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A. Home Newapaper Published in the Interest, of 8 the People and for Honesty in Grovernmental Affairs
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SALISBURY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24TH, 1918.
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VOL. XIV. NO. 32. FOURTH SERIES
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ALLIES DRIVE ENEMY BEFORE THEN.
Germans Retreating Under Heavy Pressure
From Allied Armies.
With the French Army in
France, July 21 Chateau Thi
erry, the cornerstone of the line
of the.farthest German advance
fell early this morning- when the
French occupied the citj, driving-
the Germans before them.
The enemy has begun his re
treat northward under heavy
pressure from all sides, French
American and British all participating-
in the thrust which
is pushing- the Germans back.
Where the retreat will end can
not be conjectured, as evcij thing
now depends on the will of the
allied commander-in-chief.
The German, position in the
vicinity of Chateau Thierry was
doomed from the moment their
divisions re-crossed the Marne,
Franco-American troops carried
out an encircling- movement from
the northwest at the same time,
which made it absolutely neces
sary for the enemy to with
draw. In the course of the night re
connaissainces were effected by
the French to test the strength
of the Germans" still in the city
and shortly after dawn the allied
re-occupation became an accom
plished fact.
Victories for the allied arms
in France continue to multiply.
Over the entire 60 mile front
running from Soissons to Rbeims
the allied troops .are fighting
with a determination that
brook uu denial in there efforts.
And the Germans are steadily
giving ground thougn stubborn
resistance is being" offered on
'some sectors.
m
Furtiier goodly sized indenta
tions have ubeen made in the
lerman line between Soissons
and Chateau O Thierry .by the
A aerican and French troops aud
almost all the gains made by
the Germans in their recent
drive south of the Marne and
toward the vicinity of 'Rbeims
btve been blotted out under the
caunter attacks of the Ameri
cans, French, British, and Ital
ians. Chateau Thierry which repre
sents the point in battle Hue
wheie the Germans had driven
their wedge nearest to Paris,
has been recaptured by the
French troops, and almost simul-
taneously the village of Brasles,
two miles eastward, and the
heights to the north of the vil
lage fell into their hands.
Acting in harmony with the
movement on Chateau Thierry,
American and French troops
northwest of the city struck theiment. But hnre and there
Oer uans another hard tblow, j some of them emi'e when
broke through the Geiui .in lines 1 fhv happily respond to the
i-'l.,4T...GH
aid drove through at some
'6 '
points more than
three
miles.
Lare numbers of- priMnrs
?er '. taken and the machine
gun s of the allied-troop iitera1 v
mo.veddowu the Germans V s.)
endvavoreU. to stay iheir png-
ress. To the north, along the
Ourceque valley, the French are
making good progre&s toward
the i.nportant junction town of
Nan ueli Notre Dame while . o
operitions south and scuthe 1
of boissons are keepinir
time
with those along the oilier
part of the front.
T';o entire southern bank of
the Aiarne
having
been
cleared
of en j my forces. Froruli. P.riiish
and Italian troops now are hurd
in:-ihose s mtiivw t -di' RlnMrn
8ud i:ey h.ivj b-on f.)rc:d t. 1 ji.
baci itl 'the Oburion wood, th.
Adrc .'aiit-y and nj-ir Si iiu; ;
. taise noi-viit)st mditi- tueir h h
para 2 resi-iiaiiue. nuan-c
Of 1 iritish opjratin with tiu
tllici t ifwca in this tcgua U u"
known. The first announcement
that they were in the action was
made Saturday night and doubt
less they represent a portion of
the great reserves that every
wnere are being brought up
along the battleline in an ende av
or to make sure the victories al
ready won and enlarge them.
Wih the capture of Chateau
and the fast progress of the
Fiench and Americans eastward
from the northern sectors, the
plight of the Germans in the
south western portion of the Sois
sons-Rheims salient becomes in
creasingly hazardous, and it is
not improbable that when stock
s finally taken large numbers of
prisoucto and quantities of guns
and war stores .will be found to.
have been taken by allied troops.
Aviators continue to lend assist
ance to the troops of General
Fotch, scouting the back areas
and harassing the retreating
Germans with their machine
guns. Notable work has been
done by American Indians for
General Pershing's men, the Ab
origines takinga prominent part
in characteristic wester fashion,
in scouting in the Marne region
In none of the other theatres
except the Soissons-Rheims sal
ient is ? there any fighting of
great moment in progress, The
British in northern France and
Flanders are continuing their
daily patrol encounters and tak
ing prisoners, while the guns of
both the Germans and British
are keeping up their reciprocal
borabardmenr.
A,,::i;i2 Mies. Pass Rag3 Piles German
DaaJ.
