Chatham
Mecoed
ESTABLISHED SEPT. 19, J878.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. SEPTEMBER 5, 1918
VOL. XL NO. 5.
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IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
M PORTA NT HAPPENINGS OF THI
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS j)FTHE SOUTH
What It Taking Place In The South,
land Will Be Found , In
Brief Paragraph
Domestic
William D. Haywood, who has been
called the "uncrowned king" of the
Industrial "Workers of the World, and
fourteen of his chief aides in the con
spiracy to overturn the American war
program, were sentenced to twenty
years in the federal penitentiary at
Lieavenworth, Kans., by Federal Judge
K. M. Landis at Chicago.
August Herrman, chairman of the
national baseball commission, while at
tending the Republican state conven
tion at Columbus, received the offi
cial permission of Provost Marshal
General Crowder for the pennant win
ners of the National and American
Leagues to engage in a world's ae
ries.
Senator Ollie M. James of Kentucky
died at Johns Hopkins hospital of an
acute affection of the kidneys. Mrs.
James and the senator's brother, E. H.
James, were with him at the Baltimore
hospital when the end came.
No new schoolhouses may be built
during the war, the war industries
board announces, except for replace
ment.
Gov. James P. Goodrich of Indiana
was seriously and perhaps fatally in
jured in an accident when his auto
mobile collided with a street car. He
suffered concussion of the brain,
slight fracture of the skull, a broken
collarbone, a fracture of the left hip
and several cuts and bruises. The ac
cident occurred about nine o'clock at
night.
Upwards of two million letters and
other mailed documents of alleged se
ditious import have been seized in
Chicago recently. As a result, more
than 300 search warrants were issued
secretly to postoffice inspectors co
operating with United States district
attorney at Chicago.
Under orders of Maj. John C
Townes, Jr., head of the Texas selec
tive service department, military
county and local police conducted a
raid at Austin, rounding up approxi
mately two hundred men.
Drunken civilians on the Mexican
side of the border are held responsi
ble for the shooting which occurred
late at night and resulting in wound
ing slightly an American soldier.
Washington.
Advices received in Washington
from Vladivostok say that General
Horvak has failed completely in his
attempt to establish a dictatorship in
Siberia.
Selection of a date in the near fu
ture for the registration of the 18 to
45 year old men is now under consid
eration by the provost marshal gen
eral, and the prospective dates are
September 10, 11 and 12.
Summarizing the military activities
on the western front, General March
says the British have carried the al
lied lines between the Scarpe and the
Somme over the hilly plains east of
Albert against determined resistance
on the part of the enemy. .
The reported advance of the Aus
trians in Albania, resulting in the
withdrawal of the Italian front east of
Berat is confirmed.
"We believe in the speedy convales
cence of our country; we believe In
the friendship and consequently in the
final victory over the enemy. We be
lieve in the abolition of the. treaty of
Brest-Litovsk and in a national regen
eration in a near future." Thus spoke
President Tchaikowski of tLe govern
ment of the northern region of Rus
sia. Secretary Lane says that "there is
enough waste and undeveloped land
in the United States to give every sol
dier a farm."
The Germans continue to retreat
everywhere between Arras and the
Soissons sector. There seems to be
no slackening in the offensive that is
steadily reclaiming captured territory
from the Germanic hordes.
A dispatch from Nogales, Ariz., says
Gen. P. Elias Calles, military gover
nor of Sonora, Mexico, has issued a
manifesto ordering all civilians in No
gales, Sonora, to deliver their fire
arms and ammunition to the general
military headquarters at once to pre
vent farther sniping across the bor
der. According to a French dispatch a
German audience of 6,000 people re
cently ai-plauded the name of President
Wilson t a public meeting organized
by the syndicates of Mannheim to dis
cuss the food situation.
