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& h i! P i j; i; , :, 'j, A .IMS, Ml:,. I- I ) , - -. ii h U (i s ! ' ' J ' i, t. ", V i 5 hni.'- in .mm, ii, ,i (,,!. ..i,. V-...'.5 t I l li h 1 n j w n I - i v- i h n I lj .h iu in ,i, .,-mu,mi.-.i ir 1 V . jl ij j j i j; I s i h m j j ! I vx i J ; ! i .,,:,.,ih,im.!om. VOL.7 KIkin, N. C, Thursday, Juno 6, 1918 No. 10 AMERICAN TROOI'S VITAL FACTOR IN GKKAT BATTLE. Washington, Juikj 1. Ainori- cn troops have, hi-coine ii vital factor in tin! great gaUle in Fram e and may hold the balance liftwcoii dcfe it mid victory, (Jen cr.il !riil,n':, Im'uI of it special I'.rilisli military mission to the United States, said here tonight iii disi iis.-.injc tin' renewal of tin German drive. Tilt! nlij-'etives hn'V before ll lii'linaiH, llie general said, mar to be t liree fold : The cap lure of Paris, the division of the main allied n i mies li.v a n ad v ance tli i hi k l Auiii'ii 1 mill 1 1 if caplane f tin clmim-l ports While now on a r .crow and dangerous salient, said the gi-n end, lh' Germans will he in n f iv orahlc pn-dlioii for an advance nil Pails should 1 1 ley be success ful ill pushing out the West leg of the salient and j lining it up with the Alliieits salient. 'I'll tt, he Slid, appeared to he their illicit tlon as they could he expected o call :t halt at the M irne. The allies imi-.t no h.-prepar 'd either to see the elb-iisive re Mi.neil in the in i rl.lt s i, cnhtiii- Ue.l General l!iidg"-, or else to see (ierinin divisions from llie llol til si'llt lie all to exploit the new success. Tin! h.lttle, lie said is hioly to continue for weeks and will hecoim a Imi drawn out Htru'eli" yf tumi power with the tii'st duty of lie allies to litiOiui I their resouries hy yiv Inrf Hieund for men w hei e possi hl.. MX susfitTS tam;n imto iustohy M.'iiiphio, Temi , M iy Six Us'Cts ll id heeil t.l!en ihtoens t'ly ul i. .ii tod iv in cu iiii'i l ion Willi I lilt li. iieve I hy lire de pal Inii'iil iiliici.iis to have heeii i.f iiid-ndiary it and canted hy the seltno; t'lT of UH i.itl.iiniiiah e expSisue winch early this moin illrf desti.i ed the W airhouse hen of John Ward and son, vvh.ilesilo sto k fts'ders, ciiiil oiling a tK-k id raiu and sulphur valued ut spproxiuiaUdy jlU"" Accindin to the poace, one of the men under sire?, n iifro, w ho was shut mill wo in led hy a watchman as he was l! enn; from the liulldine;, Ii is n i. that lie W as Idled hy two white men, in illi. r I whom In knew, to keep vvuUh while thi' rnti'tisl lhi w.-irehoune xlmilly aflT the tiro was discov i'if.1 In supsiii n( the neru'i I iteineiil the w al limati dcclar is! tint In' cncnuniered veril inen leatll.e; the huiiilill at the time of the the, one if whom koia ked him il.ovn. When he ri';tned his fis-t he opened tire, oun.li4 the nern arrvste l. Sein Ii Is U,i Mtn made for ktioiher nero who the wounded man declared w wi'.h the white im-it when they Bppnvlnil him. Investigator of tha Aircraft Board CKvqc; : - I Wici.ni l l it, i. i...Nt..nl llonijr s m ml wli.mi AM.irnr) Uiv Tut lirr-i; i j hii 'ii,nll 1. 1 lurll (h! utaliMl lli Innli icrliii III of I'lillisl Mi iilr. rfl "fl. l i'l i.f I Ikiiixmi...' i, Ti-mh., nl tut tli f ,'i:';Imu uf i i.i iBrtfuJ f I 'J LXPaT GERMAN ADVANCE WILL UK STOTPKD AT KARNE Washington, June 1. With the crown princo'.s army now Ktand in on the north bank of the Maine, army ollidals hero h lievt; the, German iidvancc in that direction while incri-asod pies sure is exerted iiiiiitKl thu ('ha teau Thierry ToissuiiH line In tin; effort to consolidate completely Urn AisiMi and I'icanly hattlo theatres. Such consolidation is regarded as a necessary prepa ration for an advance on Paris or for a new assault on the Amiens front. This view of the situation in l'.iine whs communicated to meiiihi'i h of the senate military committee today hy General March, chief ol tatT, during the weekly conference of the hcn.it ors wild wanh