; Tarboro G, and at
Fayetteville nine went on strike.
These clerks walked out today at
noon.
The number of clerks now on strike
at Rocky Mount as stated by a rep
resentative of the clerks' organiza
tion here is 17. This representative
also says that others at Rocky
Mount are expected to follow suit
within the next 24 hours.
The clerks demand recognition of
their union, the Brotherhood of Rail
way Clerks, ;?nd the reinstatement of
the dismissed employes. The first
action was taken at Richmond when
46 walked out. This followed by 12
more at Rocky Mount yesterday and
45 at Jacksonville and 3f> from these
four towns went on strike today.
A representative of the clerks here 1
says that clerks at many other places
on the Atlantic "Coast Line are ex
pected to pro on strike beginning to
morrow. No serious tie-up has result
ed in the departments affccted at
Rocky Mount so far. At a late hoar
tonight no settlement of the contro
versy was in sight. Officials of the
road here have not issued any state
ment.
Fayetteville, Oct. 19. ? In sympathy
with the general strike of clerks on
the Atlantic Coast Line system all
freight clerks at this point with the
exception of two walked out today.
The two who did not strike were the
chief clerk and cashier.
Jacksonville, Fin., Oct 19. ? Forty
five clerks employed in officers of the
Atlantic Coast Line Railway here,
went on strike this morning in sym
pathy with clerks of the same line ,
who walked out several days ago in
Richmond. The clerks are demanding
a recognition of their union and the ,
reinstatement of one of their number
who yesterday lost his position.
Among the few English words that
contain the vowels in their reverse
order are uncomplimentary and un
noticoably.
THK JOHNSTON COUNTY FAIR.
November 7th. 8th. and Hth is "Show
OK Day" for the Johnston
County Folks.
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There will be a parade every day
at eleven o'clock. It will start from
the Court House and end up in the
Fair grounds. A real band will head
the procession. All those who can are
asked to take part. At least
floats are expected.
The different clubs are asked \o
meet at the Court House to organize
in groups for the parade, at 9 o'clock
on the 7th. This applies especially to
the corn, pig, poultry and calf clubs.
The farmers and the city folks alike
are asked to have a float, educational
or comical, in the line-up. The best
float gets ten dollars. Mr. E. J. Wel
lons is the man to see about them in
order to avoid repetition. Contrast is
wanted. For instance, two men may
co-operate, one drive the poorest and
ugliest mule to the most dedapidated
vehicle in the county and the other
drive the fattest and best looking
mule in the county to the up-to-date
rig and label them "Then" and "now."
The same might be done with other
animals or farm produce.
All the exhibitors will get passes to
the Fair grounds. All the club mem
bers, not exhibitors, in groups will
get in for fifteen cents, school chil
dren included.
This is the time of the year when
ali the Johnston County farmers are
expected to come to the front. This
they can do by picking out the best
livestock or produce on the farm;
spruce up, put up a lunch and bring
the farm to the County Fair for at
least one day, the day of the big pa
rade, 7th, to show the other folks a
thing or two and to get that cotton
kink out of their baclfs. Come.
THE LIBERTY LOAN.
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Attention, people of North Caroli
na! Open hearts! March!
Your President has called on you.
Your Governor has appealed to you.
Your boys, soon to be in the trenches,
are turning wistful eyes to you. They
bear your names; shall they not in
their equipment bear abroad unequal
ert evidence of your love ?
Open pocket-books! Double time!
March!
The winters in France are cold; are
you willing for these plucky boys to
bhiver for lack of dollars to be con
verted into wool and warmth? Your
table knows no lack; can you stand
for your own sons abroad to have less
abundance? Our boys have to shoot;
are you willing for them to fire with
obsolete guns? Artillery paves the
way for every infantry attack and
savtes an untold number of lives; shall
our Tarheel lads have to rush into
battle without the protective barrage
of thousands- of splendid guns and
well-timed shells? Flying machines
reveal enemy plans ajid guide every
movement of our arms; shall they not
be so gladly and generously furnished
that they will hover like a protective
cloud over the sons of our homes?
Brave men will drop from wounds
and sickness; shall they perish for
lack of hospitals equipped with every
healing art to nurse them back to
robustness? Crossing the ocean is
dangerous unless convqys encompass
the transports; shall attending con
voys not be multiplied until our troop
ships sail through guarded lanes?
