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fV., F1UI OITY AND POUR
PROM C'OrXTRV GO TO SOITTH
th CAROLINA CAMP. -
young men, all white,
Thirteen
j. t-, -; n (rpn t nf the new
a the tn?L """"o "
to leave Greensboro and Ouil
arn!' rhev left at noon today -for
ford.
creenvillf. b. e .
, ..o- tyipti are Luther
T'.ie
riirai
itr'HUm T JO WiMl R l1
Quincey
YOW, William
t-. ;!-. o n H rH Rrvan
larc
a James
ft. OU.Hl." ciu .
v rw is in command of
Co'o-e.
Hie ietail- -n
all the quota there is not a ne
o' this Ending of white men only
Sr-nr in accordance with instructions
" , ...'.J fm higher ut.
to
ie oo;uu
esent time the Greens-
-0 to the pr
VJ board seems u nave ivo mcu
err'fied for the army, but this hum
L o subject to whatever change re
eaV by the district board might.
fte,t The local board has not re-
l 1 O i O -
:Vt.(i th.e report ot uie uwmu uuai.
work this week.
hoard is particularly
Tie rural
earlv reports from thei
anx;,nis for
district board
on its men, because
many of the country boys are sup
pose! to have filed claims for exemp
tion on grounds of agricultural oc-cu-'ition.
A change of one man .had
tQ-: made yesterday in the four or
derri to move today because one of
the iiiartet first certified had filed
an jsriculniral reason for exemption
an! it had not been acted upon.
Y-stenlay the Greensboro board
eroted the discharge claimed by An-
nre' " va!y e navucs, Livj y i u.
vife and two children, and William
Gra lain, whose father is a paralytic.
Bd i discharged men are negroes.
Tie board certified as members of
the army Lil Staples, Horace Jones,
Ed ard Harris, William Howard,
William J. A. Hazel, Spence Rober
son. Rush Caldwell and Jack Perry,
ne?:oes. and William Henry Briggs
an;! Franklin Vestal, whites.
T :e rural board certified the fol
lowing new soldiers:
E-iscora H. Idol, of Colfax; Ross
C.Wilson, of Julian; Robert M. Gar
ne:. or Climax; Luther Boyd, of Col
fax: Edmund Green, of Brown Sum
mit: Robert L. Woody, Randleman
R. 1; Fesiey C. M. Holder, of Mc
Leaasville: Thomas Dean, of Kern
ersville; John N. Wilson, of Julian;
William K. Fryar, of McLeansville;
Lac- Wharton, of Gibsonville R. 2;
Albert C. Matthews May, of Gibson
ville R. '1. .
Tie rural board made the follow
ing exemptions:
D Maxwell Coble, of Greensboro
R. 6. physical disability; Maurice F.
Poole, Greensboro R. 1, physical;
William Murphy, Summerfield, wife
an: children; Bert Settle, Brown
Submit, wife and children; William
D- Clymer. Brown Summit R. 2, wife
and children; Earl V. Russell, Guil
ford College, wife and children;
William D. Williams, Kernersville,
wife and children; C. J. Kasey,
Brovn Summit, physical; Erhlin fi.
fitt?, Guilford College, physical; Al
ton Lomax, Jamestown, physical;
Charlie l. West, Greensboro, physi
cal: Ray W. Coble, Climax .R. 2, phy-6ic'2-:
Clifton R. Lomax, MoLeans
vil'e. physical; Jesse F. Stewart, Gib
so:i4ue 'a-ire and children; William
H- Humble, Climax, wife and chil
drea; Jeff c. Walker, Summerfield,
he and children; John W. Pegram,
Kernersville R. 3, wife and children;
c'--he It. Bates, McLeansville, wife
children; J. Weldon Johnson,
fro-vn Summit, wife and children;
ft per Low, dependent mother and
orP'"anei children.
Hoards Task Not Easy.
-i-ioers of local boards realize
thai
some men who should have dis-
ge.s ri0 not get them, and others
ho should not be dianharffed nhtain
relief.
