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VOL. XlS : 43 fOUETH 33MI S3 SALISBURY, C., WEDNEf A OCTOBER 31ST, 1917.
ESTABLISHED 183&
SftiD TO HAVE TAKEN 100,000 tRlS01iRS.
Onrc-a of ilw Aastrainsand Gerws.
Oct. 29.--The po.wertui ;us-tro-Gerraan
advance wliich Las
been pressing thnugh the foot- I
hills of the Jaiiao AtpiJ into tre
plains of Norther Q lUly, is pe
,ing kept iu check by the Itaiian
forces whicU ure Jaithfuily 1
fiiliug their tluty, it is aunouticetl
by the war office in Koine tocfey:
London advices say thalCtb6
Italians will be given aU'aidJtnd
that steps already have Been
taken to t. is end. PresJirnably
Italy's own reserves of - :men
and guhs by this time have been
drawn up ina notable .plume,
and supplies have been jtiu rried
to reinforce Italys arjaies in
the great battse raging' in , the
Friuli piaiu. - r-
Italy's soldier s.ave failed to
check the onrush of ibe Austro-
Germans and the etitirelioe ol
Isonza is threatened with anm
bilation. Sweeping down irom
t.hfl mrinntains Wthe uium.s oi
Friuli, the invaders have cap
tured Cividale.aiid Gorizia, 100,-
OaO prisoners and 7lX! guiis.
Great Br itian and b'rance an
reported to be ta iug steps.,, u
give the shattered Italian arni
prompt and full sup-ort
What form this aid will take has
not been disclosed. The Ftprieli
cabinet met last night to deaid
, upon the manner of coopert .on
on the Italian front. .
Where Gen. Cadorna?,wil
make a stand is not clear,., but
two positions capable of def 3tise
are available. The Germans'
have reached, the lowlands and
are but nine. ihiles from ue :ri-e,
Cadorna's general headqaarirs.
The railroad run tiing nor-th w&-
south through Udine might
make a defense line, but the Tag
liamento rnzer, eighteen ranes
west Udine, probably will crifr
a strouger defense
The fall of Gorizia is a serious
menace to. the
America's timto War. m Hypccntes-
fJathrilifi nriests and editors
y. 1 lit! iiCVV UCtUJUH """'J I I
Jr.t. otror-v restriction aside are grr eat on harmony just now.
tt. - i "c w.nA wliai Thov dpnlorp. anvthiner that
V GSSeis Ol cVBl v n iuu, . i 1 - . i -'
thoiri'aa. their- character, would create dissension in war
thftSr destination, times or hurt the feelings of
ruthless- anyone or. create strire, yet
vucii sk muw v v .!
- . I . 1 ! A n 4" l-l -A
iv sent to the bottom without their real Teeungs uowaiu
ror,no-nn. without thought of people ouisiae iu .wm
v,i.. mo,.,v fnr t,hoG on church is shown in the foljow-
k.a ti.o ftip!R of friendly inefr-jm the Tablet, of Brooklyn,
, .i,-.. -m V ( Dioopsan oran ) or Uct.
Tio ir.M a.iniitr Willi i jusc ui ux - i v .
U V W V. v ' -v ' J J - - I
Euon h"oniial shiDS lHth.
:! v,: ' I .oiiaf tn t.hP Sneaking, at the dedication
.oU v,o-o.vprt and stricken of a Uathonc scnooi iu riniau-
v,. - -r tt :
nnianf Rpkhim. though the ulna, riev josepn j nai.uiu
latter were provided with safe recently put the whole subject
conduct through the prescribed oi uaLiiouu Buu.uu iU,u
hv the German Govern- in the lollowing woras.
RGiross tesveniion. Ralalgb, X C, No-
mm 1st and 2nd.
H cWvention of Red Cross
CI ij p te r;L A u x i l i aries, Branches,
Qi.s ntl workers in North Oar-
oliRa have been called to meet in
Raleiglr,1 November 1st and 2nd,
njhe Red Cross organization is
thtfofiicml institution for relief
atorfie'tatid on the battlefields
on Account of the great war. Its
.msiDetswuiraaKe xne uauuagc
wlch ovr wounded will be treat
ment itself and were disting
uish by unmistakable marks
of identity, have been sunk with
the same reckless lack of com
passion or of principle.
