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"J) n1. y 7 i.is:u::d;::: . princii, ..-;j,:,'ot: i. $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE A : Li bora. North Carolina, 1 ! t 13, 1918 NUMBER SI 4 U . . ... I LI ;:)Y :'6nt- TCOU- ! "T ":"1 m:ks u;l::s-. IsO.v' KE- BIG GAINS 1 DIDIOU C -: SANDS OF i. INCLLI 5X i MENACE' iO MOVED. ' During' i the prst we jhe ' Alues have- earned out it of; ensive against the Gerr.i .us on the Picardy front, onboth si 5 of Amiens, , Under terrifio fire from -ihe" Germans , the Americana forced their way across the i. ... ! M ,l.l.,,,iU' lav3 week "and l.ave pushed forward several .miles since then.- ,AU the "po sitions previously g;-l"..,u.l by the Allied troops throughout the entire Rheims-, Soissons salient -have been -'solidly held,' lnspite of" counterattacks; and the heavy artillery f re the eneoy .has poured down from the heights north of the Vesle river. ' Toward the north of the Picardy battle line, t!ie French and British" have dealt; the Germans smashing blows -during the last few days. Over, a 'twenty-mile front, the Franco-British armies penetrated the onomv line's to a-deth'jof' several miles last week. At its deepest point, the penetration-of the German line on Friday "was about seven and -a half miles, while from two -to five miles Warn pained 11 along the front-frtfm northwest bf Montdidior $o the region around Morlahcourt. - ' .' -' ' TViA French cnDtured the important town of Montdidior on- Saturday with many prisoners and great quantities t war Jnaterial.i" Following the cap ture, the German hordes were report ..Jinh: in full retreat "tow rd the Somme river and the" Nesle-Noyon canal.'"'. - . - , "'- A, ' -1 rnm Prince Kunnrecht.xJf Bavaria, t. wmm tn have a larsre number cf snlendid troops Hvhici "will . probably t, rtirnwn into the battle toe soon. Kntar two at these divisions h".ve come in contact with the Allies but have hppn unable to check their inward Amerfcari trooDs' were thrown into the Gtrhtinv in. the srreat battle-in tne ed in Vercoming ttiff resistance ana.. helped lla British-capture -inrportant nnaitiona on Friday, between r the An- . t.rA fh6 R-nmmA. The attacking in- f antry was supported "by itank and mwfided fev u heavy barrage Jre... The American inachine gunners and - j iniantry ' weni imo uatuowAw v..w traditional enthusiasm. ; They met and defeated the Germans on ,the Ancre nni Snmntp. rivers iust as, they 1 did ' ' The number of . prisoners takeii in the Allied offensive In Picardy it a timated at S6.00& .including more than r 1,000 officers, lever Ij of yvjbeim are '. ..oi othri of iiiea ' rank. More than 500- guns lnd Been cptur r. .j -i. (.nnnt vThft resistance " has ben stilfening ardund the town of Noyo:vaoout midway oeiweea.aiur a ttiA Sniuarmc. The enemy has . itirti. ttiA Soissonn. throrm in reserve rom, tliis base in an eff oti to prevent regardless of cost Uhe allies from gaininsr controLof the Noyon-Bati road, which. is x:hokea vith material,, guns ,uil troops. All the bridges across the Soame between Peronne anl Hrai, a streteh f ohnnt fifteen mHes. !ia7e been oe- .troVed bv Allied aviator . V 'TenspDia-l ry bridges thrown TT? by the GerrcaM have been systematically bombed by the driven of the AUes.-:..1 ;,k m ascertained and its .effects, on To summinze Wa titunuon a.i tne .MOnnt Marsh nl. KCcn'S .WHteiry n.:u the iuaeterly trxtica of the penerals Commanding the armies and groups -armies under him. hr.v in t.ree weeks wrested from the Gemvins what re quired four irxntha for them tow tain rX a 'cost of men variously esti mated at from 700,000 to 1,000,000. ., The immediate results of the coun n(Tnnciii am the cloarv of the ChauteauThierry pocket, ending the menace to Enmey and Paris, the capr ture of Montdidior, ending the menace to Amips, the freeing on the inport- eift earn m railroad line from 1 arts to -Chalons, and the eq'.tlly import nf TinWh,.rn lino from I'aris to Am iens. iVHloring to the Allies means of 'communication which give them enor mously greater ca.se in future move ments Of troops. . . There suroe-.es render impossible any m; !'ire r.f lha line which would seunraie ti." I-'retu !i armies of the cen ter from ti.o ture of the o to tlio erst, or a mp- n between mo French have r n n 1 tie 1 ::, n.