' Government financial aid is availa
ble under certain conditions to indus
tries in the process of conversion from
less essential production to manufac
ture of materials contributing to prose
cution of the war, it is explained by
officials of the war finance corpora
tion. Men likely to be affected by the ex
tension of draft ages to include all be
tween 18 and 45 years have been noti
fied in a statement from Provost Mar
shal General Crowder that the obliga
tion rests on them to ascertain their
exact age before the new registration
day
Dispatches from Amsterdam' say
that in spite of a program of villifica-
tion of President Wilson being carried
on by the German press, the masses
of the German people are giving the
Wilson peace aims consideration.
"It fills me with pride to record In
general orders a tribute to the ser
vice achievements of the first and
third corps, comprising the first,
second and third, fourth, twenty
sixth, twenty-eighth, thirty-second
and forty-second divisions of the
Americain expeditionary forces." This
is the order issued by General Per
shing to the troops in France.
"You have shown that American In
itiative and energy are as fit for the
tasks of war as for the pursuits of
peace. You have justly won unstinted
praise from our allies and the eternal
gratitude of our countrymen." Thus
reads a general order issued by Gen
eral Pershing to the men engaged with
the French against the Germans."
Preparation of a plan looking to the
providing of farms for returned sol
diers has been given into the hands of
A. P. Davis, director general and chief
engineer of the reclamation service, it
is announced by Secretary Lane. "We
can have a job at good pay for every
soldier who returns from France," says
Secretary Lane, "if congress will give
us the financial support needed."
During the skirmish between Amer
ican soldiers and Mexicans, on the
Mexican border, armed Mexicans en
tered the American consulate at No
gales, Ariz., forced Vice Consul Mc
Guire and Consular Clerk E. Tooley
to leave their consulate at the point
of guns, and Tooley was shot and
wounded. An investigation is now in
progress.
In order that younger men may be
released for more active positions, the
enlistment of men between the ages of
45 and 55 years has been approved by
the war- department for the ordnance
department, quartermaster and medi
cal corps and for certain branches of
the signal corps. Instructions to this
effect have been sent to army recruit
ing units throughout the country.
European.
There has been no abatement in the
strength of the offensive the British,
French and United States troops are
throwing against the German armies
from Arras to the region of Soissons.
The British have advanced their
lines materially in the famous Lys
sector, apparently without much ef
fort on the part of the foe to restrain
them..
The latest French official communi
cation records the capture by the
French of Chavigny, three miles to
the northwest of Chuffies, a mile and
a half north of Soissons, and the en
try into the outskirts of Croup, a short
distance northeast.
The French have crossed the Ailette
river at Chaps-des-Dames.
The French have crossed the Ca
nal du Nord at several places in the
region north of Noyon, and have ad
vanced materially in the direction of
Noyon-Ham railroad.
A royal decree has been issued call
ing to the colors recruits of the classes
of 1900, 1901 and 1902 in Greece and
Macedonia.
The Americans are fighting with the
French northwest of Soissons in the
operation which has in view the blot
ting out of the Noyon sector and the
outflanking of the Aisne and the old
Chemin-des-Dames positions.
Official reports say that the French
and Americans are fighting violently
with the enemy around Juvigny and
Chavigny.
In a swift advance in one day, cov
ering more than six miles at certain
points, the French troops south of ths
Somme recaptured forty villages.
The left bank of the Somme has
been reached between Cizancourt and
Nesle, as well as the west bank of the
Canal Dunerd, between Nesle and
Noyon.
The German retreat north of the
Avre river has been far more speedy
since the fall of Chalnes than previ
ously, i
The Germans around the Avre river
when they commence their retreat
were harassed by their own mustard
gas shells which they left behind and
which are being fired from German
guns by French gunnori.
Says a Vladivostok, Russia, dis
patch: The enemy in considerable
numbers attacked desperately along
the Ussuri front. All the allied forces
participated in the fighting except the
Americans. Upwards of three hun
dred of the enemy were killed. The
Japanese bore the brunt of the fight
ing. - Entente allied and Czecho-Slovak
patrols in Vladivostok, Russia, have
succeeded in disarming all the Rus
sian volunteers who revolted and who
had gone over to Lieutenant General
Horvath, the anti-Bolsheviki military
leader in eastern Siberia.
