Newspapers / Lenoir News-Topic (Lenoir, N.C.) / Nov. 13, 1917, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Lenoir News-Topic (Lenoir, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Pricer Fivo Centa n" Copy ' , ' No. ri.Lji.i.iT SIL1TS : . - c ' ' ' I ' m " Proceaa, Involving Exhauetive Que ... tionnaire la Be Filled Out, to Re quire 3 Day Next. Call V v S ; Likely -In February - . V llfll'IfllfillS LIQ ; gg::dogted ivith skill it I Characterized Br - Brilliant , Example of Bravery They r iAre Now EeUbliaUnjf. New Liaea v -." President Wilson formally .put the IT, Official cablegrams received J -at new machinery lor the-carrying out Washington : Friday from the Italian of the selective draft law into opera-' battlefront say: the retreat-is" being: Action Saturday night with the putiloa- conducted with skill. It is character v.tion of the foreword he has written ized by manyt brilliant 'example of to we regulations binder which the self-sacrifice and rpersonal bravery second call will bo made. "The ro- and the new: lines, which it is honed ;- ;Jations themselves and the. question-jwiH be permanent, hare been most vv naire which, more than 9,000,000 caref ullr prepared." " .registrants will be required to fill H The official account follows t T - ;out are being forwarded to local t.'T'he retirement of the-Italian ar . boards, but have. nof yet been mad . rales to the Livenza-was conducted in , public; , , , j strict conformity with the plans al- vWar. department officials estimate ready laid and has been successfully - .-that the whole processean be com- accbinplished-. ;mill the'Tagliainen- pleted within, sixty days.," This me ns to Which line was abandoned ; that no second call will be madfl upon formed a 'considerable obstacle-to an the draft forces before the;middluf enemy advance, this is true .only in next reoruary, as the period or clas- tame of flood water. When the rains smcation will not begin until Dec: li. stopped and, the watersf the river , v .The President styles the new plan receded the river -was ho longer any of dividing all registered men notl- considerable" natural:" obstacle" to ' the v jeer; to mwtary.service by classes, mu JThe army. corps vomtaanded by LIBODBIITHL'JI us fojiji:: MiunderUBduif or Slight Diler- f ' ent In ; , Viewpviat to ' Vf "j Wer Matter, Say ' 's M. Doughto V ' Any;difference"we have had has no doubt arisen from misunderstand ing or slight, difference. fia viewpoint as to these matters,, comes'. in; the TOnclonof anotherT" letter iromfiV: Congressman R. L. Doughton to Capt Edmund Jonesa copy of which was sent tjj TheNews f or publication as was the case with the preceding jefr- iers oi Dotn, parties, j -r ' - JIr.,PougBton's letter follows! Laurel Springsr N. CNov. 8; Capt Edmund Jones; Lenoir. N. C ", My. Dear Sir. and Friend s v Your letter of Oct 22, which has been pub lished,' was received promptly and would have been answered earlier but xor m xacc. tnavi have been absent mostudf the- time for the hist ten days, h V ' "In "my last letter, to you under" date power. ; . , - fthe extremiNeft to the hills above "The selective principle must be Piwano; and bya- .MkJ i J .! sa. s . ? . t - . a.. . - - maneuver" sue- .beingintended-to producoj'i more Gen.'df Giorgiand "some t parts of 1 v''0 ..perfect organisation of our. man- the, third inS corps rebate? Z Plaati;f;ne to sary I hardly think' now that I am ' carried to itsJoiruid ..nMiinn " Uaa i u wuawi in writing again, as i am . mere must be made a'comnit.iiu. iHvi ntiat!na w ..;. '."r""?" ventorv of thA nnalifi.Btft n fi. Ai. r 1. ,-' j Igreemem.. . r.- i -t: i'' registrant in nriir ttf rtBtj-rmin ttia I fh.Ar.i-nn. n. it.