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Iliiif t i ' i " Volume XIX PablUhad Todays Fridays LENOIR, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1917 Priest Fir Casta a Copy NO. 40 WIDE FOOD pledge mm ON BATTERY E QUARUIT1NE0; IEK1ER 1.1 KIllS v GAP-T. JONES ANSWERS SPINJUIEIIIITIS WIFE ANDjrWO GHlLDBEfl PEN IRE STILL NEEDED S AFTER f,1 DOOM'S LETTEfl fUgiment of Experienced Saw Mill - Co-operation FrosM Every Coooty CaWwell PronUee Fum Roaulta Everybody WiUWrk Wa Brought to Camp By Draft Carl Whita, Who Livoi EIfatMilee Bond WiO Bo Iuood and Sold Another Chapter la Written Into Men About Ten Days Ago Thar b N Can for Alarm Beyond Oak HilL After Triplo Tragedy, Ask to bo Killed ' . Men I WanUd to Go to Franco to iDperat Portable Mill After tho First of Decem ber, Mr. W. W. String fellow Say the Friendly Controversy Tho Ootooan of the War Meaawroa The finishing touches are being put upon the preparation! for the treat Food Pledge Campaign which will be waged throughout North Car olina and the nation thia week. The unite of the huge food conser vation army, numbering two or three core in some of the smaller counties and running above 500 in a few of the larger ones, have been informing themselves and planning for such a -campaign as will be most effective and telling in their own .particular locality. In practically every county Saturday will be observed aa f god in formation and registration day and the householders will be asked to at tend a session at all the white school houses, where there will committees to explain the program and purposes of the food, administration, and the idea of the food pledge especially. These school district committees in a ."follow-up" campaign next week are expected to visit every, home in their respective districts so that no household shall fail to have an op portunity offered it to show where it .stands and to record its purpose to render at home a service that is sim ple and easy but is just as vital and important as the service that will be rendered by the boys who have gone .from our communities to "do their bit" in the front lines. Food Administrator Henry A Pace has addressed letters to all members of the school district com mittees calling upon them for their enthusiastic and effective service in their respective communities during the food pledge campaign. It is real ised that, despite the careful and en thusiastic preparations for the cam paign here and at the county seats, the burden of "delivering the goods" Tests upon the individual members of the school district committees. "You are charged," writes Mr. Page to these 28,000 school district committeemen, "with the important . . T M- sl 1- OUiy OI acquainting every lainuy iu your school district with the impor tance of the service they may render 'at home by following the suggestions and advice of the food administra tion. Won't you see that not a fam ily is ignored in the food pledge cam paign?" Another striking paragraph: "Boys have volunteered or have been draft ed from your community. The lives of some of these boys can be saved by providing our allies with the food stuffs they require to keep them in ood fighting trim. But this cannot be done if we continue to consume our accustomed Quantities of the products named wheat, beef, pork fats and sugar." CLARENCE HOKE IS NOW CHEMIST FOR GOVERNMENT The friends of Mr. Clarence B Hoke, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A Hoke of this place, will be interested to know that he is now with the gov ernment and is located at Dover, N J. Until last spring Mr. Hoke was instructor in chemistry at the Uni versity of North Carolina, resigning to go with the DuPont powder manu facturers. He was sent to Parhn, N. J., to do chemical research work. The great need of the government for high-class chemists at this time brought about Mr. Hoke's resignation with the powder manufacturers to accept the call of his Uncle Sam. ARMY Y. M. C. A. MEETING HELD TODAY AT HICKORY The following request has been re .ivd from Mr. J. J. Willard of Hickory: "Will you announce that there will be a conference in the interest of the Army Y. M. C. A. in Hickory Oct. 10, 2:80 p.m., at the Chamber of Commerce T This will be addressed by the Rev. Dr. McDowell of Melrose, If ass.,, and others Y. M. C. A. work on. We hope to have with us Dr. Martin of Davidson." NO PEACE IN SIGHT, SAYS MR. LLOYD-GEORGE "I have scanned the horizon in- a -4,1 ft .sl T UlnoAna "an1 son xonuy, J" , ''J see no terms in sight which will lead! to enduring peace. The only terms now possible would mean an armed truce ending in an even more fright ful struggle." People here have received the news of the quarantining of Battery E on account of the breaking out of a ease of spinal meningitis, with concern. However, a statement from the bat tery headquarters says that there is no occasion for ahum. Since this case has developed the whole battery has been moved to another place somewhere in the woods" of South Carolina. The statement from the camp headquarters follows: "Camp Sevier, S. C, Oct 27. The entire personnel of Battery E, in cluding all officers and enlisted men, is now quarantined somewhere in the woods in the state of South Carolina, some half mile from their companion batteries on account of the develop ment of a case of spinal meningitis in the battery. There appears to be no occasion for alarm, as it is under stood that the enlisted man who has the disease has been in the hospital some ten days, having been sent there after spending only one night in the battery. He is one of the conscripts, sent here from Camp Jackson, Co lumbia, and seems to have developed the case of meningitis after being sent to the