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5fe Volume XIX Published Tuesday and Friday LENOIR, N. C..FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1917 Price: Fit Cents a Copy No. 47 1 E Reports From the Front Are That the BritUh Have Gained Fire Mile and Are Confin ing the Attack The great Hindenburg defense line, upon which the German com-ander-in-chief had builded his hopes f holding the British from inroads ito the open territory beyond, has been smashed. And the task appar ently was an easy one. Attacking over a front of thirty two miles, extending from the Scrape river east of Arras to St. Quentin, Tield Marshal Haig, with his English, Scotch, Irish and Welsh troops, has made one of the most rapid and spec tacular drives of the present war, taking the Germans completely by surprise in the onslaught, capturing umerous positions which were re garded as impregnable and taking in addition thousands of prisoners and umerous guns. The apex of the offensive appar ently is centered on the important railway junction of Cambrai, lying to the east of the old lino midway be tween Arras and St. Quentin. Here, kaving taken the towns of Marcoin, Anneux, Graincourt and Novelles, the victorious troops at last accounts were well within gun range of Cam brai, with railroad line and roadways branching out toward all the main points of the compass. The latest advices indicate that the British have not yet ceased their at tack, but, aided by monster tanks which are leading the way, followed by infantry and machine gun detach ments, are pressing forward for fur ther conquest. French Begin Offensive f Synchronously, to the south around St. Quentin and cast of that point in the Aisne region, the French have be gun an offensive. While no details of this movement have been received it doubtless has the object of pushing back the Germans eastward in the former sector and northward in the latter region toward Laon strategic moves which, if successful, doubtless would compel that part of the Ger man line north of St. Quentin which is still intact to fall back precipitate ly eastward. The British drive was begun with out the usual artillery prelude, and as the tanks and infantrymen made their way through the wire entangle ments and pressed into the German i rst Dosition the surprised enemy be- awn sendini? ud myriads of signal rockets calling for assistance. Wheth er aid was rushed up is not definitely known, but seemingly the surprised Germans fled in disorder, leaving all kinds of equipment behind, and in most cases did not even take timt ... ; ,.c,.,l tr nnnlv the torch to nn is uoutu, "ri".' villages they evacuated. German Dead Cover the Ground The British casualties are described a ovtrpmelv liyht. while German dead covered the ground as the Brit ish pressed forward. Reports to date indicate that the depth of the penetration in the re gion of Cambrai hns exceeded five miles, and that at one point at least (Continued en page twe) CHIEF SHERRILL CARRIED CONVICTED MEN TO GUILFORD Four prisoners convicted in court ere last week and given road sen tences were taken early this week to Greensboro by Chief of Police Tony Sherrill and there turned over to the Guilford county authorities. The four men were Rom Pearson, six months; A. F. Grey, eight months; Will Har rill, eight months; Hun Sudderth, eight months. OFFERS LIBERTY BOND FOR BEST ESSAY ON CONSERVATION Mr. J. B. Ivev of Charlotte has of fered a $50 Liberty Loan bond for the best essay on food conservation The only conditions to the offer are that the essay must not be longer than one typewritten page of fools cap paper and must be sent to Mr. Ivey by Dec. 1. The contest is open to everybody. HOLY CITY IS NEAR CAPTURE BY BRITISH The British forces in Palestine bave now advanced, five miles north west of Jerusalem, says an announce ment by the war department Wednesday. E ENTS OP ENLISTED MEN Fifteen Dollar Per Month ii the Least Allotment of Pay Required By the CoTernment Believing that it will lessen com plaint and, for that matter, the bur dens of those dependent for support upon men who have enlisted in the United States army, Gov. Bickett is writing to the local exemption boards and directing them to make public a summary of the allowances made for the support of such dependents. The government in the case of wife or child provides that a soldier must al'ot $15 of his monthly wages to the support of such dependents, and it self pays $15 to the dependent wife or $25 a month to wife and one child. The letter, with the summary, fol lows: "To all Local Exemptfon Boards. "Gentlemen: Letters coming to me indicate that the wives and par ents of men in the army are not well posted upon the allotments and al lowances made for the support of those dependent upon soldiers. I would be glad for you to get the local papers to carry a summary of these allotments and allowances given be low. A number of fathers and moth ers have been to see me, complaining that they could not live without the services of their sons, and in every case when I have explained these al lotments and allowances they have one aw.iy entirely satisfied so far as the question of their support is con cerned. "Summary: It