To supply this clothing, food, guns,
cannon, hospitals, flying-machines,
ships, money, money, money is quick
ly needed. Let us not love our dollars
more than our boys. Let us out of
our abundance or out of our sacrifice
provide aq equipment worthy of the
magnificent manhood and proud an
nals of our loved country. Act this
hour.
Grasp pens! Draw checks! March!
Joseph G. Brown, Raleigh; Alan T.
Bowler, Raleigh; Chas. E. Johnson,
Raleigh; Dr. D. H. Hill, Raleigh;
H. M. Victor, Charlotte; L. L. Jenkins,
Asheville; E. P. Wharton, Greens
boro; W. S .Blakcney, Monroe; W. E.
Borden, Goldsboro; A. M. Dumay,
Washington; W. A. Hunt, Henderson;
J. Elwood Cox, High Point; B. S. Jer
njan, Raleigh; E. C. Duncan, Rafeigh;
T. B. Crowder, Raleigh; J. A. Gray,
Jr., Winston-Salem; Geo. A. Holder
ness, Tarboro; J. V. Grainger, Wil
mington; J. C. Braswell, Rocky
Mount; W. L. Marshall, Wadesboro;
J. B. Blades, New Bern; W. G. Gaith
er, Elizabeth City; J. F. Wiley, Dur
ham ? Central Committee for North
Carolina.
NEW PRESIDENT STATE FAIR.
Mr. (. harles W. Home, of Clayton,
I nanimously Chosen to Succeed
Mr. K. C). Everett. Mr. Home's
Father Was President State Fair.
The North. Carolina Agricultural
Society at its ;n?nual meeting in Ral
eigh Thursday night elected Mr.
Charles W. Home, of Clayton, to
succeed R. O. Everett, of Durham, as
President of the State Fair. Mr.
Home was placed in nomination by
Mr. W. M. Sanders, of Smithfield, and
seconded by Mr. Carey J. Hunter, of
Raleigh.
Mr. Home's father, the late Ashley
Home, was President of the State
Fair in 1915, when President Roose
velt was the guest cf honor at the
Fair.
The people of Johnston County are
greatly pleastd that on- cf their
sons has been honored in this way,
and we m.iy expect a great Fair next
year, one that will surpass any if the
past.
MR. STUCK EY (JETS GOOD JOB.
Johnston County Hoy >\ho Worked
His Way Through Schools Goes
To Tennessee at Good Salary.
Chapel Hill, N. C., Oct. 20.? The
pcopl ? of Smithfield and Johnston
County will bo glad to learn that Mr.
Jasper Stuckey, a graduate of Tur
lington Graded School, and a senior
in the University of North Carolina,
has accepted a position as Superin
tendent of a large limestone factory
at Bridgeport, Tennessee, at a salary,
of $1,500 per year.
Mr. Stuckey worked his way
through the high school at Smith
field, and has made practically all of
his expenses at the University. At the
beginning of his Junior year in col
lege he chose Geology as his life
work, and since that time he has
specialized in this field. The same
thoroughness and persistence which
has characterized his action since at
the age of twenty-one he entered the
hitfh school with the determination
of winning iiis way through college,
has been the outstanding feature of
his work in the University and ea.sily
marked him is the man best fitted to
accept the great opportunity which
came and to discharge the duties of
his office in a way which would be
creditable to himself and the Uni
versity which trained him.*
AT RALEIGH 12* YEARS AGO.
Fifty Thousand People Greeted Presi
dent Roosevelt at State Fair in 1905.
Johnston County Won Cash Prize
of One Hundred Dollars.
In locking over the files of The
Smithfield Herald for 1905, we came
across this interesting bit of news in
the issue of Octob- r 20, 1905:
"(Special to The Herald.)"
"Raleigh, N C.. Oct. 19. ? A rousing
greeting was extended President
Roosevelt here today by more than
fifty thousand people. The program
was carried out without a hitch.
The President made a speech char
acteristic of the man. His reference
to the bravery of Confederate soldiers
was warmly applauded. His speech
was principally on forest preserva
tion and railroad rate regulation.
After the speech he was the guest of
the Agricultural Society, eating
luncheon with the marshals and other
invited gucst3.
"The Fair is a good one and Presi
dent Horne is highly gratified over its
success. Johnston has again won the
cash prize of one hundred dollars for
the best county exhibit. Several of
our exhibits also won premiums."
