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Volume XIX ,
Published Tuesdays and Friday
LENOIR, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1917
Price: Fir Cant Copy
No.4S
27,000 MEN ABE NOW
OF
y DISPLAYEO BY
NEW ARMY DRAFT
P,
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'AT CAN
IN CAMPf SOLDIERS
Is Doing Croat Work for tho
Soldier Boys in Keeping
Them Contented
and Happy
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The Big Trench Digging Machine
- Wu Carried Away by the
103th Engnieer Card
Index System
Will Convene Again Monday Week
It
Though Taken By Surprise in Ger
Will Bo in Hands of Boards Next
Torpedo-Boat Destroyer Seems to Be ,
th Most Effective Weapon '
Against Them 40,000
Suggestions
For Trial of Civil Case
Sureme Court at Raleigh
Next Week x
man Trench Raid They Fought
Gamely Wide Red Trail
Is Found
Week; to Govern All Future
Drafts Few Will Be
Rejected
t.
According to reports sent out by
the statistical department of "the
headquarters, of the Thirtieth division
27,000 men are now encamped at
Camp Sevier. A cord index, with
the entire roster of the division, was
completed several days ago and is to
be kept in this department of the di
vision for reference.
Not all of the 27,000 men, how
ever, are in the camp itself, a num
ber of men being stationed elsewhere,
but they are recorded as belonging
to this division.
In, the division proper there are
24,000 enlisted men and 769 com
missioned officers, a total of 25,729,
in which are included 86 enlisted
Men and 6 officers left over from the
distribution of the personnel of the
Fifty-fifth depot brigade which was
disbanded a few weeks ago.
The personnel of the remount sta
tion of the 320th truck company of
the depot quartermaster, ordnance
and signal detachments, of the bak-'
ery company and of the base hos
pital amount in all to 883 enlisted
men and 8 officers, bringing the
grand total of the division up to
26,620 men.
The signal battalion of the 105th
field signal corps at Camp Sevier has
erected a small wireless station and
is now able to receive messages from
Sayville and Arlington, although the
size, of the outfit will not enable it to
send messages to any great distance.
The outfit is the so-called "pack
set," used by the signal corps on the
march, and in a very quick time it
can be set up for field service. The
time is received twice each day, at
moon and at 10 o'clcok at night.
According to reports from several
business men of Greenville, Secre
tary of War Baker will soon visit
Camp Sevier on a tour of the camps
and the cantonments of South Care-,
lina, and preparations are to be made
at an early date to receive the distin
guished visitor.
It will be remembered that Secre
tary Baker was invited to visit the
amp several weeks ago when he was
a visitor at Charlotte, but pressure of
business forced him to abandon his
plan and it is now thought that he
will be able to visit the camp in the
very near future. Elaborate prepa
rations will doubtless be made inA
honor of the distinguished visitor,
One of the most interesting sights
at Camp Sevier was the giant trench
digging machine, which was, until a
, few days ago, behind the sub-depot
f the 105th engineers, almost direct
ly in front of divisional headquarters,
but which now has been moved to
- some place unknown, but presumably
with the first battalion of the 105th
engineers, who moved from camp last
Saturday to some "unknown place."
The enormous machine, which is
driven by a four-cycle, four-cylinder
automatic gas engine, rated at 105
horse power, was built by the Buck
eye Traction Digging Company, ac
cording to government specifications,
and is capable of excavating seven
eighths of a mile of trench, about
four feet wide and twelve feet deep,
per hour.
For driving it two large caterpiller
treads, each ten feet in length and
about four feet wide, have been pro
vided, with two large wheels in front
to guide it by.
The digging will be done bj a large
wheel fitted with projecting buckets,
carried in front, and enables the ma
chine to cut to its full depth.
The giant digger weighs about 87,
00 pounds or practically 44 tons,
and its enormous weight is' instru
mental in digging the trenches for
the "boys over there."
OFFERS REWARD PERSONS
DAMAGING POWER LINE
Mr, E. C. Ivey of the Ivey Power
Company is offering $50 reward for
the arrest and conviction of any per
son or persons damaging the power
lino between here and the power
plant on Buffalo. Mr. Ivey says that
the act of boys and men shooting and
throwing rocks at the insulators, and
breaking them, is causing consider
able trouble.
