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We Are Behind In Our War Stamp Campaign in North Carolina alsTbuairy Eveiraiinig Post WEATHER FORECAST Thunder Showers tonight and tomorrow. ONE EDITION 2 CENTS MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. 14. NO. 131. SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, Ji:NE 11, 1918. PWC TWO VWMT9 AMERICAN TALK One of the greatest hinderances to America's winning this war, is that the people do not realize the serious ness of it. The people must wake up if we are going to stop that awful car nage of blood any time soon. When America gets awake, America will march straight to the marfo, but Am erica has not started to wake up yet. T'le Americans have not yet open ed their minds to the acceptance of the truth. They have refused to open t ieir minds to the truth. They have listened to the pleadings of the watch men who have cried unto them, and then tiresomely turned away to their joys and selfish pursuits and with a satisfied air and an indifference that means, more than likely, that the cost in blood and money will have to be largely increased before it will be safe for a free man to walk the high ways of life free from the assaults of the rapists, the munrerer and the cut-throat. The object of this American Tal'vs has been to bring some facts to the at tention of our readers and to appeal to their higher and better American ism to wake uip and do the pnrt of the full-blooded brave and courage ous American. We have said the war is three thousand miles away and dis missed it. It is at our very door; has been at our very door for three years. The women and children of America stand under the shadow of the same beasts that ravaged Belgium, France, Serbia, and Poland. God in heawn lias called us to save humanity from an outbrsken hell and many, many j of our people .have not moved hand or i foot to make response. j That prince of brutes, that ravager of humanity, that liar and damnable skullion of a burning 'hell the Em peror of Murderland said on one oc casion, "Woe and death to those who shall oppose my will. Woe and death to those who do not believe' in my mis sion." "Mv will" has been to force by might all nations to fall before him and obey him. His mission is to carry death and destruction to every land and every people that he may add unto that which he has already stolen. How far is this from us? In the first place, the Kaiser sent this nation word through its official representa tive, Ambassidor Gerard, that he would attend to America. To this America replied with a smile. How far is this horrid thin?? from us? It is fust off the American shore, for within the week nearly twenty ves sels have been sunk by the U-boats. How far is it from us? The casualty list grows daily. How far from us? It is just around the corner. At our very door. It is close enough for the people of this nation to forget their selfishness and thei. joyous living and prepare to accept the :burden of this fight. Our fight, our war. The war God called us too. The war that means ?o much for us, for humanity, civiliz ation and for the Kingdom of lOhrist. I.et us maike no mistakes. God knows the people fighting this .horrible thing have made mistakes enough. Let us not iffo longer in our indifference and plot'ifulness. It is time for every man and woman to get on the .firing line. But the truth is mighty few have vol unteered to help save America and the world from worse than death. We are appealing, not for fright, but determination. We are asking not that we 8i.op work and go into mourning, but that we lay aside the things that hinder us and out of our selfishness rise to the full height of our Americanism and fight for Am erica. The prince of liarshath said, "I am the instrument of the Almighty. I am His sword. His agent," and then he proceeded to despoil .humanity, burn and wreck the homes of nations and to ravage and outrage women and little children. If this blaspheming, strut ting liar and rapist is to be stopped he must be whipped, crushed. He must be made to rot in his place in the sun and vassals Wh" have cheer fully supported him must be made to repent in sackcloth and ashes for years before they are recognized as fit to serve humanity. These German bloodthirsty Dach shunds, holding bv th sword auto cratic power and thirsting for further conquest, represent the German na tion, which aims to crush democracy. Be'jtj them is a horde of merciless, conscienceless, inhuman devils, who would devastate our country, burn our homes, rape our women, cripple and mutilate our children, destroy our in stitutions, sink without a trace un armed ships, kill Red Cross nurses, bomb Bed Cross hospitals and crucify defenseless captured soldiers. But tie.e monsters in human form these MB Making Some Advance Despite the Frightful Loss of Men w :- : - vs. BEAT GERMANY Support EVERY FLG xhat oppoePrumanim Eat Xessofihe food Figjiterr need WASTE U-BOAT SUNK BY German Submarine Which Would Attack British Liner Sent to the Bottom by a Clean Shot. ARMY OFFICER SAW SHOT AND PRONOUNCED A HIT Incident Occurred on a Sunday Morning and U-boat Was Only About 150 Yards Away. i (By the Associated Press) ! An Atlantic Port, June 11. A Ger man submarine was attacked and ap parently sunk by a British steamship a week ago Sunday morning off a British port according to passengers on a vessel which arrived here today. A United States army officerwho saw the single shot fired at the U-boat which was only 150 yards away ex- 1 rressd the opinion that a clean hit : was made. ! Two destroyers which accompanied the British liner dropped depth ; charges at the spot where the sub nnrne -disappeared. The liner car ried 170 passengers. WSS In Greensboro for Sy nodical College. Messrs. Dorman Thompson, J. L. Sloan. E. B. Watts, J. M. Moore, Rev. j Pr. J. M. Clark, Dr. M. R. Adams, Dr. t C. E. Raynal and Mr. W. F. Hall com pose the Statesville delegation in : Greensboro today to meet the com- ; mittee of the Presbyterian Synod and mrf te an offer for the location of the Synod ical college. 