Numerous towns, villages and ham
lets have fallen into the hands of the
British and French, the Germans being
able only to delay the allies when
they have knocked for -admittance to
the German line.
Frenzied counter attacks by the Ger
mans have failed to hold bck the
British and French armies
The British are reported unofficially
to have reached the western outskirts
of Thilloy in the nipper movement
they are carrying out against Ba
paumeJ In the region around Arras the Brit
ish now are well astride the roads
leading to Douai and Cambrai.
Late reports say the British are at
the gates of Peronne.
The backbone of the German resist
ance is reported by the French to have
been severed.
TREMENDOUS FIGHT
IS GALLANTLY WON
GREATEST VICTORY OF WAR EN j
TAILS GREATEST LOSSES '
FOE HAS SUFFERED.
THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS
Situation of Germans Is Most Perilous
. .That Has Faced Them Since
the War Began.
Over a front of 30 miles the region
of Arras to Peronne, Field Marshal
Haig's forces have literally smashed
the German front.
The southern portion of the famous
DrOcourt-Queant switch line, which
has been heralded as the impregnable
bulwark of the German defense in
the north, has .given way under the
violence of the British onslaught over
Its entire front from the Scarpe river !
to Queant, a distance of virtually 10
miles. , .
. Thousands of prisoners have been '
taken from the strongly resisting en
emy, who- at last accounts, was fight
ing violently as he gave ground to
ward the Canal Du Nord. f
By this victory seeingly is ended
the menace of the Hindenburg line to
the south, which the British are
gradually approaching over its entire
front. Already thoroughly outaflnked
on the north and with the French well
upon its southern base, military ne- I
cessity apparently will . require that '
the Germans relinquish the Hinden- i
burg fortifications and realign their '
front from Flanders to Rheims.
The situation of the enemy, viewed
from the war maps, is the most peri
lous he has yet been in.
The Americans, who took Voorme
zeele, are well into the region of the
town, having overcome the strong re
sistance of the Germans who endeav
orede to bar their way.
Hard fighting has been in progress
between the British and Germans
around Peronne, where the Austra
lians successfully withstood violent
attacks and have taken several thou
sand prisoners.
These gains, if they are continued,
seemingly cannot but result shortly
in the enemy withdrawing northward
from the Vesle river positions he holds
adn reconstituting his entire front to
Rheims.
GREAT REVENUE BILL NOW
READY FOR CONSIDERATION
Washington. The new revenue bill
greatest of all tax measures in the
history of the nation with a levy af
fecting every individual -and business ,
concern in the country, was approved 1
unanimously by the house ways and
means committee. Chairman Kitchin ,
introduced the measure in the house.
Leaders hope to send it to the senate
within 10 days after debate begins.
The final committee estimate of the
revenue to be yielded under the new I
bill is $8,012,792,000, as against $3,- !
941,633,000 last year under the pres
ent law. The largest source of esti
mated revenue is from taxes on excess
war profits, $3,190,000,000, and the
next Is from taxes on incomes $1,
482,186,000 from individuals and $828,
000,000 from corporations.
BITTERNESS OF DEFEAT IS
BROUGHT HOME TO GERMANS
Washington. Germany's growing
realization of what the allied victories
in France and Flanders mean con
tinues to be reflected in the changed
tone of the German press. An offi
cial dispatch quotes the following
from The Cologne Gazette:
"The struggle now going on on the
southern front becomes every day
greater and more formidable. The
greatest German offensive cannot even
be compared to the present fights. We
must not let the relative calm reign
ing in some sections deceive. For
midable forces are gathered there.
Are these troops in need of rest, or
are they designed for fresh fights,
ready to attack on the first opportu
nity?" .LABOR PLEDGES LOYAL AID
IN BRINGING QUICK SUCCESS
Washington. Organized labor at
celebrations throughout the country
answered President Wilson's appeal
to speed up war work by pledging loy
al support to the government in turn
ing out materials need to bring the
war to a quick and victorious con
clusion. Speakers at meetings brought vol
leys of cheers from the workingmen
by quoting the President's Labor Day
message.
