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WEATHER FORECAST
Fair tonight and Saturday. Little
change in temperature.
VOL. 14. NO. 98.
OVER THE TOP
Tonight Must Put This City Along
With the Rest of the Rowan
Towns Over Margin.
PARADE AND SPEAKING TO
FEATURE EVENING EVENTS
Mothers Are Asked to Take Part
in the Parade This Evening
and Sit on Platform.
T:night we must go over the top
in Salisbury.
This evening we must 'jut our own
town over with the Test of thr- Row
an towns.
We must and ivill take care of the
allotment of Liberty Bonds and with
otner Rowan towns skin "over top."
The paride and patriotic gathering
of tlhis evening is to le an event, an
i"ere.--ting event, for the heads of
the promoters have been brought
close together and it is strongly inti
mated that 'they have some "stunts"
that will pr-rve worthy the price of a
Ixvnd.
The parade is to form at the lOom
munity Building at 7 o'clock and then
mar:!'i to the Tabernacle where tfhe
exerrises are to be held. There the
creaking 4nd other "stunts" are to
be pulled off.
One of the most pleasing features
of fhis parade will be the mothers of
men, those vnho have boys in the ar
my and who are to march side by
side, just as their boys are, carrying
service flags. In case tftie mother
"annat iwe in the line anotiher is want
ed to take :er .place, a wife, a sister or
close friend or relative.
The irder of Parade follows:
1 The Band.
!? Mfvor MNinch, Mayor Wood
Fin, and the Mayors of the Rowan
fomy Towns that have "gone over
the tCiT)," accompanied (by the Chief
of Police and Outriders.
5 The Mothers of tSoldiers and
Sailors, each carrv'ng a Service Flag.
H-l-mfedera'te Veterans.
5 The Roy Scouts.
6 The High School Pupils.
7 mhe Red Cross Ladies.
8 .The Spaicer Shop Delegation.
9 Delegations from the Fraternal
Orders.
The Speaking will begin at the Tab
ernacle at 8 o'clock.
Mr. Overman Cinnot Be Here To
night. It was desired that Senator Over
man speck at the Tabernacle this
pvenin. He was invited to be here
yesterday and address the Patriotic
nlly this evening, but a wire from
the .Scrttor ot yeserdav announced
that it .would be impossible. On ac
count ft the urgent work that Mr.
Overman is tJaini? just nv, handling
the Overtrqn bill, it is out of the
Question for thim to leave Washing
ton. iMavor F. R. .MyNincfh,. of Char
lotte i" coming and those who heard
Mr. Mc.Nin.ch at the Community
SJuildanb a few weeks ago will recall
one of the finest speeches of the war
offerings.
The people on the street are asking
many questions about the nature of
the "Stile Stunt" that ii to be enact
ed on the Tabernacle platform after
Mayor McNinch's dddes3. The mys
tery surrounding this event will be
made clear to those who are fortun
ate enough to get inside the Taberna
cle tonVht. It ia "xpeced that ?om
tWng Eke n Charlie Chaplin Crush
will be tr?ient, because in addition to
the Salisbury population the Spencer
Shop rf"n are coming en masse.
Military Hand Coming.
The Third Motor Mechanics Band
t&f Csmn Green will arrive this ev
c'ib and tike part in the parade and
patriotic rallv at the Tabernacle to
night. "This band has 44 pieces and is
one of the crack military bands of the
rtmpi That alone will be worth the
:e te io'n th parade and attend
the meeting at the Tabernacle.
. wssi -
SiYi wta probably first known to the
Hebrews in the time of solomon, when
tVV commercial relations were very
greatly extended.
BIG
1 NOW C01
FOR
SALISBURY
The President
FARM
IDENCE
Men Also Full of the Spirit of Op
timism, Says a Military Critic
Just Back From the Front.
COMRADESHIP AND ESTEEM
BETWEEN THE ARMIES
Tuesday Was a Splendid Day for
the Allies and a Most Grave One
for Germany View Expressed
(By Associated Press.)
Paris via Ottawa, May 3. Henry
Bic'ou, the distinguished military crit-
! ic of the Journale des Debates, who
has just returned frovn the front gave
Reuter's correspondent here a most
encouraging account of the situation
there. He says the last time ihe -visited
the front was fust after the cap
tuT? of Kcmmel Hill. He found some
gloom over the passibility involved
in ti"ia loss but Ulhen he returned he
'V. :.? delisted to find a spirit of utmost
confidence rmong allied officers and
men, resulting from the mai?n.ificent
manner in which the Germans were
held up. ' He said Tuesday was a
t olendid day for the allies and graver
for the Germans than the loss of Kem
mel Hill Was to the allies. He 'con
cluded that never before ihad he seen
such comradefftiip and mutual esteem
almong the allies as since the begin
ning of this great bBttle when the
French and British fought and died
together.