Shooting and throwing rocks and
therebydamaging power Intel is a
very serious offense in the laws of
the State, and anyone convicted of
such acta will be dealt with severely.
Completing the criminal cases
Tuesday afternoon, the Caldwell Su
perior Court adjourned, to convene
again on Monday, Nov. 26, for the
trial of civil cases. No court will be
held here next week on account of
Sases from this district coming up in
tie Supreme Court at Raleigh and
requiring the presence of, the lawyers
from this place. The following cases
were disposed of:
Kelly Stewart and Morehead Dix
on, failing to list tax; guilty; judg
ment suspended on paymen tof cost.
Will Harrill, larency; eight months
on road. (At his request he was giv
en the privilege of joining the army
if he could pass examination.")
P. E. Cline, retailing; judgment
suspended on payment of cost.
Thomas Blair, forcible trespass;
$30 fine and cost.
Avery Martin and Ethel Laney,
fornication and adultery; judgment
suspended on payment of cost.
Roosevelt Sudderth, larceny; eight
months on the roads.
Will Perkins, assault with deadly
weapon; judgment suspended on pay
merit of cost.
A. F. Gray, retailing; eight months
on the roads.
Fred Deal and Hill Blair, affray;
not guilty as to Blair; judgment sus
pended on payment of cost.
Clyde Hall, breaking and entering;
judgment suspended on payment of
cost.
Anse Sanders, sent to Stonewall
Training School.
Rom Pearson, assault with deadly
weapon ; six months on roads.
John Bush and Marvin Bush, as
sault; $50 each and cost
John Bush, carrying concealed
weapon ; judgment suspended on pay
ment of cost.
Cloyd Hartley, carrying concealed
weapon; $50 fine and cost.
R. T. Hood and Clara Hood; judg
ment for divorce for plaintiff.
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NOT LOST ON FINLAND
Tornedoed Off the French Coast
and Made Back to Port Son
of Mr. Zeb Holloway
of Globe
It has been said that wherever
there is any active service in Uncle
Sam's army a Caldwell man will be
found close to the front ranks. Al
ready one of Caldwell's sons has been
lost on a torpedoed ship. This was
young Barnett, who went down on a
Norwegian ship several months ago.
News now comes of another Cald
well man being on a torpedoed ship.
However, this time the ship was not
sunk and made back to port with the
loss of only eight men. Mr. Zeb Hol
loway of the Globe has recently re
ceived a cable message telling of the
incident. His son, Mr. Jim Halloway,
was on the U. S. transport Finland
when it was returning from a French
port several weeks ago and was tor
pedoed off the French coast. Eight
men were killed when the torpedo
struck the transport. The transport
was badly crippled but made back to
port and managed to elude the pur
suing U-boat. Mr. Holloway was a
member of the crew and has made
several trips between American and
French ports on transports carrying
the American expeditionary forces.
Mr. C. A. Davis of Adako was here
Wednesday with his son, George, who
had been bitten by a dog. Mr. Da
vis thought possibly the dog was mad
and brought the boy here for medical ping 08ses issue(j. This is the low
examination. The boy was bitten on j record 8ince Germany began her sub
the arm. Mr. Davis said the dog got : mar5ne camDaiirn.
away before it could be killed.
The Federal grand jury at Pensa
cola has indicted State Senator J. L.
Sheppard of Gftdsden county, Flor- ; tensified submarine campaign in Feb
a. pharirinsr him with opposing the ' ruary has the total number of Brit-
.mV Amtt law. The indictment
charred Senator Sheppard Introduced
a resolution 'at the farmers' meeting J admiralty statement shows. The pre-; toward Beaumont but did not over
in Gadsden county condemning the vious low record was twelve mer-1 take it t
draft law and expressing determlna-' chantmen, eight of them of a tonnage Patrick is said to have taken the
tion to resist it, claiming it was un- i in excess of 1,600 and four of them side of Germany and became enraged
constitutional. less than 1,600 tons. at Mrs. Brown's position.
The following very interesting ac
count of the work of the Army Y. M.