AMERICAN VESSEL IS STRUCK
BY TORPEDO AND SUNK
A British Port. The American
steamship Onega has been torpedoed.
The vessel foundered. Twenty-nine
persons were saved. Twenty-six are
missing. Many bodies have been
washed ahore. The captain of the
Onega was drowned. The Onega was
3,636 tons gross and built at Belfast in
1880. She was owned by Barber &
Co., of New York. The vessel was 400
feet long, 39-foot beam and 21 feet
deep
PROCLAMATION OF
M0fS EVENT
THURSDAY, SEPT. 12 ,18 NAMED
BY PRESIDENT WILSON AS
REGISTRATION DAY.
ABOUT 13,000,000. AFFECTED
The Date of Registration Will Mark
Creation of Mightiest Army
" ? In History: "V.
Washington. All men from 18 to 45
ears of age in the continental Unit
ed States, except those in the army or
navy or already registered, were sum
moned by President Wilson to regis
ter for military service on- Thursday,
September 12.
Machinery of the provost marshal
general's office was set in motion to
carry out the second great enrollment
under a presidential proclamation is
sued soon after the President had
signed the new manpower act extend
ing the draft ages.
It is estimated that at least 12,778,
758 men; will register this time, com
pared with nearly ten million on the
first registration of men from 21 to
31 on June 5, 1917. Of those who en
roll now it is estimated tnat 2,300,000
will be called for general military
service, probably tworthjrds of the
number coming from among the 3,
500,000 or more between the ages of
18 and 21.
Registration this time will be con
ducted as heretofore by the local
draft boards. All federal, state, coun
ty and municipal officers are called
upon to aid the boards in their work,
to preserve order and to round up
slackers. All registrants will be clas
sified as quickly as possible under the
questionnaire system, and a drawing
will be held at the capitol to fix the
order of registrants in their respective
classes.
In a proclamation issued immedi
ately after he signed the new man
power bill authorizing extension of
21-31 draft ages, the President called
on. the younger and older men to en
roll on that day with local draft
boards, where they make their per
manent homes.
"We " solemnly purpose a decisive
victory of arms," said the President,
"and deliberately to devote the larger
part of the military manpower of the
nation to the accomplishment of that
purpose. It is the call to duty to
which every true man in the country
will respond with pride and with the
consciousness that in. doing so he
plays his part in vindication pt a
great cause at whose summons ever
true heart offers in supreme service
Youth in their eighteenth year will
be placed in a separate group, the
war department has announced, to be
subject to a special educational pro
gram, and will not be called until the
supply of other available men in the
new classes Is exhausted.
After citing the law, and stating the
regulations for the registration, the
President's proclamation read as fol
lows :
Proclamation.
"Fifteen months ago the men oi
the country from twenty-one to thirty
years of age were registered. Three
months ago and again this month
those who had just reached the age of
twenty-one were added. It now re
mains to include all men between the
ages of 18 and 45.
"This is nto a new policy. A cen
tury and a quarter ago it was deliber
ately ordained by those who were then
responsible for the safety and de
fsnse of the nation that the duty oi
military service should rest upon all
able bodied men between the ages
of 18 and 45. We now accept and
fulfill the' obligation which they es
tablished, an obligation expressed in
our national status from that time un
til now. We solemnly purpose a de
cisive victory of arms and deliberate
ly to devote the larger part of he
military manpower of the nation to
the accomplishment of that purpose
"The younger men have from the
first been ready to go. They have
furnished voluntary enlistments out
of all proportion to their numbers
Our military authorities regard them
as having the highest combatant quali
ties. 1
"The Older Men.
"By the men of the older group
now called upon, the opportunity now
opened to them will be accepted with
the calm resolution of those who real
ize to the full the deep and solemn
significance of what they do. Having
made a place for themselves in their
respective communities, having as
sumed at home the graver responsi
bilities of life in many spheres, look
ing back upon honorable service rec
ords in civil and industrial life, they
will realize as perhaps no others
could, how entirely their own for
tunes and the fortunes of all whom
they love am put at stake in this war
for right, and will know that the very
records they have made render their
new duty the commanding duty ol
their lives. They know how surely
this is the nation's war, how impera
tively it demands the mobilization and
massing of all our resources of every
kind. They will regard this call as
the supreme call of their day and will
answer it accordingly."