-i. .-.1 l l:ic'.I t;. ,h. h ani Ids armies I;.nt wedecs the hrn be-n with n.4 f'.rz 1j1:k,1 r..l I'i 1 1 ( .-it to a r 1 i i n ' mine, or V) na ndii'(cd i h l "9 fail , r.. r.t inv- 1! 2 ri-ircs prepa- ' a' mn -1 l.e- - , . . , ' ;On August 21th there will , ". be held in the O.ce of the Local Board, a meeting ef the Local Exemption, lioard tor. i the purpose -t registtring all, young men who have attain- ed the age of twenty-one-:"?earg since June 5th, and on 7-or before August 24th, 1918. -j- This is in accord with a Proclamation 'made by 'the President of the Xnited Mates on August 14tlu " This Begistratipn has nothy ing' to do with the September , Registration of men between . eighteen' and twenty-one, and, '; ininy-one to iony-nve. 1 ; . Between the hours of eight ; o'clock and sunset,1 the Board ; will be in session exclusively ?j . r ; f of the purpose of -register ing men, " and will not con- ;S sider any other business Qn-. ;i . that day.'-' .-'.KijuU-REMEMBER THE DATE,; . AUGUSrv24th,; 4t- isjthe' duty of every -citizen in the county to give this the widest : X- publicity possible. $ :-':v,- REMEMBER, thiskeludesi .all, .men . who have "become. twenty-one' years A of jsge". a since June 5th, 1918," and "thia '-'s Registration doer NOT; have anything to do with the Sep.; " .tember Registration. . c- . - I ROBERT LEE CAVENESS, Ci'm8!!, Local'Exemp - ' - -s, . - tion. Board -crvi'J'rb SUBMARINE ATTAfcltS LIGh'f HOUSE ON SMITH ISLAND -About 5 o'clock last' SuhdavTifte noon a German submarine - attacked the government lighthouse 'on Smith Island off the North vCarolina coast at the mouth- of the Cape Fear: River be low ort , uaswell. p , ; xne irfiacK was made by. gas which resembled mustard gas released Irom oil spread over tne surface of the water bv the submarine. Announcement made by the Navy De partment reported it as follows; . --f'"ihe wavy: department naj Receiv ed disnateh from, the-commandant or. tne sixtn, navai eusu-ici,; - vj;.icj tori,-S C, statfng that an attack with gas was attempted on the North Caro lina, coast aboMTfive o'clock Sunday Afternoon with the result of temporir ily, putting out of business the coas guard , stafloa and lightiiouse person neLV The report continues: ;' ', "About' forty minutes after the at tack three- large" oil spots, each. o?er nnn acra in" xtnt ' ; were ': 'observed passing by Smith Island. to the nortn. This oil. from , wmTft tne gas nas no doubt generated mustr h?,ve been' re leased from submarine" in the vkm- "w nf ti entrance into the shannel 'jjfth the hone that ii would come' in with the4ide but the, 'tide- fortunately set nlong -island. jV'- -:.' - "RpDort was made to Cal. Chase, coast artillery corps, Fort Caswe.1, N, &. by Captain. Willard of the Smith Island coast guard after the effects of the gas ' was noted. ' out . men rvere gassed No deaths; -The gas had the affoM-. at mnitard iras-and waa. - ef fective about thirty-six or f ortmin utes. Color of the gas has not yet . . .v-uhberv not vet deterain- ed. - The entire matter -will be iaves tigated and report Jfiade. Si The .Incident was reported sby Col. Cose to the naval district command ant. s Smith's Island is oH the- mouth of the Cape Fear .river near the en trance of the channel to Wilmington, N. .- N r'North Carolina Casualty LWt.'..V , - , -.-';''' During the past week the following casualties in overseasv forces have been reported: ' v i " -'' " Killod In actlonPrivate Lloyd L. Waterfield, Kro.tU'lHiand; Chrries" C. Uall, Ked Kpnngs; tiurweu v. whck son, Kinston ; Corporal... Lawrence . E. Thompson,. Thurmnn. ,. .' - Wounded severely Corporals,' Will F. Sutherns, Jlarion; John C. Shutt, Winston-Salem; Rosier Gongs, Bakers ville; Guy- P. Rose, New Bern; Pri vates Carlisle C. Cochron, Charlotte; Stinj Shirley, Wa!ton:-burg; William A. Vaughan, - f'ttyotteville; James A. Enico, Randlemn. . , . - Wounded (degree Undetermined)- Privates George Anglin, Cane River J Grovei C Gray, Charlotte; Wilter E. Ncel, Saii .hury; .Sergeant William C Ix-onurd, Cedar Falls; Corpo-1 JIar riet L. While, StocVBviUejrrivates Ed ward G. Uenton, Charh)tte; Gus N. Moore, I: ICidce. 