is expected that every soldier shall allot a portion of his wages to those dependent upon him. With respect to a wife or child the government requires an al lotment of not less than $15 per month. The judgment of the gov ernment is that the balance of the soldier's wages will be ample for him. The government clothes, feeds and doctors a soldier and pays every necessary expense, so that after mak ing this allotment of $15 to those de pendent upon him he has $15 a month for pin money. An unmar ried soldier should certainly make an allotment of $15 per month to those dependent upon him, if there be any. Certainly neither he nor they should (Continued on page two) TELLS IF RED CROSS IN WAR Z Th American Commissioner Makes the First Report of What Has Been Done in France The first report of Maj. Grayson M. P. Murphy, the American Red Cross commissioner in Europe, in which ho tells of the work accom plished, as well as planned, of the American organization in France, was made public by Henry P. Davi son, chairman or the Ked Cross war council. "First of all," Maj. Murphy says n his report, "the American Red Cross stands ready as a semi-official voluntary body to put its money, sup plies and organization at the call of the American army for Red Cross service, at every point and at any time, wherever and whenever they can be of use. It organizes, equips, and turns over to the government ab solutely the hospital units that are emnloved in France. Its medical and surirical division in France acts as an auxiliary to the medical department of the United States army, which is charged with responsibility for the sanitary and medical service of the troops in France. So also its United States army division acts as auxiliary to the expeditionary force. "An. army medical department, to do justice to its wounded, must be ready to care for them within twelve hours; it must go to the wounded sol dier, not wait until the wounded sol dier is brought back. This, in mod em war, calls, with variations, for regimental dressing stations as near as they can be brought to the lines; field dressing stations from which the seriously wounded are sent back, either to movable field hospitals or evacuation hospitals of from 1,000 to 1,500 beds each (where head, (Continued on page two) IRK NOTICE TO THE MEMBERS OF RESERVE The members of the Forty-ninth Company of the Reserve Militia are hereby notified to meet at the court house on Monday, Nov. 26th, 1917, at 12 o'clock noon, for the purpose of electing company of ficers and of being mustered into the service of the State EDMUND JONES, Mustering Officer. The roll of the company is as follows: Abernethy, J. G. Ingle, J. R. Anderson, Joe Jennings, S. S. Blackwell. Flo .! Link' K" A" Lowery, J. C. Bower- DaVKl Martin, L. B. Bowman, R. M. McRary, N. H. Branch, W. W. May, F. H. Brannon, W. C. McGowan, F. S. Bush, J. A., Jr. McGowan, W. H Carlton, T. L. Miller, Alfred. Clay, J. H. Miller, W. E. Cline, D. M. Mitchell, W. D. Coffey, L. H. Moore, 0. L. Cloer, E. W. Munday, R. F. Cloer, M. I. Parks, L. M. Cloyd, E. L. Powell, E. C. Cottrell, J. L. Powell, J. R. Courtney, G. C. Presnell, Russell Courtney, M. H. Pulliam. E. D. Cowles, J. H. Rash, H. B. Crisp, E. B. Rash, T. C. Flowers, Artie ' Reins, R. F. Foard, A. G. Seaboch, T. J. Gash. Floyd Sherrill. F. T. Greer. J. Steele Smith, R. M. Goforth, M:.rk Strother, 0. F. Gragg. J. V. Teague. II. M. Guire, J. C. Todd. J. R. Harris, E. S. Turner, D. W. Hoffman. Jasper Tuttle, S. L. Hollitield. J. W. Watson, L. E. Hoover, F. H. Whisnant, J. W. Hukill, E. M., Jr. White, J. C. OF HI Making It Harder and Harder the Germans' Only Hope Strengthening Own Chances In view of Premier Lloyd-George's ' statement that the submarine danger . was no longer feared and that five enemy submarines were destroyed on Saturday, it may be stated, says a re- i port from London, that the constant- ly growing success of the anti-sub- marine warfare is the result, not merely of new devices, but also of a plan of campaign which has been worked out in elaborate detail and which has not yet reached its full de velopment. When government officials at Washington were told of Mr. Lloyd- George's statement that he had no further fear of submarines and that five U-boats were sunk last Satur- lay, they showed keen satisfaction, There has been a disposition here re- cently to believe that the allied na vies were making progress in com bating submarines, and officials have felt considerable relief over the sit uation. One high official, who has means of obtaining confidential information concerning the efforts of the allies to combat the submarine menace, said, with reference to Mr. Lloyd-George's announcement: "It may not be quite correct to say that we have no further fear of sub marines, but it is true that Germany has not accomplished with her U boats what she set out to do. I can sny that it is true that more sub- marines have been destroyed in the last two months than in the previous year." The government received recently the news that three submarines were destroyed by the allied naval forces in on day. An official who has ac cess to the confidential reports of submarine sinkings sent to this gov ernment, and