Kut the boards are onlv hu-
and
do the best they can. The
fault
is. not so much with the boards
J ''uh people who make affidavits
ou"ht not to be made, and the
fail-.:
;ri Of men with nrnnert.v tn nnint
0yT . . j
b peculiar circumstances. The
"Hias both sad and amusing
l ns t0 contend with.
le old negro woman wrote from
ay down
in the lower narts of
0:
1X16 that she wanted hr nn to
ti lome and go to working for.
e government on the Alabam' rir
- jod was waiting for him and M
"a 91(1,
'lorn mother wanted tdee
him
an4 wanted -him ttiv, aha
jj, ntm mo. us
t knew that "general' of the de-
boy War" would exemPt heT
aaVn, realizei wha-t it was to have
7 soa But, alas, there was no
evidence that tHe son had retneiiiber-
tn "fXIH
he had eome to Carolina, and not suf
ficient grounds to keep him out be
cause of dependents, wherefore he is
in the army
A peculiarity of the situation inr
the draft is that nearly everybody
thinks his -(5ase"1s different, and en
titled to a little special consideration.
The difficulty seemj to be not selfish
ness but the contrary because the
conscientious young man can see the
manifold purposes of help as he has
in him, and ,he does-dread the leav
ing of his people to the chances of
life, when ne feels that at home he
would" be able to. absorb much of the
shock of circumstance. Somehow no
one seems to feel there is any cow
ardice in- the bulk of the claims for
exemption which have been made,
because after alf it is not selfish fear
which actuates the folks who have
claimed discharge.
Monday the Greensboro board got
8om more of its work done, passing
upon a number of claims for exemp
tion. Some were allowed and some
were denied. Those whose claims
for discharge were allowed were as
follows:
Rufus J. Thacker. invalid wife;
Oscar W. Rumley, wife and child;
James M. Payne, wife and child;
John H. Kenan, wife in delicate
health; Avery L. Jarvis, dependen
mother and brothers' and sisters and
infirm father; Thomas G. Harris,
wife in delicate health; James T
Harris, wife and child; Charles For
sythe) wife and child; Callie J. Flack,
wife and child; Robert F. Wilson, de
pendent mother; Lawrence L. Carter,
wife and child; George E. Barbee, de
pendent mother and wife in delicate
health.
Those whose claims were rejected
as insufficient were as follows:
Jesse Vernon Hall, William J. Gil
christ, Lisbon Moore, Henry C. Mc
Corkle, Thomas G. Redden, Charles
C. Yates and Roy Delmere-Smith.
ATTACK OX AMERICAN '
SAILORS AT CORK.
London, Sept. 4. -Attacks on
American sailors on Sunday night are
reported in a dispatch from Cork to
the Chronicle. It is said that
gangs of young men paraded the
streets . and set upon the Americans
who were accompanied by their
sweethearts.
One instance cited is that of two
Americans who were attacked 'on the
chief street of Cork a young woman
with them being insulted and having
her hat torn off. The correspondent
reports that the sailors did nothing
improper or contrary to good taste
to invite the attack and as far as
could be learned did not retaliate.
They escaped on a tram car.
All the girls who suffered at the
hands of the crowds, the dispatch
"says, belong to the respectable mid
dle class.
An attempt was made at 11 P. M.
to break into places where Ameri
cans were staying, the dispatch con
tinues, but after a short seige the at
tackers departed. Several . parties
paraded the streets singing. "Sinn
Fein" songs and ' performing military
evolutions. Some windows were
broken. One party raided the prem
ises of an officers training corps and
stole 56 rifles, 30 revolvers and a
number of swords, none of which. had
been recovered, the correspondent
says, at the time of'writing his dis-
Datch. nor had any arrests been
made, n -: ' . ;
--fie reports that he talked with sev
eral American sailors yesterday and
that they believed the affair was or
ganized, but were not aware of the
reason. Thev said they had been
well treated hitherto in Ireland.
POISONED CANDY IS
DROPPED BY GERMANS.