1 Died of wounds Privates Joseph L. raree Sclma; iKirg K.D:.vi-s, Maid den Kt. 1; Gco-ge lUrre'.l, Holood R. F. D. ' - ' Following are North Carolina ila-i-lrie c.n u:ilt.eH Ut the past week: jv i : ! r I in 8 -tion Prfcn'e James C Cook. A.l-an-o; Kei'l Cranforl, David op; J-uiien II. F.:on, liennon. - Wo mded in a tioi) (decrpfl und-ler-,;n(.)- Corporal Fred O. Black, l f.:ii iiitte.. ' . a tlurrh Will Tresent Prrvlr - . i , i , i y 1 wnipg 't 8 o'd'K k 'i .t (mi : nt 8 o'c! i 1 It j: 2 Dr. Lyman Abbott on the Meaning of 1 . the Struggle, - ; We talk, of a war; in Europe. If we used- language with accuracy, we should not talk of a war in Europe. There is no war, in Europe. , There is a posse com itatus summoned from the various" civilized nations of the worldj to protect therpeaceable nations of Eu rope from the worst and most efficient: bngandry. the-civilized wdrid haf ever .The classical- defuutioh i of war is furmshed by harles Sumrier in an ad dress on ;the "Grandeur, of Nations" delivered in Boston in. 1845, based oh authoritiesvthen and there by hint cit ed, and accepted ever sincei as an au thoritative f definition-S It "is'T substan tially in these words:, "War" isa con flict petween the, armed forces 'fit na tions under international law tq deter-l mine a question xof i justice s between them.:i?:3?i SrtlS' Srfit- v-1 nere-are two tmngs, necessary to make a conflict wari.-'Jt must be to de tfetoineA . question of justice, and it' must be ' under international law. There-is.no question of justice at - is sue jn Europe today. .When this was. minister said to the Reichstag; "We are coiner to do an act of injustice to tfeigiumi-A we snainry tovrepain it A;.:,:Si,.n1iB--iWMi.wiSto ?' In 1913. the! year before that decla ration,' jBernhardi, one of the Jeaders of the ciiiitarjj party in, rmanytJiad 8aid; !War 4a a biologicala moral and a Christian', necessity. .'-He hadsaid, " We .are going' into tma war among other thing3t to . so crush France J;hat she-can never cfosSkour. path again." -A d ew weeks ago 'ataper appeaned .before the public..issued from, the pen the. German- atnbassador tor England. lin -that paper he declares that Ger many egged Austria on to make: war against, Serbiaj;; that Germahy refused the tirgetitentreatiesof Italy Eance, EnelahcKand -3 Russia1 to ssattemnt a peaceable, settlement of the controvel!.,- S9. ; ,He i unmfetakabK.if'deekres ttiat (Germany is-guilty of having brought. jnis -war upqmjsurope. witn tnat pa per vas; published another by an ex-director- ofi Krupp's carrying home to the Kaiser,-tJie-;jperoof, Germatij', that ' guilti-fn "jsn'i--,. :, -.:: ;?v -iy.;tviii -fi.-s--, I go hack,18"years.. In 1900, the Kaiser, in Ihe dedication; of the monu ment," declared, that hist, ambition was to re-establish a Roman, enjpire, giv ing to Germany tho' same domination of tlte world that gae Koman empu-e had. in the first century. ; -1 . . : ,-. ". In thfr face of ihese facts, it Js inr possiblo to say that thereis any ques tion of justice to be determined m this war .1 must call it, war because -there is; no. othesort of word itouseV- . "Thou Shair Not" -; : Nor is this war conducted under the sanction of international law. v Ger many has openly, flagrantly, avowedly and with frankness, let Us - give' her credit for that virtue she has openly ana avowedly declared that she does not recognize the laws of nations, that sne does-not recognize rthe. laws of God. ':;'" W' ';"-- - -Thou - shalt- ot ' steal.'