North Carolina Newspapers

-I if-" Tfe - f i VOL.8 i:ikin,N. C, Thursday, April 3, 1919 1 mvu no a,ni n division HKOKK IIINDKNIU'ItH LINK New York. March 'Kl.-The t New York World in its issue this morning ha -i a compi ehensive story of t tic operations of the r.Oth division composed of south erners And the 27th division, composed largely of New Yoi k- crs, and the part they took in helping to break the llindenburg line. Tin' story in part follow "North and south? Hell! There ain't none. It's all Aniei Iran now. No Yanks! No Johnny Hobs. Ail Americans, lie was a mountaineer of Ti n- tiessee, one of (he rangy, pi ingy lanklimlied chaps of the south aIio through this war forgot the spirit of sectionalism that thru decades pctsi. led in the hearts of many tabid ones and fought alongside the men of the north in the common cause against Germany. From official data supplied by officers of the famous organi 'ation. the World i- able today io present a history of the career and battle achievements of the .'f)th (Old Jlirkorv) division. Advance detachments of the "0th division are now approach ing Charleston. S. ('. on the transport Huron. To New Yorkers the lecord of the organization is of unique and important interest. For --and it is not commonly known -the "Oth is the only American divi sion that 27th of tin ; state ever came in direct contact with in Kurope. Kxeept for unimpoi tant moim-ms neii me Siin Hap pened to greet some other Yan kee unit, there was no Aniei ican division other han the .".nth that was aligned with the 27th New York. Doth trained and fought as parts of the IJnti h forces in Helgium and France. Hacked and Sawed Through I'oth hacked and hewed thru the llindenburg line, ea'h .-up-porting tlie other, the two Ame.ican divisions, one fiom the north, the other from the south, of ditiei ing temperament, of opjosite mold, banged" and plugged and plunged and sciap yed side by side in the common business of beating the Hcr mans. Pet haps it is bcrau e the 27th was only other Ameruan unit it ever saw that nun of the "Hh who have returned in past weeks as casuals have been unanimous in praising the 27th to repot tecs as the best outfit in the wot Id - outside of Old Hickory. Like wise, that may be the leason the thinks so splendidly of the r.Oth that a New Yoi k soldier will hold yon by the hour to re late to you the deeds of the southerners at the llindenburg line. A hasty Jet elfcitiw insight into, the vigorous romb.it iiencss of the I'.Oth may be obtained from the lecord. whith shows that from S pteinlicr 2'.) to Octo ber "0 the .loth raptured IK of ficcrs and :l.7"i0 man. and in the same period lost three officers WLiiid 2 men as prisoners. of. liccrs and I .(U I men killed and 113 officers and 1.S2" men wounded or gassed total cas ualties in that period. I Ho offi ccrs and .".sY7 men. Its First Offensie. Old Hickory's litt ofienie wiui a hummer. In conjunction with the 27th of New Yoik on tin? right the Mth Polish on the left, the southern men on August "I and S.cpember 1 went jt the Hermans hammer and tongs. All objectives were bag ged Ick No. K, the Lankhof farm and city of Yooi mrzeele itself. The total advance was l.aOO yards. Fifteen prisoners, two machine guns thirty-live rifles were taken, and to the great advantage of our intelli gence service, the victory iden tified the opposing unit as the 2nfith division, an average body. Incidentally, it may bo point ed out here that for six week previous the Hritish and our own troops had made many fu tile attempts to identify the op posing division. The "Oth was withdrawn Sep tember 4 and placed in reserve with the Hritish at Iloellecourt, training in tank attacking. On September 17, the SOth division was moved toward Tincourt tak ing over a front line sector from the Australians on the night of the 2:!rd. In a few days was to begin the famous pu.di, in conjunction with the 27th. that was to make the gallant work