CITY OF PERONNE
TAKEN 8Y ALLIES
GERMANS CONTINUE TO GIVE
GROUND; INSECURITY OF
THEIR POSITION SHOWN.
ACCOMPLISH GREAT CHANGES
Alt Danger to Channel Ports Has Been
Averted and Overcome By Suc
. cess pf Recent Movements.
London. Peronne, the railroad cen
ter at the bend of the River Somme,
taken by the Germans in their offen
sive of last March, was recaptured by
forces of Field Marshal Haig. The
towns of Bullecourt and Morval also
were captured by the British.
The British have reached the sub
urbs of Lens. Large fires are burn
ing In the neighborhood "Of Lens and
Armentieres. These are regarded' as
an indication of a further German re
tirement All along the western battle front
the Germans continue to give ground
before the entente allies. Daily the
trend of events accentuates the In
security of the German lines and the
inability of the German high com
mand to hold back the aggressors.
Where two months ago great
salients projected into the allied
front, these have either been flatten
ed or are in the process, of being
blotted out, and in some instances
the allies themeselves have driven in
wedges that seriously menace the
enemy.
With the Marne and Picardy sec
tors now virtually all reclaimed, the
wings of the present allied offensive
are moving in a manner that bodes
ill to the Germans. In the north, the
wing on the Lys salient southwest of
Ypres is being advanced under vol
untary retirements and the pressure
of Field Marshal Haig's forces. Fol
lowing the fall of Kemmel, the allied
line has been moved further forward
until it now rests almost upon the
Estaires-LaBasse road, less than
seven miles southwest of Armentieres.
By wiping out of this salient the
menace to the channel ports has been
overcome.
American troops advancing along
side British have had their first battle
on Belgian soil. They captured
Voormezeele and joined with their al
lies in the important operations
which were carried out all along this
sector. The Americans, besides tak
ing Voormezeele, have captured sev
eral strong positions.
AMERICANS MAKE A
TWO MILE ADVANCE
With the American Army in France.
The American troops in their drive
beyond Juvigny advanced about two
miles and captured nearly 600 prison
ers, together with considerable war
supplies.
The advance from Juvigny began at
4 o'clock and the Americans had gain
ed their objective by night. Ragged
points in the new line were smoothed
out. In addition to the 600 prisoners,
two pieces of artillery were captured
and a great number of machine guns
and trecnch mortars. Trenches, shell
holes and the open field were strewn
with German dead.
The drive forward from the posi
tions north and south of Juvigny
proved a field day for the Americans
and their allies the French. The ar
tillery literally blasted a way through
the enemy ranks, tearing down de
fenses and leveling the ground, while
allied planes maintained complete and
uninterrupted connection by radio
with battery commanders, throughout
the engagement. The infantry, when
called upon for its 'part in the dram
atic venture,. responded like veteran
troops after a long period of rest, and
with enthusiastic shouts began the
pursuit of the Germans who were not
caught In the terriffc barrage.
With the infantry went the tanks,
and it was a different story from that
when they first advanced against Ju
vigny. Two companies, 30 tanks, had
been detailed for the work.
SPAIN TAKES OVER
INTERNED GERMAN SHIPS
' Madrid. The Spanish government
has decided to take all the German
steamships interned in Spanish ports,
in accordance with Spain's recent note
to Berlin, because of the torpedoing of
Spanish vessels by German subma
rines. Foreign Minister Dato announced at
a meeting of the cabinet that the
Spanish steamship Ataz-Mendi, has
been torpedoed and sunk by a German
submarine.
NEW WAR REVENUE MEASURE
TASK OF HOUSE AND SENATE
Washington. Congress begins the
tenth month of Its present session
with the new $8,200,000,000 war reve
nue bill as the principal task ahead of
both senate and house. The national
prohibition bill pending in the senate,
the waterpower development bill be
fore the house and other measures
will be given Consideration, but both
branches expect to devote themselves
from now on largely to the reveirae
legislation.