? ; She has robbed France and - Belgium of their iron and their coal; she has .' robbed their banks of their money; she has robbed their churches tf their treas ures; she has robbed the ' homes . of their pictures and their stauary and their furniture, and what she ould not carry: away, she has,, in her wanton ness, destroyed, .V . t -. "Thou Shalt not kill." : She has not only killed Boldiers in open warfare she has murdered men,' women : and children not a few but by the score by 'the hundreds, by the thousands. "Thou shalt not commit adultery." Her soldiers, with the apparenta san'o tion oflhe government, certainly with no opposition from the government, have raped more women than has ever been known before in the hlstoijy-of warfare. '-' . j ; I could not at first believe ' these things to b true. 1 thought them, at first, the exaggeration of newspaper reporters. Then, I thought them to be the extravagant outburst of individual soldiers in violation of law. But I have compared. more or less -carefully the' reports of commissions issued first by Bolgium, then by France, then by England, in which these outrges have been investigated, with names, dates and place riven in Retail with afllda vites to Nuhhtantiate the charges. ' Ila Pleaded Guilty , Germuny has been aiiked hy Great Britain to uni'o with her In an inves tigation, and Germany, by refusing to share In cuch an invetiKUtion, has plead guilty to the charge. But that Is not all, lit our civil, war, Mr. Lin coln appoint! a eommir.-iion to pre ; urc luleg of warfare, and it Is tuud that efier the mnit "- ii:.e.a! hnd in ei ar"it them he, if I tuny u e a foto- wh.'it biiri.;u 'CIS p'.rn -, : i" I.in- t:.em. p;i j-c -I r u n j ru ( i f'.-l-rrtl1 f 1 1 1 . ti:z F::::r ACAi:;sT"; - THE ,Cr.LD'S I.:05T .THA ALDRIDGE DEAD On Wt piial in (. i.lne3. I. of Mr; ',; Trinity' tu . many yepr in Gn leaves t:.r of W'ashn of Trinit y ridge, who country st stlav nighf of last week, i Afdridge died, at a hos- n -l)oro, after a lingering s Aidridge was a daughter : M.rs. ohn -Aldridge of p, both of whom died do. Herhome had been o for several years. She brothers, Dennis Aldridge, m, D. C; Samuel Aldridge v. nship, and George Ald- now in the service cf his ned at Fort Hunt, Va. ervices were helchfrom The funeral St." 'Benedict Catholic church . being nn.m Ki ft V. f Un tri .wi.t T ..1 to the ' rule 4 , of ' civilized t'"warfare, churches,' hospitals,. libraries, public buildings, are as far as. possible to be guarded from ulestructioC According to'the German war-book, they are to be destroyed.- According to the laws of civilized warfare, the property of noir-combatanta is to be" generally re garded as. sacked, unless great exigr encieswirecfuire ; destruction. ' According to the German w ar-book they tare to be deistroyed ior the purpose of pro ducing jerror. ; According to the laws of civilized waif are, the captives taken in war may be used in peaceful indus tries, wit not for: mamtoininjf ? the armies or manufacturing the U muni tions to be used against their, own kins- folk. According to the German war--: hrtolr t.tiMr. th.Tv ho sn iiaorl. ' ' K . the laws of war and of nations have been ruthlessly set aside. fNor is that ail.-!: inecnmesTnai nave Deen com mitted by the bands of brigands have been glorified. ' They have been' proud of their .pooty Xhey nave organized triumphant processions. They have struck off medals; they nave preached sermons 'far tiaeir"?pulpts and, address es on the platforms in praise of the Imen' who have eommittechthese un- speakabecrmies.;t;;J-i::i r. lit KiiiHnnn .Hn iw - it is 8, simple calm? historic kciei tific statement of a fact that in Europe the allies; are fighting to protect the lands of peace from brurandry. The question; iswhfit is brigandryt?The definition in the Century -dictionary has only five words, ''Highway -robbery by organized bands.". . Was there ever highway; robbery conducted' on, so en; oi-mous a-.scaie.j"BO loitiiiess ana un scrupulous a gang as what Henry van Dyke has well called-.'the predatory Patsdaratgang?? iw?yz& i.. -The archbishon of York has told us that we must jiffer for our enemies-the "Father, forgive' Ahem for, they know tiot-.iwhat ithfiw HJ.' Christ offered that prayer for ; ther soldiers who did. not know what they did, to wnom Jesus was : only- a common rcrimina! con demned by the courts of hitf own coun try and condemned oy nne woman courts.' For them He .asked His Blath er's forgiveness, but He did not ask His Fathers forgiveness fcr Caiaphas; who declared, when he conspired Je sus death,-"It is better than an inno cent man should die , than that we