Avlt hHTIeT Am erica n Army
on the Aisne Marne front,
July 21. Germany has aK
nady paid a terrible price in
-he fighting that is going on
between Soissons and Cha
teau Thierry, the ad vane
ing allied forces haved passed
great piles of dead and manj'
wound -?1. These sufferer
are well card for and the
allied forces a iv displaying a
fine r pi ri of co-operation.
Among the j risoners cap
tur ( were a German cc71on
elnndhi taff. 1 hey had
taen rt-fnge in a quar
rj aud refused to obey a sum
nions o come out. After
efforts to induce them to sur-
render appeared to be was'ei
lHnfi grenades were dropped
down a chimney 'eadiug into
th quarry. Those unhurt,
including the colonel, quick
ly emerged
In tlie long lines of prison-
era along the mads there are
many expressn g bewilder
Q s -' trO'rg to raries
L) .itii late o 1 v tif r
M i . SI ; l 10 I'TlUg
tu t.Hr 'in ' ! 1 othnr
prswtiv
eninv .h!.H rsata r reucii
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td A m' ioan i.fhc-'is appefi
to iiion? tluin pleaded Wit ii
4 he suucHfJs h it e:dy aUaint-d
FmII .(vd'.' i givn the ol;in
f Ci neral Fch which al
: H(iy has nett-d mgtuficent
re-nits and which ironipeti
o coMVer t'ljH h m bilious
p;;m!-- f the Germans into a
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MORE MEN TO GO TO CAMP.
Number of Rowan Men are to so to Camp
Hannock on the 25th.
List of the names of men call -
ed to report to Local Board for
Rowan county, July 25, 1918, Wijng 0ff Fire I.and, New
entrapment to Camp Hancock,
Ga., under Call No 866:
Clyde Mitchell Gillespie
Abraham Saleeby
James R Myers
Robert Le Patterson
Charlie Adam Mc Bride
Edwin M Lawrance
Ernest L Hardin
Wesley Reitze' Painter
Zeb Waller
John Ray Goodnight
Fred Lee Karri ke'r
ILirvey M Goodman
Marlow M Everhart
Wm Thomas McClamrock
Carson W O Lingle -Thomas
M Stridor
Ernest Leo Freeze
Luther Lafayette Gobbel
Carl Julian Smith
Frank D Freeze
Clark Roland Overcash -Luke
Oscar Cavin
Clyde Coleman Corriber
Luther Monroe Earnhardt
Jesse C Shoaf
Theodore Floyd Corriher
Erwin Alexander Hill
Jacob Franklin Wilson
Burton Monroe Bogle
Charles Sain
Henry Roseman
Benjamin F Kluttz
William Thos Campbell
Alonzo Sapp
Bur well McLellan Davis
William Webster Belk
' Walter Lee Kluttz
Augustus C Beeker
Mack Wm Upright -Omet
F Dudical
Garland Grey Swicegood
Larry Murl Beaver
David Calvin Agner
ALTERNATES:
William M Headinger
Joseph H. Fesperman
Bernard Whary Gurriher
John S lack welder
Fred Stephenson Waller
WUIiam R Walton
Charles Lee Gulp
John Joseph Heilig.
Mrs Barns' Letter.
Here is a letter that is certain
to prove of interest to people in
this vicinity, as cases of this sort
occur in almost every neighbor
hood, and people should know,
what to do in like circumstances:
Savannah, Mo.: Oct. 12, 1916.
'I used a bottle of Chamber
lain's Colic and Diarrhoea Rem
edy about nine years ago and it
cured me .of flux, dysentary I'
had another attack of the same
complaint some three or four
years ago aud a few doses of this
remedy cured me, . 1 have recom
mended Chamberlain's Colic and
Diarrhoea Remedy to dozens of
people since I first used it.
Kinmpiih Fafts Fill Trarih in Statssvais,
Ptiisce ofhoers a?urday night
captured an jiutomobile and
ibout ten gallons of whiskey and
the men along with it, H C Mor
ris, Arthur Gregon .Ino L Steel
tnan and Ben Sides, all white,
ind all from Kannnpolis. All
gave bond for their appearance
here next Monday for a hearing.