C. A. was given in a lecture by Mr.
John A. Addison and published in
yesterday's Greensboro Daily News:
"There are five different bureaus
that are especially charged with the
actua! work' among th i soldiers. The
bureau of education is responsible for
lectures, practical talks, entertain
ments, libraries, motion pictures,
clubs, classes in French and other
subjects, and information bureaus.
Secretaries emphasize the value of
educational activities in every army
and navy association. Thousands are
taught French, hundreds of thousands
of magazines are read, millions of
feet of motion picture films furnish
good cheer and entertainment.
"The bureau of religious work is '
in charge of the definitely religious
activities, such as Bible study classes,
personal interviews and mass meet
ings. Over 100,000 Testaments have
been carefully distributed. The de
mand of the soldiers for Testaments
greatly exceeds the supply. Mass
singing is promoted in co-operation
with the government commission on
training cump activities. Several di
rectors of music are in the field in
charge of this work, One hundred
and twenty-eight religious work spe
cialists are now in the field at work.
A great many more are needed. Sec-,
retaries giving special emphasis to
religious activities are assigned to
every unit of work. The secretaries
in all cases work hand in hand with
the army chaplains.
"Another bureau provides speakers
and entertainers for the camps.
Prominent speakers to men, educa
tors and superior entertainment tal
ent are placed in camps to the great
delight of the soldiers. Very often
this bureau searches out those among
the soldiers who are gifted, and a
display of local talent, always gets a
glad hand from the soldiers.
"Athletic sports are provided for
km a large scale. The soldier is an
inveterate player of games. The Y.
M. C. A. furnishes him an opportu
nity to play baseball, basketball,
quoits and to indulge in wrestling,
boxing and swimming whenever it is
possible to have the necessary swim
ming pond.
"Still another bureau looks out for
the social enjoyments of the soldiers.
The utmost effort is made to have
everv association building such a
place as the soldier thinks of as home.
(Continued on page two)
CHICAGO ATTORENYS HERE
FOR GRANDIN LUMBER CO.
Mr. W. F. Grimes and Mr. W. B.
Smith, attorneys representing the
Chicago Title and Trust Company of
Chicago, 111., arrived here Wednes
day to examine the records of the
Grandin Lumber Company holdings.
Mr. Grimes went through some of
the records at the courthouse yester
day and Mr. Smith went to Boone
for the same work in Watauga. They
will leave today or tomorrow for
Wilkesboro to wind up their end of
the work.
"The countv officials here have
been very courteous and obliging in
helping us with the particular work
we are doing," Mr. Grimes said yesterday.-
"As a general thing we find
courteous officials everywhere. The
Caldwell officials have been exceed
ingly pleasant in this matter."
LOW RECORD IN LOSSES
BY U-BOATS IS REACHED
Only one British merchant vessel
of more than 1,600 tons was sunk by
mine or submarine last week, accord
Jng tQ the weekiy statement of ship-
Five vessels of less than 1,600 tons
and one fishing boat were sunk dur
ing the week. ,
Not since Germany began her in-
Ish merchantmen sunk by mine or
submarine been as small as the above
With the American Army in
France. Complete details and veri
fied reports of the recent German
trench raid show that the American
troops on that occasion Bet an ex
ample for courage an dvalor unex
called. The officer who had charge
of verifying the accounts of the raid
said to a correspondent of the Asso
ciated Press: '
"I am proud to say that our men
engaged in the fight did everything
within their power. They jumped
into the fight and stuck to it. In the
first place the troops had been in the
trenches less than three hours when
the barrage fire of the Germans be
gan. They had marched a good part
of the previous night and were tired.
Some of them were allowed to go to
leep in a dugout twenty.five feet
under ground.
"When the barrage began these
men did not hear the racket. It is
apparent that the first they knew of
it was when the Germans1 started
throwing grenades down upon them.
It was these men who were taken
prisoner, but they fought well, even
when surprised that way, for the
stairs of the dugout were covered
with blood, especially the top half,
showing that the Germans there must
have been hit. The entrance to the
dugout also gave indications of close
hand-to-hand fighting.
"From the dugout through the
trenches and over the top through
the barbed wire and well into No
Man's Land there was a wide red
trail. How much of it was Ameri
can and how much German blood is
not known.
