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ESTABLISHED SEPT. 19, 3878.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. 0. SEPTEMBER 12, 1918
VOL. XL NO. 6.
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IMPORTANT HEWS
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS Jjf THE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place Ir The South,
land Will Be Found In
. Brief Paragraphs
Domestic
Manufacture of beer in the United
States will - be prohibited after next
December first as a war measure. This
announcement comes straight from the
food administration, which said that
this decision had been reached at con
ference between President Wilson and
representatives of the fuel, food and
railroad administrations and the war
industries board.
Warning has been issued to manu
facturers of all beverages and mineral
waters that there will be "further
great curtailment" in fuel for the man
ufacture of glass containers, of tin
plate for cans, oZ transportation and
of food products in such beverages."
Four persons wereukiKed and more
than seventy-five others injured by
the explosion of a bomb in a crowded
entrance to the federal building in
Chicago. The explosion is attributed
to the I. W. W. Ra'ds on two head
quarters of the I. W. W.. within fifteen
minutes after the explosion, resulted
in the arrest of nine men.
On the ground of German ownership,
the American trans-Atlantic company,
which, until its ships were comman
deered by the United Spates shipping
board in 1917, operated in ocean trade
a fleet of eleven steamships flying the
Stars and Stripes, has been' taken over
by A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property
custodian.
Federal officials in New York City
estimate more than forty thousand
suspected slackers have been arrested
in that city and in nearby cities in the
great round-up of draft evaders con
ducted by twenty-five thousand sol
diers, sailors, police and government
agents.
Nearly one million men, or half the
railroad employees in the -United
States, share in additional wage in
creases" approved by Director General
McAdoo for track laborers, watchmen,
other maintenance ot way employees,
clerks, station agents and other classes
of employees drawing relatively low
pay.
The garnisheeing of railroad em'
ployees is forbidden by Director Gen
eral McAdoo as a means of eliminating
much legal work heretofore necessary.
It is made , plain, however, that em
ployees who do not pay their debts
will be summarily discharged. This
is considered a death blow to shylocks
dealing in salary assignments.
Washington
The United States army transport
Mount Vernon was torpedoed by an
enemy submarine 200 miles from the
coast of France while homeward
bound, but was able to return to port.
The report to" the navy department
makes no'mention of any casualties.
There were probably 600 or 700 navy
men on board, but no military units.
Railroad employes of the lower paid
classes, not covered by the first big
wage increase, were granted raises
in pay by the railroad administration.
Pekin, China, advices to the state
department say the Czechs have taken
Chita, a junction point in Siberia and
Karinsadat.
Sudden pressure of business within
the last two days makes it extremely
unlikely that President Wilson will,
make the Liberty Loan tour he origi
nally planned.
Senators from the cotton growing
states at a conference decided to pro
test to President Wilson against any
action by the war industries board
looking to the fixing of the price of
cotton.
It has been reported, and what seems
partial confirmation has been given
the report, that German main head
quarters has been moved from Spa,
Belgium, to Bonn, Germany.
Americans who lose their lives in
tho war abroad will be buried there
only temporarily. .Where identifica
tion is possible, the bodies will be
placed in marked graves, to be taken
uo when the' war is over and brought
home. . . . .
More than one million si hundred
thousand. United . States troops had
been embarked for all fronts up to
August 31. '
President Wilson has asked Attor
ney General Gregory for a complete
report, of the circumstances surround-ip-S
the so-called slacker round-up in
New York in which upward of forty
thousard men were taken into cus
tody bj agents of the department of
justice.
Marshal Haig's forces are moving on
Camtrai, the key to a large section of
the old Hindenburg line, and if that
place aken it appears that the
enemy will be quickly forced to evac
uate thV naiient in which hes rapidly
being prxeted by the French and
American ivance on the Oise-Ailette
lines in Vaj south.
Entente stled troops in northern
European Russia, aided by- Russian
-orces, on August 31, captured the
enemy's fpositions "north of Obozer
skaya, 75 miles south of Archangel.
The guns of the allied armored train
were very effective in the fighting.