hospital for another ail ment We moved to our new location in the woods Friday afternoon, and so well are we guarded that positively no one is allowed through the lines except with supplies for the battery. All mail is passed through the lines and should be addressed as formerly. "S. A. RICHARDSON, 1st Lieut. Battery E, 11 3th F. A." EIGHT MIUIOH PEOPLE SUBSCRIBE TO THE IU Was Almost Imporbl to Esti mate the Total, So Fait Did Subscription Pour In The Liberty Loan apparently has passed the $5,000,000,000 mark. A last day drive of titanic propor tions throughout the nation rounded up more than $1,000,000,000 and was believed to have carried the to tal several hundred' million dollars be yond the maximum sum treasury offi cials had hoped for. Federal reserve banks were strug gling Saturday night under an ava lanche of last minute subscription to form some idea of the grand total Indications are that they will not complete their tabulations for sev eral days. Possibly definite announce ment of the total amount subscribed will be made tomorrow. At least 8,000,000 persons through out the country wrote their names on application blanks. How many more did so will not be known until the final count several days hence. The number may go as high as 10,000,000 Each of the twelve districts ap peared to have passed its minimum and indications were that most of them had exceeded the maximum as well. Return by District The treasury's tabulation of re turns, based upon estimates received from the reserve banks, showed a to tal of 4,555,000,000. This was ad mitted to be an under-statement of the result. At the hour the tabulat ing was made subscribers were stand ing in line in thousands of cities and towns throughout the country and most of the 26,000 bants were swamped with unreported subscrip tions. The treasury's compilation by dis tricts follows: Boston, $500,000,000; New York $1,600,000,000; Philadelphia, $425, 000.000; Cleveland, $45,000,000 Richmond, $180,000,000; Atlanti $100,000,000; Chicago, $550,000, 000; St. Louis, $200,000,000; Minne anoliB, $130,000,000; Kansas City, $160,000,000; Dallas, $85,000,000 San Francisco, $275,000,000 "Subscriptions to the second Lib erty Loan probably have passed $5 000,000,000," said a treasury state- uvuvvu ment If it's PRINTING you want to the News offiao. Carl White, who killed his wife and two small children Saturday af? tern oo n by beating them over thl head with the butt end of shotgun. in jail at Taylorsville. It is claimed that White is insane. The tragedy occurred at the home of Mr. W. E. White, the father of the young man. It appears that Mrs. White and the five small children had gone there to avoid some impending danger. The father of the young man telephoned two other sons, Mrv Arthur White, cashier of the Bank of Stony Point, and Mr. L. O. White of Statesville. They had just, arrived and were met in the yard by the fa ther and a younger brother when the tragedy occurred. According to Mr. T. ' S. Watson, father of the dead woman, Mr. White first attempted to shoot Mrs. White. This shot went wild and it is thought that Mrs. White caught the gun bar rel and forced it aside just at the time the shot was fired. Failing in this manner Mr. White turned the butt of the gun and used it as a club, beating his wife's head into a pulp. In a like manner he killed one of his little girls who was near by and then topped out onto the porch, where the other little girl was playing, and struck her on the head, completely crushing the skull. He then picked the little child up and. threw her through a window on the lifeless body of her mother. White then left the house and started down the road. He met Mr. E. N. Montgomery, and it is said that he told Mr. Montgom ery whatjie had done and asked to be killed. Mr. Montgomery attempt ed to disarm him and a tussle ensued. with Mr. Montgomery finally succeed ing: in his purpose, but not however, until lie. had received an ugly wound in the arm. Mr. White was then taken to the county jail at Taylors ville, where he is being held. Mrs. White was a daughter of Mr, and Mrs. T. S. Watson of Virgil, Wa tauga county. Mr. Watson was no tified and went immediately to the. White home in Alexander and made arrangements for carrying the bodies of the three victims to his home in Watauga for burial. A truck from this place was secured, and Sunday afternoon the three bodies were car ried through here. Mr. Wation and the three small children accompanied them.' The children were about three, six and nine years of age. One of them said that they ran awny from the house when their father went on this rampage and hid behind the barn. No one seems to know how the smaller child escaped unless the father failed to see him. Mr. Watson does not believe that his son-in-law was insane. Mr. White comes from one of tlu best families in this section. His fa ther, Mr. W. E. White, was a former representative in the state senate from this district IN CHURCHES AND HOMES PEOPLE PRAY FOR SUCCESS In churches and home throughout the country Sunday Americans, led by their President, bowed in solemn prayer for success of their nation's arms. It was the first day of prayer so designated by a presidential proc lamation since the United States en tered the war. On warships and at naval shore stations the day was also observed with memorial services for the twen ty-eight sailors lost in the sinking of the American transport Antilles RALLY DAY EXERCISES AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Presbyterian Sunday school will hold their rally day exercises next Sunday. A program of inspir ing gospel and patriotic hymns and talks fs being arranged. The invita tion is extended by Rev. C. T. Sautres