partmentollicials. ( )ther olncer.s who lire closely stiidyim; tin' reports fr.un the I rout are known to sh u t' General March's vicWH. Many of them helieve, however, that General I'd. h, the allied coininander in chief, counted just mucIi an effoi I ly the Germans and that the most sluhhnni lihtine; uf the presciitolfensivi! w ill come us the Germans sei k In press westward south of Soissoiis. Already tin! l''it'in li have re acted vigorously against tin.' fu cmy ul various oints alun the line there and w iih kihaI nut cess. This is taken ks an indication that reserve have been mashed for use in thi sector while the Maine formed the lineof defciixc in the center. Then was mi effort here to dis Hiii-c llie fad that tin! success ol the German hlovv up lo this tune liisheeii a surprise. Appnrent y new elements i.f tratev.') have heeii employ ed w hicli forced the withdrawal of the 1'iench on uu unexM-( ted scule. (J e n e r a I March explained Ut the m n.itors that loiivT tan;e tile with -as hhclls had played n part in the German strategy. Tins Trench ositioiis inilen in the rear of their front line were repeatedly Ireiuhed with toxic sheliM of lar'e calihre and rendered un tenable even before tho enemy infantry had nppnurhed llieui, necessitating w ide retireinenls Am the German ctTorU rnnlinuc llie w ar depart ment is exerting every effort to further cxHdiU' the movement of American troops to France. General Mart h in his U'k to the ncnator I lid stress un the vital impot lance uf iijs-ed in tin American pro jrain. In t!4s cumuM tiun an nf ii ui Uleu. from Secretary Maker a to t ltrmp timvement i to be cxsvnil simn. IVndinj: that announcement s;ss.-u!alii!n or the publication of information rei: inline the preseut strentli uf the American army in France ha b,en iM i!u-ally forbidden. Mr. I taker explained in iwmie JeUil today the prov e by w hk h American division arv Winn iul kly whips'd Into lu;s' when they i each the other aldo. Only Infantry ami inachim un unit arc brigaded with lie Urllish, Mr Maker aaid, while all artillery prepare for front line duty eith tr w iih the French or ilh teter an Ameiican balUrie. F.ni ii. em. signal rorp and other uiiurv arm niso me traimsl Uruvly with the French and Am erican fune The nvrcUry laid aires on the f.vt that exactly the name prion's of brit:,vlinji nevr unit w ilh veteran division for initial training I followed In the Amer ican army a i followed with the Fiem h or Hrilih army. When a new divbion arrive In Fram o it i broken up Into amall unit, which are distributed in division back from Ihe front for their rvl HM'iot. Tim new men continue with tin) veteran until they have aecn front line aeriice. Then they are rc aeinbled and do a tour of duty at the front un der aupervUlon of veteran atafT ofticcra In order to sain exerl' pneo Ic functionlnrf a a divlot. al uliit under lirv. Tlia men then arn wilbdrawn for a ret trltJi and they nit com forward to FRENCH HEAVY BATTERY NEAR THE SOMME AND DRESSING STATION CLOSE TO FLANDERS FRONT :J r) ).- . ' i . . - e, ii rrn. Ii lniu) .irnlL-ry luiilerjr In nrllmi In llie Sninim- wrlur, iiml a In-ii. Ii iln-ln. . !,.. r...,r . f Hi. fi-.-hiiii Mhr In 11 inters. AMERICANS TREATED BRUTALLY. With the American Army in France A IJussian prisoner, who recently icturned from Gee man vSjlas made a slalcmeiit ut Moscow now which is available here, to the effect licit lie aw American prisoners of war in I 'amp alTuchel, West Prussia, and that they asked him to let it Im! known that they were being. treated brutally. Tin' pri-on. r tuid they were hungry and (ten- inless. Whon the Anu'ricnn nr rived t the c.fuip. accoi ding U this ac count, the German removed all their clothe. They were par ticularly nnxiou to have the American kIks s. They told the prisoner they should not weur cxiH-naivc clothing nnd sli.s-s while working and that their proHrly would Ih taken care of until their return to America. The