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VOL. XIV. NO. 28. FOUBTS SBEIES SALISBUSY, K. C. WDNPAY. JUNE 26TH, 1918.
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ITALIANS WIN GREAT VICTORY.
AMERICAN AVIATORS AD HJSTTJ1T DEFEAT.
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THE WEEK'S PROGRAM
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ALDERMEN ELECT CITY OFFICIALS.
Practically HII Old Officers Re-elected With
: jUdermsn Norwood Mayor Pro Tempore.
The board "of aldermen met in
special session at the city hall
Saturday night June I5th, for
the purpose of electing officers
for the fiscal year. All members
were present and Mayor Wood
son presided. The followiug
officials were chosen without
opposition and being re-elec
tioi.s: i
N'ayor protem-r J D Norwood
ity Attorney T H Vander-
ford,.Jr .
City Clerk W T Rainey
City ftrea? T W Sum morsetl
Saperintendent of Cemeteries
M A Sihink
Soperiutendent of Streets S
h McCanless
Assistant Superintendejst ol
Strueis John I Shaver.
City Eugineer J W VVebh
Chief of H'ire; Department
A FJrown ' ':
i'ity ll.:l Jauitor S C MiJer
There were two applicants foi
ci y tax coiitc'or, D W Jnliair
-tho pre&oni incumbont and J S
; Corriher, i'v Julian was elected
uuajuim. usly, receiving eight
votes. .
For chief of police- two m'e:.
8( ught tho place, J M SLcle auc
A ' Rice. Chief of Police J
PrnkuMiUer did not stand for
re-eisction not having 'an appli
cati.in in fur the .phice. The
vo e was live for Steele and
tl i en f o r Rice. Ch ief Ai i ler h ad
requested that his successor be
sv(,rn in iuimedi.Uely and the
oath was administered to Mr
Steele, by A ay or Woodson and
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dmea me amies oT
tho office.
Policeman John W Kosler was
elected captain of the force to
succeed the late J, Arthur Har
rson and he, too, was sworn in
a', the meeting Safcur (lay night.
Patrolem elected were as fol
tows: - '
W Vf Julian, JC Williams, BW
Hall a C Lentz, all old officers,
and J A! Mahaley, who has been
serving as extra for so:ne weeks
and who was on the force some
years ago; aud Frank Mesimer,
These two new officers were
necessary as there 'were two
vacancies on the force, no one
having been elected to take the
place of iS J Shuping who some f
weeks ago resigned: tos become
station-master for the Southern
at this point, aud the other due
to the dea'th of Captain Harrison
a week' ago
Extra officers chosen, to be
called on as substitutes or for
extra duty, are Henry Beaver
and Ney Kesier.
At the request of A J Warren,
health officer, the election of a
sanitary officer was postponed
until a later meeting and in the
meantime Warren and the health
committee of the board will oon--fer
on the matter.
.T ie retainer fee of the city at
torney was raised fri m $50 to
$100 a year.
On recommendation of the fi
nance committee the tax rate,for
the year was 'fixed ,at $1 25, fifty
cents of this for the sinking
fun 1 and 75 cents for the gener
al find.
It was ordered that an audit
ing company be em p loved to
audi' the books and papers of all
the c-itj departments.
T.t 3 question of out-of-town
firms hauling soft bottled
drinks into Salisbury for distri
butin and sale and uql hwhig
paid icense.as brought uoand
are.-, ration was passed impos
ing a ux of $100 a year on each
and c'jry such firm distributing
soil thinks within the city limits.
LUTHER LEAGUE TO STATESYILLE NEXT.
Plans Are on Foot to Convert The District
Leagus Into a State Body.
The District Luther Leaguo
closed a three day meeting Friday
to meet in the fall with St John's
League at Statesville. The date
of the fa 1 meeting is to be fixed
b the executive -committee i
The meeting held here'is known
as the midsummer meeting.
There was a good attendance and
it was said to be the most en
thusiastic meeting yet held by
the district league.
One item that had tho atten
tion of the leaguers was the pro--posed
transforming of the dis
triet league into a stale league
aud it is hoped to Jiave this ac
complished by the time the fall
meeting comes on. This means
there must be an increase in the
number of local leagues and the
delegates that were in attend
ance here stand pledged to this
end. The district league set
apart an' amount for the perma
nent loan fund of the extension
board of the church.
