Haig's Fliers Account for Three
Times the Number Lost
Since Offensive Kenan.
BOMBS DROPPED BY TONS.
And a Million Hounds of Ammu
nition Fired at Ground Tar
gets by British Airmen.
NEW POWER FOR DEFENSE
German Aerial Force on the
Somnie Has Been Distinct
ly Outclassed.
(New York Times.)
London, April 6? From authorita
tive sources The New York Times cor
respondent learns that the possibili
ties of aircraft in defense have been
considerably developed in the present
battle in France. The machine Run
ning of troops on the ground and the
bombing of railheads, junctions, etc.,
have been carried further than ever
before.
It is difficult to estimate the re
sults really obtained, but something
can be learned by questioning pris
oners. What has been learned in this
way is distinctly satisfactory.
Low flying aircraft cannot be dealt
with by other aircraft. They have to
be dealt with by infantry or artillery
from the ground. An infantry attack
cannot be held up by irirplanes, how
ever numerous, but its impetus can be
reduced to a certain extent.
To talk of the line being held by
airplanes, ah has lately been done, is
not justified by the facts, and gives
the infantry, who do hold the line,
some reason for complaint. During
the period from March 20-21 down to
April 3-4, the British brought down
at the front 240 German airplanes and
drove down 123 out of control.
The former are all machines which
have been uctually seen lying broken
on the ground or in flames in the air.
The latter include those which by fall
ing through a cloud or from some
other reason were lost sight of by
the airmen. They undoubtedly include
many which .crashed to the ground.
During the same period the British
had 123 machines missing.
Excluding the bombs drop|>ed in
raids on Germany, British aircraft
dropped during the same period
179 1-4 tons of bombs by day and 151
tons by night, a total of 300 1-4 tons.
They also in the same period fired
1,139,525 rounds of ammunition from
machine guns upon ground targets.
When it is remembered that in or
der to fire upon ground targets the
airplane has to take a special dive
and in each dive fires only ten or
twelve rounds perhaps, some idea can
be formed of the enormous amount
of work represented by these fighters.
The maximum number of rounds fired
at ground targets in a single day was
250,000 and in a single night 63,000.
The maximum weight of l>ombs drop
ped during a single day, was 31 tons,
and in a single night 27 3-4 tons.
In a single day one British brigade
captured 22 German airplanes and
drove down seven. The air authori
ties dislike such phrases as "mas
tery of the air." In their opinion such
mastery is not obtained while any
enemy ariplanes are left in the air,
because if even one is left a good pil
ot can do a good deal with it.
It would, however, be the truth to
say that the British airplanes on the
battlefront possessess at the present
time a marked local predominance,
show greater efficiency than the ene
my, and are capable of performing
more work.
The war will never be won in the
air in the sense of being won by air
craft alone, but the importance of the
aerial arm in conjunction with the
other arms of the British fighting
forces is steadily growing.
Last month's long-distance bombing
raids comprised thirteen British raids
on German towns and only one Ger
man raid upon London.
Farmers Doing Wronjj.
One thing we find wronjj, that too
many of the farmers still persist in
doing: and this is burning stalks and
grass. We still have many who think
fire is the first thing to use in the
spring. We actually saw a negro
tenant burning grass off the terraces.
Our farmers talk of learning from ex
perience, and from "doing the actual
farming," it is strange that they can
not learn that nothing should be burn
ed that will rot. We regret it every
time we see one burning either com
or cotton stalks. Many have quit
burning cotton stalks, but still per
sist in raking up the com stalks and
setting fire to them. ? Southern Cul
tivator.
The name of General Ferdinand
Foch, the head of all the Allied Ar
mies, is pronounced as though it
rhymed with "bosh."
'HIGH SPOTS IN AMERICA'S
FIRST YEAR OF WAR
(Charlotte Observer.)
April 6, 1917 ? America declares a
state of war with Germany.
April 8. ? Austria severs relations
with United States.
April 20. ? Turkey severs relations
with United States.
May 4. ? First batch of American
destroyers begin co-operation with
British in submarine zone.
May 18. ? Woodrow Wilson signs
selective service act.
June 15. ? Subscriptions close for
first Liberty loan; two billions offered
and over three billion subscribed.