Uussian n.ild, however, that everyone kfow w hat th:it mein A consul, the Kusniait was it. 4 ure w lielher In' was a Swiss ir a Spaniard, vented the camp. Goinplaint was made to him by lh American and their clothes wera icturned hula-, the consul seldom Visited the camp the Ger man had opivMuitity to practice many injustices. The Kussian said eight Aineri can raptured cerl month ago reached the camp at midday and being very hungry asked for bread. They were Wdd bread wa distributed only In the morn ing. They were placed in a hut with llussian after being re quired to aland in a nuare where German were given an oppor tunity to insult. Th'J houses in w hich the American are living, the Kussian aald. are damp, cold and unSt fur ha'.ila'.i nx Hjn.c of the Ameiii an U . au.e ill. Two of them who vveie in a hospital had an opsttuiuly there to talk with tlii Kusniin n I it was thru the in that ho obtained the infor mation on which his statement is based. lake tlu'ir pta.-o in the line a a trained division, leady for battle. The time ieccry for thi training baa Is-en materially re duced i the ayaleni ha been perfected. ty using tho hrlgad ing mcthotl with French and ilritih force a well a with thn American veteran division, al most any number nf new djvi Ion ran Iw made ready aimultan eoualy. The, brigading of ih American with French and I'ng lih unit nerve the douhlo pur po of training the new men and giving tho al'linj armies addition al intnpowtr. Ii;" li'f ' ;,.:4 t If I t H BATTLESHIPS OF I IRST CLASS ARE NOW PREPARING. New York, June . Tho I'nil ed States now has a large num ber of tirstclass battleships, "prepai ing side by side with the best slops of the lirilish navy for an riuragemotit on the high sea which is oxjs'Cled Uis cur at any time with the German fleet," accoiding i a statcim-nt made in an address here tonight bv Kear Admiral Albert Gleaves. "I am not going beyond the lHrder!and of secrecy," declared Admiral Gleave, "when I nay thatafc.v day ago therocame an alarm to the heads uf tbe Uiilish navy that the Gennaii batlle.sbis were about to come out for the expected engagement on the high seas. I know that the lirilish navy heads g ive the tirstclass American bvtf.eships a iist of honor in preparation for the attack." "I do not pri.fevs toknowiuuch of w hat is going on in the arena id w ar i n tho other side of the iv.in," Admiral (!! avc t uutia ue.l. "out lain Kept bu with toy own part of the game wbn h Is the u, ut.igca.cnl of tin? cruiser and tranM)rl operat;o;; "Again I am lutubsl to narrow line in ti e matter of giving nut information and I would not go into detail even if I did know uch things. !ut I am within the limitations nf order when tuy that the Fniled State has a large number of lirtc!as battle uliip now preparing M.le by aide with Ihe hot ivlnp of the Itrilish navy for an ecgawMie i.t on the high m a whi. h is exjsn ted to occur any time with the German licet. "I know that mir sh p now working with tho Hntish navy in making icady fur this tight are ii tho ptime of condition an 1 are fully prepared lo win the engage uicht Wo have IT.U icrU over there now and between ;",( and 4 1 i, a 1 nien als'ird tie in Afsertiig th it it w gratify ing to nolo that Ihe appropriation bill awailiog tho aignaturo of Piesidei .Wilson canie with It i,:u,iM).tm to back up "thi rapidly growing navy of uura," Admiral Glean added that "we now have a navy of l'.UmioHieora and more than li),(U) men." inscribing the lifnof aoldier alxiard tranpott, lh ajs-aker naid that thu men had "every thing that ran io furnished them to remind them of life ashoro." From i:,0u)ln2i),UJ0 meal have to Ihj prepared each day alsiard tbes transjsirt, he aaiJ, adding that "each alilp it A little world all to itself." "In reply to a question n to whether it had been found invisi ble to carry aeroplane o.i cruis ers, Admiral Cleave said: "All navies have been cxteri meiiling along such lines, but the