should'lose our faces." , We wil offer a; prayer to Jlis Father for Germans in the trenches wherhave been deluded "or -driven into, this" terrible warfare. but will not otter it for thi Kaiser or his-pals, . I may be tempted to lie to my fellow-men,but I will never lie to myGoV-:? fy, y',:.W. i wjs, , The great theme-today i'Democ racy or Autocracy Which?". What do we mean by democracy? It is not a mere form of government, France s a republic and Italy is a monarchy, but Italy is as - truly a . democracy as France. America"1!?" a republic"-and England is "a monarchy, and England in some respects, is more democratic than the United States. ; :r 7; What Democracy Is , 1 " ' Democracy is hot a political opinion. It is-a religious faith; ft is faith in one another; t is respect, for ,-each other's opfnion; it is human brother hood; ts name or its motto," ' might well be "Democracy la the land of brotherly love." ::'. --.--' '.;. .. Nor is autocracyJ4 form of govern ment I will- not go into the history of the past. Enough to say tLat au tocracy, as we face it today In Europe, is organized brngandrr which denies the elemental rights' of humanity, the right to five, thf right to liberty, the right to the purrftHt of happiness. . Any man who proposes, a compro mise or a peace negotiations with this band of brigands in gul'ty of treason to te kingdom -of liberty, - ' I era a Christian minister. I sra glad to acknowledge Jesus. Christ as my Lord and Saviour and my Master. I take my commands from Him. I can honestly say that I have no de sire bo greut as to have something of His spirit, no wish for my life to greut as to be His follower. ,-I natur ally turn to tho book In which His name Is enshrined for my cnmlKsion. I find in it the words bf the oldest prophet of the Old Testament: "The serpent phnil bmipe man's heel; man's heel fhoW bruino the head of the ser pent." The head of te serpent is 11 p rai ' 1 wiih w-rulh; Its very hreath Is poiiin, and we have, perhaps a difll cuH t:i'k to get our heel on it lieal, butv l rn wo (10,'wa will grind' It to pov, !"r. ' T rihh hy the Sword" I ( irnth"' p-'irei over to the New Ter ' -nr nt, find I f.nd there tiio corn mi n of my ?Ia 'tor intf i pff.tp, t.0 me s - "' ! r y ,y f nrt lirpifi not. hy J) 'nr.-,, ivt hy thundi i 1 ..It , Lit -' - ; - , . 'ilvt'.n n'l-nril in t n I rin.l-i r t : 1. . . 1 . vp t ' n p " . ! f . .,- n 1EARD CN THE STREETS,"11 v CONVENTION NEXT WEEK WHAT'OUtf TOWN CORRESPOND-: . ENT - HEARS AND THINKS ; MATTERS OP PUBLIC INTER EST DISCUSSED : I ; - .. - -V""-- V"'"- " If you are" not a subscriber, to The Courier you ought to be. ; ; The old town was full and running over with fanners last Saturday.-, - Mr. H. T. Bray and son, of EamSeur Route 1. were in town Saturday, i - - The, idle brain is advance agent for a busy tongue. . .iiX 'A." ' Success comes to the man who does not fear failure.. v: - ' - Mr. E: Russell, of High Point, was -numbered among our renewal subscribers last week. Mr. Russell is a fine man and does all kinds of shoe repairing , at reasonable . prices. : : -.Ifeverv home had its . curfew law there would be less entering of stores at night by youngsters of ..the-town. ; Our voidest - citizens say that the weather lost week was the hottest they have ever experienced. -v . Attorney General Manning has ren dered an opinion to the effect that it isclearly the .duty of the sheriff and other county and municipal officers to skip- out and arrest all deserters or others who are avoiding the army dralt in violation of the regulations. A, series of protracted meetings will begin Sunday at the West Bend Methodist church ana will be con ducted by the pastor,. Rev, F; v W. Cook.1. '.ii-v '(' ;"M?:Mi!-V?: Mr. George Richardson, a good far mer of Millboro Route 1, was in town one day last week. ' - The world war . has done much to Htimiilat t.liB 1 aaln of dailv -natters in Asheboro. People who seldom lookedj at a newspaper before : the United States, entered the: wod ; war,;t. now read. them regularly. t V: ..Mr. Wi' T.J Ledwell, a prominent cit izen or Trmityi Route 1, ; has our thanks for a renewal of his subscrip tion." .... -. ,' '- .' ..