Plymouth, Mass., Sept. 3 German
airmen flying by night over a French
town near Rheims, recently dropped
poisoned candy, causing the death of
many children who ate it, according
to a letter from Brownlee Benzel
Gauld, a former Harvard University
student who is now driving an am
bulance on the western battle front.
The communication was made public
?bdar by his father, the. Rev. P. J.
Gauld, of Toledo; Ohio, who 4s spend-
ine: the summer here. The letter al
so fates that the Germanaare vcojaM
tinually shelling .hospitals."
..The young man told his father
that hV had received the cross of war
from the French government.
Oil PETROGAD
GERMAN GL.EEFUX. OVER -" CAP- f
TURE OF RIGA BY A QUICK,
HARD DRIVE.
-JCopenha-gen, Sept. 4.-r-German
correspondents on the Riga front say
that the new offensive, which ; was
mapped out according to a favorable
plan of Field Marsiial von Hinden
burg, had been prepared a longtime.
Von Hindenburg recently visitedT the
front on several occasions.
The correspondents add that the
iask of' capturing Riga was not diffi
cult as the bulk of the Russian forces
withdrew without resistance. Last
week fifty German airplanes were
busy in the gulfs of Riga and Fin
land bombing ships, naval batteries
and harbors, while several days ago
a large German fleet appeared, con
sisting of cruisers, destroyers and
submarines, and began a violent
bombardment.
It is reported from Helsingfors
that the Germans are now busy
mine-sweeping the Riga and Finland
gulfs, and it is expected they will
make a naval attack on Petrograd
through the Gulf of Finland to assist
General von Beseler's lan advance.
The German papers comment glee
fully on the recapture of this "Ger
man city" and declare that with
God's help Riga will now eternally
remain German. -
Rough Sailing Ahead.
London, Sept. 4. 'London's fore
cast today of Germany's Russian
campaign is a quick, hard drive on
from Riga toward Petrograd. Mili
tary experts believe Germany will do
her utmost in speed. The Germans
must go far in the 320-mile journey
toward the Russian capital before
freezing weather sets, in, if they ex
pect to rely on the German Baltic
fleet's aid. They may also be expect
ed to hurry with all speed to cover as
much ground as possible before Gen
eral Kerniloff can carry out his plans
tori Pegenertign . of thfixc Rofidiafi;
afmyt" If the Russians manifest a
proper fighting spirit, military au
thorities here today agreed they will
easily block the German drive.
From Riga to Petrograd the
ground is of a nature lending itself
readily to defense. It is marshy and
studded with marshy lakes and wa
terways. Small bodies of - Russian
troops could play havoc with greatly
superior attacking forces attempting
an advance over such broken terrain
In the opinion of observers here,
much depends on the Russian fleet
in stopping the expected German
drive. If muninous sailors can be
quelled and disciplined, and fighting
spirit restored, the Russian fleet
could effectually hamper, perhaps
prevent, operations by a German
fleet in the Baltic.
No attempt was made to minimize
the effect of Riga's fall on the Ger
man population. Battered badly on
the west front by British and French
drives of the last few months, and
with Austria losing ground every
hour under the Italian assault, the
German militarists were badly in
need of a (German victory to hearten
the public. They will make the most
of. Riga's fall.
TWENTY BRITISH SHIPS
SUNK BY THE U-BOATS.
London, Sept. 5. British mer
chant ships sunk by mine or subma
rine in the past week" numbered 20
of more than. 1,600 and. three under
1,600 tons, according to the official
announcement tonight.
The weekly summary:
"Arrivals2,348; sailings, 2,432.
British merchant vessels over
,600 tons sunk, including two prev-
iously, 20; under 1,600 tons, inciud -
ing one previously, 3
Fishing vessels sunk, none.
British merchant vessels unsuc
cessfully attacked, including five
previously, 9.
British merchant vessels sunk the
previous week by mine or submarine
numbered 18 over 1,600 tons, and 5
under 1,600 tons. " " - .
Saves Four From Drowning."