of Old Hickory a thrilling tradition in our mili tary history. The llindenburg line was about to be attacked. In the preliminary days of waiting there was no doubt in the minds of the doughbovs of the south that they would make the fam ous Herman system not only sag, but actually crumble. They knew the price that would be exacted. Kut they had shown their mettle and gameness, and faiily raised themselves on their toes f,,r the jumpofl on September 2'.. The Hindenhurg Fine. The official history of the division siivs on this score: On September 21) this division with the 27th American on the left and the Ifith Hritish divi sion on the right, assaulted the Hindenbui-g line The llinden burg line at this point curves in front of the Tunnel St. Ouentin This was considered impregna ble bv the Hermans for the fob owing reasons: The llinden burg line curving west of the tunnel consisted of three main tieiifh systems protected by vast fields of hcavv barbed wire entanglements skilfully placed; this wire was very heavy and had been damaged vel v little bv artillery lire. The dominating ground enabled them to bring devastating machine gun fire on si -1 approaches. The lines had bi r strengthened with con crete machine gun emplace ments. It contained at this point a large numbvr of dugouts Imed w;th mining timbers, with wooden steps leading down to i depth of a'HUlt :i0 feet with small rooms capable of holding ri'in lour to six men each. In maiiV ca-es these dugouts were w ire.l lor electric lights. The iarge tunnel through which the canal ran was of sutlicient ca pacity to shelter a division. This tunnel was electrically lighted and filled with barges. Connect ing it with the llindenburg trench system were numerous tunnels. In one case a direct tunnel i .m from the main tunnel to the basement of ii large stone building, which the enemy used for headuai ters. Other tunnels r,?n I loin the main tunnel east ward to the city of F.ellecourt and other places. This complete sublet cancan system with its hidden exits and entrances, un kiiow n to us. formed a most com p'ete and safe subterranean method of communication and i enforcement for the (Tei'man set tor, Old Hickory" and 27th. The :in division ruth brigade attacking, augmented by units of H e II 7th infantry, attacked this Ime ill ."i a. tit.. Septem ber 2'.. on ;t front of :5.imh yards. They faced, as did the 27th at the other end of the Hindetibuig system, a hurricane of machine gun bullets, a battering deluge of light artillery shells. Men fell in gioups. Wave followed wave. Hut there was no faltering ui.omr those lads of the south. here the enemy ripped a gap the Old Hickory boys lumped in to plug it. The first line sank in heaps. The second line reel ed. It. too. p iid heavy toll. Hut I torn somewhere, every where, there swept on the steady masses of Americans, Hist as. further along the line, the staggering masses of New Yoi ker were being steadily sup pin d w ith new masses. They cleaned out I hose ma chine guns, did the boys of the south. They ovcrstiode (he pill boxes. They cut through the bin bed wire. And where the meshes, at not infrequent points proved so thick and closely en twined its to have halN"d a dog. the southerners blew up the barbed Ni ire posts with grenades and hand torpedoes. In their sector they captured the entire llindenburg stretch, aiid advanced further, rapturing the tunnel and the troops it con tained. They took the rities of llelleeourt, Nauroy, Iliqueval, Varriere, Ktrecourt, Guillaine. Ferme and Ferme de Diqueval, advancing 1,200 yards defeating two enemy divisions and taking as prisoners 47 officers and 1,4:11 men. On October 1 and 2, the 30th division w as relieved by the fifth I? I ' ( ... , f . " - , . S . I' (1 -l .' i. - . r. .r y , - 'j 4 ; frKzp, (f7?r AV, i' ' '- I:.-'1' "I I ii f li'i m.i.M. v -,, ".;. i . a 1". mi. h - Alr.