THE DUNN i D
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vol. rv ~"i ‘ 1
: Own, H. C, Aug. lat, I 17 ,
BIGGEST EVENT OF
WAR'S THIRD YEAR
ThU U the View «f On. F. B.
Maarke, Fameue British
__ MIMUrr Expert
The third year of the world war
with the fortanee of the eon
Rlct bearing the Entente.
The Central Powers sustained mo
meatoua eetbacki. both military and
political, during the twelve months.
Oa both the western and eastern
froata In Europe the Teutons And
bheaoeetve* on the defensive at the
advent of tha fourth .year. They
fight on linea newly-established af
ter forced retirement from terrain
which they had won In earlier days
at a tremendous saerciflce.
Meaasrhile new enemy powers,
notably the United States hare been
draws in by the Central Empires
aad progress toward tha achierement
«&Wa aim ef the Entente
sad Ha allies has been furthered by
pabUeal disturbance which will ro
maln memorable in the history of all
times.
Chief among these are the fall of
two erowaed heads-Nicholas of Ros
sis aad Constantin* of Greece. In
Russia autocracy has glean way to
* R’pahMc. In Greers a kingdom
»ua»atas but not a pro-Teutonic one.
Entente pressure haring won supre
macy in this part of the Balkans.
FuBtical events within the German
•ad Asatrian empires; featured by
tha faO of Chancellor eon Bethoaan
Hollweg. have led to open dieroasione
of peace la the German rcichstag as
tha fourth year dawaa.
In Great Britain, the third year
eloamf with Winston Spencer Chnrcli
hill, former First lord ol tha Ad
Bdrugy, returned to tha Cabinet with
the p-rtfoBe of Mlaktet of lfuai
tlooa.
“A {teaman In threw la
their forianee with th Eotsnte short
tf after tha thin* year boron The
UatUl Sts las sained la April, fol
jMgMm Ualtad StatelT’bn rid la
*be Panama Canal Costa
ftt baa aaori haaa at oar ds>
P**aL‘ Chins, Bob rib, Guatemala
bar sympathy for tbe United
J aaw nations wore bora dnr
'niill***' Patead was created a
direction. In Mecca tha Arabians
srsrtkrew Tarkisk rris aad dsclarod
fadspsadsnos. la the Bailees, liber
ty was restored to Albania, which eras
sidahHahad as a re public under ItaU.
an protection and with French mili
tary rid.
An —riseste mads two moatha be
fore tho sad of the third year
vaieed by Arthur Henderson. of tha
• Billtah War Connell—placed the num
bar of man killed at 7.000,000 since
August. 1914. French General ITsad
qnartasa r-matly aatimated 1,100.000
G-mans had haaa killed op to March
1. Mr. Haad—aon aatimated tha tetri
caanritlaa at mesa than 46.000.000.
The Am and —ad American con
tingents of troepa landed in Francs
aa fans >4 aad 27.
| Nearly 10^X10,000 Americana nf
military age registered on Jane S
pdar tha select!re draft law, and
Frem thaea are being selected the
men who will comprise the groat
• army contingents which America Is
phasing to sand te Europe.
la dementing America's associa
tion with the nations now her allies
naatsrotm exchangee of missions wars
arranged. Francs, Great Britain.
Italy, Belgium, Russia and other En
tente belligerents sent delegation to
the United States aa a step toward
sattention, military, financial and
sthsrwhs. Tbs United States sent
■hsisns te Kneels aad other conn
. trim.
VUUlmm /ma iVa-» 9_4 j_
lac »ko tkird poor of tko war my
rotuMr ka divldod into its pkoooo
two la tko latter put of 1916 koforo
wteter«|Bod * holt nod fo«r after
la tko oarty oprtac
At tko oteoo of tko aoeoad yoar tko
Oormaao woro atm onwmin* u con
oodo foliar* In tko oyontioiui eonter
taC on Vardan. After Aacoot t,
l*l*i tko Frith go food tko ooeoad
aaoy, oalaainotiar la tko rotekinc of
Oobm, TMaaaooBt onrf Fort Von,
»*tk tkonmifc of prtectaon and
>y Movmkpr tko Fronok
of tko ooa i rirolo of tko Volute!!
