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G 0 Y. 1 G. II. APPEAL CALLS ON PEOPLE OF STATE TO OBSERVE WEEK FOR BIG WAR WORK. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doing3 and Happenings That Mark the Progress of North Carolina Peo ple, Gathered Around the State Caplial. Raleigh. A proclamation was issued by Gov ernor Bickett setting aside the week of November 11-19, as Army Y. M. C. A. War Work Campaign Week, urging every citizen to contribute liberally to , this cause. North Carolina's allot ment for the campaign is $300,000. Al ready the state has been divided into districts and the wheels of organiza tion started in district, county and city in order that ther may be no lost mo tion when the campaign begins. The proclaniaion by Governor Bick ett reads: "The people of North Carolina have been called upon to contribute $300,- 000 to the national fund of $35,000,000 for the support of the Young Men's Christian Association in the work it is doing among our soldiers at home and abroad. "In view of the service being ren dered by the army and navy war work council for the moral and military ef ficiency of the soldiers and sailors of our country, in training camp and et the front, and among our allies in the great struggle for world-wide democ racy; "Now, therefore, I, Thomas Walter Bickett, Governor of North Carolina, do hereby set apart and proclaim No vember 11th to 19th, 1917, as Army Y. M. C. A. Wark Work Campaign Week. During this period 1 earnestly urge and request that every citizen do his duty by contributing liberally to this cause of sageuarding and giving hap piness to the nation's youth in arms. 1 especially urge all pastors and church leaders and members of churches of all denominations and of all creeds to co-operate in this cam paign. I also earnestly request that all people who are not members of any church, but who believe in the cause for which America is fighting, devote their best energies to this cam paign to the end that ?orth Carolina may do its full share of the work that must be done in order that the na tional fund may be raised." Bickett Visits Camp Sevier. Special from Camp Sevier, S. C Hon. Thomas Walter Bickett, governor of North Carolina, was the guest of North Carolina troops at this camp last Friday and Saturday. The gov ernor and his party were the guests of Brig. Gen. S. L. Faison, command ing the 60th infantry brigade, com posed of North Carolina troops, on a trip over the camp. At lunch the party was entertained by Col. W. S. Minor 120th infantry (3rd North Caro lina). Among others. Col. Minor's guests were Governor and Mrs. Bick ett, Gen. L. W. Young, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. C. P. Townsley, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. S. L. Faison, Brig. Gen and Mrs. I. D. Tyson, Brig. Gen. G. G. Gatley, Col. and Mrs. J Van B. Metts, Col. and Mrs. J. T. Gardner and Col. and Mrs. Albert L. Cox. At three o'clock the GOth Infantry brigade was reviewed by t?ie governor, the review being held on the infantry parade grounds. Immediately follow ing the review the governor spoke. Col. Albert L. Cox, commanding the 113th field artillery, formerly First North aroiina field artillery, entertain ed at dinner in honor of the governor. Thi.-? is the first visit the North aroiina chief executive has made to Camp Sevier and he planned to re man over Saturday. "The Russian collapse is the colos sal tragedy of ignorance " said Gov ernor Bickett of North Carolina. A newspaper correspondent asked Gov ernor Bickett, wh ohad on several oc casions said he believed the war wou'd end in the autmn of 1918, if he etill believed the war woul dend next year. "I think that I am, by all the laws of logic, entitled to a rehearing on , that question," he said. "At that time I had not anticipated the total col lapse of Russ'an military power. This revolution, which means the collapse of Russia, is the colossal tragedy of ignorance. They are destroying the very thing they a!k for nracr What peace can they have with Germany? What value is a peace with G"r!nan? The Gsrman rosild eo info P;i-ia any niorning'before- br.3kfat nul rl'-an them up, which they wiH have don had it. not been tor the allies. Red Cress Seals Are Ready. '$0 000 Wcrth of Red Cross Seals, For the-reason that Christmas -pack-1 v,rth Caro!inn will he exported to ets must be. sent by the lied Onm ,i-,tll ?4( ooo worth of Rod Cross Christ chapter to the soldi ts not latr thonjmas sfals this year in the program November 15, and asain for the reason of the American Red Cross and Na that every parke-t will be expected to j tional Tuberculosis Association to carry one or more Christmas mesajjes I treMe the total of sales for the nation through Red Cross Chrietmas seals, 1 recorded last Chitetmas. It is plan the sale of seals was allowed to bc?in!ned to sell $3,Cr0,0i0 worth of stamps me sale or seats was allowed to hc?ined to sell ?3,Cr'0,(M0 worth of this year November 6. Thi was the with which to mee the dema order of Dr .L. B. McBrayer. exeeutl'j anti-tuberculosis agencies !n secretary of the etate Red Cross sr Vion. he year before the to commission, to a!l agents or chainf mf Jcwflt Red Cr? committ Nerh Carolina Day, Dec. IV North Carolina day will be cele braieu this