W S S
SKILLED MEN ARE CALLED.
Provist Marshall General Crowder
1 Issues a Call for Over Six Thousand
for National Army.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 3. A call for 6,
207 skilled men for the national army
: was sent out today Provost Marshal
General Crowder. All stattes are in
cluded, except N(w Jersey. It di
rects the movement of men on May
17th.
r- V S S
AMERICA STRIPPING
FOR THE BATTLE
Germans Must Meet the Allies or They
Must Go Back, They Cannot Stand
Still.
America is stripping for the decisive
battle on the battlefront of Europe.
In an executive session of the mili
tary committee of the lower house of
Congress, Secretary of War Baker,
Major General March, chief of staff,
and Provost Marshal General Crow
der have asked Cosgress to give the
President blanket , authority to in
crease the United States army to
whatever size may be necessary to win
the war. This country now has near
ly 2,000,000 men under arms and the
army appropriation bill for this year
would provide for an increase of this
number to 3,000,000.
While America's plans for throwing
her everv resource into the battle
against Prussianism are maturing,
the lull which has brooded over the
western battlelines continues. The ex
pected German attacks on the Ypres
and Amiens fronts have not been
launched. Here and there the oppos
ing artilleries have broken forth into
wild bombardments, such as usually
are preludes to massed attacks on the
allied lines, but they have died out af
ter a few hours. Here and there local
operations have been carried out for
the purpose of straightening lines and
raiding the enemy's position, but they
have not developed into anything un
usual. The Germans must attack soon or
acknowledge their defeat in their am
bitious attempt utterly to crush the
allied armies.
Lieut. Thompson Killed in Airplane
Accident.
Lwton, Okla., May 2. Lieut. Wil
liam Dean Thompson, of the 253d
field artillery, . student observer at
Post field, was instantly killed, and
Lieut. Faster Bailey, pilot, was in
jured eerlously today when their air
plane fell 300 feet.
, The engine stopped when the men
were doing a spiral and as the pilot
attempted to coast to a landing, the
machine wnt into a taH-fpin, falling
to the earth.
GONF
AMONG
THE ALLIED OFFICERS
MEMBER
SALISBURY,
All
MAUM-CHIEF OF ALUED
F
While Germans Delay "Coming
Back" on North or South Pet
ain's Men Deliver Attacks.
VALUABLE GROUND AND
POSITIONS ARE GAINED
Entente Improve Positions Also in
the Villers-Bretonneux Region
Germans Still Hold Off.
(By Associated Press.)
While a new German stroke on eith
er the north or south battlefronts is
stil! delayed the French have taken the
initiative in the latter field and deliv
ered a telling blow southeast of
miieuis. i
Attacking on a fiont of more than
a mile between Hilles and Castel Gen-1
cal Potcin's troops yesterday after
noon drove the Germans from hill H2,
an eminence some 250 feet overlooking
the Avre river and captured the wood
to the east and southeast, immediate
ly bordering on the Avre. The ground
RENCH TROOPS
Tiir miTUTiwr
IMLIIIIIIMIIVr
thus gained is probably more valuable i perintendent AndrriA-s ffnd the mem- tor."
than any other of equal area and lies , bers of the faculty hundreds of par- "Match the President."
along the Somme front. It was here j ents of the oupils. from ti.io lowest to Rileigh. May 3-nFormer President
the Germans effected thair greatest the highest grades, as well as other i William H. Taft "matched President
westward penetration m Ameins drive friends of 'he stAcl v:sited the Wilson" wfhen he subscribed for on
and st hill 82 they were in less than shoots durimr the dv and saw tihe ! other S50 IJbertv bond at a Liberty
thres miles of the imUortant Paris
Ameins railway.
Adding this new terrain to t'ie other
high ground taken by the French far
ther south along the Avre not long
3go excellent line defenses appears to
have been taken up by the French
forces in this region.
'ihe position of the French at Han
gard and those of the British on the
Villers-Brettonneux ridge preserve the
continuity of the line of commanding
ground of virtually all vital spots
north of the Somme. In the Villers-t
Brettonneux region as well there has
been further improvement of entente
positions, the French gaining ground
in local fighting last night.
The Germans are still holding off on
the Flanders battlefront and German
newspapers are telling the public the
high command may decide not to take
Ypres after all as its possession is not
imoortant.