President J C Sigmon, in mak
ing his address to the league,
ave a history of the Luther
League, tracing its tirst organi
zation in St Peter's church New
lrk city, m 1887, until now,
when it is an organization of in
ternational proportions.
Proclamation By The President.
To the Poople of the
United
States:
I earnestly appeal t o every
man, woman and child to pledge
themselves on or before the 28 h
nf .TlltlA t.ri KSlt'O cnnctontlTT ar-A l
w v v.uuuiuui r ouu 111 f
buy as regularly as possible tho
securities of the Government
and to -do ihis as far asr possible
through membership i n War
Savings Societies. The 28th of
June ends this special period of
enlistment in the great volun
teer army of production and
saving Here at home. May
there bo no'ne unenlisted on that
day.
WOODROW WILSON,
President of the United States
Pursuant to the proclamation
of the President of the United
States, you are hereby notified
to attend a meeting at the school
house in your district on Friday,
June 28th, at six o'clock in the
afternoon
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North Carolina Director of War
Savings, under authority of
the United States Treasury.
Whooping Coaeh.
In this disease it is important
that the cough be kept loose and
expectoration easy, which can be
done b? g-ivinsr Chamberlain's
j Cough Remedy. Mrs P H Mar
tin, Peru. Ind., writes, -'My two
daughters had whooping cough.
I gave them Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and it worked
like a charm."
Tho H. estate College of A. -and E.
1 he andvertisement of the
Noi Ui Carolina Stale College
of vgricultu. and Engineer
ing appears in this paper.
TecLuical education has.
proved its worth not merely
to those who posse-s it, but
'o coinmuuUies and to the
public good. Jt is that form
of education which while
training the mind to tlnk'
Un oh 93 t he hpnd to do. The
c.llegn offers four year
uour -um in agneu zare, agr i
cult iai ceemistry, chemical
ODgi!!e-.nng, civil eagioeer
iuK, meeaauieal engineering,
e!ejtrical engiueemg, and
textile industry.
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Jariti 23, North Carolina
War'Saviugs Sunday-a
War Savings message will be
d livrd - ia every church
anri Sunday school ia tile
stain . :
June 24, House to house
Caivas-
June 25, House tn houjee
Caovas, Meeting at night
reports.
fior
Juue 26, Hou?e to
Canvas.
hoqsa
Jun 27, House .to house
Canvas, Meeting at night for
reports.
June 28, National War
Savings Day, -every adult is
summoned under order of
the Government to appear at
! is schoolhouse at six o'clock
Fiiday afternoon.
Juue 29, Meeting of TownV
ship and Ward Chairmen to
return records and pledge
cards and tabulate results of
Drive.
Civilians Must Not Use What Government
Needs.
Frank B Anderson, the San
Francisco banker, says:.
tlWhen Congress approprw
ated 120,000,000,000 for the
first year of the war, it con
sciously or unconsciously, ap
oropriated the labor and ser
vices oPall of the people bf
000,0a0000, but raw matertals
and the lacor to turn that
raw material into the finished
product needed in the prose
cution of the war. ,
'The plans and activities
of the Administrafion will
fail or be delayed to the ex
tent that the population fails
to bring the surplus of pro
duction over consumption to
the basis demanded by Con
gress, and neither Liberty
Bond issues, War Savings
Stamps, nor taxation can
solve the problem, for the
reason that money is of no
avail if the population con
sumes what the Government
needs to carry on the war.
We must teach the people
that every act and every ex
penditure of each indivdual
has a good or bad effect on
the winning of the. war, that
to the exfent that each indN
vidual fails to deliver as full
a day's work as he is c tpable
of he is working agaia?t the
Army in the field and aiding
idle Ka?ser, and to the extent
that he fails to respond to the
Government's demand for
conservation of those things
that are needed for the Army
and allies lie is giving aid
and comfort to the enrmy
and is creating the conditions
and causing the delays for
which he is criticizing the
Administration.
4 'The great purchasing
power of the country is not
in the hands of the compara
tively few rich men; but in
the hands of the great mass
of .workers."