1 1
'More than a generation Df
our people has been educated
without relisrion. It could not
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be taught in the public schools
and was shamefully neglected
"I am not now thinking of the in the homes and churches.
!.c2 i,f nrnnprtv involved. im
mense anu senuus a iuau
Knr. nnlv-nf the wanton and
1p dpstr.uction of the
iup4 or noncomoaiants. uieu
Amid all the splendor which
prosperity and wealth are show
ing forth there is a pathetic
hollow ness and shallowness
which foretell grave moral dan-
Mathematical to.
Our Catholic friends are Jiay- J "The ctfan or woman- who in
ing a hard time of it, in settliBg
the question .of what percent of-1
the different American armies
the "church ' should' be credited
with. Their only trouble seems
to be in agreeing upon a. suffix
ciently large percetit So far a
portion of thee mathematicij
clerics kindly admit that the
non-Catholic five sixths of the
population havs furnished one--half
th militarv forces for
Bui i Ksnniar ir Tefra a Shchr.
these critical times fails to read
a good newspaper regularly,
is a slicker, "declared Prof.
Wiliard G Bleyer, head of the
Department of Journalism at
University of Wisconsin, in ad
dressing the students of the Li
brary school last week.
"It is the patriotic duty of
very person in this country
keep informed in regard to the
epoch-making events and utter-
$here are now in North Caro
lina' HQ Red Cross chapters, and
abpiit 500 auxiliary organiza
tiris. It is desired that each of
vvnmen. and children, engageu 501
n nnr.nirc which: have always, iug forth their hands tor Dread,
.4ronin t.hp darkest periods of and many a heartless scheme
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modP.rn history, been deemed cahea eancawon is uueuug iuoui
lesitima te . Prop- a s lone.
. i. -:j, v. un i;TTci 'No wonder there are over
riv can o ua.iu. uji. uij-o iivo
f peaceful and innocent people ou,uuo,ouu innaeis in out wuu-
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not he. The present lier- iry uiiu ooc?a
hatover. No wonder
commerce is a wariare agamsi
mankind Woodrow V ilson.
Presideat of the United States.
religion
there
are anarchists ana oociausis
and materialists, who are under
mining lawful authority. Np
wonder there are shocking
crimes, murders, suicides, rob
beries, clever swindles, unjust
an A nrnp.l sneculatknv even in
rA$ ixri) fcnif tlid vtra cwpafpfS
heuetsf socks, etc, to protect which condescension we sup- ances that are reported in the
thlm ffcrn. the cold, while' its pose we should be profoundly press fromjday to day,vhe con-
nues ffill attend - the suiter- taanamui, as u wouiu uuauwisj huubu. 5
in in th hospitals. to claim all of the m. 4 The food of opinion is the
At arecenii gaiuwuug 4 jjwo nswaux Hie ua,y, as fresiuent
ton an enthusiastic Catholic de Wilson has well said, and it be-
clared that the regular army was hooves every citizen not only 4 to
one half Cat holies and that 90 read the news, but to form in-
vhtse will be represented in this percent of the enlistments since pellient opinions in regard to it.
convention by from three to five then are of Uathohcs. nowever, "Intelhgent . public opinion,
dejegates -But as there are many some are more ujouerai, s'vs wunput wnicn we cannot have
muniripaiint vt ortranized. generally a claim of SO percent; true demof?rucy, is the sum to-
it iV aW: desired that delegates Archbishop Glennon of SLouis; 0( the opinions of individul
sh'Sl come, both men and women, going on record with a claim oj
fnin every community in the 40 percent. A few others limit
stje. their claims to 82 per c ut of the
She object of the convention total while all or. them appear to
Ulivn fold, ' agree that they are furnishing
f irst, ito prepare the way for 35 per cent of the new drafted
seltng tip 2,000 active Red Cross or National army. As this last
orgiiiizationa in North Carolina suppossu ur.o .
Iflbu desire to have a part in tooted wtho dHcrimnmuon
thS great work, come to this con- agaiusu ioo w ,
velion and learn what is required best authorities omy shoy -
toldrm a local organization. Wilu .s
fr, .nMro.r, a tvl itl tO Oe JCtOm III VAWIUUUS BU OB
- I 4.Vv nnnanmntmn 1 0 that, fchp rtll ITI
strnct ora-anizations a, ready flcouu,i:u .
fol!ied fu the great tasks row at
Whenever Yoa Need a General Tonic
Take Grcvo's.