The tiivrn talked .very little, but
it is assumed that, they got their
liquor hi
w r' li
tr,e mountains and
, ,;?!e! for home. Thev
it i r.-'s? suraiU at, the
nd n ; i.- .-Ij;-, were in
-open
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72 LOSE LIVES WITH SAN DIEGO.
j Belief Grows That the Crusier was Victim of
1 a
Lj - f Washington., July 20
The loss of life in the sink
fYork vesterdav of the Unit-d
IBtates armored crusier San
: - it
Diego and the oaust? of the
ship's de?truct;on still we1(
Undetermined tonight at the
navy iepartmeut. Announce-
Jrhent was made that 1,183
men from the alup had been
fli'jfaiiHtaH f I nrflFi ..i q 1 runnrf a
fl 1H1 (lint ( iuku nrapa 1 Wkh
aboard, aud-ii they are
' bjpot exceed 72
Liczr Adnrral Palmer, act
;ing secretary of the navy, to
riiight made a rublic detailed
Aacqount of the destruction of
Mil : j .
ivud uiuBier aiiu iuu rescue ui
'the crew, but it added noth
jng to previoas 'reports from
CJapt. H H Christy .and other
Survivors as to the cause of
the sinking .
Belief that the San Diego
as the victim of a mine,
however, grew among naval
Officials after the commander
pf the American patrol
ijboats operating off;Fire island
Reported that his craft had
picked tup severaL mines of
foreign design.
-Among the survivors, opin
ion seemed to be equally di
vided as to whether a sul
taariheor a miue wxs re; .
trjible for the los of lii t: -
ier. Many held liiit au t-ae-my
I torpedo struck the war
pi i i I , w b i I e as m a n y s u bsc r i b
r!Vt the tiieory t hat
vj$sel hi a miip3. No rt--fer-eiice.to
the causa of the ex
pjo'io . which was Jn-ard
-aboard the crusier was cdii
uMned in the accouut of the
winking made public tonight
by Arl miral Palmer.
M The ship listed to oil
heavily so that tbe water en
tered 'the gun ports on the
grfdeck. Tue vessel listed
eg lit degrees quickly, then
hng for seven minutes:
tlfn . gradunliy li-ted, the
spjfied hicrasing until 35 de
griees was reached. I'he
slxip was J ibout five minute?
in turn1 u over after tdie
had- rea.hed 35 degr
heel.;
!Np wake or torpedo win
seen.
Have Taken 17.000 Prison
er
Washington, July 2i Prison
ersicaptured by American troops
in hV offensive on the Aisne
Marie front up to an early hour
Saturday totaled ' by actual
a cJc,o u n t 17,00(). General
Pushing reported in his com
mujitque for yesterday received
totTgbt by the war deparment.
.Respite counter attacks and
reajr guard actions of a despa
rat; nature, the Americans
advanced steadily early yester
day, :;says the communique. The
toW.rjs of Courmelles, Rozet St.
Albin, and Vauhry ;had been en
tercd by the Americans before 1
o'clock Saturday mornintf.
sTh Strong Withstand -the Heat of
Summer Better Tln the Weak
Out, people v V ;. tue feeble and younger people
' '' w-t-X wtil be strenlUiened and enabled to
' li the depressing heat of summer by tak-
o ROVE'S TASTELESS chiU TONIC. It Dunnes
and Enriches the blood and builds up the whole sys
tem. You can soon feel its Strengthening. Invigor
ating Effect: 60c
ITJV7 ,WaT Savkg S-zi
Submarine Sunk three Barges off Cape
- Cod.
Orleans, Ma-s. July 21. An
enemy submarine attacked a tow
off the easternmost point of Cape
Cod today, set a fourth and
their tug on fire and d topped
four shells on the mainland, The
action lasted an hour and was
unchallenged except for two
hydroplanes from the Chatham
aviation station, which circled
over the U Boat causing her to
submerge, only for a moment,
to reappear and resume firing.
The crews of the tow, number
ing 11 and including three worn-
en ana nve cnudreu, escaoed
amid the shell fire iu life boats.
Several were wounded, but ouly
one seriously. This haooened
to be John B o t o v i c h, an
Austrian of the crew of the tutr
His right arm nes.ir th shou'ider
was torn away by a fragment ol
shell. The minor injuries of thr
others were from shell splinters.
The attack was without war , -
mg and only the poor markman
ship of the German gunners j er
mitted the escaped of the crow:,.
The fight took place ihr e
miles south of the Orleans co at
guard station which is lcrted
midway between C- t"i -i " ; nd
the elbow, and Highland bght at
the extreme tip of the cas 'I be
firing was heard for m;L htid
brought thousands to li.e beach
from which the fiasco of Jie
guns and the ontliue of the U
boat were plainly vi-dhle. Pos
sible danger to the odook rs
was not thought of uolii a shell
whizzed over their heads and
"Un in a pond a mile inland .
rhro. olIi-t shells buried ibetn
ves in the ndeFtifBeach
D-own the Tradden Pari.