June 26. ? First large force of
American troops lands in France.
July 20. ? Drawing at Washington
of names for first selective service
army.
August 10. ? Food and fuel control
bill is passed.
August 27. ? President Wilson re
plies to the Pope's peace proposals.
October 27. ? Subscriptions close for
second Liberty loan. Three billions
offered; $4,617,5.*52,300 sub/rribed.
November 3. First clash of Amer
can with German soldiers.
November 29. ? First session of in
terallied conference at Paris, Col. E.
M. House heading American delega
tion.
December 5. ? Wilson asks that war
be declared upon Austria.
December 0. ? Destroyer Jncob
Jones sunk by German submarine
with loss of more than 40 Americans.
December 7. ? War declared on Aus
tria.
December 26. ? Wilson issues proc
lamation taking over all the railroads
in the country and names W. (J. Mc
Adoo as director general.
January J?, 1918. ? America avia
tors drop bombs on German lines in
retaliation for bombing which killed
two Ameiican wood-cutters.
January 7. ? United States supreme
court upholds constitutionality of se
lective servicc act.
January 8. ? President Wilson ad
dresses Congress, giving outline of
peace aims. ?
January 16. ? Fuel Administrator
Harry Garfield issues his "workloss
day" order.
Janunry .11.? Announcement is
made that American troops are occu
pying first line trenches.
February 3.? Official announcement
that Americans are on the Lorraine
front.
February >r?. ? Tuscania, carrying
Americnn troops, is torpedoed, with
82 known dead and 216- unaccounted
for.
February 9. ? American prisoners
taken by Germans during raids on
first line trenches.
February 11. ? President Wilson ad
dresses Congress on peace nims, re
plying to (ierman and Austrian chan
cellors.
March 1. ? Bill appropriating $.r>0,
000,000 for housing shipbuilders be
comes law.
Barch 5. ? President reorganizes
war industries board and makes B. M.
Baruch chairman with vast powers.
March 11. ? President Wilson sends
reassuring message to Russian soviets.
March 14. ? Senate adopts confer
ence report on Administration rail
road bill which provides revolving
fund of half-billion dollars for gov
ernment operation of roads.
March 21. ? Germany starts great
west front drive.
April 6.- Uncle Sam has about half
million soldiers in France, constitut
ing the greatest force ever transport
ed such a distance, task being made
infinitely harder by dangers of sub
marines. For his war purposes has
constructed over 600 miles of rail
roads in France, with vast warehouses,
piers, docks, switching yards etc. Has
a big fleet of destroyers co-operating
with the British and French fleets
and since the war began has built
and put into commission large fleet
of submarine chasers. Has contribut
ed vast amounts of wheat, meat, fat
and sugar for the food of the r.llies
and has extended credits \o them
totalling $4,949,400,000.
But this is only the beginning. The
giant has only just begun to put
forth his strength in men, ships, mun
itions and money.
2r?0,000 RUSSIAN REFUGEES.
Gathered in Eastern Ukraine to Es
cape German Troops.
Londan, April 6 ? More than 250,000
refugees form the regions taken from
Russia by Germany are seeking safe
ty from the German troops on the
eastern frontiers of the Ukraine. The
Russian Government, according to a
wireless statement issued Friday, has
notified the German Government that
since the conclusion of peace the sit
uation has become intolerable, and
the jefugees have concentrated on the
frontiers of the provinces of Smo
lensk, Vitebsk, and Mohiley.
The Russian Government says it
proposes to open the frontiers for
these refugees until their definite fate
is settled.
I
PROGRESS IN WAR SAVINGS.
North Carolina Sold Over Two Mil
lion Dollara of Stamp*. Sale
Kqualii $1.00 Per Capita. Poat
olfice* Gain Sale of a Million I)ol.
lara.
Winston-Salem, April 10. ? North
Carolina has reached her first mile
stone in the War Savings Campaign,
announced State Headquarter* here
today. The amount of her sales for
the month of March shows that she
has sold at least $1 per capita. Her
postoffice sales for March were $1,
546,469, present, value, or $1,780,875
maturity value. Her bank sales were
$458,275, maturity value, making a
total sale of $2,329,830.
The amount of sales by the post
offices in March, according to a state
ment from headquarters, has been ov
er $1, (XX), 000 more than the total sales
for December, January and February.