TJi - old Standard Grove's Tasteless
211111 J.0111C IS equany vaiuaure o I . i-x
X t ( o,tii i Uhe. verv necessaries of hie.'
Tt- 1 1 r. 1 iiA XUi-2.A L-'V-V-US Afc w - I .
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eukno-wntotiic properties GtyuArii.N ft condition: a generation
-.nTOM. Tt acts en the Liver. Drives . . 0 .
Mwia. Ehricts the Blood and educated without religion,
aiids up the Whole intern. 60 cents. uo.000,000 infidels. anarchists,
socialists "materialists, and the
The Brittish'-hokl the . southern whole category of crimes. And
.side of the forest , and" a continu the . Catholic church the only
:itizub, and lhe opinion of thee '
i iz"os-tt.oskt bts formed largely
s -!. nPA which is printed
in newspapers.
f't.umux to read the news
4,id to consMei'its significance,
' mn is ahjrWng his duly to
is couutry jn?st as trul as be is,
nenhe fails to express his opin
. n by ca ling his vole at' an
jJeciion.'
holding the Garso line south
ward to the. head of the Adriatic
but Gen Cadorna would still be
able tu offer a stout resistance
on a line through Tole mezzo, Ge-
moha,, Udine, "Buttrio tind
Gradisca The 'capture of
Gradisca bv the Teutons how-
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ation of the Belgo French ad-
yauce would make "the German
positions untenable. -A
Germ ah. retirement between
Italian troops. Warneton and Dixmude to
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straighten
out the
line and
eliminate the Ypres salient is
not"' ualooked for in German
military :, circles. One leading
German critic, Mai. Moraht,
says the front is untenable and
that the Germans will have
rfit.irp t- a new. line, ouch
to
ever, would make.a retreMrom througl
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Salt OOX.in tue wuriu, aua tuau
has lost its savor if it ever had
any.
VVe read that 'hnrity covers
a multitude of sins," and we
will ieb it enveloje iu its mantle
such libplers of the American
public as The Tablet and Priest
Hannigan. and ouly advise them
to take a good look at the cbm-
I mon people of the United States
papal mirrors. The Menace.
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If here will be practical demon
stations ;acnd displays and tech
nifil instruction.
;here.will also be add ossess
ed Craas specialists' of na
tieal reputation
phe Convention wili open
Thursday .uorning, November
11 and cUse Friday evening,
Iferember 2-.r ..
VerV mu OL a luwu m nui iu
Til Ckctjsxt Fcrrtlksr In Wtrid.
PoorTarid'farmefff are roor '
in fartnr,;c( JfinicfaWy and
rd edr in niethocfs. This is
trn'e the world ovfr. and" will
Li other words it is impossible jvfayi be io. ConverWy,
to prove that one-sixth equals Hbi-iai4 larmers average
i'iii . -t -RTTi rviir-'fiant. 'TinlQCG X? I 111 il I i'V i i t sn
. luyieiaa sun are wen en.
ber of the availnble men is
bout the same in one sect as
another, their CMirn is absni
on its face
financially, aud thi, toot will
awWyftbe-ttn' -The
biggest economic
croMetn ef the average
Carolina is ;i.ithorized to appoint
tpee. de'eg.ivis to this conven
tn, but whether appointed "or
pvp.rvone in svmoathv with
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aess'in the City of Toledo", W81 preoption cost,
that sad firm will pay the Vv&en lieba done this, Ue is
of ONE HUNDRED DOL- on the road to prosperity.
S for each and .avery case of f?nmmPAui ffiUa
Carso inevitable an&val 5b some
what of a difficulty. The 'line of
the Tagli r iver, it appears
would give the Italians a b- tter
-natural nosition" from whic'A to
hold the Germans from the Ve-
netain plains and from, over run
ning North Italy.