Man tint is born of his par
onis is of fow days and full of
microbes. He goeth to school
A hen a youngster and gets the
scat of his pauts paddled for
something he didn't do until he
is sick ml l)eart. He groweth up
ike a weed in the back yard and
soon reaches the age when he is
composed largely of feet, freckles
a-id an appetite for pie. About
the time he gets too long enough
for short trousers and not long
enough for long ones he goeth
aw y to college, learneth how to
moiiKey with a three-dollar man
dolin and play whiskey poker.
He cometb home a bigar fool
than ever and marrieth a sweet
young thing whose pa is suppos
ed to be wealthy, but whom he
subsequently as c e r t a i n e t h,
couldn't buy the prize rooster at
a county fair. He worrieth
along from year to year, gradu
ally acquiring offsprings, until
his house resembles a Suuday
school class just before Christ
mas, He fretteth through the
day and lieth awake nights try
ing to figure how to keep him
self and his dependent popula
tion out of the poor house, Ef
forts are rewarded by his daugh
ters who run off and get married
and bring him home a nice son in
law every few days to feast at
nis ooar.a. ms sons grow up
and call him governor and set
him back a five-spot every day
or two. About the time he has
acquired enough lucre to make it
worth while for hi heirs to
quarrel over he contracts a cold
and is hurried away befoie he
has time to have a talk with his
family. His sons blow in his es
tate on bad whiskey nd plug
hats and his wife pu:s t rie finish
ishing touches en hi ( arcer by
marrying the hired mau.
P'tzz Cored in 6 to 14 Days
Drtukts refund money. If PAZO OlNnODfTCriSt
to curs Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Pxutrudlng rUea.
Instantly relieves Itchh Piles, and yon can et
l&Sf&S
GERDAN RESISTIVE STEI3
Foch's Trtops Pesstritr ferrgr &3r t
Distance tf Twi Cs,
With the American army on
the Aisne-Marne Front, July
2tf The fighting continued
throughout today north and
northeast of Ohateua , Thierry.
The Germans by no means were
slack in accepting the allied
challenges and struck back w.itli
great vigor The fighting im
mediately north of Chateau
Thierry was so fierce as almost
to rob it of the suggestions that
it was a rear guard action.
Nevertheless it was known that
while the intense struggle was
progressing the work of moving
stores was under way.
At least at one point the fighting-
was more nearly in open or
ler than has been usual. Wit
' minimum of artillery fire b
th sides the Americans advan
1 their skirmish .tine Ovier
!!o whe-tt fields, dotted' whH
:u-s n 1 -iirouh : lumps of
l. - -A-i Indian fightings
,!'rHi2i! l machine gun
workf
i ne icrsn ms IMl on the fielu
xre..t oJlor ;f maQhini gun
- :s in n-. s, any- of - these
j s were ctfptuCedv and t5ie tn
e p. r s. iti v 1 of a, tii achiqi gun
npany i spelling the already
4" list of prisopers taken by
i t Americans.
The entente alljed troops, QUy
the Soissons Rheims salient" con
tinue to gain ground, both on
the western side of the battle
front and on the south on tkT
vtarne apd toward" Kheims, no
wihstaoding' the increasing iv
sUtanceotthe Germaaii f n4the
bad weather that is prevailing
on the southern part of the line
While the latest gains reepjd
ed are not great, on the, woje.
as those of the previous dats.
tliey nevertheless have adde'd tK-,
si t ions of strategetic vlue to tbe
allied line for the further rbsi"
ecution of the efforts to
clear the line of the euem-ri In i
the fighting more prisoners,
guns and war stores, have- f)leti :
i nto th e h ands of the - AnericftU
French and British troops
As a diversion the FrencJ,;o,j
tbe northeast, midwayf betveen
Soissons and Amiens, hate; de
livered a blow against, the Ger
man line which has been r prgdv
tiveof excellent results: Strife :
Ins. on a front of. about foufr
miles, (general Foch'... troops
penetrated the enemy lines .tor a
distance of about two miles and
gained the heights domination:
the valley of the Avrer riyir iffl .
the plains beyond. Fif teen hun
dred Germans were captnred1 by.
the French. The offiisrl ;com
munication issued by the' French
war office refers to this fightfog
as a local operation.
Charab3rl2inrs Tablits.
These tablets are intendfc!
pecially for stomach trmtblest
biliousness and constipation If
you have any trouble df tMsSort;
ive them a trial and realize for'
yourself what a first class-medt-
cine will do for you. They only
cost a quarter.
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1 ate M rs Emily Call, hasfile 1 an
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list are 707,' vardsV ol-. do&Vlw'
Htas of lace, '7 pOiOjfp
aud 4 i piurils .ot t l'vV Utas
Call was -' n- ormMi
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kept a qHntit'.-' of ' useful ijstijz
plies on hanJ.