Death sentences of ten negro sdS
diers who participated in the riot at
Houston, Tas, August 23, 19S.T. hvrm
been commuted to life imprisonment
by President Wilson. In sfcr other
cases the president affirmed the doath
sentences because the condemned men
had been found guilty of having delib
erately and with 'great cruelty
dered civilians.
Although the senate has adopted a
resolution authorizing the president to
establish dry zones around coal mines,
ship yards, munition and other war
plants, it has failed in 'every, attempt
to reach a final vote on the emergency
agricultural appropriation bill wtth its
order . providing for national prohibi
tion from July .1, 1919, until the na
tion's huge army is mustered out after
the war.
Holding that it had. jurisdiction .oyer
regulating street car fares in all mu
nicipalities of Alabama, the state pub
lic service commission set aside- the
7-cent car fares granted the-Montgomery
Traction company by the city com
mission. The war industries board, with the
approval of President Wilson, is soon
to appoint a committee to consider the
desirability and fear" ";ty of effecting:
a stabilization of co'-ton prices and
other matters connected with handling
that crop. . . .
The British,' demanding reparation
and prompt punishment of those culpa
ble in the atack on the British embas
sy at Petrograd when the embassy
was sacked and Captain Cfomie. was
'-lied, sent a "hot" telegram to the
Bolsheviki government at Moscow.
To remove any misunderstanding as
to who will be required to register
under the new man-power act, all men
who have not reached their.forty-sixth
birthday on or before registration day,
September 12, wiH be included within
the maximum age limit, and all who French and British general staffs, the
have reached their eighteenth birthday breaking of this advanced line of de
on or before that date will be included fefense set up by the enemy on Bel
within the minimum age limit : M&n and French soil.
President Wilson has decided that?" J evldent tT0Trts hat
. ... . . the allied forces were still feelinir their
the seven recognized societies ooing.
rArl- omnnar AmflrTlimn SOI-
d'ers at home and overseas snail con-
duct a joint campaign for the funds
necessary to carry on their work dur
ing the coming year.
European
Berlin and the province of Branden
burg have been placed under "the law
relating to a state, of siege, which pro
vides for a . line or . imprisonment of
a ... lnllmi Tlf"lBl'k
persons inventing or "UI-"" London. The British in an advance
rumors calculated to disquiet the pop- yer & four.mile frQnt between the
ulace." I Havrincourt wood and Peiziere have
The Germans continue to give captured all the German positions .on
ground before the allied armies over te high groun(i between these two
the one hundred and fifty mile battle points and 'won their old trench posi
front from Ypres to Rheims. I tions overlooking .Gouzeaucourt, ac-
Particularly heavy defeats have been cordjng to the official communication
inflicted on the Germans by the French fr0m Field Marshal Haig. The Gou
in the old Noyon salient. ; . zeacourt wood also is in British hands.
The French and Americans in the English and New Zealand troops
region between-the Vesle and Aisne performed the task- and during the
rivers, east of Soissons, have dealt a fighting repulsed heavy German coun
staggering, blow to the enemy. ter-attacks.
Field Marshal Haig's men,, in the V.. The text of the statement follows: .
north, have pushed their lines east-; '"Advanced detaqhments of English
ward at numerous points. and New Zealand ers attacked and car-
. The litle forest of Coucy, the; west- ried the German positions on the high
era portion of the great wooded sector ground between Peiziere and the Hav
east of Laon that . has barred a direct rincourt wood. After sharp fighting in
advance eastward, has been entirely the' course of which heavy counter
taken by the forces of General Man- attacks -were repulsed with losses, we
gin. ! gained the -old British trench line
The effect of the recent British sue- on, the ridge overlooking Gouzeacourt
cesses are hourly becoming more ap- and ' captured Gouzeaucourt wood,
parent. The enemy is steadily . but. "On , the left of our attack, other
surely going back. Successive minor -English troops . successfully advanced
victories in Flanders, the application
of sustained pressure 'in the battle
zone south of the Scarpe, the exploita-
tion of the advances north of Peronne
and the steady bombardment from the
British cannon are all helping the gen
eral movement. j
In the wake of the German retire
ment, fires are reported, together with
explosions, in the various sections, es
pecially the area in front of the Hi'n-
brai line southward where the torches
seem to have been freely used. .