The whole of Isonzo front is
in erave danarer there is tilso a
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serious threat in the T'iton
orive to the Italian liue in . tlie
Carnic Alos and even. in. the
Dolomits north of v Befluno
Apparently held Marshal von
Mackensen is endeavoring to
drive a wedsre between the
armies on the Front aad these in
the mountains nbnhWes t of
Udin;' Some of tha advanced
Italian nositions in the Carso
x
Alps, probably have been ahari'd
on ed already. If this ""should
Menih to "Roulers, to Tbourouf
and thence to the sea.
Oh the Northern Russian
front the Germans have extend
ed their withdrawal move
ment to include the force that
recently was lauded on the Wer-
der peninsula, after the capture
of Oeseland Mbpn Islands at
the entrance of the Gulf of Riga.
This landing, was viewed at
the time . as a threat, against
Reval, the .naval base on the
Gulf of Finland, and as a pos
sible prelude to even more ex
tensiyland. operations by the
Germans in the direction of
Petrograd.
fho withdrawal leaves the
A. U V ' - -
'Germans without a toothold on
the Esthonian coast, attempts
by litem to follow up the origi
nal lAndinsr bv outtuiir troops
Chsmb8rla!ns CoiigS Remedy the Most Re
llatHe. After many year' experience
in the use of it -ind other cough
medicines, there are many who
prefer Chamberlain's to any oth
er. Mrs A C Kirstem, Green
ville, Ills, writes ''C iamberlain's
Couh Remedy has been used in
my mother's heme and mine for
year, and we always found it a
quick cure for colds and bronch
ial troubles. We li id it to be
the most relnbie couh medicine
we have used "
till i u-five per cent unless you
use Roman Catholic pencils.
T3ib Menace. . -
State of Ohio, City o,f Toledo,
Frank J. Cheney makes oath farmer ip how to double yields
that he is senoir partner of the without correspondingly in
nrm oi r. .j. uuairev ut , uUIU8 rfiiio niv-rt ri-irkn .no
. . tu.- ni.ir f rr,AaAr, creaBing prcauction cosx.
and that
sum
a l;r U nf tv,." rnnvnuon wiii AKO,AU.r" rrir Commercial ferUlirers are
uj-.v-w v - - i vjawirru liiiai cauuui: ubcuivu i -.. . V - -z '4- .
''-E: - I - - . r. - . Afm ft 1 - v-v-ra I lAClf ttVnlmiA -M mV 4. I
1 heartily welcomed. the use Of HALL'b UA'i'AttKtf. i "c wuw iy
Vf P'nTP.TNFi. narl "hnt fh man ti
FRANK J. CHENEY. s .
Sworn to before me snd sub 1 e- 7
. -i j : k:., u tieantfa top- iaiinri. - Thivr
fSCiloeu IU. my JitJSftucc, ima vim I , '"rf
000,000,000 Liberty Loan Over Sub- day of December, A w.Gleason. urnith no humne.aud hnmus
T ' kj fc ublic iV,WUi ufcwBary ;- to onr
u?ipkfa.vh MprimifLirmi soDt: tbey f Ornish nitrogen;
inteiually and acts through the but at a cost I ar too higb 'Void
Blood on lhe Mucous Surfaces Drcd with that ttie letumes.
Ol tllti OJ'SUeiil. ucnu loam
monials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co Toledo,
O. Sold by all druggist 75c.
Hall's Family"- Pirs for constipa
tion.
J W Bailey, Chain-ian, MEDICIN
'' I . ran
Raleigh N C
prove true, Tagli river seems .to;! points brth north and
offer to General Had orna first J gh. of the pensula having
defensive line unless the armies f..a aecrordiBs: to Russian
stiffen greatly and hold, the in- rep0rts.
vaders within a lew miles or the
present position.
Operations carried out by the
Belgians and French -Jobking
towafd the elimination 61 H'ontb'
list forest northrof - Yre) are
progressing favorably, v T.j en
tire -erctrem penisula south of
Dixmude has been captured by
Row Ttiay do TIta in fesari.
Her ia a letter from Dr L
L Cress of Ciiuton, Mo, na
tive of Rowaa, which gies
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one sniaea ui wnai s aouig
in that section ci oar great
country.
Gentlemen yon wMl fiad
eclojsed P O money order for
$1 00 to keep the Watchman
aud Record 'coming. Some
times I catch a uews not'ee of
interest.
We are stiU living here iu
the central west getting along
Washington, Oct.27. The lib
ey loan apparently has passed
tflb $5,(j00 000,000 mark.