-t ; - (iv(vu v . ' , -- -i uvwui..k um vuuiiuuuivawvu-iu tun i . .i . . . . - - . - '-tiWa tn Mnf. nt...Mni .Li:- Ij 'ni., - - I suurey uiemfianing m your previous ;-,.agricnitural.ranksof the nation to 1 the -xetireraent of the mainibody bfl www. ;V" n w.s T,k"--,.rf'-. 4 Mnt.,.Kv rts xi till ln w the war constituted a crime ifl f wmtMfj I PM .MtW( M1UJ . W VUV AJlTCUtba tviu J nV WAV .' wVAni Vnalifim Wati-m 1MA. v- ca W made .to Serve the com- greatly aided by the eonnguration of ,'.'JZ V iVB,.'w -vmongood." t; VA-; the groundttesWmwhich CT? Th inquiry projected in the que- delayed-the; pursuit-of fiieUustro- f "tatement that those tionnaire will go deep into the quV Germans. 'tofeS abU "fj?? -cation, of eatbI nearly 10,006,000 mitlvw? S!fSif?lW -men. -' The men ihSln .HA .rff i n u iAJ v.. we. wiU say that to my mind there its completion within the1 titt,ftt thHan n.l -v-u 18 marKecr amerence in,being I rr. ;k.iu-w iM ; rr Ajr:::ri:z"? 'a lowed to volunteer and what .would , hearted support given by the people; voririg W .-guard actions and oelayi SUf : ; especially by the doctor and lawyers ing the mie;dvai,cl while the SrLt.fSi-fT0";1 af ..oh Mmmnrnt. ' w , - lil 1., men to A colon in defense of , rN. 7 , j . ..( ..uuiaii wtuj 19 miuilllf WJUIlg poSKI .The Presidents foreword follows tion in the reiavl In Jhese .rear -guard r 4-"rhe.task of selecting, jmd juobil- engagements., the erritorialS; vhave iv - faing the'first contingent Of the'na- given an admirable aecount of tteni- tional army. ia7earing completion; felvepiTm : ... W"k. . ir" I. 1 he expedition and accuracy Of its I Bersagleirl and "niounted r hievcle accomplishment were a most gratify ing demonstration ' t0ur V democratic the country and its rights in the pre. n crisis..' cui, as Dei ore stated, the present -plan may' be best, and forme to .advance further, reasons "in supV port of my action in the matter might be construed to indicate that I am w et gratify- troops; the;third division cavalry. the' tw" H tidn of th efficiency of fourth brigade ,t nadiersand -J9p!!? Ue - .institutions. - .The other , contingents have distinguished i4-ft:S?,JCar ;i.u 'ik. ..r: .'l.i.-- . Wpport to it and am in full sympathy IfS LANDS ment, and improvement - New retru- " lations putting .'these, improvements t- into-effect are, therefore being pab- V lished today. .There is no- change In, " the essentia! obligation of meii aub- f . s ; ject .to selection. - The first -draft .l.. . TTinRT. arann Aran txtTAA nif rt. mwiti.. i . . v m- - . M. . v - - .n.v..v. uv ytvArior i iooKing,. up uranu and . I itlee-- , ..lons ot the Hew4 regulations, There , Under Superviion ofCW-'5- . vii Kiveii no retmaciivB enect. , I cago EngineerMr: H. ' '."The time, has come for a Mora I . , m ir.- u.i: " - perfect organization of 'our man. . -" V. r-'- v - , ,powerv The selective principle must ;!) New owners of the Grandin Lnta' when yorf-say'.The disposition of CongressVto dictate" to the President the ways'and eofttrol him iiTthe woo-. V- notice! " . ,Thr will b mo Court Vee nd week, a' Mvera! of the bar will attend Supreme Court ; There will be week olCiva Conrt beginning Wov. 26, third week.' . '"..,"- ' J ;; r Jwi drawn ' "for" third, week will pWaM cokae Monday, Nov-26, at 10 o'clock .m. ' . W,C MOORE, JIti rV !. ' Clerk SnporSor CovrtC II IB OFFICIALS Waakington It Hopefitl .That, the Kereaaky CovermnentWUI , - - Enierge . Stronger .,v' r : Than Ever . f ..- i High , hopes that Anssia'sTprovi. iodal government may suppress' the radicals at Petrograd - quickly and emerge, stronger than before- were raised at bbtlttte State Department anc the Russian embassy by Sunday's press , dispatches reporting ' Premier Kerensky safe and returning to the capital at the head of a strong, loyal force. 