On the banks of the Somme south
of Peronne the Germans are manning -
machine guns and trench mrta
strongly and firing heavily on the
crossings ana ineir approacues, air
parently fearing a British attempt to
cross. :
Diaries taken from German prison
ers show that the Germans on the
ffereri from th6 "
fiirhtine as never bfr -Montagne, which is the highest point wounded, but by unusual pluck never
I0n5 C.?n"!r5n mtai Hrer everv m that region. The French and Am- theless brought his comrade to safety
lUie. vc aic -
day. We cannot last mucn longer.
We cannot hope for further successes.
Our enemy is superior to us in num
bers and everything else. Victory now
is out of the question," is a typical
excerpt from an unposted letter.
Count George F. von Hertling.'.tho
ohnnp.ellor. has re-
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signed, giving bad neaitn as me cause
for his retirement
It is officially announced that the
. Jri pi-riiT, has heen in-
strutted to Drotest vigorously against
"the. merciless action" of a German
n oheiimir a Dutch trawler
recently off Krommenie, Wth Hoi-.
land, fri which fishermen were killed,
and to demand compensation.
American aviators in a battle with
German airmen, near Pont-a-Mousson
routed the enemy. One . enemy ma
chine was driven down.
"The German people understand the
difficulty of the present decisive bat
tles against an enemy filled with ha
tred, jealousy and the will to destruc
tion, but has unanimously decided to
devote all its strength to defend
assaults against its sacred soil and
kulture which had been won in peace
ful work." This ' is the way Kaiser
Bill sizes up the situation as the re
sult of the recent allied victories.
. TTiife fires, which were seen to
FOES RETIREMENT
AT PRESENT E
ENEMY HOPES TO DELAY OR
STOP ADVANCE OF ALLIES
ON OLD BATTLE LINE.
ALLIES FEELING THEIR WH
Careful Advance - Is Being Made
Through Screens of Machine Gun
riers on Fighting Front.
Washington. With the German
army standing today substantially in
the positions it occupied before last
March ;21, when Its greatest offensive'
was launched, it appears certain to of
ficials here that the next few days will
see the plans of the opposing com
manders revealed.
The statement in the official Ger-
man communique that "our new
lines" had everywhere been occupied
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is given only one construction here. The 8tatement says:
Apparently it was intended to mean 0n the 80uthern portion of the bat-
U?r?Ta!?t had Cme t0 aU tle front troops have now enter
end and that the Germans expected to ed the area of the defense systems
stop the allied advance along t old . COOTtructed by us prior Uj. the German
front In that event, it was said to- ! March offensive. The enemy is offer-
tL 1 ?68 f the FreDCh ' InS increased resistance among these
British and American armies will prepared defenses and sharp fighting
soon reacn this defensive position and has
taken place today at a number of
suuucijucui uperuLluus quiCKiy Will
show how Marshal Foch proposes to
assail the problem that baffled the
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the
rear guard screens "of machine' gun
ners which still cover many portions '
of the enemy's present fighting front. ,
Behind this screen the Germans were !
believed to have reoccupied the old j
Hindenburg defenses, which probably '
have been repaired and supplemented.
SHARP GAINS MADE
IN BRITISH -ADVANCE
our line .in the eastern portion of the ;
Havrincourt wood. We captured a j
number of prisoners in: these opera-
tions
AMERICAN TROOPS CROSS
THE VESLE IN FORCE
With the American Army on the
'Aisne Front. In the face of the stiff- i
est machine gun fire since the Amer-
erican infantry advanced at certain i
points on a curve line extending from
Glennes to Vieil Arcy.
The' advance, was preceded by a
heavy artillery bombardment, which
continued all nlght;
From the plateau the Americans
tok up positions in the ravines whichh
drain northward, but the advance was
necessarily cautious ow'ng to the
-commanding position of La Petite
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tain, where the Germans had built
strong emplacements.
german submarine
torpedoes Transport
Paris. The American ' ' transport
vTLfmint Vernnn fnrmerlv the flerman
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steamship Kronprinzessin . Cecelie,
which, though torpedoed by a Ger-
nian submarine off the coast of France,
was able to make port, was carrying
wounaea aau sick
the United States.
soldiers back to
Senator James H. Lewis, of Chicago,
111., who was among the passengers,
all of'-whom were saved, is suffering
from a chill resulting from exposure.