who has not been opti mistic over the efforts to overcome the U-boat menace, said he was now of the opinion that by next spring the allied naval forces would have the German submarine situation well (Continued on page two) IN LENOIR YESTERDAY DEMONSTRATING KISSEL KAR Mr. A. E. Abernethy of the Aber nethy Hardware Company, Hickory, and Mr. E. F. Pernell of the sales de partment of the Kissel Knr Company, Hartford, Wis., were here yesterday with a five-passenger Kissel Kar. The agency for this county, as well as Catawba and Burke, is held by the Abernethy Hardware Company and they are planning an extensive cam paign throughout their territory. OF THE 49th COMPANY MILITIA n ii iPP- second 12 Term Began on November Superintendent Dough erty Read an Inter esting Paper Work of the student body at the Appalachian Training School and the interest of the students was never in more evidence than now. The first term for this year closed Nov. 10 and the second term began two days I later. At chapel exercises on the opening day of the second term Supt. B. B. Dougherty commented on the work of the past term. It is the gen eral consensus of opinion that stu dents and teachers are doing the best work they have ever done. The in terest is deeper and the relations be- j tween students and teachers are much more pleasant in all respects, There is a laudable ideal set for this school and Supt. Dougherty well ex- pressed this ideal in the following ; paper which he read before the stu- dent body: "For our school I have an ideal. It is an institution where friction is re duced to the minimum, and co-operation and congeniality are planted and successfully cultivated; an institu tion where all kinds of sham and neg- ; lect of duty receive no support, but where students and teachers alike re joice in the amount and in the excel lency of their work done; an institu tion where caste is not known, but where each one, if he does his work well and protects his reputation as he should not taking advantage even with opportunity may realize that he is the equal, not the superior, of his fellows; an institution where l l.l 1 . . u - neaiui is preserveu, economy laum, honor developed, and morality and religion encouraged; an institution dedicated to mountain homes, to the rebuilding of mountain schools to every interest of our mountain peo ple; an institution that the mountain eers gladly support in every way with unstinted measures, and to which they delight to make frequent visits; an institution that the mountain peo ple rejoice to recognize as their very own. 'Tis true 'A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?' But surely this picture-vision of the training school I have pictured to you is not too high an ideal for us to work towards; not even too high for us, together with our friends and patrons, to reach. We, and we alone, can make possible such a school." DAVID STEELE MAKES FINE RECORD ON ACRE OF CORN One hundred and one and a half bushels to the acre is the record made this year by David Steele, the young son of Mr. H. B. Steele of Yadkin Valley. BOARDS IS ELEVEN E 10 CERTIFIED LIS! Thirty-Six Failed in the Phy.ical Examination Claim Grant- to Other Board I Still at Work Eleven additional men have been certified and called into the service of the United States by the exemp tion board since the list published in Tuesday's News was given out. Thir- ty-six ot the total call tailed in the j physical examination, and of the to- tal number of exemption claims filed sixty-three have been passed on and granted. The board is still investi gating other claims and in all proba bility the completed list will be given out late this week or early next week, j Those added to the certified list and called to duty are as follows: Lloyd G. Sullivan, Hudson. Jos. Edward Hartley, Lenoir, R. 4. Reuben Price, Blowing Rock. Joe Lail, Granite Falls. Arnold Corpening, Lenoir. Roy Gerald Wood, Lenoir. Alfonzo Wm. Monk, Rhodhiss. William Harris, Lenoir. Roby A. White, Lenoir, R. 2. Carl 0. Pearson, Lenoir. George Ransom Barlow, Lenoir. Physically Disqualified The following thirty-six failed in the physic. il examination: Robert burton Rash, G. Falls. Nathaniel Hall. Mortimer. Horace McGarr, Finley. Joseph Unnbms Coffey, Buffalo. N. M. Helton, Lenoir. Hiliie H. Coll'ey, Collettsville. Edwin I). Martin, Mortimer. William B. Kirby, Lenoir. Oliver Burlson, Edgimont. Woodward Meyers, Granite Falls. Thomas Alfred Eller, Lenoir. Lacey Oliver Hayes, Granite Falls George Richards, Lenoir. Robert Smith, Boydton, Va. Charley N. Kirby, Lenoir. Wm. Thomas Childers, Rhodhiss. Guthrie Ogden Allen, Lenoir. Dock Beach, Granite Falls. Alfred Reece Crisp, Collettsville. Carl Boyd Munday, Rhodhiss. L. Ted Whitner, Granite Falls. Robert Lee Norwood, Lenoir. John W. Carlton, Lenoir. Charlie Smith, Lenoir, R. 3. Aaron R. Sanders, Mortimer. (Continued on page two) 10 LtIR METHODIST W. A. Newell Succeeds Dr. Ware as Presiding Elder Statesville District Changes in Other Charges The meiting of the Western North Carolina Conference came to a close Monday at Nashville afUr Monroe had been selected for the next con vention city. Before the convention ciused for the appointments for the