-i-.. I. ! II e .11 -ei: ,., '..I.., !. III Ii in- ! '- ...i,. ; ' '.' : . Australians and was .sent to the back area' at lletbecourt. It had scarcely arrived there when r- decs were received to march back and take over it s 'l tor in the ante region from' second Australians, near .Montbrchain. Attacked Four Surccssiip Days On Octobers. 1. in and II tiie loth division attacked each day, advancing by the end of the 1 Ith a total of 17." yards and cap. tunng 1- Illicit d Archies. Fej tial check by th ,",(it, division I'etit Ciimbresis, Hecquigny. ' show, d that it had cau-rd the Siirasin. h Troit iiux Soldnts, f,e to ivl.nquish at lea-t 72 field I'.Usigny. (Jloin tte. I.e Yell Don- aitillcty pieces. 2" trench moi joit.i Hsiaufoi t. I,e Komi Font, tni s, J-Ji", machine gi:ns and I. Yaiix Andigny. ;illee H.is;iid, ; 7'J2 t i:les. This t eiuesi tits only m Hide Meneies.see. Li Ho helle a portion of tie IhmiIv. In many Le N'ent de I : i -St. Sonplct.. St. instances li. Id guns taken front Hniin. Mahissi e (It 'M ie. half of the Hermans were turned oicr .Mentiehain, I'.iiincoutt I'rcniont to Hie snopot t ing aitillery ;md Yaux le I Vet re. Hrancourourt. , Used by them ;igain-t the to Fralcourt Ferme, Hm, Miiaiid. treating i tu ni-. Hutry Ferme. I.;i S.ibii, re '.u, Hecqttignette Fertile. '.lois de Malmaison, Malmaisoii Feline, Hois de I'.iisigny. Hoi; I'Frmi-' tiige. Hois IVopart. Imb;ulait and Du Fillet 1'ii.ssiaux I'eimes, taking prisoner l'i offa-crs ;ind M iu" Wa' 'im',"'1 " l.r.M'.l men. The .V.Mlt brigade P" "ho beat lum and began this attack on October s',in-lll.v "V-Trame him in the and raptured all their objectives rol,,lt-v including iVemont and l'.raii-; 1,1 I'i i-ne. .all negroes, court. During this operation 1wn" l,l!,H,t hrntt. who h;,s from October S to U the .'loth J ,"', M to be electrocuted division encountered units from ! "U,v - f'"' t,u' 'f hi sis- 11 Herman divisions, classified by the Hntish high command as follows; "1th division, average; 2"th division, very good 2 Ith di vision, verv good; 21st division average: .oil h iuni. verv a. . . .. . . g.MHl; HI diiision. average; 121 rh:u u 'U"ht. who division, average; ls7th sliap-' '"' h'M a """" shooting stitioii, vei l goml; -ju 1 1 ( I'.u go. division, average; 2oth division! According to IVIvin. ho went average ;:ir.l naval division, verv l" to ll"' !"""l i'"1 ifl l,e gMd; l.'.th reserve dii ision. j r,H" t!iou "'M-ng to I.m k in avei:i"e. : Hass. who w:i; a tni ty. in Tlu' Su .iivisi.-n was t --! f '"- night. Af- by Ihe 27 division on (Kb.bei u'y h "'ilocked the cell door 11-12. but returned on Octobet '''"' ilU-i( k,',, lum f,"ni '" hind. HI .and took over a part of tb, t,1,M1 lrr three jumed on same line at the same place, be-';in1' l'"'lv stat.-. that the ing the right hall of the sector !,,rl ,,M a to get temporalis held bv the 27th. ihi I""1"1 Alu'1' ,:-s had se Oier DifTicult'Triiitin. ;c,,lnl th, l""1 lh'' J-iI-i. in the "The next attack was launch-1 '"'"ggle. maiuigcd to get po -es-rd on Oct. 17. IS and I'.l against H"" ll ii:ain and when he the 221st diiision ,;iveiage; 2l:lltli,,,l "-' 't MmiM got it division, itveti.ge; 2:'th division J aw ;iV ,,"m i,ni1 t' '1'"1 totuni very good; advancing '.).ooii!,he gun on hit . in lad. he man yards and capturing (i of ticei s J tn 1,11 " :' ' -'llM ' ln,,,l and 412 men. mid the towns of!'" H ! F. Ivin giabbed his Mohiin. SI. Martin Kiveiere. Kib- j h-ni'l and th hammer c;ime eiiuvilie. Kscaillon. Mazinrhein luXVM Uti 'hi;.di of his t ight and Kibeaucourt Ferme t ta t i.- "During much of the lighting from Oct. S to Oct. 1 1, and from the 17th to Huh. dilliculties of the terrain were very great with the country greatly broken by small patches of woods and vil lages, with uneven terrain and occasional large towns, admir ably add to the machine gun de fense, of which the Hermans took every advantage. The Selle river, with high banks be yond, was obstinately defended. In spite of these difficulties the advance continued, often with out artillery support, and was made possible only by the deter mination of the men and the skillful use of all arms, combined with clever utilization of the di versified terrain. The 3rd Her man naval division of the crack German divisions was hastily thrown in in an attempt to stop the advance." Resting Near Amiens at Finish. The signing of the armistice - - m. I.,. i 1. 