The German artillery seems to have
turned attention chiefly to the south
ern side of the Flanders salient and
last night bombarded this region along
a 15-mile line between Givincy and
Nieippe wood. In several thrusts at
h' front previously the enemy was
unable to make any substantial head
way in the British lines, supported as
they were by the barrier of the Lit
Bassee canal and barked up by com
manding positions behind Bapaume.
Reported That Finland Wants a King
London, May 3. Finish newspapers
are calling for the establishment of a
monarchial form of government, ac
cording to an exchange telegraph
company's wire from Copenhagen.
The organ of the present party in
power says that a German prince is
desired as king.
French Make Capture.
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, May 3. The French made
an attack late yesterday on the front
between Hailes and Castel, southwest
of Amiens and captured Hill No. 82
and the wood on the Avre river, the
war offics announced todBy.
British Also Make Some Local Gains.
London, May 3. In the neighbor
hood of Villers-Bretenneux on the
front before Amiens the British gain
ed in local fighting during last night,
the war office announces today.
' On the northern front artillery
fighting was especially active near
Gouenye to the east of Nieppe and
souf h of Ypres.
WSS
Gen. Holbrock Succeeds Gen. Rock
mtn. (By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 3. Gen. Willard
A. Holbrook was named by the war No hospital train s provided end cial commissioner t Washington,
department today to succeed Bride-1 Dutch medical authorities expressed heading a special commission to han
dier General John W. Ruckman as forcible opinion regarding the trans-; die the situation arising from diffi
commander of the Southern depart- portation of stretcher cases under ' nulties attending exports to Arren
ment ' General Holbrook has been in ' such" conditions. jtine of indispensable war materials,
charge of Camp Sherman, Ohio. j The German authorities, it is declar- j This position is in addition to the
'WSS . . !ed( must either confess inhumanity or wrHtassajorship end there is some
A French botanist has discovered s adrast that no hospital train was avail- likelihood thst the two offices will
plant in Africa that literally ;rough able owing to the German losses on be separated later ndth Dr. Naon ni
to dear dust from its leaf pores. the western front. ithe superior t ositkmf -
Buy Another
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NORTH CAROLINA.
FRIDAY,
PATRIOTIC
DAYS CASUALTY LIS
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 3. The casualty J
list of today contains the names of 88
Americans divided ut follows:
Killed in action 18; died of wounds
1; died from undent 2 died of l:u
easo 5; wcundod severely 2; wound
ed slightly 58; miwing in action 2.
Lieutenants Thomns F. Mooney, of
San Antonio, nnd Densmore Ely, of
Chicago, died as results of acicdents
and Lieutenant Louis Edens, of C'a
dool, Mississippi, is repotted missing
in action.
Lieutenants Mooney and- Edens are
the only Southerners named In the list
today. All the others are from other
sections. Connectkut and Massach
usetts ore represented largely, with
several from New York and from the
i states of ths middle west.
WSR
PARENTS DAY AT SCHOOLS.
Large Numbers of Parents of the Pu-
Pils ScActual Book Work in the
School Roams During the Day.
In 'he c?ty ipuMic schools and by
Fioer'al Bind urgent invitation of Su-
children in wctiral everyday boaViork.
E"ch "'rent's obiectitve was the room
or rooms Vi which they had children
but oifter departments were alas vis
rte i. TheTe was also (gathering in
the auditorium where Mr. A. H. Boy
den and several others mlade short
talks and altogether the day lis a
most nrofitaible as well as instruc
tive one
T.iis visit to the schools when there
was nothing out of the ord'mairy or
spe tal goinrr on w? a revelation to
many; seeing the children and espe
cially tose of the lower grades in ac
tion, nnd it demonstrated tftte (patience
required of (the teachers in training
the minlds of .the children. It wa a
rs-oTV plan to have this "Parents'
Dav" end it is a pitv one or both ipa
rents of each .pupil could not have
been in attendance at some Ihour dur
ing the day.
WSS
MORE MEN OFF ON MAY TENTH
Rowan to Send a Few Mere Men to
Camp en the Tenth, Going to Fort
Scriven, Georgia.
List of men to go:
Frank D. Hayworth.
Richard W. Arey.
Mi las Hooks.
David F. Bradshaw.
Henry Alfred Ellis.
Letter LniTence Brown.
Francis Kennetlh BrownJ
William Allen.
Alternates :
Roland S. Freeman.
Cletus A. Misettheim-sr.
Joseph Wm. Henry P.jle.
Curtis Black.
WSS
TAIN OF
PRISONERS BY PS
Numbers of Wounded British Priso
ners Transported Without Hospital
Train and Dutch Medical Authori
ties Are Astounded.