1 These 'gentlemen passed through this city today en route to Greensboro, ( where, the Landmark says, Statesville . will offer the building and grounds of the female college that has long been established in that town, now known as Mitchell college, together with a . cash donation of $50,000. WSS j When our friends are present we i ought to treat them well ; and when they are absent, to speak of tfhem well. 'Epictetus. devils incarnate do not know the American spirit. They hare no con ception of what 'the lighting blood in the American Man means. H you will subscribe to War SVvings Certi ficates you will help as beat the Hon. A BRITISH SHIP H NOTHING . o m-rfco STATU root 4UMalJtltHATIOM -4 SALARIES OF ALL THE CITY OFFICIALS Police Captain and Patrolmen Get a Raise As Do a Number of Other Officers, Including Clerk and Treas urer Chief of Police Salary Re duced. The board of aldermen met in spe cial session last night for the express purpose of fixing salaries of the vari ous city officials and after this was done the meeting adjourned. Another meeting will be held Saturday night of liis week, at 8 o'clock, for the election of the various city officials, including policemen. There was a full meeting of the board last night with Mayor Woodson presiding. The board voted to rai3e the salaries of the captain of police, patrolmen, su perintendent of streets, superinten dent of cemeteries, sanitary officer, firemen on duty at the city hall, janitor of the city hall, clerk and treasurer, while the salaries of the other officers remain the same with the exception of that of chief of po lice which was materially reduced. The salaries as fied are as follows: Chief or police, reduced from $150 to $115, on recommendation of Chairman Ludwick of the police com mittee. Salary of the captain of po lice $100. That of patrolmen $85. On motion of Alderman Rufty of the fire committee the fiaemen on duty at the city hall together with the jaintor of the hall were given an increase of $10 each per month, this rase was also made to apply to the superinten dent of streets, superintendent of cemeteries and sanitary officer. On motion of Alderman Henderlite a raise was made in the salaries of the city clerk and city treasurer. These will be paid $75 per month each in the future. The tax collector is to be allowed an assistant for a period of several months at a salary not exceeding $60 a month. This was granted on ac count of a great deal of extra work falling on the tax collector in the compiling of assessments and inter est and collection for special street paving work. The salaries of all other city offi cials remains the same as heretofore. OGPKATE EFFORT ALBEMARLE MAN IN THE ENEMY DRIVING FOR FRENCH CAPITAL Every Report From the Battle Front Indicates Germans Are Determined to Take Paris. FRENCH THRUST THEM BACK AND FIGHT DESPERATELY Enemy Throwing Division After Division Into the Heavy Fighting. (By Associated Press.) Paris, June 11. .All advices from the front show that the enemy is put ting forth every effort possible to push to Paris. They are throwing in division after division into the action. So far, however, he has succeeded in advancing his line but six miles at the maximum point at Mognemont. In this effort the enemy is using a number of tanks which the French ar tillery were at first unable to destroy. The enemy succeeded in slightly widening the wedge by bringing up two divisions of the pick guard bor rowed from the Bavarian army of Crown Prince Rupprecht. These troops captured the villages of Mory, St. Maure and Belloy, giving them a plateau behind which they can maneu ver their troops. The German peril lies in 'human wastage in their progress. The bal ances seem t3 be in favor of the French. WSS Tobacco Rate Increased. (By the Associated Press) I Wa-hinrton, June 11. The rail roads were authorized today by the Inter-State Commerce Commission to increase rates on manufactured tobac co from North Carolina to points in the middle west to conform with re cent increases in the rate from Vir ginia. WSS WANTS EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. Cadet Party 'in Russia Anxious That Americans and Allies Send Men t" Renel the German Invaders in That Country. (By the Associated Press) Washington, June 11. An appeal to the United States and the allies to send an expeditionary force to Russia to repel the German invader was for warded by the Central Commission of the Cadet Party in Russia and was transmitted to the United States to day by the Russian embassy. It is asked that the expeditionary force, if sent, be put under interna tional control to guarantee the rights of Russia. WSS RYAN WOULD ORGANIZE AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION Would Operate on Same Style Used by Shipping Board. Wac'-ington, June 10. Authority