IK last day drive of titanic pro
portions through out the rations
rinded up more' than i 1,000
03,000 and was bGlieved to have
Carried the total several hun
dred million dollars beyond the
rjsaximum sum treasury officials
lp,d hoped for. '
HFederaf reserve banks were
Struggling tonight under an ava-
pnche of last minute subsenp- pected.
tions to form some idea ot the
r&hd total. Indications are
fjiat they- will not complete their
lobulations for several days.
At least 8,000 000 persons
ffiroughout the country wrote
eir names oa application
s. How many more did so
ill not be known until the final
Sour Stoiiisclr. " v - "v ." '
Eat slQ.wly. masticate your food
fhorOughly.tabstam .trom meat ? MiPS0U1j has a
for a fewdscysan-in most cases .j,.ve corn erpp this year
the sour sxomacu m.uwopoi.
iunt. several days hence;, The
j&Q oaber may go as high as 10,-
pt),000. V ;
Each of the 12 districts appear
d to have passed its minimum
fend indications were mat most
.wf them.had exceeded the maxi
mum as wtl!.
nice
of
Ibr bUlon bushels.
Uiir little city ana
I If your children are subject to
roup get abottle of Ch amber Iain's
fonntv Slough Kemedy, and when the at
larbscribed nearly one-half Sack comes on be careful to fol-
If it does not, take one ot Cham
berlain's Tablets immediatly af-
a.-- - Do,- ni,itQ arp Tnost'--.. . . . E- 4.1 . ,i j:
the allied troops, who have also liky to'cause our stomach and mailV" m Wnifeou will be surprised at the
IiH. I Mil . iUGL O.dI. . UIUU - m-v W. VA I Villi T1ISLV UUVft A " w - " . HI II II K IT ITI Willi. II II M III 11
i. . . . '-. uw v j - - vlav j& .
pther villages westof the forest, out. . . jua. ft 1 :
peas, beans and the clovers,
bring -down from tbe' air
above us.
Here, then, in the legumes, jg
the key to Southern farmer's
golden epportunity. An acta
nf onnrl p.rimKrm . nlfivT r
From 30 to Nov 6, fair aud beanff wU1 cont ;
sevent ysfire pounds of nitrb'
geo taken from the aW, and
tbis i equal to 500 poundrdf
nitrate of soda, or 1,250
pounds of cotteuseef3 meal.
1 addition, the hiimiis added.
Weather Forecast for Octe&tr. 1917.
frosty, wi'b rain, tltrnat'iig
snow then cold wave is ex--
October thf.ws cold waves
along, with equinox, some
warm and some cool along.
Not a all weather menioned
in forecast does uot wean
ean 4 4l' - k''u'
rain every dnv, but note lhe . , , : -
exnectincs iu weenu?,t. Iron, 1 Pwea nndar gives na the
to 3 or 4 days ram as above
Henry Keid, li 3, Box 167.
Salisbury, N .
best drouth insurance known.
And, furthermore; peas
and bans may he7' grown
with our corn crops wit h nut
-
injury to the corn, and clover
grows in the winter! andeafcly.
spring aud-ia ready to plow
linger by April o fertiliie.tUe
crop following. r
Tiie Progressive Farmerbe
:atinjic, one or two lives th Ignme route is tbe
iams Tablets have route to ' " big' crops aiid
always relieved me. 1 have also prosperity Are yotr travels
ing iw ine1 rrogressrve
Farmer. -,ff '
Sirs. Smith Recommeads Ctaraberlain's Tab
lets.
"I have had more or less stom
ach troub'e for eight or teti
years" wrilcs Mrs G II Smith,
Brewerton. N. Y. 'When suh
f ering from attacks of indigestion
and alter e
of Chamber
found them a pleasant laxative. '
These tablets tone no the stom
ach and enable it to perform its
functions naturally. If you are
troubled with indigestion give
them a trial, get well and stay
well.
to Cure o Coli ln Dn Day.
TUe iAZATtVfi BROMO Qnlii It stop the
QojtM u4 Headache and woxfcjQ4rtfct2Dfc
Drugista refusd money il it ttila to core.
K."W. Q&OV'8 sigaatnrt a Mck box. '20c,
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