The reports made by the postoffices to
Headquarters show that these agen
cies have been unusually active during
the past month.
The postoffice at Washington re
ported $25,000 from the sale of
Thrift and War Savings Stamps for
March, The postoffie at I^exington re
ported $23,222; Waynesville's post
office reported $21,214.25; Marion $15,
264.50; Warrenton $15,001 94; Con
cord $12,584.93; Murphy $9,384.25;
and Trenton $7,645. These reports in
clude the postoffice sales for the coun
ties which they represent and not for
the individual towns.
A sale of $1 per capita, as was ex
plained at State Headquarters today,
does not represent all the activities of
the Campaign or what it has yet ac
complished. The amount of pledges
taken up to this time amount to sev
eral millions of dollars. The amounts
subscribed through the Limit Club
Members alone is over $2,000,000.
While one million dollars shows a
healthy increase, State Headquarters
says that the increase must be still
greater if North Carolina goes "over
the top" this year.
SEAPLANES PLAY HAVOC
AMONG SUBMARINES.
British Admiralty Describes Ten
Cases Where Airmen Recently
Sank I'-Boats With Bombs.
London, April (5 ? Details concern
ing the destruction recently of ton
German submarines by a naval air
craft, eight by seaplanes and the oth
ers by dirigibles, have been obtained
by the Associated Press from Admir
alty reports. The first case is describ
ed as follows:
"While on patrol in the English
Channel a seaplane sighted a subma
rine eight miles away, directly in the
path of an oncoming envoy of mer
chant ships. The seaplanes dive at
ninety miles an hour. The sub
Riar;ne attempted to escape by sub
merging, but was just awash as the
plane reached a bombing po
sition anil released two bombs,
which exploded on the conning tower
of the U-boat. The seaplane dropped
two more bombs into the midst of the
bubbles from the collapsed subma
rine, which was of the largest type,
carrying two guns."
The second case: "At dawn a sea
plane sighted a large submarine on
the surface, with a member of crew
standing by the gun. The seaplane
dropped a bomb on the tail of the U
boat and afterward photographed the
sinking submarine, with a big hole in
its deck. A second bomb was
dropped close to the submarine's bow
and the U-Boat collapsed."
The third case: "Two seaplanes at
tacked a large submarine traveling
on the surface at fourteen knots, with
two men in the coming tower. A
bomb was exploded close to the con
ning tower, and the submarine began
to sink stern first. A bomb from a
second seaplane completed the work."
The fourth ease "Three patrol
planes sighted a Jarge submarine as
it was submerging and dropped two
bombs close to the conning tower,
causing the submarine to turn tur
tle and disappear in a mass of oil and
wreckage." ? New York Times.
Pick a Place in the Sun.
The ideal exposure for the parden
is a slipht slope to the south or
southeast. This protects it from the
cold north winds of early sprinp while
at the same time affording, pood na
tural drainape. Of course not ever
pardner can And such a spot for his
parden. Natural protection afforded
by buildinps, wind-breaks, fences, etc.
should, however, be considered in pick
inp out the pardon spot. A pood fence
or wind-break may mean a difference
of a week or ten days in pettinp the
fall and winter crops into the pround.
? F. F. F. Rockwell.
Men who cannot rend and write can
not enter the United States Nrvy.
Let us be of pood cheer, remember
in,? that the misfortunes hardest to
bear are those which never come. ?
J. R. Lowell.
Within YOUR
GRASP
You hold the opportunity today to crush out
Junkerism and forever rid the world of the terrorism
of the Prussian War Lord.
Your money would be of little use to you if the
Germans should win the war abroad and come
over here to complete their work of world subjuga
tion.
Let us not falter or count the cost, for in the
freedom of the world lies our only safety , and the
preservation of our American Liberties and
institutions.
Go to Your Bank TODAY and
BUY
Liberty Bonds
AND LAY THEM AWAY
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for $18.75 per ton cash, analysis and
quality guaranteed. Farmers Mer
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JUST RECEIVED A BIG LOT OF
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WE HAVE THE JOHN DEERE
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WE HAVE THE JOHN DEERE
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JUST RECEIVED A BIG LOT OF
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URING 1917 we sold 2900 City
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