HfEAVY WEATHER AND MUDDY
GROUND STAYS ADVANCE
With the British Army in France.
Although little strips of ground have
been gained here and there along the
battles lines that zigzag across Atois
and Picardy.the British troops gener
ally were stationary. A heavy rain,
whipped along by a chilly wind, has
covered the battlefield wiht a coat
ing' of mud. This is a country badly
torn by shells and of itself would neo
Bssarily result In a slower movement.
BRITISH
REENTER
ILD DEFENSE LINE
ADVANCED TRQOPS PRESSING
FORWARD AND GAINING
MUCH TERRITORY.
(II! (Bill 19,010 PFJS1BE1S
Hostile Attacks Were Largely Local
r and Were Easily- Repulsed
by the British.
London. Advanced British troops
have entered 'their old defense sys
tem on the southern, battle line, held
prior to the German offensive of last
March, according to the war office
announcement. '
The British have gained ground
along the Vermand-Epehy line.
More than 19,000 prisoners were
taken by. the British in France In the
j first week of September.
points.
"Our advanced troops are pressing
forward and have gained ground in
the direction of Vermand, Hesbecourt
and Epehy.
. "Local hostile attacks were repulsed
south of Ploegsteert and east of Wul-verghem.-
On the remainder of the
British front there is nothing of spe
cial interest to report.
FRENCH REACH FRINGE OF
THE ST. GOBAIN FOREST
' Paris. The French troops have cap
tured the village of Mennessis,. about
( four miles north of Tergnier, and on
l the t. Quentin canal. Farther south
they have penetrated to the, northern
frinpa of the St. Gobain forest up to
the outskirts of the village Of Servais.
according to the French communica
tion.
The text of the statement roacU:
"North of the Oise, the French
troops have captured the "village of
Mennessis, and are along the Canal
St. Quentin. South of the Oise the
French have made progress to the
outskirts of Servais.
AMERICAN TROOPS CAPTURE
THE VILLAGE OF MUSCOURT
Washington. Capture by American
.troops of the village of Muscourt with
50 prisoners is announced in. General
Pershing's communique, received at
the war department. The statement
follows: .
Headquarters of the American Expe
ditionary Forces.
"Section A. South of the Aisne our
troops entered the village of Muscourt
and captured 50 prisoners. Hostile
counter-attacks In this sector were re
pulsed and our line was slightly ad
vanced. Two strong hostile raids In
the Woevre were beaten off, leaving
prisoners In our hands. In Alsace, a
successful raiding party iniflcted loss
es on the enemy.
"Section B. The commander-in-chief
has awarded the distinguished
I cross to the . following men of the
1 American expeditionary forces, ""for
the acts of gallantry set forth after
their names:
"Sergeant Albert -N. Elsea, machine
S.I!.,t
chine gun leader near Hilsensirst,
France, July 6, 1918. he was wounded
in the face by a bursting shell but
continued to direct his men until the
attack ended and then insisted on
walking to a dressing station.
"Corporal Clayton N. Moore,' band
infantry. During the attack on Hil
sensirst, France, July 6, 1918, while
carrying a wounded soldier through
machine gun fire to shelter, he was
j v a t i.v
nuu realizing liic oicii uij.jr jl suciiu-
ers, insisted on others being taken to
the rear and walking himself.'
PLANS BEING PERFECTED TO
PENSION AND INSURE R. R. MEN
"Plans for the uniform and equita-
Ma onmnonsaflnn nf in-itir&ri omnWoo
-
or the dependents fit emnloyes who
may be killed In the service of the
railroads, are being considered,"-said
an official announcement, "and it is
hoped that it may also be possible to
arrange for the retirement of em
ployes upon pension at a given age
as well as to provide for their pur
chase of life, health and old age in
surance at reasonable rates.
FRENCH AND BRITJSH MEET
WITH STUBBORN RESISTANCE
Paris. The allied advance contin
ues along the entire front in the direc
tion of Cambra, -St. Quentin, LaFerre,
AnfzyAnizy-le-Chateau and the Che-mln-Des-Dames.
