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Ml fiiiif ' ".' Volume XIX LENOIR, N. C, SEPTEMBER, 0 Price: five Cants a Copy No.lO 'it J E FOLKS OF WOUNDS Wounded in the Foot Letters From Other Boy Mora About France and Pari The Trip Over , The first message direct from Clar ence Sudderth to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Sudderth, comes in a let ter dated Aug. 21. Young Sudderth was wounded in the foot, he says, and is now in an American hospital in England. His letter comes as quite a relief to members of his fam ily and his friends, who have been greatly concerned about hia condi tions. His letter follows: Dear Mother: After so long a time I will try and write you all a few lines to let you know just where I am. I guess you have heard about my being wounded. I was wounded on the 16th of July and am now getting along fine. I have been in four different hospitals since I was wounded. I am now in a United States hospital and they sure do treat jne nice. I don't want you all to worry about me, for I am not in any danger now. I was wounded through the foot, which was not so bad. and also have a stiff thumb. That is the reason I haven't written you before. I heard from Jay on the day I was hurt and he was getting along fine; said he was abou t60 miles from the firing line, so I guess he is taking some training before now. I haven't heard from any of you all since I have been in the hospital. I will give you my address so you can send my mail straight to the hos pital. I am in England now and it is a very nice place. I like it much bet ter than France. Well, as there is very little news, I will stop. Lots of love to all and answer soon. Ambulance Corps Elmer Mi'chell Simpson, 15th am bulance corps, in a letter to his fa ther, Rev. Elmer Simpson of Route 5, gives interesting firsthanU knowl edge of the work of the Y. M. C. A. and the Red Cross in France: Dear Papa: I have been on duty day and night for some time with an occasional sleep of a few hours. It has to be done, though, so we do rt with a grin. I have had some pretty close calls, but am still on my feet. It's great to have the privilege of being here in so noble a cause. I shall tell you something about the Y. M. C. A. and Hed Cross work, as I know that you are interested in it. The Y. M. C. A. back in training is the gathering place for every one. We can go there in the evening and write letters and later on listen to -music and speeches by prominent men and women such as John R. Mott, Harry Lauder and Elsie Janis. On Sunday there is a sermon, if pos sible, but there is always some kind of religious service. At the front, where this is impossible, hey have a canteen where we can get candy, cakes, tobacco, etc. They bring us hot chocolate at night. The Y. M. C. A. men have special hours for the canteen and between times they help to evacuate the wounded and bury the dead. It is the salvation of the American army in France. In regard to the Red Cross, before w eentered into active service some persons were inclined to criticise its work, but since some of its members have been sick and others wounded they cannot say too much in favor of that organization. The hospitals are under the best of management, making use of everything at their disposal. Comfortable quarters, ex pert doctors and courteous nurses may always be expected. So the Y. M. C. A. and the Red Cross go hand in hand, taking the place of fireside, church and family doctor. We are now wearing our service chevrons and think that we are real' K'Bni tne 1T0 'me wencnei. veterans. Every one thinks more of Sergeant George F. Cline arrived his chevron than of his monthly here Tuesday to spend a few days wa-eB with his father, Mr. G. Wt Cline, be- Talks More of Pari. fore going to Deming, N. M., to help For the Americans Paris never " the training of the new American ceases to be a wonder, according to army hS called to he colors. Ser Roger Hall of the chemical division feant Chne is an experienced Hun of the American-overseas forces, in nter now- He hf881 active ser a letter to his cousin, Mrs. Rufus L. ? on the line between Chateau- Thierrv And Rheims. where the T)r Cousin Bert- It was so nice of you to write me a good long letter, and I've been try- imrto find time to answer it for some u... . v.A .AnaAjnj However, I hope that this isn't too late and that I will have another from you soon Paris is such a wonderful city and there is so much to write about that I "?.. ,k, .f.r -f When one has been in Paris for a while he is no longer surprised that there have been thousands of books U -Mo.f u nm.tiko "III. veil uii wio "-'-' tnr ma tn' nv what I hav An. loved most durine my stay here, but 1 am reminded of the young Ameri- can lady who, when asked what she enjoyed most in France, replied :. "Hearinsr the French pheasants sing the Mayonnaise." Anyhow, France, ment that no- delinquent reports will Is moBt surely a wonderful country ze made of these cases if the persons and its inhabitants most -wonderful who failed to register will come for people. Every 'foot of French ground ward and register at once. This is is so rich in history and I, being only the last opportunity and every per il chemist, freelv admit that I don't son between the ages of 18 and 45. Vnow enouirh historv to half apnre- elate the majority of the things I see. But, as I've snid in several of my let- ters, one needn't be an artist to ap- freciate the beauty oi ransian an. t seems that everything the1 French ( Continued on page eight) L FOR IS; ONLY 10 TO ANSWER Board Receives Call for Five More Nefroet Than It Can Supply Another Call for Fifteen Limited Service Men The Caldwell board has received a call for fifteen colored registrants and only ten men are left in class one to fill it with. The ten men left are called and will entrain for Camp Greene, Charlotte, during the period of Oct. 16 to 18. In this call- the state i3 apportioned 2,500, and according to the Raleigh office the actual number of class one negro registrants in the state at this time will fall a gooddeal short of this number. The adjtunt general's office has notified Washington . to get this call adjusted. The ten colored registrants in Caldwell are: Peter Avery, Adako; Dave Har shaw, Route 5, Lenoir; Fred Councill, Patterson; Martin Whittington, Col lettsville; Linnie Wakefield, Route 5, Lenoir; Marshall Yount, Lenoir; Ba sel Dixon, Collettsville ; Wm. McKin ley Jones, Yadkin Valley; Loney Ab ernethy, Lenoir; Louis Patterson, Patterson. In this call Alexander is allotted 15, Alleghaney 5, Ashe 10, Avery 10, Burke 20, Catawba 20, Watauga 5, and Wilkes 10. Another call was received yester day for fifteen limited service white men to entrain during the five-day Tierind beBinninir SeDt. 80 for Fort Thomas. In this call the adjoining counties are allotted as follows: Avery 15, Catawba 20, and Wilkes 10. The other adjoining counties are not named in this call. FAIR PRICE FOR COTTON IF IT IS "DEEMED NECESSARY" President Wilson has announced that a fair price for raw cotton will be fixed if that should be deemed nec essary after the committee to be ap pointed by the war industries board has completed its inquiry into the general cotton situation. During the investigation a separate commission of three, soon to be ap pointed, will buy cotton for the use of the United States government and the allies at prices to be approved by the President. Since most of the cot ton of the country is required for war uses this government buying is expected to stabilizze prices. The President said the purpose of the investigation to be conducted by the committee is to devise methods for broadening the channels of dis tribution and use of the great stock of low grades of cotton now practi cally unmarketable, for eliminating speculation and hoarding and appor tioning foreign orders. GOVERNMENT WILL HELP THE MICA MINERS SECURE LABOR Mica miners of western North Car olina are to have government co-operation in keeping the mines going. A meeting was held in Asheville by the producers with D. A. Hall of the mica section of the .war industries board present. Mica is an essential in the electri cal industry. There are a large num ber of deposits in the western coun ties and the miners state that condi tions of the industry are all satisfac tory except the labor supply. SERGEANT CLINE HOME THE T Fought Huns on Chateau-Thierry-Rheims Salient, in the Vosges and in Lorraine To Train New Americans . , . . ., : . ,. , , 'Americans, with the French, pushed' Germans back out of the pocket ""Jr. n? ariyen m w w.c a. ri the Vosges mountains, on the southern Dart of the line, and in Lor- raisn. the Americans have seen active servlce 8ince arrived in France. ' Seregant Cline will leave Monday for Charlotte and from there he will ro to his new post of duty. He is Prt at Deming, N. M., on Au rU8t 28- RPrK SOME FAILED TO REGIS- XCD UCDC 1 A ST ucrtr I 1 tK nfcK. lAd I WttN 1 It is reported to Chairman F. H. Coffey of the exemption board that a number of persons who should have registered failed to do so last week. Chairman Coffey has issued a ttate- both ages inclusive, who has not al- reday registered and wno railed to register ihursday of last week should not fail, to avail themselves of the opponunny. rauure to uo mis wnj eubject any offender to one year in prison and then induction into active overseas service. AUSTRA-HUN6M MAKES ALLIES A PEACE PROPOSAL Asks for a Meeting of Represeata tive in a Neutral Country Wil.on Takes Half Hour and 68 Words to Answer Note The Anstro-Hunearian eovernment has extended an