STEADY PROGRESS
MADE 8Y ALLIES
NO ABATEMENT IN STRENGTH
OF OFFENSIVE ALLIES ARE
PRESSING ON THE ENEMY.
HARDEST KIND OF FIGHTING
Successes Gained Render More Se
cure Lines Outflanking Aisne
and Other Points.
There has been no abatement in the
strength of the offensive the British,
French and American troops art
throwing against the German armiei
from Arras to the region of Soissons
And as yet there is no indication
that it is the purpose of the seeming
ly demoralized enemy to turn about
and face their aggressors or to offei
more . resistance 'for 'the' present than
through the activities of strong reai
guards.
Not alone have the allied troops all
over the battle front from Arras te
Soissons gained further important ter- j
rain, but to the north the British: Irave J
advanced their line materially in the
famous Lys sector and apparently
without much effort on the part ol
the foe to restrain them.
Of greater significance than any of
the other victories achieved in Fri
day's fighting is the gain of the French
with whom Americans are brigaded in
this general sector north of Soissons.
The latest French official communi
cation records the capture by the
French here at Chavigny, three miles
northwest, and -Cuffies, a mile and a
half north of Soissons, and the entry
Into the outskirts of Crony, a short
distance to the northeast.
' These victories, gained only after
the hardest kind of fighting, make
more secure the allied line running
northward and outflanking the Aisne
and the Chemin-Des-Dames positions.
Also1 bettering this general stiua
tion has been the crossing by the
French of the Ailette river at Champs.
BIG SHIPBUILDING PLANT TO
BE ESTABLISHED AT NEW BERN
x Washington. New Bern has been
sleeted as the site of a big shipbuild
ing plant. Several million dollars
will be spent there. The West Coast
Shipbuilding Company ,of Everett,
Washington, which has . several large
plants on the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts, will build the yard. Harry B.
Spear, the Washington representative,
will reach New Bern next week to be
gin preparations. Five hundred to
one thousand men will be employed
at the outset in construction of the
yard. In reality it will be two plants,
as both wooden and concrete ships are
to be built.
The emergency fleet corporation,
through General Manager Piez, ap
proved the site, which was really se
lected by the war department, since
the vessels to be built are for that
department. Five 265-foot car ferries
will be the first products of the plant.
Tugs, concrete schooners, river steam
ers and transports will also be built
there.
PREACHER CHANGES HIS
OCCUPATION TO SAILOR MAN
Washington. Rev Paul Plunkett
Boggs, of Greenwood, S. C, soon will
"ship out" aboard a merchant ship
as an ordinary seamon. Quitting his
pulpit recently, he signe da contract
to remain in the merchant marine for
the period of the war, and he is now
among the recruits in training at Bos
ton. Scrubbing paint and polishing
brass are a part of his sea education
that he had gone through.
"I thought I knew human nature,
when I was preaching, but I am just
beginning to see the real meaning of
life," he says. "Thousands of boys,
whose uncomplaining spirit is one of
genuine and willing sacrifice, are help
ing save democracy and I am proud
to be among them In that work."
AMERICANS' POSITIONS ARE
. PERHAPS NOT SO GOOD
Wth the American Army in France.
The TosItions of the (Americans are
perhaps not so good and the contest
seems to have narrowed down to one
of comparative merits of officers and
men of the two organizations.
Before the day was over the Ger
mans had begun to show signs of
weakening and observers reported
troop movements which appeared to
Indicate a regrouping and perhaps re
tirement. RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER ARMY
CAPTURES BLACK SEA PORT
Amsterdam. A Russian volunteer
army has. captured the Black sea port
of Nororossisk, according to a dis
patch from Kiev.
When the Germans captured Senas
topol. the base of the Russian Black
sea fleet a part of the Russian fleet
escaped to Novorosslsk. In May thl j
Germans threatened the port witll
submarines and arplanes, but It ap ,
parently remained under control
tile trans-CaucasIn government.