Morehead ?fty, Sept. 4. While
bathing at the beach Sunday after
noon two young men and two young
ladies, who evidently were not good
swimmers, were caught in the under
tow and were aboift to be drowned
when lieslie Holt, Of Princeton, N. C.f
rushed in and caught one of the girlt
in his arm while her escort held on
to her, and then caught the other two 4
by the hands and struggled to tne I
banks, which he reached in safety,
B0rlaBDYER5 ftAISEA KICK:
THINK THE TAX LEVY IS NOT
SUFFICIENT TO PAY COURT
HOUSE BONDS.
t. the meeting of the county com-
uraers luesaay it deveiopea tnat
C.yE. Dennis-& Co.,. of Cleveland, is j
obiectinglto. taking the bonds for the
newcourt house amounting to $25ftr I
uovtor which it was the highest bd-
der.- The commissioners feel that
tne company can oe made to take ttte 1
bohdi;and the commissioners will in- t
sisf on observance of the contract. .
C.E. Dennis & Co. put the late ob f
jection to the bonds on another basis, t
a rather flimsy technicality; it is
tended. .The claim made is tThat the
five cents! levy on the $100 worth of
property in .the county, made for the
purpose of paying the interest on the
bonds and retiring $10,000 lots seri-
ally Tfcs provided for, is insufficient to
do this. " That is the only reason 6f
feied for unwillingness to live up to
the agreement, it is understood, and
the commissioners regard this as! the
mere straw for which the bond buy
ers reach in trying to support their
unwieldly attitude.
The $250,000 worth of bonds was
authorized by special act of the legis
lature and the commissioners made
the five cents levy to retire the bonds
and pay interest, deeming this
amount entirely sufficient. They still
regard it as enough, and there is no
trouble about that, but it happens
that the five cents on the $100 as
property is valued for taxation in the
county now would not quite make
the necessary fund. The stand taken
on this point by the bond buyers is
untenable, however, because they
have failed to make any allowance
for an increase in the taxables" of
Guilford. The commissioners did
make a small allowance, for this 'in
crease, for the $10,000 in bonds to
Be retired will not mature until 1922.
Accompanying the bids for the
bonds was the, usual certified xhecSf I
ttrf a Dgfcentase -ofitfre brice and the
proceedings were -orderly through
out. The commissioners regard the
issues as sold.
- W. P. Rose, the contractor for the
court house, met with the
commissioners Tuesday, and he dis
cussed the big job he has ahead of
him. Mr. Rose realizes that he is
undertaking a large task in unsettled
and troublous times. He is hoping
that everything will go smoothly,
and that workmen will be plentiful,
but he is forging ahead in his work
of getting ready to build.
Mr. Rose's bid was $343,544 and
this does not include the heating,
plumbing, elevator and a few other,
things. Tuesday he filed his bond
for half "the amount of the contract
figure, $176,270, furnished by the
United States Fidelity and Guaranty
Company.
The monthly report of Dr. W. M.
Jones, the county superintendent of
health, was made to the board Mon
day. Dr. Jones said that the new
state law in regard to communicable
diseases has "become effective and he
is convinced that one result of it will
be to render the records - of such
troubles more accurate.
There are 24 cases of typhoid fever
in the rural sections of the county.
The report by Dr. Jones follows:
"County home: Here conditions
are as ordinary. There have been
few changes at the home. One white
woman has been admitted to the in
sane department, and I think will in
all probability remain a fixture at the
home as I have little hope of her be
ing admitted to the state hospital.
One colored and one white woman
have died since last report. Only
three visits have been made
l The work houge. Here there
is
nothing new to report.
"The camp: Nothing out of the
ordinary has occurred. Only four vis
its have been made. .
"Jail:- Here we have had more
than the general run of insane cases
Two cases have been admitted to the
state hospital and two are now in
uu iiine ueSro woman injur-
ed her thumb in her efforts to-escape,
necessitating amputation. One white
man wno naa been on the roads was
movea to jani and operated on and
will be ready to go back in a day or
two. Only 12 visits have been made.