1. mil I. i. m, ,.-vl,. i'Iiiiih- iI,.. ..mh ..(T f-.mi !!,. l. - ll, : n I., t... i ....... .y l- r- I .luiilliiii ni.. .1.- Ijiu n,. u ,.f it, I . .Mi! Ir.-li.l iOi l.li.lll .. tin. Ill.ili.. (i. il,.' Ii..' I i' O.rllM ill if . II- foutid the :i')th division in the Heilly tr.ai. ing itiea, ne;ir Amiens, tot ilaccments and ;i j u ell ranted i t In its his ; dvance the :'.th did not I.;,. . time to gather up and salvag the great quantity of gun, ammunition, and sup plies abandoned by tin' lleeing enemy. The stulf was left for the salvage troop.; of the Ith Hntish aimv. Ilowcv-r, ;i p;ir- FOFU FUkONKHS AT JAII.KIC AM) HKT AWAY. Diiiham. .M.udi 2'.'. Tonight iit a) .tit 7 ::'.' o'clock Jailer Cat 'it- t t ,- ter-in law. I.ucy Jones, in De cember, Htuk Ha s. who w;is un del" it si ntelice of two j ears for shooting and cutting his wife; Hen Dominicker. Ieing held for IYI.k VIII...I l..l J. ...Ill .1 .(....!. "" "i" " "m"" 'hand. The si rtlggie w a Wiiged up and d'.vu the parage oubid-.' of the cells and finally into the ele vator. There they got lit l in in such ii condition that they car ried him back .and locked him in the cell. While ihe struggle was going on Willie Wjule. negro that was brought here from Prison roun ty for sftfe keeping gave the alarm by yelling at the top of his voice, and made no attempt to escape himself. Sheriff IIarward, who was in his office, stated thai he hoard the cries but some one said that it was the Salvation army hold ing service on the itteet. He stated that he thought that Ilelvin had gone home for his supper. The cries from the jail finally attracted more attention and when persons went up they found that the prisoners had escaped. .machim; hfnnfks aiu: hff.sts of wifminhton. Wilmington. March 2'.i. The Ib'th machine gun battalion of the .",(th division, which arrived at New pot t New s from ovcr-ea last week, was the guest of Wil mington today ami ivrehrd a great welcome and ovation iit the hands of the people of this i city and many lisitor.s from sur i rounding tow us and .cction,. i TI. . I I . . i i ne maciinie naitaiioti an tveu soon after midnight this morn ing from Holdsbore. uliciv thei spent a bi ief time lat niht. and were nut by many huinlieds of people anxious to see the buys and shake hands with the .-. turning oldier.s. Wilinim'ton was paitic'tlarly interested m the 11. "it It machine batta'ion bv reason of the fad th..t oiv of 'e cor i panic- von.'Misi.ig 1 1 Ict tah hi i ide lip l.u ge!v of j Wilmington men and jr!ali.e ; aliij Iiieiiil, o th.'.e I mis, ' tli"U)r!t they had to v a it a long j time lor the tt.iui to art lie.' ' stuck it out at the t.iti"!i in i order to teceive their own. ! Ihe scene when the Mildier.s ! l eai h d the s t;tt . ;,,,,) , .. 'trained w.t an inspiring one. j There were numerous tetitiimis jof relatives r friends an I sol (diets while some of the mothers with s,,)s in the halla'ion gale way to I heir feelings and wepl with joy. In addition to thii m.tehiue gunnels heir nmie than I"" ar tillerymen, the majority of them of battery A. lF'.tlt arriv ed in the t ily dm ing Fi id iy night and this morning, temniii- I mg here mil il the ai lei noon j trail? for the Craven capital. The parade was the ft t big eu nt of the day, Il foinud at Fifth id,. I M.uk.4 sti. , ts ,,t 1 o'clock and in it : unite th pio-ce- sioii passed ii lei iew ing" stand at Front and Market, mettpied by Col. F. M. Ilmkle and stair. Mayor and Mrs. Moore, Congressman-elect S. M. Hntison. oi N w Het ii. u ho made an ad Ii -s of welcome, and others. The