and the members of his church tmd Sunday school to all who will attend. A dispatch received in Amsterdam from Vienna says that Dr." Dumba former Austro-Hungarian ambassa dor to the United States, in a speech in the reichsrath, asserted that the giant naval program of the United States was mostly bluff. vThe assistant forester in charge of recruiting has announced that the first two battalions of the Twentieth Engineer (forest) regiment are now practically recruited to full strength. This does not mean that it will now be. more difficult, to enter this very attractive service. On the contrary, ejilisting will go on as heretofore. ten familiar with the different branches of the work of logging and running small portable saw mills, 't t ,1 ..I. n as are iouna au over noixn Car olina, are especially wanted. The ate forester, Mr. J. S. Holmes, says at he has received letters from a considerable number of men inquir ing about ' conditions, and some of them have already enlisted in this regiment but North Carolinians have so far been slow to avail themselves of this opportunity of serving their country. There are many thousands of young men thoroughly familiar with woods work and the handling of portable saw mills in this state, which is known to have the largest number of such mills of any state in the anion with the possible exception of Virginia. Speaking of the reluctance of com ing forward, which is perhaps charac teristic of us in the South, Mr. G, E. French of Statesville says: ' "It seems to me if a young man is looking out for his future welfare in the community in which he lives that the first thing he would do would be to volunteer, and how strong, healthy !jyouhf fellows of military age can feel any desire to hold back and wait to be forced in, I don't understand; that, is, if they attach large impor tance to their future, as the people in every community in the United States will be very certain to, remem- W-who were tho-elutiteer soldiers and who were not If I were of mil itary age I would not hesitate a sec ond about volunteering in fact, I would not feel that I could afford to do otherwise. It is always distress ing to me to see a strong, vigorous young man stay at home when an other boy he grew up with has gone out to offer his life to help win the big fight, which means so much to us and to every citizen of the re public." Now is the time to enlist. Timber and firewood are badly needed by our armies at the front, and none knSw better how to get out ties, posts, lumber and firewood than the youth of North Carolina. Applica tions should be made without delay to State Forester, Chapel Hill, N. C, or to the nearest army recruiting station. WATAUGA HAS COW FOR EVERY PERSON IN COUNTY 'There is one cow in Watauga county for every inhabitant, said Mr. B. B. Dougherty, superintendent of the Appalachian Training School, at Boone, in talking about the cattle industry in that county when here Saturday. Watauga people have long since learned that there is money in the cattle industry. However, it was during the past year or two that they have come to realize- the profits and possibilities in cheese making, which is allied with the cattle industry. Six teen car loads of cheese will be sold from Watauga cheese factories this year, Mr. Dougherty said. This will bring, in round numbers, $75,000. And this is not the end. More cheese factories are being organized and established every few months. FARMERS WILL MEET NOV. 14-15 AT WINSON-SALEM Clarence Pou, a member of the ex ecutive committee of the State Farm ers' Union, announces a change in the date of the state convention of the union at Winston-Salem that restores the original dates of Nov. 14 and 15 instead of Nov. 7 and 8, announced some weeks ago, to avoid conflict with a national conference. The restora tion of the original dates is because the Daughters of the Revolution will be in session in Winston-Salem and crowd the hotels Nov. 7 and 8. Keen interest is developing in the contest over election of a president of the union, determined effort being afoot to supplant Dr. H. Q. Alexander for his opposition to the war policy. The coming of early spring will see the first permanent road work in Wa tauga county. Construction work will begin about March 1, Mr. W. W. Stringfellow, chairman of the Wa tauga road committee, said when here Friday. "The road bonds voted on early in the summer cannot be issued and sold until after the December meet ing of the county commissioners," Mr. Stringfellow said. "At this time it will be winter and the road com mission is of the opinion that it will be- best to hold up the work until the opening of spring, which will be about March 1. Then we will begin active work." Mr. and Mrs. Stringfellow have closed their summer home, Shetola, and left on the noon train Thursday for New York, where they will spend two months. Then they will go to Birmingham, Ala., where they will remain during January and Febru ary, returning to Blowing Rock the first of March. NEW YORK EXPERTS ARRIVE FOR MEANS CASE OPENING John T. Dooling, Dr. Schultze, Dr. Burmeister, Capt Jones and the oth er Jones, New York and Chicago peo ple interested in the Means murder case, have arrived at Concord and are conferring with Solicitor Hayden Clement The Means case will be presented to the grand jury early in the week. TEUTONS W TO FACE Several Battalion of United State Infantry Are in the Front Lin Trenches in " France The nation was thrilled Saturday night by word that American troops at last were face to face with the Germans across No Man's Land. An nouncement by Gen. Pershing that several battalions of his infantry were in the front line trenches, sup ported by American