According to the
latest advices the Freach and British
troops nevertheless are meeting with
stubborn resistance, "in which intense
artillery activity is being carried out.
This resistance Is taken as an indica
tion that the enemy intends to make
stand along this line.
FRENCH
REOGCuPi
ALL OLD GROUND
AMERICANS ARE STILL MAKING
PROGRESS IN THE REGION OF '
V1LLERS-EN-PRAYERES. ;
HFJIIff DEFEATS ARE liLICTED
Entire German Line on the North Is
" ' Endangered by the British
Under General Haig.
Paris. The French have occupied
all their old trenches along the whole
o! the front to the north of the Aisne
river and' also have captured the
towns of Ham and Chauny in the
salient southwest of St. Quentin.
South of the Aisne the' American
troops have made further progress in
the region of Villers-En-Prayeres and
Revillon. The . Frendh advance east
of the Canal Du Nord at some places
has reached a depth of more than ten
kilometers.
The Germans continue to give
ground before the allied armies over
the 150:mile battle front from Ypres
to Rheims.
Particularly, heavy defeats have
been inflicted on them by the French
in the old Noyon salient and by the
French and Americans in the region
between the Vesle and Aisne rivers
east of Soiasons.
To the north Field Marshal Haig's
men have pushed their lines eastward
at numerous points into the enemy
held territory for important gains and
daily are increasing the menace
against the entire German line fac
ing them.
NO PROTEST TO BE MADE TO
THE PRESIDENT ON COTTON
Washington. Plans of southern
senators to protest to President Wil
son against the proposal of Chairman
Baruch, of the war industries board,
to have a commission appointed to in
vestigate the feasibility of recom
mending stabilization of cotton prices
were abandoned.
After a meeting of southern sena
tors, Senator Smith, of South Caro
lina, announced that a statement
which ' was prepared for presentation
to Mr. Baruch would not be made
public at present, but that a confer
ence with Mr. Baruch would be
sought.
STAPLE NOT TO BE TOUCHED
BY FEDERAL PRICE-FIXERS
Atlanta, Ga. There is no occasion
for alarm over the agitation to fix cot
ton prices, according to a telegram
made public by William J. Harris,
from President Wilson. The message
was in reply to one Mr. Harris sent
earlier in the" day calling the Presi
dent's attention to the apprehension
of many persons over the situation,
and protesting in the interest of the
farmers against such a movement.
LOCAL AND DISTRICT DRAFT
BOARDS TO BE ENLARGED
Washington. As an additional step
In speeding up the draft organizations
in the effort to induct into military
service in October men who register,
Provost Marshal General Crowder is
planning to enlarge local and district
boards wherever necessary.
Announcement was made that Gen
eral Crowder had telegraphed draft
executives in all states asking if an
increase would hasten their operation.
Boards already have been authoriz
ed to use additional registrars.
Employers or dependents of regis
tered men who for patriotic reasons
may object to entering a claim for de
ferred classification on the ground of
dependency or occupation, will expe
dite proceedings and prevent injus
tice by making the exemption claims
for the men, it was said at the provost
marshal general's office,
Local boards will find their duties
more complicated if registrants en
titled to exemption do not claim it or
some interested person does not make
the claim in their behalf.
VICTORY WON BY ALLIES '
IN REGION OF ARCHANGEL.
London. A British official com
munication dealing with the opera
tions of the allied forces in the region j
around Archangel, Russia, says: j
"After further servere hand-to-hand :
fighting with an. enemy force led by j
the Germans, the allied troops have
occupied Obozerskaya. Prisoners to
the number of 150 were captured and
heavy losses were inflicted on the
enemy. The allied casualties were
slight."
EIGHTEEN TYPHOID VICTIMS.
AMONG INTERNED ALIENS.
Washington.-Eigh'teen deaths oc
curred among the, 117 cases of typhoid
fever which broke out early In August
among enemy aliens interned near
Hot Springs, N. C., the war depart
ment announced through, the commit
tee on public information. AH of the
patients were removed to the general
hospital at Biltmore, N. C, and all re
maining prisoner were taken to the
Internment camp at Fort Oglethorpe,
Oa.