p:r;uh' con-hided at the cili hall, where iuldre se.. of welcome weie made by M.ivot Moore iitid Mr. ISrinsou ;ui, re plied to' by Miii. W. W. Fierce, commalidei of the I lath. In a very forceful manner Major Fierce told how the 27th and "nth divisions pudu d tin u the llindenburg line l:o-t iititutr.n and still ted the Hun m (he uiii toward the Khine. I'iirticular interest was mani fi'sted in his account of 1 1 e death of I.ieut. David Worth, who died from wounds received while making an ell'oi t to get aid to some of his men w ho were un der shell fire. Sergt. Harry Hub bard. Seigt. D. J. Deiane. Pri vate II. H. Davis and Private Silas V. Sneedeti under heavy fire rescued the officer from his perilous position, but he soon died in tho hospital. He had been iisked by hi.i i xn not b. go out, but had insisted becau--; of his interest in. the Welfare i f his men. Seventeen members of the battalion and 102 were wounded while in the fighting although the official records show that only four were killed and a dozen casualties sustained. The visiting soldiers were : i t '.lid en.. i! number Ingloit, Ky. Tl.e ll Oi p . OH bo. d l;i' liii nl' of the :!.. .md I'l l di ision-;. The la. nil ;t w;i ; lh. KXth field ,n UU r. 'irigad . f:.ii,andi d I ," lli ig.! I ' i- Ci ii 'ral 1!. F, Hiow it". Tin Ib'ilh In igade con.pi i .. . h :', 17 and olMh rcginients, .i oi!i ei an I 2. 7o men, who were among tie liist Americiin troop, to In equipped w ilh American muni tions and were also among tl.e liist to return after paiticipa tioll in the occupation of (le;--many. Other unit.; aboard the Aqut lania included tie- inilin. try. comiiaiiie S. I'. II, I. K. and M, I I o;Y;tvr.s and 1.077 men medical itiid camp deta'hments of the 1 p;th infantiy, six offi cers iuid :'. 12 men; field ainl st;itl" liea liju.i' lei s and .-upply com pany. :i:;7th infantry, live ofli ' i t s and :', 1 1 in. 'ii : s." dii ision li. jidquai ters i'lid headipiarteis troop, 2 of;'n er., and 211 nu n; H'li'ilh field iirtill'iy biiade heildqual tei s, eight oflici'i , and (11 men. 1 ,. infai, tty brigade !m a l'iuat let s. three officers and lilell and detache tits of the 1 1 Ith and Fl'dh field u't;;ieiv regiment, 112 amr ':mtiou ti i'ri and 1 1"". h t ng'ii 'ei. ajoj- (.eiieia: Cn...l Kennedy ron.mand'T i f the s.")th dni-ion v as in ro::t:n;;nd of the ! i mips on tiie Aqmlania. Tl'.e .it!i coti-i-t- rhe-ily of ilillt I H'll ll.: Ml'-hl'MII lilst and i si on .in. I ) I i.'el s . Ih...! d im llliled six in i",idiei' gi nr..! -: He i . ; K F. Ht ow in-. Ch.i.. Cole. Heoigi, D Mooi e. i'i.!:,j:i I. We lei iclt, Wi! iae, p. p. ;., .Varlbor- U 'li ( uuic'iill. H. II. S"lhi i n and Julia Mar- lowe, who hale beell Wo'.kmg will? the Young Men's Chris tian a - oej. tioti in oieisea. cm ii l I mi i a' lp w e e n, pas-el','e s. About :'., pill more troop; of the "."th dm ion came home on the st. ,,1, ,,iji . Santa ()!u i.i and Maui, both flout lire t. which at tiled here today. The Salita Oiiua bi ought a d 'tachmeti! of one j;ievi and '.'1 ti.cn of the I 17th nf;.nti y lor Camp Tay lor and file d taclnnents. lotal n;r live officers and Ml men. of 'he Ji".:h infantiy for C.u:.:' D. n.ei -. HoiiImii. Pike Dodgi nid Tiii lor. On the Maui were b'! ofpeetf and 2.il7 men of the 17th in fantiy -the field stall', head ..Uiiitel . m.u hine gun and sup p!y compame-. medical detach meiit itnd compatiici A to M, in-:-!u-iie assigned to Camps Sherman. Di . Dodge. Custer and Howie, and four officers and l'.i men of the 7'lrd infantry lui g.ide headqUiitlers in command of H.ig. Hen. Sanfeid P.. Stalls bio g. for Camp Shei man. On the Santa Olivia, which .allied I.'.i:l7 triMipi, were al o uejiilv t m I casuals officers and men of Texa.s. Maryland, Alabama. Michigan. Indiana. Oklahoma. Iowa, California, Illi nois and Connecticut, and of the regular army and the marines. Among the :'.