to organize one or more government owned corporations was asked of con gress today by John D. Ryan, director of aircraft production. It is propos ed to apply to aircraft production the plan successfully used by the shipoing board through its emergency fleet corporation. A bill providing the necessary au- v.. v. . v j nm Willi l,V WilC OCIIOIC Q I 111 j house military committee, with the approval of Secretary Baker and ! Chairman Chamberlain introduced it. Under the measure a corporation ( might be formed with maximum cap ital stock of $100 000,000 owned by ' the government ! Details of the plan have not yet been communicated to congress. It is understood, however, that one of the immediate projects contemplates the building of branch line nilroads into spruce forests of the west to bring owt timber for airplane frames. WSS A proposal is made to erect in front of the parliamentary buildings at Ot tawa a mounment to the wives and mothers of Canadian soldiers. THE GERMANS ARE LOSING HEAV LY Despite the Frightful Losses the Enemy is Driving on at One Point in Their Line. FRENCH REACHED POINT OF FINAL RESISTANCE Germans Seek to Inflict Disastrous Blow to Allies and to Reach Paris. (By Associated Press.) Moving with steadiness, in apite of frightful losses inflicted on them, the Germans in their plunge on their line from Noyon to Montdidier have made gains here and there. In the cen ter of the line, where the resistance is strong by the French and where it was not expected the Germans are making their igreatest (fains. The greatest advance is at Vignemont, six miles from the line as it stood on Sat urday. The French have launched counter attacks to the left of this line which may be indicated that they have reached thaipoint. where tfhey will make a determined and final stand, This line seems to be along the Arondo river, a small stream flowing northwest from tihe Oise, and paral leling the line of advance. The Ger mans, according to the war office an nouncements, have reached the "vi cinity" of this stream. This point marked the extreme lim it of their advance and there the French immediately attacked and drove the enemy back to the line passing through .Rclloy, fft. Maure, Margueties and Valencourt. The vil lage of Mory, west of Belloy was re taken by the French Monday night. This part of the battlefield is now the most menacing to the French. Th Germans further west seem to be making some telling gains. Here along the right bank of the Oise they reached Antoval, a village which lies on the crest of the 'hills above the im portant town of Ridecourt, lyiny on the low flat lands west of the Oise. The French admit that their line of re. sistance has been withdrawn in con sequence of this advance. This move ment has not yet resulted in the French line east of the Oise from Charlemont forest, the strong position from which the French defended their Oise river, south of Seanpigny. The battle in the new area is con sidered to have entered into the criti cal state, as in the Somme, Flanders and Piave combats. The third ind fourth days of the battle were the most menacing to the allies. Now it seems certain that the present Germnn operations are intended to constitute a serious blow at the allied lines from the Oise to the Marne as well as to threaten the jewel city behind the bnttle lone. Before this can be reach ed however, the Germans man encoun ter even greater resistance than they have come against since they began the advance. The only other opera tion of significance reported was car ried out by the Austrians and British at Morlancourt, east of Amiens. Her- the British advanced to a depth of half a mile over a mile and a half front and captured a number of prisoners. Difficulties Confront the Enemy. With the British Army in France, Tuesday Morning, June 11. The dif ficulties confronting the enemy are very great, in the nature of the coun try he has now entered in his new drive. This comprises sharp hills, deep valleys and thick woods Ground Littered With German Dead. French'headquarters in France, via Ottawa, June 11 The enemy suc ceeded at an immense cost in push ing his advance from a mile to three miles deeper in the allied front yes terday. At Margueties, the souther most point of the salient, he is about seven miles from the starting point. The fighting was alomst unprecedent ed in fury yesterday. The Germans continuing to attack in compact mass es were mowed down by the allied gunre. Wt?t succeeded wave in attack THE CASUALTY LIST FRENCH IN VIOLENT ALBEMARLE BOY IS FIGHT WITH ENEMY WOUNDED IN FRANCE Retakr One Village and British Strengthens Some of Their Battle Lines. FRENCH OFFER RESISTANCE OF A MOST TELLING NATURE Germans After Taking Positions Are Hurled Back by the French. (By Associated Press.) London, June 11. The British last night carried out operations to the east of Amiens by which their line to Morancourt was advanced a half mile on mile and a half, the war office announced today. The British took German prisoners to the number of 233. French Take Village of Mory. .Paris, June 11. The German drive between Montdidier and Noyon con tinued unremittingly during the night, the war office announct.. On the left the French offered effective resistance and recaptured the Tillage of IMory. The principal German effort was di rected against the center. Attacking with heavy forces the enemy drove the French badges far as th-; Arondo river, but by a brilliant