airplanes are so fi at:!o that they are often put out of commis sion by tho discharge of the big gun of a cruiser and it i difli- cult to take them on nnd off. The Seattle carried six and tho North t'aroiina and Huntington canied some but encountered great dif liculty." Asked if any method had been devised to destroy un oncoming torsdo. Admiral Gleave ie plied, "Practically ni'ie." AU edho.viicar Uj our iv res tier tuan submarine had u o.u Insl, he rcfern-d his qiiestidi to the sccielary if the mivy "who knows." TWO U BOATS SUNK BY AMERICAN PIJTROYLRS. Aluntn Port. June I. The crew of an American ship arriv ing here bnlay from the wariune rcjs'lls tin desliuction nf two enemy un Ifinanne by an Atnerl can deslnyer a'niust within sight of Franco. The first I' I ma I was sighted some distance off by the destroyer. The destroyer gave chae and overtaking the under ea craft drs,l,Hl depth bomb just a it wentdmvn. Theiewere evidence. thai a hit hit Iwen scored A the destroyer wa return ing to the convoy another aubitia llnemps d up almost alongside tho trnsMiit Tiie ship opened lire and the destroyer, without slackening s-vd, dashed up. dre-pped a depth bomb, circled the hip an I came back into po sitiiiii Mailing fur lli. su'insi (,, to rc appetr. I i a sinnt tiir. llo'itf wvio evidence of aiiolher hit. WOULD HAKE AUTO HACK DRIVERS WORK OR nutr. t'olumbi.v, SC., June I. Gov ernor Manning Uslay addressed a teller to Pro.-ost Marshal Gen oral t'rowder asking that ho in elude automobile bar k driver in tho "work or tlgdit" plan. Tho governor atalcd that there were ) driver of automobile hack in Spartanburg, and a many In projsjrtion in other cillea of tho alato and that many of them are ablo tolled men. Ho auggrsted that an order Includ ing them ahould reduce thonum ber of automobile it Would not only bo In lino of promoting economy, but would aUocoiLsorvo gaulin. MOW rPKNCII LOCATED LONG RANGE CEimAN CUN New York, Juno 1. Careful measurement of two hole. made by a Hinglo shell in iassing thru two awnings in u Paris factory enabled I Vouch artillery ollicers to locate the great German long range guns by a feat of mathe matics. Chester M. Wright, a im-niborof tho American labor mission which has just retimed from Paris, explained how the distances nf tin; guns wero lig u red . The two awnings were several f.'ct ap.u t and the relation of one to I he niher gave perfect data on the curse which the shell had taken as it approached the earth. After Ihe apertures had been measured to the one thousandth pu t of an inch and tho direction of the fdiell's fall exactly estab lished tho early career of the shell became a problem on paper. Hy Applying the laws govern ing tho fight of projectiles and al low ir,g for tho wind, tho state of tin' atmosphere and other consid erations, French artillery oflleers were able to follow back tho course of tl t sh( II to the mouth of tho cannon in tho forest of St. Gobain, after which it was speed ily demolished by French artill ery. CABLEGRAMS EXCHANCED BY FOCH AND MARCH Washington, Juno 2. Cable gram exchanged by General Foch, the commander in thief of tho allied armies, and General March upon tho occusion of the latter's appointment as chief of staff with tho rank of general, were made public tonight by the w ar department. General Fooh's message reads "I hear with deep satisfaction your promotion lo tho rank of general. "I Associate myself to the just pride which you must feel in evoking the mine of your glori mi predecessor., Grant a n d Sheridan. I convey lo you my sincere, congratulation nnd I am happy to see you assume perma nently that huge task of chief ot staff of the United States army w hich you were already s't form ing in so brilliant a way." General March replied, "Your message of congratula tion usin my promotion to the grade of general chief ol slaff, Fniled Stale army, wa s-rson ally conveyed to me by General Yigual, French military attache. I appreciate deeply your most kindly greetings, ami, in ex prvsslng my hincero thank, avail myself of the opHniui.Hy to assure you ul i-very assistance and constant supjsirt winch may he in my swer, to aid you in the furtherance aid successful ac complishment of yi'tir groat i.isk " 'Scratch Army" Carey Made a Major General ! M Hrlrf. teii S.iii.i-mioi furry ef th rtrlllh urinjr tin prt m. a nm..r tiiml f..r til g.