"Investigation shows that all the
American telephone wires between
the observation posts and trenches
and batteries at the rear were- cu :t by
fragments of German shells which
numbered approximately 60,000. The
Germans crossing No Man's Land
rolled up telephone wires behind
them and set up a small field tele
phone exchange outside the American
barbed wire with branch lines run
ning to at least three points while
the raid was in progress to. direct
the enemy artillery."
WAR EXPENSES RUNNING
FAR BELOW ESTIMATES
In a speech before the Investment
Bankers' Association at Baltimore
Secretary McAdoo disclosed that gov
ernment expenditures are running
far below estimates given Congress,
and predicted that the amount of
money still to be raised for the fiscal
year would not exceed ten billion
dollars.
"Vague and unfounded apprehen
sions seem to exist in the public mind
as to the extent of the financial re
quirements of the United States dur
ing the current fiscal year," the sec
retary said. "It may be helpful to
the country to know that these re
quirements have been greatly exag
gerated and that in the judgment of
the secretary of the treasury there
is no reason whatever for apprehen
sion on this score.
"During the past few days the va
rious departments of the government
have submitted to me their estimates
of expenditures during the current
fiscal year. On the basis of these
estimates I am confident that, allow
ing for a liberal balance in the gen
eral fund at the close of the fiscal
year, not more than $10,000,000 re
mains to be raised by the issue of
bonds, war saving certificates and
treasury certificates of indebtedness.
"This is not regarded by the treas
ury department as a task which will
in any way strain the capacity of re
sources of the United States."
PRO-GERMAN KILLS WOMAN
WHO DISAGREED WITH HIM
Following , a dispute over the war,
Mrs. Manuel Brown was shot and
killed at Port Arthur, Tex., Monday
night at her home in the presence of
her husband. George Patrick was
arrested and taken to Beaumont for
safe keeping,
Enraged citizens are
said to have followed the automobile
Copies of the new army draft reg
ulations will be in the hands of all
boards next week. They will govern
all future drafts.
Under the new plan the burden of
applying information, which will re
sult in his being placed in his proper
classification under the selective ser
vice law, rests squarely upon the in
dividual registrant
All instructions now in the hands
of the boards will be annualled upon
the receipt of the new regulations,
which are greatly reduced in extent
and simplified in process.
Included in the new book is every
thing bearing on the draft processes
as now organized, from the the ques
tionnaire to be sent each registrant
are filled out and returned to the
boards until accepted men are ac
tually in the military service. Each
book carries a copy of the statutes
and also a verified copy of the master
list of the drawing.
The questionnaire process will
eliminate from consideration for mil
itary service probably 95 per cent of
the men- who would have been dis
charged or exempted' under the old
plan, under the hrst call the aver
age board was compelled to examine
five men to obtain one for service.
In some cases not more than one out
! of ten or twelve was sent to the
camps.
It is expected that under the new
scheme not more than one man in five
called up will be rejected.
The American Bar Association and
the American Medical Association
are at work now organizing the law
yers and doctors to aid registrants in
their vicinity in filling, out the ques
tionnaires. With the aid of these as
sociations it is hoped a high percent
age of the questionnaires will come
back in such form that the boards
will have little more than a rubber
stamp proceeding left to select the
men to fill any calL
OF
ALL MEAT MARKETS
Pass War Measure in an Effort
Lower High Cost of Living
Change the Parking
Ordinance
to
The first real war measure to be
enacted into a law by the commis
sioners of Lenoir was passed at Tues
day night's meeting, when an order
revoking all meat dealers' licenses
was passed. This ordinance was en
acted on account of the high prices
being charged by butchers, and no
doubt it will have'some effect to
wards bringing about cheaper meats,
as under this ruling all persons who
wish to butcher a cow may sell from
house to house or on open market
on the streets, as they wish.
It will now cost one dollar to
lounge or trespass on the grass plats
around the public square or around
the monument, and no further park
ing of cars will be allowed around
the monument.
GERMAN OFFICERS RUN
WHEN ATTACKS BEGIN
Canadian Headquarters in France.