BAPTISTS
PROTEST
INST
VIGOROUS OBJECTION IS VOICED
AGAINST RECENT RULING AS
TO CAMP PASTORS.
QUOTA OF $1,000,000 FUND
Assoeiaion is Arranging to Go "Over
the Top" Ir Raising Its Propor
tion of the Fund.
The Central Baptist Association
meeting at Wake Forest adopted reso
lutions protesting against the War De
partments ruling eliminating camp
pastors from the forces ot religious
workers in army camps and asking
that the order be revoked.
The Central Association began its
meeting at ten o'clock.
. For many years Mr. John E. Ray .
was moderator of the association. All
missed him at this session. Dr. Chas
E. Brewer was elected moderator, and
W.. R. Powell .clerk and treasurer.
The introductory sermon was preach
ed by Dr. Livingston Johnson In the
morning. The Biblical Recorder was
also discussed.
The .Central Association - was asked
to raise $50,000 as its part of the mil
lion dollar fund. Reports from ten
churches showed Just a little over the
$50,0000. There are thirty-one churches
in the association. Of course the
stronger churches are included among
those which have made subscriptions,
but others are arranging for a cam
paign, and it is hoped that the amount
will reach up toward $55,000 or more
when the reports are in. The central
is the first association in the state
that has made a systematic campaign
for the million dollar fund, and if the
others will do as well, the denomina
tion will go "over the top."
The following resolution was unan
imously and heartily adopted:
"Whereas, we learn with deep re
gret that the War Department has is
sued an order eliminating the camp
pastors from the forces of religious
workers in the army camps, and
whereas we consider this a very se
rious matter, as it not nly deprives
the young men in the army of "the
benefit of receiving spiritual instruc
ton and advice from ministers of
their own faith, but is also in our opin
ion a serious blow to religious lib
erty .therefore:
"Resolved, That we, the delegates
of the Central Association, in annual
session assembled, most respectfully
and earnestly petition the war de
partment to revoke this undemocratic
and unAmerican order."
Poole for Speaker.
Mt. Gilead. R. T. Poole, of Troy,
will represent Montgomery county in
the next general assembly. The nom
ination came to Mr. Poole as a great
surprise to himself and friends, .as he
has built up a great law practice and
it will be no little sacrifice to him to
serve In this capacity. Mr. Poole rep
resented the county in 1905. Mr.
Poole's friends have begun to boost
him for the speakership of the house.
President Lutheran Society.
Salisbury. The thirty-third annual
convention of the Woman's Mission
ary Society of the North Carolina
Lutheran Synod closed its meeting,
which has been in progress at Faith,
N. C, with a business session in the
morning and a meeting of the exec
utive committee in the afternoon.
The convention represents about
100 societies of about 3,000 members.
There were about 100 delegates enroll
ed at this meeting.
Several forward steps were taken.
The budget system of finances is be
ing put Into operation with telling ef
fect. The amount to be raised during
th enext year has been increased by
the addition of $700. At the session
In afternoon Mrs. John M. Cook, Con
cord, was re-elected president of the
convention. A field secretary will be
put into the field with salary for a
period of time each year to stimulate
interest in the work and visit the local
societies.
Expecting Commissions.
Special from Washington. It is un
derstood here that these North Caro
linians are to be given commission in
jthe provost marshal general's offce?
Junuis G. Adams of Asheville, Mi
chael Schenck of Hendsrsonville,
Thomas W. Davis of Wilmington, and
Robert Pace of Raleigh. The Tar
HeeJs may receive the rank of major.
Some lawyers have been made lieuten
ant colonels. William E. Breese of
Brevard is among those on the wait
ing list.
" Legally Trained Men Wanted.
Charlotte Registrants in the defer
red classes, who have legal training
and are good stenographers, by waiv
ing their claims for exemption, will
be accepted, should they volunteer,
for army service in the judge advo
cate general's department. Secretary
Lyles of the local board for Charlotte,
said. This board has received a call
to list volunteers of these qualifica
tions, who will be inducted into the
army during September and assigned
to the work of making stenographic
reports of courtmartlals.
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