RAPID RETIREMENT
IS ALMOST A ROUT
AMERICANS AND FRENCH ARE
DRIVING GERMANS OUT OF
! STRONGEST POSITIONS
HAIG WINN'NG IN THE NORTH
ttnemy Is Being Severely Punished,
and the End Appears to Be
Not Yet in Sight.
The French 'and Americans are fast
driving the Germans out of their po
sitions in southern Picardy and in the
section between the Vesle and Aisne
rivers. So rapid has been the prog
ress of the allies the French in Pic
ardy and the Americans and French
from Soissons eastward toward
Rheims that the retirement of the
enemy has the appearance of the be
ginning almost of a rout.
Meanwhile Field Marshal Haig In
the north, from Peronne to Ypres has
been almost as busily engaged with
his troops in carrying out successful
maneuers which are only in slightly
less degree of rapidity forcing the
Germans everywhere to give ground
Haig's me again h ivo made the Ger
mans taste bitter defeat cn numerous
sectors and the end of . the punish
ment seems for them not yet in sight
In the latest fightirc in the region
extending from the old Noyon sector
to Soissons the French have reclaim
ed 30 villages from the Germans have
crossed the Somme canal at several
points and are standing only a short
distance from the important junction
of Ham with its roads leading to St.
Quentin and La Fere.
The French and Americans are hard
after the Germans between the Vesle
river and the Aisne and for more than
eight miles, extending from Conde tc
VIl-Arcy, they have driven the enemy
across the Aisne and are standing or
the southern bank of the river. East
ward toward Rheims, almost up to the.
gates of the cathedral city, the Ger
man ' line is falling back northward
At the anchor points of the line in the
vicinity of Rheims, however, the Ger
mans seem to be holding, evident!)
realizing that a retrograde movement
here would necessitate a straightening
of their line perhaps as far eastward
as Verdun.
The Germans have been violently
bombarding the Americans at Fra
pelle on the eastern end of the battle
front in Lorraine, but have attempted
no infantry attacks. More than 3,000
shells, many of them gas projectiles,
have been sent into the American
lines by the enemy.
FORMER RUSSIAN EMPRESS
REPORTED ASSASSINATED
Madrid. A dispatch was received
here from London reporting the assas
sination of the former Russian em
press and her daughters, but in view
of the eteps taken by King Alfonso to
obtain the transfer to Spain of the
family of the deposed and murdered
Russian monarch the report was treat
ed with all reserve.
El Sol says the Spanish ambassador
at Berlin conferred on the question of
removing the former empress" and her
daughters from Russia with Ambassa
dor Joffre, the bolshevik ambassador
at Berlin. At the same time, the
newspaper says, a Spanish military
medical -miss'on which was in Ger- .
many in connection with the exchange
of prisoners of war, left Germany for
Russia and that mission is now with
the ex-empress and her daughters.
WATERPOWER BILL HAS BEEN
PASSED BY THE SENATE
Washington. The administration
waterpower leasing bill was passed by
the house after leaders had failed in a
second attempt to amend it so as to
carry out the wishes of President Wil- i
son that a "fair value" Instead of the
amount of the "net investment"
should be paid by the federal or mu
nicipal governments in taking over
power plants at the end of the 50-year
lease periods.
NO PRESENT INCREASE TO BE
ALLOWED IN SUGAR RATION
Washington. Retention of the pres
ent sugar ' ration of two pounds a
month for each person was announced
by the food administration. The. cer
tificate system by which sugar is al
lotted dealers, was explained. Not
withstanding the promise of a bounti
ful harvest .the administrators agreed
that food conservation must be Inten
sified to carry out the plan of sending
15,000,000 tons Instead of 10,000,000
tions overseas In the nex year.
THE PRESIDENT DISCOURAGES
SEPARATE WELFARE WORK
Washington. President Wilson has
decided that the seven recognized so
cieties doing welfare work among the
American soldiers at home and over
seas shall conduct a joint campaign.
Chairman Raymond D. Fosdick, of the
commission on training camp activi
ties, announced that the campaign
would be conducted during the week
beginning November 11 and that the
American people would be asked to
eive $170,500,000 to the organizations
GREAT STOCK
W
ON DECEMBER 10-12
WILL ECONOMIZE BREEDING OF
IMPRO-VED AND BETTER
STOCK OF ALL KINDS.