<*• too book to tko
i of tko Franco-Brlttek
•rot hotel* of tko Sm
if* o* m«. By aiid-Sop
tkda kod naaekod oaeh promo
'****ll WWf Cffwtid
■» tevon bow divte
tko ftrtttek and •▼*
tko Fronok. It waa ootlmtod
Ikat IB Okmoi dtvidoaa, ar. baaod
o* Ik* oteonflk of tkooo Oormn mm
ko at 8M ported, akoat 7MjMg moa,
y* *• ****** a*d Fronok on
ddo temty-telo froat. fa, tkte kat
MESSER PARDON
Gmmd Record of Price err rad Circa m
•teacec of Crime Bring Claaemr
Governor Blck.u yesterday nr
dooed o. J. Meacer, of Harnett ram
ty, who in September, l*n, m,
convicted of mansiaaghter for bavin.
inA,e**d “P00 •»» wounds from
which she died. According to evidence
the crime waa committed under the
moat aggravating circumstances.
Granting the perdon. Covcmor
Bickett said:
‘‘Upon the recommendation of
Judge W. A. Devin, who tried the
rase, and Sobeitor Walter D.
prosecutor for the Statt. and upon!
tli« recommendation of ioai S00 el
Utcna who live in the community in
which the crime waa committed .
the fact that tha prisoner baa baen
up to tha commission of this crime
a d.llgeot. Industrious farmer, peace
able and sober, a pardon is granted
this prisoner. The aaltigatiag eircam
•tances surrounding tha ease worn
that the wife had proved fake to
the marital relations, and at the time
of the shooting was making bar as
capo from the woods. Tha defead
ant wounded his wife la the lag with
out any iatsntion of killing bar. but
■he died from tha effects of the
■wound. The defendant bad six chil
dren. aB of them smell, and to whom
he has always been faithful. One of
the children, since hk imprisonment,
the oldest, who k a girl, has been
placed in the school for tha feebk
ratnded at Kinston, and oaa of tha
boys has bdvn taken in custody.
Tha other children are scattered la
tb« community and am at tha mercy
and charity of the geod people ef tha
neighborhood. nad^ntaSrST father
is released so that ha assy earn far
the family they will all become a
charge upon the county and com
munity, and bettering that he has
bean punished suSetemtly and at the
same time that the ends of j settee
ham bom mm and tha family Beads
hk labor sad support, a full pardon
k granted."—Sunday's New* and
Observer.
man position* for a depth of at* .
miles. '
In the spring, the Gsreaana, autiri
patinc a resumption of tha Bin
operational, began what has hirnu
knows aa tha “Hindanburg victori
»»i retreat" to newly eats b bated Oar
man Mass. Ia this second bsttls
of tha Bom me, Bapaoaaa. lrlaa. Per
ona«, Neals, Payette, Orieourt, Vasa,
Roy*, Tergnier, Hem end hundreds
sf other position wars last by the
Germane In aa
French critics regard as
the German* toft a track of
spread devastation_
world-wide Indignation. The_,
claimed capture of aaarty 5,000 pri
soners In V>e throe —»>— af this
German rvUresaeat for a depth of
From live to If mils* along a fnoat
sf about 45 miles.
In April tha British transformed
their offensive anithsaal off Arms,
Forcing von Hind-burg to redtotri
tule his fore** along a ffftoaa anBt
Front. Canadians played a hlrtoria
part in this ffgbttag. ItsiuirfIs
Praux was token and Vtoay Bldgs
waa captured after oac af tha
Ploodtoat battle*,
ridge' against
lacks. Thto aarreaa east of
turned Hlndetthurg** J
tad British critics regard ad it aa tha
rreateat la tha history of British anaa
a the present war. Thia offagahts*
continued, placed tha British aaMda
ha iUndenburg Bn, and tha Ovr
siaaa retired to poaHlama a gsila aa
wo west af tha Deo court Qwaasst
Inc. Those they held aa tha 4dr4
rear closed.
Meanwhile the battles of Chora,
laifn and the Also# had been wwrhd
is by the freoeh, who hi April aap
ured Aeberire. la the dad daya A
'kaiapaicn offensive. ana ef the pat
>et itrooUa at the war. the Oer
oo.oot killed, wsorted and tphoo
Nrtwmers throach their digerati da
’eoetve eparetfcnu. Flchttnc la throe
»«*•« rontieoee after three omlHi
larinc which the Freoeh have ad
vanced tram see U tea laiUe -’rrc
i fifty-mile froet. , The present
French line rani from northwest ad
leleeene, Ihreefh Bbefcae to Amber
V*.