invitation to all the belligerent governments to enter in non-binding discussions at soine neu tral meeting place, with the object, ofthe conference being to secure an exchange of views which would show "whether those prerequisites exist which would make the speedy inaug uration of peace negotiations appear promising. The Austrian proposal, which was announced in an official communica tion telegraphed from Vienna, sug gests that there .be no interruption of the war, and that the "discussions would go only so far as considered by the participants to oier prospects of success." The proposal calls for all the bel ligerents to send tdelegates for "con fidential and unbinding discussion on the busk principles for the conclu sion of peace, in a place in a neu tral countrv and at a near date that would yet have to be agreed upon." The proposal says the conference would be one of "delegates who would be charged to make known to one another the conception of their governments regarding those princi ples and to rtceive analogous com munications, a.s well as to request and give frank and candid explana tions on all those points which need to be precisely defined." The government announces that a! note embodying its suggestions had been addressed to the various belli?-1 erent powers and that the Holy Sel uau vccii aypiiacu vl uie proposal 1(1 a special note. The governments 0 the neutral states also bnd been ae .:tu l- . i ' v Coincident with this is the ant nQUncement from London that Gef many has made an offer of peace to Belgium on the following terms: .i..Xbat Belgium shall remain neu tral until the end -of the war: that ii fi ai.- i Miereiui.r tue vuure ecunviiuc ana political independence of Beldam shall be reconstituted; that the pre war commercial treaties between Germany and. Belgium ahall again hp u. in uycmuuu iw:r me war ior an indefinite period ;v. that Belgium, shall use her good ofnees to secure the return of the German colonies; that the Flemish question shall be considered, and the Flemish Minor ity,, which aided the German Invad ers, shall not be penalized." The proposal contains no word re specting repariation or indemnities, and no admission that Germany. WTonged Belgium. The formal plea of Emperor Charles to the belligerents for "a confidential and non-binding' discus sion on the basic principles tor the conclusion of peace" comes R6 the first sensational move in the "peace offensive" which has been expected since the German arms began to stag ger back from the fierce thrusts of the British, French and Americans. Washington and the allied capitals hailed the call for a conference on neutral soil as another German ruse to get better terms than they might expect when the war has ben car ried to the' Rhine. They wore con vinced that Austria, whose people have long been war-weary, had been called upon to bear the onus f mak ing peace overtures and thus sive the face of Germany. Not only in Washington, Jut in London and Paris, pacifists found cold comfort. None of the givern ments involved was inclined tc take seriously the request that delegates be sent to such a conference as that proposed by the Austrian rulei. It was pointed out that the Ulited States and the entente allies have made their peace ims so clear there can be no mistaking them. Wilson Emphatically Rejects the Teutonic Proposal The United States, as was filly expected, has unconditionally reject ed Germany's peace offer. In doing so the government has spoken fr all the co-obelligerents. Almost imme diately after receiving (the Austrian government's note from the minister from Sweden, Mr. Ekengren, Secre tary Lansing issued this formal statement: "I am authorized by the President to state that the following will be tfie reply- of this government to the Ais-tro-Hungarian note proposing an lin offlcial conference of belligerents it "'The government of the Unit,! States feels that there is only one re- ! A.; -i. I. . . . . uiy vtrmcn u can maice to tne sugges tion of the imperial Austro-Hung-rian government It has repeatedly and with entire candor stated tht terms upon which the United States weuld consider peace and can and will entertain no proposal for a ron- ierence upon a matter concerning wnicn it has made its position and purpose so plain." Mr. Lansing's statement was given out within half an hour after he had received the' Austrian proposal. It would have been forthcoming almost immediately upon the delivery of the Austrian note had it not been fou vl necessary in order to avoid the i sibihty of grave error to make a .v fur comparison between the officii text and that which was nvriw-.i i" , news dispatches from Anmtenbm ThUS emnhaXta wna nl!;' declination, if any were luwi,. tl'.e (Continued from page four) SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.50 