-"Special work has been done as
member of the exemption board, and
doing the' work of examining the chil-
dren of the mills that are affected
by the federal child lahor law.
"The new state law became effec-
j tive.thU month in regard to the convlthe other ears.
, f. ' , . .... u
munlca'ble diseases and raaj certain
that it is;going 'to make1 otsr records
far more accurate. " .
"Examined insane, 7; examined
hookworm 12; examined children,-
1 110; vaccinated smallpox,, 35.
'Infectious:"- Typhoid 'fever, 24 r
Whooping cough, 12; cerebro-sDinaXf
mengitis, 2 ; scarlet fever, 5; diph-1
theria. 2.
WILSON'S NOTE STIRS
CIRCLES IN GER3IANY.
London. Sent. 4. A Renter dis-
patch from Amsterdam sajs:
"Accordine to reliable information
President Wilson's reply to Pope
Benedict's peace proposal made a
con-irofound impression in Dolitical cir-
cles in Germany. Mathias Erzberger,
Ijnember of the clerical center of the
Reichstag, who believes he" is backed
by a majority of the -Reichstag, is
expected, at the next sitting of the
main committee of that body, to de
mand legislation for the immediate
introduction by a government
sponsible to the Reichstag and
re-1
the I
abandonment by the government of
41$ plea of inability to act regarding
Alaace-Lorraine to the extent of "pro-1
posing that the -decision regarding
the allegiance of these territories
shall be left to their inhabitants. It
is expected that he will advocate gen
eral disarmament after the war.
"It is considered possible that the
Reichstag will be dissolved soon af?
ter it reassembles and that general
elections will be ordered.
"Of noteworthy interest , is the
statement of Dr. .Eduard David, So
cialist leader of the Reichstag, in
yesterday's Vorwaertsa, the German
Socialistorgan. Dr. David maintains
that the Reichstag has constitutional
means -of enforcing its will, as no
government can continue to rule
against its veto. He says that new
elections, within which the soldiers
at the front wouldparticipate, would
clearly show how the ship of state
must be steered. , He says heconfi-
dentic expects a crhihgtdef o,t !
tne - fan-uermans ana -annexaxK
ists.'
ITALIANS HAVE RESUMED
THEIR GREAT OFFENSIVE.
While the Russians continue their
flight before the Germans in the re
gion of Riga, the Italians, after a few
lays of comparative idleness, again
have started their great offensive
against the Austrians on. the Bain
sizza plateau and to the northeast of
Gorizia.
In the south, however, from the
Brestovizza valley to the sea, the
Italians have been compelled to
withstand violent counter-attacks bj
the Austrians, who are endeavoring
to hold back General Cadorna's lines
from a further approach to Triest.
The Austrians at one place momen
tarily forced the Italians to cede ter
ritory. A counter-attack by the Ital
ians not alone retrieved the lost posi-
:ion, but resulted in the capture of
more than 400 prisoners.
Of the Bainsizza plateau northeast
of Gorizia, the Italians have made
further gains, capturing an impor
tant Austrian position near Ocroglo.
No details haveljeen vouchsafed con
cerning the battle which is in pro
gress northeast of Gorizia, and no
confirmation is at hand of the re
ported capture by the Italians of
Mont San Gabriele, the last dominat
ing position held by the Austrians
north of Gorizia. Nearly 1,700 men
have been captured by the Italians in
the fighting in the Gorizia sector.
- In the region of Riga the Russians
are retiring eastward and northeast
ward all along ,the line, pursued by
the Germans. The war vessels whith
were reported to be shelling the Riga
coast line, and which it was thought,
probably might be covering a landing
of troops, to cut off the retreat ot the
Riga army, were submarines.
The operations on the western
front in Belgium and France con-
ltinue to be carried out mainly by the
I opposing artilleries.
Reciprocal air raids continue to be
carried out by British, French and
German airmen at points far behind
the fighting line.
New Street Cars Used.