ensuing year were read. Hie follow ing are the appoints for the States ville, Morganton and North Wilkes- boro districts: Statesville District W. A. Newell, Presiding Elder. Alexander, J. J. Edwards; Cataw ba, G. A. Loftin; Cool Springs, C. P. Goode; Davidson-Huntersville, W. A. Jenkins; Dudley Shoals, H. G. Allen; Granite Falls, E. Myers, M. B. Woos ely, junior preacher; Hickory, First church, R. M. Courtney; Hickory cir cuit, J. A. Peeler; Lenoir station, D. M. Litaker; Lenoir circuit, Elmer Simpson; Maiden, D. F. Carver; Mar vin, to be supplied; Mooresville sta tion, L. A. Falls, J. W. Jones, junior preacher; M..esville circuit, J. T. Ratledge. . .. Zion, T. A. Groce; Newton, i. A. Hoyle; North Lenoir circuit, J. M. Price; Olin, J. C. Pos telle; Rhodhiss, John H. Green; South Lenoir, Whitnel, D. Lewis, supply; Statesville, Broad Street, L. D. Thompson; Grace Street, J. W. Wil liams; Statesville circuit, D. H. Rhinehardt; Stony Point, E. N. Crow- ler Troutman, J. C. Keever; presi- dent Davenport College, J. B. Cra- ven; student Trinity College, B. C. Reavis; army Y. M. C. A., O. L. Simp son; professor Davenport College, E. J. Harbison. Morganton District Parker Holmes, Presiding Elder Bakersville, M. G. Erwin; Bald (Continued en page four) SUMMARY OP CALDWELL T BOARD S LABORS Gathered From Report Sent Early Thi Week to Prorost Mar shal General Crowder at Washington Interesting is the summary of the work which has been done by the lo cal exemption board for Caldwell county. The call for this summary by the provost marshal general was brought about on account of the change in the draft plans. A basis for the new plans had to be worked out and a complete report of the past week was called for. Some very interesting information concerning those who have been called into ser vice or exempted and the manner in which the cases are handled is dis closed. The first information given by the summary shows the total number of registrants in the county, which num ber 1,60"), and the quota due, which is 136. The number called for exam ination, 574. Of those that were called eight failed to appear; accept ed on physical examination, 418; re jected on physical examination, 148; certified to district board, 160; or dered to np;rt at Camp Jackson, Columbia, 10:1; rejected after reach ing camp, r.um'-er of claims for exemption filed, 339; claims allowed. 260; claim? disallowed, 59; number discharged by district board on ap peal from local board, 276. Of the total number registered 1,003 are married men; 327 of this number have been called but not ac cepted, and 33 have been called and accepted. Of the remaining 602, the single men, 84 have been called but not accepted and 130 have been. j called and accepted. Of the total registration there are 180 negroes; of this number 68 have been called and 42 accepted. There are also included in the registration one naturalized citizen and one alien. Out of the 1605 registrants in the county 716 were farmers or the sons of farmers and engaged in farming; ' 58 were engaged in the lumber busi ness; 1 in a mine; 44 come under the head of building industries whick include the occupations of house con tractors, carpenters, blacksmiths, ma- . chinists, electricians, painters, plas terers, plumbers, etc.; 9 come under chemical industries, or powder, car tridge, dynamite, fuse and fireworks factories; 8 come under clay, glass or stone workers; 9 under food indus tries; 5 under iron and steel indus tries; 1 each under the following four industries, boit building, leath er industry, automobile factory or railroad machine shop, and liquor in dustry; 271 under lumber and furnt ture industries; 2 under metal indus tries (this does not include iron and steel, but does include watchmakers and tin workers) ; one under paper and printing industries; 176 come un der textile industries and 22 under miscellaneous industries; 25 under railroads; 7 under telegraph and tel ephone companies; 39 under the head of livery stables, transfer companies, employes on road and street improve ment; 10 under banking, insurance, merchants; 9 under public service, public administration, officers, etc.; 12 under professional men teachers, students; 14 barbers, hotel keepers. etc., and 83 come under the head of laborers in general. MR. PULLIAM IS LOCAL FOOD REPRESENTATIVE" Mr. E. D. Pulliam has been as pointed local merchant representa tive for the United States food ad ministration. Mr. Pulliam's duties are directly with the merchants and dealers in an effort to conserve the food supply and to avoid waste while the supplies and foodstuffs are pasa ing through their hands. GOVERNMENT WILL KEEP UP WITH ALIEN ENEMIES All alien enemies are required to register and obtain permits for travel, under a proclamation issued by President Wilson. Enemies also are prohibiting approaching within one hundred yards of water fronts, docks, railroad terminals or storage houses and are forbidden to enter or reside in the District of Columbia. FIVE SUBMARINES ARE DESTROYED SATURDAY Five German submarines were de stroyed Saturday. Premier Lloyd George made this announcement I y the house of commons Monday. . " V
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