(By Associated Press.)
London tvia Ottawa, May 3. Dutch
newspapers state that 107 severely
wounded British prisoners have ar
rived at Rotterdam for repatriation
and that they were not sent from
Germf&y voder proper conditions. ;
MAY 3, 1918.
. TAFT
i
Government Should Co-ordinate
all Activities Quickly as Possi
ble to Winning of the War.
BUT ONE QUESTION BEFORE
AMERICAN PEOPLE; WAR
Former President Says Man Pow
er Will Be the Deciding Factor
in This World Wide Fight.
(By Associated Press.)
Greensboro, tMay 3. "There is but
one question before the Amern peo
ple today; that is to win the war,"
said former President Taft, who
speaks here tonight, when questioned
in relation to the wst.
"In order to win the mit it is nec
essary thht the government as quiciVly
M Powmie co-orainate an activities
j to hm end. Thfe people of America
tripi.it as well tare the Tact that this
war will last three and perhiaips fiive
years longer "nd that supremacy in
mam nor,ver will be tlhe dacidinir ta:-:
j Loan meeting in (Elisabeth City hst
I night, at wWrih' Mr. Taft was the
principal gpeafoer, it (became known
on the arrival of the former President
here today.
Mr. Taft ibreakfasted witih frhmds
it Raleigh this morning cn routi to
Greensboro, I'Mhere he delivers a Lib
erty Loan epeech tonight.
. WSS
SENTENCED TO BUY LIBERTY
BONDS BY A N. C. J.UDGE
Chairman of Surry County Board of
Ccntmisismerg Assaults Man as Re
sult of War Argument and Unique
Penalty is Imposed.
(By Associated Press.)
Winston-Salem, May 3. In Surry
county superior court today chair
man J. J. Wiallave, of the board of
county commissioners, ipleaded guilty
to secret assault and the judgment of
flie court wis that the defendant pur
chase $1,000 orth of Liberty .Bonds
and deposit them with the clerk of
the court, give $100 to the Red Cross
and the same amoun tto the Y. M. C.
A., and also to resign as e, member of
t! board of commissioners.
The evidence disclosed that the as
sault grefci out of an argument over
the war, Wallace expressing himself
in strong languatge against the gov
ernment. WSS
PROGRESS IN SHIPBUILDING.
(.By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 3. Wonderful
.-rogress in shipbuilding ope nations in
the South was reported to the ehip-
i.j..u T ti - :l
investigator sent Dy tne ooara on e
tour of soutlherfl. yards.
WSS
SIONER IS APPOINTED
Dr. iRomula S. Nson, Argentine Am
bassador to the United States to
Serve in Double Capacity for a
Time.
(By Associated Press.)
Buenos Aires, Argentine, May 1.
Dr. P.omuia S. Naon, Argentine arn-
baseidor to the United States, has
been appointed Argentine hig'i fimvn-
FORMER PRE
PREDICTS LONG WAR
Bond '
g FoM
RALLY
ARIES
City Appropriates $25 a Month to
Fund to Carry on Work of the
Travelers' Aid Here.
SANITARY SURFACE CLOS
ETS FOR ENTIRE CITY
Aldermen Refuse Application of
"Green Trading Stamp" Con
cern to Do Business in City.
The board of aldermen met in reg
ular session at the city hall last night,
all members being present and Mayor
Woodson piesiding.
After the minutes of the last meet
ing had been read and approved the
following business was transacted:
P. S. Carlton, Esq., appeared before
the board in behalf of a colored man
who asked privilege to operate a dance
hall in the old Rankin building on East
Council street May 30th during the
colored celebration. The applicant
agreed to pay the expense of two offi
cers to be placed on duty there thnt
day. The application was granted.
A delegation of merchants from the
Merchants Association, headed by
President S. W. Harry, was before the
board asking that application of a
concern to do a "green trading stamp"
business in Salisbury be not granted.
The merchants outlined their opposi
tion to this scheme and the board un
animously voted pot to license such
concern to do business here.
The merchants also took occasion to
request the city to provide additional
Are fighting apparatus for the fire
men, namely another motor hose truck
with chemical apparatus attachment.
A motion was made and carried to
send a delegation to Raleigh to appear
before the corporation commission to
oppose the efforts of the Southern
Bell Telephone Company to raise tele
phone rates in Salisbury. It was stated
by the merchants present that their
organization would co-operate with
the city and probably send represen
tatives to this meeting.