A VERY FASCINATING PROGRAM
Among the Attractions Will Be Sales
of Cattle, Swine, Sheep and Pure
Bred Poultry.
Charlotte. At a recent meeting of
the North Carolina Live Stock Asso
ciation it was decided to held the
next meeting in Charlotte, December
10-13. In coming to Charlotte the
livestock association feels that the
conferences will be held in a section
where the question of better and more
improved blooded stock is receiving
proper recognition, and that there will
be considerable interest among the
people in the surrounding sections.
Different from their usual plan, the
association will put on educational
displays around over the city in such
places as the lobbies of the principal
banks, the show spaces in some of the
prominent stores, in warehouses, etc.
The regular program, comprising
lectures bf some of the most promin
ent livestock men of the state and na
tion will be put on at one of the local
auditoriums. In addition to this,
sales of pure bred beef cattle, dairy
cattle, swine, sheep and poultry will
also be held. The associations com
prising the organization which will
hold this meeting are the North Caro
lina Beef Breeders' and Feeders' As
sociation, the State Dairymen's Asso
ciation, North Carolina Swine Grow
ers' Association, the North Carolina
Sheep and Wool Growers' Association,
and the North Carolina Poultry Asso-
ciation. The general secretary of
these associations is R. S. Curtis, ani
mal husbandman of . the North Caro
lina experiment station at West Ral
eigh. Mr. Curtis will be glad to an-,
swer any question relative to the
show.
Camp 8ite Condemned.
Raleigh. The United States district
attorney filed petition in the district
court at Raleigh for the condemna
tion of a large portion of the artillery
camp to be located near Fayetteville,
and other proceedings will follow until
title to the property, containing 120,,
000 acres of land, is obtained.
It was learned that the filing of
such petition for condemnation does
not indicate that the land owners are
not co-operating with the government,
but in order to get into immediate
possession of the property, the con
demnation proceeding is necessary
and negotiations will continue be
tween the land owners and the gov
ernment for the purchase of the prop
erty and as fast as purchases are
made the parties will be released
from the proceedings. If prices
are not agreed upon commisioners
will appraise the property. It seems
to be certain that the camp to be
established in Cumberland and Hoke
counties is to be of great magnitude
and that the work will be pusheft vig
orously. No Contract Will Hold.
Durham An offer of the Durham
Traction . Company "to pay the bond
interest on an amount of the city's
street improvement bonds equal to the
entire cost of paving, the space be
tween the rails and six Inches on
either side along the tracks of the'
company throughout the city on basis
of one single track; said interest to
be at the rates paid by the city on
said bonds," was rejected by the board
of aldermen after advice from Attor
ney Jones Fuller, who had been
engaged as city counsel in this matter.
Mr. Fuller advised the aldermen to
remain fast to their demands that the
traction company pave within the
tracks and 18 inches on each side. He
argfted that no previous board had the
right or authority to contract with the
traction rompany whereby the com
pany would not be required to pave
its tracks.
Are Now 2nd Lieutenants.
Raleigh. Among the recent ap
pointees as second lieutenants at
Camp Taylor, La., are the following
North Carolinians: Gordon McG. Cam
eron, Southern Pines; Burnice R. Co
hoon, Columbia, N.' C; Chas. M. Dob
bins, Yadkinville; Wiley B. Edwards,
Wilson; William A. Erwin, Jr., West
Durham; Francis M. Fletcher, Har
mony; William P. Glass, Cabarrus, N.
C; William W. Hopper, Spray; Wil
liam B. Lewis, Durham; Ray II. Mann,
Canton; Roger A. McDuffie, Greens
boro; Daniel M. Nutall, Rockingham;
Hospital Association Formed.
Charlotte. Dr. John Q. Myers re
turned to Charlotte from Greensboro
where North Carolina Hospital Asso
ciation was formed at a conference of
about 75 doctors and nurses represent
ing the majority of the hospitals of
this State. The association was form
ed for work in an effort to standard
ize the hospitals of North Carolina
and increase their efficiency to meet
the demanas during the absence of
many physicians and nurses who have
entered government service for the
duration of the war.
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