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AMERICAN TALK
French women are pulling plows
like oxen. They are digging ditches
and doing other hard tasks that big
strong men previously did. While tlie
French women are doing these hard
things, many American women are
doing nothing. French women have
leen plundered and outraged. Their
land has been devastated and their
homes and their all destroyed. They
are lighting by the side of their men
for their lives and for. what is far
more sacred than their lives.
American women are brave and pa
triotic, but they have not been touch
ed. The war is far from them. If
it were on our land the American wo
men would be doing the hard things
the French women HAVE to do. Their
courajje would rise to the occasion,
but it must be frankly said that they
are not doing their full task in order
that they may not have to do those
things which their sisters in France
IIAVK to do. In order that we may
continue to escape the hard things
the French women have to do it is
necessary that the American women
do the things they are called on to
do not so hard but necessary. The
reason the American women are spar
ed these terrible experiences is this,
and this only France and the French
people have stood between them and
the Hellish onslaught of the terrible
brutes turned loose on the world. In
order that the Brute might not get
out of bounds, overrun the world
the French men and women have died
r.nd have undergone what was a thou
sand times worse than death.
If the French men had not died,
if the French women had not slaved
like oxen the Huns would have over
run the world and America would
have paid the bill or been overrun
ar.i outraged is the Belgians and
French were. American women in
their ease and indifference ought to
look on the picture of French women
pulling the oxen's plow, digging the
ditches, slaving at the front under
fire, and recognize and acept this as
a service for the WOMANHOOD Oi
THE WORLD, INCLUDING AMER
ICA. The gallant sons of America haw
gone out to fight for democracy, for
the rights of their nation, for the per
petuation of the national liberties,
but they have gone for more than
that. They have gone to protect
the virtue and character of their
mothers, sisters and wives, from the
beasts that have committed every
know brutality on the women and chil
dren of European countries that they
have overrun. Every American wo
man ought to fully realize the truth,
of thjse things and work and work
for the eading successful ending of
this war. The women of American
are needed. Their work is needed.
They must rally more universally than
they have. Many thousands have re
sponded nobly. They have been busy,
but too many, far too many, have done
practically nothing.
-
If all the sd women of America
will woik like those at work their
world influence will be limitless.
Woodrow Wilson has been The
Ameiican President for five years." A
well known Washington writer asks
us to read these two paragraphs from
his first inaugural address, and it wiT.
do us all good:
Read today in the light of what
has happened, the words of his first
inaugural address seem prophetic.
He said on March 4, 1913: I
"We know our task to be no mere
task of politics but a task which '
shall search us through and through, j
whether we be able to understand our
time and the need of our people, i
whether we be indeed their spokes
men and interpreters, whether we
have the pure heart to comprehend '
and the rectified will to choose our ,
"This is not a day of triumph; it
is a day of dedication. Here muster
not the forces of party, but the
Jlrces of humanity. Men's hearts
Yit upon us; men's lives hang in
gte balance; men's hopes call upon
.as to say what we will do. Who
dares fail to try? I summon all hon
est men, all patriotic, forward-looking
men to mv side. God helping me,
I will not fail them. I will not fail
them, if they but counsel and sustain
me."
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France is the best foreign patron
of the United States patent office,
with Great Britain following closely.
W S S
Your rank as a. living creature is
determined by the height and breadth
of vour love. Ruskin.
W SS
I Rolsheviki bobbed hair is at a dis
count among Greenwich Village
Vrtt these day. Doodletown Hal
Ha!
POT
iGermans
TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SALISBURY EVENING POST:
I beg to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of your check for
$23.66 for the Public School War Savings Fund, according to your
recent generous offer to donate for that purpose ten per cent of
all subscriptions paid to the Evening Post from Feb. 23 to March 2.
Again I wish t othank you in behalf of all the teachers and
j children and to commend your public spirit.
! Very truly yours, i
TRACTORS
NEEDED
10 INCREASE CROP
Moonlight Plowing is Suggested
by Rowan Farm Demonstra
tor to Increase Crop.