The new one-man street cars were
put into service by the Public Ser-
vice Company Monday. These cars
are much lighter than the old style
and are the pay-as-you-enter kind,
They .are painted the same color as
IT IS AIL OYER, PE ARC LOST
"it; is" a prr such blood was
SHED IN VAIN,7 GERMAN OF
FICER TELLS HIS CAPTOR,
- Pfris, Sept. S.It ii a pity, that
so- nmch. blood pses been shed' in :
vainvrr "-.r; ? . ; - : : " -'
. Ai German officer, taken prisoner ia
tft& recent French advasce north" of -Verdoin;;
is thus quoted pf the Echo :
de he Rooheile and a taff ofSce who -interrogateji
the German, is given-as "
authority for the vinteTvf ew. The Ger-"
man paid homage to the heroic cour -age
of t&e French soldierwr bit tried
to discourage the idea -that ' help
would be forthcoming from the '
United States. - " " ' -
"Why deiude yourselves Vfth ohim-.-erical
-hopes and thus" prolong the
murderous etruggiethe went on.
"You expect irresistible aid fromltho
United States.- "They promise it, but
they will never give It- We knowl ":
perfectly in Germany what to expect
as. to the intentions of President Wil-
son. He is playing with you, he will
temporize without ever .going whole-
heartedly into the conflict.
JWhen you . are hopelessly beaten,
he will be the arbiter of the situation
and will impose a peace that will bV -advantageous
to ' no one but the
United State of America. 1-He -wilL
never compromise the Stars and
Stripes In an adventure on your
front." . - . .
French officers told him thousands
of American soldiers were in France
"and that ja . division, of -American
troops was preparing for service at
the front; that . other contingents
more important would arrive before
tne end of the . year , and - that the
United States was arming millions of" '
men; : " ' , "- .
: "Those are only . adroit maneuvers
designed to 7 keep up the spirits of
the combatants, replied, the prison
er. . :.i..
The French. officer, then said:; ,;
f'iKe will convince you ; you -.shall -
be; cpnduclecfc Jjetai!- 4&xtslPs!&;:
ing,..tne commander-in -chiefs of
American . expeditionary .forces inr
France, now here on the Verdun
front. You can -question liim your
self and you will learn whether it is
the German people or us who .jare
being deceived by. those who - gov
ern." '
When the eseort came to conduct
the prisoner before General Perch
ing, big tears rolled down his cheeks
and he remarked sadly: - -
"Since that is the case, it is all
over. , We are lost." ;
LITTLE GIRL IS SHOT BY
A NEGRO AT HENDERSON.
Henderson, Sept. 4. Jessie Roth,
15-year-old white girl, was thi3 af
ternoon shot ancTTatally wounded by
George Green, 3 0-y earmold negro
man, "said to be from Philadelphia,
Green was arrested and placed in
jail, but a short while later carried
to the state prison at Raleigh for
safe keeping - when mob violence
seemed Imminent.
The little girl was -shot twice in
the back after she had started to run
when she heard the" negro coming up
behind her on the main street of the
town. : ; : Wli K ': X.t.
Crowds gathered quickly and -"it
was probably through mistaken iden
tity of the car taking the prisoner to
Raleigh that he was safely landed in
prison. ; Three attepmts were made
by the mob to get him, but officers
outwitted all of them.
The girl. is not expected to live
through the night; No motive. is as
signed for the deed.
RIGHTRECAUTIONS
AGAINST RACE TROUBLE.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 3. Rigid,
precautions are being taken at the
national guard training camp here to
J guard against the possibility of
trouble through the presence of a
company of negro infantry with the
nIntn epate Ohio battalion. - Mem-
bers of -the company- are confined
closely to camp nd allowed no leave
for trips into' Montgomery. ? - ,
Captain Caldwell," the negro com
manding' offlcer. said: today he ex
pected no difficulty. .".
"My men -are, down here as sol;v
diers. . We' understand that there are
some customs; which we must adapt
ourselves to, and If there is any
trouble, 5 the- trouble will come frpm
outside mjr company. We expect no,
trouble and believe that we! will rjiii
the resoBct every white citixen o
Montgomery, during our stay here.'
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