In fane, 1*17, the British be«sn
>■ »« Meerioee nod Wyehoeto
n an effect to strafehtM dot the
rpres salient. Acain British flyers /
l««ta**#d the sir. The British hod 1
peat aa satire year the earth
or title offensive, which woe hey- *
rHh i explosion ee terriile that it *
res heard la London, Beyond Met
inoa, fee two ntilsa coat and north- 1
•at. the Brtthh won aad-»ti 1
d land, eaptarad aare than T,4*o 1
iriaenea aad treat etorea ef artillery 1
lalninp every ebjoctfvw, they pfaeed *
trtrtdv the W|—
*n*l. ha vine rf-jnul theoe •'
a an e«cht mile front. Pertawneae >'
(Ceattanod ea pace fan,) 11
THREE HUNDRED f!Al I rn
BEFORE THE BOARD
Tha Uni CaatiagMt ef Thn Mm
ia Hindi AM u Pnml
Thsmiih ■■ Far Physical
EunlutlM Haal Weak
The #r»t contingent of the young
■an in Hanatt county have been
lasllad notieaa to present themselves
before tha Exemption Hrj at IJI
I "flee* itea* w *<4: f«r pi.yei.-al evim
inatran. Three hundred are in the
call, and they are to appear on the
dayt and at the time designated be
loir:
Monday Aagmet the tlh.
1—IK—John Williford Bole
•—HI—Malcooi Dtokeoa
*—14»*—Sen ale Lee Pool
4—*44—Robert Kutn Jernlgan
t—11*4—Frank Sherwood Wall
4—Wm. Alrtn Wade
7—IMS—Floyd Morrle
*—*•**—Atlae William*
•—141b- —Tillman Thorn*■ Psgr
1*—7•!—Matthew Mack Johnson
11—HIS—William Border Tart
1*—1IU—Walon Watson Thoms*
15— ITU—Joseph McKay Spears
14—1117—Hector McLean
16— 1*7*—Herbert McConnell
Stewart
>4—174t—Roger Bettes
IT—**7—Bartley Washington John
sow.
It—*•*«—Pete Weathers
1»—*17—Pink Alrtn Cross
*•—«T*—Carl Robert Hodgaa
*1—FT*—thmlel Harry Cooper
**—*•*—Jamas Britton Edwards
F*—HI*—Daniel McArtan
*4—*44—Peal Elliott Orean
7*—*44—Jamea Thomas Lee
**— l»t*—MaJoom Wlfttams
FT—It*—David Kirk Orimes
Ft—1**7—Bddle McNeill
£*—»*•—Ooaacfl L. Pay Jr.
*•—14*b— Locale Cleveland Par
Si—*4*—Jamea Leans Fowler
—Dame Black
*»— IMS—Modi Mmtar Sawyer
74—1**7—John Malay MoOlll
**—l*4—Joaaph Nathan Johnson
18—17**—BoaJamU Kan Stewart
*7—714 — Banja tala william
*•—1*7—Rodger Byrd
H—1144—AMfkaa lay.
44—144S—Mama Badsara
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4|—*7*—William MeKanley Oox
<4—1474—Robert Milton Stewart
41—1144— Alexander McLean
48—1**1—Andrew Jackson Wester
4T—’74—Rmery jmm Holt
«l—414—Bnaoa Break
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»4_404—OaJab Walter Good wit
7>»”4ay Aagaat 7th
81—!•••—Winiaas Archie Wade
8*—410—Aniraw Jones
41—14*4—Will Lam Herbert Reese
84—*••*—Chan as I tew art
88—8*7—Lonnie B. tub
8 4—*40—Other Cobh i
87— ‘*7—Joseph Daalel Denson
41—11»«- Robert Lm Morefclaoe ;
Cl—f»d—win Orovaa
88— *1 Walter Edwin Aaderaon
**—174*—Oahrtel Smith
**—7848—Marion Lamnol Roll I a, j
88—1884—Lioyd MeDongmld
**—l**8—Robort William Moor- 1
88 4*4—Jack Lewis
14 474—Willie Ms loom Dorman
77 141*—-Albert Major
88—117*—Mart W. MeQoay
88—114—Marvin Richard Edwards 1
7*—4**—Hoary Darts
7 !_!***_Jem* Neely j
7* !• Pwcy Baton A dam a j
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74— IT**—Silas Raymond Stephan
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•—mt—Andrew Btawart
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Dak*, July «T.—Mr. "—jT Ryato
•f tto United State* Nary la at bom.
oa a ri.lt U hi* fatter, Mr. A. D.