-' "" - ' '.' - - ' ;irv. Miss Delia AUred. of High Point, was. numbered among our renewal subscribers last week. : ' " ' ; ." .- Mr. E. L. Sledge, of High point, is recovering from a surgical operation which he underwent last week.' .-. -t Mr. B. H, King," of High . Point,; has moved, up .two years. : lie used to re; side in Randlman.:iW!-s;:T4- -Tr. P. A. Henleyj of High Point, will read The Courier hereafter,-. He is a fine dentist and is- doing a' good busi- ness. .Mr.' H. A. Moffittr. of High Point, has had his subscription to The. Courier moved up a year." Mr. "Moffat is a fine man and has made good.- . - : . Mr. R, F. Kearns, of High Point, be-1 lieves in. The. Courier and keeps hia subscription paid ahead. . '-. : "'"'. - Mr. S. R. Richardson, of Seagrove Route . 1, has a fine crop of corn. He owns a good iann ana win sow ?. ui pvon of wheatthis cfall. We find that our farmers are preparing for a good a tee. cron all over the county.- - The value)f a good local, news paper fs much more than many peo ple seem to think. ; And the Syay to make It good is to patronize It, pay for- iVand tumish it with ads, news and items, such aithe public want to kupw.'V : '-. . ; --: ; ' -v ?" . 1 i. The increase in the cane syrup, cWp in North' Carolina last year amounted to tens of thousands of gallons.- There will be an even greater increase this year and . if the sugar situation con tinues as it is at present farmers who took the precaution to plant sorghum for syrup will certainly, have no trou ble in aispoBing ox taeir prouuekw Mr. E. SGray. ' of - High Point Route 8. was in town a few days ago. He brought a load of rMuddy( Creek watermelons. - " '.;" V . ' T iirl 3. D. Thomas, 6V High Point, is numbered among, our renewal sub scribers this week. .. V ' ''' ':. Mr. 'C. D. Harden,: of Randleman, was here few days ago.. .'.-.' -. " Just one word about toe dogs. we believe that the country at large would 'other 20 per cent wherever the State be much better off if nine hundred and highway commission may think best ninety-nine out of one thousand of the This is the way the present funds dogs of the country had their tails (derived from automobile taxes are dis cut off right behind thoir ears, and attributed, seventy per cent being given, good thoroughbred Berkshire pig put to the counties which pay the taxes; in their nlaccs. It is too often the case that you- see a right poor man with two or three hound dogs'ho doesn't keep, a single bog, going to the atore to buy fat back and tlour. nd in almost every case snuff and tobacco'. v'l' ,''' "j Messrs. Thomas Davis, O. C Brady, A. M. Poolo, R. H. Brady. W. A. Poole, R. E. Caveness and J. R. Mar ley, of-Coleridge, are among our new subscribers. Mr. C L. Fraaier, of Staky Route l,was among our renewal subscrib ers last week- Mr. FnMycr M Jne of 6ur best farmers and has a good farm and raises about everything which can bo raised on a farm in this section. The hot weather is cutting the corn crop short every day. A big rain Is badly needed. T. J. Steed, of High-Point, is num bered among ourjenewal Fuhwriliers Una week. Mr. ,Siom1 is a mighty fin man In every way. Under the new draft law Wl lei. plaref. ti jii,:es at 1H to 4', several of the t,M I ;n helms in Ahh' horo will have to ','. ...t under this culL Mr. M.' L. V, .tuilnjjham, of Cer.lral Falls, a i: y am the Aery onei to go, p ih : y v. .11 reit ohey the ydjle In j nn '.ion t i "1 '( f.i'i.rr und tn -tl.i r bi.-i ( . o iiTi'-i t ' i . r v. -,,'i," 1 a i' The annual convention of the Ran dolph county Sunday school associa tion has for more than a quarter of a century been one of the biggest and . pleasantest events of the year with the . bunday Bchool people of the county. Different sections of the county have had the convention meet with Jthem and all have extended a hearty wel- . come to officers, speakers .and dele gates. This year the twenty-ninth : annual - convention-will be entertained ' by the Asheboro churches : on Thurs day,-August 22nd. - ' -i . . t ? -The meetings will be held m the Methodist Episcopal church, South, of - whfch Rev." Ira Eswin is pastor and : Mr. J. O. Redding Sunday school su- perintendent. - - ' Vv;i :''. ; The program- will open promptly at ; ten o'clock with county president, Mr. . D. M. Sharpe, presiding.