-t iirk In re tlmtljr titlni Ih r.rl!!h Itflh arrof umtir Ottirml fi..i.-l t.jr tuftiprlng from il. rr a rrh f.irr ami iih. nj II t(.tii the Hfih nn. lhlr4 aqnli ami k" lilt II llivr f.r tl 61 iiu'll f"lli l Tll f.'irr riiiU up nf "nnn'niiul.i!iin," iinliJ leg tvta AlusfKaa !. ft r - . ' . ,' I v . - i " ",' rRENCIi TROOOS SMASH RfTKATLD attacks or (;Rr. rrT viollnce Paris, J ii i M J I'Yciich troops last night Hinashed repeated Ger man attacks or the greatest vio lence in tho hoc I north of tho river Aisne, between tho Oiso river nnd Soissons, the French war oflico annnunced today. Mont doChoisy, after being at' tacked four times by forces of the Gorman crown prince, was finally stormed only to be Jost again to the invaders at the point of tho bayonet. Oil tho front b'ltwceii Soissons and Chateau Thierry the Ger mans occupied liOtigepoint, Cor ey, Pavcrollcs and Troesness, but later were driven out of these places by energetic French conn tor attacks. On the Khcinis Uorui ins front bitter lighting is taking pVn and tho Germans have crossed tho high road east of Ville en Tardenois The text of t It e statemei t reads: "German pressure i nut inm-i with intensity on tin: hmd twoen the Oise and M m..' K tremely violent alt.nk' in U.o region north of the I'.oi .m point and Maulins Nous louvent were repulsed. "French troops hive ejected th; enemy from ssilions imilli of these oints. "Mont du Choia.y, attacked four times by the Germans an. I tuken by thvin, was recaptured ut the iK.int of the h.iMinet by French soldiers who it-main in control. "Itetwevn vicizv and Ourc tho Germans took p.i.iiesi.in nf loneeMiinl, Cuio, I'aveiolle and TrH'sfii':.H. but bv an ener getic return to tho offensive, French troops acani occupied these locahlles, "On tln i iver Mann' the Ger man hate reached I ho licitthu -west nf Chateau Thierry. Tim Fiencli hold lh it poitioii of the city situated mi tho U U bank of the liver. "Violent lighting is in progress along tho I tit in in l.'ln tins to ut w hich llii t b-i in ins h,iv e crossed with light fon i s in (ho ici'ioii nf Oiizy-Yiolaini' and Villi en Tar den. lis. "Oil tho Ithel-ns limit Ihero w a no chinge. NOTICE TO THE TIIRISIIERJ Of SURRY 10UNTY. You are heieby nolilied tlut under tin haul legiilalioii tint no wheat or rye can l threshed thi season before the I Clli day i f July. You are fuither n.. lined that every threshing tuaclnno 0lerated thi year will U ex pTted toprtsluce u) sr i ent nf grain fiont the wheal and re thresltiHl. Thi U to av, that no waste will bo isTihilted. If your machine I out of repair and for ltd reason cannot pro duco lut jer cent, you will pleait notify me at onco and I will make an t flert Ui get you the net-canary information to place jour ma ihlno in prsr condition. Thi regulation wilt U rigidly on forced. Tliia May 27th, l'.U. W.F.CAKH:!.', County Fisst AdminUtratoi . D0P BOPtnS UPON TRTNCH CATITAL Pari. June l. ticrimn an men attempted two air laid on Paria last night. The ftrtl w as a failure but on the aeceu I is c alon bomb were dropsd on tho capital. in an ofnoial alatemi nt, wlurti waa laauovl carlf tod iy, it w aaid enemy plane crossed tho line in Pari, ami added; "The alarm wa n?n last night at It) .TO o'clock and four gum oponcd ftir. No iMimb fell on Pari. 'All clnur' wa given at II o'ct.ck. "Froah aound of meter hav ing been rejmrtej by l.xikout Kata Uio alarm wa hounded at ll itfand 'allclonr' at I2 3ia, tn. A certain numWr of hoaiha aro roHirtod to have koon dropped lnth Psrii rogion." '