PER YEAR AFTER OCT. 1 The subscription price of the Lenoir News will be advanced to Sl.r.O on Oct 1, 1918. We have held off from making any advance in the subscription as long as possible. With the present conditions it is abso lutely impossible to keep the price as it is at present Any renewals and new sub scriptions received up to Oct. 1 will credited at the old rate. All subscribers whose lables do not show in advance of Oct 1 will be dropped-from the list on that date. This is a govern ment order and will be carried out to the letter by this paper. DRAFT BOARDS ARE NOW MAILING QUESTIONNAIRES Local draft boards were ordered by Provost Marshal General Crowder to begin mailing out questionnaires Wednesday to all of the men between 19 and 36 years of age, inclusive, who registered last week, except British and Canadian subjects, who have thirty days to voluntarily enter the British and Canadian armies. Ten per cent of the questionnaires are to be mailed by each board each day until the entire group has been sent out, Provost Marshal General Crowder announced, and under the regulations each registrant is given seven days to fill out and return the document "It is, however, the earnest hope of this office that the registrants will not require as much time as this," Gen. Crowder said, "and that every effort will be made to turn the ques tionnaires in, properly answered, as promptly as possible. "Under the maximum time allowed local boards in mailing out the forms, and registrants in filling them out and returning them, the question nnires for the entire age group should be back in the hands of local boards within three weeks from to morrow jSept 16). Approximately 6,000,000 men are in th elfand 20" and 32 to 36-year classes fa whom questionnaires go, it yfks said. There are also some 40,- 000 additional men, between 21 and 81 years of age who were added to the draft rolls last week, registering for the fir9t time, and these also wilt be classified. The date for the drawing that will, in a measure, determine the order of calling the men into service, will be announced soon. WAR IDEAS INTERESTING ONLY AS FOOL NOTIONS Many ideas hav ebeen submitted to the inventions department ofthe min istry of munitions. One in ten may be useful, the others arc old or im practicable, says the continental edi tion of the London Mail. A freauent suggestion made to the department is to attach a searchlight to an anti-aircraft gun, project the light on the object and shoot along the beam. But shells will not follow the path of light. ,A plan put for ward to prevent polished railway lines shining at night was that the last coach of the last train should drip blacking on to them! Proposals include a shell contain ing gravel to lay a pathway over the mud; and another containing irritant powder or sticky substance to ham per machine guns. By one scheme two guns are to be fired simulta- neously the shot being connected by a chain to which bombs and incen diary devices are to be attached. It is clear that variations in powder or differences in wear of the gun would make it impossible to predict which direction the device would take. . All kinds of substances have been proposed as fuel. One man had a powder, he said, which, mixed with water, turned it into motor spirit but he declined to disclose the pow der's composition. Electricity, many folk believe, can achieve anything. It is proposed to electrocute the enemy; to interfere with magnetos or compasses of air craft; to explode ammunition dumps. Magnetism is proposed for attract ing and bringing down enemy air craft or repelling them and for diverting falling bombs. Suggestions are frequently receiv ed in connection with colored search lights, but color, it is found, cannot be imparted to a beam without reduc ing its intrinsic brilliancy. The most wonderful proposition of all was that of a "black beam" for obscuring the moon. Among miscellaneous projects are: One to cool machine guns by placing them in a vacuum jacket the in ventOr forgetting that thermos flasks keep things hot as well as cold ; a sec ond to petrify the German soldiers by squirting cement over them, and a third to throw live wire cables among the enemy by means of rock ets. SCHWAB SAYS HE MUST HAVE MORE MEN TO WORK The shipyards of the country must have 200,000 more men by Jan. 1 if the shipping program is to be carried out, said Charles M. Schwab, director Vreneral of the emergency fleet cor poration, in Philadelphia. He will confer with Provost Marshal General Crowder on the matter of draft ex emptions in order to get more men for the yards. Large expectations .rv based upon the men in non-essential i'vlnstries coming to the plnnts. 