1- ' '. . :No official reports crme dnring th day. But the, news from London and Paris of wireless' messages from loyal sources confirmed the confident belief in , Washington, that the Bolshevik! were not permitting .all' of the "story to come through the controlled cables out of Petrograd.. rr " it became known that word eame through official channels several days agothai the upheaval at-Petrograd had 'greatly stimulated' religious movement inl Russia designed by its eaders ta save ?hoyf Russia from foes from-, without "c thiaf: --TWs movement, said:to-have resulted already in the pledging of 500.000 soldiers to support the KerensIy .goy: ernmenti and the report concerning it are believed to be. largely respon- iwra 4r utj uyumisuc iceiujg appar ttt in adnistrationciraes.'; - Whole, regiments and theib com mand have enlisted in e new: holy Russia ' movement,- the reports . say, and the movement is growing rapidly. conditions in American 'i&J v SECTOR CONTINUE NORMAL With "the American f Army -in Franc.--CQnditions la the American sector ; continue to. be normal with intermittent ;artillery firing oiT both sides. JAt one place the Germans ob CII!FSEfB;Sfl!Ste : JO HAVE A LIB1 Aetna Construction of 1. Bnildint nut Begin In a Few Day- ' PitUbnrgk Man Will . t , ' V .Be Librarian 'r x. :--.' b iariil S H lrtirf.o!V.i.; ... -.Jngness ana i 'A.- We must tnaka n mnlt lnvtftw Lv- m. ' 'yl-.! . I "1 rwsiaent rn alt essential matters oftheftca in order to determine,-a to each land,, TheV are' also fiavW wans IT - Jnan -not' alreadv Mlertnd tnr -HuW Ui.J. kt U. ' tiS- Vu"lev wurae with the colbrs, , place in the mili! iT,Z o7K KdSTS'?6? " , fery, industrial or agricultural rank. Bruce . Bart-an engineer 6lW i- " ritlci8m7f of the'nationjn Vhich hi. experience c.go Mr C&k has henjht -111 ant vani. v v j ' . ... r . . ' then every , Congress, that "has ever ... - wiiu ate, uiiiiiia . (.nil nrvtna. aiaw iiimiim . s-a .. m am antai .a. , J w. i .n ? . .t. - J ' - . ' li.' w " v- V mt- and Vftf ProeWon serve me common gooa. ibu yrojept Krichen, an engineer, of Ashevflle- " - ''a. i. J 1 " viV .involve, an inquiry the selection They have'been working on this moth A 0W lic . . - boards into" the, donTestic, industrial osition foraoma thr .mpossioie ior ... vi wiBBunnxua nave UMiga COUnty WOrK this week and nio mitr -rl V.-.i.' a conspicuous service. The later will very" Ukelyr go to Wilkes- 1? Wrd abou' farn,ers- ,;dieout regard' boroWcomKe ohvenina'nd urider pre : Thera is about 70.000 Teres of 1 have dTa. ex" Sure of fmmediate 'necessitv .which lr.i, tw.k. - . ... -Jpuon ox.xarraers irom muitary ser- . . - 1. . .r" r-'Tt'TT vice. No anch'tknrnAk- hm-mntmA MaMvaJ 4.1. u t 1 . . . a !,' rout nf tha .nf Irv mu uk uj nss naa Deen troa- ticnlan. h hrht A rfdeB own ia 4118 nd they threw gress great-cenaura and much dissat isfaction.! Of course there has been eensare-and criticism aridf-some dis satisfaction' but t ,do not Relieve there has" ever 'been a Congress' in session-where, such a mnifest willr ingness and disposition to stand ,by "Ped great ; sacrifices. Yet the in these thrtei counties servirB .of men trained by the,expe rience f the first .draft must of ne- ' cesslty be retained and the -selection ; J boat d' must'" provide X the ydirecting'f - mechanisn) for the new classification. . The thing they have done ik scarcely ono-tenth the" magnitude of the thing that remains to be .done. . Atf estimate -bf the. time necessary for mere nrei m. s .v - .individual tracts to look up and I -Wa '-.. v. .M.Wiu.,-: other classes and'should be liable t similar duty; 'As I have repeatedly , the work pleads to conclusion that-It CBti be accomplished tin sixty