counter the French hurled them back along the entire line south of Belloy, St. Maur, south of Margueties and and VanJol icourt. i On the right the French are in vio lent combat with the enemy who have ! been unable to gain ground. The ' French withdrew their line to the west and south of Ribencourt. WSS I FORMER SALISBURY ! WOMAN DEAD. Mrs. John A. Holt Diea at the Home of Her Pw, Mr. Vivian Holt, at Norfolk, Va. the Remains to Be Brought to Salisbury. Mrs. John A. Holt died at the home of her son. Mr. Vivian Holt, at Nor folk, Va., Monday morning about 10:30 o'clock. The remains will be brought to Salisbury tomorrow and the funeral will take place at St. Luke's Episcopal church, the hour being 5 o'clock to morrow afternoon, Rev. W. W. Way officiating, and the interna ent will be in the old English cemetery. Mrs. Holt was for many years n resident of this city where she and her husband, the late Col. John A. Holt, were held in high esteem by all who knew them. They were prominent residents and lived for many years on South Fulton street. Two sons survive, Clurence and Vivian Holt, and a number of other relatives. Mrs. T. W. Carter, a niece of the de cease J ,of Mnston-Filem, is now here to ettend the funeral and burial. 1 lie announcement of the death of Mrs. Holt will be received with gen uine orrow by the older people who knew her during her long residence in this city. WSS "No matter what is the trouble, I anv always the goat." "That is because you are always butting in." and when a position is finally taken by the enemy it is frequently retaken by the French. In these counter at tacks the French invariably find ground littered with German doad. The Germans it is estimated have used between twenty and thirty divis ions up until last night. The enemy's advance is slow and he i able to bring up light artillery while the heavier guns are still being fired from their old positions. The artil lery strength of the two armies is al most equal, although the gunfire of the I French Is more effective because the ! are more familiar with the ground. ! The fierceness of the fighting' and inflexible determination with which vhe enemy masses is indication that he is determined to continue until complete victory or a complete ex haustion ensues in a decisive battte. t IMP In the Casualty List of Today Ap pears the Name of Several North Carolinians Among Them Henry W. Morrow of Albemarle A Kocky Mount Man Killed; Gastonia Man Injured. (By the Associated Press) Washington, June 11. The army casualty list today contains 130 names divided as follows: Killed in action 26; died of wounds 3; died of accident and other causes 3; died of disease 7. wounded severely 1.8; wounded but the extent not es tablUhe 43. The list includes killed in action: Edward C. Pitts, of Rock Mount. Wounded severely, Henry W. Mor row, of Albemarle; John H. Tripp, of Gastonia. Young Morrow is a son of Mr. J. M. Morrow, of Albemarle, one of thread ing business men of. the city. HI HARRISON Second in Command of the Police Force of the City a Victim ef Bright's Disease Waa at .His Post of Duty Monday. Captain J. A. Harrison of the Salis bury police force, died at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon at his home, 604 West Innes street after a desperate illness of less than a day. No arrangements have yet been made for the funeral. A wife and one daughter survive. Also the mother and several brothers and sisters as well as other relatives survive. He was about 40 years old. Arthur Harrison as he was known to hit legion of friends in this city, was a native of Mecklenburg county. He spent his early life on the farm and later moved to Charlotte. Some twehe or fifteen years ago he came to Salisbury and hod resided here ever since. For a number of years he was engaged in clercial work here and for the past four or five years had been a member of the city police force. His work as a fearless and uncompromis ing officer, without favorites, and looking only to his duty to his city and his obligation as an officer of the peace was soon noticed .by those who had placed him in office and under whom he was working and he was ele vated to the position of captain of the police force, having held this po sition for more than a year. He was at times mentioned in connection with the office of chief of the force and last night at the meeting of the board of aldermen the board saw fit to raise his salary to $100 a month. Mr. Harrison was a leading mem ber in several fratenarl orders here, including the Eagles and only recently was chosen head of the local order of Moose. He was a big hearted, gener ous and kind man, and although; his work took him into all the hard lines of life he had a heart as tender as ' child's and it was as big as all out doors. He was a friend in the truest sense of the word and hi word went with any who knew him. In his death his family has lost a devoted husband and father, and his city a fine officer and all who knew him a friend. . ' Captain Harrison had not been hv the best of health for some months and once or twice in the' past year or more had suffered severe attacks but he had been on duty almost regularly for some time and was at work iU recting the affairs coming under bis care yesterday up into the afternoon when he was taken seriously and sud denly ill and removed to his home. Ha was a sufferer from Bright 'a disease and the attack striking him yesterday was a very acute one.