Aldermen Henderlite, on request of
the railroad authorities, asked that the
old frame resJenco on East Innes
street near the' railroad bridge and
which is located on railroad property,
oe condemned. The railroad company
asked this step in order that it might
go ahead and improve the property
and the house will be remodelled and
made into a good residence. This was
done and the building now stands con
demned. Several citizens from various sec
tions of the city were present asking
minor street improvements in their
on in the way of crossings, side
walks, etc. These matters were placed
in the hands of the street committee.
delegation of ladies, with Mrs.
V. T. Rainey as spokesman, came in
end appealed to the boud for finan
cial aid in support of the proposed
woman which the Travellers Aid con
templates placing at the passenger
station in Salisbury. It was said the
Southern had no appropriation to do
nate to this purpose but that it would
co-operate and furnish a desk and fit
up quarters in the passenger station.
The women are to put on a campaign
for funds but were asking the city for
$300 a year. The aldermen voted to
appropriate $25 a month to this cause
provided the women raise s sufficient
amount to augment this and put the
proposition through.
The reports of the various commit
tees were read and approved.
It was decided to place piping on
Caldwell street, in the dip between
Council and Liberty street, in order
to take care of the waters after rains
here.
The matter of Improving North
Main, street beyond Steele street was
brought up and a report is to be made;
on this proposition at the next meet
ing.
It was decided to accept the propo
rtion of s manufacturing concern to
CITY ALDERMEN IN
A BUSY SESSION
hip s street sweeper and sprinkler . build their own closets or roske other
here on trial and if satisfactory and 'arrangements to hare them installed
as guaranteed to accept the same and in the specified time. This ord:nance
purchase it at s price of $550. ' bat the full endorsement of County
It was voted to notify the water and Hcslth Officer, Dr. A. J. Warren. .
ras companies to immediately repair,' The election of various city officers,
places in numbers of streets torn up in including policemen, will be held ths -the
laying of water and gas pipes, first meeting night In June.
Tonijg
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ON WEI
Military Authority o fthe Great
French General Has Been Ex
tended Through Italian Help,
GENERAL FOCH IS VERY
OPTIMISTIC, SAYS PREMIER
The French Fighter Ru Become
Commander-in-Chief of All the
Allied Armies in the West
(By Associated Press.)
The military authority of General
Foch as result of Italian coopera
tion has been extended to all the wes
tern front and the general now be
comes commander-Jit-chief of all the
allied armies in the west, says Macel
Hutfm in the Echo de Paris. .
iM. Houtin says Premier Clemenceau
hiss returned from the meeting of the
supreme war council at Abbeville.
The (premier without going into de
tails expressed satisfaction with the
results of the conference.
"And the situation at tlhe front?"
asked the writer.
"General Foch is very optimistic
all I can tell you," was the premier's
reply.
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MAJOR GENERAL ,
ANDREW3 SHIFTED
With the American Army in France,
May 3. By the Associated Press.)
Major General James McAndrew
has been appointed chief of staff of
the American expeditionary - forces
and he reported for duty Immediately.
Brigadier General Jsmes C Hardord,
who has been General Pershing's chief
of staff, has been assigned to com
mand in the field which he has taken
over.
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Cotton Opening. ,
New York, May 8 The cotton mar
ket opening was as follows:
May .. ..26.20
July ..25,60
October 24.65-25.00
December .. 24.70
January 24.68
Cotton Shows Renewed Weakness.
New York, May 3. The , cotton
market showed renewed pveskness to
day. First prices were irregular st
decline of 15 to 47 points end before
Tie end of the (first hour active
months were 45 to 76 points net low
er with July selling at 25.20 and Oc-
dber at 24.65.
Close of Cotton.
May .. ..25.50
July ..24.94 .
O tober .. ,. .. .. 24.25
December .." ,.24.09
January ,. .. .. , 23.95
Otherwise the city will proceed with
this repair work and charge the same
to the companies mentioned. '
The salaries of two workmen at the
cemeteries was raised $10 each per
month.
The aldermen asked for s report on
the city wood yard, conducted here the
past winter for the purpose of reliev
ing charity and urgent cases. This
will be forthcoming at the next meet
ing. '
It was decided to remove the sur
plus wood, left over from this wood
yard, to the city schools.
The new sanitary closet ordinance '
was put on its second reading and
passed and is now a law This ordi
nance goes into effect at once but
specifies a certain time in which these
closets must be installed. This has to
do with surface closets and is being
adopted by .hundred of cities through
out the country in the interest of
health. Every surface closet in the
city must be built according to plans
Approved by the State Board of
Health, these closets being regulation
closets An effort twill be made to
ret some contractor to put these in,
except where individuals . desire to
TO CHIEF ON
THE 1ST FRONT