days ,k fcut only if this great marshalling o ".; , eur. resource's of men is regarded by. ell as a national. war undertaking of - such significance as td'challenge thj r attention and compel the Assistance " ' of , every American. v . : ; , "I call upon all citizens, therefore, V., to assist local anddistrict boards by proffering such service and such ma terial conveniences as they can offer rux.3ivtji w niastu' , a stated; all I did .wan to rnW thar a t Ven-.m a aiNkm... t . I , ; . , a i ourrKAut Mttiiiwu they're given a slight" extension of President Wilson at a meeting in time in whirV ti.ot..r th New 'prk under th auspices ot the crops they had beeBo1 insistently National Woman's party in-.celebra- urged to produce. In doing this I tion of the suffrage victory ln; New York state. V Several "of the womedt who - had- served as pickets at: the White House and who were arrested because of their activity Appeared in , .. v - If It was when Dudley Field Malone was speaking that the President was hissed and Mr.'Malone rebuked the outburst.''--'r'" "Don't'.' do that," he said. f-f0tt must not blame the President lie is isolated, away from: the stream of ' (Cputinued on page two) was not Jneanlng the farmers of Al leghany, any more-than the farmers of the v entire country.".; : -.. I feel that we are both equally in terested in the early success of the war and the adoption of all necessary, means, to produce this result Any difference we have had has ho doubt arisen from V misunderstanding or slight difference, in, viewpoint '. as to these 'matters. This closes this' con troversy so far as I am concerned. Assuring you' again of my- very m a1 hundred shells with no other result than to churn up tlie mud. , " The weather continues to be cold and rainy. . -The Amsrican infnntrv- raen. have t had two diversions The nrt incident Recurred, near, daylight The , enemy'xanharentlv thinking m " iDe wr service committee of the American Library; Association hai completed arraagemenfa for the con struction' f the "Camp Sevier- free iiDrarr the , camp and has sent Ralph P. Emerson of Pittsburgh, P4 to act as JBbrarian anf to. take charge of the establishment of the iree pub lic uorary system. It -is exnect-! that the, actual , construction of "the building will-begin within the next week or so. Sub-stations, to further accommo date the soldiers, will be established in different parts, of the camp, in the Y. M.' C. A- buildings. Kniarhts oi , Columbus headquarters and the many other plaees where the gather: SV Every soldier in camp is a mem- bef of fhe library without any for mality' "or : reeistration 'or withnnt paying any dues, that is so common among many, organizations. All, he will have fo do when 'taking 9ut.'a book will be to sign a slip,- giving his amr and. location of camp. - AQ that asked of the Soldiers la tovtake good .care "of the- books so that as many mea as possible may use them, Five thousand books toe expected to arrive, in camp in the. next uay or so," the gif t of the-citisens of Pitta- burgh, 'Pa.r'to' the--soldier toys of Lamp f Sevier.,; Av majority rof ; the books are' we.ll-koqwn novels o the day; There are detective and niystery stories' by Conan Doyle, Mary Rob-erta-, Rfaiehart- and; Fanning; stories otjidventure by Jock London, Joseph Conrad fend Ralph Connor; books by Winston Churchill Gene Stratton P.orter Arnold Bennett, Robert -Louis Stevenson "and many other favorites. Magazines with good storieftlboth fiction and .non-fiction, wiH.be dis tributed among the men, without any pbngataon that they be turned, r ,The camp librarian; Ralph pj Em erson, comes direct from Pittsburgh. where he was executive" secretary to me airector oi the arnegie library. He