year in the public schools of the state on December 14. The state superintendent of public instruction is hard at work on the pro great patriotitc delegation in each great patriotic celegratioh in each public schoolhouse of the state for the stimulation of thrift, conservation, and patriotic service among the chil dren and among all the people of the. community, and for the general dis semination of information abcut the great state and national movements for thrift, conservation, and patriot ism, and the reasons therefor, and the aims and purposes thereof. The entire program will be built around the three ideas of thrift, con servation, and patriotism. The slogan of the program will be "To make, to save, to serve." The active co-operation of all patriotic organizations of the state and county the food con servation boards, councils of defense, the Rod Cross, etc., with the educa tional forces in each county and school district, will be enlisted for making North Carolina Day a power ful agency this year for the promotion and advancement of the patriotic pur poses for which all of these organiza tions are unselfishly working. The chairman of the state council of defense, the secretary of the state historical commission, and the state food administrator, are co-operating with the state superintendent of pub lic instruction and the, state depart ment of education in the preparation of the program. In such a celebration of North Carolina Day at every public school house the logical and social center of every community with the active and sympathetic co-operation of all the educational and patriotic organ izations of state, county and com munity can be reached a splendid climax to the activities of the past months for the promotion of thrift, conservation, and patriotism. Forming Safety Leagues In Stat. To stop the immense loss in life and property from fires and accidents in North Carolina, Insurance Commis sioner J. R. Young is organizing Safe ty Leagues in every schoolhouse In the State. The objects of the leagues, as out lined in the constitution, are: "1. To reduce the 'fire waste" in North Carolina and its loss of life and property. "2. To teach every man, woman, and child that the annual loss amounts to over three millions of dollars in property and about 300 lives, and many maimed and ruined for life. "3. To let the people know that our Insurance Commissioner says over 60 per cent of this awful destruction of life and property is due to ignorance and carelessness alone, and is easily preventable. "4. To study the causes of fires and accidents, and keep the Bubject before our people, especially the young, until very one shall regard it as a patriotic duty to prevent them." School children and every man and every woman willing to aid in the up building and the safeguarding of the State of North Carolina and her peo ple are eligible for membership. All members will tate a pledge which reads: "I am for safety, and pledge niyseir to aid in the protection of life and property from fires and accidents, and will endeavor to influence others to do the same." The first Safety League was organ ized at the Richlands school. The Federation of Women's Clubs is tak ing up the matter and the civics de partments of the various clubs are working for the organization of leagues in the schools. State College Doing Its Share. Coincident with the great liberty loan campaign waged so successfully at the state college was a campaign of equal importance to the students of the state college. In this campaign, nearly 95 per cent of all the students and 98 per cent of the faculty cheer- tuny coniriouteu tnejr jiai t iu cue mil lion dollar "Friendship War Fund" be ing raised by the college students of America. Cotton Acreage Reduced. i A reduction of forty per cent in the cotton acreage of the state this year ' is shown in the ginning report just re leased by the census bureau. Against 251,164 bales ginned in the same pe riod during 1916, the report shows that only 151,331 bales have been ginned In some few counties, the report shows a surprisingly heavy Increase and in others a tremendous reduc tion. In Robeson county 23,931 bales were ginned this year against 14,929 in 191G and in Scotland 4.697 more bales were ginned this year than last. ''Iss than a twenty per cent crop has ;!iccn ginned in Halifax county this ;(;' r compared with the same period ; hi 1 r-1 R . In Camden county oiuy !)8 have heen pinned this year Lrnin-it 1 021 in 1916. lands for th6 na- total was 1 033. In the campaign this year, the vpale plan will be largely adopted. i " I Wreckage of two German airplanes and boIies of the pilots, brought down on the west front. 2 Gen. Sir Edmund Allonhy, cominander of the British forces in Palestine, who has taken Beersheba and Gaza. 3 Captured Gorman llainniiiiwerfer or liquid fire projector. 1 British engineers laying a wire road across the Sinai desert for the advance on Gaza and Jerusalem. OS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK Kerensky and His Government Overthrown by Maximalists Led by Lenine. 1 PRO-GERMANS RULE IN RUSSIA Immediate Peace First on Their Pro gramRetreat of Italians Con tinues British Take Highly Important Passchendaele Ridge America's War Mission to Paris. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Kerensky and the provisional gov ernment of Russia have fallen ; the Maximalists led by Nikolai Lenine, pro-German agitator, are tn the sad dle; the premier has fled and live or more of the members of his cabinet are under arrest; Immediate peace with the central powers will he of fered by the extreme radicals in con trol. Such is the dispiriting news that comes from the Slav republic, so called. Chaos exists there and a long continued reign of anarchy is the pros pect. The only hopeful feature of the situation is that, as Ambassador Itakh meteff says, the revolt is a revolt of the few against the mnny. The Max imalists control Petrograd and prob ahly the fortress of Kronstadt, but tLey have all Russia to reckon with, and especially the Cossacks, who have no sympathy with the plan to make a separate peace with the central pow ers. M. Bakhnieteff feels sure that the majority of the Russians who fol lowed Kerensky are with the provi sional government heart and soul, un derstand that Russia's freedom can be assured only by the defeat of Germany by the allies, and will fight to the end. The spirit prevailing in I'etrograd, he nsserts, is not representative of the Russian spirit as n whole. Loyal Women Fight the Rebels. Of sill tin' armed forces in and about the capitol It appears that the wom an's battalion alone remained loyal to the -government. It was stationed at the winter palace and whvri that build ing was attacked by the cruiser Au rora and the guns of the fortress of St. I'eter and St. Paul, it fought as bravely as possible until overwhelmed and compelled to surrender. The bat tle lasted four hours and was spec tacular. The rebels brought up ar mored cars to uid in overcoming the resistance of the heroic women. There was no chance to call other loyal troops to I'etrograd, for the leaders of the workmen's and soldiers' delegates had seized the posts and telegraphs. The rebel congress was convened Wednesday night, the officers elected including Lenine and Leon Trotzky. Several proclamations were issued, one of them stating the program of the new authority to be: , "First The offer of an immediate democratic peace. "Second The immediate handing over of large proprietorial lands to the peasants. "Third The transmission of nil au thority to the council of soldiers' and workmen's ih'lefrates. "Fourth The honest, convocation of v. oiistitutional assembly." It is believed in London that Keren K.v will re-establish the provisional t;i,verniuent in Moscow ami t li.it the S -viet will not be strong enough to hoiil oiit long against him. For the present, however. the pro-Germans Jr.nve the ill-!" hand. Italians Retreat to the Livenza. As had been expected, Count Ca dorna did not uttcuij t to make a long stand on the Taglia: 'ento river line azalnst the on-sweep nc Anstro-Cer-mnn armies, but fell back last week to the Llveoza. twelve to eighteen miles west. Th.? enemy followed close ly, and the prospe-t was that the Ital j'tis would speedily re forced back to the Plave, where their- main armies OrH1v were helnff estnbtlshed. Ca- dorna issued an order including In the zone of. military operations all terri tory north and east of the Po and Mincio rivers, so he may consider the possibility of carrying his retreat much farther than the Plave. Wheth er this will be necessary evidently de pends on the speed with which France, Great Britain and America 'can get men, guns and supplies to the Italian front. Guns and supplies especially are called for by the Italians. The victory of the Germans In Italy will be far from complete unless they can capture Venice. The German com-, manders already have hinted that they will attack that city from the air, and naval operations against it are more than possible in the immediate future. As was said before, the Invasion served to bring about a swift union of all factions In Italy, and the govern ment, while realizing the extreme grav ity of the situation. Is confident that the enemy will fallo accomplish their military object as they have their po litical object. The Italian armies are maintaining order, and discipline and are cheerful, and" the rear guards are fighting valiantly to retard the ad vance of the Teutons. As In Russia, formerly, so In Italy, the farther the invaders penetrate, the more dangerous becomes their own po sition. They are moving away from their bases of supply, and must rebuild the lines of communication destroyed by the Italians in their retreat. Cn dorna, on the other hand, gains the protection of rivers larger than the Tagliamento, of many canals and of numerous railroads that are able to furnish all the transportation his con tracted front needs. British Gain Passchendaele Ridge. Sir Douglas Halg's periodical drive in Flanders, which Is becoming a reg ular weekly feature, accomplished most important results last week, when the Canadians succeeded in tak ing the village of Passchendaele and the ridge of the same name which dominates the country to the east. The drive was made under most adverse conditions, the ground being flooded by torrential rains, but the British bar rage fire was perfect and the Infantry followed it so closely that the Germans in their concrete ; dugouts and pill boxes were stormed