-., The conven- - tion will close with an early evening session which, promises to be one of the most interesting" features of the ' day. . The program this year is lim ited to one day and for this reason it is especially important that every one be on time. While- the program -will be shorter .than usual no efforts are bemg spared by the program com-' mittee to make it helpful and interest ing irom start to nmsn. - m It is unfortunate that the names of the speakers cannot be announced at this time but on'account of several un- , foreseen circumstances it is impossible to' do 'mKi'tr ' Asheboro is little more than an hour's drive,, by auto from the most remote parts of the county and it is expected that the attendance this year will break all former records. ' All the -, machinery of the county and township associations is being called into action to make "the representation from the schools- complete;- "ivi ' ' ';j-.'S-v-''.. n '...'! . '. :--Ait-i'-tg:' Mining Commenced Last Monday Near I -!v;--'.,--'!m"'.- Asneboro 'f-t-M; Mr. Eli Pritchard's , gold mining " . property is now being opened, by ' . Messrs. H. W. Bentley of Providence, R. I. and W. W. Lmdley, of New York, , k both have been close observers of the, . mineral values of thur"section for sev-, ' -eral years and the fact that they have decided upon this location is especially interesting: tOr.tbe-Heesidentskox; Asne boro, for this property lies" northeast . -and just outside the city limits, ! t Experts have traced this northeast' and southwest leade of ore frapi Eldo. rado to Virgilina. Va., and the con- ' census of opinion is that somewhere , along this mineral belt -will someday be discovered what they term vas the , "mother lode." Contract for shaft number one which - is to be oak timbered has been let to Johh F. Dunning and as the mine de- t velops other contracts will' be placed. --.; It is just possible that in the near fu- ture we can boast of a ten-etamp mill almost within the gates of our city, sflT any rate- the many friends , of Me.i: Bentley 'and Mf. Lmdley wish them I all th Success this , undertaking do- . serves State Good Roads Association ,' The State Good Roads Association . which convened at Wrightsville elecb- -ed Mr. W. A.- McGirt, of WUmingtonT as president to Buceed Mr. Henry B. Varner, who has-been elected presi--dent every .year since the organization L,f the association. "tne association.' ;.-, : . The ueneral Assembly - will be re quested to enact new road law, im posing1 taxes on narrow tired vehicles, and for the levying of general prop erty tax for highway purposes. Taxes received from this ourc will hn nsAt by the highway commission for the purpose of getting a way from the county and township as a road unit -and make the State a unit. It is gen erally conceded that the time haf come when the road is more of a state in stitution than a local one. It proposes, however, that 80 per cent of the taxes raised shall be ex pended in the counties where nnid. the Another recommendation is to woric the convicts on the state highways and not on the farms. The war has em phasized the Importance of good roads instead of causing our people to neg lect them.. . Tobacco Crop in Randolph Until within the last year or two none of the fine tobacco lands In Ran dolph county hnve been used in grow ing tobacco, but this year there jk to bacco all the way from the Gu lfovl lira along the ohl I'lnnk rnad on 1 ' i sides of the Moore county line. There Is a great Irfduntrial wn! Ing in Japan, so gays th Anw-i i writers who hnvp recently rctun from that country. izen and liijf.ineo r.ian rf IHiU I' has our- tliankn lur n r sulirnjition to The Or-n 0' ip( to 1hi h , 'i j ! nd si.k rtf" l.ni---, i ' ii-f "fl .f t! " f .. i ft red. 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The Courier (Asheboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Aug. 15, 1918, edition 1
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