has also been, connected withlthe New York pubKe Ubrary and organ-J used the pubbc library at Lancaster.' N. Yv Mr. Emerson is a graduate of the New (Yorit State Library School,- ciasa of 191 6, and of . Williams Col lege, class of 1907. V v raid was, imminent, opened up with machine' guns at 'the point where the lines are closest. - A stream of tinl. lets whi8tleabvef the American first line. rV, r' mm IF IMOTJIE Mr, . Skipky RoeeiTca Over . $1 1,000 -i for One Hundred and Twelve ' . HaacU-Mg. WaUoa Also ' ' , - - -Cea Big Prieo -:"' , .,Watauga cattle men "have -come into their, own this season. The great J number of tattle and the prices re ceived has brought more money into ..About the same time French troop's On tn AmsriKlln flank- nkunrnJ-t... i ' . ' German, who were-cutting the harb-lro? Wff M"8 V' ed wire defenses. Arenrh "-tr m mot Sheriff Moody. High prices suctjeeded i in - heading off "the 1 Ger mans, capturing them all N 4 1 ,v. . -- ": ". i-1 1 J - - .... -1 MEAT AND WHEAf SAVINGS . UAT3 GAIN IN POPULARITY Public eating houses, which include hotels, restaurants, dining tarSt cluba anq, passenger steamships have given their hearty, and' voluntary co-opera tion to the ' hotel r, divisier of the United States food administration in au parts of the cduntryr an(r the re sults are extremely encouraging. 'Ninety percent" of the first-class hotels in the- United. SUtes have signed the pledge card of the food administration, and the others - are conUng Into line., .,1 - things, surrounded by groups of ad-'high esteem and with best, wishes. I yiscis, auu no nnsn 01 me truth am. Yours vprv ainrorotv About suffrage. . He will ge, it," . R. L. DOUGnTON. :W W. MEMBERS WHIPPED! " THEN TARRED, FEATHERED twenty members of the I. W;- W. were-taken from the police Friday nignt at Tulsa,' Okla., by a band of masked men dressed in black robes who took .them Ho the Osage - hills applied the lash, a coat of tar and feathers and warned I themlto quit the 'eountry. ; Placards vwere , placed conspicuously .through - Tulsa bearing1 the warning: ' 5 'j "I. W. W,s, don't let the 'sun go down on you in Tulsa.'? ' " --They were signed "The Vigilance Committee.". ' toe beef cattle are making the people give more. attention"to this class of cattle than, ever before, and more people -have had cattl for sale' thisj , Seyeral weeks ago Mr. W. E.' Ship ley of Valle Crueis, the biggest cattle man inthia section ; of the State, and possioiy the . biggest ; in the entire btate, is selling' right around 1100.. 000 worth of cattle this season. , Mr. Shipley shipped a lot of 1 12 . fine steers from here several weeks ago Thia jot brought in the neiehborhool of $11,000, weighed-and sold at Mr. !hpley's farm. , Thia lot went to puyers it. G mden S. C. Another lot of S3, loaded on the same dav. wens w. 14 ua an Hartsville; S. C. , This Vas just the beginning of Mr. Shipley's, shipping 'season. 1 He ha j bUU to 700 head which he arranred tox ship but through Tennessee. - - " ' There are dosens of other men in Watauga eounty .' who are makin money raising ' beef cattle. Mr. T. S, Watson, who live near Virgil, has just sold 62 steers, receiving 1S.260 for the lot" - 'v There is' said to be time for all F0fi8;iiLsif.!!xi:;s Ho WiJI Devote tho Entir; Energy -; ' Hie Giant .Factory to . . Henry Ford will . build no "more pleasure automobiles until the war ia oyer. V- He will devote his entire plint to the production of war necessities such as tractors, ambulances, aircraft engines and shells.. Through his per sonal representative; C, EL Wills, he recent! nant ' Ai w ujkuuuuiw abso lutely the production of pleasure ear and under the heads of . "pleasure cars' all the";- ordinary 'runabouts, touring ;ears and 'small commercial vucks wnicn his plant . has turned out by the million? ... . - Patriotic Offer "Accepted . ' Mr. -Ford's patriotic offer was ac cepted by the government with the greatest gratitude. The' shortage of chrome vanadium steel which is need ed I vitally for" shells and aeroplane engines, has caused the greatest un easiness' among the" men resDonsihle fyf Putting through on, time" our pro gram" of industrial War, preparations. Mr. Ford's jalant uses; in peace time approximately, ' 200 000 tons of chrome vanadium steel a vear. - 'AH thia steel will now go'into'war work? The" chrome shortage 'which 'menaces our w ar program Is due in part to the increased demand for chrome- for war work but more especially to th& shipping shortage .which makfa it im possible to, got enough 'ships' to brin an adequate eupply-of -chrome from Rhodesia and New; Caledonia, where it Is produced. Government officials declare that it utterly impossible to aUow automobile" manufacturers to consume the same' amdunt of -chrome as in -time. of peace and at the same wiuv.iwts ruuayu ie w mi our war demands. ; This chrome shortage is the primary-cause of the" recent de- cut -down the production of pleasure automobfles In the United States by 40 per cent -----. u-:- ; . Go On War Wor k ' - But for many reasons as well as it 1 desired to turn the automobile, fac tories to war work. There is such a shortage of coal throne-hnnt. tion that many steel mills engaged in war work have had to shut A own portions of their plants." In the face of. thia facr it, is insisted by. govern ment officials . that it is little short of a crime against the nation to allow. roal to ia tmrmVtaA A tri.t:nn T """ft"---, luuuauica til- . gf ged in the production of non-essentials.- ; Drit Garfield has' repeatedly announced thafthe coal) "supply cf non-essential industries, would be cut off,J and it is, eipected that the fuel administration wilttake action in thU direction in the . very ncsr future Furthermore,; the transportation sit uation is such, that the. railroads are unable to haul sufficient coal for both non-essential industries and essential industries. V - - A' v Throughout all government circles in which the decision' of Mr. Ford ia known he', is receiving ' the' highest praise for his, frank, facing of this situation1 and his action in. doing his bit to . reduce the non-essential de mand for chrome,, coal and freight cars.'' It is hoped by the government that" the committee 'on automobile manufacturers, which now has under' .'.-"V .,.. ,. (Continued on page four) LITTLE AfcTIYlTY IN . JHE AMERICAN SECTOR - With . : the American ; Army in Francel-There has been no special activity reported on the sector helj . by the"-American; trooDs in Franp duringthe past few nays. . A contig uous Train has interfered with. art:i- lery observations, but the Americans have been firing their usual' number ' of shelhv daily. There is trood rea son to believe that-some of these fell , upon or near certain German battery positions and strategic points. v'On an average 600 German r1i-!: ' daily have been comin? over. hut. nn. damage from them has been reporte'J. ihe American infantry is still struggling with mud and water, de spite the activity, of the eiurineers in' clearing the trenches. j; lhe new hat adopted by the Ameri cans is affording great comfort t the men. ' Both the infantrv bti, . thinm. tint ar V tlcfTr'! d helmets! wS track without looking- to see if a W , . tjAin wa, -coming-Lincoln County j The temperature is contirtuy . 1 ,..... v- - ' . .
Lenoir News-Topic (Lenoir, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Nov. 13, 1917, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75