1 he necessary men in the yards must somehow be retained, he said, but added that he does not favor PEOPLE SUF FERING: NEED CLOTHING Caldwell People Asked to Give Cloth ing Slightly Worn ard Dis carded Clothes Asked for; Give Something Better To meet the desperate needs of the Belgian population, hemmed in by the German army, Hrebert Hoover, chairman for the commission for re lief in Belgrium, has asked the Amer ican Red Cross to collect 5,000 tons of clothing for the suffering people. Of this amount Caldwell js appor tioned a minimum of 5,513 pounds and the dates for this collection are from Sept. 23 to 30. Donations in the country may be left with the nearest Red Cross chair man or at the central collection place Shuford & Ransom's dry goods store on the square, where Mr. Elisha Harris will take charge of the dona tions until packing day, Oct 1. Every kind of garment for all ages and both sexes, ia urgently needed. In addition, piece roods light, worn canton flannel and other kinds of cloht from which to make garments for new-born babies, ticking, sheet ing and blankets, woolen goods of any kind, and shoes of every size are asked for. Scrap leather is needed for repairing footwear. Since the clothes will be subjected to the hardest kind of wear only gar ments made of strong and durable materials should be sent. It is use less to offer to any afflicted popula tion garments of flimsy material or gaudy coloring. Make the gifts prac tical. This extract from a letter of a well-to-do lady of Brussels shows the conditions exactly: "Perhaps you will laugh when you hear that I wear a cloak tnade from my husband's garde civique overcoat, a waist made from his football shirt, and a skirt made from a dved bed sheet. Mother had a suit made of the tablecloth, J. and M. have cloaks made of woolen blankets, arri S. a dress mad eof burlap. Bat ah -this is only amusing in comparison witil the wretchedness of the population. After all, we remain calm and confi dent of victory." DETERRED CLASSES FOR 2,000,000 RAILROAD MEN Railroad administration officials es timate that more than 2,t)uO,000 rail road employes are included ill the groups for which regional directors were instructed to ask deferred draft classification. The men for whom de ferment will be asked are general of ficers, shopmen, trainmen, skilled yardmen, roaa and maintenance of way foremen and skilled' laborers, telephone and telegraph, operators and other essential employes. EUGENE DEBS SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON Eugene V. Debs, charge with vio lation of the espionage act, was sen tenced to ten years in the Mounds ville, W. Va., penitentiary on an in dictment of three counts by Federal Judgge Westenhaver at Cleveland, Ohio, last Saturday. The sentences will run concurrently. Motion for a new trial was overruled and an ex ception on behalf of the defendant was allowed. A motion for the ar rest of sentence was also 'overruled. The court admitted Debs to $10,000 bail, with permission to leave the northern Federal district of Ohio only to go and stay at his home. FRANCE AND iCEIH NIA SGE Briitsh Move Nearer to Cambrai and St. Quentin and Serbs Push On . For Prilep All Attacks Repulsed by Haig's Men British troops in desperate fighting are plunging further into the Hin denburg line north of St Quentin, while west of Cambrai they haVe re sisted violent counter attacks., The enemy is making every effort on the 30-mile front to prevent a retire ment, according to the last press re ports yesterday afternoon. In Macedonia the Bulgarians are in flight northward before the Serbians and French. Hurled from important heights, the enemy has been forced back 12 miles and the pursuit con tinues. How serious was the menace to the security of the Hindenburg line northwest of St. Quentin is shown by the strong counter thrusts the Ger mans have thrown from Cambrai to Gouzeaucourt, thus extending the front by 12 miles. The British are four miles from La Catelet, an important town, while on a front of nearly six miles they are within one mile of the highway and canal, n a short front west of St Quentin the French are working steadily towards the town and are on the outskirts of Dallon, two miles from St. Quentin. FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN IS TO BE SIX BILLION DOLLARS The size, interest rate and other terms of the fourth Liberty Loan were considered yesterday by Secre tary McAdoo in conference with his tre'nwry ndvirs. An1 announce ment i 'exverted later this week. The amount still expected 'to be in he neighborhood of $6,000,000,000 and the interest r ue : l per cent. NESOF HARQF1&H FIRST ALL AMERICAN E Pershing Eliminates Important Hua Salient Drive on German Soil Successes Elsewhere Dur ing the Past Week THURSDAY, SEPT. 12 Under Command of Gen. Pershing; Americans Launch Big Drive The American first army under