batteries which already had gone in action against the enemy fanned a new flame of pa triotism throughout the country. The absolute silence with which Secretary Baker and War Depart ment officials greeted the news, how ever, showed that although the move ment into the trenches had been ex pected at any time, it was regarded only as the final phase of the men's training. German shells are break ing about the Americans and, al-1 though they, had not taken over the trench sector, rifles, machine guns, bombs and bayonets in American hands were ready to greet any enemy attack. The silence of Secretary Baker in dicated that no official report of the occupation of the trenches had been received. Gen. Pershing is the judge of all matters pertaining to the training of his force and he probably did not inform the department of his plans in advance, as every effort was made to prevent the enemy from learning what was afoot It is cer tain, however, that the department was fully prepared for the news. Sec retary Baker's latest review of the war situation last week indicated that American troops in France were nearing the end of their strenuous training behind the lines. Casualties among the American forces are to be expected. Reports from the front already show inter mittent artillerv firine and a well- aimed shell may claim American vie tims at any moment There is noth ing to indicate, however, that an of fensive operation by the Americans and their French associates is to be expected, outside of possible trench raiding. The sector where the front line training school has been estab lished is described as one of the quietest on the front. The chamber of deputies at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, by an almost unanimous vote, declared that a state of war existed between Germany and Brasil. The vote was 149 to 1. The following letter has been re ceived for publication: Lenoir, N. C, Oct 24, 1917. Hon. R. L. Doughton, Laurel Spring, North Carolina. My Dear Mr. Doughton: I have your letter of the 22nd instant m re ply to my open letter to you. Mine having been published, it is due to you to give your reply publication, and I write to know if you wish mo to give it to the newspaper that had: mine. I find one or two paragraphs in your letter that should not be over looked. You say that "some of your statements are liable to cause some one to misunderstand my (your) ac tions or motives." I hope not, and I think not All along I have been very particular to give due credit to your patriotism, sincerity and honesty of purpose; and the most that has ever been intimated was that I disagreed with you in certain matters of mili tary procedure as touching legisla tion for the 'best interest of- the country at this fateful moment This I had the right to do with my repre sentative,' no matter how much I might value him as a personal friend. Again you say: "I do not think that a majority of our people' will consider it so bad as a crime, !, as in " 1 do timated in your (my) letter.' not think that "a majority of our people" will agree that my letter in timates any crime. On the contrary, the letter distinctly repeals any such, conclusion and attributes your course to a mistake in military procedure; and the paragraph ends by my saying that "a mistake is sometimes as fa tal as a crime." Now, as to the draft law, and the privilege of volunteering, you say that your idea and that of the distin guished men named by you and who hold the same views, was that those "subject to military duty be first given an opportunity to volunteer." To which I reply that there has not been a day in two years when the government was not calling for vol-, unteers both for the army and navy and eagerly accepting all it could get After the declaration of war, and after the passage of the draft law, and even after the men had been drawn under it, and opportu nity was given to volunteer to all drafted men even up to July 25, 1917, I know men in this county that picked out what branch of the service and what commands they wished to (Continued on page 2) CALDWELL MAN HAS LIVED 31 YEARS IN CALIFORNIA "Many and great changes have taken place since I left thirty-one years ago last April," said Mr. R. H. Estes of Gridley, Cal., yesterday. "I could not find the courthouse. When was here it stood on the square, but now everything has changed," he con tinued. Mr. and Mrs. Estes arrived late asfweek from their home at Gridley, about fifty miles north of Sacramen to City, in the beautiful Sacramento valley. This week they are visiting Mrs. Estes' brother, Mr. W. L. Greer, on Route One. They will visit other relatives in the county, and especially in the Globe, where they lived before moving west thirty-one years ago. Mr. Estes is interested in the street improvement in Lenoir, and also any road improvement that may have taken place in the county since she. left here. There are hundreds and hundreds of miles of roads in Cali fornia just like the streets here in Lenoir, he says. Two years ago the people of that state voted $30,000, 000 for road work. Roads, school and churches give a true picture of the progress and worth and enlight enment of a community. There ia nothing that will show it better. When I lived here in the Globe it took two days to come to Lenoir. Where I live now, with the excellent roads, going to market is a matter of almost nothing. Consequently we do not lose any time, and with the better conditions brought about by the roads we are able to do better and more efficient work." Mr. Estes, as did dozens of others moved away from Caldwell on ae-' count of the unimproved condition f our roads. ... ,. TV v
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