We are publishing this extract from
The Herald of twelve years ago for
two reasons:
First, to remind the people that our
esteemed countryman, the late Ashley
Home, was President of the Fair at
that time.
Second, to call attentipn to the fact
that Johnston County's exhibit won
a cash prize f one hundred dollars
as the best ccunty exhibit at the
Fair that year This good exhibit was
due to the untiring efforts of Presi
dent Horne and Mr. Henderson Cole.
This year Johnston had no county
exhibit at the State Fair. Since anoth
er one of our countymen, Mr. Charles
W. Horne, is to be President next
year, let us start about it in time to
have a county exhibit that will sur
pass anything seen in Raleigh at the
next State Fair.
MEN JUMP FROM SINKING SHIP.
When Antilles Sank 40 or 50 Men
Sprang 50 Feet Into the Sea. All
Survivors Praise Captain and Gun
ners. Survivors Are Landed. Some
Cared lor at French Port Hotel and
Others Have bione to Paris.
A French Port, Oct. 21. ? Survivors
of the United State?; transport Antil
les, which was sunk hy a German
submarine last week while being con
voyed on her homeward trip by Amer
ican warships, were landed here to
day by auxiliary vessels and are be
ing cared for by the American con
sulate. Some of the men have been
hedged in local hotels and a few have
left for Paris.
The torpedo struck the ship at a
quarter to seven o'clock Wednesday
morning. Many of those on board
were killed in their berths and others
while dressing. The explosion killed
the engineers, oilers and mechanics
and those of the crew who were in
the bunks below.
All the survivors praise the cap
tion of the Antilles and the members
of the gun crew, who stuck to their
posts while the officers searched with
field glasses for the submarine until
the waves closed over the ship.
When the Antilles sank, 40 or 50
men were at the stern. Most of them
leaped f>0 feet or more into the sea
as the stern rose to a perpendicular
position and some were drawn down
by the section of the sinking vessel.
The submarine was not sighted
either before or after the explosion.
The sea was running high at the
time, making it difficult to save the
crew and pasengers. Some survivors,
clinging to debris, were in the water
an hour before they were sighted by
the life boats.
QREAT BIG DAY AT THE FAIR.
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Wednesday, November 7th, Educa
tional Day.
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Wednesday, November 7th, 1917, is
Educational Day for the Johnston
County Fair. It is the tirst day of
the Fair, and the best day of its kind,
for there is only one day like it. It
will be Educational Day for the old
and the ^oung. The Fair Associa
tion has made it possible to have
the greater majority of school chil
dren of Johnston County present on
that day and a special program of
amusement for the children, as well
vs the grown folks, has been arranged.
Attractive floats will be made to
represent the different schools, and
the children will form a line and pa
rade over to the grounds, keeping step
to the music from the famous Victor's
Band. Every school child will be ad
mitted into the Fair grounds on this
day for 15 cents, and all parents are
urged to come and bring their chil
dren, see what their children can do
and are doing in school, watch them
have a big time and enjoy it with
them. . .
So parents, forget your old age,
bundle up the kiddies and come to
the Fair on Wednesday, loosen up
your heart to the children and let
them go back home happy, and you'll
find that you yourself have had a big
ger time than you thought it possible
for "I'ffrents," and as for the chil
dren ? they will work harder, love you
better, and do more for yoti by this
little outing with them than ever be
fore.
- V AMERICAN NAVY HIT.
American Destroyer Torpedoed by
Submarine. One Man Killed.
An American destroyer on patrol
duty in the war zone was torpedoed
by an enemy submarine Tuesday and
had one man killed and five wounded.
The destroyer managed to make port
in spite of severe damage. Vice Ad
miral Sims cabled a brief report of
the incident to the Navy Depart
ment. He gave few details, but it is
assumed there was no fight and that
the U-boat made good her escape af
ter launching a torpedo without show
ing herself.
Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelly In
gram was the man killed. He was
blown overboard by the explosion and^,
his body was not recovered. His moth
er, Mrs. Betty Ingram, lives at
Pratt City, Ala. The wounded were
not seriously hurt.
Although American torpedo boat
destroyers have covered nearly a
million miles since the United
States entered the war, crossing the
ocean, convoying vessels and chatting
submarines, this is the first time one
has been successfully attacked.