MANY TRACTORS IN ROWAN
AND MORE NOW NEEDED
Last Year the County Added
Largely to Her Food Produc
tion and Could Double It,
RoAan comity hfls perhaps more
tractors than any , county in this
State. There are, according to the
rough estimate of Mr. S. S. Stabler,
the farm demonstrator, at least fifty
in this county. In talking to the Post
about .production Mr. Stabler declar
ed that it would be well for the trac
tors in the county to work nights as
well as day time. The machines can
be driven moonlight n'.ghts, and
with two drivers, one for the day
shift and one for the night shift the
acreage could be practically doubled.
Salisbury is- somewhat headquar
ters for farm machinery, there being
several agencies here to serve one
and more states for the leading mak
ers of tractors and other farm ma
chines. This accounts, pertiaps, for
the fact that there are so many of
these machines in Rowan. Mr. Sta
bler says that the farmers are be
hind in their plowing. The long win
ter followed a busy seeding season
and the farmer has had little oppor
tunity to do the placing he drs;res.
According to the farm demonstra
tor Rowan has increased her wheat
acreage over 1917 something like 25
per cent, and the wheat today is
looking fine. .Mr. Stabler estimates
that the county last year 1917
practically doubled the production of
food for man and beast over the pre
vious year, and with the proper help
during the year the county will show
another wonderful increase. The
Rowan farmers are very busy. They
are faking their task most seriously
and will do a full man's work during
the year.
(Mr. Stabler thinks that there are
not sufficient horses and mules in the
county to do the plowing that ought
to be done, and that if the tractors
rere put to work on moonlight
nights they would make up for the
deflcit in horse-power.
Labor, is also scarce, and the far
mer is doing his best with the help
he has. There is a lot of help in tne
county that is not at work regularly.
The high wages received tempt"
some to work a few days, just enough
to earn a living, loaf the rest of the
time and let the job suffer. Give the
Rowan farmer the help and he will
add to his banner year of 1917.
W S S
STUDENT AVIATOR KILLED.
Thirty-Sixth Student Flyer to Meet
Death on Fields at Forth Worth.
Texas.
( By Associated Press.) s
Fort Worth, Texas, March 7. Bur
ton Hurlburt, royal flying corps ca
det, whose mother lires at Preseott,
Ontario, was killed this morning when
he tried to make a landing. He was
f. ying with the instructor at the time.
The latter was in the back seat and
escaped injury. Hurlburt is the
thirty-sixth cadet to be killed here.
THE TRACTOR
atasa- mmi sibiim mSSm
Cease War Operations in Russia, Peace at Hand
T. WINGATE ANDREWS,
Superintendent Salisbury Public Schools.
PETERSON HAS NOT
BEEN ARRESTED
Former Paymaster N. C. National
Guard Still Continues at His
Duties at Camp Jackson.
ORDER FOR ARREST MUST
COME FROM COMMANDER
Major Peterson is Wanted for
Trial at Raleigh on Charge of
Embezzling State Funds.
(By Associated Press.)
Columbia. 8. C. Mar. 7. Major
George L. Peterson, of the quarter
master's staff at Camp Jackson, want
ed in Raleich for trial on the charge
of embezzlement 6f funds while pay
master of the North Carolina National
guard, has not yet been arrested.
Before his arrest can be made per
mission will have to be obtained from
the commander of the camp, General
George W. Mclver. At the office of
the chief of staff it was stated this
morning that no order had been issued
in the case.
Major Peterson was attending to his
duties as usual today. Efforts to se
cure a statement from him failed.
Chief of Police J. W. Richardson,
who received the request fron. Ra
leigh authorities to make the arrest,
said he had made no move because he
had no authority to make the arrest.
At the office of the county sheriff it
was stated no request had been re
ceived by officers from the authorities
at Raleigh for an arrest.
Matter Turned Over to Col. Bell.
Columbia, S. C, March 7. Chief
of Police Richardson stated at noon
that he had turned the telegram, from
the North Carolina authorities ask
ing for the arrest of Major Peterson
over to Col. Bell, provost officer from
Camp Jackson. Colonel Bell would
make no statement but left Columbia
for the camp shortly afternoon.