Has a Good Opinion of Cfiambsrlain's tablets
"Chambeilain's Tablets' are a
wonder. I never sold any tiling
to beat them," writes F B Tres
sey, Richmond, Ky. When
troubled with indigestion or con
stipation, give them a trial.
Family Heads Urced to Make Accurate Resorts
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oi family's bnpgort to war saYHtzs caase
jW ins too -Salem, June 19
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State 1 Leadquarffars for War
Savings calls attention to the
fact that the Family War
Savings pledge that given
by the head of the family for
himself and the dependent
members of bia family must
be? a true statement as to the
number of War Savings
Stamps bought by members,
and particularly as to number
they will pled ere themselves
to buy during the remainder
of the year. The father, or
.housekc lder, wi 11 be called on
to. make this pledge during
the week os June 23-28, and
he is urged to canvas the
menibersof his family before
hat time to know how many
stamps -they own aud how
many they intend to purchase
by December 3lst, He should
know this t hat he may repre
sent them fairly io the pledge
he makes for them.
As the pledge made by the
head of the family will be
come a reccd of history of
this great war, State Head
quarters emphasises the im
portance of this pledge being
an accural representation of
the iamilyV support to the
War pavings Campaign. I
calls attention to the fact
that it becomes a permanent
record of the service the tam
ilXXd ers ict lljijp.caJL of4be
Government, and that after
it is made nothing has the
power to change it. It
would warn against the ten
dency of family heads to un-
derestinatH the importance
of this request of" the Grovm
mental. d to pledge too little
to the cause, an amount that
would not be representative
of the family's ability to save
au(fc lepd to the Government,
nor their williijgness to serve
their (louutry at this imper
ative hour. It advises that
every family Take time before
making the pledge to consid
er, fir-t what it owes to the
soldiers now in the heat of
battle lighting and dying,
and t-ecoud, what would their
moktVy be worth to them if
Ger many should win "the war.
Chsleia Slorbiis.
This is a very painful and
dangerous disease. In almost
every neighborhood .some one
ha-v died from it before medicine
could berobtained or a physician
summoned. The right way. is to
have a bottle of Chamberlain's
Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy in
the house so as to be prepared
for it. JMrs Charles Enyeart.
Hutnritr'ton, Ind., writes: ' Dur
ing thesummer of 1911 two of
my children were - taken sick
with cholera morbus. I used
Chamberlain's Colic and Diar
rhoea Remedy and it gave them
immediate relief
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Ten Per Cent. Increase in Express Rates.
Washington, June 22 A ten
per cent! increase ia express
rates was approved today by the
Interstate Commerce Com mis
sion.
A.t the same time the Com
missiouv disallowed an applica
tion for an increase to 15 per
cent. Itie hew rates will, be
come effective as soon as the
express com pan es tile new tar
I. iff s probably within 2 weekaC
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Buy War Stamps.
Baron Burian, flastra-Hungarian Foreip Min
ister, Fears a Rewjon Hay Folw.
Juri 25 AuBtnas armies
are beyond the Piave . river
and the line, once more bar
the enemy from the Venetian
plains The crushed Aus
trian toices net only were
pursued to the river but the
ItaPans at points occupied
several bridgeheads an Uie
east banks of the stream.
How thorough the victory
has been 19 not yet clear, as
every hour brings reports 61
increasing Austrian losses.
Many ihcusand of tin-
invaders were killed in
topir attempt to regiiu the
east bank of the river, and
the latest . auuouncemen
from General Diaz places tlu
number of priemiers alou
at 40,00. One report phu;e
the Austrian casualties at 2Q
000 men. Iu additiou ih
enemy lost large storrs ol
munitions and suDDlies and
uany guns.
Apparently the sudden
torrent in the liane, whtel
played havoc with Austriai
communication, fell as quick
as it rose and the ri ver bed
was dry when the Austrian
retreat began. This enkMed
he enemy to get many of his
rooi s across, "otherwise hip
osses would have been much
greater. .
Vienna blames the weather
a ud i jgh WAter Jjaahe r4 ver
for the retirement and gives
no credit to the stout Italian
resistance which held the en
emy on the west bank of the
river and gradually forced
him back to the stream.