Increasing disorganization among
the enemy forces is indicated in state
ments made by captured prisoners,
while the decline in the morale of
the officers is unquestioned. One of
ficer states that when we attacked on
Saturday nil the other officers in his
battalion r.ui back to shelter, some
800 yards behind the front line, leav
ing the warrant officers, non-commis
sioned officers and men to carry on.
In another instance no fewer than
eleven officers were captured in one
dugout
With such conduct growing discon
tent is reported among the rank and
file. The statements of prisoners
lead to the conclusion that the whole
fabric of German arms is held to
gether by little more than iron dis
cipline.
Reserve battalions in Germany are
stated to be almost empty, picked
men and experienced constructors
having been sent to the Italian front
and the remaining available men in
drafts to the western front
Important progress has been made ' '
in the problem of locating subma-;
rines, after which their destruction V
is a comparatively simple matter,'.; -
Secretary Daniels said in a statement v
discussing the 40,000 separate sugj
gestions, plans or models of devices ; V ,
submitted to the naval consulting: .
board since the United States en '.'."
tered the war against Germany. ,'
"The idea that the submarine will
be overcome by a miraculous inven
tion is not now seriously considered,'
the secretary said. "The more inti- -mate
knowledge the civilian obtains
on this subject the more convinced'
he is that the submarine can be eon- "
quered by persistently hunting him
down by the weapon of which he is
most afraid. This is the armed ser- -vice
boat, equipped with all the latest
scientific devices and typified in tho '
modern torpedo-boat destroyer. For- t -eign
naval authorities have frankly
stated their admiration of the degree V
of perfection of American designs.
"In regard to the protection of
ships against torpedo attaeks the on- '
deniable evidence of recent months . ,
of submarine activity has demon -strated
that the immunity of a ves- -v
sel depends very largely on its speed -and
maneuvering ability. There Is a
possibility that some artificial means 4
of protecting cargo-carrying vessels
may be found practicable. In, no ,
other field have so many suggestions
or so many duplicate inventions been '
presented to the board."
The secretary said that the . ',
thought on submarine defense may
be subdivided into three groups; "
1 Methods to accomplish the deV.
struction of submarines, including1 .
detection and destruction after de
tection. 2 Means of avoiding submarine
attack, involving instructions, for mer-
chant vessels, proper handling of
vessels, camouflage, smoke screens
and other confidential information '
known to American naval authori-
ties. . J-V'";';'?,
3 Protection against torpedo hits.
All of the 40,000 suggestions sub- '
mitted have received careful eonsid- ,' .
eration, Mr. Daniels said, and much'':7,
valuable aid has been given to va- 1 '"'
rious branches of the war service.
Many proposals, however, have been
found to be impractical, largely due
to the failure of inventors properly
to inform themselves of certain fun-; .
damental principles. 1 "
The naval consulting board . and
the navy .department have prepared
and are giving free distribution to ;
pamphlets which give general infor
mation to inventors that they may
avoid acting upon misconceptions as - .
to fundamental principles with con--sequent
waste of effort. ' t .i
MOST OF REGISTRANTS
CALLED HAVE SHOWN UP
Only a few of the men called by '
the exemption board failed to appear
Monday and Tuesday for examina
tion. By tomorrow it is likely that
these few remaining will show us. ,
These tardies have been with men'
who are out of the State or are awaj
somewhere else.
OHIO OFFICIALS ARE IN
DICTED FOR SEIZING COAL-
Coal seizures in times of urgent :
need went under the ban Tuesday,,
when the Federal grand jury report- ,
ed indictments against Mayor CarmL
chael of WiTioughby, Ohio, Prose
cuting Attorney George C. von Bes
seler and Deputy1 Marshals James
Barnes and Grant L.vAmos for im
peding interstate commerce ship
ments and for conspiracy to commit
such acts. All are charged with seis
ing New York Central railroad coal
Nov. 1 and 2, and if convicted they
face penalties of $10,000 fine and.
two years' imprisonment
WILL SAND-CLAY W. HARPER I
AND REPAIR SIDEWALK
Funds not being available at the '
present time, West Harper avenue to '
Virginia street will not be paved. -However,
Tuesday night the conunis- - -sioners
issued an order to have the'
street improved by niacin too soil'
, on the street, or giving it a sand-clay
surface. The sidewalk will also be
improved.
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