before they had time to get into action. This advance brought Roulers under the guns of the British, and their aviators also began bombing that town with deadly effect. Following -up the retiring (Town prince's army north of the xVisne, the French reached the south bank of the Ailette, but the Germans maintained their line on the other side of that stream by heavy and continuous ar tillery fire. Elsewhere on the French front all enemy attacks were success fully repulsed. General Allenby reported that his troops in Palestine advanced beyond Beersheba. with splendid dash and en durance and that on Wednesday he captured Gaza from the Turks. American Patrol Boat Torpedoed. The German U-hoatf found one American victim in the patrol boat Alcedo. which was torpedoed and sunk In British waters, going down In four minutes after being struck. Lieut. John T. Melvin and 20 men were lost. The Alcedo was formerly the private yacht of G. W. Childs Drexel of Phila delphia. She carried n crew of seven officers and 85 men. The American merchant steamship Rochester also was destroyed by a torpedo, at least four men losing their lives. An Amer ican freighter- arriving at an Atlantic pert reported that her gun crew sank a German submersible that attempted to torpedo her in the Mediterranean. In general, the U-boats had a poor week, the British 1 admiralty report showing thnt only eight British ves sels of more than 1.(100 tons had been sunk, and four smaller vessels. This Is the smallest number of victims for any week since unrestricted submarine warfare began. Von Hertling May Not Last. Count von Hertling isn't likely to be German chancellor for very long, for unless he yields to the demands of the radicals, they Intend to intro duce a resolution of lack of confidence as soon as the reichstag reconvenes on November 22. The count seems to have follen under complete control of the miil'firisfs ond Junkers and la row threatening the radicals with a mili tary dictatorship unless they drop their claim that one of their number should be appointed vice chancellor. The reichstag majority, with which the count solemnly announced the other day he would now work in harmony Is in danger of breaking up, with the result of a union of the national liber als and the conservatives. Such a coalition would have a bare majority and would be subjected to constant at tack by the Socialists. The prospect of a political truce, it is admitted, is remote. The Budapest papers announce that the Austro-IIungarlan ausglelch, or agreement of the two kingdoms to unite under one emperor though hav ing separate parliaments, will be re newed provisionally for two years. The alliance, originally signed in 1867,' is supposed to be subject to renewal every ten years. Japan and America Agree. Viscount Ishil's mission to the Unit ed States has been successful and Japan Is guaranteed her price for more active participation in the war. The American government has agreed to recognize Japan's special interests in China and to permit the shipment to Japan of the supplies of Iron and steel that she needs. In return, Japan will furnish a great amojnt of tonnage for transport purposes, will get into ac tion her warsh'ps, numbering about a hundred and already mobilized, and probably will send an army to Europe. Italy is asking that Japanese troops be called over to help repel the Invading Teutons. Though Japan's special interests In China are to be recogulzed because of' contiguity, both nations agree to main tain the open door and the territorial sovereignty of China. Socialists Lose in Elections. Emperor William met a notable de feat In the United States last Tuesday, when in Chicago and New York the Socialists were thoroughly whipped at the polls. Supporting the. Socialist nominees for judges in Chicago and for mayor and other city officials in New York, were all the forces of pro Germanism, pacificism and disloyalty, and though they cast a disgracefully large vote, the defeat administered to them was decisive. These elections were looked upon, and rightly, as a test of the loyalty of the two largest cities In the country. Most of the Socialist candidates were openly anti-war men and some of them in their pre-election utterances came dangerously near the treason mark. Hence the victory of loyalty and pa triotism Is cause for genuine rejoic ing. John F. Ilylan, Tammany Democrat, was elected mayor of New York and the state gave a large majority in fa vor of woman suffrage. In Ohio, how ever, the women lost. House Heads U. S. War Mission. Upon their arrival iu a British port the administration announced the names of the members of the American war commission sent to take part In the great conference of the allies In ; Paris. Col. 15. M. House is the chair man and spokesman for the president on questions concerning the general conduct of the war. The other mem bers are Admiral W. S. Benson, chief of naval operations; Gen. Tasker II. Bliss, chief of staff; Oscar T. Crosby, assistant secretary of the treasury; Vance C. McCormick, chairman of the war trade board; Bainbridge Colby, member of the shipping board; Dr. Alonzo E. Taylor, representative of Food Administrator Hoover; Thomas N. Perkins, member of the priority board, and Gordon Auehmcloss, chief