It says the order to wrh-
daw was given Thnrsdv
aud leaves the impression
that the retreat was carried
out unobserved by the Ital-
ans.
It has been reported that Ba
ron Buriati, the Austro-Hungar-
iarn foreign minister, told the
(ierman command that
O "
evenls, possibly a revolution.
would follow in the dual' mon
archy i f an Austrian attack
which Germany insisted upon,
was repulsed.
There has been no reports
that the disorders and unrest
within the Hapsburg empire has
ceased. . In fact. late. nPWt ilia.
patches give scanty intelligence
as to the state of affairs in Aus
tria.
If the Austrian offensive was
expected by the German com
mand to relieve the situation on
the western front the. Teuton
strategists have been badly dis
appointed Austria probably will not be
able to take ud a new forward
movement on the Piave line for
a few days at least. In fact,
the Piave front appears to be
stronger now than at the begin
ning of the present battle.
Operations on mountain front
are still at a standstill and if
Emperor Charles si ill, desires to
push the offensive against Italy
the. next enemy attacks may
come from this front unless the
Italians continue the advance
eastward from the Piave of
which, however, there are no
indications at present.
Along the front .from t h
i North Sea to Switzerland the al
lied armies are availing another
blow from Germany Premier
J-lOya-Lre0rge nas told the liru-
ish
lLuse of Common's that
an-
rklhr ui.rantiV fr . -
otner gigantic enemy effort is
Austrian Farce Ust WdL
Italian Army Headdaarters
Sunday night Jade 23. - - The
great retreat by the AuetrN
ans along the Piave front be
gan under the cover of dark
uess on Saturday nicrht
w : t
The retreating troops left
their cannon behind them.
xianan aeiacnmentff ; are
pursuing the enemy east of
'he Piave.
Austrian trop left to covi
er the retreat used their ma
chine guns to eet up a barrage
fire.
When it was observed that
the Austriaus had began a
retrograd e movement, the
Italians began to; attack yir
ually all along the Piave line
rom Moutello on the north,
ell toward the mouth of the
ver. The attack wag quick- .
' pre?riYd. and becanie more
1 i s t e u t a cc J m p aui ed by vio.
in arti1Ieryflre'.::,iTliS"Ddni
"jr of gnus left behind by
he Austrians as they re
reated has not beMi com
uted, but it is said to be
rery great.
The work of the American
ivitors who appeared on front
last week for the ;first . time,
contributed notablyjbo, the
disorganizitioh of the Aue
trian forces, which had
crossed the Pi ipydihg
to the correspondent of. the
Drafted lies In Asha Connty Ara biffin
Authority.
Kaleigh, June 24 The ;tfite
reserve militia company at Winston-Salem
has been ordered to
hold itself in reserve for a week's
campaign against forty drafty
men who are defying the author
ities in. Ashe county, Adjutant
General Young announced today.
He said reports to his office
from the Ashe countv draft
board were that one man, a civ -
ilian, had been killed, in at
tempting to arrest some of the
resisters. The men refused to
be inducted into service, and
legally are deserter from the
army.
Call For 4,247 Nan From North Carolina.
Raleigh, June 21. A call upon
North Carolina for 4,247 men has
been issued by the War Depart
ment, Adjutant General Young
.ihnounced today. One thous
and men qualified for general
military service will be sent be
tween July 5 and 10 to Camp
Green leaf , Oglethorpe, Ga, ; 247
of grammar school education
having experience as black
smiths, carpenters and mechan
ics will be sent to Clemson Col
lege, Clemson,- S C, July .15;
l,7oo others will go later to Camp
Meade, Md., and 1 3 00 negroes
will go to Camp Dixf Md .
coming in a few days, possible a
few-hours. The allies are ready
to combat it.
Canadian Headquarters in
France, by the Canadian Press,
June 25. A. Canadian hospital
on a site behind the British front
and occupied for 18 months was
bombed by the Germans last
night and several persons, tn
rluding doc iocs, officers, and pa
tients were killed or seriously
wounded
Hie aLnfci8
That IIao Mat IffiM
Secauseolits tonic and laxaUVrtfecCtAXA-
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