(il7 officers and Hieii on the M.tiii were ("12 sick and wounded, three naval ofli "Ci's, civilians ;ind c;isiials, the lattr inciiiiling negro officers and nu n of New Jersey, South Carolina and Illinois. The steamship Pearl Shell ar rived today and I,a Palaice with three officers and IK enlisted men, including casual company No. .;, of low a. served dinner iit the Y. M. C. A. at 2 o'clock and a bullet lunch at the lied Circle Club in the early evening, following which danc ing and other past times were engaged in. The machine gun battalion left this afternoon on the last leg of its journey from Newport News to Camp Jackson, where the battalion vvill be demobilized next week and the wen w ill then return to their homes and to civilian life. I'.lgehiat i, ept it. Ill IT Wn!l f , Jlie ill'Ii , i.s ioiitii!!. a pi'll-liel -III, ill. d Tie ! t,, il. s t. oil tie It l l';t idelit al.! I d".;ii tun points -i 1 1 1 i 1 1 d v il-oii. "on their la 'h in which the Heimaiii anep'. d I ie ar mistice." with the hi. loricid scrap of papei epi. od ., v. l icit he admit s di-gr;eed Het man;, thru out the world. Ib' i convinced Hermany w ill refit, e ;i peace w l.ich w ill tub her of i in- ;hino land. the Z.aar distticl. Fanzig. and tipper Sile: ia. Iiiit he is dis-ati.-.'ied with ihe nnii..ls of the old le";m-. Ul'.ll th.-!:' ob vious i o:.iinn. d iM'.ii. ia ; iind the mode bv whirl) they creep bie ! in'o power. "Tin re is ;i l.istiu;' and con it. t: Ily im-ittisfi.-il Imigit r in .he t.ation for v " i h ti." l in.d ly he h.is in n.'-d the ': . , pe;ii ii.'.' of the old g.'.ng. .ihich '"oiild help Cermaii;' not only liiectly. but t!:iougi il . cTect :i the allies. He ,ay,: "Tint the Herman r ; ublir dues not give the hup,- ion either at home or a'.;o.n! ,' Ik--ing the Hower of ,t ny. iiin fniies fi.i j the fact lh I i luis irta iied most of th, old ": urr.. i ...... l.o .-rem as 'cini lftg :, (lie IleW ii' I'm pllcl .'is thev i1 I un let the kai-or." The w i iter iipptoves oi' '" unt ion Hun kilot if IL.titzitii ' who did Hot become it di liio' l only when demociie, v had its ii ory, but who ha- round "; '.ical views and a-'ts on then ith eliergl." lie is at! "a'.l of his ile. dines ' llO- ili- is it!i dependent soi'iali. t. but "quite light III getting : i ;oll foi' his govenrmii! fin i all ;tlai lets." Hut he ha b: (o plc around him. elegant f poii viils of the old diplomacy, and so foith. Hen Wold o!eervi s 'there are still secrel sorvi-zr I'lirraus and Ulu'i' (ontru'..:i.e.. of the mili tary ry.-tem which have no lotig ,r ;.ni i;t ;!.:.. !;;: ;.. e the (ause if iiiiii h u::, l.-.ts.' utitess, and selle its lefuge, for parasites of thv old s IiimiI. win. hi: ufpfacfd fst as possihi.k. Coblenz. Fridiiy, .March 2s!. Aniioi !k : ii nt oy t!u vi.ir do- p.ll'tmet.t of its ililelitiotl I s,.,l from Ihe I'mted Slides volun teers enlisted for Use in replac ing members ,f th,. "permanent army of ixcupatinn" who de sire to leave the .-crviee. reached third' army headquarters today. The announcement was made by the department to allay unrest among the allied ai my divisions which are ue for replacement and which contain a large per centage of men who volunteered lor the duration of the war and among national guardsmen who are eager to return home as ;.oon ;s possible. A plan is also being woiked out for the segregation inU the ngul.tr army division, of the ; nny of occupation of regular officers and such other officers i.s desire to remain in the regu lar army service. The depart ment by this means contem plates relieving as soon as feasi ble those reserve and national guard officers who desire to re turn to the lTn i ted States for business or other reasons. The leaders of the Centenary movement ' in the Methodist church in the United States have requested the members to ob serve next Saturday as a day of fasting and prayer. The Hp worth League will hold a sun rise prayer service in the Metho dist church here at six o'clock, to which everybody is invited.