command of Gen. Pershing is in ac tion against the Germans on a 20 mile front on the famous St Mihiel salient in Lorraine, which had stood a sharp wedge in the French line ; southeast of Verdun since the com mencement of the war. In the preliminary thrust ground was gained on both sides of the trian gle and also at its apex at St MihieL and at last accounts the Americans, with whom some French troops are brigaded, were fast sweeping across the salient in an effort to close the mouth of the big pocket before the Germans can extricate themselves from the perilous position they are ia as a result of the suddenness of the blow and the element of surprise it carried with it. Although the advance of the Amer icans was swift and sure and gains is excess of four miles on the southern side of the battle area were made, the cavalry far outstripped the tanks and footmen and was last reported operating along the railroad near Vigneulles, almost in the center of the salient and some ten miles north east of St. Mihiel and also northwest of Pont-a-Mouscson, through the for ests and along the railway line run ning northward to Metz, the great German fortress, the southern outer fortifications of which are less 'than, ten miles distant Thiaucourt, Bouillouville, Pannes and several other towns in the south were captured in the initial dash, while on the west at the northern ' edge of the pocket, the village of Combres was captured and the envi rons of Demmartin la Montague were reached. To the south everywhers the Americans penetrated ...into the heights of the Meuse and the Fiends fough" their way into the outskirts of St MihieL Unofficial reporte are t we enect tcn .ne lOwn Qas oeen rs-;v captured by ti.. French. " , ., The fighting iront at the coin mencement of the battle aggregated 20 miles eight miles n the western tide and 12 miles on the eouthern side. The fighting was preceded by an extremely neavy artillery Q&mr. bardfrient and the1 troops and tanks under a Barrage which was carried out with mathematical precision., From the war maps it Would seeht almost impossible for the Germans to evacuate the salient, as they apv parently are trying to do, without, huge losses in men and materiaL The first reports show that the Americans took 700 prisoners in the first stages of the battle and had suffered re markably small casualties. The strategy of Marshal Foch m the present maneuver cannot be fore seen, except that it has as the first objective the leveling of th St Mihiel sector and the straightening of the allied line from the region of Verdun eastward. The obliteration of the sa lient would be necessary before a di rect thrust toward German territory from this region would be possible. Whether Marshal Foch has id view s. campaign up the Meuse valley or Metz and the Moselle valley in mind remains to be seen. In the north Field Marshal Balgr is still after the Germans ita the re gion of Cambrai. Here he again has advanced his front toward the mucb desired German base ; penetrated into the old British defense line; crossed the Canal du Nord north of Havrin courft; taken Havrincourt and an other section of the Hindenburg line and sent a thousand Germans into the British prisoners' cages in the rear. The Germans fought hard at Havrincourt to stay the British, but all their counter attacks were beaten off. Further advances for the British also are reported in the region south of LaBassee canal and northwest of Armentieres. FRIDAY, SEPT. 13 Pershing's Mea Have All Points in St. Mihiel Sector ia Hand The American first army has car ried out the initial tnaV na)maH tA it the leveling of the famous St Mi hiel salient in Lorraine. In a little more than 24 hours not only had the work been accomplished but Gen. Pershino-'H men had all th important towns, villages and strate gic positions in the sector within their hands and were standing on the banks or tne moselle river at ragny, look ing across the stream into German territory. And the southern outer fortifications of Metz, the great German stronghold in Lorraine, was Only four miles distant. Large numbers of Germans had been taken prisoner more than 13, 000 had been counted and others were still on their way back to the prison cageij and many guns and machine guns and great quantities of ammunition, and other war stores were in American hands. SUCCESS From Hattonville, to the north, ' i across the salient eastward to Pagny, v the Americans have closed the mouth of the big sack which extended south- I ward to St Mihiel, trapping within ,, i; it by their fast advance all the en-, 'i emy forces who failed to take refuge 'i v in flight when the great bombard-'' . ment of Thursday morning heralded (Continued from page'fottr) ; A: s I v. 'i'ri :
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