Solicitor Awaits Further Development
Raleigh, March 7. Solicitor Her
bert Norris of the 7th judicial district,
today stated that he would make no
further move to have Major Peterson
brought back to North Carolina until
he had been arrested at Columbia,
As soon as he is taken into custody
by the South Carolina authorities re
quisition papers will be isued and
an officer will be sent to Columbia to
bring him back to Raleigh. Mr. Nor
ris wired General Mclver, command
ant at Camp Jackson, last night re
questing that Major Peterson be turn
ed over to the Columbia authorities
and further asked that he be not
granted leave of absence.
Defendant Called and Failed.
Raleigh, March 6. Maj. George L.
Peterson of Camp Sevier was "called
and failed" this afternoon on the
charge of embezzling $7,600 from the
national guard and tonight Solicitor
Norris is seeking extradition through
Governor Bickett.
The absence of Major Peterson was
no surprise. Solicitor Norris rather
impatiently urged Judge Stacy to
make the entry by which the bonds
men of the Sampson county offic
would put up their pro rata of the
$10,000 bond which Peterson had for
feited. Since January it has been ap
parent that Major Peterson cannot
make a defense. He asked for time
to go to various cities to find where
he had spent the money which an ad
ding machine accounted for -without
trouble.
Many officers of the guard were in
(Continued on Page 6.)
STARS AND STRIPES
IRE LAND IS
BE
Thousands of Acres to be Added
to the Eastern Forest Reser
vation in Tracts in State.
WAR DEPARTMENT ADOPT
A NEW PLAN WARFARE
Will Form Army Corps on the
Same Basis as the Present
Tactics Indicate.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 7. The pur
thase of 65,000 acres of land in the
White mountain and Southern Appa
lachian regions for incorporation in
to the Eastern National forest has
been authorized. On the Nathalla
i purchase of an area in Mjcon and
;Clay counties in North Carolina :s
authorized, for 38,000 acres in four
tracts, being the largest amounts ev
er authorized in any one locality.
Other lands included L',78S acres in
Buncombe, Yancey and "Macon coun
ties. New Method of Fixing Army Corps
Division).
I Based upon the three line method
of trench warfare evolved in Franre
the war department, it was learned
today, has approved a plan of organ
ization which fixes six divisions as
ithe strength of an army corps.
1 Three or more corps will consti
tute a fed army and the immediate
curpDse of the department is to com
plete the organization of the first
field artillery in Francs In the short
est possible time snd give General
Pershing the strength of the full
American corps and the number of
ING AUTHORIZED
TO
T
FORCE AT FRONT
An American Staff Officer Cap
tures a Prussian Lieutenant
in Front Line Trench.
CASUALTIES AMONG THE
AMERICANS VERY SLIGHT
American Troops Training With
the French Troops at Chemin
des Dames Positions.
With American Army in France,
Mnrch 6. (By Associated Pres.)..
An American staff colonel while with
n French raiding party for the pur
rose of securing information a few
days before the men took up posi
tions in the new American sector on
the I.orraine front met a Prussian
lieutenant in an enemy trench and
captured him. The colonel with an j
American enptain bnwght the I'rus- j
sian officer Cack to- the lines the
Americins now occupy. J
A German raid in this new sector.
occurred Monday night, sharp fight
ing taking place. The Germans suf
fered a repulse with losses, and the
Americans gave the Germans a warm
reception.
The American troops here are
training with the French troops at
field armies needed, and also author
izes him to recommend the com
manders for the various units.
By the six division army corps
plan each ill occupy a front while
two reinforced lines of two divis- j
i:ns ea-h wil back them up. The ef- I
feet of t'lis will be to produce a line '
of defense necessary for cirrying on i
the fy:l of warfare which now pre- 1
vails. j
AMERICAN
PLOWING
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By MACAU LEY
AUTHORITY 10 SELL
Washington, Mirch 7. Congress
was asked today by A. Mitchel Palm
er, allien property custodian, for leg
islation empowering his' to sell any
enemy property in the United States
within his discretion.
Such legislation attached to the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill
was requested by Mr. Palmer before
the senate appropriations committee
in supplemtn to President Wilson's
recent request for authority to ac
quire legal title to preperty at Ho
boken, N. J.