secretary' of tho commission. Secretary Lansing Issued a state ment that makes it clear that the al lies realize that many of their re-vers'-s have been due to lack of team work, and that one of the chief alms of the conference will 1? to bring , about unity of action. For its part, the United States seeks to determine just ' how its man power and material re- sources can be used to createst advan- tage to defeat the common enemy. Mr. Lansing laid especial emphasis on the fact that the conference is a war conference and nothing else. The ad ministration Is not expecting an early peace, and Is making all preparations for n Inna svmfltt A NORTH CAROLINA MILL LEADS HAW ERLANGER MILL VILLAGE STEP TO FRONT WITH GARDENING RECORD. GARDENS PRODUCE 11,000 Under Supervision of U. S. Bureau of Education Eight Thousand Dollars Have Been Saved. Lexington. The Erlanger mill Til lage steps to the front with a garden ing record that beats the United States according to all available statistics for the year 1917. Under the supervision of Miss Linda Clement, a United States department of agriculture expert, this village entered the mill garden con test conducted under the eye of Dr. P. P. Claxton, of the United States bureaa of education. The records have bees counted up at Erlanger and the not results was a saving of eight ithoas und dollars In garden truck used on the table. In addition to this the people of the village have canned 14,468 quarts of vegetables, practically all from these gardens, and in addition 2,103 containers of jelly and 384 quarts off preserves. The value of the canned stuff, at very conservative estimate in view of present prices, is three thousand dollars. Thus have theso mill toilers produced on a worn-out soil, Lb small back yard gardens, eleven thous and dollars' worth of producjts In on year. , The final garden round-up was heM in the nature of an entertainment at the village Y. M. C. A., probably tha best in a village of the size in the na tion. Prizes for gardens, flower and vegetable, were awarded to the extent of $175. One hundred and eighty garden were enrolled in the contest against fifteen last year. J. W. Smith estab lished himself as champion,, with pro ducts worth $102.80 grown in a small back lot. Mrs. Burt was second with $86, and Mr. Freeman witfi $78.79 u third." The average yield of gardens was $4o. After the prizes were award ed, a ten dollar gold piece was pre sented to Miss Clement by the garden ers as a token of appreciation of her work in assisting them to such a splendid victory over high living costs. In addition to her gardening work. Miss Clement has conducted a green house at Erlanger, which is doing its full share in beautifying tho home with flowers. So far 'as can be learned here, the nearest approach to the Erlanger recor dwas made by two combined mill villages in Concord, which report 12,000 cans " of vegetables, with rm estimate on the amount of truck used from the gardens on the tables. The town of Lexington has con ducted . smilar contest during the past summer and the big round-up was held in the court house Friday afternoon, with Mrs. Jane McKimmon and E. S. Millsaps as speakers. . Seventy-nine prizes of a total value eof $250, given by the city commissioners and Lexing ton merchants were distributed. The contest was inaugurated by the town council and has been under the direc tion of the county farm agents at Dav idson. - Livestock Meeting for Ashevllle. Asheville. Farm demonstrators from Madison, Haywood, Henderson and Transylvania counties ,as well as R. S. . Curtis, animal husbandman of the state department of agrculture, and several other officials "of the state, will be present at the hog and cattle conference to be held here Friday. November 16, according to announce ments made last night by the com mittee in charge. Local men, ac quainted with the condition of the sur rounding country, will explain the de sirability of this section as a hog and cattle raising country and the affair promises to extend itself so a3 to take in all of western North Carolina. Of ficials of the board of trade, city offi cials, county authorities and member of the various civic organizations are co-operating to make the conference a big event. D. A. R. Reelects Officer. ' Winston-Salem At the morning ses sion of the annual convention of the Daughters of the American revolution, the following officers were re-electe4 for the ensuing year; recording eeo retary, Miss Jennie Coltrane, of Con cord; registrar, Mrs. J. L. Chambers, of Charlotte; chaplain, Mra. Mary Mc Elwee of Concord. A committee com posed of Mrs. E. B. Jones and Mre. John Gilmer was appointed to have charge of the conference printing. The state organization will present at the next general meeting of the D. A .R. the name of Mrs. W. N. Rey nods, of this city, as a candidate for vice president general. The confer ence unanimously adopted the report of the nominating committee and the D. A. R. of North Carolina will pre sent the name of Mrs. Reynolds at the next general conference. An interest ing discussion of the morning session was the question of the adoption of a design for a state badge. The old field daisy was one of the most promt aent mentioned.
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