•pain, it la httenaaly laterwtiBg ta
S" S' *•* toll af tto part
U* .hip took in traaapnftlM tto
aaldtefB to Prsaaa aad ad Ma foar
day* atay la Fraae*. Hia atep *tefa.
u •** ** *** ■*
H bmt mimed H tod tW ukturiM
uiuppurtd.
Invitation, war* yaaterday ra«W
ad ia tawa aaaoaacinc tto_«■
tog —rttega .f Mto btoSTtotdi
» .SSf!? Va" *® Uaat. Prank
R. RaE af Ft. Ogtottorp. <ra Aagmt
4tk at tlctoaaai. Va. Mto Amite
wa* formerly aapartateadaat af Oaad
Hop. Roapfcal tor* and rategnteto
no**pt * atoflor poaitioo with tto
Higaa* at Rtohm.ad. Dr. Buff w*.
*■» “4 tto
Mkdieal Inina Cotpa aad waa aoeo
ardarod to Ft. Ogtottorp*.
Ot* Writ R. lodgan of Jaekaea,
"to tea earn* to Dak* aad will to.
“*• too la cooneettoa with Dr. W.
P* Holt. Or. Sodftn is §
■an aad tea aaeattoot toapttai train
tog.
A "Poor Mlaato M*a“ eomaHttea
haa to** appointed for Dote vtoaa
to*y "to object It *ton to to Bate
madUteaa™ **** ^1*0** to war
aid ttom bTtto a^k.'^Tto
■ ■■tortu to, *. S. Yarteoagk, Ctoir
tetoiRT. Daatoto aad E. R. Ttoaaaa.
»«VE FOR THE PALL CRAIN
BROUN
wtui a circular totter to aH tto
■flkmorth.au*. i. mot*, th.
(Motko of ■■■■mill th* Mf*lr of
Ptod wheat aood aad with d aafl to
taBI" —d «ph*teuil mah to
of rya Mod
riMtkg thk wtetar, th. North Caro
loo itrhdtuil fayrtawd atotioo
*. aiding ia th. patriotic poke,
kn of mch stapk food |
rU to ...dad
TaU at tha
•a* provan tk _
kat wtoat for tha apikia yiak
• totawM tto tnt aad IM af Oo
ohar aad It k bopad that th* fug.
« *f North Ckrwhi will tovTd
•kaa and. aad th* gad aad aaad
Mdy far pkatiag hy thk tha*.
Tto Dtvhtoo of Agronomy k hood.
■g if* aaaagto* toward th* pradao
kn of a gyaatar crop of wheat than
var tofor*. North Carohna farm
*• »B h* ..on.ad of atroag prieaa
ar thk carol far whok parted af
to war aad far a eoortdaiahk “—
ftorwaida according to thoaa who
n familiar with awrfetiag condi
kaa.
As an aid ia thh campaign far
dtoar grain, Dtractor & W. KOgora
■a wrtttan tha Coanty Aganto to
■a after to* matter of eeaaarvkg
k aaypty of tyo aaad. Thar* too
**■ a toortaga of too oot crop aad It
• toatohk that vatch and riiitoiii
lover aaad aka wU to hard to get.
ly* win tharaf.ia have to toka th*
kaa af toaa* croya.
Oaa thing af vita] tntarast k tha
•mtka of goad aaad aad H k tor*
tot th* aika of th* atat* have
*m askad to aid. At to* yrroet
toa they nr* totng gtro goad wheat
f high ykldtog varietla* to grind
•to dear, tt mama at thh Mod k
n*d far the tea it wfll to avail,
hk for tod aa* of thooc who «U
at k an taanaaad aenaga. ft ha.
aaa toawn hy aoaiyarativa tasto that
mm grows aaad ar* tha toot whoa
•totally aakrtid aad csrad for dmr
ig tha ■•amir, whao preporty traat
I far moot, and fumigated agniaat
to attaaha of inoacta. t
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