Would Break I'p German Holdings.
Washington, March 7. Plans to
break up vast holdings of German in
terests in the United States and place
them in other hands so after the war
they cannot continue to be what has
been characterized as outposts of Ger
man kultur in America, were present
e-I to congress today by A. Mitchell
Palmer, custodian of alien property
the Chemin Des Dames position.
This makes the third American
force now facing the enemy.
During the several days' service
here the casualties have been extra
ordinarily slight as the sector is
one of the quietest. The lines ure
far apart and the position is held
by strong points rather than by con
tinuous trenches.
The Prussian lieutenant . captured
was the first instance of an enemy
officer being taken prrsoner oy the
Americans, also the first occasion
upon which an American fftwr had
captured either an enemy officer or
soldier in this sector.
IGil
GERMANS CEASE
E
Only a Few Movements to Con
solidate Thejr Lines Now Mark
German Activity in Russia.
RING OF IRON AROUND
REVOLUTION TO CRUSH IT
. -
Russian Speakers Deolare That
Germany is Crushing the Ro
tation in Russia. .
(iBy Associated Press.)
With the cessation of the German
advance in Russia military interest
:n the European iwar is confined to
trench warfare, artillery bombard
ments and corrallary aerial activi
ties. V
Both sides are almost equally ac
tive in the newly developed aerial
tactics in which the artillery arm is
freely employed by way of prepara
tion and of support by both aides.
The German raiders have shown
more aggression during1 the past 86
hours, according to the official re
ports which report a revival of Ger
man thrusts by the Germans all along
the line from Flanders to the Vol-
ges.
The artillery fighting along the
French ine is centered around the
Verdun sector where there. w an
accompanying aerial activity, which
the French repulaed. Raiders were
ilao experienced at various points in
Lorraine, but the moat of these wero
driven back by the iitTantry.
German warfare in iR'uesia was
suspended on Tuesday and it was re
sumed on Wednesday, which appears
to have been for the purpose of con
soliating the linea which were delin
eated in the peace treaty along tho
Estlwnia and Livonia border.
Addresses made at the soldiers and
orkmens meeting in Moscow inicate
that there is a strong sentiment
among the masses of the people that
the peace of the Germans was too ex
a:ting. One speaker declared that
the new .frontier consists of a i ing
of iron around the revolutionary
Russia which Germany Intended to
cruah. ,
Germans Resumed Fighting and
(Captured Janburg.
London, March 7. The Germans
have captured Janburg east Nsva
While the Turko-Gernian offensive Is
continuing; beyond Tredizond, says &
Russian agency dispatch today. This
action is taken despite the offiei il an
nouncement made by the German
high command that military ncu.n
against Russia had ceased.
"Absolute Necessary" Respite.
Petrograd, March 7. The central
executive committee of the Soldier's
and Workman's council, while recog
nizing that the. German peace terms
are tl.jse of Apolitical bandits," has
called or its delegates to the Moscow -
congress to vote for ratification, says
the Izvestia, the Bolshevik! organ.
The action is advised because the
peace offers the Social revolutionists i
an "absolute necessary" respite.
in the United States and unanimously
approved by the senate appropriations
committee.
Mr. Palmer asked and the com
mittee agreed that legislation shall
be attached to the urgen deficiensy
bill empowering him to sell these
properties to any private interests
but not to the United States govern
haent the proceeds to be held in the
treasury- until after the war. Wheth
er the owners would receive the money
would be detei mined by the peaeo
terms.
American property . in Cermanv,
the committee was told, is subject to
sunch action. Likt treatment of Ger
man property in the United -States
Mr. Palmer said, would hamper Ger
many and help the United States win
the war.
The committee by a'lfarty Vote,
however with the Republirans oppos
ing, also approved an amendment to
authorise the President to take legal
title to German steamship piers and -propei
ty at Iloboken, .V. tha R- -publicans
opposing it fearing 1$ mjtrht .
lead to government ownership and '
operation of shipping faeUIJiaa ftcr .
tho war. ' ' . ' -1',,
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